Die, Ally!

The Golden Land could also be used to grow crops?

The Great Sun Earth Buddha Sutra hadn't said anything about that!

Kru pointed a claw at the thirty mu of crops stretching out in succession and said:

"Master, look. That's the dedicated planting area for the White Jade Grain seeds you gave me."

Seeing was believing. Wentesi raised his dragon wings and flew straight to the planting area.

He landed on a ridge in the most densely grown and abundant White Jade Grain field, pulled dozens of stalks up by the roots with his dragon claws, and held them for a closer look.

Every grain was as large as a pigeon egg, wrapped in a shell of white gold. They gave off a faint, enticing fragrance.

"Looks edible?"

True dragons were essentially immune to all poisons, and the vast majority of low-level toxins had no effect on them.

What was more, Wentesi was a [Hairy Head Sun] cultivator. He had Hairy Head Sun Law Power within him, which could dispel poison and ward off evil.

So Wentesi paid no heed to whether it was poisonous.

He stuffed all the stalks of White Jade Grain into his mouth, husks, grains and all, then chewed carefully.

The instant his dragon teeth broke through the shells,

a surge of Greater Yang Qi burst forth in his mouth, accompanied by a faint, fragrant taste.

"Greater Yang Qi? This White Jade Grain really is extraordinary. It seems to have mutated."

There was a great deal of Greater Yang Qi in it-more than ten times what Wentesi absorbed by basking directly in the sun.

After eating those dozen-odd stalks, Wentesi wanted more. He used his dragon tail and claws to pull up more White Jade Grain from the surrounding soil and ate it all.

Only after he had eaten every last bit of White Jade Grain in the surrounding half mu did Wentesi stop, though he still wanted more.

The Greater Yang Qi from that half mu of White Jade Grain was at least equal to everything Wentesi gained from three days of arduous cultivation, basking in the sun from morning till night.

The feeling of eating it and having it turn into cultivation was just like eating experience pills!

This feels amazing!

Wentesi quietly felt the White Jade Grain settling into his stomach, being digested and absorbed, and finally turning into streams of Greater Yang Qi.

Kru had long since taken up a position at his side, waiting for Wentesi's orders.

"Kru, mm, you did very well. Is there anything else besides this White Jade Grain?"

Kru then took Wentesi around the planting areas for gunpowder grass, Solomon's seal, Mountain Ginseng, five-finger peach, and the like.

All these spirit seeds had been planted in the golden fields.

Wentesi ate as he went, enjoying himself immensely. Apart from the spirit peach sapling, which had yet to mature, he tried everything.

All these spirit seeds had undergone changes to varying degrees, and their growth cycles had shortened too.

The Mountain Ginseng and Solomon's seal, which were supposed to take thirty and fifteen years respectively, had already matured.

They had matured in just seven months!

The mature Solomon's seal and Mountain Ginseng were enormous, the Mountain Ginseng especially so, looking just like a radish.

Wentesi pulled out two roots to taste them. They weren't bad, and they contained a surge of Greater Yang Qi as well.

Or rather, all the spirit seeds planted in the Golden Land contained Greater Yang Qi.

"It seems planting them in the Golden Land caused these spirit seeds to change, but... this isn't bad either."

The Greater Yang Qi Wentesi had digested from that little tasting session alone was enough to match two weeks of arduous cultivation in the sun from morning till night.

"This is a good thing. Kru, you did well."

Wentesi turned his dragon head and praised Kru.

Hearing this, Kru broke into a delighted smile.

"All right, go on. Has anything else happened in the territory?"

Wentesi asked again, because Kru hadn't finished reporting on the territory.

"There are also some new members: twenty bearfolk and thirty minotaurs."

"They all came seeking refuge from the depths of the Wilderness. They say they were driven out by the wilderness divine envoy."

Kru continued, pointing a claw at the minotaurs and bearfolk kneeling before the statue not far away.

Wentesi looked at the minotaurs and bearfolk too. Sensing his gaze, they all grew nervous.

As Wentesi looked over them one by one, they lowered their heads.

Wentesi had noticed these two kinds of beastfolk long ago.

According to the records in the dragon inheritance, bearfolk made excellent warriors. They were very strong, had great endurance, and were well suited to close combat.

Minotaurs were slightly weaker in combat than bearfolk, but more versatile. They could work as craftsmen, farm, and mine. All in all, they were very useful.

Having these two kinds of beastfolk join would help the territory's development to some extent.

