Not long ago, the Dragon’s Nest was a treasure chest showroom, a cosy and spacious nest of comfort.
But now, it has been transformed into a brutal octagonal cage.
Pasha was undergoing brutal dragon training here.
Mentor Nevid faithfully carried out Lu Yao’s orders to teach this fledgling dragon in actual combat.
Instead of using his new equipment, the Bloodsucking Giant Axe, he simply relied on the strength of his armour to hold and wrestle the Ember Sun Dragon around the arena, yanking the dragon’s tail and then repeatedly wrestling it, waiting for Pasha to get up and then the next round of attacks.
Initially, Pasha tried to fall to the ground and feign unconsciousness.
But the experienced Blood Knight doesn’t fall for it at all and just unleashes a knee slam from the sky.
The fledgling dragon that spat blood from its mouth rolled continuously and got up in a golden mess.
“The enemy will not be merciful just because you fainted.”
The Blood Knight took a step towards it, “Only death is the end.”
An expression of fear floated above Pasha’s head.
There was no way out. The fledgling dragon could only fight the punch, desperately mouthing dragon breath, rolling, moving, and dodging – not so that it could knock down the Blood Knight, but just so that it could slow down his attacks and suffer less.
Next to the Dragon’s Nest, Jimmy the Yeti, an onlooker, waved his red gloves and said angrily, “Pasha! Fight, how are you going to win if you don’t hit him! You’ve got to stand up and fight!”
“You’ve got to beat him or you’ll keep getting punched!”
The fledgling dragon, who was holding his head, had emoticons of soy beans sweating coming out of his head.
Silkworm Bush also commented from the side, “Pasha-san indeed lacks practical combat training, slow speed, poor agility, soft and flabby strength, rough and numerous mistakes in the Dragon Language Technique, and the Dragon Blood Ceremony is very necessary. If it encounters a really strong enemy, with its current state, it will easily find a breakthrough into a life and death crisis.”
“It’s not easy for the dragon race to grow up, because of the dragon’s qualities, it’s coveted by other transcendents in any world. Not only do dragons face challengers all the time, they will also balance the tyranny and sanity within their bodies as they continue to moult and grow, as well as being constantly squeezed by the force of rules.”
“More bloodshed in normal times will result in less injuries in battle.”
Facing the fledgling dragon, the silkworm bush showed a surprising strictness.
It turned its only upper body and bowed to Lu Yao in front of the screen.
“Lord God, thank you, for letting me see the Dragon Race on my deathbed, Mr Pasha will be the hope of the future Dragonhost.”
“I’m already dying, the next one I may not be able to meet you so soon, as this part of my memory it does not.”
“Please be patient and wait for Mr Pasha to grow, he is about to go through his first moult, and when it is complete he will have his first awakening.”
“According to the laws of the dragon bloodline, it will learn a dragon language spell from the dragon’s blood in its first awakening, creating a unique ability of its own, and will become acutely aware of the importance and strategic significance of spells.”
“With each awakening, the dragon becomes stronger.”
“Only when Mr Pasha completes his first awakening will he be considered truly enlightened from his juvenile ignorance and begin to enter his formative years. It will provide you with more boosts.”
“And after awakening twice, Pasha-san will definitely remember the coordinates of the Dragonhost ……”
With that said, the Silkworm Bush body slowly disappeared, leaving behind only a small black ball.
The simulator displayed.
[Apostle Silkworm Bush is dead.]
Lu Yao regretted in his heart.
He also didn’t know if the next generation of Silkworm Clumps would still be able to find their way here.
Lu Yao clicked on the small ball.
……
[Silkworm Bush’s Memory]
It contained part of the Silkworm Bush’s memories.
……
Lu Yao put it into the props bar. If the Silkworm Bush can be recruited afterwards, give it this memory, along with the one on his arm. It would understand everything.
But whether the Silkworm Bush would still be able to come here, and whether it would once again choose to trust Lu Yao, whom it had never met, from amongst the Enlightened Ones, was another matter.
Lu Yao once again looked towards the centre of the screen.
In the Dragon’s Nest, Pasha’s body was curled up into a ball.
Its body was stiff and frozen, with some blood stains on the surface, making it look like a corpse under the pixelated image.
However, a status [Moulting in progress] appeared above Pasha’s head.
The first awakening had begun.
