Dragons are Stingy

Gu Yuena glared at Anping. "You didn't have to tell Di Tian that we're building a plane. Do you think he would refuse to give us the materials?"

Anping tried to justify himself. "Well, you know how dragons are. They're all stingy and..."

He stopped mid-sentence, realizing that Gu Yuena was also a dragon, and the new Dragon King at that. He had just insulted two powerful beings with one remark, and his voice trailed off.

Gu Yuena reached out and pinched his arm, smiling wickedly. "So you think I'm stingy too? You'd better explain yourself, or else..."

Anping protested. "No, no, I wasn't talking about you..."

Di Tian reappeared in front of them, looking serious. "So you were talking about me? Dragons are stingy? Who told you that? I would give you anything in my treasure house if it means saving the soul beasts."

He had overheard their conversation and was not amused. Anping felt awkward and said meekly, "I read it in some books. Don't mind me."

Anping had seen many wizard's handbooks that depicted dragons as powerful, greedy, and solitary creatures. He had assumed that Di Tian was the same.

"Fine, fine. Here are the materials you asked for. If you need anything else, just let me know." He handed a spatial storage device to Anping, and then turned to Gu Yuena. "My lord, I'll be waiting for you. When you're ready to go to the Star Luo Continent, just inform me. I'll be patrolling the forest."

Gu Yuena nodded and said, "Alright, I'll let you know."

With her permission, Di Tian vanished in a flash. He said he was patrolling the forest, but he really just wanted to get away from their teasing.

After he left, Gu Yuena asked Anping: "Now that we have the materials, what's next? Do we start building the plane right away? Or do we keep exploring the continent?"

Anping explained: "Building a plane is not that easy. We have the basic materials, but we still need a core to power the plane."

"A core? How about this?" She said, holding up her hand. A silver light flashed, and a silver dragon spear appeared in her grasp.

Anping said: "The Silver Dragon Spear? Isn't that your weapon? You can use it as a core, but what will you do without it? And building a plane will take a long time. Why don't we wait until we visit the Dragon Tomb? Maybe we'll find something more suitable there."

He had a hunch that the Dragon Tomb contained the Dragon God's Heart, which would be perfect for powering the plane. It would have more potential for growth, and it would make the plane more hospitable for the soul beasts. But he hadn't obtained it yet, and he didn't know what challenges awaited them, so he kept his thoughts to himself.

"Never mind, where are you going now?" Gu Yuena asked softly. She sensed that Anping knew something about the Dragon Tomb, but he didn't share it with her. She decided not to press him for answers.

Anping said, "I'm going to the island near Skysea City to work on the space stabilizers and the plane. Do you want to come with me or stay here?"

He had chosen the island as his research base because he knew that creating space energy crystals would cause huge disturbances in the spatial elements. If the Federation or other forces detected them, it could lead to trouble.

Gu Yuena thought for a moment and said, "If you're going to do research, I'll pass. I'll go to Sun Moon Academy and look for Xu Xiaoyan. I want to see how she's doing and keep her company."

Anping had no objections to Gu Yuena's choice. He knew that if he immersed himself in his research, he wouldn't be able to pay attention to her. It would be boring for her to stay on an empty island. It would be better for her to go and visit Xu Xiaoyan.

They didn't waste any more time. Gu Yuena informed Di Tian, and they left the Star Dou Forest together.

When they arrived at Heaven Dou City, they noticed the Tang Sect's spies. They ignored them, bought tickets to Mingdu and Skysea City respectively, and parted ways. It was the first time they had been separated in so many years.

Back in Skysea City, Anping saw that the train station was much more crowded than before, with soul masters and ordinary people alike. He observed that most of them were talking about the recent visions.

He felt a surge of emotion. He had chosen a remote place for his breakthrough, hundreds of kilometers away from the city. He hadn't expected that it would draw so much attention.

Anping was unaware of the chaos that ensued after the strange phenomenon vanished. The top management of Skysea City had immediately sealed off the sea area and used satellites to scan it. But all they saw was a blank white screen. There was no useful information at all.

They then sent the army to investigate, but after several days of exploration, they realized that they could not get any closer. Such a large-scale troop movement could not be kept secret from the public. The Federation had no choice but to withdraw its forces and disclose the matter.

The major powers of Shrek Academy, Tang Sect, Spirit Pagoda, and the Federation speculated that this area might be a divine relic meant to select a successor. There might be some special screening criteria that prevented anyone who did not qualify from entering.

They decided to make the news public after internal discussions. They also intensified their surveillance of the waters near Skysea City and issued internal missions. They wanted to ensure that they could find and capture anyone who could enter the mysterious area as soon as possible.

After all, in their eyes, only a true god could create an area that even a ninety-ninth level limit Douluo could not enter. If they could unravel the secret, they might discover the path to becoming a god.

But they were doomed to fail. Without Anping's permission, no one could approach the island within a hundred kilometers, as long as their strength did not surpass the limit of this universe.

Anping found a secluded spot and teleported back to the attic on the island.

Now that he had his own space and did not have to worry about being discovered, he continued to advance his alchemy skills. He modified his portable alchemy laboratory, adding an expansion function to the box.

He cleared a space on the island and enlarged the alchemy laboratory. A new building appeared next to the attic.

He entered the alchemy laboratory, activated the energy concentrator, and input the relevant data to start producing space energy crystals. He needed a large amount of space energy crystals to make both space stabilizers and wizard courtyards.

As the energy concentrator worked, a huge amount of space elements gathered towards the alchemy laboratory, forming a tide of elements.