The Drained Pond

The Old Dragon King now only wanted to live out his later years in peace.

It was precisely because of this mindset that the opening of the Sea Eye Secret Realm had attracted so many cultivators this time.

The Old Dragon King intended to use this Sea Eye Secret Realm to ruthlessly amass a fortune in resources.

He wanted to save up enough resources for the younger generation of the Dragon Palace.

That way, even if he fell, the East Sea Dragon Palace would still have someone capable of holding the fort.

This was essentially a resource exchange. Compared to humans, the Aquatic Race possessed many advantages.

But when it came to alchemy, talisman crafting, and setting up formations, humans still held the upper hand.

The East Sea Dragon Palace possessed vast quantities of raw materials, yet had no way to convert all those resources into cultivation resources.

Although the Dragon Palace was training its own alchemists, they simply could not refine high-grade pills.

Even among the human race, alchemists were exceedingly rare.

After all, alchemy was a craft invented by humans. The Aquatic Race possessed far too few alchemy inheritances.

For example, the crucial Enlightenment Pill was an essential pill for cultivators after reaching the Divine Ability Realm.

It could effectively help cultivators comprehend the Great Dao.

When humans had first faced the other myriad races, they had basically been at an overwhelming disadvantage.

However, once alchemy was invented, humans could continuously erase those disadvantages through pill refinement.

In the Central Plains, some ancient clans had consumed so many pills that their bloodlines developed resistance, rendering all pills completely ineffective.

Getting back to the point, although the Old Dragon King looked extremely aged,

he still appeared as sharp as ever on the surface.

When faced with questions from the