Volume 6: Helping the World Chapter 187 Green Dragon Dad
The little dragon in the ball raised its head stiffly and met Xiao Yun's gaze. Although it was an extremely small dragon face, it showed a speechless expression...
"Hmm? Lord Austin seems to be in a good mood today?" Xiao Yun moved closer to the crystal ball, revealing his eight big white teeth.
"When did you go blind?" Auston stared at him with dead eyes.
Xiao Yun smiled slightly, stood up and left the room, and came back with lunch after a while.
"Shredded potatoes and dried chili peppers are a perfect match. Cut the dried red chili peppers into tubes, mix with mashed garlic, and sauté with soybean oil. Add shredded potatoes, a little vinegar and sugar. It's slightly spicy and sour, refreshing and delicious. Even the fried dried chili peppers go well with rice..."
"The steamed tender Chinese cabbage with vermicelli in garlic sauce tastes absolutely amazing. Add some dried scallops from our MSG factory, and the garlic sauce is even more fragrant than meat. The smell makes your mouth water. The Chinese cabbage tastes refreshing and sweet, and the vermicelli is chewy and mellow, leaving a lingering fragrance on your lips and teeth. It is indeed the most delicious way to cook vegetables~~"
"This is amazing. It's made from our tribe's own March chickens, three-month-old roosters that were slaughtered to make the saliva chicken..."
"Tofu fried egg dessert, ummm~~comfortable~~"
After finishing three bowls of rice with one meat dish and two vegetable dishes, Xiao Yun slowly ate fried eggs with tofu with a small fork. He said with a relaxed look on his face: "The days living in our tribe couldn't be happier. We ourselves and everyone who has come to our tribe have absolutely nothing to complain about. Lord Austin, you have lived here for half a year, how can you still be in a bad mood? It's obviously your fault~"
Auston, who was lying on the crystal wall and looking out with drooling eyes, said: "..."
If he could get out, he would have spit the little bastard to death.
"Oh, I understand!" Xiao Yun ate the last piece of fried egg tofu and wiped his mouth, saying, "It's boring to just watch me eat, right? Although I try my best to imitate those popular food bloggers, my style is too monotonous after all. How about this, Lord Austin, I will take you to visit the cafeteria for another day..."
“No!” Auston screamed, holding his head with his short hands and rolling around in the crystal ball, “I’m not going to the cafeteria! I’m not going!”
Xiao Yun ignored him, seemingly respectfully holding the crystal ball with both hands and bringing it to the cafeteria, and even placed it in the center of the first large table in the cafeteria, so that Auston could watch the tribe members' meal process up close...
After the tribe adopted the reform, the cafeteria had to prepare at least 20 vegetarian dishes and 10 meat dishes every day, and there were five or six kinds of soups and snacks. The richness of the dishes was far greater than before. In just a few months, all the members of the Fire Tribe became foodies. At least a quarter of their salary was spent on food. When the big table in the cafeteria was full, the dishes would also fill up the table...
At night, when Xiao Yun went to get the crystal ball back, Austin in the ball was already lying on his back, without even the strength to howl.
When the dragons are in deep sleep, they can sleep for several years, dozens of years, or even decades at a time. In the past, Balk would sleep for a whole winter, and only go to the forest elves to beg for food in the spring... But that was when he didn't eat and couldn't see others eating!
Seeing others eating all day long and enjoying their meals so much makes you feel hungry even if you are not hungry!
Auston was in tears!
Balk had a cheetah cub sitting on his shoulders and a caracal cub in his arms, looking like a real daddy dragon. He lifted the door curtain and came in, shouting, "Ayun! Where's my dad?"
"Here." Xiao Yun stopped writing, grabbed the Austin ball on the desk and handed it over.
Balk casually handed the Austin ball to the manul cub to play with, then put the cheetah cub down and told him, "Play at the door of the activity room. Don't run too far."
"Okay~"
Austin struggled to sit up and weakly cursed him as a "rebellious son". Balk didn't even look at him and sat down next to Xiao Yun, talking to him with gestures.
The two cubs carried him to the square outside the door, where he was first kicked like a ball and then used as a tool for playing. The noisy and giggling sounds were a torture to Auston at first, and now... it is still torture!
