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Having already grasped the essence of sex, Qin He and Lutafya's wild behavior just now made Elulu blush.

The petite little girl angrily accused Qin He of neglecting his duties. However, she didn't go too far, but simply explained the situation to Qin He:

Currently, Yanliu's growth has exceeded expectations. She has reached the level of a lower-tier second-order dragon, although her combat skills are still far from sufficient. However, in terms of innate talent, she is among the strongest in the young dragon group.

Next, slightly superior to Flame Glaze is Blazing Lightning, a powerful young dragon of red and blue descent, entrusted to be raised by the colorful princess Bayelu.

It is unclear whether Chidian received any inheritance or favor from Bayel, but her overall strength is clearly the strongest among the young dragons.

Almost like Flame Ryu, they are on the path to becoming pureblood dragons like their ancestor. It can be said that they are the strongest young dragons, almost unmatched.

Having just fought to a draw with the white dragon Kaiser, Yanliu was terrified, not wanting to be mocked by the other young dragons as a red dragon who couldn't defeat the white dragon.

However… whether it was something Mulberry said, or these little dragons genuinely knew how to comfort her, Yan Liu didn't face the harsh mockery she had expected upon returning to the Blue Dragon Tribe.

The young dragons all said that her opponent, the white dragon Caesar, was quite hardworking. Although his physical abilities were somewhat limited, his combat skills were also quite refined.

As a white dragon, she was naturally shorter than the other young dragons. In order to make a name for herself in the dragon herd and to ensure that her white dragon sisters, who hatched from the same nest, could have a corresponding status, she made constant efforts.

As the strongest young dragon in the flock, Blazing Lightning stepped forward, intending to teach Flame Glaze how to fight. However, there were corresponding conditions—

Once Yanliu becomes stronger, she will have to pay Chidian three dragon crystals or other treasures of equivalent value. Furthermore, she will have to fight Chidian to determine the victor.

It must be said that, as a pure-blooded red dragon, Yanliu underestimated her own abilities. Her innate advantages allowed her to not have to suppress her desires, making her personality much gentler than other red dragons her age.

Even Chidian was curious about how Yanliu managed to suppress the violent nature in her bloodline, which was both unruly and somewhat docile.

At times like these, Yan Liu would always lower her head and think of Qin He alone.

Yesterday, Yan Liu even personally led the young dragons and assassin scorpions during the hunt, slaughtering two peak fourth-tier magical beasts, the Ring-tailed Silver Pythons.

"Very good~ It looks like we have a great chance of winning. Yanliu, with that little brain of yours, knows how to lead your followers in a hunt. You must have been helping us devise strategies within the dragon horde, right?"

While subtly praising Elulu, the loli princess on the other side of the projection immediately blushed and said:

"Well, actually, there's nothing to it. I just drew them a map of the final battleground and analyzed how to break through the metal dragons' defenses."

"There are also basic skills like squad cooperation and flanking maneuvers, but in the end, it all comes down to who has the strongest young dragons on both sides... and—"

At this point, Elulu looked somewhat embarrassed.

"The retinue of the metal dragon..."

As she spoke, Erulu showed Qin He the recent discovery of the magical drone swarm.

“Our drones transmitted images showing that their most powerful young dragon, the Golden Dragon Royal Oriole, recently found a caravan and reached an agreement with their employer.”

In the scene, behind the second-tier lower-level golden dragon that is the leader, there are many brass, red copper, and bronze dragon calves.

The silver dragon standing beside her was probably the "second-in-command" among the other party's young dragons.

"Good afternoon, ladies of the human realm. The Golden Dragon Oriole sends you its sincerest greetings."

"We are part of the Chenghai tribe, a bronze dragon clan in this vast Dragon Desert. We strive to facilitate the establishment of the Great Dragon Plains trade route and provide protection for passing merchants and adventurers."

The young golden dragon then took out some gold coins from the spatial scales embedded in its scales.

"Here's the thing, ladies. Our tribe has secured terms that are good for everyone—"

"As long as we, as young dragons, defeat the cubs of the Colored Evil Dragon in the team battle a month from now, the trade route will be established under the witness of Dragon Emperor Qin He. The young dragons have come to pay their respects to you all for this shared victory."

By handing over the gold coins, Huang Ying would purchase goods from the merchants and hire humans!

Then, these hired humans will be able to openly claim to be the golden dragon's retinue.

"What did the baby dragon buy? It's clearly just a baby dragon, where did it get the gold coins?"

By asking two key questions, Qin He immediately understood that Huang Ying was not someone that an ordinary young dragon could handle.

Either Chengjing, for the sake of ultimate victory, demanded that Huangying trade gold coins with humans, or the young dragon itself possessed the intelligence to exploit loopholes…

"The gold coins and storage rings are said to have come from the belly of a magical beast that this golden dragon cut open during its hunt in Dragon Plains."

In order to secure the final victory, Huang Ying planned to use the wealth she had acquired for free.

