Dragon God, immortal

Shushan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

He suddenly understood Houtarou a little bit, when Chitanda asked him questions with the words "I'm curious". The look in his eyes that was full of curiosity made the herbivore man a little bit uncomfortable. Uh, herbivore dragons are also considered a kind of herbivore man, right? Isn't that right?

"Phew, all thanks to this kitten...By the way, they seem to be about the same age? Are they childhood sweethearts?" Shushan murmured.

"Ah, no...Heisong is only eight years old this year, and Juanhua is already thirteen years old..." Jinju answered in a low voice after hearing this.

“Eh? Eh? They look about the same age…” Shushan tried his best to lower his voice, “They look like they are only four or five years younger than you?”

"Well, I'm twenty-six years old this year, which means I'm over the marriageable age..." Jinju said ashamedly.

She is unable to have children.

There is no spouse.

It didn't matter whether I was of marriageable age or not, but it was a bit embarrassing for Lord Shushan to think that I was about the same age as a little girl or a child.

“Eh? Eh hey… doesn’t that mean…” Shushan rolled his eyes. This year is the 25th year of the Dragon God Calendar, which means Jinjue is… older than him? !

Meow!

Meow!

I can't tell! Cat-ear people all look the same! Please tell me how to judge the age of cat-ear people! I'm waiting online, it's urgent!

Chapter 12 Five Years

A mountain of trees lies prostrate on the grassland.

Quietly watching the interaction between the birch and the black pine.

Mainly because of Hei Song's big round ears, which reminded Shu Shan of a black panther...

"Thirteen and eight years old." Shushan squinted at the two little cats and found them quite interesting.

Hei Song raised his hand with a smug look on his face, and controlled a stone to fly up...

Juan Hua covered his mouth in admiration, as if he was saying something...

Hei Song continued to proudly stretch out his hand, holding the floating stone with a proud look on his face...

Juan Hua was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then he stretched out his kitten paw in anger and slapped Hei Song's head with the pad of his palm, spewing words like "idiot, idiot, idiot"...

"...So he was showing off his magic to his friends. He's amazing. He learned it in just over a day. No wonder he was so proud." Shushan nodded when he saw this, and felt that it was great to be young.

But the little male cat's behavior was obviously wrong, because Juanhua's magic power was very low, and you were showing off in front of her? She was jealous and just patted you lightly, which was considered good manners.

Finally, Hei Song ran back with tears in his eyes, and Juan Hua returned to Shu Shan angrily...

"Lord Shushan, can't we learn magic without magic power?" Juanhua asked with tears in his eyes.

"Well... I don't know, but when I cast magic, it will inevitably consume the magic power in my body... As for whether there is magic that can be cast without magic power, I am not too sure." Shushan said tactfully.

"Um, you used flowers to freeze the sea water last night. Didn't that consume your magic power?" Juan Hua wiped away his tears, his eyes flashing, as if he had thought of something.

"It probably consumes magic power to produce ice crown flowers, but to use it you just need to squeeze out its juice..." Shushan seemed to have guessed what Juanhua was thinking.

"So……"

"No."

Shushan shook his head and declined, "Potions are too dangerous for you right now. However, if you just want to learn how to use potions, I can teach you."

"Really? Thank you, Lord Shushan!" Juanhua bowed repeatedly upon hearing this. The black pine aroused her competitive spirit, and she also wanted to use the magical power of magic!

"But let's wait until spring. Winter is not only a holiday for you, but also a holiday for me... I still have things to deal with." Shushan said so, and stood up and walked southwest... He wanted to get some French fries on the other side! No, get some ore to eat!

"Ah, Master Shushan, take care..."

Juan Hua waved goodbye.

Then look at kumquat.

There is a hint of resentment in his eyes... If we talk about who has the best magic level among the cat-eared tribe on Tegenkyu Island, it would naturally be Kumquat... It's Heimong who is taught by Kumquat, right?

"I, I just told him some things about the principles..." Jinju waved his hands repeatedly. In the end, it was Heimong himself who was gifted...

. . . . . .

Ever since talking to Juanhua about the topic of balanced diet, Shushan began to actively look for "delicious" minerals.

A winter passed quickly.

