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"It's okay, meow. Is this the ancient dragon? It's so scary, meow! It's as if it's the incarnation of the storm, meow!" Lu Cao said with lingering fear.
"This is the most powerful force in the world. It can call the wind and rain and is extremely mysterious." Su Yi couldn't help but feel awe for the existence that possessed such great power.
One man and one cat, staring at the ancient dragon in the storm. Many hunters will never have such an opportunity in their entire lives.
But it is also possible that an encounter with an ancient dragon will be the end of a hunter's life.
"I don't know how long the Steel Dragon will stay in the Ancient Tree Forest. Be prepared to stay in the tent for a long time."
Fortunately, we had stored enough food and daily necessities.
"Take a rest and don't catch a cold."
In the middle of the night, the howling wind and the sound of raindrops kept Su Yi awake. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw those cold and mysterious blue amber dragon eyes.
Only when you actually face the ancient dragons can you feel their terror, which cannot be experienced by any special effects rendering in the game.
"Su Yi? Can't you sleep?" The sound of Su Yi getting up woke up Lu Cao, who was also sleeping lightly.
"Did I disturb you, Lucao?" Su Yi asked apologetically.
The cat sat up and shook his head: "Without meow, I can't sleep either, meow."
"Lucao, when you faced the Steel Dragon, were you afraid or regretful?" Su Yi asked carefully.
"Of course I'm scared, meow. The feeling that my heart is about to stop is definitely more serious than when I faced the Swift Dragon, meow." Lu Cao said with lingering fear.
"But I don't regret it, meow! If I regretted it, I wouldn't have chosen to take the risk, meow." Lucao smiled as if she had regained her strength.
Su Yi let out a long sigh and smiled bitterly: "I am afraid that if I bring you into danger, you will be afraid of taking risks and leave me."
"How could that be? As long as Su Yi is with me, I won't be afraid or shrink from adventures. I'm very happy to go on adventures with Su Yi. It was Su Yi who brought me to such an interesting place."
"I think what scares me, meow, is staying in one place for a lifetime and not even knowing what kind of flowers will bloom on the earth in spring." Lucao rarely said so much.
"What if I face the ancient dragon again in the future?"
"Then let's go together, meow! I believe Su Yi will become very strong, and then he will step forward to challenge me without fear!" Lu Cao replied, waving his cat paw.
"Thank you, Lucao. I hope you will take care of me in the future."
"Meow!"
Su Yi and Lu Cao high-fived.
The rainstorm did not last long. In the second half of the night, the sound of rain gradually subsided. Until the morning, the rainstorm finally stopped, but the strong wind remained.
Su Yi walked out of the tent, felt the cold wind and shivered, then quickly cleaned the stone stove outside the tent and started to make a fire to cook breakfast.
Obviously, the influence of the ancient dragon was engraved in their DNA. When Su Yi released the great ferocious jackal dragon and the scratching bird, their expressions immediately became anxious and restless. Su Yi had to feed them some food hastily and then let them return to the ball to rest.
Walking outside the camp, Su Yi looked through the woods at the coastal plain full of puddles. The steel dragon was still lying there quietly, with its head looking towards the sea.
"Speaking of which, why did the Steel Dragon show up in the Ancient Tree Forest? At this point in time, the Nergigante should not have gone to the Dragon Crystal Land to cause trouble. It should at least have to wait until the Molten Mountain Dragon crosses the ancient dragon crossing." Su Yi was talking when an idea flashed in his mind.
"Could it be that the Molten Mountain Dragon has already made the Ancient Dragon Crossing and is approaching the New World?"
The more Su Yi thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
Ancient dragons possess extraordinary perception abilities. Although it is also possible that the Steel Dragon came to the Ancient Tree Forest for a stroll for no reason, after all, the Ancient Dragon could not guess its true thoughts. But Su Yi would rather believe that the Steel Dragon sensed that an ancient dragon with even greater life energy was crossing the sea, so it appeared in the coastal area of the Ancient Tree Forest.
After all, the time should be about the same.
"The Blue Star of the Future." Su Yi felt like an epic was about to begin, but he seemed not ready yet.
"Then let's make more preparations from now on. And now, isn't it a good time?" Su Yi cheered himself up, then thought of something and grinned.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 23 Ancient Tree Forest Free Purchase
The arrival of the ancient dragon will scatter almost all creatures nearby, except, of course, some foolish and ruthless people.
Now that the steel dragon has arrived in the ancient tree forest, does it mean that no large monsters will appear in the ancient tree forest anymore?
Isn't this a good time to expand the map and collect materials?
"Lucao, now is a good time to set out exploring!" Su Yi said with shining eyes.
"That Steel Dragon" Lu Cao looked at the Steel Dragon on the plain and also realized: "As long as the Steel Dragon stays here meow."
"Then we don't have to worry about the threat of large monsters and can explore and collect to our heart's content!" Su Yi said with a smile.
"Ancient Tree Forest Zero Dollar Purchase! Woohoo!"
Bypassing the plain where the steel dragon existed, Su Yi walked along the sea cliff path on the west side of the ancient tree forest and headed towards the north of the seaside camp.
"A big harvest of mushrooms!" Su Yi put handfuls of specialty mushrooms into the [Items] of the golden finger under the tree, among which there were several handfuls of rare specialty Lingguang mushrooms and Yueye mushrooms.
The storm caused by the steel dragon brought abundant rainfall, and the fallen branches and leaves provided nutrients to fungi and other plants. Overnight, fungi and plants began to proliferate.
Ancient dragons are part of nature, and so are the natural disasters they bring. Ancient dragons change nature, and doesn’t nature also thrive with the power of ancient dragons?
This is the natural balance.
