The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Atilan was about to open the booklet to carefully study the recorded secret art of dream cultivation when he suddenly realized that everything that had happened today seemed too smooth. This booklet on dream cultivation should logically be kept in the bear-man's library.

However, the bear-man carried it with him, obviously having prepared a solution to the disharmony between his dragon body and dragon soul long ago, but he just didn't reveal it, waiting to see when he could discover the problem himself.

That's how Master is. He sees the problem but doesn't say it directly, instead guiding you to discover the problem and try to solve it yourself. This process perfectly proves the skills you've learned.

If it still doesn't work, then it's Master's turn to appear. If everything needs Master's help, why accept a disciple? If Master doesn't help with any problems, why have a master at all?

"Strengthen your spirit and soul through sleep. The body is growing too fast under the nourishment of natural energy. It's like a child pulling a big cart, naturally leading to disharmony and effort."

"Given your speed of progress, if it weren't for the activation of three bloodlines causing turbulence in the energy circulation within the dragon body, it could barely be maintained. I would take you to the Emerald Dream a few more times to cultivate and strengthen your spirit and soul."

"The progress of the physical body and the soul wouldn't be too far apart. But you had to act on your own initiative, so you have to suffer the consequences."

The bear-man spoke leisurely, constantly picking up small breads and stuffing them into his mouth, nodding with satisfaction. This sweet and crispy bottom was indeed irresistible to the bear-man.

Although Atilan's overly vigorous ambition gave the bear-man a headache, he had to admit that Atilan's cooking skills were indeed good. The delicious food he made quickly extinguished the fire in his heart.

"But, combining the dream cultivation secret art mastered by the School of Life with the dragon's sleeping ability should effectively enhance your soul, allowing the dragon body and soul to gradually harmonize."

"But the time definitely won't be short. I hope you can have enough patience to wait. Do you have it?"

Faced with the bear-man's distrustful gaze, Atilan nodded firmly and said:

"Please trust me, Master. For the next three years, I will definitely stay in the forest and cultivate diligently, absolutely not taking a step out of the forest!"

The bear-man nodded, somewhat satisfied. It wasn't that he believed Atilan's promise, but he believed that Atilan wouldn't dare to disobey him openly in front of him.

"Originally, it wasn't yet the stage to take you to the Emerald Dream for cultivation, but you triggered the problem in advance, so you must go to the Emerald Dream."

"Do you remember the last time in the Emerald Dream, after you purified those filthy demonic creatures with lightning, you had a period of time after waking up when you felt a clarity of mind, and your thinking was very fast in everything you did?"

Atilan nodded excitedly and said:

"I never understood where that feeling came from. Later, I changed several environments, and even tried several ways of sleeping, but I couldn't find that feeling again."

"Could it be related to the Emerald Dream?"

The bear-man nodded and said:

"Great druids, legendary druids, all use the unique environment of the Emerald Dream to temper their souls. After being contaminated by demonic power, purifying the environment of the Emerald Dream can yield rewards, enhancing the soul."

"Overall, it's actually similar to the rewards obtained by druids in the past for building the material world and the Emerald Dream. You allow the Emerald Dream to grow, and the Emerald Dream will reward you with corresponding power."

"Sow seeds in spring and harvest grain in autumn. Purifying filth and clearing weeds from farmland is no different, but the weeds in the Emerald Dream bite."

"And they've bitten many people to death. Do you have confidence?"

Atilan patted his chest with confidence.

"Of course. Although I was a little embarrassed last time, I still eliminated a lot of filth. As long as there are enough times, the rewards will definitely be plentiful."

"Being killed in the Emerald Dream in a spirit-like form doesn't count as true death. Although it will be a great loss of vitality, it can be recovered in three to five years with the help of the herbs I make."

Atilan took a deep breath and swallowed his saliva, saying:

"Still no problem, but Master, can we start from a relatively stable safe zone? Just letting the soul in, I might need some time to get familiar with it."

The bear-man waved his hand.

"It doesn't matter. Purifying demonic creatures provides a greater boost, but there are also safe ways to increase soul power, just like you plant trees on the outskirts of the forest, you can also plant trees in the Emerald Dream to gain power."

"You can even meditate in the safe zone, which can also improve the soul, but the time you can stay in the Emerald Dream is limited, and the remaining time must be spent in true sleep."

After thinking for a moment, Atilan still chickened out.

"Then let's start with planting trees first. Meditation is too inefficient, and purifying filth with the soul is still too dangerous."

As he spoke, Atilan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Since it's a spirit-like form, can I bring a real spirit in to assist me?"

The bear-man raised an eyebrow.

"If it's the blue fish spirit accidentally cultivated by the fishmen, then forget it. His strength is a little lacking, wait another one or two hundred years."

