The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Atilan widened his eyes, recalling the cause and process of finding that tree. He remembered that he was inspecting the forest's energy veins according to the bear-men's request, trying to design a water vein network that was better than the current one.

During the field investigation, he found that in a rather critical energy node, nothing grew around it, except for a thin and small tree with a trunk about the size of a baby's arm, less than two meters high, and the leaves were not very lush.

Instead, the golden sap on the trunk, shining under the sunlight, attracted his attention.

Then Atilan subconsciously thought that this tree did not produce fruit, and its product was these golden saps, so he took half of it, planning to take it back to study the use of the sap.

"So, that tree is actually very precious. Did I accidentally hurt its vitality by taking its sap? Teacher, what kind of tree are you hiding so tightly?"

Vine Woman recalled the situation of the golden apple tree for a period of time after the sap was taken. Her expression suddenly became a little strange, and she looked at Atilan with confusion.

"After you took the sap at that time, did you do anything strange to that tree?"

Atilan quickly shook his head and waved his hands frantically to show his innocence.

"No, absolutely not! As long as the action of taking the sap is not too excessive, it won't even hurt the bark, let alone I was two meters away from the roots after taking the sap."

"I evenly dug six pits around it, and buried a piece of the remaining fragments when I failed to refine the Dragon Pearl enhancement material. Teacher, don't worry, although it is a failed fragment, it contains pure water element magic and dragon magic."

"I also fed Zhu Bei a lot. Not only was she fine, but the pearls she conceived became more lustrous, and even the water mist she spewed out had a bit of mirage."

Vine Woman narrowed her eyes. She didn't know how much water element she had used on the golden apple tree, but after the golden apple tree absorbed it, it only grew two leaves at most, and there was no sign of flowering at all.

However, not long after the sap was taken, a flower bud grew on the branch, but unfortunately, this flower bud did not bloom, and only hung on the branch for two months before suddenly withering overnight.

Vine Woman now thinks that the golden apple tree could suddenly grow a flower bud, which should be the growth brought about by Atilan's dragon magic being absorbed by the fruit tree. After all, this golden apple tree was once the collection of the Sun Dragon Queen.

In the process of the Dragon Queen's cultivation, the golden apple tree should also be stained with many characteristics of the elemental dragons, and become absorbing pure dragon magic to complete the process of flowering and fruiting.

Through the seeds of the Sun Golden Orange discovered by Atilan, Vine Woman also spied some traces of the Sun Dragon Queen's cultivation of magical plants, and comparing it with the golden apple tree, Vine Woman already had some ideas of using natural energy mixed with fairy energy to make the golden apple tree flower and bear fruit.

But if there is a simpler method, Vine Woman doesn't mind taking it directly to use.

"Like this, you prepare six pieces of the purest Dragon Pearl enhancement material that you can currently manufacture for me. If that tree really blooms and bears fruit, I will consider you the greatest contributor."

Atilan excitedly took out six cyan beads from the dimensional bag and handed them to Vine Woman.

"Teacher, merit is not important. Can you tell me what you are researching? Is that tree a very rare treasure, the only one in the world?"

Vine Woman put away the beads, patted Atilan on the shoulder and said:

"You have indeed made a great contribution this time. We explored the ruins left by the Sun Dragon Queen and found that tree after going through life and death, but two hundred years have passed, and we still haven't figured out a way to make it bloom and bear fruit."

"It's a bit of a pity. If it had its own wisdom like the Sun Golden Orange you found, maybe you would have eaten the legendary golden apple that only exists in the kingdom of God."

Atilan and Odette both fell into shock.

"Golden apple! The Sun Dragon Queen actually collected such a rare, no, it should be said to be a god-level fruit tree, but can the golden apple tree complete flowering and fruiting in the material world?"

There is a reason why the golden apple tree only exists in the kingdom of God.

Most of the material world does not have the conditions for the growth of god-level materials. The energy concentration and quality of the material world are still too different from the outer planes like the Seven Heavens.

The gods live in the outer planes because the outer planes can accommodate the huge power contained in their divine bodies. The material world can't even accommodate their true bodies, let alone a war between the avatars of the gods, which may collapse a material world.

"This world is after all the former dragon's nest of the Elemental Dragon God. Even after several destructions, it is now sewn and repaired by us and the returning elemental dragons, which is one or two times more solid than the ordinary material world."

"As long as we continue to develop and constantly receive the elemental tides pouring in from the four elemental realms, the energy concentration of this world will naturally be increased to the level that could allow the golden apple tree to bloom and bear fruit."

Atilan frowned and asked:

"There is still a big gap between flowering and fruiting, right? Even if we pile up the natural energy of the entire forest towards the golden apple tree, I'm afraid we can only cultivate two or three green apples."

Odette nodded in agreement.

"Although I haven't heard my father talk about the golden apple tree, my father said that even if he uses the ocean dragon soul to gather a large amount of water elements for repair, the energy concentration in the core area of ​​the Crystal City is at most similar to any ocean in the elemental dragon world."

Atilan keenly captured the keywords in Odette's words.

Repair!

