Azure Star is also a Pokémon Master!

"Thank you, Aibo. Please take care of me in the future."

"Meow!"

Su Yi and Lu Cao reached out and gave each other a high five.

The downpour didn't last long; in the latter half of the night, the rain gradually subsided, and by morning, the downpour had finally stopped, though the strong winds persisted.

Su Yi stepped out of the tent, felt the cold wind, shivered, and then quickly cleaned the stone stove outside the tent and started a fire to make breakfast.

Clearly, the influence of the ancient dragon was etched into their DNA. When Su Yi released the Great Jagras and the Scratcher, they immediately became restless and anxious. Su Yi had no choice but to hastily feed them some food and then let them return to their planet to rest.

Stepping outside the camp, Su Yi looked through the trees at the puddles-filled coastal plain. The steel dragon still lay there quietly, its head gazing towards the sea.

"Speaking of which, why did Steelix appear in the Ancient Forest? At this point in time, Nergigante shouldn't be causing trouble in the Elder's Recess, right? We should at least wait until after Lavasioth and the Elder Dragons cross over." As Su Yi spoke, a thought flashed through his mind.

"Could it be that the Lava Dragon has already undergone the Ancient Dragon Crossing and is approaching the New World?"

The more Su Yi thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

Ancient dragons possess extraordinary perception abilities. Although it's possible that the Steel Dragon just happens to be strolling around the Ancient Forest, since it's impossible to fathom the true thoughts of an ancient dragon, Su Yi is more inclined to believe that the Steel Dragon sensed an ancient dragon with even greater life energy crossing the sea, which is why it appeared in the coastal area of ​​the Ancient Forest.

After all, the timing should be about right.

"The future Azure Star." Su Yi felt as if an epic was about to unfold, but he didn't seem to be ready yet.

“Then let’s start preparing now. And isn’t now a perfect time?” Su Yi rallied, then grinned as if he had just thought of something.

Chapter 23 Ancient Tree Forest Free Purchase

The arrival of an ancient dragon will drive away almost all creatures in the vicinity, except for certain hotheads and ruthless characters, of course.

With the arrival of Steel Dragon in the Ancient Forest, does it mean that large monsters will no longer appear in the Ancient Forest?

Wouldn't this be a perfect opportunity to expand the map and collect a lot of materials?

"Dew Grass, now is the perfect time to set off and explore!" Su Yi said, his eyes shining.

"That Steel Dragon," Lu Cao looked at the Steel Dragon on the plain and realized the same thing: "As long as the Steel Dragon stays here, meow."

"Then we won't have to worry about the threat of large monsters and can explore and collect to our heart's content!" Su Yi laughed.

"Ancient Tree Forest - Free Purchase! Alas!"

After bypassing the plains where the steel dragons resided, Su Yi followed the sea cliff path on the west side of the Ancient Tree Forest, heading north towards the seaside camp.

"A bumper mushroom harvest!" Su Yi placed handfuls of local specialty mushrooms into the [Items] of his cheat device under the tree, including several bundles of rare specialty Spirit Light Mushrooms and Moonlit Mushrooms.

The storm triggered by the steel dragon brought abundant rainfall, and the fallen branches and leaves provided nutrients for fungi and other plants. Overnight, the fungi and plants began to multiply.

Ancient dragons are part of nature, as are the natural disasters they bring. Ancient dragons change nature, but nature also prospers by borrowing the power of ancient dragons.

This is the balance of nature.

"Is this a landslide?"

Continuing along the sea cliff path, Su Yi arrived at a hillside facing the sea, where the hillside had collapsed, exposing the underlying rock layers.

"That's... a mineral vein?" Su Yi, with his sharp eyes, spotted a flash of metallic and crystalline light at the fault line in the rock. He walked over and, sure enough, guide worms were attached to the mineral vein, reminding Su Yi that there were resources to be collected here.

"Is it because of a landslide that exposed the mineral vein?" Su Yi took out his pickaxe, eager to try it out.

"Heave-ho!" Su Yi swung his pickaxe, and there was a series of clanging sounds, but the ore deposit did not change much.

"What kind of time is this to still be mining using traditional methods!" Su Yi threw down his pickaxe and took out a capture ball.

"Come forth, you ferocious jackal!"

Having moved away from the Steel Dragon's location, although still within the Storm's domain, the Elder Dragon's pressure on creatures had lessened considerably. In addition, the companion beast possessed Pokémon traits, so the Great Jagras was no longer as agitated as before.

"Roar!" The ferocious jackal dragon roared, looking around warily.

"Great Ferocious Jackal Dragon, use your Dragon Claw on that mineral vein over there," Su Yi ordered.

"Roar!" The ferocious jackal dragon opened its sharp claws and unleashed its dragon claw attack.

Click! Thump!

Gravel flew everywhere, dirt billowed, and chunks of ore mixed with rock fragments fell.

"Wow! The yield is quite plentiful. Well then, I'll leave it to you, Scratcher!" Su Yi looked at the still abundant mineral resources inside the vein and released another skilled miner.

"Aim at the ore vein and unleash a frenzied claw attack!"

"Gah!" the bird cried out, seemingly in protest.

Su Yi sighed and quickly said, "Stop fooling around. After we finish digging here, I'll take you to raid the fire dragon's lair."

"Gah!" Upon hearing this, the scratching bird enthusiastically began digging with its sharp claws.

The flattened toes of the scratcher's claws are suitable for carrying items such as eggs and rocks, as well as for digging soil like a small shovel. This is how it digs out the rocks it usually uses for attack.

The two dragons used their techniques to quickly and thoroughly mine the vein.

Iron ore, earth crystals, jasper, brilliant quartz

There are some of each, but iron ore is the most common.

