Evil Dragon: The young dragon I picked up keeps planning on becoming an empress

Learning to sculpt is quite interesting, but when using a hammer, it's very easy to accidentally hit one's own dragon claw.

After studying carving with the Evil Dragon for three days, I never saw the Evil Dragon hit his hand with the hammer; his sculpting was as smooth as flowing clouds and water, and watching him sculpt was a pleasure.

Following the Evil Dragon's carving speed, by mid-September, the Dragon God Statue should be nearly finished.

The Dragon God Statue is somewhat large, nearly twenty meters, and the stone used has natural color, but it still requires painting after carving.

When the Evil Dragon needs a tool, he calls her to help fetch it.

The workers building the Dragon God Temple often saw the Viscount's little dragon princess flying around with a tool bag.

Just now, the little dragon princess was carrying the tool bag again... flapping her tiny dragon wings to fly up to the giant rock.

"Carving must not be rushed, nor should your attention be diverted; impatience and distraction both easily lead to hitting one's own dragon claw."

"Oh, I know, I just got a little excited just now."

The young dragon placed the tool bag next to the Evil Dragon, turned the black hat on her head to a different direction with her dragon claw, and found a flat place to lie down and watch the Evil Dragon carve.

The first part the Evil Dragon carved was the dragon's head, which was almost finished.

There was something quite strange, for the eyes of the Dragon God Statue, the Evil Dragon had only carved out an outline, without meticulously sculpting them.

Logically speaking, if starting with the head, shouldn't all facial features be finely sculpted?

"Lance, the eyes of the Dragon God Statue... why didn't you finely carve them?"

"I'm saving them for last, ever heard of 'adding the finishing touch to the dragon's eye'?"

"I've never heard of it, is there any special meaning to it?"

"The finishing touch brings it to life."

The young dragon nodded as if she understood but didn't quite grasp it; the eyes are the windows to the soul. 'The finishing touch brings it to life'... probably means that the moment the eyes are sculpted and painted, the Dragon God Statue will, just like the Valkyrie portrait the Evil Dragon painted...

Be imbued with divine charm and possess divinity.

Is it possible?

The Evil Dragon hasn't even seen the Dragon God...

The divinity in the statue comes from the Dragon God, only if the deity is moved, will the statue possess a hint of divinity.

Back when she was a princess, she did hear some incredible legends related to divine statues.

It is said that some divine statues, the moment they were sculpted, the temples that served them and their surrounding areas experienced some magical occurrences, and in more impressive cases, divine miracles happened.

Legend has it that on the day the Goddess of Wisdom's statue was completed, a light silhouette of the goddess holding the Divine Scripture appeared above the Temple of the Goddess of Wisdom.

And then, that year, the children born to the devotees of the Goddess of Wisdom... were all very intelligent.

There are other legends related to divine statues... like the Martial God Statue in the Martial God Temple.

Legend goes that when that ancient person established the Martial God Temple, on the day the Martial God's statue was finished, divine lights appeared in the sky, along with several shadowy figures that resembled Valkyries...

And that year... that ancient person was invincible in battle, so much so that even the Divine Court couldn't best him...

All she heard were legends; whether they're true... remains to be validated...

However, both the Temple of the Goddess of Wisdom and Martial God Temple have included these accounts into the 'Divine Miracle' records.

If the Dragon God Statue that the Evil Dragon is sculpting were to display divinity once completed, would miraculous celestial phenomena appear in the sky above Saint Blue?

Seems a bit unlikely...Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Not all divine statues can induce miraculous celestial phenomena...

There are so many temples worshiping divine statues in the Human World... but there haven't been any reports of miraculous celestial phenomena or divine miracles...

If the Evil Dragon can lend the Dragon God Statue he carves divine charm and divinity… that in itself would be quite impressive.

Besides... there is no Dragon God Temple in the Human World.

Whether the Dragon God will recognize this human follower is another matter.

The children blessed by the Dragon God... are giant dragons.

