The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

The black panther had been celibate for a long time. Although she was transforming into a shadow creature under the influence of shadow energy, she was originally just an ordinary female forest panther.

Shadow energy was more beneficial than harmful to her, but it still caused considerable damage. Even with the Leopard Woman's efforts to use druidic spells and herbal knowledge to condition the black panther's body, progress wasn't smooth.

Now, enveloping the black panther with the Water of Life, the warmth and comfort made her feel like she had returned to her mother's embrace, naturally curling up into a ball.

The Leopard Woman nervously observed the life-nurturing process. Based on her previous experience treating the black panther, the effect of this treatment was undoubtedly better than all her previous treatments combined.

Although planting pasture in the arid wasteland was a difficult task for a forest druid like her, seeing the changes in the black panther made her feel that all the hard work was worth it!

Attilan certainly didn't believe that just one nurturing with the Water of Life could solve all the black panther's problems, but as the Water of Life continuously flowed and nourished the black panther.

With the help of his Life Mastery, Attilan's perception allowed him to understand the black panther's condition reasonably well, but with his current knowledge of druidism, he could only provide temporary relief rather than a permanent cure.

Even treating the black panther's symptoms was relying on the unique effects of the Water of Life.

You can't expect too much from a druid who has been practicing for less than half a year.

Seeing Attilan's expression seemed off, the Leopard Woman also became nervous, her breathing involuntarily quickening.

"What's wrong with the black panther? Is it incurable?"

Attilan shook his head.

"The black panther's problem isn't fatal, but it will be very troublesome to treat. If you want to improve your druidic skills, I think it's best for us to research the black panther's treatment plan ourselves."

If he were to let legendary druids like the Bearman and the Vine Woman, no, even druids above level 15 intervene, they could cure the black panther.

If the Leopard Woman wanted to use the research on the black panther's shadow panther transformation path as nourishment for her cultivation, then she should delve into the path of shadows and assist the black panther's evolution herself.

"Before, you only observed without interfering, but now it's not the same. I also think that merely observing the black panther's evolution without deep involvement won't yield much for you."

"After the treatment, leave these two little mermen by your side to study the path of shadows with you. Maybe after the black panther transforms into a shadow panther, you can successfully master shadow energy and raise your level to 10."

"They can also come into contact with shadow energy and open the door to shadow warriors."

Attilan's words made the Leopard Woman realize that the black panther's problem couldn't be solved in a year or two. The two little mermen were only level 1 rogues, and they would need to be at least level 6 intermediate rogues to come into contact with shadow energy.

"Wouldn't that take at least five years?"

Attilan blinked nonchalantly.

"Is five years a long time for a druid?"

Don't think he doesn't know, the Leopard Woman is an 18-year-old maiden. Even after five years, reaching level 10 as a druid would still make her a genius among geniuses.

Of course, a five-year promotion is just a very ideal timeframe. The black panther's transformation into a shadow panther may only take five years, but whether the Leopard Woman and the little mermen's progress will be so smooth is uncertain.

The black panther's transformation can't be said to be smooth either, after all, every day of the transformation is full of pain for her, just more or less.

The Water of Life treatment ended, and the black panther slowly landed on the ground.

If the former black panther was an earth panther who liked to roll around in the forest, then the black panther in front of her, shimmering in the sunlight, her fur reflecting layers of silver light, adding a sacred and inviolable aura, was like a panther queen.

"Oh my goodness, was the black panther always so beautiful?"

The Leopard Woman stepped forward and hugged the black panther tightly, rubbing her wheat-colored cheeks against the black panther's body.

"Black panther, you're not allowed to roll around in dirt piles anymore! Attilan, have your mermen go to the forest panther's habitat now and prepare a special cabin for the black panther!"

"No problem."

Who wouldn't like such a beautiful big black cat like the black panther?

Attilan took such good care of the black panther, in fact, he also had a bit of regret from his previous life of not having raised a cat.

Now that he has transmigrated, it's good, not only a semi-shadow panther like the black panther, but he has also raised minotaurs, centaurs, mermen, kobolds, and snake people.

Especially the snake princess Ophelia, a delicate and beautiful woman, truly allowed him to experience the wonderful experience of keeping a beauty in a golden house.

