Chapter 27: Love Has Limits
It turns out that most of the content about dragons in the story is fake.
This is especially true for dragons to store gold coins in the caves they live in.
Lu Xi thought about it, gold coins are only the value given by humans, and dragons don't seem to need gold coins, and they don't need to buy things.
If you want to say that the gold is shining to attract dragons, then all kinds of crystal gems are more in line with the requirements, and the gold coins will be dull and dull after a while.
As for whether it is the exquisite patterns on the gold coins that attract the dragon and arouse the dragon's collecting habit...... Comparing the size of the gold coin with the size of the dragon, the dragon is no less than a human looking at the cells with a microscope when observing the patterns on the gold coin.
Do humans find particularly beautiful cells worth cherishing?
In addition, most of the gold coins are representative of their respective countries, and a few will also add the big head of the narcissistic king, will the dragon really look at it?
To sum up, one conclusion can be drawn, that is, if the ice dragon really has no money.
But Lu Xi didn't panic at all, because although the ice dragon didn't have money, the ice dragon was worth a lot.
Speaking of the dragon scales of the ice dragon, Lu Xi collected a total of six pieces before and after, although they were all replaced with low-level elemental stones for the lottery.
But Lu Xi had already consulted Granny Rhodia, a top-level monster material like Ice Dragon Dragon Scales, a piece of which could be sold for at least tens of millions of gold coins, was still priceless.
Not much else, if a piece of dragon scale is sold, all the expenses of the Spirit Farm for the day will be compensated.
And the number of dragon scales on the ice dragon's body is so large, even if it is cut down dozens of pieces, it will not have any effect, right?
The ice dragon didn't seem to have discovered it yet, and Lu Xi had already secretly knocked out its six dragon scales.
After much bargaining, the ice dragon finally needed to take out 100 dragon scales to pay Lu Xi.
Among them, 98 dragon scales are Lu Xi's gratitude for saving Mao Hao, and the other two dragon scales are the compensation given by the ice dragon to the Spirit Farm.
Lu Xi originally thought that the ice dragon was going to start pulling out his dragon scales on the spot...... As a result, the ice dragon brewed for a while, and the dragon's mouth opened, and it spit out a lot of things, including a lot of dragon scales.
These dragon scales are old and new, large and small, and it is not difficult to see that the ice dragon has fallen down for various reasons in the past few hundred years, and has been collected by the ice dragon itself.
It's no wonder that when the lion opened his mouth widely, when he asked for so many dragon scales, the ice dragon didn't mean to bargain at all, and directly agreed.
These dropped dragon scales themselves are of no use to it, but out of the pride of the dragon, these dragon scales containing its breath are not allowed to fall into the hands of some unpopular monsters or humans, so they are collected.
Now that it can be used to pay the "price", the ice dragon can't say that it has to thank Lu Xi for helping it clean up a wave of garbage.
The method used by the ice dragon to store dragon scales is similar to the contract wrap, which is a kind of use of elemental power - the reason why humans can study the contract wrap is that it is actually a reference to these monsters.
However, compared to the contract wrapping, which has been studied by humans, the ice dragon's use of its own elemental space is very rough.
All kinds of things were piled up together, and they were all thrown out, and they were messy, and Lu Xi needed to call someone to rummage through them by himself.
However, this also has the advantage that Lu Xi can give preference to the largest and best-preserved dragon scales.
Because of the ice dragon's friendly attitude, Lu Xi was also a lot more relieved, seeing that the "garbage mountain" was too large, he couldn't just keep himself busy - the ten female guards were still assembling the ice dragon's special kitchen utensils.
This is the third content that the ice dragon needs to spend money, it can taste the food just now, but it needs to pay for the food, including ingredients and labor.
And that special giant kitchen utensils, I have to thank the craftsman in the Lingyuan Farm, Uga, he has a feeling that as long as Lu Xi says something, he can make it.
It is really troublesome to assemble it, not only to meet the needs of the ice dragon, but also to give Lu Xi a space and platform that can be operated.
Lu Xi felt that the food that the ice dragon wanted to taste was definitely not just a human dish, but more importantly, the wonderful taste after she cooked it herself and was given a talent bonus by the "gods".
So if she can't control the giant kitchen utensils she makes in the end, it will be in vain.
And according to the current speed, it will take at least more than a day to complete the assembly, and Lu Xi doesn't have to worry about whether her physical condition can persist - anyway, if she persists until four o'clock in the morning, she will be able to refresh her physical state, and there will be no hours left.
So he called the rest of the members of the escort team over and came to carry the ice dragon scales together.
Most of the items stored by the ice dragon were relatively large, far exceeding the height of humans, and Lu Xi didn't mention his still trembling arms, and he didn't plan to carry them.
Even many low-level elemental warriors need the cooperation of two people to lift, and Lu Xi, the small body of an ordinary person, should not be overwhelmed.
However, as the "large items" are gradually sorted and removed, there are some smaller items left, which are more attractive to the eye.
A piece of pure white crystal stone, which was only the height of Lu Xi's calf, was sandwiched between the two items, and as the items above were removed, this pure white crystal stone shook twice and rolled to Lu Xi's feet.
Lu Xi curiously stretched out his hand and touched the pure white crystal stone, but heard the ice dragon suddenly speak, "Don't move that." ”
Lu Xi had already touched the pure white crystal stone, and looked up in surprise when he heard the voice, "Huh? ”
But the first thing the eye saw was the system panel that popped up suddenly.