"Can the white bull listen to you? The front line of the Emerald Dream against demonic creatures is very dangerous. True spirits are more easily contaminated by demonic power than we are."

"Are you sure you want to bring the earth-type white bull in? His movement speed isn't fast, unless, you've obtained a new spirit?"

Atilan smiled slyly.

"There is one, a lightning-type electric eel spirit. He often devours my Lightning of Life and Lightning of Purification, and the lightning he releases already has a bit of flavor."

"Although he was only born recently, he should be considered a good assistant."

The bear-man frowned immediately. Being able to make Atilan feel that he could be taken to the battlefield shortly after birth, indicating that this spirit's talent was quite good, and Atilan couldn't be allowed to ruin him.

"Bring him over and let me see."

As soon as the bear-man said this, Atilan inexplicably felt a sense of crisis, but he couldn't find a reason to refuse.

"Forget it, I'll go see him myself. You stay here and read the book. The secret art of dream cultivation of the soul has a lot of content, and the learning difficulty is also high, don't waste time."

"Ah?"

The bear-man didn't even ask Atilan where the electric eel spirit was, and teleported away on his own.

Leaving Atilan stunned in place, a gust of wind blew, and the small booklet he was holding with his mage hand opened with a rustle, the slender booklet flying a meter or two away.

Atilan took a look and was immediately dumbfounded.

The booklet was indeed small, but it was very long, and the paper was very thin, no wonder it flew so far when the wind blew. The words on it were also small, and Atilan immediately felt a headache.

"Read it."

No matter how many words there were, he had to learn them. If he didn't solve the problem of his soul, he wouldn't be able to continue to make great strides forward, and if the disharmony between his body and soul continued to worsen, it would also affect his combat ability.

Even his ability to live. The taste of the dishes he made was still right now, but who knew when it would change. Atilan was a little worried about the three elemental bloodlines in his body.

If they clashed, it was hard to say whether he would be paralyzed by the impact.

After reading it carefully once, Atilan discovered that, seemingly a small booklet, it actually contained nearly 30,000 words, detailing three kinds of secret arts for cultivating the soul.

Nourishing the soul's growth with the strong blood energy of the flesh, how to use dreams to enhance the soul, and finally, entering and exiting the Emerald Dream through dreams.

Atilan was initially surprised that entering and exiting dreams could become a secret art for enhancing the soul, but after reading this secret art, he realized that the fluctuations generated when entering and exiting the Emerald Dream, if used well,

could purify the soul.

The problem was that the special energy fluctuation was fleeting, and if the soul's perception was not sensitive enough, it would not be able to grasp this power.

The Emerald Dream was not a place where one could open the door at will. Within a certain period of time, the number of times a druid could enter was limited, of course, this was aimed at novices who had just entered.

The purpose was to protect them from being assimilated by the Emerald Dream.

This secret art of entering and exiting the Emerald Dream could only play a role in the early stages. Powerful druids were directly immersed in the Emerald Dream, and there were too many opportunities to be found inside.

Wandering around the gate was completely losing a watermelon to pick up a sesame seed.

Of course, of the above three secret arts, Atilan could only try to cultivate the first one, using the life energy of the body to transform and nourish the soul, which might cause the body to be depleted for others.

But for Atilan, whose body was excessively strong at the moment, it was the best way to balance the body and soul. The secret art included a herbal formula for strengthening blood energy.

Because this secret art was prepared for ordinary races such as humans and elves, if they practiced like Atilan, they would not cultivate a soul, but a ghost.

That feeling of the soul growing stronger was wonderful, and one would inadvertently over-extract blood energy, so it was used in the Emerald Dream, where the spirit-like body was not afraid of drawing blood energy.

Because what made up the body was not traditional life blood energy, but the effect of cultivating this blood-to-soul secret art in the Emerald Dream, as a half-real and half-dream world, was still quite good.

For some reason, Atilan always felt that this blood-to-soul transformation did not seem like a righteous secret art, a bit like it had been drastically modified from a necromancer or vampire's secret art.

That primitive, bloody taste had not been completely eliminated.

Okay, Atilan realized he was wrong when he read it the second time.

What he had just read was actually the first version. The School of Life had already carried out a second optimization, which could use excess dissipated life force to transform into soul power in sleep, gentle and harmless, at the cost of being slower than a turtle's crawl.

Atilan felt that he should not rashly cultivate it, it was better to be obedient in front of the bear-man recently, since the bear-man said that his task was to read, not to practice now, he should not go against the wind.

Moreover, he felt that this secret art scroll seemed to hide a lot of content, this second version, he clearly remembered not seeing these contents when he read it the first time.

But it popped up when he read it the second time. Could it be that the disharmony of his soul was already so serious?

Attilan read the third version and discovered that a third version had actually appeared, combining the advantages of the previous two versions: fast speed and less damage to the body, but it consumed a lot of resources.

