Chapter 42: In the Legend

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  (Today's second update~)

  This turtle is so pretentious, he can't wait to rub himself against the dragon's body a few times. Ada, who is normally cold-faced, can't help but change color when she sees this guy being so rude, her eyes twitching several times before turning her head away and ignoring this scoundrel.

  Xia Ya put on his clothes, although he was covered in bloodstains, but he felt a slight relief in his heart. He couldn't be hurt by swords or guns, and it was a small gain after all. His resentment slightly dissipated, and he smiled at Ada: "This dragon's blood is really good, it feels warm when applied to the skin... Ah, I almost forgot, you're also a dragon, so you don't need these things."

  As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at a certain part of Ada with his eyes.

  Ada's expression grew increasingly ugly as she shouted: "Enough! I knew I shouldn't have told you these things! Dragon blood is a noble thing, and you...you actually used it to..."

  Xia Ya rolled her eyes: "I've come all the way here through thick and thin, I should at least get something out of it."

  He immediately recalled Ada's words and stroked his chin, looking at the dragon in front of him: "Uh, you just said that this dragon's body is more valuable than Gold Mountain and Silver Mountain?"

  Ada let out a heavy hum, narrowed her eyes, and her tone became somewhat strange: "That depends on whose hands it falls into. If it's someone like you, it's just a pile of bones, but if it's a magician or someone who knows the trade..."

  Xia Ya's attitude suddenly became ten times more gentle, and she leaned in with a smile: "What exactly makes this thing valuable?"

  Ada sighed, her palm pressed against a piece of dragon scales: "Dragons are the most powerful creatures, this is recognized throughout the continent. The physical strength of dragons lies in their ability to withstand physical attacks, with extremely strong defensive capabilities. For example, the scales on a dragon's body are even more formidable than the iron shields crafted by human master craftsmen... The entire body of the dragon is covered in these sturdy scales, and ordinary attacks can't penetrate this countless number of shields! If she weren't currently in a weakened state, those few mages wouldn't have been able to push her to such a desperate situation! As for you... that sword in your hand is a rare and exceptional weapon, capable of piercing her scales - it's truly one of the very few."

  Sword?

  Xia Ya looked at his own fire fork: "You say this thing is a sword?" He seemed to have heard the most ridiculous joke: "Haha! You say my fire fork is a sword?"

  Ada's tone was serious: "Of course it's a sword! What else could it be? A weapon that can easily pierce dragon scales, I've never seen anything like it before."

  His gaze fell on Xia Ya's fire spear, carefully examining it: "Such a treasure, falling into the hands of someone like you, is simply a waste. Hmph! Although its shape is somewhat strange, but from its sharpness, it's not much different from those legendary divine weapons famous throughout the continent."

  Xia Ya secretly felt pleased and gently stroked the mo fire fork, thinking: Could it be that this thing is really a treasure left behind by the old guy?

  Ada sighed: "This weapon of yours, I can't see what material it's made of, but it's definitely not ordinary metal!"

  "Why?"

  Ada sneered: "Dragon blood is a noble thing, you think it's just something that can make you... hard as iron?"

  When it came to the phrase "as hard as iron", Ada's eyes flashed with a hint of anger, staring at Xia Ya with a scowl. She coughed and suppressed her inner rage before continuing: "If it were an ordinary weapon, it would be corroded by dragon blood! Dragons are the most powerful creatures on the continent, and for thousands of years, no one from any race has been able to match them in single combat. One reason is that the warriors of human, dwarf, and elf races all use metal weapons, but unfortunately, except for a few extremely exceptional ones, most weapons suffer greatly when facing dragons. If you were holding an ordinary iron sword...

  "He snorted: 'Even if you have incredible strength and can pierce the dragon's scales, once your weapon comes into contact with the dragon's blood, it will quickly be corroded and softened! This is why in all of your human legends, any brave warrior who dares to challenge a dragon must first obtain an extremely powerful weapon in order to contend with the dragon. Because ordinary weapons are hard to pierce through the dragon's scales, and even if they do, they will still be corroded by the dragon's blood.'"

  Xia Ya felt a little scared in her heart...

  Corrosion?

  Whoa! This dragon's blood is so eerie, it won't corrode my old man's... as well, will it?

  He touched his waist with some trepidation, but under Ada's gaze, he was too embarrassed to continue downwards.

  "Don't worry, it's just corrosive to metal. This is the dragon blood's natural attribute of magic, which has a strong repulsive effect on metal." Ada said with a straight face.

  Xia Ya swallowed her saliva, put down her mind, and looked up at the dragon that was already on its last breath: "According to what you said... this dragon is so huge, with so many scales on its body. If they were peeled off..."

  Ada's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness: "Haven't you heard of Dragon Scale Armor?"

  Dragon scales armor?

  Xia Ya's eyes lit up instantly!!

  Dragon scales, he had heard of it, but it only existed in legend. In the past, in the taverns of Wildfire Town, those traveling bards would mention it when telling stories... One word to describe it: Powerful!!