It knew that winning this battle of young dragons would bring enormous profits to the Brass Dragon tribe. Taking so many young dragons with it to the trade was partly for safety, and partly to have them as witnesses.

Regardless of victory or defeat, the supplies purchased through the merchants belong to Huang Ying. Afterwards, she can easily bring up the matter of purchasing the supplies in front of Cheng Jing and request reimbursement.

With most of the young dragons as witnesses, the Brass Dragon tribe naturally wouldn't be stingy in the grand scheme of things. In the end, all the gold coins spent by the Golden Dragon would return to it intact.

"Good. Now pass on my orders. Let all the young dragons in the tribe split into groups and act freely. Also, send Yan out to gather a caravan. We must have what the enemy has, and we must have even more of what the enemy doesn't have."

While the goods are secured, what about the companions? Human adventurers hired by gold coins to follow the golden dragon cub are no joke.

“Circle all the races on the map that they can subdue, such as lizardmen, trolls, naga, and saka murlocs. I have a plan.”

Chapter 253 The Words After Offering Advice

Upon hearing Qin He mention these races, Elulu immediately understood. He wanted the young dragons to subdue them…

But how easy is that? Even with the Blue Dragon Clan backing them up, it doesn't mean these first or second-tier dragons can do anything.

Aside from some intelligent tribes, or lizardmen who are born to submit to dragons, others... might be tempted to take advantage of the young dragons.

If certain tribes harm the young dragons, won't they still need dragons to protect them in the end?

"Don't worry, Elulu. I have plenty of ways to make these races submit. Let me see—"

Among the several tribes that Elulu pointed out in detail on the map, Qin He chose the Lizardmen.

Although it seemed to be the easiest to subdue, this lizardman tribe was a large tribe that had just migrated to Dragon Plains. To them, a second-tier lower-level being wasn't even considered a lowly soldier.

Even the two major powers, the Blue Dragons and the Brass Dragons, failed to subdue this massive lizardman tribe. To expect some young dragons to negotiate without any assistance is simply wishful thinking.

If Qin He can use drones to gather intelligence, then the Bronze Dragon's side must have similar methods. If Qin He were to help Yan Liu and the others subdue their familiars, the Bronze Dragon would simply remain silent.

Then, after the battle is decided, they will expose this "cheating" behavior.

"Very good. Have Yan Liu go to the corpses of those two Golden Fire Dragons and take a few golden scales. Also, take the Golden Fire Dragons' storage items. If Yan Ling asks, just say it was my order."

"Also, have Yanliu spread this news. It would be best if all the young dragons knew about it."

These past few days, the corpses of the two unfortunate golden fire dragons have been slumbering in the Blue Dragon tribe, attracting many dragons to watch them.

What dragon could resist the golden scales on the powerful flying dragon before it?

Not only were the young dragons extremely eager for it, but even some of the young and adolescent dragons in the Blue Dragon tribe could not suppress their covetous thoughts.

Such thick scales of golden fire dragons, which can only grow at the level of sainthood or godhood, are treasures that drive countless people crazy, no matter where they are placed.

In most cases, even materials from common fire dragons can be considered family heirlooms. Not to mention the scales of the Gold Rathian.

Dragon scales are not suitable for crafting armor. Scales that have fallen off or are not naturally shed will lose their magical connection to the dragon and thus become less powerful.

Even Qin He's Golden Dragon Scale Armor was a special item forged through a complex process involving multiple nested magic arrays.

However, this is not the case for various flying dragons, beast dragons, and ancient dragons that are now only worshipped by a few human kingdoms.

After all, they possess the purest energy in nature, which is different from demonic energy.

The deficiency in spellcasting ability can be made up for by mastering the forces of nature.

These dragons are treasures from head to toe, and weapons and armor forged from their bodies are rare and precious items.

As for the two golden fire dragons' personal collections, although Yan Ling, Sang Shen, and Mo Yu were all eager to find out more, they knew to proceed in order.

After all, these treasures all belong to Qin He.

Qin He felt a warmth in his heart at their ability to restrain their greed. But wealth left untouched is still just dead wealth.

Only by taking it out, allowing it to circulate, and creating more value can it truly realize its significance.

Soon, Eruru and Yanliu returned with two scales belonging to the Golden Rathalos.

It's clear that these two golden fire dragons are under the jurisdiction of the Dragon Realm Council. They've also learned to seal storage rings into their scales to store their spoils.

As the lord of the Dragon Plains Dead City, Silver Rathalos even knew how to use Blazing Liquid to create a mechanism that could spray Calamity Flames to protect its nest, and Gold Rathalos was naturally no less capable.

Unlike ordinary dragons, the two golden fire dragons had ample food and water reserves in their storage containers. They also possessed a considerable amount of treasure, such as gold coins.

Minerals, gems... even extremely rare Elder Dragon blood and some materials from Elder Dragons can be found in the inventory of the two Gold Rathian.