Shushan sets off back to Tegenkyu Island.

However, this time he carried more than a dozen Cat-Eared Tribe members on his back. They were all adult Cat-Eared Tribe members who volunteered to become watchers... that is, they were all over fifteen years old!

Well, it seems that the first few watchers helped him spread the word. If there were so many people available, he wouldn't have to work on the more than 100 acres of land himself...

Plowing, planting, guarding, harvesting, all the work can be handed over to the watchmen! Shushan can just shake his feet and become a hands-off landlord, isn't it wonderful!

"Lord Shushan, where are the flowers behind you?" Juanhua walked to Shushan's shoulder and asked.

"The flowering season has ended. It blooms once every five years," Shushan replied.

"Oh... that means I have to wait five years before I can put it into practice..." Juan Hua said a little disappointedly. She is the only underage cat-eared person among this group of watchers.

"Anyway, before that, just study hard and make progress every day... Oh, yes, I plan to grow some food suitable for the cat-eared tribe, and I hope you can come and help." Shushan said so. Juanhua's curiosity brought her privileges.

"Oh, that's what you said before..." Juanhua remembered the scene of Shushan eating grass.

It is true that Shushan is eating grass.

But it’s also about picking the right crops.

For Shushan Benlong, corn was enough to meet his dietary needs - now he needed to add ore - so after he developed corn No. 3, he stopped cultivating other crops.

However, he was just too lazy to cultivate it, not that he was incapable of cultivating it, he was just... lazy!

After assigning work to the watchmen, Shushan opened up some experimental fields further south of Tegenkyu Island.

Just like on the Palm Ball Island.

Cultivate plants using magic that commands them.

"Echinochloa, beetroot, wild edamame... and this camellia tree, one by one..." Shushan recalled the seeds he had found. He had found a lot of seeds during his wanderings, and he planned to domesticate these plants to a level that he was familiar with...

Well, the plants in this world are both similar and different from those in the previous life. Shushan is also very curious about what these plants will evolve into.

Of course, he was also prepared to be dissatisfied with the final product. After all, No. 3 corn was the kind of person who couldn't even stand up straight. If he wanted more excellent traits, he had to crossbreed it with the same kind that had excellent traits!

It's a pity that Shushan can't travel across the ocean for the time being...

He didn't want to go to the depths of the ocean...

Sink to the bottom and climb back up...

"First, we need barnyard grass. Right now, the Cat-ear Tribe only has corn as their staple food. It's not that a single grain is not a problem. One more grain means one more choice..." Shushan picked out the seeds of barnyard grass. Well, just picking out the seeds would take his life. He was too big...

Fortunately, Juan Hua is currently with him. He really has to borrow the cat's paw this time...

With the help of Juan Hua, he cultivated the first batch of barnyard grass, which was named Barnyard Grass No. 0.

Shushan asked the barnyard grass to have larger inflorescences, and after repeating this several times, he obtained barnyard grass No. 1 that had large inflorescences without any commands.

The height of the No. 1 barnyard grass is only half a meter, the seeds are as small as millet, the shell is very hard and cannot be removed well, and the taste is bitter and unpalatable... It will take a long time for the No. 1 barnyard grass to be usable...

Barnyard grass No. 2 originated from an accident. Several barnyard grasses were buried deep underground, but they stubbornly broke through the soil and the total plant height was one meter. Shushan tried to combine barnyard grass No. 2 with barnyard grass No. 1 and obtained barnyard grass No. 3.

After several rounds of this, when Shushan asked Barnyard Grass No. 3 to provide as much nutrition as possible to the seeds, that is, the endosperm with the best taste, Barnyard Grass No. 3 protested!

'I can't do it!'

'As long as there are more seeds, it's fine!'

'Seeds that are too big will attract sheep!'

"That's not necessary!"

'reject!'

Well, that’s the resistance of the No. 3 barnyard grass. They seem to be a species that wins by quantity, and they mainly spread and reproduce to distant places through the pecking of seabirds.

If their seeds are chewed and gnawed by cattle and sheep, they will not be able to pass through their stomachs and the number of survivors will be greatly reduced... Well... So during the evolutionary process, the enlargement of seeds has been avoided.