[System Prompt: The player has obtained 100 low-level elemental stones×, will I charge it?] 】
If I touch it, it's mine? Then what if I touch the ice dragon...... cough, Lu Xi stopped the idea of dying and was a little surprised.
It turned out that the low-level elemental stone actually looked like this.
Although Lu Xi has obtained many low-level elemental stones from the game system, because they are all directly displayed on the system panel, Lu Xi has not seen the true appearance of low-level elemental stones.
It wasn't until he saw a low-level elemental stone from the ice dragon that Lu Xi knew that it looked like this.
Wait, Lu Xi blinked, obviously there is only one stone here, why does the system prompt "low-level elemental stone × 100"?
There was a lot of thought in his head, but Lu Xi didn't waste a long time, and raised his head to look at the ice dragon, "What's wrong?" ”
"This is the money we use, you humans can't use it." The ice dragon glanced to the side, and the cub's eyes lit up instantly when he heard it speak.
I know in my heart that if I don't make it clear, I'm afraid that this cub born by himself will have to find a way to give all this thing to the villain below.
So the ice dragon also told Lu Xi with kind words.
Although the ice dragon does not use human gold coins, it can also buy some things, such as buying some Kraken specialties from the sea raken, or some elven specialties from the elves of the Great Forest of Life.
This thing, called the "Elemental Stone", is a currency recognized by both elves and krakens.
Different from the number of gold coins and gold coins in human beings, elemental stones are distinguished by the volume of energy, for example, a 3cm×3cm×3cm elemental stone can be regarded as 1 elemental stone, and so on.
For example, the low-grade elemental stone under Lu Xi's feet, which is almost up to her calf, can be regarded as 100 low-grade elemental stones when it is used for trading.
Of course, if the energy contained in it is too low, a larger volume is required to be counted as 1 elemental stone.
Therefore, the difference between low-grade elemental stones, middle-grade elemental stones, and high-grade elemental stones is how much energy is contained in the same volume.
Like this low-grade elemental stone, it was because of its relatively small size and low value that it was sandwiched among other items and brought out.
The reason why the ice dragon said that humans can't use it is also very simple, the kraken lives at the bottom of the sea, except for some human countries that live by the sea, I'm afraid no one has ever seen what the kraken looks like, and even dragons can't occupy the ocean, let alone humans.
And the great forest of life where the elves are located, the area is larger than all the places where humans live combined, occupying most of the land, compared to "humans are the masters of the land", in fact, the elves are.
Humans try to find elves in the Great Forest of Life, and only a few lucky people among hundreds of millions of people can find them.
Therefore, elemental stones are indeed of no value to human beings.
As for whether the energy in the elemental stone can be used by humans, high-level elemental mages and high-level elemental warriors can probably use one-twelfth of the energy.
Because there is no cost performance, although the elemental stone is known by many humans, it has not been popularized...... It's useless anyway.
However, Lu Xi's eyes lit up, it was someone else's business if others couldn't use it, and the game system could be used! She can use it!
The things in the elemental stone prize pool, that's all good things, although you can exchange dragon scales for elemental stones.
But Lu Xi knew that this way of directly exchanging with the game system was the most loss-making, and it was the most suitable to obtain elemental stones from other means.
For example, dragon scales, the system price is 10,000 low-level elemental stones, and the price of 1 low-level elemental stone is about 100 gold coins.
In other words, here in the system, a piece of dragon scale can be sold for a price of 1 million gold coins, and Lu Xi can easily sell a dragon scale for tens of millions of gold coins.
More than a dozen times the price difference!
Before, there was no choice, but now that he has a choice, Lu Xi will definitely not continue this loss-making exchange method.
"I hope that for the next transaction, you can pay with elemental stones." Lu Xi opened his mouth bluntly.
The ice dragon glanced at the villain in front of him, and then at the cub who was about to shout out with countless screams, and closed his eyelids, "Yes." ”
Anyway, whether it's dragon scales or elemental stones, there are a lot of them, and it doesn't matter which one you use to "pay the price", you just need to make the cub shut up.
It's noisy...... Will it have to live with such a thing for a hundred years in the future?
It takes about a hundred years for the dragon to reach adulthood, and he completely leaves his mother to live alone.
However, usually when the young dragon is thirty or forty years old, it will be driven out to open a cave alone, but it will not leave the territory of the mother dragon until it reaches adulthood, and it will not be completely driven away.
Thirty or forty years is usually the limit of a dragon's maternal love for its cubs......
As for the existence of male dragons, it's not that they don't want to show their father's love, it's that the female dragon is too territorial, and she is not allowed to approach her own kind at all, even if it is a child and his father, they have to get away.
So the dragon usually lives with the mother dragon, but if the mother dragon is too lazy to raise the child, it is also possible to throw the baby dragon to the father dragon belt......
In addition, it often happens that the father dragon steals eggs and raises cubs, but often the father's love can only last for thirty or forty years.
Father dragons who are willing to steal eggs after the second child are even more rare, but there are also some father dragons who don't mind whose eggs they steal, and they have raised a considerable number of young dragons, and they have been beaten more times.
Again, when the forest is big, there will be any bird, and there is no need to apply a phenomenon to the whole of a group.
Mankind's understanding of dragons is only a very partial part.
Gold coins correspond to the currency of the human world.
The Elemental Stone is the currency of the world outside of humanity.
Next, the ice dragon ends the plot here, and it is time to prepare for the appearance of elves or krakens.
The order has not yet been decided, so let's talk about it.