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Chapter 672: The Flower of Oak City Staying Up Late

Realizing that the Dragon God's Blessing had been working all along, Da Chun suddenly understood. The Dragon Clan's purpose in giving this reward was actually to get Uriel and his group to retrieve the Dragon Soul from the Void. The Black Dragon Queen Lord's purpose in modifying this Frost Dragon King's Horn for me was also to retrieve the Dragon Soul, which I unexpectedly stole after learning the Storm Druid build!
What happens if I get snatched away?
A refund? That's impossible, isn't it?
That means we'll ultimately have to offend the dragons?

Or will it be like the Beelzebub title, where they have to reluctantly admit I'm a new member of the tribe? That's the ideal solution for me, so let's go all the way with that solution!
Having suddenly understood, Da Chun temporarily stopped bothering with researching dragon soul possession and continued to concentrate on his dragon language lessons.

With the "Dragon Language Proficiency" reward from the Master's Spiritual Perception, plus an additional 1 point of Wisdom, the barrage of class reflections was incredibly enjoyable, putting him into a positive learning cycle of never tiring of studying.

5 pm.

The teacher gave a closing statement: "Everyone, the basic course has now concluded. The nobility of Dragon Language lies in its special requirements for both listening and reading, which are limited by the race and cannot be achieved through mere effort. Therefore, whether you are a noble lady or any of you who are accompanying me, no matter how talented you are, you can only reach the basic Dragon Language stage. This also means that you cannot cast some powerful Dragon Language spells. But even so, as long as you can understand the great script of the Dragon race, it is a great sublimation of your lives... get out of class dismissed."

Ah, get out of class is over? Indeed, no matter how fluently you post your thoughts on social media, it's still just basic Dragon Language.

However, I have seen the Five Wanderers use door-panel runes, which are dragon language. Runes can be used to learn dragon language. And theoretically, after transforming into a dragon, the difficulty of hearing and reading should be solved, allowing for continued learning, right?
At this moment, Xiao Nan stretched, closed her notebook, and left the classroom like a child eager to get out of school.

Okay, I'll ask her about her study experience after she gets back to her rented apartment.

Back in her rented room, Xiao Nan plopped down on the makeshift wooden bed, raised her hand to create a protective barrier around the entire room, and asked in a muffled voice, "How's your learning going?"

Da Chun wrote: "Basic dragon language."

Xiao Nan muttered, "Hmm, not bad, I've barely grasped the basics. Is that enough? If not, there's nothing I can do; this old lizardman only teaches this one lesson."

Holy crap? I still want to improve!

Da Chun asked, "Why are there so many people accompanying you to school?"

Xiao Nan snorted, "Don't be fooled by the old man's polite way of addressing me. It's only because of Grandmaster Buster. The old man is extremely arrogant and disdains teaching, thinking that others are not worthy of learning. He also doesn't want to teach just one person. So Buster found a way to gather a group of children who really wanted to improve, and with their numbers, they all begged him to teach them. Anything else? If not, I'm going to sleep."

Forget it, I can always ask the Dragon Mother or the Black Dragon Daughter in the Chamber of Commerce office for help later.

Da Chun asked again, "Has the Chamber of Commerce taken any further action?"

Xiao Nan laughed and said, "The vice president is drunk and probably won't wake up for a day. Even if there is any action, it won't be able to be taken. I'm happy to be free."

Holy crap? Fine, as long as the Ten Elders stop causing trouble for one more day, I'll have one more day to intercept the Dragon Soul.

"You've worked hard, get some rest."

"Well then, good morning..."

Xiaohua's perspective is off.

Okay, let's continue collecting dragon souls. The more dragon souls the artifact collects, the better the summoning effect will be, so Da Chun isn't in a hurry to play with possession anymore.

"Your Majesty, may we continue?"

The Queen said, "I've rested well. I feel deeply guilty for delaying the master's progress. I can't wait to get back to work."

Um... such a good employee who manipulates himself?
……

Oakwood City, 5 a.m.

Gabriel, who never stays up all night for skincare, and Liya, the city's beauty, are even more disciplined with their schedules, have all stayed up all night with her for this nightmare war. It was a lonely all-nighter, as even Uriel, who usually stays up all night, was sleeping like a log. Liya was holding a magic crystal screen meant for watching TV, but it was actually a nightmare tracker. Moreover, the device couldn't track directly; head nurse Nabukawa had to deploy it for two days, releasing an extremely expensive, stimulant-like drug mixed with "psychic metal" at key ward locations where nightmares might occur.

Spiritual metals are metals that can only appear in dreams and are an important material for creating Horcruxes.

As long as the nightmare absorbs the spiritual metal in the drug, it may be detected by this magic crystal screen—of course, the detection is not accurate, and once it is detected, it must be a big fish.

If we encounter a truly powerful enemy, we'll have to resort to the Dream Angels. After all, nightmares have no physical form and can't really be considered ghosts; they exist in a unique space called the Nightmare Realm, a realm beyond the reach of elemental magic attacks.

On this first night, to avoid attracting the attention of the Nightmare Clan, only two low-ranking Dream Angels were deployed. Their main task was not combat, but rather to further investigate the whereabouts of the large fish. After all, Lia's primary objective was actually to lure and capture the puppet.

But even so——

A bright spot displaying a large fish disappeared from Lia's magic crystal screen!
Gabriel's weariness vanished instantly, and she asked incredulously, "Miss? What? You caught a big fish?"

Lia breathed a long sigh of relief: "It wasn't easy. We finally succeeded just as dawn was breaking and the other party was eager to leave work and let their guard down."

That's not it!

Gabriel asked, "But we only deployed two low-level Dream Angels, and you took them down so easily?"

Lia laughed and said, "Because I'm in charge, is that not allowed?"

The thought that Cheng Hua was actually a royal princess made Gabriel realize that he had no choice but to agree: "Miss is really amazing."

Lia sighed, "Alright, everyone's worked hard. I've never stayed up all night before, and I still feel terrible. Let's call it a day and rest. We'll continue tonight."

Gabriel Khan said, "Very well."

At this moment, police officers patrolling the streets were mobilized, blowing whistles: "5 o'clock, time to go to work! 5 o'clock, time to go to work!"

Because the clock tower was damaged, it probably won't be repaired for several days. So, patrol officers are taking over waking the "cattle and horses at five o'clock" to avoid the chaos of yesterday morning.

Watching the group of 5 o'clock oxen and horses rushing onto the street in an orderly fashion, Gabriel felt genuinely gratified and immediately lay down in his cockpit, drifting off to sleep. Speaking of which, did he forget something? The live broadcast of Da Chun's injection? Ah, never mind, time to sleep…

……

Da Chun's phone rang. It was Zhou Qing: "Brother Chun, are you busy? It's almost dinner time."

"Okay, I'm not busy right now."

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "There's another piece of good news. Moore has made progress again in Bronze City and has successfully recruited someone into the Dragon Sleep Temple."

Da Chun asked in surprise, "Only one person?"

"Yes, that spatial rift was unstable. It suddenly grew to just the size of a single person, and that team member cleverly seized the opportunity to jump in. Then it shrank, and the others had to wait."

Da Chun was pleased: "Very good, brothers, keep up the good work."

But when I think about how there's still no progress in Oak City, I realize that it's probably because I haven't been able to help them much.

(End of this chapter)