NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 261: Big-Headed Young Dragon, No Worries in the Rain, We Have Umbrellas, You Have a Big Head
An Amethyst Young Dragon appeared at the Demon Academy, equipped with many defensive magic tools. The Amethyst Young Dragon was not particularly strong, but the defensive magic tools she carried were terrifyingly powerful. The Thunder Hammer, for instance, when smashed down, even Thunder Demons who inherently wield Thunder Demon Power could not withstand it.
Beyond the Thunder Hammer, the Amethyst Young Dragon also had a set of magical Cards. Once activated, the Cards unleashed Sword Qi that crisscrossed ferociously... even the Stone Demon, with its strongest defensive power, could be sliced into several pieces. It was l only because of the Stone Demon's abnormally strong regenerative ability that it could survive.
The fact that the Stone Demon could survive didn't mean that the Cards used by the Amethyst Young Dragon could not kill the Stone Demon.
The Amethyst Young Dragon harbored no intent to kill. If she had, even the abnormal defensive power of the Stone Demon would mean nothing against the tens of thousands of Sword Qi; it would be killed in an instant.
Not to be trifled with.
As time went by, gradually, all the students at the Demon Academy knew of an Amethyst Young Dragon that, though seemingly harmless, could turn fierce and fight with magic with an [Ao wu] cry if provoked.
She was a Young Dragon with a background. Otherwise, would an Amethyst Young Dragon dare to clear and cultivate land at the Demon Academy?
Later, the rumor spread that the Amethyst Young Dragon became the Familiar of [Lower Demon Race Dark Magic Dragonkin Lance].
There were also young members of the Demon Race who said that the Amethyst Young Dragon was the daughter of Dark Magic Dragonkin Lance, but not many believed it.
How could Lance the Dark Magic Dragonkin, so young, possibly have a daughter?
The Young Dragon had no interest in the idle gossip of the Demon Academy; recently, she became a hardworking little bee, busy with chopping trees, pulling weeds, and clearing land.
The Evil Dragon had leased her a large plot of land. She measured the land using the Evil Dragon's method from when he was three thousand four hundred fifty-six years old and found it to be over ten acres!
Sometimes, the Evil Dragon would come to take a look, saying some of the magic herbs here could be used for medicinal purposes.
Because she couldn't recognize the magic herbs with medical values, she treated a large amount of them as weeds and disposed of them.
This broke Lance's heart. He had thought that his future self had taught the Young Dragon how to recognize the Hundred Herbs. Now, it seemed his future self hadn't had the chance to teach her that yet.
Seeing the Young Dragon's behavior, she didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave, so he decided to teach her how to recognize the Hundred Herbs after all.
The Young Dragon's land-clearing work was put on hold.
She began to learn how to recognize the Hundred Herbs from Lance.
In order for the Young Dragon to better understand the uses of the Abyssal Hundred Herbs, he printed a copy of his self-authored [Abyssal Hundred Herbs Compendium] and gave it to the Young Dragon.
Mere recognition wasn't enough; she also needed to learn to taste the herbs. Only by knowing the properties of the herbs can one make proper use of them.
Upon hearing the Evil Dragon suggest she eat the herbs, the Young Dragon's expression instantly became animated.
She had fantasized about eating herbs before, but those fantasies didn't include the Evil Dragon, nor did she know him.
Now, the scenes she had imagined were playing out in reality.
The Evil Dragon was taking her to eat and taste the herbs.
If it were merely eating herbs, she could endure it.
However, this time the magic herbs were medicinal, some boasting supernatural healing properties, and tasting them could lead to various side effects.
She could endure side effects too.
It wasn't as if she had never experienced side effects from drinking the Evil Dragon's elixirs before, like growing a turtle shell on her head.
What truly drove the Young Dragon to the brink of madness were the various effects of the magic potions.
And those professional terminologies, such as: sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature, entering the spleen and lung meridians.
