Chapter 118

Ever since her family was chosen as Dragon Speakers, the ancestors had warned the next generation generation after generation: Do not disturb the dragon when she is sleeping; her temper upon waking is great, and she will burn everything to ashes.

But the problem is, the dragon sleeps endlessly, sometimes for a few years, sometimes for decades.

Once, when an ancestor became a Dragon Speaker, the dragon was sleeping. By the time the ancestor was old and dying, the dragon still hadn't woken up, sadly becoming the only Dragon Speaker among them who had never seen the dragon.

Now, your lost child has come to your door. Even if you have a temper upon waking, you should hold it in, right?

Sha Fei Ya actually believed Nai Ge Li Si's words ninety percent, because Nai Aili had indeed mentioned the Zero Yangdao to her ancestors, saying that it was the place of her first beautiful memory. As for what the "first" was, Nai Aili didn't say.

Anyway, every little bit Nai Aili had said was recorded by her ancestors in notes, with repetitions stripped away and copied into volumes for future generations to study.

For every new generation of Dragon Speakers, the biggest task to become a Dragon Speaker is to finish reading all the Dragon Language Handbooks and keep the dragon's words in their hearts.

But the problem is, in these thousand-plus years, the words Nai Aili has spoken, when transcribed, fill fifty boxes of parchment, millions of words. The difficulty of remembering them all increases exponentially.

Fortunately, besides passing down the Dragon Language Handbooks, the ancestors also passed down exam techniques—highlighting key points.

Among the fifty boxes of parchment, which are important, which are must-test, and which are unimportant and can be handled by mastering the patterns—as long as you grasp the dragon's train of thought, you can answer them with reasonable accuracy.

Thus, Sha Fei Ya, who was best at exams, became the new generation of Dragon Speaker.

Today, she made a decision that went against her ancestors, precisely because she grasped the dragon's train of thought. She had a premonition that if she woke the sleeping dragon, the other party would not only not have a temper upon waking, but would be very shocked: "My child? Where did I get a child?"

Conversely, if she didn't wake her, and waited until she woke up naturally and then found out that she had driven her child away, that was when she would truly explode with a temper upon waking.

But even if she did explode, what would it matter? Given Nai Aili's current state, being able to fly up and breathe fire in a temper would actually be a thing worth celebrating, right? If she has the ability, let her get up and hit me!

The place where the dragon sleeps is a secret; no one knows where it is. But one can go there through a teleportation array, and the activation of the teleportation array must be done through the Dragon language. That is to say, except for the dragon and the Dragon Speaker, no one can activate this teleportation array.

Installing the magic crystal, Sha Fei Ya chanted the spell in the Dragon language. With a flash of white light, she appeared in a huge underground space.

Countless gems, crystals, and other shiny things were piled into dark corners. The only place with light was in the very center, where a ray of sunlight passed through a gap and projected onto the dragon's body, making her scales shine with golden light, illuminating the entire underground space.

Sha Fei Ya had seen in the Dragon Language Handbooks that dragons actually don't like shiny gold and silver treasures; those are stereotypes formed from knight novels' fabrications or misunderstandings.

However, it is true that dragons are more sensitive to shiny things. Their bodies are too huge; human bodies are like little mice to them, and they could step on them to death if not careful. Gems, magic crystals, and quartz, which are smaller than humans, would be impossible for them to see clearly if they weren't shiny.

As for the saying that dragon nests are piled full of treasures, it is both right and wrong. A dragon lives for thousands or tens of thousands of years. Even the wooden horse it rode when it was young would become an antique after thousands of years, and thus valuable.

But gold, silver, treasures, divine artifacts, and holy swords, even if they weren't broken, would rust into scrap metal if thrown there for hundreds or thousands of years.

I have never heard of an iron sword or iron armor unearthed from a thousand years ago being easier to use than one fresh from the factory. However, it is true that if they are in good condition, they are valuable.

Unfortunately, stereotypical impressions have led humans to particularly like offering Nai Aili shiny things. They can't bear to offer magic crystals, so they offer worthless associated quartz; they can't bear to offer gold and silver, so they offer shiny tinware.

Nai Aili has complained to the Dragon Speakers more than once about these things, saying they aren't practical and take up space, and that it would be better to send more little fat sheep over, which she could roast and eat.

Unfortunately, no one is willing to believe it; instead, they feel panicked, and the next time they send even more. Only by accepting these offerings and praising them a few times can the people feel at ease.

Sha Fei Ya teleported over and immediately heard a thunderous snoring sound. This is a very low-frequency sound, and when the momentum is at its greatest, the entire ground resonates with it.

Sha Fei Ya was well-prepared. She immediately plugged her ears with something, then hid behind a large rock, picked up a fist-sized stone, and threw it forcefully at the Huang Tong Dragon.

