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"Well, let me ask you, after we deal with these dragon lizards, who will solve the problem of Haigi Island? You?"
Ying stopped talking because the problem on Kaigi Island was very tricky and neither she nor Zhen had any good way to solve it.
"Those dragons you are looking for...are they reliable?" The shadow no longer drifted downwards. She glanced at the white basin in the center of Haizhi Island and gradually walked back.
"It's quite reliable, but they all have a new beginning. This group of dragon lizards will probably make it difficult for them."
"Embarrassed?" Ying's forward body stopped for a moment. She thought of the dragon she had seen in her long memory, and nodded with some understanding.
"Wind dragons and rock dragons have integrated into humans. It's really difficult to step into their shoes."
Yi Yan smiled and said mysteriously to Ying: "Actually, it's okay. They are indeed a good choice, but I have a better one here."
He held the back of his head and counted the three-headed dragons he knew in detail: Ruotuo, Tevalin and Kutri.
Needless to say, Tevalin was the weakest and didn't even have any family members around him. Moreover, he had no choice but to deal with the situation of Haiji Island, so he simply ignored it.
Logically speaking, Ruotuo should be the most suitable dragon to do this. Firstly, he can change the soil quality of Haiji Island, and secondly, he can take in this group of dragon lizards.
But when Yu Yan thought of Ruo Tuo gritting his teeth, he thought it would be better not to trouble this miserable dragon who had just escaped from madness.
After all, Yi Yan was not sure to what extent his running water had "washed" Ruo Tuo. It would be bad if it left any sequelae in his mind and Ruotuo got excited again and did something weird.
Fortunately, in addition to these two "new dragons", there is also the "old dragon" Kutli.
It happened that Kutli was still in the dark sea, so he sent these dragon lizards there to provide for him in his old age.
Although there is a high probability that Kutli will raise dragon lizards, not dragon lizards raising Kutli.
Hearing this, Ying looked surprised: "Besides these two, have you found other dragons?"
"Huddled motionless outside the darkness, like a dead dragon." Ember recalled his experience when searching for Kutri.
Every time he came to Kutli, he was either sleeping or in the process of sleeping, which made Ember unable to complain.
"I understand, where is he? Tell me." After thinking briefly, Ying raised his head and stared at the embers with burning eyes.
Yi Yan was startled by Ying's eyes that suddenly lit up. He took a few steps back and asked warily: "Why are you asking about someone's location? Do you want to intimidate me?"
"I definitely won't do it if you threaten me, but if you offer inducement... maybe it's okay? By the way, am I this kind of person in your eyes?"
Shadow crossed his arms and looked at the embers speechlessly. Was the impression she left on Ember so bad?
After hearing this, Yi Yan nodded immediately: "Yes, you are such a person in my heart!
But soon he stretched out his hand again, leaving a small gap between his thumb and index finger and continued: "But recently, due to your active remedial measures, your impression has improved a little bit in my mind."
"Forget it, whatever you think." Looking at the almost negligible gap on Yi Yan's fingertips, Ying twitched the corner of his mouth. She now realizes that it was a terrible mistake to dwell on this topic with Ember.
"Actually, even if I tell you, things won't change."
"Why?" Ying asked confused.
"Because that dragon is very, very old, almost older than anyone you know." Ember patted Ying's shoulder and said sincerely.
Ying understood immediately. She always assumed that the dragons alive today were always the second generation, but she never thought about the possibility of the first generation dragon king surviving.
And what Ember has found now is probably the first-generation dragon that survived the first war.
"So, don't think about communicating with him normally. Packing the dragon lizard directly to him is better than anything else!"
Chapter 568 Blood Branch Coral
2024-03-26
Coral Palace, many matters on Haiji Island are handled here.
When Kaijijima was fighting against the shogunate, the place was always brightly lit. Now that the war is over, the overtime phenomenon at the Coral Palace...is even more serious.
There are many things to deal with during a war, and even more so after the war is over.
After all, once the war is over, the reconstruction of trade in various places, the arrangement and disposal of personnel, etc. all need to be dealt with.
If Ember and the shogunate hadn't taken over the dragon lizard matter, I'm afraid the Coral Palace would have started working in three shifts.
But today, Ember, who was supposed to be dealing with the dragon lizard, ran to the Coral Palace.
Running into the Coral Palace, Yi Yan found Xinhai's location at a glance - the place where the documents were piled highest was where Xinhai's office was.
"Boom boom boom!"
Ember knocked on the table, and Xinhai, who was working at the desk, was interrupted. She raised her head and saw Ember beside her.
"It turns out to be embers. Could it be that there is something wrong with the dragon lizard?"
"You're so smart, you guessed it right away." Yi Yan nodded and gave a thumbs up to Xinhai.
"Haha, you're exaggerating for Yi Yan." Xinhai laughed a few times. Apart from the problem with the dragon lizard, does Yi Yan have any reason to come to the Coral Palace?
"Is there not enough manpower? Haiji Island can use some more people." After sorting out the messy desktop, Xinhai continued to ask.
"That's not necessary. I just want to ask, how did the Yuan people drive the dragon lizard into a corner before?"
"Yuanxia Palace?" Xinhai lowered his head and thought for a while after hearing this, then raised his head and replied as if he remembered something:
"When it comes to suppressing dragon lizards, I don't know the specific measures, but the blood branch coral should be useful."
"Bloody Coral?"
Seeing Yu Yan's confused look, Xinhai continued to explain: "You must have seen Yu Yan's transformation into a holy land on Haizhi Island."
"Yes, it's difficult for you to deal with this place." Yi Yan nodded. The issue of converting Haiji Island into a holy land was very difficult.