The reason why Seth chose to turn the good land into an ocean is not actually tossing around, but to repair something, and combined with the previously mentioned pillar supporting the world.

Atilan has reason to believe that what Seth is repairing is the ocean pillar corresponding to the water element!

The reason why this continent is here is to cover up the broken ocean pillar!

Carefully observe the location of Crystal City, and the complete continental map pieced together by Atilan based on the maps he obtained from various places, he found that Crystal City is in the center of the continent!

The water element has a corresponding pillar, and the earth element naturally has it too. The water element is the ocean, and the earth element is naturally a high mountain, or a continent exposed above the water!

The Dwarf King once said that their ancestors chose to cross the ocean to find a new home because the continent they once lived on suffered a catastrophe.

Isn't the devil spy plotting to control the soul pillar? His clearing of the devil spy is also a side assist to the pillar repair work of the Elemental Dragon Realm.

Vine Woman smiled and nodded.

"With the energy of one world alone, naturally the golden apple tree cannot achieve the life cycle of flowering and fruiting, but if we gather the power of several worlds, do you think we can make the golden apple tree mature?"

Odette nodded in agreement after thinking seriously, but she was very curious, how can we concentrate the power of different planes and planets tens of thousands of miles away in the astral world?

A flash of inspiration struck Atilan's mind.

"Oh, I understand, no wonder teacher you asked me to take everyone to repair the energy channel, it turns out that you have already figured out a way to make the golden apple tree bloom and bear fruit!"

"Was it the sun golden orange I brought back that gave you inspiration?"

Vine Woman nodded happily, and looked at the old centaur in the fence, the originally happy mood instantly disappeared, originally she could stay at home quietly to do experiments.

Now she needs to spend time dealing with the old centaur's demonic infection.

"Atilan, the golden apple tree's fruiting plan I will now hand over to you to be responsible for the preliminary preparation work, since you have produced a counterfeit product of the Eastern Golden Pill, then the golden pill that belongs to our Western world."

"I think you must be able to make it, right?"

The corner of Atilan's mouth twitched.

"Western Golden Pill? Teacher, you're not talking about the golden apple, are you?"

Vine Woman nodded with a smile, and put her hand on Atilan's shoulder.

"Is the golden apple golden? Is it round? Can eating it give people a huge boost? What's the difference between it and the Eastern Golden Pill? Just tell me yes or no!"

Atilan looked down at the hand on his shoulder, feeling that if he dared to utter half a no, Vine Woman would cut him into small pieces.

He had been in contact with quite a few research-crazed druids and understood the homicidal rage they felt when their experiments were disturbed.

Clearly, Old Man Ma was now in a state of committing a cardinal sin.

The Phantom was family, and the sins of the father should not be visited upon the wife and children, leaving Old Man Ma as the only unlucky one.

And then there was Tiger Head, that battle maniac. If he chose to join the demons for the sake of a satisfying hunt, then Vine Woman would probably let him taste the thorns of nature.

"No problem, leave the golden apple to me, I guarantee I'll complete the mission!"

"Me too, me too!"

Such an interesting mission, Audry naturally had to join in the fun.

"Father said that the Sun Dragon Queen was one of the top-ranked Dragon Queens back then, and the things she left behind are very valuable for research. Two ocean wyrms will definitely nourish the golden apple tree better than one ocean wyrm."

Originally, when Audry recruited Attilan to help her take over the leadership of the United Front, Attilan thought she was an ambitious princess. Now it seems that she prefers eating, drinking, and having fun.

He was still too naive. If Audry was really an ambitious princess, her strength wouldn't be this limited. After 90 years, her mage level hadn't even passed level 10.

It was obvious at a glance that she didn't study hard.

Mages actually have one advantage, which is that senior mages use various magical materials to create magic books. Magic books are not used for combat, but to absorb the knowledge within.

The magic in the magic book will carry the knowledge inside into the brain of the mage reading the magic book. Therefore, magic books will be scrapped after being used a few times due to the depletion of magic.

The Crystal Palace has a large number of magic books, but Audry hasn't read many of them. Otherwise, just the experience points provided by the magic books would easily allow her to break through level 10.

Being by Attilan's side, even though Audry was still eating, drinking, and having fun, unlike before when she would sleep for a few months after playing for a while.

Audry hadn't taken a long rest in a year, at most she would take a nap after nightfall like Attilan.

For a dragon who sleeps for at least a few months at a time, sleeping for one night and taking a nap is indeed no different.

Seth also secretly sent a message to Vine Woman, asking Vine Woman to take this opportunity to help him train this daughter and increase her strength to cope with the more difficult situation in the future.

Now that Audry had taken the initiative to offer help, Vine Woman would naturally not miss a good opportunity to train her. For druids, having the opportunity to come into contact with a natural sacred object like the golden apple tree is indeed a form of training.

"No problem, but irrigating the golden apple tree is a hard work. If you feel tired, let Attilan do it himself."

Attilan wanted to cry but had no tears. Before, she had been treating him like a caring good son, but now that his opponent had become Audry, his future daughter-in-law, he immediately turned into a beast of burden.

Audry proudly raised her head and waved her small hand.