Sha Fei Ya used all her strength, but because her strength was too small, the Huang Tong Dragon didn't feel it at all.

The stone hit the Huang Tong Dragon's head with a 'clack,' and Sha Fei Ya shouted at the same time: "Boss, wake up!"

The Huang Tong Dragon's brow scales wrinkled, and her nostrils expanded. Sha Fei Ya immediately shrank behind the large rock.

Pshhh—the Huang Tong Dragon snorted, spraying a bit of dragon breath, drying the drool that had dripped under her nose.

Then the Huang Tong Dragon changed to a comfortable position and was about to fall back asleep.

Whoosh, another stone was thrown over, accurately hitting the Huang Tong Dragon's nose.

The huge dragon eyes opened instantly, two vertical pupils filled with boundless anger, and the breath sprayed from her nose gradually became scorching. A suppressed roar echoed throughout the entire underground space: "Who woke me up? You stupid creature, you will bear my endless anger, and I will roast you into a little dried fish!"

"Boss, it's me!" Sha Fei Ya poked her head out from behind the large rock, said quickly, and hurriedly shrank back.

"Stupid creature, I chose you as Dragon Speaker not for you to wake me up when I'm sleeping. Come out and bear my anger. I will roast you until you are a bit dry; you won't die very painfully."

Sha Fei Ya stretched her neck out from behind the large rock and opened her big mouth toward Sha Fei Ya.

"Boss, your son has come to find you." Sha Fei Ya said quickly, and as if afraid the Huang Tong Dragon hadn't heard clearly, she repeated it quickly several times: "Your son has come to find you, your son has come to find you."

Nai Aili's vertical pupils widened, and she almost bit her tongue: "My son? Where did I get a son?"

Sha Fei Ya breathed a sigh of relief; her little life was saved. The Huang Tong Dragon had a big temper the moment she woke up and couldn't control it, but if there was something that could stimulate her and make her regain her sanity, she was quite easy to get along with.

"I don't know either, but he mentioned the Zero Yangdao and also said his name is ￥%#@." Sha Fei Ya said Nai Ge Li Si's name in the Dragon language.

"￥%#@? ￥%#@?" Nai Aili muttered a few times, her eyes getting brighter and brighter: "Is it ￥%#@? Is it really ￥%#@!?"

"Yes, it is ￥%#@. My Dragon language learning is very good; I definitely didn't misread it." Sha Fei Ya said with certainty.

Nai Aili was excited and wanted to crawl up, asking urgently: "Where is he? Where is he?" But before she could stand up, she stumbled forward and fell to the ground.

"Be careful!" Sha Fei Ya shouted with concern, subconsciously wanting to rush out to help, but after taking two steps, she remembered that before her was a behemoth tens of meters long and weighing over a hundred tons.

So excited, could it really be her child?

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Nai Aili was both excited and thrilled, saying: "We dragons are cold-blooded animals. When sleeping, our body temperature drops to the lowest point. When waking up, it takes a period of time to warm up our bodies before we can move."

While speaking, Nai Aili looked up at the top, realizing that if she wanted to rely on this ray of sunlight to warm her body, she didn't know how long it would take. She simply said: "Hide further away."

Sha Fei Ya said hesitantly: "Are you going to fly over? In your current condition, it's not suitable to be too tired. I'll go and call them over here."

Nai Aili shook her head, saying with respect in her voice: "If the Huang Tong Dragon you mentioned is named ￥%#@, then he will be an existence worthy of me welcoming him. Hide further away."

Sha Fei Ya ran and ran until she was far away, and then felt a heatwave surging from behind. Looking back, she saw Nai Aili spraying a scorching dragon breath toward the ground where she had been lying. Where the dragon breath landed, the rocks melted rapidly.

And the dragon breath rolled and spread, dyeing the surroundings into a sea of fire. The lingering flames even wrapped around Nai Aili.

A Huang Tong Dragon's dragon breath is actually not fire, but a highly concentrated state of elements, possessing many characteristics, and heat is just one of them.

Amidst the scorching heat, the behemoth slowly stood up, her scales shining brightly under the roasting of the dragon breath.

Spreading her wings and flapping them forcefully, the dragon breath on the ground extinguished immediately. Dragon breath is very difficult to extinguish, which shows that what the wings flapped was not pure wind.

Raising her head and neck, Nai Aili let out a loud dragon roar that shook people's hearts, leaving behind a sentence: "You go back yourself."

She thought she would flap her wings and fly high, but who knew she would fold her wings, jump forcefully, and hook her short claws onto the crack above her head, pulling her body upward.

