The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 946 - 0943: A Serving of Smoked Grass (First Update)

Chapter 946 -0943: A Serving of Smoked Grass (First Update)

Fierce Earth Dogs evolved into Blizzard Beasts, but Li Si Te couldn’t be certain whether this one male and two female trio of entirely new Little Fierce Earth Dogs would be able to evolve into a lineage interconnected with Douson and the other Blizzard Beasts.

He could only give it a try for now.

He hoped that Green Skin, White Skin, and Golden Skin could become the cornerstone of the Blizzard Beast Legion.

After spending three days on this work, just when Li Si Te decided to search for natural nodes again, he unexpectedly welcomed the visit of the steward from White Paper Workshop reporting on their work.

“Your Highness, blessed by the Knight’s Glory, and by your glorious favor, the White Paper Workshop has recently created a very valuable new product. After testing, the results are excellent, and as such, I have come to report to you,” the steward’s face beamed with a smile he couldn’t contain, his expression extremely proud.

“Is that so? What’s the new product?” Li Si Te was rather surprised.

He had found only one new nature node, unable to form a transportation network, so the Smoke Mission remained incomplete. He hadn’t expected that the White Paper Workshop would have already discovered a new variety of white paper.

The steward smiled and gestured for his assistant to bring over a box, then took out a tightly bundled stack of white paper: “Your Highness, this is the paper towel you’ve always requested. We completed its production about half a month ago, and after subsequent improvements in craftsmanship, it now meets Your Highness’s standards.”

The paper towels weren’t cut into individual small pieces, but rather one large sheet.

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The surface was very soft, not yet reaching the quality of the Earth’s Qingfeng brand paper towels, but as a hand-wiping paper towel, it was already a qualified product.

“So this is the new product from the White Paper Workshop?” Li Si Te wiped his hands with the paper towel, feeling it was just so-so, not as good as the feeling of wiping his hands with a silk handkerchief.

“This paper towel is something you requested, Your Highness, not the new product our workshop has developed. Our new product is right here.” The steward took out another piece of white paper from the box and presented it respectfully to Li Si Te, “Your Highness, this white paper is made from Hemp Rope Vine.”

Taking the white paper, Li Si Te saw no difference from ordinary white paper.

The steward explained: “Fire cannot burn this white paper; water cannot dampen it; insects can’t infest it; even vigorously tearing it won’t cause it to fray; and it’s very troublesome to cut with a knife. When we need to trim the rough edges, we have to ask an Earth Knight to cut it one sheet at a time, otherwise it’s impossible to cut through.”

“That magical?” Li Si Te was quite surprised, having never imagined such a white paper could exist.

He tore at it with effort and found the paper, as the steward had said, to appear like a thin sheet of white paper, one that could be freely crumpled, but was very difficult to tear apart. Even with the robust physique he had acquired from the nourishment of Dragon Dou Qi, he had to expend thirty percent of his strength to barely manage to tear it.

Without using Dou Qi, his thirty percent of strength was already greater than what an Apprentice Knight could muster with all their might.

In other words, this type of white paper was practically indestructible by ordinary people without utilizing Dou Qi.

In an instant, Li Si Te thought of many possible benefits—if paper alone was this strong, if used to make armor, wouldn’t it be defiant of the heavens? Moreover, its properties of being unfazed by fire, water, and insects made it scarcely inferior to metal armor when it came to preservation.

It seemed that Hemp Rope Vine could not only be crafted into rope but also into paper and paper armor, all of great use.

Li Si Te suddenly thought of something else and inquired: “Since it cannot be soaked by water, how can one write on it with ink?”

The steward replied: “Your Highness, its inconvenience for writing is indeed a downside. However, by using a printing method to apply ink and then exposing it to the sun for several days, the ink can fully penetrate and become indelible, not even scrapeable with a knife. The Magician tasked with technical support, after testing, estimated that words written on this kind of white paper can be preserved for thousands of years without change.”

Then he added, “There’s another disadvantage, the pulp extraction from Hemp Rope Vine consumes a lot, and only the upper layer of the original pulp can refine the material for making white paper. With the Hemp Rope Vine yield from our land, it’s unlikely we can produce paper on a large scale… The manual labor involved is also substantial, the production cycle complex and time-consuming, and the costs are high.”

Nevertheless, the white paper made from Hemp Rope Vine still held valuable worth.

Li Si Te promptly named this white paper “Vine Paper” and designated it as tribute-grade paper for his exclusive use. He intended to use Vine Paper to transcribe books and compile a “Flame Encyclopedia” to encompass all content from the myriad worlds, combining the format of the “Yongle Encyclopedia” and “Complete Library in Four Sections.”

He also passed the task to the Iron Knights and Magicians to use the original Vine Paper pulp for armor research, attempting to create “Vine Armor” that could rival Magic Metal armors.

Meanwhile, he noticed there had been a change to the Smoke Mission, “The mission has changed.” He hadn’t completed the mission, yet the reward had already been obtained in advance, indicating that the quest to find natural nodes was no longer necessary.

“Now is just right since Bard and I are not yet strong enough, and we also don’t have enough materials gathered in the territory to build more Magic Teleportation Arrays. There’s no rush to search for new natural nodes; we can do so leisurely later on.”

He turned to the new mission,

“Mission: The Greater Elf Annie of Phoenix Perch Parasol Tree is in an odd state, lacking the spirit for anything, not interested in further nurturing the Flame Dragon Birds, nor in touching the scales of Fire Dragon Leo. As the master of the Elf, you should help it out of its predicament. Reward: Breeding rights for the Phoenix Perch Parasol Tree.”

“Hmm!”

Li Si Te almost immediately thought that perhaps Annie was about to evolve, from a Greater Elf to a Dragon Elf.

However, considering the mission reward, he felt that the evolution hadn’t reached completion yet: “It’s very likely a part of the evolutionary process, and I need to rush over to help Annie immediately.”

Mounting the Formless Dragon Bard, Liszt directly shuttled through space to arrive at the Volcano Crater.

He quickly located Annie, who was sitting on a branch of the Phoenix Perch Parasol Tree, staring blankly at the sky with its hands supporting its cheeks. Little Yellow, Little Red, and Little Purple perched on different branches, appearing listless and disheartened, seemingly affected by Annie’s lack of vigor.

“Annie.”

“Li Si Te.”

“What’s wrong?” Liszt empathized with Annie’s inner feelings; the Greater Elf’s emotions were like the blandness after a shiver, losing interest in everything and looking listless, “How about trying a new flavor of Jade Powder? I’ve recently mined some fresh Jade from Jade Mountain, and the Jade Powder grinded from it is well-received by many Elves.”

“I can’t bring myself to eat.” Annie sighed.

“How about some Smoked Grass then?” Li Si Te put on a mask and took out a batch of fresh Smoked Grass from his Space Ring, specially grown for Formless Dragon Bard.

As soon as the unique scent was released, Little Yellow, Little Red, and Little Purple flitted away without a trace.

The dispirited Annie, covering its nose, began to jump: “Enough, enough, Li Si Te, I don’t want Smoked Grass!”

“Then cheer up, Annie, I’ve already called Leo over, and I asked it to give you a Fire Dragon Scale. You can hold onto the scale while you sleep.” Liszt used his own fiery enthusiasm to continually influence Annie, helping the Elf through the power of their bond.

The effect was quite positive, and Annie slowly revealed a long-missed smile, “Yes, I will buck up!”