The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

The deliciousness of the cold tossed pig ears naturally comes from the seasonings, but also importantly, from Yifuli's appreciation of this delicacy.

Seeing several pig heads in the kitchen, Yifuli curiously asked:

"Why aren't these pig heads being prepared and given to everyone to eat?"

Compared to other parts of the pig, the head meat is much more fragrant. It's relatively troublesome to prepare, but when cooked well, it's a rare delicacy.

"If you like to eat it, I can prepare it, braise it with spices, and give it to you. When you take it back, you only need to slice it and heat it up slightly. One bite of meat paired with a sip of fruit wine... Mmm, the taste!"

"I don't drink."

Yifuli's words made Atilan turn to look at her table, and he noticed that the small barrel of fruit wine hadn't been opened.

"However, you can prepare the pig head as you said and I'll take it back. Don't worry, I won't take your pig head for nothing. Later, you can have someone, or you can personally come to my place to get the silk I weave."

"Then thank you!"

Even if he only gave away one bolt of silk, Atilan was confident he could sell it for a high price of one thousand gold coins in the Dwarf Kingdom!

Braised pig head meat was also a favorite of Atilan's. Although this Spider Silk Lady seemed a little unwilling, or rather, resistant to making friends, she couldn't resist the temptation of good food.

With the half-goat man being too busy to handle everything, Atilan took the initiative to take over some of the larger cooking tasks.

When the druids outside saw that even the president, Atilan, was busy, those who knew how to cook flocked into the kitchen. The druids didn't have the idea of sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor.

The druids believed that the seeds planted today would be the sweet fruits of tomorrow. Getting something for nothing was absolutely impossible.

"We're here to help, and also to learn the cooking skills of President and Chef Meipu. It's really too difficult to eat such delicious food normally. We've been looking forward to the banquet day every day."

Taishan grinned broadly, picked up an onion, and took a bite directly. Not to mention the spiciness of eating raw onion, Taishan's bite directly caused the stimulating gases from the onion to spread from his mouth to his nasal cavity and eye sockets.

Taishan burst into tears instantly.

"What kind of fruit is this? How can it be so spicy! Sss..."

"This is an onion. It's a vegetable, not really a fruit. Of course, it can also be eaten raw with stewed mutton. The taste is very delicious, but it depends on the variety of onion."

"The type of onion brought today can be used for barbecue and stewing, but it's not suitable for eating raw."

Braised pig trotters with carrots was a dish that Atilan really liked before he transmigrated. Unfortunately, he hadn't yet made doubanjiang (fermented broad bean paste), otherwise the aroma emanating from today's banquet would have been even more enticing.

Even Atilan felt that the soy sauce brewed by him and the Wine Woman didn't taste right. It was still better to use oyster sauce made by collecting shellfish from the lake and boiling them.

Perhaps it was because there was no koji for brewing soy sauce, and the brewing process wasn't perfect enough. The main reason was that the time was too short, but compared to the dishes cooked before there was soy sauce, the deliciousness increased by 30%.

After successfully brewing 500 jin of soy sauce, Atilan only kept 100 jin for himself, and took the rest to the Halfling Town to exchange for grain, wheat, black beans, and carrots.

All the grain that could be sold in that Halfling Town that he frequented had been emptied, so the half-goat man had to take people to a further Halfling town to exchange for grain.

This town was close to the Dwarf Kingdom, and you could occasionally see some dwarves selling iron farm tools and then using the money they earned to buy the Halflings' mellow ale and top-quality golden tobacco.

It really was the Halfling Town earning the money and the Halfling Town spending it. They wouldn't even think of bringing a penny back home.

Even this inferior soy sauce could be exchanged for ten jin of flour per jin, or even twenty jin of black beans. You should know that one jin of black beans can brew ten jin of inferior soy sauce.

The labor cost was almost negligible, with at least a 100-fold profit.

If he brewed soy sauce of the quality that Atilan was satisfied with, one jin wouldn't be available for less than fifty jin of black beans!

He would sell the most inferior soy sauce to the Halflings a little cheaper.

He asked the half-goat man to post notices in the Halfling Town recruiting chefs and musicians, saying that soy sauce was being produced in Green Scale Town in the Green Sea Forest, and all chefs and musicians who aspired to improve themselves were welcome to go.

Green Scale Town had top-notch chefs and musicians waiting for them to come and work and exchange ideas.

Seeing the crowd pouring into the kitchen, Yifuli silently returned to her seat to enjoy the side dishes.

"Taishan, if you don't know how to cook, then do some simple ingredient processing work on the side. Let the people who really know how to cook go in. It's such a small place. If you stand there, where will others stand?"

The Leopard Woman looked at Taishan teasingly.

"If Taishan wants to learn, let him stay in the kitchen. I take up even more space. I'll make room for everyone. I've already processed these ingredients, so Meipu can help watch the fire after they go into the pot."

"I'll go take a look over there."

Carrying a plate of sweet and sour pork tenderloin made with honey and lemon juice, Atilan came to Yifuli's side.

"Why don't you fit in with the group?"

Yifuli smiled self-deprecatingly.