At the same time, she tucked in her big belly and raised her hind limbs, hooking, hooking, hooking, she hooked it. Her hind feet stepped onto the crack's seam, and just like that, her front claws and hind legs alternated, appearing clumsy but actually very agile as she climbed up.

Sha Fei Ya sighed. Every time she saw the Huang Tong Dragon leave the cave this way, she felt it was so lacking in style, but there was no way around it. The crack at the top was too small to fly out of at all; she could only climb out first and then fly.

So every time she left the cave, she could see her clumsy movements, and she was so afraid that her belly was too big and her front claws wouldn't be able to hook on.

Watching Nai Aili climb out of the crack and flap her wings to fly away, Sha Fei Ya teleported back to the oasis through the teleportation array. Returning and looking, she found that only Nai Ge Li Si, Lu Se, and Flash were left in the field, while Ang and the angel skeleton little zombie were gone.

"Hello, my lord. May I ask where your two companions and the little girl are? Where did they go? Please invite them to come over and rest together. Quick, quick, bring dates, bring big dates, to treat our distinguished guests." Sha Fei Ya said politely and enthusiastically, and quietly kicked her confidant.

Nai Ge Li Si smiled slightly. Such a completely different attitude—it seems Nai Aili knows who he is.

As for the other two companions and the little girl..., Nai Ge Li Si looked back and exclaimed: "Hey, where is Ang?"

Ang had run away quietly, because Nai Ge Li Si wouldn't let him plant things, and he happened to see a large area of abandoned farmland, so he slipped away quietly.

Although Nai Ge Li Si didn't notice him, the sentry responsible for guarding noticed him. A high-rank swordsman brought two spearmen and followed him.

"Hello, distinguished guest. I am Aolumu. May I ask if there is anything I can help you with?" The high-rank swordsman said very politely.

These people were brought by the Huang Tong Dragon. Although Lady Dragon Speaker questioned their identity, just the identity of being with the Huang Tong Dragon was enough to make everyone treat these people with extreme politeness. Even if they weren't Lady Nai Aili's child, they were at least kin, and the relationship was definitely closer than with the Dragon Speaker.

So Aolumu behaved very politely, and coming over was just to act as a guide, not intending to restrict their activities.

Ang happened to have a question, pointing to the abandoned area in the distance and asking: "There, what place?"

"Oh, that is wasteland, there is nothing there." Aolumu said.

"Farmland, there is farmland." Ang was a bit anxious, pointing to the traces on the ground and saying.

"Oh, you mean this. A few years ago it was indeed a piece of farmland, but with the degradation of the water system, it has already been abandoned." Aolumu said, sighing and saying: "The oasis's water system has been shrinking, and there are more and more abandoned places on the edges, sigh."

Ang didn't care about these, asking: "These farmlands, they are all abandoned, can I plant things?"

"Ah? You want to plant things there? But there is no water there." Aolumu said in surprise.

Ang opened his hand, and a light drizzle immediately fell from his palm, wetting the ground in no time.

Aolumu was filled with awe: "So you are a mage, excuse me, excuse me, but..."

Aolumu originally wanted to say that using magic to farm was unrealistic, but before the words left his mouth, he realized, what does it matter to him whether it's realistic or not? Maybe this mage has some strange habits?

So he changed his words and said: "That place has already been abandoned and belongs to no-man's land. According to our custom here, as long as you build any building on it, or plant anything, this piece of land will belong to you. However, to avoid disputes, you need to register at the Longmiao and pay a handling fee..."

As soon as the words "handling fee" left his mouth, Ang handed over a hand, the palm full of magic crystals, making Aolumu and his two subordinates' eyeballs almost pop out.

Although there is a magic crystal mine near the oasis, no one here spends this stuff; the denomination is too large, one piece can equal nine gold coins.

"This..." Aolumu swallowed hard, suppressed the trace of greed that emerged in his heart, carefully picked up one piece, and said: "Too much, too much, one piece is already too much. I will go and handle the procedures first, and return the rest to you, my lord. However, my lord still needs to build some buildings as soon as possible, otherwise, in three to five years, the wasteland will return to a state of no-man's land."

After speaking, he ran away in a flash. This was originally a very simple matter, and letting his subordinate spearmen go would have been fine, but Aolumu didn't dare to hand the precious magic crystals to them. Who knows if they would dare to have bad intentions? Although the probability was very small, what if?

Registering a piece of wasteland is a very simple matter. Wasteland in the desert is not valuable; land with water is valuable. If one can build housing or similar buildings on the wasteland, it can increase the local gross production value. So as soon as they heard someone was registering wasteland, the Longmiao's registrar didn't even collect the money.

Holding a handwritten land registration certificate with the dragon emblem stamped on it, he returned to the original place. From afar, Aolumu's chin began to drop. Is that still the place he knows? Why is there an extra row of buildings?

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