"No need, I can do it!"

Attilan nodded in satisfaction. You, a daddy's girl who always says 'my father said,' are still quite responsible, I hope you can do what you say.

Vine Woman suddenly gave Attilan a flick on the head.

"You can't really not take care of her just because she said that, do you hear me!"

Attilan lowered his head aggrievedly.

"Got it."

Vine Woman looked at him, disappointed. With Attilan's attitude, would she really be able to hold her grandson in ten years?

Because the Bearman didn't want to have children so early, Vine Woman, who didn't have a son, could only find a way to let Attilan, her beloved disciple, give her a grandson as soon as possible.

Strictly speaking, Vine Woman can no longer be considered a human, but a flesh-and-blood life form of a fairy plant.

Druids are very good at changing between animals and plants, these two different forms of natural life.

"Then, can I bring Taishan and the others to participate in the Golden Apple Project?"

"Yes, but they can only be involved in some basic projects now, such as maintaining the natural magic network of the forest, or entering the Emerald Dream to open up a natural network to communicate with World 952."

The reason why they were allowed to participate in these two projects was because of the magic farm they had created in Big Horn Town.

Although the magic farm hadn't officially started yet, the achievements they had made in improving the natural network of the wasteland with this magic farm as the core were all seen by Vine Woman.

This magic farm won't be bad, it all depends on whether Attilan can stabilize the huge energy guided from the water element realm in the most critical ignition step.

Since waking up from the Emerald Dream, this kid had been tinkering here and there. Although he had participated in some training intermittently, Vine Woman could clearly feel that Attilan's growth rate was slowing down as his strength increased.

His enthusiasm for training was constantly declining, and he had returned to the state of being a druid for a day and planting a tree for a day, without the fighting spirit burning.

With Bearman not around, Vine Woman felt that she, as his master's wife, needed to help Attilan regain his training state.

"Before that, you should first get your magic farm up and running. With the farm as the core, the natural network of the wasteland can operate and grow on its own."

"Subsequently, you only need to maintain and adjust the energy output of the natural network to restore the wasteland to a region with vigorous natural life. Conservatively estimated, just the area covered by the natural network of the wasteland and wetlands can support 200,000 people."

Attilan immediately widened his eyes and asked:

"Master's wife, can this area really support 200,000 demi-humans?"

The races under Attilan's command are all big eaters. Supporting 200,000 demi-humans is at least equivalent to supporting one million humans.

Even the humans in this world have a bigger appetite than the world Attilan transmigrated from. His experience in the River Valley Kingdom this time can be regarded as an investigation into the humans of this world.

Humans can survive in this fantasy world, so their physique is naturally not bad. An adult male can beat two adult males from the world Attilan transmigrated from, without any problem.

Of course, this is based on the premise that the body sizes are not too different.

"Really, I've lived for so long, how many people a piece of land can support, how can I not know?"

Vine Woman waved her hand impatiently.

"Alright, if you want to support 200,000 people, you still need to cultivate the land for at least ten years. Even then, you need to fish from the Sea of Life. Now you only need to concentrate on completing the task I gave you!"

"Yes!"

Turning around to walk out of the basement, Attilan suddenly turned around curiously and asked:

"Master's wife, when you found the golden apple tree, did you find the golden apple?"

Vine Woman helped Maomao digest the magic potion in her body with one hand, and patted the dimensional bag around her waist with the other.

"Yes, but there was only one, and it can't be considered a mature golden apple."

Attilan looked at the dimensional bag around her waist with regret.

"Then why did you pick it?"

"Because if we didn't pick the fruit, the fruit tree would be drained of energy by the golden apple. Tell me, at that time, should we protect the golden apple tree or protect the fruit?"

"Naturally, we should protect the big one! If we protect the big one, it can be reborn in the future. If we protect the small one, where can we find such a good golden apple tree?"

Vine Woman just glanced at Attilan lightly.

"Don't you understand such a simple truth?"

Attilan's expression stiffened.

"Master's wife, are you talking about the Sun Tangerine? But isn't he already hopeless?"

Vine Woman nodded and said:

"It's him. If he was really hopeless, why did his withered tree trunk disappear? Can a withered tree grow legs and run away?"

"I originally wanted to see what the difference would be between the energy field for cultivating the Sun Tangerine and the energy field for cultivating the golden apple tree, but I only saw a cavity in that underground oasis."

Attilan gritted his teeth and looked to the west.

"Damn Sun Tangerine, how dare you deceive my feelings! If I catch him, I will definitely make him give me Sun Tangerines non-stop every day, draining his energy!"

Vine Woman said with a smile:

"What a vicious punishment, alright, as long as he hasn't left this world, we will find him sooner or later, don't forget, he is a plant, and he also has a soul."

"Do you think he can avoid the investigation of the Emerald Dream?"

Attilan took a deep breath. Speaking of which, Master's wife, you originally wanted him to work hard.

You have to say, the effect is really good. After knowing that the Sun Tangerine was faking his death, Attilan really ignited the fighting spirit to open up the natural network and achieve full coverage of the Emerald Dream, so that he could find the Sun Tangerine.