"Lance, at the moment when a divine statue is completed, some can induce celestial phenomena, revealing magical sights and uncovering marvelous occurrences... is that true?"

The young dragon suddenly thought that the Evil Dragon, who had lived for 3,455 years... might have seen or heard of the magical sights when divine statues were completed.

Having lived long, it is quite common to see all sorts of strange and unusual things.

"I've heard of it, but never seen it. As a young dragon, I didn't have the privilege to enjoy such spectacles."

"What about when you were a little older?"

"I was busy studying, no time to pay attention to those things."

"And after you reached adulthood?"

"I visited relatives and traveled... went to temples...never saw a divine miracle..."

"I see..."

"However, some legends must be true. Believe it or not, it's good to maintain the most basic respect for the deities of legends."

"Mm-hmm."

"Once you're done with your tasks, I'll treat you to a play tonight at the theatre, 'The Noble Young Master's Guide to Romance.' You haven't been to Saint Blue City recently; you might not know, but some of the lines from your romance reading... they've become a hit.

In the streets and alleys of Saint Blue City, it's common to see young boys and girls quoting your book, saying things like... 'Boy, you're so sweet,' or... 'Girl, you're only this brazen because you know I like you.'

Then your lines get tossed back and forth by these youths, played with over and over again...and..."

Suddenly, a spark appeared from Evil Dragon's hand.

Evil Dragon had hit his own hand with a hammer...

Seeing this, Young Dragon was stunned; even Evil Dragon could hit his own hand...

Clearly such delicate skin and flesh, yet when the hammer struck... how did it spark?

A hand harder than iron?

"What play? If I hit your dragon claw with a hammer, you'd cry out in pain. When we get back tonight, you'll toughen up your dragon claw; I'll prepare a basin of iron sand for you to plunge your claws into." Experience exclusive tales on empire

"???"

A basin of iron sand?

Retaliation!

Naked retaliation!

Evil Dragon, in his embarrassment, was retaliating against her.

No, that's not right; Evil Dragon must have sneaked off to Saint Blue City behind her back and then seen the scenes she witnessed there...

He himself must have felt awkward when he heard her talking... now he was outraged in embarrassment.

"I've lost the mood, I'm not working today. Let's go, dragon whelp, time to head home."

"But I want to set up a stall tonight to sell octopus balls to make some money..."

"There's no end to earning money; having enough to spend is all that matters. Go home and practice with the iron sand. Your training to fortify your dragon body's strength needs a minor upgrade too...after bumping into Turtle... practice dodging..."

"???"

Upon returning to Black Dragon Island that day, Young Dragon first trained with the iron sand claws for an hour, then after bumping into Turtle, began to dodge Evil Dragon's dragon tail.

She, as a young dragon...couldn't dodge at all...

After training... her whole body was aching...

Young Dragon thought this kind of training... Evil Dragon would only let her experience it for a day, with further training postponed for later...

But the training continued until the end of August... every night her whole body ached...

Strangely... as soon as day broke, she didn't feel the pain anymore...

Life became regular; if Evil Dragon felt like it, he'd go carve the Dragon God Statue in the morning. If he wasn't in the mood, he'd just lie on a rocking chair with a sunshade, resting with his eyes closed.

In the afternoon he'd take a fishing rod and sit on a stool by the river outside the Earl's Mansion to fish.

If the mood struck, he'd occasionally take her, the pretend young dragon, out into the flower bushes to catch butterflies.

Time slowly moved into September... the construction of Dragon God Temple accelerated due to the addition of extraordinary people...

And the Dragon God Statue... Evil Dragon had almost finished sculpting it, with only some final touches left that wouldn't take much time.

Evil Dragon said he would also paint the Dragon God Statue, mixing the colors himself and asking her to help with the painting...

Evil Dragon had purposely not sculpted the eyes of the Dragon God Statue, probably waiting until after the coloring was done and the Dragon God Temple was fully completed... to "dot the eyes" of the statue.

To give the Dragon God Statue spirit... as for divinity... it depended on whether the Dragon God would acknowledge this statue of the Human World...