Wentesi nodded and moved past the matter.

Wentesi had also spoken to Kru about recruiting new subordinates.

"There's one more thing. The Great Tree Sage once sent a messenger to say that you must visit him after your slumber. He has something important to discuss with you."

Kru told Wentesi the last piece of news.

"Hm? The Great Tree Sage wants me to visit him after I wake up?"

Surely something urgent had happened concerning the Abyssal Rift. Otherwise, the Great Tree Sage generally wouldn't disturb others.

"Got it. I'll go now."

Wentesi spread his dragon wings and flew first to the food storage warehouse.

He was hungry.

Since waking up, the only meat he had eaten was that firebird.

The spirit crops he had eaten along the way just now hadn't done much to fill his stomach. At most, they had filled Wentesi with Greater Yang Qi.

For energy and nourishment, he still had to eat proper food.

Over those seven months, Wentesi could clearly tell that the warehouse had been expanded several times, and the amount and variety of food stored inside had increased considerably.

Not only were there more fish and more kinds of them, but there was also some venison, goat meat, and brightly colored, strange mushrooms.

Wentesi stuck his dragon head inside and began chomping away.

Only after clearing out a tenth of the warehouse's stores did Wentesi leave, satisfied.

Wentesi spread his dragon wings and flew toward the Great Tree Sage.

Before long, Wentesi arrived.

Wentesi landed vertically at the foot of the Great Tree Sage's roots.

Just as Wentesi was about to question the Great Tree Sage, he sensed the danger of being locked onto!

The danger came from all directions. It was everywhere, leaving him no escape.

There was killing intent!

Wentesi raised his dragon wings and sped upward, not daring to linger for even a moment.

Boom!

The ground where Wentesi had just been seemed to have been struck by something. A great crater caved in instantly, and blue flames sprang up inside it.

At the sight, Wentesi's dragon face grew serious.

"The Great Tree Sage? No, that's not right. The Great Tree Sage doesn't have the power of these flames."

Wentesi immediately used his Dragon Might, trying to cover the entire forest and use it to search out the enemy.

Hum!

Dragon Might radiated from Wentesi, and a wave of invisible pressure set the treetops swaying.

But a juvenile dragon's Dragon Might was still too weak. It had little effect and failed entirely to force the hidden enemy out.

While Wentesi remained on guard, a faint sound suddenly came from above him.

Wentesi's heart jolted.

This is bad!

But Wentesi was already too late. He could only cover his entire dragon body with Hairy Head Sun Law Power on instinct and tighten his scales, trying to form a defensive barrier.

Bang!

A piercing force smashed Wentesi downward.

His seven-meter-long dragon body slammed heavily into the ground, snapping numerous trees beneath him and sending dust billowing everywhere.

"It hurts! It hurts so much!"

This was Wentesi's first time being beaten back. He hadn't even caught sight of the enemy before being struck down like this, and he was both shocked and furious.

But his opponent was clearly far stronger than him. He had to use his strongest move!

The enemy who had attacked did not stop, and Wentesi also heard a faint snicker.

It was as if the enemy were laughing at how useless he, a juvenile red dragon, was.

Immediately afterward, the sound of something rushing through the air came rapidly closer from above.

Thirty meters, twenty meters, fifteen meters.

A fierce light shone in Wentesi's eyes!

"Come on, then! Give me your life!"

All the Hairy Head Sun Law Power in his body gathered in his mouth, quickly forming a compressed sphere of light, condensed to its utmost limit.

He was going to unleash his strongest dragon breath!

Just then, an aged human voice rang out:

"Luola! Stop! Don't attack this juvenile red dragon anymore. He isn't our enemy, but our ally."

The old man raised his voice, and the rushing sound immediately stopped.

It was as if Luola had listened to the old man.

The enemy named Luola was very close to Wentesi now, only about ten meters away.

The enemy was just ten meters above his head!

Wentesi reacted swiftly. The fierce light remained in his eyes as he snorted coldly inwardly.

Ally! I never agreed to be your ally!

His strongest dragon breath had already taken shape. Wentesi raised his dragon head with extreme speed and aimed at the enemy above.

"Die, ally!"

Bearing Wentesi's deep hatred, the dragon breath erupted!

The gathered Hairy Head Sun Law Power did not surge skyward like a scattered pillar of flame.

Instead, like a precisely aimed nuclear bomb, it shot toward the enemy at extreme speed!