"Can you guys be quiet! Show some respect! I'm Lord Austin!" The little dragon in the ball angrily pounded the crystal wall.
"He spoke!" The cheetah cub raised its thick, short little fingers in surprise.
"Xiaolong, Xiaolong, say a few more words?" The caracal cub happily put its little face on the ball.
"Hmph!" Austin turned the dragon's head away.
The two cubs didn't care and continued to play with the crystal ball, which was sturdy and durable and could not be broken no matter what.
Austin's short paws covered his ears and his wings covered his head... When will this kind of day end?
Finally, when the two cubs were tired from playing and wanted to sleep, Austin returned to Xiao Yun's hands.
After Xiao Yun checked the accounts, he stretched and casually pulled the Austin ball over, holding it with both hands, and said with a smile: "Lord Austin, the cubs in our tribe are very energetic. Playing with them is very stress-relieving and relaxing. Are you feeling much better now?"
Auston was so angry that he kicked the crystal wall: "Listen to yourself, are you talking like a human being? Huh?!"
"Oh, why are you always so irritable? This is not good--" Xiao Yun stretched out his tone.
"Wait! That's enough for today! I'm in a good mood, is that enough?" Auston said aggrievedly.
Xiao Yun showed his big white teeth happily... When he first took Austin's ball to train him, it was as hard as a rock. After grinding it for such a long time, he finally made this guy give in occasionally.
To give in means to be fearful and to start caring about other people's attitudes. Even if it is done under duress, the appearance of this option in the behavior pattern proves that this person is not hopeless.
As the saying goes, if you take one step back, you are not far from taking the second step back.
Xiao Yun smiled and said, "That's good. I was planning to let you spend the night with Niu Jiao tonight. Niu Jiao's snoring is quite loud, so Lord Austin won't be too lonely at night."
Auston looked so angry but dared not speak out, as if he wanted to spit dragon flames at him...
After a pause, Xiao Yun said sincerely, "I really hope that Lord Austin can be in a good mood every day. At present, it seems that letting you play with the cubs can really help to relieve your mood. How about this, tomorrow the cubs in the woolen mill will take turns to rest--"
Auston kicked the crystal wall again and said madly: "That's enough!!"
"You don't want to? This is very troublesome... I have to fertilize the tomatoes tomorrow and I won't have time to accompany you." Xiao Yun was embarrassed, "What should I do?"
"I, I don't need anyone to accompany me." Lord Austin resisted the urge to curse.
"Hmm... let me think about it. Good night, Lord Austin." Xiao Yun looked hesitant, smiled at Austin, and covered Austin's ball with a cover.
His ambiguous attitude choked Auston, but he didn't dare to make a fuss - if he made any noise while the bastard cub was sleeping, he would be thrown into a fight with that vulgar snow werewolf whose snoring was louder than his full-strength roar! That damn horn would also curl him up in his belly to sleep, leaving him staring at that guy's even more damned hairy balls all night!
After feeling depressed all night, Xiao Yun, full of energy, arrived the next morning... and sent the Austin ball to the goblin mining site.
Auston was simply stunned.
"Lord Austin, just have fun here for a day. It's quite lively here, and the working atmosphere is good. It should bring you a good mood for the whole day." Xiao Yun patted the Austin ball with a smile and greeted the goblins, "Baron, Gar, I'll leave Lord Austin in your care today. Remember to talk to Lord Austin when you are free, and don't neglect our important guest."
"Don't worry, Ayun. We've got this in mind." Gar, a goblin with a face covered in dust, wiped his paw on his pants, stretched out his paw and carefully took the Austin ball, and said solemnly, "We won't let Lord Austin get lonely."
"Thank you for your help! Lord Austin, I will pick you up in the evening. Goodbye!" Xiao Yun said with a smile.
"Goodbye!" The goblin Gar waved to Xiao Yun, then turned around and greeted his companions, "Lord Austin is visiting our construction site today. Lord Austin is very afraid of loneliness, so we should not ignore him!"
"Okay!" the goblins said enthusiastically.
Auston stared at him with dead eyes: "..."