"I'm different. I was born different from ordinary people, so naturally I can't fit in with them."

Atilan smiled disdainfully and pointed to himself.

"Look at me, a dragon, I should be even less compatible with this group of people, but haven't I blended in with them? Besides, there are hardly any ordinary people in this entire forest."

Most of the druids were normal humans, but the druids in this forest had almost all grown up outside of human society. Taishan, Leopard Woman, Eagle King, they were all raised by animals.

There were also other types of druids like Halflings, Centaurs, and Pixies.

Almost all of them were either passively or actively excluded from the mainstream, and then came to this forest and didn't want to leave.

How could there be so many druids in an ordinary forest?

"Yifuli, the reason you stay here isn't because you know that everyone won't drive you away? You've been here for a few years, and even if you rarely have contact with others, you should have some understanding of everyone, right?"

Yifuli shook her head bitterly.

"It's different. Everyone is just abnormal in terms of identity and upbringing, but I'm different. You only need to know that those who get close to me will become unlucky. Even if they don't die, they'll be crippled, and at the very least, they'll be seriously injured."

So evil? Atilan subconsciously took two steps back.

"See, aren't you scared too?"

"That's because I haven't found a way to break the curse yet. As an Ocean Wyrm, my inheritance contains knowledge to deal with almost all situations. Your problem can definitely be solved!"

Atilan roughly flipped through it and found that the natural magic resistance of dragon scales was their best tool to fight against curses, followed by the Dragon Pearl!

The Dragon Pearl could break almost all spells, but it had high requirements for investment costs and the strength of the dragon itself.

If he only had brief contact with Yifuli, Atilan's resistance could allow him to avoid being affected by the curse, and he would only need to use Purifying Water to purify the curse afterward.

Purifying Water was a higher-level bloodline inheritance ability than Life Breath for Ocean Wyrms.

Obviously, Atilan hadn't met the awakening conditions yet.

But it didn't matter, Ocean Wyrms could use the Water of Life as a raw material to cast the Purifying Water spell, but the effect would be halved, and the consumption would be the same as using two spells. Using only half a spell sounded like a loss.

But when dealing with a strange curse, it didn't feel like a loss at all.

Besides demons, the ones who were best at curses should be the Fey.

"Let's try my purification spell first."

Condensing a ball of Water of Life, Atilan cast Purifying Water on Yifuli, but the result was that Yifuli's body didn't change at all.

"Isn't it a curse? Senior Lulu might have a way. I'll have her come over and take a look."

"No need. Master Jiana had Senior Lulu look at me a long time ago, and she didn't see anything either."

Yifuli's situation was too strange. Atilan decided to test it himself.

Looking at Atilan approaching, Yifuli was a little surprised.

"Why are you still taking the initiative to come over?"

"I want to try your misfortune and see what kind of impact it will have."

Druids also had to try bravely. Using themselves as experimental subjects was the norm.

"Whatever."

Although she said that, Yifuli still regarded Atilan, who took the initiative to approach, as her first friend.

Even a joyous banquet had to come to an end. Atilan carried the half-goat man back to Green Scale Town to prepare for sleep. Hearing the noise of their return, the Fishman Priest took the initiative to come over.

"Dragon Lord, news has come back from the rainforest that a large tribe of Snake People was defeated, and the remaining Snake People are scattering and fleeing. Should we send people to meet and recruit them?"

"Yes, you can arrange it. Anyway, there's still a lot of food now. Let the Fishmen, Centaurs, and Minotaurs act together. Have the Kobolds watch and bring some to be responsible for logistics."

"Have Yulista lead the troops."

After saying that, he returned to the Dragon's Nest to sleep. He plunged into the lake and came to the Dragon's Nest, stretched his wings, and felt that his body had grown a little larger. The space in the Dragon's Nest needed to be further expanded.

All the Fishman warriors were sent out to meet the Snake People. The rainforest was their arena to show their skills. Expanding the Dragon's Nest could only be done after they returned.

Three days later, Atilan, who had presided over the first all-member lightning body tempering experiment of the Thunder Brotherhood, saw more than a dozen tense-looking Snake People warriors when he returned to Green Scale Town.

Upon seeing Atilan, the Snake People respectfully lowered their heads.

The Fishman Priest stepped forward to introduce:

"These are all elites. The Snake King was killed, and only they escorted the princess out. There are also some scattered Snake People warriors and the old and weak. Lista is gathering them."

"The Snake People Princess is the enemy's main target, so Lista had them come to Green Scale Town to see the Dragon Lord first."

At this time, a crying Snake People girl walked out of the inn.

Atilan turned to look, and her exquisite appearance amazed him.

A pure and flawless, pitiful face, and a graceful figure exuding a tempting mature charm, this Snake People Princess was a pure and seductive type!

A pure face and a water snake waist, fair arms and a purple scale tail.

She was as graceful as a startled swan, as agile as a swimming dragon.

She was as delicate as a weak willow in the wind, and one couldn't help but feel pity for her.

"Greetings, Dragon Lord. I only hope that the Dragon Lord can give us Snake People a place to live."

Her delicate and tender voice made it impossible for the dragon to refuse.