"Russell, what brings you here?" His elder brother Roland came downstairs to receive him. "Father and Mother took Laura to visit Grandmother."
"Oh." Russell nodded. "I needed to speak with Father about something, but since he isn't here, talking to you is the same."
"What is it?"
"I picked up another Spirit Worm..." Russell had not even finished speaking.
Roland cried out, "Fuck! What did you say? You picked up another Spirit Worm... You picked up another Spirit Worm?"
"You heard right. I did indeed pick up another Spirit Worm."
Imitating Roland's astonished tone, Russell repeated the news before continuing, "It's a Dandelion Bug. I want some cultivation information for Dandelion Magic Potion, and while I'm at it, I want my Spirit Worms to come over and have a gathering with Luorui and Tess."
"You lucky bastard!" Roland looked at Russell with envy, jealousy, and resentment. "I wander around the foot of the volcano every day, yet the Shadowflame Dragon has never even glanced at me. How did you catch the Shadowflame Dragon's eye?"
Counting on his fingers, he said, "First a Birch Worm, then a Gold-Silver Wolfdog, then a Blood Fang Fungus Worm, and now a Dandelion Bug... Oh, right, and that Magic Pearl Laura flaunts around like it's treasure every day!"
The more Roland counted, the more frantic he became. "God, Russell, you've been enfeoffed for less than three months. How have you picked up so many treasures!"
"Mm." Russell could not help nodding. "Now that you put it that way, I realize the Shadowflame Dragon really has favored me."
Putting on a show, he asked, "Do you think the Shadowflame Dragon has taken a liking to me? Brother, do you think the Grand Duke can successfully ride a dragon? If not, what conditions would I need to