Treasures of the quality of Life Acorns must be eaten as food to supply the growth of the soul.

There was no other way, the growth of the soul was difficult. For the same increase in strength, increasing the body only required one unit of resources, while increasing the soul might require ten.

The combat effect of the soul power might not even be as damaging as the body and elemental powers.

But this was the low-end game. In the high-end game of Bearmen and Deathclaws, the power of the soul needed to be highly valued.

The power of the soul might be inconspicuous at first, but once it accumulated to a certain level, the power that erupted would be considerable. Clearly, the Swamp Dragon's power was stronger, but he ended up as a meat shield and support.

This was because, at a certain level, he did not adjust the direction of his cultivation and was still spinning around the basic physical strength. Of course, the dragon's instinctive soul strength was very high.

It was not as good as the Bearman in attack, but it was two or three times more effective in defense.

When Attilan was reading it for the fourth time, he increasingly felt that this booklet was not simple. The content on it was really changing. This booklet must be a magic item.

At this time, the Bearman, with the Electric Eel spirit wrapped around his arm, walked over.

"It's a waste of his talent to let you cultivate this Electric Eel spirit. I'll take care of him from now on."

"Master, you…"

"You what?"

"I…"

"I what? Do you think I can't take good care of him?"

Attilan wanted to cry, but had no tears.

"Master, if you continue like this, I'll go to Master's wife to seek justice."

"I didn't say that this Electric Eel isn't yours. I'm just keeping him by my side to take care of him. He's still your spirit. I'm the master, how could I snatch my disciple's things!"

"What do you think? Attilan!"

Looking at the Bearman's half-smile, Attilan quickly said:

"Master's attainments in lightning are so high, I believe that in this world, if you call yourself second, no one dares to call themselves first! I think it's very appropriate to leave the Electric Eel spirit to Master's care!"

Attilan also knew that the Bearman had always cultivated some spirits in the forest, allowing him to try what it felt like to cultivate spirits, but he had never been able to produce any valuable spirits.

Now this Electric Eel, spirit, lightning type, was simply generated according to the template that the Bearman liked. How could the Bearman not like it when he saw it?

His arm carried a faint silver current. The Electric Eel swam around on the Bearman's body as the current moved, causing the Bearman to couldn't help but reveal a knowing smile.

"Good, good, this Electric Eel spirit should be raised in the Thunder Pool of the Amethyst Mountain. How can he get good growth if you raise him in the lake!"

The corners of Attilan's mouth twitched. Even if the Electric Eel was a lightning-type spirit, with the high-purity lightning slurry in the Thunder Pool, was Master sure that the Electric Eel wouldn't be electrocuted to the point of his soul flying away?

"How's the reading going?"

"Master, there's a lot of content on this, and it changes every time. The handwriting is also different. Was it recorded by different people?"

"That's right. This booklet is connected to the dream realm and is considered a relatively important item in the School of Life. What you see on it is what you can see and what you are allowed to see."

"Some content that you are not qualified to see yet, you can also see if you have a way to break the blockade of this item, but your soul is obviously not at that level yet."

"Practice the basics well. When you use the dream realm to enhance the strength of your soul, you will naturally be able to see the remaining content."

Attilan keenly noticed something was wrong.

"Master, I saw a secret technique for enhancing the soul with blood energy. Is that basic content?"

The Bearman's expression changed slightly.

"You saw the Blood Transformation Soul Secret Technique?"

"Yes."

Attilan nodded quickly. The Bearman quickly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to press on Attilan's arm. He immediately felt a strange fluctuation spread from the Bearman to him.

Until it touched the Dragon Pearl, the originally calm Dragon Pearl suddenly began to rotate, releasing a faint fluctuation to resist the Bearman's fluctuation.

"Your Dragon Pearl doesn't seem as simple as I thought. No wonder the Deathclaw's soul attack was easily resisted by the Swamp Dragon with the Ocean Dragon Soul."

"The Dragon Pearl is called the Dragon Soul. So that's why. Interesting, the Elemental Dragon God's arrangement is really not simple."

Attilan was confused, always feeling that the Bearman had said something very important just now.

"Attilan, you must pay more attention to the cultivation of the Dragon Pearl in the future. That is your chance to come again. No matter what, you must not let your Dragon Pearl be shattered."

"Ah?"

The Bearman smiled and patted Attilan.

"Forget it, your Dragon Pearl is still too far from the Ocean Dragon Soul. Wait until your life stage breaks through Legend before considering condensing the Dragon Soul."

Attilan remembered clearly that the cultivation method of the Dragon Pearl in the inherited memory was not complete. After the Dragon Pearl's nine revolutions, it was only a pure energy crystal.

Although it had various magical effects, it could not be considered a true Ocean Dragon Soul.

