Crossing the true dragon realm, and you call me Little Locke?

"What money!?"

Faced with Shuoyang's questioning, Adela looked completely bewildered.

She hurriedly explained, "Ms. Senora said those passes were only for the convenience of trade, and were prepared for adventurers and caravans from friendly forces."

"It didn't say she would sell it to someone else, did it?"

Because the second ring of the Realm of Honesty was released, it was confirmed that Adela was not lying.

Shuoyang, somewhat annoyed, dug a hole and said angrily, "You got played by that woman!"

"I told you long ago, that woman is a fraud, be careful."

"How could you sign it without investigating it thoroughly?"

But it was too late for him to blame Adela now.

The only question that could be asked was, "How many did you sign?"

"Forehead……."

Adela hesitated when she heard the question.

But under the threatening gaze of Shuoyang.

She finally lowered her head, her eyes downcast, and replied with a barely audible number: "One hundred."

"How much!?"

Shuoyang's vision went black, and his voice went completely off-key.

He originally thought that Lena had only signed two or three tickets at most, and the loss would be less than a thousand gold coins, which was tolerable.

Now Adela tells him that she signed a hundred copies directly.

Three hundred coins per sheet, totaling thirty thousand gold coins—it would be a miracle if Shuoyang could accept that.

It's worth noting that Theodore only paid the three-headed dragon siblings a total of just over 20,000 gold coins for this mission.

He had only received half of the deposit; he would have to wait until Violet's territory was better managed before he could try to collect the rest.

Now, Rena has earned 30,000 gold coins without lifting a finger, all under his name.

This is already nearly a third of what he needs to advance his career.

Let alone the fact that he and Lena are just adopted siblings from different fathers, mothers, and ethnicities, even if they were biological siblings from the same father, mother, and ethnicity, this matter still needs to be settled clearly.

So Shuoyang immediately began to think about how to collect the debt and had already planned out Lena's fate.

Adela, seeing his displeased expression, felt extremely ashamed.

She never imagined that she, a descendant of a green dragon, would be deceived by a mere mortal.

So he asked, "My lord, shall I go and collect the debt from Lady Senora?"

"Not for now," Shuoyang shook his head.

He instructed, "Go to the treasury and prepare the gifts. I need to go to Dragon's Nest Island."

"We'll talk about the money when I get back."

After sending Adela away, Shuoyang returned to the inner nest, where he finally had time to receive his mission rewards.

He opened the system and received the magic of creation.

The knowledge related to creating the source crystals of branches and leaves and the alchemy cauldron was immediately poured into his mind.

With his dragon brain's extraordinary processing ability, he immediately integrated this knowledge.

"This thing...!?"

After studying it for a while, Shuoyang couldn't help but frown.

He checked repeatedly, a headache creeping over him. "Why does it look so much like a Misernen core?"

It turns out that this leaf-source crystal, like the core of civilization of the Netheril Empire on the parallel plane of Cassialo, the planet Toril, is an energy converter that acts on the magic network and transforms the magic power of the earth's veins.

Unlike the White Tree itself, which can directly convert the primordial magic in the earth's veins.

These source crystals, which are projections of the white tree, need to take root in the magic network and use the magic network to convert primal magic power into usable spell magic power.

Only then can it combine with the magical radiation of the dragon to give birth to the elven ecosystem.

However, ever since that big fool from the Feralas Empire used the Twelfth Ring Avatar spell, killing a generation of magic goddess.

The goddess of magic is tightening her control over the magic network, including dangerous items like the Miser Core that directly affect it.

Furthermore, with the control of Magic Network permissions, it directly lost its effectiveness.

If Shuoyang were to create something similar now, it would naturally cause some trouble.

"Won't the church label us as magical terrorists?"

Shuoyang scratched his beard, feeling a little uneasy.

But having already accepted the offer, he naturally wouldn't give it up so easily.

So he thought about it for a moment and decided to ask first.

After all, the gods of this world are somewhat reasonable, and the goddess of magic is very tolerant of magical innovation.

Therefore, regardless of whether there is a response or not, it's always good for him to ask. If there is no response, he can take it as the other party's tacit agreement.

In any case, his behavior is quite common among the dragon race, which believes in gods for practical reasons.

Even someone like the Doomsday Reptile, Dorgothos, was promised a chance to become a chosen one by the Goddess of Magic simply because he created magic to restore his fertility.

Why can't he give it a try?

With this in mind, Shuoyang directly carved out seven star patterns on the stone wall, which were the sacred emblem of the goddess of magic.

Then he addressed her by her full name, feigning respect: "Mysterious Lady, Mother of Magic, Holy Mother of All Laws."

"I want…………."

He mumbled to himself for a while, asking the question three times in a row, but as expected, there was no response.

He immediately shut up and scratched off the holy emblem on the stone wall with one claw.

Then he took the prepared gift from Adela and flew straight out of the cave to the southeast.

Long after he left, seven points of silvery-white light suddenly flashed in the paw print where he had drawn the holy emblem.

After confirming that Shuoyang had left.

The seven glittering silver stars floated out of the claw print and flew around the white tree sapling.

Surrounding the white sapling, it twinkled, emitting an extremely soft light, as if greeting and caring for it.

In response, the white sapling gently swayed its golden branches and leaves.

Then, seven silver stars disappeared around her.

The white saplings returned to stillness, motionless.

Meanwhile, after leaving his nest, Shuoyang flew south from Yunyue Bay in the eastern section of the Muyun Mountains, soaring between the blue sea and sky.

Emerald Moon Sea is an inland sea located north of Central Lands and the Endless Tree Sea.

Compared to the Shattered Star Sea in the south, the Emerald Moon Sea is not very large.

So Shuoyang flew for only half a day before arriving at Longchao Island, located near the southeast coast of Cuiyue Sea.

This is a large island with a rugged terrain and high cliffs on all sides.

It is the headquarters of the "Scale Eye" shipping company.

For ordinary people and ships, this island has only three natural sea caves that serve as tunnel docks for entry, exit, and mooring.

But Shuoyang was a giant dragon, so he flew straight to the valley in the middle of the island.

There was a rather prosperous town there, built by the crew of the "Scale-Eye" Merchant Guild and their families.

And Shuoyang's mother—the immortal ancient bronze dragon, Coast Claw, Lamarantz.

He is the founder and owner of "Scale Eyes".

She was called Mother Dragon by the original "Scale-Eyed" crew, after the centuries when those first crew members had all passed away.

This name has been passed down to the new generation of "Scale-Eyed" crew members.

Therefore, the town's residents are quite familiar with Shuoyang, this unusual son of the Dragon Mother.

As soon as he landed, many residents greeted him.

"Young Master Agrippa, you're back."

The town's guards came forward; it was a young man from Shuoyang who looked somewhat familiar.

He gazed intently at the other man's features, and asked with some doubt, "Are you Mercer? Eli's son?"

The young man was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

Then, realizing what he had done, he replied respectfully, "I am Calvin, young master."

Mercer is my father, and Eli is my grandfather.

"..." Shuoyang, who had mistaken the person for someone else, was a little embarrassed.

I could only joke, "Where's your father?"

"When he was little, I even sneaked him onto a boat once!"

"I never imagined that he would have a child so soon, and that the child would be so big already."

“He…” Calvin’s eyes darkened, and he replied in a deep voice, “He was attacked by the Gemara raiders when he went to sea last month and was killed.”

Upon hearing this, Shuoyang paused in his tracks.

He glanced at Calvin and remained silent for a long time.

In the end, he didn't say anything, remained silent, and continued forward.