Chapter 388: Chapter 382: Endless Work

Not being afraid doesn’t mean Leon wants to challenge those Demon Lords or Great Devils.

He can’t just abandon the colorful world of the Material Plane and run off to rule the Abyss or the Nine Prisons, facing demons who love fighting and killing, or devils obsessed with schemes and calculations. It’s not worth doing without benefits.

Although the Heavenly Immortal Pill has been refined, the matters he needs to handle are far from over.

He has quite a few subordinates available now—ever since he vanished an entire powerful Fire Giant army with a gust of wind and cut off the head of the Flame Divine Successor with one sword strike, the Kraken has become quite docile—those chaotic matters can all be handed over to his subordinates, but there are some things only he can accomplish.

With his Bone Shedding and Rebirth, it has not only transformed him from a mortal creature into a deity-like being, but also made him gigantic over-sized, enhancing his breathing of nature’s spiritual energy. This directly caused the Volcanic Island, a feng shui treasure trove, to struggle to accommodate him, prompting Leon to consider upgrading Volcanic Island into a Cave Heaven Blessed Land.

The problem now is that upgrading Volcanic Island into a Cave Heaven Blessed Land requires a lot of money, and whenever he has money, he spends it on buying rare alchemy materials, so he doesn’t have enough money at all.

Additionally, the Volcanic Island isn’t inhabited by him alone, and he’s somewhat reluctant to bear the financial burden by himself, hoping other residents will also contribute.

Tassera, Cecilia, Fiora… Apart from him, there are many dragons on the Volcanic Island. If each dragon contributes one hundred or two hundred thousand Gold Coins, the funds needed to transform the Volcanic Island into a Cave Heaven Blessed Land will be over halfway there.

Leon really pondered for a long time and eventually decided to fund the transformation of the Volcanic Island by himself.

His thoughts were simple: getting the stingy giant dragons to pay up isn’t easy. Convincing everyone to contribute might be harder than defeating the Flame Divine Successor.

Currently, the Volcanic Island is entirely his. Once others invest money, there’ll be others’ shares in the Volcanic Island, and the island won’t be solely his, inevitably reducing his influence. Although the entire Zhen Dan Kingdom combined isn’t a match for him, allowing him to do whatever he wishes, he’d prefer to avoid such a situation.

Speaking of which, in transforming the Volcanic Island into a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, the more power from the Five Elements—Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—the better.

Anglistra and Salovis, being Red Dragons, belong to the Fire element giant dragons. The Magic Power they emit can enhance the island’s fire, while Tassera, as a Blue Dragon, belongs to the Earth element giant dragon. Bronze Dragon Fiora is a Water element giant dragon, and Cecilia, as a Green Dragon, counts as a Wind element dragon, but is connected to Wood…

Even though they aren’t paying, they’re contributing in some sense.

As for the money issue, it’s actually easy to solve. Anything that can be solved with money isn’t a problem. When the time comes, he can find the Talia Alliance and ask for it.

The Talia Alliance wants to sign a peace agreement with the Zhen Dan Kingdom, and he temporarily doesn’t want any conflict. Mainly, the Talia Alliance isn’t easy to deal with, but there must be benefits.

Besides upgrading Volcanic Island into a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, Leon is most concerned about his sword, which is just a step away from becoming a Divine Artifact, but he’s completely clueless about where to start.

In the coming days, Leon busied himself with renovating Volcanic Island, striving to transform it from a feng shui treasure trove into a Cave Heaven Blessed Land. First instructing Cecilia to extort the Talia Alliance, then flying all over, examining the terrain of mountains and rivers.

The Talia Alliance isn’t as strong as an Empire, but they still have their dignity, so they couldn’t be easily subdued by a nation led by a Red Dragon. Cecilia wasn’t able to extort a large amount of Gold Coins but received considerable assistance, besides agreeing that they’d sell anything the Zhen Dan Kingdom wants to purchase, offering zero tariffs and other favorable policies.

“The government building is completed, Edwin’s laboratory is also built, the expansion work at Watchtower Port is finished… you haven’t worked for a while, have you?”

“I have a new task for you, more important than anything else.”

“Don’t ask why I’m doing this, just follow the instructions.”

Compared to when he initially transformed Volcanic Island into a feng shui treasure trove, Leon must personally handle it, but now he has more available manpower. As long as he designs the blueprints and plans, handing them over to his subordinates would suffice… I must say the Engineering Minister, Brass Dragon Eggon, is becoming more competent, especially after he included many captured Fire Giants from the Lost Plateau under his command.

Previously, just transforming Volcanic Island into a feng shui treasure trove cost Leon half a year to a year. It might take several years for Brass Dragon to transform Volcanic Island into a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, during which Leon traveled far and wide for his weapon.

Leon specifically traveled to the Dark Territory, visited the Gray Dwarf city he had been to before, chatted with the Gray Dwarf King, then went to the lowland Dwarf city in Lost Plateau to talk with the Dwarf Lord, but nobody could help him upgrade the sword to a Divine Artifact… a sword over ten meters long, something they’ve never seen before.

It was a sunny day; Leon had nothing to do and was sprawled on the observation deck, enjoying the breeze.

Whenever he’s free, he likes blowing in the wind there, gazing at the endless sea, emptying his mind, better than soaking in the Molten Lava Pool.

“Brother.” Salovis came.

“Hmm.” Leon replied casually.

“Biska is here.” Salovis said.

“Who is Biska?” Leon asked instinctively, soon recalling that Biska is a Githyanki Knight, Salovis’s former partner while she served the Githyanki. “Why has she come?”

“She came seeking my help.” Salovis answered.

“If you want to go, go ahead. I don’t mind, there’s nothing here requiring your presence.” Leon said indifferently, recalling the period shortly after he destroyed the Fire Giant army and killed the Flame Divine Successor, the Githyanki frequently visited him, hoping he’d go to the Star Realm to assist them, which, naturally, did not succeed.

Salovis went away for several months, causing Leon some concern—whether his silly sister was lost—until the Githyanki informed him that Salovis had ventured to the Star Realm.

“That fellow…” Leon knew why Salovis ventured to the Star Realm, because she often mentioned that back when she served the Githyanki, she was still a teenage dragon, unable to defeat those young dragons, she would return to Tunaras one day to teach all those who underestimated her a lesson.

The revengeful nature of the Red Dragon is indeed heavy; decades on, she remembers everything clearly.

In recent years, living on the feng shui treasure trove of Volcanic Island, Salovis’s growth rate has surpassed a normal Red Dragon’s. Although now a young dragon, she’s at least has the size of an Adult Dragon, nearing Mature Dragon proportions. Leon believes she will crush those regular teenage Red Dragons effortlessly.

Star Realm… he murmured about it for years, yet never ventured there to see.