Both the Blood Knight and the Yeti stood guard, quietly waiting and observing.
After a while, Pasha’s outer skin quickly shattered and a new body stretched out from within.
The level of the Dragon of the Ember Sun remained the same, still LV30, but the life value, mana value, offensive and defensive abilities had all increased to different degrees, and there was also an additional item in the Dragon Grammar spell.
……
[Unstoppable]
[Pasha’s Exclusive Ability] Pasha tackles an enemy, pinning them down and then hugging them, dealing a large amount of damage to the enemy and a certain amount of damage to other individuals within range of the landing spot. The damage effect depends on the level of this ability, as well as the Pasha’s lifesteal cap.
……
Lu Yao looked speechless.
Pasha was indeed a dragon with the soul of melee combat, creating exclusive abilities that were all melee strangulation.
It always felt that this ability was more or less related to the Blood Knight’s suppression and abuse of it earlier.
The Silkworm Bush with a smile on its face was probably going to be disappointed.
But Lu Yao felt it was fine.
Like the Apostle Soul Seal summoned Forrest, he couldn’t use all kinds of abilities, but just by relying on the panel values, he was able to go head to head with the gods.
The growth tree routes were just different, but the same way.
The awakened Pasha was full of confidence.
Its wings unfolded and it took the initiative to walk in front of the Blood Knight, a crooked-mouthed and smiling emoji surfacing on its brain, “Mr Nevid, I would like to spar with you again.”
Seconds later, the Pasha was knocked to the ground in a pool of blood, a faint ghost symbol emerging from the top of his head.
This time the Blood Knight went up slightly in intensity, and the Ember Sun Dragon was nearly killed.
Snowman rolled all the way to Pasha’s side and shoved the [Heart Saving Pill] into its mouth.
“It’s fine, it’s fine, we’ll fight back next time, you’re still small now, you can’t beat him ……” it finally consoled with a couple of words.
……
Lu Yao removed his gaze from the Dragon’s Nest and looked towards Yao Cheng.
A reminder appeared in the simulator.
[The Temple Society has invented a magic potion: the Antidote]
[Because of the antidote, the negative effects caused by the Poisonous Spotted Mosquito have been curbed, and the death rate of the Yao Clan has been slightly reduced]]
……
Yao City was in perfect order, Prophet Long Ji was still sitting quietly in the temple, continuing to work on the boring water grinding job of translating and deciphering the dragon language.
The Temple Guild, on the other hand, was busy outside, and the head of the Guild, Qubiluoer, already had a head of white hair. He had turned into a mature leader and was checking the progress of magic potion making in the seminary.
In one room of the seminary, the magic potion development process became clear at a glance.
The scholars and physicians made the prototype of the magic potion by extracting various raw materials from nature, then the bully locusts would test the medicine and adjust it based on their feedback, and then the process would be repeated over and over again until the efficacy of the medicine was in a controllable range.
The next step would only be to try the magic potion with ordinary animals.
It was confirmed that the animals responded well before finally acting on human patients.
Chupirole checked the progress of the scholars along the way, and a dialogue box appeared on his brain.
“Don’t rush the progress of the Enhanced Rescue Pill, it must be kept safe. Ordinary people will take this magic medicine, they are not like transcendents who can withstand the side effects, safety must come first.”
“The production of the antidote needs to be boosted, there are many patients who are still suffering. The toxin of the Poisonous Spotted Mosquito is very harmful to ordinary people, it will leave their bodies red and swollen and ulcerated, if we are a little more efficient, we will be able to save more people’s lives.”
“Is the resolution of the poison sac completed?”
The scholars fed back, “It’s done, we can use the poison sacs to make antidotes in bulk, it’s just that drying and making pills will take some time.”
Chubirole asked again, “What is the progress of the [Hybrid Agent]?”
The scholar replied, “The Locust test pharmacists feel that further purification and reduction of side effects are needed, which can cause damage to the internal organs of ordinary people and may even lead to death, the previous [Blood Mixing Agent] was just an isolated case that succeeded by chance, and it will take a little more time.”
“Well, this is a magic potion that concerns the future of the Yao Clan, please be careful and meticulous, rather slow down a bit than rush things. We can afford to wait for more than thirty years, and we are not afraid to wait for another thirty years.”
“Yes.”
“Tough luck to you all.”
