Life is tough, so Honglong resorts to performing?

Chapter 43 The world is so small
"Should I say the world is small, or the world is realistic?"

After leaving the zoo, Loren used several teleportation arrays to arrive at a herbal medicine shop that had a good rating and reputation on the Magic Crystal Network.

Then, Loren's lips twitched slightly.

He saw that familiar middle-aged man.

That guy named Gru is the head of the Lower City Patrol Station.

At this moment, he was sitting leisurely in a large recliner, one hand seemingly in a plaster cast, while the other hand was flipping through a newspaper.

There weren't many people around, and Gru seemed like a retired middle-aged man, leisurely and at ease.

This was completely different from the image Loren had seen before.

Loren now strongly suspects that the store's ratings and reputation were artificially inflated by guys who came to give money to the Gru family.

As the head of a patrol station in the lower district, he's incredibly efficient and effective, doctor!

Based on the news Loren had heard recently, that Gru, the head of the Lower City Patrol Office, had been assassinated, that was clearly the reason why Gru was in a cast.

Considering the strength of healing spells in this world, and the existence of professions like priests that provide healing...

Loren was certain that this guy was probably faking it. If he were really injured, he would be jumping around by now. Was he wearing a cast to show his attitude?
So, which path did he ultimately choose?

Loren recalled his previous conversations with the other party, feeling somewhat surprised and uncertain.

Did he choose his tribe? But why?

Loren's curious mage nature made him start to ponder, but he soon gave up.

After all, what business is it of his?

All he needs to do is determine whether the store's ratings were artificially inflated.

After all, he came to buy materials, which, although not of great importance, were indeed materials to assist in the advancement ritual of the Sleeping Realm.

These days of ample food, drink, and exercise have replenished my energy, and of course, it's also the culmination of all the accumulation and learning I've had over the past twenty years.

His physical strength, magical power, and the strength of his mind and soul have finally reached certain limits.

This means that he can use high-quality, self-circulating magic crystals to complete the prototype of one of the core abilities of the Federation Ancient Dragons: the Magic Heart.

As one of the core abilities of the Federation's Ancient Dragons, it can provide the Ancient Dragons with more than four times their normal magic power, and it also has many other benefits.

The simplest example is that as the upper limit of magic power is broken, the ancient dragons will see a sharp increase in their control over their respective elemental domains.

For example, the red dragon can transform into a lord of the fire elemental realm, directly avoiding all weapons with dragon-slaying attributes and pure physical damage.

And this is a super-expensive product that will save money the earlier it is built.

Because the self-circulating high-energy magic crystal can grow along with the dragon.

Therefore, it can be called the Magic Heart, rather than the Magic Engine, after it is constructed.

For a 20-year-old red dragon like Loren, the first prototype only requires 50 high-quality magic crystals, which is only 500,000 copper coins.

However, this will save him nearly five thousand high-quality magic crystals when he truly comes of age and builds a real adult version of the magic heart, which is equivalent to fifty million copper coins.

As for the even more expensive ones, the real ancient dragon's magical heart, that's a problem of being priceless and unavailable, since it's a genuine military-grade controlled item.

Unless the dragons are fools, they will all want to complete the initial construction of a magical heart while their bodies are still young.

That's what they say.

In fact, many dragons only completed the construction of their adult magical heart in one go when they were adults, through years of accumulation and the consumption of magic crystals.

The most troubling problem for the young dragons is the strength of their soul, which is part of their spiritual strength.

Mental strength can also be advanced and improved through meditation training by a mage.

The issue of soul strength is a bit of a headache. According to the mages' research, simply absorbing the souls of other beings cannot truly increase one's own soul strength; it's a quantitative change, not a qualitative one.

To elevate the essence of one's soul, one can only receive divine blessing and sublimation, acquire divinity, overcome one's own dark side, and... age.

Yes, getting older and experiencing events are also ways to improve oneself.

Perhaps because there is a certain mapping relationship between the soul and the body, age and experience can bring about a certain improvement in the essence of the soul.

For the five-colored dragon, this means that there are probably only two paths left.

One is a special creature that seeks out small places, possessing divinity but no divine power; the other is simply aging.

Loren's current soul strength is up to standard not only because he is a transmigrator who has undergone soul fusion, but also because his age in this life is not yet the same as his age in his previous life.

He has more than twice the life experience of his peers.

This is only the standard that can be established during adolescence.

"With so many positive reviews, they can't all be fake, right?"

Loren finally made up his mind and went to the herbal medicine shop.

After all, they were auxiliary materials, and Loren didn't quite believe that those materials could be that bad.

No matter how you look at it, this is the largest and most diverse herbal medicine shop in the area. If you want more rare items, you'll have to go to Magic Crystal Network to find someone to barter with.

The only way to connect cities across the wilderness is by magic crystal trains.

Therefore, e-commerce, which existed in the previous life, has never been able to develop in this world due to limitations in transportation.

"It's nice to see you again, Director."

Loren approached the other person's recliner and greeted them directly.

"Phew, I told you we'd better not see each other again."

Gru put down his newspaper, looked at the red-haired youth in front of him, and sighed.

“You are a medicinal herb merchant, and I am here to buy medicinal herbs. You can’t refuse a customer like me.”

"Don't you dare take out the magic crystals I gave you. I don't like it when people use my money to buy my family's medicinal herbs."

"No, I can't buy that many."

Following his memory, Loren began to recite the names of the medicinal herbs. As he listened to the familiar words that came out of Loren's mouth, Gru's expression gradually became serious.

"Is this the material that the Dragonborn use to assist in their advancement rituals? I thought the True Dragons didn't need that stuff."

Gru asked, as he was very familiar with this system. His friend, a red dragon descendant, had used it to purify his bloodline.

"Of course we should, since it's all about putting things inside the body."

Loren replied dismissively, "Isn't it normal to add and integrate new products into the body and rely on rituals to replenish them in order to prevent rejection?"

"Come with me, I have a complete set here, which I don't need anyway."

Gru sighed softly.

"He's gone?"

Loren asked, puzzled.

"No, he's been promoted."

　The AI ​​calculation of my 20-year-old age and body type seems to have been slightly off. This could be due to my wording or version differences, causing the result to be incorrect. My body type was too small. So I'll just take a nap and level up a bit. (Asked to be continued: I was previously focusing on magic.) Thank you all for your understanding.

　　
　
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