Ophelia, whose snake tail supports her body to stand upright, is actually two meters tall, a very realistic beauty.

Moreover, the height and temperament form a unique contrast, making the innocent young dragon almost unable to resist, and can only arrange for Ophelia to be a nursing physician who treats injured mermen and snake people due to work and relieves work fatigue.

Don't even mention it, hearing Ophelia's soft voice, it feels like these guys' enthusiasm for work has increased a bit.

Hearing the Leopard Woman ask the mermen to build a cabin, without Attilan's instructions, Number Two silently turned and walked towards Qinglin Town, Number One was different.

He quietly appeared next to the Leopard Woman, ready to reach out and touch the beautiful black panther at any time.

The black panther finally impatiently pushed the Leopard Woman away, then turned and climbed a tree, lying on a thick branch to bask in the long-awaited sun.

"I have now balanced her body and shadow energy, so the black panther basking in the sun won't cause the shadow energy to become restless and cause pain. If I had noticed the black panther's abnormality before, I would have treated her earlier."

Sure enough, his Life Mastery was not up to par. Just now, with the black panther's cooperation, he barely experienced what it was like to control enemies with Life Mastery. He could actually control the shadow energy in the black panther's body.

Of course, Attilan didn't mess around, he just acted as an external force to suppress the shadow energy in the area where it should be, but the balance problem between the body and energy was not so easy to solve.

He could only gradually explore this knowledge. Native shadow panthers are pure elemental creatures, while transformed shadow panthers are semi-elemental creatures. The mystery of life lies in this.

Until the very last moment, you never know what the creature in front of you will eventually become.

"The black panther's problem needs to be discussed slowly. My treatment effect can last for a month. I will come back for a follow-up consultation in half a month. If the black panther is evolving in a positive direction, maybe this half-baked doctor of mine won't have to show up again."

As an elemental dragon, Attilan realized that his control over the major elements was indeed too weak. Even the water element, which he had a natural affinity for, he couldn't be considered proficient in.

He seemed to have been a bit lazy these days.

Last time, before Evelie left the banquet, she told him to remember to go to the Black Forest to get the silk, but he forgot because he was too busy. If he hadn't happened to swim here today...

He probably would have only remembered when Evelie took the initiative to bring the silk to him at the next banquet.

Or when he needed silk for something, he would remember the silk Evelie gave him.

To visit Evelie, his food buddy, Attilan felt he needed to return to Greenscale Town to prepare some suitable food first.

Moreover, he felt that the water element he had absorbed was still slightly lacking. Since he had finally undertaken a water element cultivation, Attilan felt he should see it through to the end.

So, he followed the path he had taken and reabsorbed the water element in the lake.

This made the fish in the lake feel that today's lake water was not as comfortable as usual. Under the setting sun, fish jumped out of the water to breathe excitedly.

It made the fish-men feel that today's fishing speed was much faster than yesterday's, and they could go home earlier to watch the snake-people rehearse their dance.

In the end, besides the two female guards of the snake-person princess, two more young and beautiful snake-people were selected by Attilan's precise aesthetic sense. They were all美人蛇, with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a snake.

Because the sword props were not ready, they could only use wooden swords for rehearsal, but for the snake-people who had no entertainment, their dance was enough to make them happy.

Eating dried small fish and watching the snake-people's graceful figures dance in the firelight, with the scales' faint light, no snake-person or fish-man could refuse.

Even some minotaurs and centaurs who heard the news would arrive at Greenscale Town the evening before transporting grain, just to admire the snake-people's dance.

Just look at Attilan recruiting these country bumpkins. Where have they seen such a big scene?

Not to mention them, even the snake-people didn't expect that the dance rehearsed by these girls under the dragon lord's guidance would be so beautiful.

It was not appropriate to visit a girl late at night, so Attilan returned to the dragon's nest to absorb the vitality of the Life Acorn. Only when the sun rose did he go to Greenscale Town to take away the dishes he had ordered the fish-man chef to prepare last night.

As soon as he stepped into the Black Forest, he felt a familiar energy.

"Shadow energy? Why is there such a strong shadow energy in the forest where Evelie lives?"

