Dragon God, immortal

Su Ju nodded. The effect of the potion was very powerful. The spring grass could heal wounds quickly and the dream flower could purify various toxins. However, these effects were minimal for the illness at hand.

There is no such thing as antibiotics in this world, and it cannot be produced at this stage. Using magic potions to keep Grandma Kumquat alive is already the limit.

Shushan walked to the bed and squatted.

The claws stroked Kumquat's hair.

He vaguely remembered that when he first met Kumquat, its smooth and dense orange color was so eye-catching that he couldn't help but look at it more.

Nowadays, Kumquat's hair is very sparse, and you can't see anything from a distance, but if you look closely, you can find that there is loose skin under the hair.

The average life expectancy of the cat-eared tribe is sixty years old, and Jinju is already over fifty. Considering that she had struggled and suffered hidden injuries before arriving at the archipelago, it is really hard to say how much time she has left.

"Use this." Shushan raised his paw and pointed to the empty flowerpot beside him.

Spots of fluorescent light fell from his hands.

It fell into the soil and took root and sprouted.

[Creation Plant Magic] can create potion seeds. There are twelve kinds of potions that Shushan can use.

Among them, the four types of low-end magic consumption have been greatly developed and have become necessities of life for the cat people in the archipelago.

Thanks to Juanhua's efforts, the four mid-range varieties have become somewhat precious staples, and one bottle is enough for everyone to use in emergencies.

The cat people are currently unable to grow the last four types. Juanhua and Suju have always believed that the last four types must require an extremely high magical environment, otherwise they will not germinate and grow.

However, in Shushan's eyes, these four types should also be divided into two grades... Vanishing Grass and Speedy Thistle do require a lot of magic power, after all, the power contained in them is related to space and time...

But the rot berries and falling star flowers will not take root and sprout without the permission of the tree mountain.

Two plants in pots.

Growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The rotberry bush quickly blooms and withers, leaving only a blood-red fruit at the end of its stem.

After the meteorite flower blooms, it gradually expands, and the black petals are dotted with star-like light.

"Su Ju, crush these rotten berries and meteorite flowers, and boil them with the juice of the heartbreak moss purified by the dream night flower. After filtering, add the juice of the groundbind root and the spring grass again, and then before serving... add some maltose." Shu Shan ordered.

"Yes, sir. I'll prepare it right away." Su Ju picked the fruits and petals and boiled them directly in the crucible in the next room.

Shushan looked at Kumquat silently.

I don't know what's on my mind.

After a while, Su Ju came out with a crystal bottle filled with dark red liquid as thick as blood.

This is the [Perfect Life Potion]. Many years ago, Juanhua helped Shushan clean the magic flowers on his back. This was the formula she guessed based on the medicinal properties.

In theory, it can repair all injuries and improve physical fitness, but... that's just theoretical stuff, and Shushan is also practicing it for the first time...

Suju helped Grandma Jinju up and fed her a mouthful of food with a spoon.

After waiting patiently for a while.

Kumquat's breathing gradually became steady.

Well, it seems the effect is very good. Her condition seems to be much better, but only a little better.

After drinking a few more spoonfuls, Kumquat hummed softly, opened his eyes slightly, and breathed a little faster.

"That's enough. Feeding more might have the opposite effect." Shushan asked Suju to keep the potion. This potion contained some of his divine power. If used correctly, it would be a tonic, but if used incorrectly, it would be a poison.

"Okay, I understand." Suju put away the remaining half bottle of medicine, looked at Jinju and said, "Grandma Jinju? How do you feel?"

“Dizzy...cough...sore throat…” Kumquat said in a daze.

"It will be fine soon... Don't worry, Lord Shushan has taken action, and it will be fine soon." Suju used a dragon scale comb to comb Jinju's hair with gentle movements.

After a while, Kumquat fell asleep again.

His face was much calmer now.

"Both Rotten Berries and Falling Star Flowers have side effects," Shushan breathed a sigh of relief and warned Suju, "They are both potions that squeeze out your potential, so don't abuse them."

"Extreme potential? Okay, I understand. I will use it with caution." Su Ju nodded. She also realized that the effect of this potion was extraordinary.

"You look very tired. Go and have a rest. I'll watch over you here." Shushan noticed that Suju was not in a good mood either, so he gave the order.

"I am really tired... I will sleep in the next room. If Master Shushan has any instructions, please wake me up..." Su Ju couldn't refuse. She hadn't slept well for two days, and Jin Ju's illness came so suddenly...

Being a shrine maiden has the most tiring job in the entire tribe.

none of them.

After Suju went to rest, Shushan still stayed by Kumju's side. He could feel Kumju's gradually recovering vitality.

It’s not much, but it’s enough to sustain for a while... and the remaining time must be cherished...

"Master Shushan...?" Jinjue narrowed his eyes, saw the familiar outline, and murmured subconsciously.

"Yes, it's me." Shushan nodded.

"Such a small one..."

"haha, yes."

"Am I going to die?"

"Not so fast. You're just...going to retire. Is there anyone at the Watcher School who can take over your job? You've reached the age where you should take a rest. Leave those trivial matters to the younger people." Shushan stroked Jinju's ears gently. This kind of thing could only be done with a body shape like this.

Jinju nodded weakly and fell into deep sleep again...

. . . . . .

The tree mountain temporarily halted wheatgrass development on the plateau.

Instead, speed up the construction of the second Dragon God.

He could see that Kumquat, like other cat people, actually liked eating seafood.

It’s just that the current seafood catch is not much, and the watchers don’t even have enough to be self-sufficient, so she doesn’t compete with the young people for food.

Well, that's right, she was the only one who ate harmful birds infected with bird flu, and now she is lying in bed.

