The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

The wedding was held as scheduled, with no unexpected complications.

Liszt presented his gift, a basketball-sized black pearl, which nearly made Levis's eyes pop out of his head, naturally leaving him utterly satisfied.

After the banquet.

The guests began to leave one after another.

Meioubao and Angela also prepared to leave. Before departing, Liszt repeatedly reminded them, "Cousin, don't forget to send your piano scores to me." Stay connected with empire

"Don't worry about it."

After seeing off his uncle and aunt's family, Liszt returned to Fresh Flower Town. He hadn't been back for several days and there were many affairs waiting to be dealt with—today was September 12th, and in two days, on the 14th, would be the Earl's birthday, so he would have to come back here again.

In short, socializing was very time-consuming.

By the time he got back to Fresh Flower Town, it was already dark. The Venus Flytrap Worms and the Dragon Kui Bugs were to be taken to Black Horse Island, where cordyceps would also be settled—he had arranged for people to develop a Dragon Kui Field and a small Venus Flytrap field on Black Horse Island when he decided to buy the two elf bugs.

"My lord, this is the newly discovered mutated Corn Grass. It looks very strange; its ear is very thick, resembling a stick." Isaiah showed Liszt the new Corn Grass using the light from a crystal lamp held by a castle servant, clearly pointing out the differences.

Originally, Corn Grass produced multiple ears, with each Corn Grass growing several of them, although they were very thin with only a few scattered seeds inside.

The current ear already resembled the shape of a corn cob, about as thick as a baby's arm and as long as two fingers.

Unfortunately, it was still not a magic potion, remaining a common plant. Liszt directly said, "Let's call it Stick Corn. Like Valley Corn and Oil Corn, protect their seeds. In the future, plant these types of corn extensively on Black Horse Island. Try to cultivate all the wasteland as much as possible."

No matter the growth, reaping even a little was good.

After returning to the castle, he carefully observed the Corn Grass Bug and found the little guy to be stable both emotionally and physically, with no signs of change, showing no potential for evolution.

Then he checked the Rubber Bug triplets.

Since one of them had shown restlessness once, the triplets had returned to their calm state, moving and feeling emotions in sync, as if they were one entity. They too showed no signs of wanting to evolve.

"Do you want to evolve or not?"

He muttered to himself, "If you're not evolving, then why are all the recent tasks related to elf bugs associated with you? And why are the related plants mutating every day?"

The Peanut Bug, Alfalfa Bug, Tulip Bug, Millet Bug, two Little Wheat Bugs, Tomato Bug, Fragrant Coconut Bug, Dragon Kui Bug, four Serpent Blood Fruit Bugs, Apple Bug, Barley Bug, Fig Bug, Blackberry Bug, Pea Bug, and Smoked Grass Bug, along with the Green Tea Tree Bug, were all honestly eating, drinking, and sleeping.

Jela also stayed honestly inside the castle, not going out.

It was too hot outside. With both Liszt and Ach not around, after picking on the Eight Tiny Ones to her heart's content, Jela had no choice but to lay low. However, she demanded a servant bring her cold water every day so she could soak in it and enjoy the coolness.

"Wu wa."

It raised its head and looked at Liszt, without moving.

Elves have quirky and diverse natures, with the majority not fond of community living, and many elves are naturally not friendly towards humans. It is only after forming a contract with humans that they become emotionally close to their bonded humans. Like Jela, it was clearly not a sociable elf kin to humans.

Its temperament was irritable and domineering, and it was prone to resort to violence at slight provocation, with only Liszt able to tame it.

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Mr. Elkeson had delivered another batch of magic books, swindling Liszt out of more than ten gold coins.

To provide for magicians like Chris Truth, Paris, and Ach, he genuinely spared no expense. Ordinary magicians simply didn't have the financial strength to purchase so many magic books.

Nor were they willing to spend so much.

It was only Liszt who, with the belief that "knowledge is power" and "science and technology are the primary productive forces," valued books so highly.

Mr. Elkeson also brought a common Light System Magic spell—Strong Light Bullet.

"There are relatively few types of Light System Magic, and even fewer spell schemes available. Generally, only grand magicians research Light System Magic. Grand magicians usually don't lack money, and magicians who lack funds generally don't have access to Light System Magic. Viscount, with my connections, it will be quite difficult to obtain more Light System Magic."

"A common Light System Magic spell for five gold coins, and an advanced Light System Magic spell for thirty gold coins, Mr. Elkeson, I am very sincere in my dedication to magic," Liszt said, greatly increasing the price from the original two gold coins for common magic and twenty for advanced magic.

Mr. Elkeson's eyes sparkled with excitement: "Rest assured, Viscount, I would run my legs off if I had to, in order to find more Light System Magic for you!"

Suckers were hard to find.

Willing to spend such a high price on Light System Magic.

While there was indeed an intent to train the Black Dragon Childe Paris to transition into a Light System Mage, deep down, Liszt couldn't help but harbor ambition for the Light Dragon—not all metal and gemstone dragons, which were highly sought after and protected by various countries, were easy to find, but Elemental Dragons were the most convenient.

He now had clues to four dragons.

One was the elusive Smoke Dragon, whose whereabouts and status, alive or dead, were unknown; one was the Formless Dragon that had left behind a Space Gem and might visit Fresh Flower Town again to savor the taste of Smoked Grass; one was the dead Fire Dragon, whose bones, if revived, might give birth to a new Fire Dragon.

The last one was the Light Dragon that had turned Paris into a Black Dragon Childe, living in Red Maple Mountain in Maple Leaf Duchy, yet to be hunted by dragon slayers.

There were others like the Sapphire Dragon and White Maw Iron Dragon, but those were dragons with owners and were difficult to obtain.

Of course.

Obtaining the Smoke Dragon, Formless Dragon, Light Dragon, and Fire Dragon was no less difficult than a pipe dream—at least, he had no idea how to successfully ride a dragon at the moment.

The ambition for the four dragons was merely a precautionary measure.

"What difference is there between a person without dreams and salted fish!" Liszt's dream was to ride a dragon through the nine heavens, fearless.

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After separating out a batch of magic books for Chris Truth, Liszt inquired about the progress on the Pink Pearl research.

"Viscount, I may not be able to craft it into a magic equipment like the Calming Sea Pearl. The runes and the principle of the magic circle within it are not difficult, but the technical skills required are beyond my capability; I don't possess Mr. Grandini's exquisite crafting skills," Chris said apologetically.

"It doesn't matter; having Mr. Grandini craft the Calming Sea Pearl is just as well, though it will cost quite a bit more money."

"By the way, Viscount, I've crafted the Fen Hai Luo shells into the horns you require," Chris handed over a conch shell that looked like a large trumpet. "It's quite simple to make this magic equipment, and the effect is excellent. If I blow it here, the entire town can hear it."

"This is a wonderful thing; if you have spare time, you can craft all the Fen Hai Luo shells into horns, one for each ship... We'll call it the Conch Horn."