"That's right, and I don't know if you've discovered it or not. With the speed at which Haiji Island is turning into a holy land, we will never be able to reproduce here for thousands of years."
Yi Yan also reacted after hearing the words. He said thoughtfully: "Yes, at this rate, this place should have turned into a real desert long ago!"
"Yeah, so we need to perform a rebirth ceremony every few hundred years to dissolve part of the elemental power rising from the ground."
"And the only one that can do this is the Blood Branch Coral growing in Yuanxia Palace."
"What do you mean, this [Blood Branch Coral] can dispel elemental power?" Yi Yan touched his chin, and then said with some hindsight and surprise: "Dissolving elemental power, is it so magical?!"
It is not an exaggeration to say that elemental power is the foundation of this world. Now there is something that can dissolve elemental power, which is really shocking.
"Actually, it's not completely dispelled, it's just softening those violent elemental forces so they don't have such strong corrosive power."
Xinhai saw Yu Yan's surprised look and immediately waved his hand. The Blood Branch Coral is indeed magical when said to be magical, but if we really dig into it, it’s actually just that.
"There are many ways to convert the elemental power into something. The truly magical thing about Blood Branch Coral is that it is actually an animal." Xinhai quickly explained to Ember.
"Animals? There are also animals that feed on elemental power?" Yi Yan sighed after hearing this. The world is so big, there are all kinds of strange things.
Who would have thought that there could be animals that feed on elemental forces?
"Yes, the Blood Branch Coral is said to be coral, but it is actually the cocoon of the Coral King Insect. Under the right conditions, it will turn into a flying coral butterfly, feeding on the wild elemental power everywhere."
Xinhai said as he rummaged through the nearby file cabinet and found a carefully preserved portrait.
"This was painted by a witch during a festival hundreds of years ago. They are coral butterflies transformed from blood branch corals."
Yu Jin looked down and saw that Haigi Island hundreds of years ago was no different from what it is today, except that there were many more blue and pink crystal butterflies on it.
The butterflies fluttered their wings and danced, like a group of crystal butterflies where the earth veins were deposited.
"It's a beautiful thing, why can't you see it now?" Yi Yan pondered for a while, and then asked a little strangely.
Judging from the picture, this group of coral butterflies is quite large, but why are there only a few sparse and nameless butterflies on Haizhi Island now?
"This is about the uniqueness of Blood Branch Coral and other methods of transforming elemental power." Xinhai smiled upon hearing this.
"If you simply use alchemy to reverse the transformation of the Holy Land, no matter how many alchemists you have on the island, it will not be enough, and the materials required are also an astronomical number."
Xinhai walked to the window and looked at Haiji Island in the distance. Although Kaiji Island is an island, it is actually more like a small continent.
If you stand in the middle, you can't tell that this is an island at all.
Ember nodded in agreement. As Xinhai said before, there is more than one way to transform elemental power. Among other things, the widely circulated alchemy is a good choice.
However, alchemy can only be used on a small scale. If you want to use it to transform the environment...
Ember can only hope that those who have this idea can afford the sky-high cost.
"But it's different with coral king worms. As long as the conditions are suitable, they can grow rapidly and automatically stop reproduction when the concentration of elements in the soil of Haiji Island drops to a certain level."
"In short, they are environment-modified creatures specially found by Omikami for Kaiji Island."
The people of Haiji Island love Orobas so much not only because Orobas brought them to the surface, but also because it brought back the Blood Branch Coral from the Dark Sea.
With the blood branch coral, Haizhi Island avoided the fate of turning into a desert.
"Aurobas is so capable?" Ember turned his head and looked at the big snake that turned into a mountain range in the distance. No wonder the people of Haiji Island were worshiping it a thousand or two thousand years later.
After doing so much for Hajijima, it’s no wonder.
"So, the blood branch coral is the way for the people of Yuanxia Palace to resist the dragon lizards?" After thinking about it for a while, Yi Yan understood the other uses of the blood branch coral.
The land of Haiji Island is full of wild elemental power, and the body of the dragon lizard is also full of wild elemental power.
It seems that it is not difficult for Blood Branch Coral to change the target of action.
"It's not mentioned in the ancient books, but it's probably about the same." Xinhai confirmed Yu Yan's idea.
"Hiss..., does that mean I have to go underground?" Yu Yan scratched his head, feeling that something was a little troublesome.
The dragon lizard is still making a fuss. At this time, he is running underground to find some "blood branch coral". When he returns to the surface, he may cause some trouble.
"If you don't want to run away, Ember, Haiji Island can do it for you."
"Now that it has been hundreds of years since the last festival, it is time for Kaiji Island to hold a spirit-returning ceremony."
Seeing Ember holding his chin, Xinhai offered to do it for him. Kaijijima had already started preparing for the spirit resurrecting ceremony before, and it was almost ready now.
All it takes is a suitable person to bring the Blood Branch Coral, and the ceremony can be held immediately.
"That's a bit slow..." Yi Yan raised his head and looked in a certain direction, where there was a wall made of black wood.
Yi Yan nodded in the direction of the wooden wall, and then said pointedly: "I think someone should have done something for us in advance."
"Who?!" Xinhai looked at the wall with some vigilance and saw Yu Hu. Only then did she realize that there seemed to be something strange behind the wall.
"You really can't be fooled?" A slightly helpless female voice came, and then the lady stood up from behind the wall.
"The [Blood Branch Coral] you are talking about..., could it be this?"
Looking at the coral branch in her hand that looked like blood dripping, the lady's lips curved into a smile.