“Is there a landslide here?”
Continuing along the sea cliff trail, Su Yi came to a hillside facing the sea. He saw the hillside in front of him sliding and collapsing, revealing the rock layers inside.
"Is that a mineral vein?" Su Yi had sharp eyes and saw a flash of metal and crystal light at the fault of the rock. He walked forward and sure enough, there were guide worms attached to the mineral vein, reminding Su Yi that there were resources that could be collected here.
"Is it because of the landslide that exposed the mineral vein?" Su Yi took out the pickaxe, eager to try.
"Hey, whoosh!" Su Yi swung the pickaxe, and only heard a series of clinking sounds, but there was not much change in the ore bed.
"What time are we still mining using traditional methods!" Su Yi threw away his pickaxe and took out a capture ball.
"Come out, great fierce jackal dragon!"
Away from the Steel Dragon, although still in the storm area, the pressure of the ancient dragon on living things was much smaller. In addition, the companion beast possessed the characteristics of Pokémon, so the Great Ferocious Jackal was not as irritable as before.
"Ao!" The ferocious jackal dragon growled and looked around, appearing a little alert.
"Big ferocious jackal dragon, use your dragon claws on the mineral vein over there." Su Yi ordered.
"Aohao!" The ferocious jackal dragon opened its sharp claws and used its dragon claws.
Crack! Boom! Boom!
Gravel and dirt flew everywhere, and ore mixed with broken rocks fell down.
"Oh wow! The output is quite abundant. Well, please, scratch the bird!" Su Yi looked at the still abundant minerals inside the vein and released another miner.
"Use Crazy Grab on the mineral vein!"
"Gaga!" The bird screamed as if protesting something.
Su Yi held his forehead and said quickly: "Don't make trouble, I will take you to dig out the fire dragon's nest after digging here."
"Ka!" Upon hearing this, the scratching bird began to dig with its sharp claws with great interest.
The tips of the claws of the Scratching Bird are flat, which is suitable for holding objects such as eggs and rocks. At the same time, it is also suitable for digging the soil like a small shovel. The rocks that it usually uses for attack are dug out in this way.
The two dragons used their skills to quickly and thoroughly mine the ore veins.
Iron Ore, Earth Crystal, Jacaranda, Bright Crystal
There is some of each, but iron ore is the most common.
"You can consider buying a new set of equipment for you, Lucao." Su Yi looked at the harvest and nodded with satisfaction.
"Burn bug, use spark!"
"grumble!"
Su Yi held the burning bug and shot sparks at the bees guarding the hive. After driving away the bees, he harvested a lot of honey.
Whoosh! The capture net quickly closed in, capturing the lightning bug high up on the branch.
All kinds of plants, mushrooms, insects, and fruits, as long as they were seen, were collected. Without the interference of monsters, Su Yi was like entering an empty supermarket and making purchases for free.
"Oh? There are such a rich variety of plants here, Scattering Walnuts, Flying Gravel Fruits, Recovery Dew Grass, Cotton Spore Grass, and Poison Vine Grass." Su Yi exclaimed as he looked at the rich and lush plants in this area.
Then something suddenly occurred to him.
"Wait! There are so many abundant plants here, could we be near the nest of the poisonous bird?" Su Yi suddenly realized.
The poisonous bird likes to eat a variety of fruit plants in the ancient tree forest, but it does not eat them all on the spot. Instead, it puts them in its bulging chin and returns to its nest to enjoy them.
It will scatter the seeds of the fruit after eating it near its nest, which leads to a rich variety of plant species near the poison bird's nest.
This characteristic of promoting plant growth has led scholars to believe that the poisonous bird has a closer connection with the ancient tree forest and that it should be the most primitive inhabitant of this forest.
"Let's take a deeper look." Su Yi walked into the area with lush vegetation. With the help of vines, he climbed towards a mountain wall surrounded by plants.
On a large raised platform on the mountain wall, Su Yi found a feather of the poisonous bird. He took out another feather of the poisonous bird from his bag. It was the feather of the poisonous bird whose wings were cut by the Swift Dragon.
Suddenly, the guide insect attached to the feather in Su Yi's hand, and then quickly attached to the feather on the platform.
"We found that guy's nest." Su Yi opened the "Hunting Guide" and marked the nest symbol at this location on the "Map".
"Hehehe." After noting down the location, Su Yi left quietly.
Entering the spiral wooden staircase inside the ancient giant tree, Su Yi retraced the original path and came to the passage leading to the tree canopy, which was the passage that the scratching bird passed through to steal the fire dragon egg.
The thick trunks of the trees form an upward slope. Walking up the slope, you can reach the crown of the ancient giant tree.
On the wide canopy platform, countless branches formed a huge nest. Next to the nest was a pile of bones, which were obviously the remains of the fire dragon's prey.
Su Yi walked forward and put some of the skeletons that were in good condition into the [Items].
However, the hatching nest in the nest was empty. No one knew whether it had been taken away or hidden somewhere.
"I knew it."
A dragon obviously won't put its eggs in danger.
Su Yi released the expert egg hunter to scratch the bird, but at first the scratching bird was a little excited to rummage in the soil around the nest, but gradually, the scratching bird searched all around but found nothing.
"Ga" the bird looked dejected, and even the feathers on its head drooped down listlessly.
Su Yi didn't know how to comfort it, so he could only pat its paws.
Su Yi walked to the edge of the fire dragon's lair, braving the strong wind, and overlooking the entire ancient tree forest.
"We have reached the top of the Ancient Tree Forest. The Fire Dragon's Lair is so beautiful. The Fire Dragon's Lair, let's take a look at the Great Ant Mound Wasteland in the distance, my family."