Functions and indications: replenishing Qi and lifting yang, securing the exterior and stopping sweat, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, generating fluids and nourishing blood, moving stagnation and relieving numbness, drawing out poison and discharging pus....
Evil Dragon named this magic herb "Astragalus."
He also said that if this magic herb were to grow in the Human World, ordinary people could use it for drinking as well.
Because it grows in The Abyss, this magic herb has absorbed the aura of The Abyss, becoming a Superhuman Potion. Ordinary people would not be able to withstand the elixir, and moreover, this magic herb also carries a dark attribute, which is suitable for the constitution of the Abyssal Demon Race.
Superhumans in the Human World can also make use of it, and by combining it with other magic herbs, they can make Extraordinary Elixirs.
Merely this one type of magic herb is divided into two kinds, one is processed Astragalus and the other is Raw Astragalus.
It's one thing for magic herbs to be used as medicine, but some insects from the ground can apparently be used as medicine too.
The most outrageous thing is that the day before yesterday, when she was clearing the land, she dug up a creature about three meters long, similar to an earthworm, from the ground. The Evil Dragon told her that this thing could be used for medicine....
Thinking about that dark green elixir she often used on Black Dragon Island, the Young Dragon couldn't help but wonder... that dark green elixir... it didn't contain any weird giant bugs, did it?
After all, she used to drink that dark green elixir every day.
Every time she bumped into Turtle, she had to drink a bowl of it....
That's it....
She began to feel somewhat unable to face the magic potions mixed by the Evil Dragon.
Especially when she saw that the underage Evil Dragon actually made an elixir from that earthworm-like creature.....
She felt regretful and wanted to cry. Had she known that creatures could also be used in medicine, she would not have casually asked the underage Evil Dragon some strange questions.
Wouldn't it be better to just honestly taste the Hundred Herbs?
Now, she might even need to taste Hundred Bugs....
To avoid tasting Hundred Bugs, the Young Dragon told the Evil Dragon that she wanted to learn to identify and taste the Hundred Herbs first, and after getting a good understanding of them, then she would learn to taste the Hundred Bugs....
Lance agreed with a smile.
Tasting Hundred Bugs is a bit exaggerated, but making the Hundred Bugs that can be used in medicine into food, the Young Dragon should be able to accept it.
Directly making her taste Hundred Bugs... not to mention the Young Dragon, even he himself would have psychological shadows.
The days of the Young Dragon gradually became more fulfilling.
When Lance went to classes, she would study and identify the Hundred Herbs with a copy of the "Abyssal Hundred Herbs Compendium."
Sometimes, to confirm the properties of the magic potion, she would taste them herself.
The Evil Dragon said that it's not enough to just learn to identify the herbs; one must also understand the various properties of the Hundred Herbs. Only by eating them oneself can one truly understand their medicinal properties.
This led to the Young Dragon occasionally getting poisoned....
While tasting the Hundred Herbs, sometimes she would see some magic herbs with fruits and would curiously pick and eat some.
Once, she ate a few green fruits which tasted sour and sweet, and not long after eating.... she turned green....
The Amethyst Young Dragon turned into a green crystal Young Dragon.....
On another occasion, she ate a fist-sized, fiery red fruit. Not long after finishing it, her head swelled to several times its size while the rest of her dragon body remained unchanged.
Many of the demon students who came to watch her clear the land after class saw this and started calling her the "Big-Headed Dragon".
One demon even came up with a catchy rhyme: "Big-Headed Young Dragon, never worries about the rain. We have umbrellas, you have a big head".
The irate Young Dragon gave chase to the rhyming demon with a hoe in hand.
Grass-Eating Dragon.
Big-Headed Dragon.
Chameleon Dragon.
The Young Dragon gradually gained a bit of fame at the Demon Academy, and her nicknames began to pile up.
Young demons who had seen her taste the Hundred Herbs called her "Grass-Eating Dragon".
Students who had seen her head swell up called her "Big-Headed Dragon".
Those who had witnessed her eat the color-changing fruit called her "Chameleon Dragon".