Now he suddenly understood that the reason why there was no last section in the inherited memory was because after the Dragon Pearl's nine revolutions, he would naturally understand what to do next.

Moreover, that piece of cultivation knowledge was likely a completely unrevealable secret and had a rather subtle relationship with the Elemental Dragon God. Combining the Elemental Dragon King's being schemed against and killed, Attilan seemed to understand something.

"Master, wouldn't the Elemental Dragon God have some things hidden in his Dragon Pearl? Gathering all eight Dragon Pearls would revive the Elemental Dragon God, right?"

The Bearman shook his head.

"It shouldn't be that simple. In short, this is not a problem you need to worry about. I only know that if you practice the Dragon Soul well, you will have a chance to come again. Why is it that the Elemental Dragon God has eight Dragon Pearls, but there has never been any news of an Elemental Dragon God being resurrected in a certain world."

"Maybe the Dragon Soul in the Dragon Pearl was destroyed, maybe it has already left. Anyway, I didn't find any problems with the Ocean Dragon Soul in the Swamp Dragon's hands."

"The Swamp Dragon is still the Swamp Dragon."

Attilan was thinking that if the Dragon Pearl gave the Elemental Dragon a chance to come again, then was there a possibility that the Elemental Dragons, who seemed to be almost extinct, might still be hiding in a corner of the Elemental Realm.

Reserving strength, preparing to make a comeback?

The Bearman touched his chin and thought for a while.

"If the power of the Dragon Pearl is the same as I think, then you don't need to cultivate in the conventional way. We may try a special cultivation method."

"Ah?"

The Bearman took the booklet from Attilan's hand, closed it, reopened it, and placed it in front of Attilan.

"This is the method for Druids whose physical bodies have been destroyed and who do not intend to attach themselves to beasts, but instead enter the Emerald Dream to transform themselves into natural spirits."

"The stronger the Druid, the more memories are retained in the process of transformation. The quasi-spirit body was also created by some bold Druids while they were still alive."

"When heading to the Emerald Dream, they tried to transform themselves into a spirit-like appearance for cultivation. Some successfully transformed and came back, while some completely transformed into natural spirits and could not come back."

"In order to prevent them from messing around, the quasi-gods developed a quasi-spirit body, engraving the rules on the Emerald Dream, so that the Druids would spontaneously transform when entering in soul form."

"No, it should be putting a shell on the soul, which has the effect of protecting the Druid's soul, and it can also prevent the Druids from trying dangerous secret techniques."

Attilan immediately asked anxiously:

"Then why do I have to transform myself? I'm also afraid of not being able to come back, Master!"

The Bearman said faintly:

"Because you already have a shell to protect your soul, the Emerald Dream shouldn't be able to put another shell on you. Even if it does, how can you cultivate in the Emerald Dream with two shells on top?"

"Exercising the soul's load-bearing capacity!"

Attilan said in surprise:

"So, the Dragon Pearl is the shell used by dragons to protect their souls! ?"

The Bearman nodded and continued to say:

"If I'm not mistaken, the Dragon Pearl should also allow you Elemental Dragons to transform into spirit dragons after death, accumulating power step by step, and there is a possibility of becoming an Elemental Dragon again."

"Is that so?"

Resurrection coins were so easy to obtain, Attilan didn't quite believe it.

But he was still hundreds of thousands of miles away from the Ocean Dragon Soul. Maybe the true Ocean Dragon Soul had more magical effects than the Bearman imagined, automatically teleporting to a safe area in the corresponding elemental realm after death.

The Dragon Pearl was the new dragon egg.

"Stop thinking, let's go to the Emerald Dream and take a look!"

Easier said than done, the Bearman immediately got up, went to Oak Hall, took out a jar, put in some herbal powder, lit it, and took Attilan into meditation in the rising white smoke.

Soon, Attilan felt a wave of drowsiness coming over him, causing him to fall asleep unconsciously. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in the culinary region of Bread Forest and Honey River.

"Where is this? My dream? Do I like bread and honey so much?"

Turning his head, he saw the Bearman with a dark face.

"This is my dream. I'm now taking you out of your body in soul form and entering the Emerald Dream. Don't resist."

Like being sucked at the top of his head with a hoe, Attilan felt like a 'poof' sound, and he floated up lightly, without even moving his wings.

After a burst of spinning, he tried to sense it carefully. He vaguely felt a wave, but before he had time to absorb it, the surrounding environment turned into the emerald green Emerald Dream.

Attilan moved, feeling a little wrong. Why was he a little dizzy?

Suddenly he felt like he was being grabbed by something.

"As expected, you turned into a Dragon Pearl."

"Ah, Dragon Pearl!"

Attilan suddenly felt his head explode. He jumped out of the limited perspective and saw a standing white bear holding a turquoise pearl in his hand.