  "The dragon's scales, the hardest on its back, relatively slightly weaker on its abdomen - but only relatively speaking, much stronger than the best armor made by ordinary humans." Ada said slowly, pointing to Dora beside her: "Generally speaking, if you can get some of the dragon's abdominal scales to make a set of armor, although it's not as good as a divine artifact, it's not much worse either."

  "Why is it abdominal scales? Didn't you say the hardest one was on its back?"

  Ada looked at the greedy guy with disdain and said, "The scales on its back are hard, but because they're too hard, it's actually very difficult to cast and polish. The scales on its abdomen are slightly inferior, but barely manageable for casting and polishing... However, even if it's abdominal scales, I've heard that only dwarves have the craftsmanship to work with such hard materials. As for you humans... I'm afraid there aren't many human craftsmen on this continent who can create something like this."

  Xia Ya felt somewhat annoyed.

  Damn it! After messing around for half a day, am I supposed to carry a pile of dragon scales to find the dwarves?

  On the Wildfire Prairie, dwarves aren't hard to find. The problem is, if you really dare to run into the dwarves' territory, it's definitely a case of going in alive and coming out dead! Your skull will become a dwarf's lacquerware!

  Xia Ya couldn't help but feel a bit discouraged: "Alright! Let's not talk about the dragon scales for now. At worst, I'll just strip them all off and sell them. Anyway, I don't plan on becoming some legendary hero, so there's no need to waste my energy making a suit of dragon scale armor."

  Ada smiled with shame: "You don't think so now, but in the future when you understand the benefits of dragon scales, you'll see... If dragon scales were just hard, they wouldn't be anything special. The most important thing is that ordinary metal-made armor is very difficult to enchant with magic, because most magic has a repulsive effect on metal. Only high-level alchemists among humans can do this, but now it's said that there are few excellent alchemists among humans. But dragon scales are different! Dragons are born magical creatures, and their scales have natural magical adhesion. Even an ordinary magician can easily enchant the magic they want on dragon scales... A set of dragon scale armor is often extremely high-end magical defensive equipment!"

  Xia Ya listened and wiped her mouth fiercely, cursing: "Forget it! You've managed to move my heart! Next time I'll find a dwarf..."

  However, thinking of those legendary short-tempered and powerful dwarves, the tortoise still felt a bit out of breath. After hesitating for a moment, he asked again: "What else? You said that dragon's body is full of treasures, what about other things?"

  "There's also dragon fang." Ada smiled and said, "Dragon fangs are hard, sharp, and unmatched. Especially the two pointed teeth at the top of a dragon's head can be forged into a dragon fang sword or made into the spearhead of a long spear... The legendary dragon fang sword and dragon spear are all made this way. However, the manufacturing craftsmanship..."

  Xia Ya was somewhat annoyed: "Alright, alright! So you still want to find the dwarf, huh? I get it! Is there anything else?"

  He was annoyed on the surface, but had made up his mind in his heart. After this dragon died, he would pull out all her teeth.

  "Also, dragon skin." Ada sighed: "Dora is an earth-based dragon, her dragon skin can be made into a cloak that can defend against most earth-based magic. For other elemental magic, if it's just ordinary low-level magic attacks, it also has some defensive capabilities. It counts as a piece of magical defense equipment."

  Xia Ya listened and was indeed moved, but looked at Ada with some trepidation: "This... dragon skin cloak, don't need to find a dwarf to make it, do we..."

  Ada smiled: "Of course not, dwarves are skilled in ironwork, not tailoring."

  Xia Ya let out a sigh of relief, but still felt unsatisfied: "What else?"

  "There's also... Dragon Tendon!" Ada's eyes sparkled, her tone slightly more excited: "If you're skilled with the bow and arrow, then Dragon Tendon is the best material for crafting a top-notch treasure bow! The hardest thing to get for a good bow is high-quality bowstrings! And Dragon Tendon is tough yet elastic, with magical properties - swords can't cut it, but it has excellent elasticity... In the legends of the continent, among the three most famous divine bows of the Elf tribe, two of them have bowstrings made from Dragon Tendon!"

  Sacred artifact?

  Xia Ya's face turned bright red, eyes shining with golden stars... Divine artifact!!

  What does this title of "Sacred Artifact" represent?!!

  "But..." Ada's tone changed and she let out a sigh.

  "But what?" Xia Ya immediately felt a bit uneasy, every time Ada mentioned the material of the dragon's body was good, a "but" would come out, and there must be no good words afterwards.

  As expected!

  However, the dragon tendon can serve as a bowstring, but a bow cannot have only a bowstring! The bow's body must also be made of top-notch materials. To match the dragon tendon, one must first soak it in the tears of legendary elves and then forge the bow's body with a rare red iron from the dwarves' legends...

  Xia Ya vomited blood...

  It's even harder than forging dragon scales!

  Dragon scales are just looking for dwarves, forging a dragon tendon bow, and even the elves are involved!

  "Hey! Are you messing with me?! Xia Ya had had enough, he furiously said: "You say one thing is 'legendary', another thing is also 'legendary', these few things are exaggerated by you to the extreme, but not a single one can be used in reality! You've been talking for half a day, everything good has to be 'legendary'! Where am I supposed to find so many 'legendary' useless things?! And what's with the 'Tears of the Spirit'... I'm about to cry right now!!"

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