The Young Dragon suspected that the students at the Demon Academy were bullying her in this manner.
But she couldn't report such trifles to Evil Dragon Lance.
The Young Dragon decided to find her own way to get along and communicate with the students from the Demon Academy.
She wanted the students at the Demon Academy to understand that she wasn't a weak and timid Young Dragon.
To ensure that some of her actions wouldn't violate the rules of the Demon Academy, she decided to ask Evil Dragon about them during dinner time.
Twenty-second night since meeting the juvenile Evil Dragon.
The Young Dragon wasn't sure how to record the days in the Abyss, so for convenience, she simply started counting from the first day she met the juvenile Evil Dragon.
This was also how she recorded it in her diary.
She would write in her diary every night.
Upon entering the Eye of the Demon God and encountering the juvenile Evil Dragon, hehe... When she went back to see Evil Dragon, she figured he wouldn't believe that she had seen him when he was young.
Once she learned Demon Script and used it to converse with Evil Dragon, he would surely be curious about how she learned it.
If she lied and said she was self-taught, Evil Dragon might even consider her a genius.
And then there were identifying and tasting the Hundred Herbs.
Tilling the land.
Feeling pleased with herself, the Young Dragon stuffed a herb into her mouth, chewing with delight for a short while, until her mouth started to go numb...
Mmm mmm....
Bloodleaf, a poisonous plant. Accidental ingestion causes numbness in the mouth, followed by spreading numbness, starting with the left Dragon Claw and then the right...
This is bad....
"Lance, save me!"
Because her mouth was numb, she couldn't shout for help, and what frightened the Young Dragon even more was that, as time passed, her entire body began to grow numb...
After running a few steps, she collapsed into the bushes...
Wuwuwu...
Would she really not poison herself to death tasting herbs like this?
"Lance, save me!"
The Young Dragon cried out loudly in her heart.
Luckily, Lance would check up on her land-clearing spot every now and then. Seeing the Young Dragon paralyzed and unable to move, he picked a dark red fruit from the Bloodleaf and put it into the Young Dragon's mouth.
"Everything has its antidote close by. Most poisonous things have something nearby that can counteract their poison. This Bloodleaf may not be lethal to demons, but it can paralyze nerves and the body, which makes it useful for creating anesthetic potions."
Not long after eating the Bloodleaf's fruit, the Young Dragon gradually regained sensation.
Too terrifying.
If it could fell even a Young Dragon...
No wonder some of the powerful supernaturals in the Human World are hesitant to provoke Potion Masters who can concoct Extraordinary Elixirs.
But then again, why was Evil Dragon shunned when he teamed up with Reg and the others?
Perhaps during that era, the status of Potion Masters was in quite an awkward position?
Now that she regained sensation, the Young Dragon moved her Dragon Claws a bit, took out her notebook, and carefully noted down the toxic traits of Bloodleaf as well as the detoxifying fruit.
She also sketched the appearance of Bloodleaf in her notebook.
Your next read awaits at My Virtual Library Empire
"Your drawing skills are quite good. Did the future me teach you?"
"No, I'm self-taught. I am a genius, after all. Your future self is often taken aback by some of my genius acts."
Lance didn't believe a word the Young Dragon said.
She just didn't look like that kind of supremely intelligent Young Dragon.
"What's for dinner?"
"How about hot pot?"
"That works. There are some magic herbs around here that can be used as seasoning. Let's pick some and head back."
"Oh, oh, oh!"
The Young Dragon followed behind Lance, watching him gather magic herbs that could be used as seasonings.
"Lance, when you were tasting the Hundred Herbs, did you get poisoned? Or did you self-treat? Or... do you have a high resilience to poison, and no magic herb can bring you down?"
"I usually make the demons who trouble me taste them first. After they've determined the medical and toxic properties of the magic herbs, then I'll taste a small amount."
(⊙_⊙)?
Then why did he let her taste the Hundred Herbs?!