But maybe this isn't such a bad thing.

It would be a good idea to take this opportunity to retire.

"The trawl of a Dragon God ship cannot catch much, but what if two ships pull a large trawl? What if more than two ships work together?" With this idea in mind, Lu Shushan completed the second Dragon God ship and started construction of the third one at the same time.

The second Dragon God was named "Dark Cloud Dragon God" by the cat people to commemorate the first watcher of the archipelago, implying that the watchers should step into the sea.

Shushan watched the two Dragon God ships sail north. He couldn't follow them because his dragon power would scare away the alert animals.

The sea area between Zhiqiu Island and Zhangqiu Island is shallow sea, so migrating fish, shrimps and crabs will stay there.

We should be able to receive a large amount of goods this season, right?

Shushan sighed.

His body entered a semi-dormant state, and his consciousness was projected onto his three-meter-long self.

This small body can wander deep into the primeval forest of Zhangqiu Island.

Shushan was not wandering around randomly, but was searching for something consciously... He was looking for spices. The food of the cat-ear tribe in the archipelago was very rich, but the flavors were limited to a few single flavors...

The only seasonings are maltose and salt. The monotonous taste is okay in the short term, but in the long run... it will make people feel bored.

"This kind of leaves should be some kind of plant in the ginger family. And these, um... pepper? It looks a bit like pepper, but I'm not sure..." Shushan tasted the leaves as he walked.

Compared with the colossus projected on the plateau, the colossus supported by dragon horn leaves and controlled at such a close distance allows all the senses to be fully sensed, including the sense of taste.

He found several plants whose leaves were very similar to ginger. With a little cultivation and domestication, they might be able to become spice crops like ginger.

There is also a vine that is similar to pepper and tastes a bit like it, and perhaps it can be cultivated into real pepper.

After bringing the seeds back to the experimental field.

Shushan saw Kumquat standing nearby with a cane.

"Jinju, you've already retired, so you don't have to worry about this kind of thing." Shushan sighed and let Jinju have a good rest. His small colossus had flexible hands and feet and could serve as an assistant before it collapsed.

“Haha, I’ll just sit here and watch…” Jinju chuckled and found a wooden stake to sit on.

"That's fine." Shushan nodded and stopped interfering with Jinju's choice.

Ever since that serious illness, Jinjue's health has been getting worse day by day, and his reaction speed and spirit have also slowed down a lot, but this is actually... a very normal thing.

Aging, this is the current state of kumquat.

It is not a curse or a disease.

There is no cure.

Shushan's eyes narrowed. As a cat-man of the older generation, Kumquat made many concessions to the young people.

This includes the distribution of food. Kumquat eats very ordinary food every day, such as steamed corn bread and corn cakes, and basically no meat is seen.

"Now that we're retired, we might as well eat more good food..." With this thought in mind, Shushan sped up the process of cultivating spices.

Several species of ginger plants are perennial herbs, and their growth and reproduction rates are much slower than other annual grasses.

In order to speed up the progress, Shushan carried out multiple hybridization processes at the same time, and used [Command Plant Magic] every day to urge their growth, causing the plants to suffer.

After multiple rounds of screening.

Three ginger spices were obtained:

Ginger with large rhizomes, turmeric with a reddish yellow color, and cardamom with specialized seeds.

On the other hand, the vine plant called pepper is very powerful. After planting it, you only need to provide sufficient nutrients and rainfall to obtain pepper with a slightly spicy taste and a suitable aroma.

Although the taste is different from that in the previous life and the output is also pitifully small, it is indeed an edible spice.

Of the above spices, Su Ju explicitly stated that turmeric would not be accepted by the cat people, ginger and cardamom could be used in small amounts, but pepper... received unanimous praise from the watchers of Tegenkyu Island, who praised it highly.

"This taste... Wow, it can actually suppress the mutton smell..."

"Yeah! Adding some ginger when steaming crabs can remove the fishy smell!"

“This is the best thing I’ve ever eaten!”

"You said the same thing the last time you ate crabs..."

A group of watchers gathered for the dinner, and Kumquat was among them. Someone would take the initiative to help her deal with the shrimp and crab shells that she couldn't bite open.

Judging from the way Kumquat was devouring the peppers, the first batch of trial peppers picked from these fields would be very much to her taste.

The sense of happiness brought by delicious food is incomparable.

Kumquat put the shrimp meat into his mouth and chewed it.

She feels very happy now!

. . . . . .

A Brief History of the Cat's Paw Islands:

Jinju (1 BC - 56th year of the Dragon God calendar), the first principal of the Watcher School, was highly respected. Although he had no children, he had many students all over the world.

To commemorate this watcher, the third Dragon God in history was named "Kumquat Dragon God".

"She is a worthy watcher." - Longshen Shushan.

. . . . . .

The summer of the fifty-sixth year of the Dragon God calendar.

In the year when the spice cultivation was completed and was about to be planted on a large scale, kumquat passed away in its sleep... Alas...

Shushan personally presided over Jinju's funeral. Just like Wuyun did at that time, he turned the body into black soil and scattered it on Tegenkyu Island.

During the funeral, dots of fireflies danced on the black soil transformed from kumquats and landed on Shushan’s shoulders, indistinguishable from other fireflies.

This phenomenon is regarded as a miracle by cat people.

In fact, it was a miracle.

The remaining magic power of Kumquat was attached to the god she believed in according to her own wishes, but... Shushan was not a god to be relied upon.

"The funeral is over, Suju, are you ready?" Shushan asked tiredly after the funeral.

"Well, I'm ready." Su Ju wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and stood in front of the obsidian gate.

Across the way is the cold plateau.