Shushan sighed, and then used the kindest tone possible to communicate with the No. 3 weeds: "If you can't do it, then I can only exterminate you and then look for other germplasm resources..."

Finally, under the threat of Shushan's kindness, the No. 3 barnyard grass evolved into the No. 4 barnyard grass. At this time, the barnyard grass looked a bit like large oats, with difficult shelling, rough endosperm, and long and thin seeds... It had many shortcomings...

But nevertheless…the yield is high!

And it is very drought and heat resistant!

It is extremely resistant to lodging, diseases and pests! The planting density is very exaggerated! No matter how densely you plant on one acre of land, wheat will bloom and grow! The advantages all outweigh the disadvantages!

"Emmmmm... Using threats to make crops feel endangered, how bad I am..." Shushan lowered his head in shame and reflected on himself for a while, then continued with the work at hand.

The No. 4 weeds can already be called oats. Although they are different from the oats in the previous life, they are indeed wheat spread by petrels, so it is okay to call them oats.

Domesticating a noxious weed into a crop…

Shushan felt that his cow wall was broken!

"Lord Shushan, can we bring these seeds back to Zhangqiu Island?" Juanhua shook her ears. She was very excited to witness the birth of a crop with her own eyes.

"Well, that's enough. If we continue like this, they will just be the same as corn No. 3. They have already tried their best to show their best traits. All they need next is hybridization..." Shushan nodded. Now the cat-ear tribe has another staple food besides corn...

Just can't eat too much, oatmeal fiber is too coarse, cats are not good at digesting fiber, so it's better to say it's a staple food...

How about complementary food?

Well, complementary foods are also good.

Roasted oats are very fragrant when used to make tea, and the more than 30 watchers on Tegenkyu Island now like them very much.

Oatmeal porridge is also popular, made by rolling oats into flakes and cooking them over high heat.

And the most important thing is that this kind of oats does not require much care. Just spread it in the field and it can be harvested after three or four months. During this period, just prevent harmful birds from pecking it!

Shushan suddenly reacted and looked up at the cornfield in the distance - more than thirty watchmen were working diligently, some standing on the watchtower looking out, some driving away harmful birds in the fields, and no one was lazy.

"Ah, it's been five years already?"

He blinked.

time flies.

During these five years, he devoted himself to the experimental fields for domesticating oats.

Except for going out to look for minerals for food every week, he spends the rest of his time in this field.

Well, in addition, every winter the watchers would be sent back to the Palm Island for vacation, and he would continue to stay in the experimental field until the arrival of spring... Even Juan Hua would stay on the Palm Island in winter to preside over tribal affairs.

There is only one exception, a cat person.

That's kumquat.

No matter what time it is, Kumquat will always be on guard in the watchtower next to the experimental field, personally responsible for guarding the field.

It is her existence that makes the experimental field, which should have been surrounded by harmful birds, now quiet. You know, oats are much more attractive to harmful birds than corn fields!

In the distance, on the watchtower, Jinjue noticed Shushan's gaze, so he bowed slightly and greeted him.

"Hiring the watchers was the right choice." Shushan closed his eyes and nodded.

With the watchers around, he doesn't have to worry about the cornfield at all. He can run around freely to look for minerals, or he can stay in the experimental field and immerse himself in research. In short... they are all good kids!

Now that only half of autumn is left, Shushan has also finished cultivating oats, and now I can relax and be lazy for a while...

He planted so many oats that they were enough for him to eat for half a year. Well, the seeds of this oat tasted okay, but the stems of the plant... were not much better than the bark.

Just then, Shushan raised his head slightly.

The branches and leaves above the dragon's horns are slightly growing.

The vines clinging to it began to turn blue.

He knew that it was time to bloom again! He had been taking in a lot of rock nutrients recently. Maybe... should... could... probably... could make these potions bear fruit successfully this time?

"I didn't expect it would be this soon?" Shushan sighed nervously. His instinct told him that when these magic potions blossomed and bore fruit, he would undergo a radical change...

As for what has changed...

Ok……

That means he has reached adulthood. According to Shushan's inherited memory, he would probably reach adulthood at around a hundred years old, but because he was diligent in exercising and eating, this time was greatly pushed forward.