The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

The fish from the well didn't cause much of a stir. If it were on Earth, the novelty of fish emerging from an underground spring would definitely be a hot topic for hype.

But in this world full of wonders,

it's no big deal to have fish springs underground, let alone fish raining from the sky.

For Liszt, it was the same, he was merely curious about how the fish spring formed and enjoyed the taste of the fish from the well, but didn't take it too seriously. The specialties of his territory, apart from magical beasts and magic potions, were limited to unique products like rubber trees and hemp rope vines that piqued his interest.

The knight he sent to dive into the fish spring quickly delivered a survey report—the fish spring was indeed connected to an underground channel, but the passageway was very narrow. Diving in, one could swim less than ten meters back and forth before encountering a narrow spot that was impassable. However, there were a large number of well fish in the waterway.

This confirmed that the fish spring was truly hitting an underground river, causing the emergence of schools of fish.

After reading the survey report, Liszt was not quite satisfied, "If the underground river is just a narrow channel, it couldn't possibly support so many well fish. There must be a huge underground cavern or lake at some location. Perhaps the underground river is connected to former magma channels!"

He remembered over at Red River Town, there was a Bone Lake, which used to be a Burial Ground.

Underneath those dragon bones, there was a vast magma cavern with magma channels blocked off in all directions. Perhaps the underground river developed in these cut-off magma channels.

"Forget it, speculating aimlessly is pointless. I'll have the opportunity to slowly explore the underground river system on Black Horse Island in the future."

Although the fish spring didn't lead to more interesting findings, Liszt still made it a point to incorporate it as an attraction affiliated with Thorn Castle.
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He had a downward tunnel excavated.

A pavilion was constructed on the surface, named Fish Spring Corridor—a great place for relaxation.

Liszt even planned to set up a barbecue stall at the Fish Spring Corridor, so that in the future, Thorn Castle could hold barbecue buffets here, offering freshly caught and grilled fish, full of fun.

Having arranged all this,

Liszt no longer focused on the construction of Thorn Castle. He went to Dodo Island Volcano and cultivated overnight with Little Fire Dragon Leo. Laden with many insights, he returned to Fresh Flower Town to organize the content and incorporate it into his other magnum opus, "Liszt's Dragon Taming Manual".

He then revised it again and again, finalizing "The Conjectures on the Nexus of the Magic Net, Elves, and Dragons".

He handed it to Ake for reference.

Ake, who was studying Druid Magic, was rarely so engrossed in a theoretical magic book, reading it with relish. Liszt, meanwhile, chatted with Pike, who had already mastered Serpent Script and was able to communicate normally. Pike had even learned quite a bit of Wind Language—it was all taught by Ake.

In the territory, Ake undoubtedly had the strongest learning ability, picking up anything quickly.

"Liszt, did you bring me jade powder? I need a change of flavor. Eating white jade powder all the time is unsatisfying. Bring me some special jade powder. The taste of the purple jade powder I had last time was pretty good," demanded Pike nonchalantly while lounging in the pool, its current concern being jade powder.

"There's no more purple jade, but I've brought green jade powder," Liszt handed a packet of finely ground green jade powder to Pike.

Jade powder is neither gemstone nor crystal; it's a naturally formed stone in the earth's veins that contains magic power. This magic power is hard to harness for making magic equipment, but it's quite suited to an elf's palate. Regular consumption of jade powder can ensure an elf's vitality. During the transplantation of cordyceps, they depend on jade powder to survive.

However, there's no evidence that jade powder aids in an elf's evolution. It merely sustains the vitality of an elf.

Of course, it also satisfies an elf's culinary desires.

There are many types of jade—green jade, purple jade, white jade, yellow jade, Jade, chalcedony, agate, black jade, red jade, and so on. As long as it's naturally formed and possesses magic power, it's considered jade. Jade is sufficiently distributed on the earth's surface, so its price is much cheaper than that of crystals.

As elves increased in number, Liszt had to use many gemstones every day. He tried hard to find them on Black Horse Island, but unfortunately, he couldn't find any jade veins,

and had no choice but to continue purchasing from outside.

In fact, Black Horse Island was extremely poor in resources. Apart from the volcanic glass mined previously, there was not a second type of mineral resource. The graphite, saltpeter, sulfur, jade, and phosphorus mines he wanted were all missing. Even the raw materials for making glass, quartz mines, were non-existent.

If it weren't for Liszt having the Smoke Mission to transform the island,

it would probably be suitable only for raising horses, specifically for breeding that herd of Black Blood Treasured Horses.

"Green jade powder tastes terrible. Don't bring it anymore next time. I don't like it," Pike licked the jade powder and said unhappily, "Liszt, I feel you don't care about me enough. You know I love eating hard-textured jade powder, but you keep giving me soft-textured powder!"

"Be grateful you have something to eat. Where do all these complaints come from?"

"Don't you feel guilty treating the handsome Pike like this?" Pike covered his small chest and pretended to be dramatic.

"No, I don't," Liszt said with a smile.

Pike yelled, "Ah!"

He tumbled in the pool, venting his dissatisfaction.

"Stop yelling. Look at the neighbors, Fizz, Tam, and Eddie. They're eating happily."

"Please don't compare the handsome Pike with those ugly and idiotic Three Stooges. It's an insult to me and to you because we are both handsome," Pike said disdainfully. In its eyes, apart from Liszt and itself, no one could be considered handsome.

The three Giant Algae Minor Elves were often mockingly called The Three Stooges to their faces by it.

The Giant Algae Minor Elves dared not speak out in anger—because they couldn't win in a fight. Unlike minor elves who couldn't disobey Liszt's orders, Pike had relatively more freedom under the contract. It often disobeyed Liszt's commands behind his back, teaching a lesson to those three Giant Algae Minor Elves who dared to bare their teeth at it.

Fortunately, it was aware of the importance of elves in Liszt's eyes and did not dare to seriously harm the other elves; at most, he caused some superficial bruising.

"Pike, let's make a deal, okay? From now on, let's not say we're equally handsome. I think you're the most handsome," said Liszt.

Pike immediately burst into laughter: "Hahaha, it's okay, we are both handsome." It truly believed Liszt was complimenting it.

The corner of Liszt's mouth twitched, and he stopped talking.

No matter how clever a Greater Elf is, it's still just a Greater Elf; unlike real humans, they lack comprehensive understanding. He walked into his study and looked at Sea Sprite Ake, who was reading seriously—her petite exquisite figure, fair skin blushing with health, beautiful and innocent face, and the private parts wrapped with water.

Such a scene always sparked endless daydreams in him.

Sometimes Ake would wear clothes, but most of the time, she disliked the constraint of clothing, and Liszt, with ulterior motives, didn't force her to wear them daily.

His gaze wandered along Ake's well-proportioned body and eventually settled on her ankles, which merged with the seawater of Shell Sea, the lack of feet being Ake's biggest flaw at the moment.

"Alas, why do I always seem to encounter minors?" he straightened his sleeves, feeling somewhat sentimental.

Ake was underage, Leo had just been born, the Formless Dragon was probably underage too, Emily was underage, and the twin sisters Rose and Lucy were not of age either...

Shaking his head, he threw out the somewhat disorderly thoughts. He was a man of integrity, after all!