Lin Xiao and Xiao Xiao worked busily through Dragon Valley, their lonely figures moving from place to place.
They shoveled earth, dug pits, laid the Dragon Bones inside, and filled the holes in one smooth sequence.
Xiao Xiao wasn't as strong as Lin Xiao, but she worked just as hard.
The two of them kept repeating the same task, burying the Dragon Bones.
Old Medicine, Electrolux, and the others watched Lin Xiao from inside the ring, making no move to help.
"Grandpa Medicine, Grandpa Electrolux, aren't you going to help Xiao Xiaozi?"
Ice Empress was sprawled across the Abyssal Demon Manta's back, legs crossed, looking every bit like the bossy big sister.
The Two Elders said nothing. An elder of the Mermaid Clan spoke up instead. "Lin Xiao is doing this partly to show his sincerity, and partly to prepare to subdue the Dragon Souls here."
Old Medicine nodded lightly. "He does have that in mind, but more than anything, the boy is burying the Dragon Bones of his own accord."
"He already reached an agreement with the Silver Dragon King. Most of what's here belongs to Xiao Xiaozi."
Electrolux nodded approvingly. He didn't think there was anything wrong with what Old Medicine had said. Lin Xiao was doing this entirely of his own free will.
They had already agreed to cooperate, so this wasn't necessary. But Lin Xiao knew that burying the Dragon Bones would bring him more benefits, not fewer.
The figures of Lin Xiao and Xiao Xiao appeared wherever Dragon Bones lay in Dragon Valley.
A year passed in the blink of an eye. Even with Lin Xiao doing the work himself, it had taken him a full year to finish burying every Dragon Bone in Dragon Valley.
"Xiao Xiao, thanks for all your hard work this