That night, when Lord Austin, who was being "taken care of" by a group of goblins, asked about his well-being and accompanied him warmly, finally saw Xiao Yun coming to pick him up, the whole dragon was so excited that he lay on the crystal wall and looked out, tears welling up in his eyes...
Xiao Yun took the Austin ball, laughed, and sincerely thanked the goblins: "Thank you so much, Gar, Baron, you took good care of Lord Austin. Look how happy he is. I have never seen Lord Austin so happy!"
The goblins smiled sheepishly: "Of course, of course!"
This time, Austin didn't ask Xiao Yun when he became blind. He just lay in the sphere and cried loudly.
Xiao Yun opened his eyes wide and said, "He's so happy that he's crying. Lord Austin is really an emotional, sensitive and delicate green dragon!"
Goblins: "Yes, yes!"
The entire quarry site was filled with cheerful laughter...
When Mr. Sean came back exhausted, he was shocked as soon as he entered the room - Ayun was sitting at the desk taking notes, and Auston, who was sitting on the desk, was honestly answering Ayun's questions about dragon magic. The question and answer were extremely harmonious...
"Mr. Sean is back." Xiao Yun nodded, smiling broadly. "Lord Austin helped me a lot during the time you were away. I have some new ideas about making magic amplifiers. We can try them out later."
"..." Sean silently looked at Auston in the crystal ball, and Auston also turned his head to look at him.
It was clearly a miniature dragon face, but Sean could still see what it meant to be hopeless...
Mr. Sean's trip took several days. After he put down his luggage, took a shower, and had a big meal in the cafeteria, when he returned to the mobile home, Balk had already been called over.
"I still have a lot of work to do today. Let's finish it quickly so I can get back to work." Balk rolled up his sleeves, gathered magic power at his fingertips, and began to draw magic runes on the silicon steel sheet without saying a word. " It's a good idea to engrave specific magic runes on the silicon steel sheet to make a magic book page. Each page records a magic that can be released instantly. But Ayun, the cost of this is much higher than the magic amplifier we produced, and it can only record elementary magic. It may not be sold at a high price."
So doing practical things is to train the dragon. Even Balk habitually mentions the cost...
"I'm not planning to sell them. I'm preparing them for the cats in our tribe ." Xiao Yun carefully arranged the silicon steel sheets. "The cat casters have too little time to learn magic. It took them so long to learn just one electrical magic. Since they can use magic power anyway, it's better to figure out how to make good use of it. It's much better than learning magic one by one."
Balke thought about it and nodded, "That's right." He continued to work.
"Mr. Sean, come and help make the magic array diagrams for the front and back covers of the magic book." Xiao Yun pulled out two specially thickened silicon steel sheets and carefully laid them flat. "Engrave the magic array diagram on them, and then put on a steel frame leather cover so that it does not affect the magic array."
"Okay." Sean sat down at the table and carefully picked up the silicon steel sheet with two fingers.
The raw materials for this thing are not expensive, but the processing requires high precision and must be smooth and free of impurities. The scrap rate is extremely high, which is a test for the gray dwarf industry in the hilly new area. The runes of the last batch of processed wristband-type magic amplifiers were engraved on copper sheets, but this time they have to be engraved directly on silicon steel sheets, which requires a higher mental strength from the caster.
"The processed silicon steel sheets need to be protected by a layer of copper, otherwise they will wear out too easily. Will the pages be too thick?"
"Yes, it is quite thick. A magic book can only hold ten pages at most. Otherwise, it is not flexible to turn the pages, and it cannot be used conveniently and quickly."
"What kind of connection is used for the book bone part? Do I need to pierce it?"
"You can't wear it, it will destroy the integrity of the silicon steel sheet. It's more stable to punch holes in the copper skin of the outer jacket."
"Yes, this is another solution."
Sitting in the crystal ball, Auston silently watched his son, the devil Ayun, and the human spellcaster harmoniously and carefully studying the magic book that sounded quite fantastic to him. The dragon felt very complicated...
The six months of being trapped in the Fire Tribe were actually nothing for Austin, who had lived for more than three thousand years. If it weren't for Ayun always making trouble for him under the excuse of taking care of him, and his son's rebellious attitude making him so angry, he would not be so agitated at all - Austin was not so blind that he could not see that Sean only had a few years left to live, and the seal would be lifted as soon as this illusionist died, so such a short period of time was nothing to the dragon clan.