Surprisingly, human armies also possessed iron armor. Some of the more basic alloy armor even appeared to be quite new.

Among these armors, there were even a few high-performance defense suits.

Regardless of what the Golden Fire Dragon intends to do with them, these armors have now benefited Qin He.

Apart from the juvenile and sub-adult individuals currently roaming the Land of Forsaken Gods and the other three continents, ancient dragons are basically terrifying species that surpass the Saintly rank and are stable in ascending to godhood.

Even today, some human kingdoms worship ancient dragons as gods. Only by ascending to godhood can these golden fire dragons truly challenge some of the ancient dragons.

“Very good, mass-produce these alloy armors. And that defense team suit... also send it to Workshop Number One, which remains within the Blue Dragon tribe.”

To prepare for any eventuality, Qin He had long ago instructed the Electronic End Dragons to prepare a production workshop within the Blue Dragon tribe. Now it was time for the Electronic Dragon hatchlings to put their skills to use and forge even more armor.

Alloy armor goes without saying; if this kind of basic equipment were widely available, it would likely greatly enhance the lizardman tribe's defensive capabilities.

As for the defense team suit, to be honest... Qin He thought that a familiar of the lizardman's level wasn't worthy of wearing it. But now it was up to the young dragons to win.

Victory in this battle would mean the formal allegiance of the Brass Dragon tribe. The benefits would be unimaginable, tantamount to Qin He truly unifying the entire Great Wilderness Dragon Plains.

Even if those two silver fire dragons dared to come back, they would only have the right to be skinned alive.

In comparison, the expense of bribing the lizardmen with equipment is negligible. It would only require the multiplying electronic dragons to mine for a few days.

At first, Qin He only thought about finding some ore from the Golden Fire Dragon's inventory and using it to have the Electronic Dragon workshop manufacture equipment.

Surprisingly, not only were there some, but they were also readily available!

This alloy armor is not expensive, while the defense team set is a high-quality piece of equipment that can truly cope with various unexpected situations when fighting dragons.

Qin He decided that future cooperation negotiations with the lizardmen would begin with these armors.

As for weapons, that can be discussed later.

Furthermore... using the scales of the Golden Fire Dragon, not only can it be used as leverage for Flame Glaze to hire human adventurers, but Qin He can also use it to ignite the fighting spirit of the young dragons.

The hundred or so young dragons of various colors were no pushovers. Qin He decided that whoever defeated one of the metal dragons in the battle would be rewarded with a Golden Fire Dragon scale.

The quality and value of the scales vary greatly from place to place on the Golden Fire Dragon's body.

This can be used as a combat achievement—

The one who defeats the opponent's five-headed metal dragon will be rewarded with a higher-quality Gold Rathian scale.

If Qin He determines that the young dragon has made sufficient contributions in this battle against the young dragons, then the young dragon will receive a thick scale from a Golden Fire Dragon as a reward.

After all, reality isn't a game, and the Golden Rathalos didn't grow so many scales for nothing.

If we can win this battle and bring the bronze dragon Chengjing and her tribe under our control, it'll be a sure win!

Qin He had already subtly spread rumors when he asked Yan Liu to retrieve the Golden Fire Dragon's thick scales. The young dragons were now in an uproar.

After all, the Dragon Emperor Qin He might bestow the coveted Golden Fire Dragon Scales upon the young dragons who had distinguished themselves in battle…

Although this news has not yet been confirmed, it has already boosted the fighting spirit of the young dragons.

Next, Qin He needs to make multiple preparations.

First, Yanliu and the other young dragons need to intensify their training these days, and their basic combat skills cannot fall behind.

Secondly, use the Golden Fire Dragon Scales as battle merits to boost the morale of the young dragons.

Third, Yan personally sought out and led a caravan into the Great Wilderness Dragon Plains, taking the initiative to stage a transaction between the caravan and the colorful young dragons. The currency used by the young dragons was naturally the golden scales that Yan Liu had obtained.

Fourth, have the so-called caravan personnel hired by Yan assist the young dragons in traveling to the swamp during the trade to negotiate with the lizardman tribe.

Fifth, they could use armor, weapons, and other incentives to force the lizardmen to submit. If they refused, the caravan's strongmen could eliminate any troublemakers.

In this way, Qin He's side successfully exploited a loophole. By providing assistance under the guise of a "caravan," they ensured the young dragons were invincible before the battle even began.

Even if the Brass Dragons questioned it afterward, they could say that Flame Glaze used his own merits to obtain the Golden Fire Dragon's scales and traded them with the caravan.

……

Just as he was explaining everything to Eruru, Lutafia reached out and slipped her hand inside Qin He's swim trunks.

Having pulled out the object she had longed for, Lutafia kissed and sucked it with abandon—

Chapter 254 Hold it between your legs and suck it in.

"Oh I got it."

Ai Lulu knew that Qin He's plan was actually based on many considerations.

Many human caravans trade with metal dragons, but trading with chromatic dragons is much more dangerous.