This question could only be answered by asking Evelie when he saw her.

But this Black Forest was not ordinary. Attilan flew in the sky, his sharp eyes allowing him to see the spiders of all sizes in the forest. It wasn't that there were no other living things, but there were too many spiders.

It didn't conform to the natural balance that druids followed at all.

If Evelie really wanted to go far on the path of a druid, she couldn't possibly not control the number of spiders, unless she couldn't control them?

Was it because of that unknown curse?

"Evelie, are you home?"

Attilan shouted loudly.

Soon he heard the rustling sound of spiders crawling, and Evelie's lazy voice came.

"Stop shouting. Who told you to run to someone else's house and yell so early in the morning!"

Evelie actually came riding a big spider.

"No, are the spiders in your house all this big? How did you cultivate them?"

Attilan was stunned. He knew the kind of spider Evelie was riding. According to common sense, it was already very exaggerated for this kind of spider to grow to the size of a fist.

Now, a big spider more than one meter long suddenly popped out. Which druid wouldn't be curious?

Everyone is working hard to cultivate animal partners, but your friend suddenly pulls out a Chihuahua that is more than one meter long. Tell me, aren't you surprised?

Who knew that Evelie would ask him nonchalantly.

"Don't spiders all grow this big? I didn't manage them much. They just grew this big by themselves."

"Is there enough food in the forest? I see that the spiders in the forest are rampant."

Evelie nodded.

"Enough. I specially planted this kind of black-leaved mulberry tree. Spiders can fill their stomachs as long as they eat the leaves."

Wait a minute, do spiders eat leaves? But he clearly remembered that spiders weave webs to prey on prey. When did spiders become vegetarians?

Forget it, how Evelie cultivates spiders is her unique secret recipe. He is just a newly acquainted friend of Evelie and is not suitable for discussing this topic. It is more appropriate to return to the topic of eating and silk.

"Where do you live? Is there a table? I brought some food. We can eat something together."

"Come with me."

When Attilan arrived at Evelie's residence, the entire dragon was stunned.

A roof made of spider silk, a bed made of spider silk, a table made of spider silk, and as for the silk that Attilan valued, it was casually thrown on the ground.

It can't be said to be directly thrown on the ground, there is also a layer of spider silk carpet underneath.

"Your bowls aren't also made of spider silk, are they?"

"What are you thinking? There is so much wood here, why would I use spider silk? Moreover, spider silk is not suitable for making bowls."

You said that, which means you have indeed used bowls made of spider silk, but because they were not easy to use, you replaced them with wooden bowls, damn it!

"Eat something. I know you are not as superficial as other druids, so I specially prepared some authentic delicacies, but the raw materials may not be so easily accepted."

Evelie said calmly:

"There is nothing I dare not eat, unless it's not delicious."

"The first dish, Spicy Pig Brain Flower!"

Because there were chili peppers, Attilan specially ground dried chili peppers into powder, mixed them with pepper powder, and then refined them in black bean oil with scallions, bay leaves, cinnamon and other spices. He took out the spices and poured the black bean oil into the double pepper powder, which was slightly moistened with fruit wine.

It was not easy to make chili oil.

Then there were these dishes today.

Evelie directly used a spoon to dig out a large piece of brain flower and stuffed it into her mouth.

"It's delicious, especially the red oil on the outside, mixed with the taste of pig brain flower, it's a great combination!"

"Try this braised lamb tendon!"

Completely disregarding her image, she directly grabbed a lamb bone.

"The lamb tendon is very soft and glutinous, and also chewy. What I like most is this layer of red oil. Can you exchange some with me? I only have the silk piled up over there."

What are you talking about? Silk is very precious!

Wait a minute, his chili oil at this time also seems to be a rare treasure with the value of gold.

Attilan suddenly twitched his nose.

"What's behind your house? I feel a little creepy."

"It's nothing, just spiders."

"Can I take a look?"

Attilan always felt uncomfortable without taking a look.

"Go ahead."

Evelie continued to gnaw on the lamb tendon, answering casually.

Attilan got up and flew to the back of the house, only to see a spider with a diameter of more than eight meters under a big tree, diligently weaving silk.

"What a big spider!"

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