When he was left to eat dust in the flour mill, Auston was extremely shocked by his son's current situation. In his impression, his son, who had no patience, was not stable at all, and was irritable, actually went to get off work on time every day, and led hundreds of weak races like ants to repeat boring work...Auston clearly remembered that a thousand years ago, when he asked this brat to clean the castle, he was full of impatience! How come he has changed so much after being with the Snow Wolf Tribe for such a short time? !
That would have been fine, but what upset Austin the most was that he discovered that his son treated him coldly, like an enemy, but was quite close to the cub Ayun... and even admired him!
He has no respect for his father, but is very willing to listen to Ayun!
Whenever there is a problem, he will come to discuss it with Ayun, leaving his father aside and not even looking at him!
Auston was so angry just thinking about it that he couldn't help but grit his teeth and scratch the crystal wall with his claws...
The three of them looked up at Auston.
Balke rolled his eyes, as if he felt that his father had embarrassed him, and continued to work.
Mr. Sean had no interest in the Green Dragon Father and continued to engrave the magic circle with great interest.
Ah Yun, who least wanted to be "concerned" by him, looked at him with a sharp gaze and a smile: "Lord Austin, are you feeling bored? That's right, we don't have time to talk to you."
As he spoke, Xiao Yun stood up and held the crystal ball in both hands.
Auston: “!!”
Xiao Yun went out with the ball in his arms, looked around and found a Snow Wolf who was taking a break: "Ayi, help me take care of Lord Austin."
"Huh? Oh." Ayi, the only one-armed member of the Snow Wolf Clan, walked over, put the ball in his arm, and walked away.
Austin lay on the crystal wall, staring at Xiao Yun's back, gritting his teeth... He still wanted to spend more time with his son, but he couldn't say it out loud.
Ah Yi found a place with good lighting, took off his clothes, revealed his wolf form, and lay down to bask in the sun, resting his head comfortably on his paws, whipping Austin's ball with his tail as it rolled around...
The Snow Wolf tribe’s way of companionship is much better than the chattering goblins. At least Austin, who has rolled around in the sphere, has gotten used to it... He held his short hands to his chest, reflecting deeply on what went wrong in his son’s education.
"Ayi, come play with the ball." The passing cats waved and greeted.
"Yeah." The taciturn Hajime responded.
"Ayi, come and play ball with me." A member of the Snow Wolf tribe who was passing by greeted him.
"Hmm." Ah Yi shook his head and rested his chin on his paws again.
Austin: “…”
"I'm not a ball!" Lord Austin kicked the crystal wall with his foot, "I'm Balk's father, can you please respect me a little bit!!"
Hajime turned his head and looked at him, swept the ball over with his tail, held it with his paw, licked the ball with his tongue as a comfort, and then rested his chin on the ball to continue basking in the sun.
Austin: “…”
“Ayi!” Evelyn led the applied magic team back to the tribe. Seeing Ayi basking in the sun in wolf form, she threw her backpack to the cat assistant, rushed over to Ayi, hugged the wolf’s neck and rubbed her face hard, “I’m so tired, I ran for a long time in one breath!”
Ah Yi flicked his tail over Evelyn's back and slapped her gently.
Evelin showed an extremely comfortable expression, and pressed most of her body onto Hajime: “Ah… It’s much more comfortable~~”
Austin: “…”
He was an old acquaintance of the forest elves. This forest elf who lived with the Snow Wolf Tribe was also an eye-opener for him...
Evelin rested on Ah Yi for a long time before getting up. She seemed to have regained her spirit and walked away with high morale.
Auston silently watched Evelyn's back. Having been with Xiao Yun for a while, he knew that this weird elf who took the snow werewolf cub as his teacher had been assigned many inexplicable tasks by the even weirder devil cub. Some of the tasks sounded so absurd to him, but this elf believed them and tried desperately to complete them.
"Why are all people so willing to listen to that cub?" This is what Austin couldn't understand the most. He had to submit to the hateful devil cub because his real body was sealed and he had no choice. But his own son, Evelyn, the forest elf, and the human spellcaster, there was no need for them to listen to Ayun's words!