"We can consider getting you a new set of equipment, Aibo," Su Yi said, nodding in satisfaction as he looked at his haul.

"Burning Bug, use Spark!"

"grumble!"

Holding the burning insect, Su Yi fired sparks at the bees guarding the edge of the hive, chasing them away and harvesting a bountiful harvest of honey.

Whoosh! The capture net quickly pulled in, bringing the lightning insects high up on the branches into its net.

All sorts of plants, mushrooms, insects, and fruits that were seen were collected. Without the interference of monsters, Su Yi was like someone who had entered an empty supermarket and was doing zero-dollar shopping.

"Oh? The variety of plants here is amazing! There are flying walnuts, flying gravel fruits, dew-returning grass, cotton spore grass, and poisonous vines." Su Yi exclaimed in amazement as he looked at the rich and lush plants in this area.

Then he suddenly remembered something.

"Wait! The plants here are so abundant, could we be near the nest of the Poisonous Bird?" Su Yi suddenly realized.

The Poison Bird enjoys eating a variety of fruits and plants from the Ancient Forest, but it doesn't eat them all on the spot. Instead, it puts them in its bulging chin and takes them back to its nest to enjoy them.

It scatters the seeds of the fruit it eats near its nest, which results in a rich variety of plants around the Poison Bird's nest.

This property of promoting plant growth has led scholars to believe that the Poison Bird has a closer connection with the Ancient Tree Forest, and that it should be the most primitive inhabitant of this forest.

"Let's take a closer look." Su Yi walked into the lush area and, using the vines, climbed up a mountain wall surrounded by plants.

On a large protruding platform on the mountainside, Su Yi discovered the feather of the Poisonous Bird. He took out another feather from his bag, which was the same feather from the Poisonous Bird whose wing had been torn by the Velociraptor.

Immediately, the guide insect, after attaching to the feather in Su Yi's hand, quickly attached itself to the feather on the platform.

"Found that guy's lair." Su Yi opened the Hunting Guide and marked the location of the lair on the map.

"Hehehe." After noting down the location, Su Yi quietly left.

Entering the spiral tree staircase inside the ancient giant tree, Su Yi retraced his original path and arrived at the passage leading to the tree canopy, the same passage through which the scratching bird stole the fire dragon egg.

The thick trunks of the trees form an upward slope, and by walking up this slope, you reach the canopy of the ancient giant tree.

On the wide canopy platform, countless branches formed a huge nest, and next to the nest was a pile of bones, obviously the remains of the dragon's prey.

Su Yi stepped forward and collected some of the better-quality skeletons into his [Items] folder.

The incubation nest in the burrow was empty; it was unknown whether it had been taken away or hidden somewhere.

"I knew it."

The dragon obviously wouldn't put its eggs in danger.

Su Yi released the egg-finding expert, the scratching bird. At first, the scratching bird was slightly excited as it searched the soil around the nest, but gradually, it found nothing after searching the entire area.

The quail drooped its head dejectedly, even the feathers on its head drooped listlessly.

Su Yi didn't know how to comfort it, so he could only pat its paw.

Su Yi walked to the edge of the fire dragon's lair, braving the strong wind, and looked down at the entire ancient forest.

"We've reached the very top of the Ancient Forest, the Fire Dragon's Nest. It's so beautiful! The Fire Dragon's Nest... Let's take a look at the Great Anthill Wasteland in the distance, family."

Just as Su Yi was trying to find a way from the Ancient Tree Forest to the Great Ant Hill Wasteland, he saw a silver figure, accompanied by a gale, slowly rise from the coastal plain and fly towards the canopy of the ancient giant tree.

"Damn! I almost forgot, this place is also the Steel Dragon's official rest stop!"

Su Yi quickly pulled Lu Cao and the stubborn, still searching everywhere, back the way they came.

Chapter 24 Breeding Season Specialty: The Scratcher's Favorite

Su Yi, Lu Cao, and Sao Niao swiftly slid down from the treetop and hid inside the ancient giant tree. Immediately afterward, the howling of a storm came from above.

"That was close, I almost forgot that Steel Dragon likes to rest at high places," Su Yi said with a sigh of relief.

The ga-scratching bird seemed somewhat disappointed.

Su Yi comforted him, "Don't be discouraged. We'll go raid the herbivorous dragon's nest later."

To everyone's surprise, the bird squawked and shook its head in dissatisfaction.

It was the scratch bird that led Su Yi to that herbivorous dragon's nest; otherwise, where would the usual egg dishes come from?

It's tired of eating the eggs of the herbivorous dragon and has been wanting to try something different for a while.

"If herbivorous dinosaurs don't work, try crested dinosaurs. If that doesn't work either, then try pterosaurs. There's bound to be one that suits you," Su Yi quickly reassured him.

"Caw caw!" To everyone's surprise, as the scratching bird listened, its eyes lit up, and it turned and walked to the other side of the tree passage. Its excited appearance even made its fear of the ancient dragon lessen.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Su Yi quickly followed.

The road ahead became increasingly familiar, and gradually, the man, the cat, and the bird arrived at the viewing platform where Su Yi had climbed the ancient giant tree and gazed at the panoramic view of the ancient tree forest with Lu Cao.

At this moment, looking out over the gap in the giant tree and beyond the ancient giant tree, all that can be seen is a gray sky and howling, sweeping winds.

"Caw! Caw!" The scratching bird ignored this and kept pointing with its claws at the area above and behind them.

"What?" Su Yi looked in the direction the bird was pointing, puzzled.

Inside the ancient giant tree, other trees grew long branches, with countless vines intertwining and tangling among them.

A nest made of various vines and branches is built among the branches and vines. If you don't look closely, you might think it's just an entanglement of leaves and vines.