NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 264 Battle between the Young Dragon and the Fire Demon
To earn a demon's money, one must acquire things not found in The Abyss or things that are rare.
Her Lucky Coin contained watermelon seeds, cucumber seeds, and some fruit tree seedlings, which were given to her by the adult Evil Dragon so that one day, she could clear the land and farm it herself.
The Evil Dragon had told her that only by personally working the land could she enjoy the joy and sense of fulfillment that comes with the harvest.
Two thousand years later in The Abyss, fruits and vegetables like watermelons, along with some unique delicacies, had become commonplace. By then, relying on what she had learned from the Evil Dragon to make money would be extremely difficult.
Now, however, The Abyss was full of business opportunities, with the legendary journey of the underage Evil Dragon just beginning. There were many things he hadn't had time to do yet, so she could scout for him and earn some pocket money in the process.
Running a farm stay required more than just vegetables and fruits; one also needed to raise chickens, cattle, pigs...
Compared to vegetables, demons preferred meat.
Fruits not found in The Abyss should also be quite appealing to demons.
Like watermelon, for example.
There are no watermelons in The Abyss; currently, only the Evil Dragon might have them. The few he grew were to be consumed by himself, not for sale.
Harvesting watermelons should fetch a good price.
Turning the watermelon into juice could be sold at a high price to The Blood Clan.
Watermelon juice resembles blood, and The Blood Clan has little resistance to red or dark red beverages and wines.
Demons, on the other hand, are interested in souls. Unfortunately, she does not sell souls. If the future Evil Dragon were here, with his status as an Intern Reaper, it might be possible for him to sell some evil spirits to the demons.
Evil is ground by evil.
Handing evil spirits over to demons, let the demons torment them.
Making money is really hard.
One must also consider whether one's goods might not sell.
First, grow the fruits and vegetables, and plant some of those fruit tree seedlings as well... However, all the fruit tree seedlings in her Lucky Coin were cultivated by the Evil Dragon, and the fruits they bore when they matured were enormous.
No, no, no.
These fruit tree seedlings were cultivated by the Evil Dragon, and currently, only Black Dragon Island had these trees, a specialty of Black Dragon Island. If she were to plant and sell these trees in The Abyss without the Evil Dragon's consent, it could affect the Evil Dragon's future business plans, couldn't it?
It's better to focus solely on the farm stay. She decided not to grow the fruits and would ask the Evil Dragon when she returned to her original timeline if she could plant them outside of Black Dragon Island in the future.
"Are you going home tonight, or do you plan to continue guarding your vegetable garden?"
Lance had arrived and noticed the Young Dragon had been working hard lately, whether it was clearing the land, identifying Hundred Herbs, or tasting them.
But her progress in learning Demon Script was not improving much—she barely managed to master thirty characters a day. To speed up her learning of Demon Script, he made sure that when the Young Dragon communicated with demons, she used Demon Script.
However, once he saw the Young Dragon communicating with a demon by chanting, this style made the other demon feel she was about to cast magic and attack him.
The demon directly released magic; fortunately, the Young Dragon reacted quickly and dodged it.
Indignant, the Young Dragon took up the Demon Hammer and, quite unexpectedly, hammered that demon into a perfect square.
This was the Demon Hammer's ability—to forge any item or creature into a desired shape, or flatten a creature into a sheet of paper to hang on the wall.
The method where she chanted in Demon Script to communicate with demon students was likely related to her love of chanting nursery rhymes in the morning.
Plus, she still hadn't mastered the pronunciation of Demon Script; it was probably a transition.
Nevertheless, to be fair, her pronunciation during chanting was more accurate than when she spoke, and demons could understand her.
It was just prone to misunderstanding.
Misunderstandings be damned. For the time being, the demons of Demon Academy didn't hold much affection for the Young Dragon, and they tried to plot against her now and then.
Matching wits.... It's actually beneficial for the young dragon as it exercises her social skills.
"I want to leave the Demon Hammer to guard the veggie garden while I go home to sleep,"
The young dragon grinned. The Demon Hammer had its own consciousness and was perfectly capable of guarding the place. For instance, when leaving at night, one could just plant the Demon Hammer at the entrance of the veggie garden. If any demons caused trouble, the Demon Hammer could suddenly bite them.
The Demon Hammer was not only good for smashing demons but also for biting.
When they fought, the Demon Hammer often bit her, and sometimes when it was really frustrated, it would sit on her head and gnaw away with its big mouth.
It truly bit.
"Why should I? I'm not staying to watch your veggie garden for you unless you leave the Thunder Hammer too. With it, I might consider guarding the garden,"
The Demon Hammer took the opportunity to make its demands.
"I'm afraid you might lose the Thunder Hammer,"
"Even if I lose myself, I would never lose the Thunder Hammer. I swear!"
"Then, forget about it. If we lost both of you, the loss would just be too great. No amount of money would be able to make up for it. We'd better just go home together. After all, there are no seeds in the ground yet, so there's nothing to lose,"
Currently, the veggie garden only had a thatched cottage and a newly built farmhouse resort.
If students from the Demon Academy came over, at most they would steal a chair, but they surely couldn't just walk off with her farmhouse resort.
"Then let's go. We'll have stir-fried veggies tonight,"
"Mm-hmm."
The young dragon followed Lance and, before leaving the veggie garden, didn't forget to close the door.
There was no lock.
Locking it was pointless.
This was the Demon Academy, where all the students were demons. Even a lock with supernatural power would be useless.
After returning to the villa and finishing dinner, the young dragon took a rest, washed all the pots and pans, and had Lance drive her to the Demon Academy.
She told Lance that a demon had its eye on her veggie garden and mentioned that while she walked in the garden during the day, the soil felt a bit hot underfoot. She suspected the Fire Demon was up to no good, trying to scorch the soil of her veggie garden.
So that she couldn't sow any seeds.
Lance asked if she needed his help, to which the young dragon replied that there was no need as she had many self-defense magic tools to deal with the Fire Demon.
Lance then dropped the young dragon off at the Demon Academy.
As soon as she got back to the Demon Academy, the young dragon saw that her thatched cottage was on fire.
Seeing this, the young dragon hurriedly flew to the veggie garden, trying to slap the flames on the thatched cottage, only to discover that the flames actually avoided her. Not only did they dodge, but some flames even ran, hopped, and jumped around.
Even worse, some of the flames even twerked at her!
This infuriated the young dragon, even the flames dared to bully her!
She opened her mouth to breathe dragon's breath. The Dragon Breath was already at her lips, but then she suddenly remembered the thatched cottage was hers, and a blast of Dragon Breath would surely destroy it.
She hurriedly raised her head and sprayed the Dragon Breath into the night sky.
"If you dare, stop running!"
The young dragon was determined. She took out a glass jar from her Lucky Coin and began to catch the flames on the thatched cottage.
The flames on the thatched cottage scattered and ran away, taunting as they fled, "Come chase me, come chase me, you little veggie dragon, big-headed dragon, chameleon."