Lu Yao discovered that the seminary had raised a batch of poisonous mosquitoes. These poisonous mosquitoes were placed in a single glass vessel, and they sucked on a reddish juice concocted by the scholars, and then they would become large in size and sleepy.
These fat poisonous mosquitoes would have their blood drawn by scholars wearing Twin Cities armour.
According to the scholars’ discussion, the poisonous mosquitoes possessed a magical hidden ability, they could assimilate all kinds of blood, and just a little bit of transcendentalist’s blood would allow the poisonous mosquitoes to adapt and generate similar plasma in their bodies.
They also rely on this blood assimilation to complete rapid evolution.
Falling into the hands of scholars, the Poisonous Spotted Mosquito became an object of study.
The [Blood Mixing Agent] is also a direction of magic potion based on their physiological speciality, the specific use of which is still uncertain.
……
Lu Yao looked at Salt City again.
Subtitles showed up on the screen.
[Salt City created an engineering academy.]
[Salt City invented a new profession: engineer.]
[Because of engineers, buildings and tools have become stronger and more diverse, and the Yao Clan’s losses in the face of natural disasters have been drastically reduced.]
[Yancheng created the Court of Justice.]
[Salt City created: The Magistrate’s Office.]
[The crime rate in Salt City has decreased, law and order has increased slightly, and the city’s development has accelerated slightly.]
This side of the shops are selling all sorts of supporting equipment to deal with the poisonous mosquitoes, pocket nets, thick cotton armour, helmets, insect repellent water, mosquito repellent wood …… and the list goes on and on, whether it’s useful or not, the business seems to be pretty good.
Other than that, the biggest change in the appearance of Salt Lake City is the museum.
The museum was now upgraded to LV2, further expanding its size. The number of archaeologists coming in and out also became more and more, most of these little people were carrying backpacks and wearing sun hats, and the whole city became more recognised for this profession.
The Martial Cultivation Association grew further, with Martial Cultivators spread across all walks of life, each with their own skills, and they were now gradually turning into the city’s speciality and backbone.
Prophet Shi Bao turned into a middle-aged man, he still walked on the streets every day, observing the changes in the city and communicating with the ghosts in the Ghost Lighthouse. Wherever he passed, the citizens would look over and smile at him.
The mayor of YC, on the other hand, had changed from Copper Sea to Botu, the former having died and retired in Saniro.
Lu Yao clicked through and found that both the court and the sheriff’s office had been established after Botu’s proposal.
With clearer legal proceedings and an institution dedicated to law and order issues, public order in Salt City became more solid.
……
Finally, there is Sanilo.
Lu Yao had always been more at ease with this legendary city whose main inhabitants were Transcendents.
The mayor, Chapman, had outstanding abilities and had been running the city for many years, as well as many retired heroes and prophets. In the long run, this city had the strongest individual abilities per capita.
If one were to say that the city’s weakness, it would be the development of the Buddhist Followers, as it was meant to be a large nursing home.
The truth was just as Lu Yao expected.
The biggest impact on Saniro was flooding, the city was surrounded by man-made ditches, natural disasters were frequent under the New Era, and flooding also affected the neighbourhood.
Fishmen, man-eating crabs and sandworms were organised, they built dykes and drained the floods through various methods, greatly easing the pressure of the flooding.
Outside this ghost city, Lu Yao noticed a small man.
He had a clear ghost symbol above his head, as well as a [Weak] status. The man was sitting under a tree and looked like he was dying.
It was Salt Long.
Lu Yao clicked to check and found that Salt Long was 142 years old, his level had come to LV21, and he was actually still tenaciously alive. Transcendents really did have a lifespan that exceeded that of normal people.
At this time, a box appeared above the head of Yanjiu’s dying, dying old man.
He muttered to himself.
“It looks like it’s up to here at most.”
“My talent no longer supports continued cultivation, my life has come to an end.”
“It seems like it’s time to look at this world again and go to some further unknown places ……”
Seeing this pathfinder of the human transcendent realm, Lu Yao also felt a pang of regret in his heart.
Yanjiu himself only had a lifespan beyond the norm, and being able to grow to his current level was already cashing in on his potential completely.
He was LV19 before the Era Renewal, but after 36 years, he had only risen by 2 ranks. It showed that he had indeed reached his limit.
Lu Yao suddenly had a movement in his heart.
There was still a way.
The Temple in the Clouds.
There were two transferable wonders there.