Not to mention those who could have left, even the other Snow Wolf and Cat tribes didn't need to be controlled by Ayun and have to rest only once every six days! The Snow Elves didn't have a harder life than these grassland people!
It's impossible that the cub Ayun is more powerful than the Elf King, making everyone dare not speak out!
Auston held his two short arms, tilted his head to look in the direction of the mobile home, with a look of deep resentment on his face.
I don’t know if it was because of his attitude that Ah Yi misunderstood something. Ah Yi held the Austin ball in his mouth, walked towards the mobile home on three legs, and sent Austin back considerately…
"Lord Austin wants to come back?" Xiao Yun held up the crystal ball, thought for a moment, and then showed a... warm smile that strangers would think represented friendship, but which would make people who knew him feel uneasy.
Austin couldn't help but shrink back, glaring at Xiao Yun with even more bitterness and hatred.
"I didn't expect Lord Austin likes me so much. Well, I will try to keep you by my side in the future." Xiao Yun said kindly.
Auston: "..." Can you give me some points? !
The four farms of the Snake Division have completed land reclamation, and the potato and sweet potato vines that were planted have survived and sprouted leaves. The elders are very excited, and the people from the four production teams are even more excited.
Xiao Yun took a canal boat down to check on the growth of the red fruit experimental field of the Snake Tribe. He casually walked around the four farms and asked about the difficulties encountered by the four production teams in their work, whether the snake tribe had adapted to the grassland climate, and the problems everyone hoped to solve. He also checked the living facilities of the Snake Tribe, showed concern for the workload of the snake cubs, the progress of the night classes of the snake tribe members, etc. When a satisfied smile appeared on his face, Qingcao, who was in charge of the work of the Snake Tribe, the elders of the Snake Tribe, and the managers of the production teams all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Everyone has done a good job. You can see that you are putting your heart into it." Xiao Yun said with a smile, "The grassland is a barren land that has never been developed. We have to build everything we want by ourselves. Now, we have made a good start. Keep working hard. Good days are waiting for us all."
"Yes." The elders of the Snake Tribe agreed with a smile.
The elders of the Snake Tribe have experienced the peak period of the Snake Tribe and have seen the colorful world of the human kingdom . It is impossible for them to be as simple-minded as the grassland people. The desire to fight for power and profit has only been temporarily suppressed by the intense work and will not really disappear. Fortunately, the Snake Tribe is now in a period of high enthusiasm for production and construction. If they easily expose their ambitions, they may be rejected by all members and end up in trouble. No matter what they are thinking, they will now put on a smile to the Snow Wolf Tribe, which affects whether the Snake Tribe can gain a firm foothold.
Compared with the elders of the Snake Tribe, the members of the Snake Tribe were really enthusiastic towards Xiao Yun. Their villain faces were filled with sincere smiles, and when Xiao Yun got on the boat, those snake tribe members who had nothing to do rushed to the canal to see him off.
On the return boat, Auston, who was tied to his waist by Xiao Yun's net bag, couldn't help but speak: "You are the most treacherous, cunning, and evil creature I have ever seen. I don't believe you can't see that some of the elders of the snake tribe are just pretending to be nice to the snow wolf tribe."
It was rare for Austin to speak up, and Xiao Yun had been listening attentively. However, he became unhappy after hearing the first half. He took off the net bag and raised the crystal to his nose: "Lord Austin, I was so honest and sincere to you. I thought we could be considered friends. I didn't expect you to have such a big misunderstanding of me. This is so sad."
"How dare you brag about yourself so shamelessly!" Austin slapped the crystal wall with his tail.
Xiao Yun lifted the ball above the river.
"Well...it's not that I can't accept your friendship..." Austin said with a constipated look on his face.
Xiao Yun took the ball back and said, "I was wondering where that immature old man Balke got his boasting from. The relationship between you and your father is inherited from the same source."
Auston turned around and pointed the dragon's butt at him.
Xiao Yun turned the ball around and smiled, "It's okay to admit that you care about me and are interested in me, Lord Austin. You are concerned about the Snow Wolf Tribe being betrayed by the Snake Tribe. I have deeply felt your concern."
"Can you please count?!"
