Insatiable greed

  The Huo Long tribe is one of the four major alien beast tribes on the Eastern Continent, along with the Bing Feng Huang, Jiu Wei Hu, and Shui Qilin tribes, also known as the Four Great Aristocratic Families.

  The Fire Dragon clan and the Ice Phoenix clan are single-sex clans, with the Fire Dragon clan consisting entirely of males and the Ice Phoenix clan consisting entirely of females. The two clans have close ties with humans, specifically in terms of their spouses, all of whom are human.

  This results in both tribes having some descendant tribes, for example, the Fire Dragon people are half-human and half-dragon because the union of the Fire Dragon tribe with human females does not necessarily produce pure-blooded Fire Dragons, most are half-blooded Fire Dragon people.

  The Ice Phoenix is also the same, in the depths of the Dongzhou Daxue Mountain, there lives a tribe that claims to have the bloodline of the Ice Phoenix and calls itself the Vermilion Bird Tribe.

  If a Fire Dragon were to mate with a human female, they would hide their true identity and if the offspring is a half-blooded Fire Dragon, they would bring it back to the Fire Dragon tribe.

  If a partner does not give birth to a pure-blooded fire dragon, they will also accompany their partner through life. Although the fire dragons are greedy, they are not an unfeeling race. Perhaps after their partner passes away, they will continue to seek out new partners. However, there are also some fire dragons that will love one partner for a lifetime.

  The Salamanders spend most of their time searching for treasure and continuing their lineage, which are by no means mutually exclusive.

  In the following days, Fang Yun continued to study Ou Yangcheng's body. Ou Yangcheng was a 200-year-old fire dragon, and the growth cycle of the fire dragon people was about 100 years. He had only come out on his own after his mother passed away.

  Ouyang Cheng followed his mother's surname, and in the Huolong tribe, he also had his own name, Nixiang Tian, but he preferred the name his mother gave him.

  "Give me some of your dragon scales." Fang Yun called out, stretching out his hand.

  "Not allowed." Ou Yang Cheng refused without hesitation.

  Fang Yun turned his head and gave Ouyang Cheng a cold glance: "Do you still want the mnemonic or not?"

  "I said I'd listen to you, but I didn't say I'd be your servant. A single scale from the Fire Dragon can sell for at least 10,000 taels..."

  Fang Yun casually tossed a stack of silver bills in front of Ouyang Cheng and said calmly, "Since you say you want money, then tear off one hundred pieces for me. Not one piece less!"

  Ouyang Cheng's face changed as soon as he saw the silver ticket, and he smiled awkwardly: "Just kidding... it was just a joke, no need to take it so seriously... one or two dragon scales aren't a big deal."

  Ouyang Cheng put away the silver notes in front of him, and at the same time stretched out his arm, on which a dragon claw immediately appeared, covered with dense scales.

  Ouyang Cheng stretched out his other hand and made a fierce scratch on his arm, immediately scratching out a palm-sized wound. The dragon scales were already in Ouyang Cheng's hand, covered in fresh blood.

  Ouyang Cheng's face twitched slightly, and the wound on his arm began to heal. Facing such a healing speed, Fang Yun could only shake his head in admiration. Such a strong physique was probably only achievable by cultivators above the Yuan Ying stage.

  However, what healed was only flesh and blood, and no new scales grew out.

  Ouyang Cheng placed the blood-stained dragon scales in front of Fang Yun, estimated to be five or six pieces. He had already taken away all the silver notes worth tens of thousands of taels on the table. It seems that the Huo Long clan is not only eager for treasures, but also has an insatiable desire for ordinary wealth.

  Fang Yun's finger picked up a blood-stained dragon scale, the dragon scale was dark red in color. The immortal energy passed through his fingers and slowly flowed into the dragon scale, analyzing it.

  What Fang Yun didn't expect was that the texture of this dragon scale could almost compare to the strength of Purple Star Iron, and after being infused with immortal energy, it actually emitted a faint glow, while the scales burned up, but the dragon scale itself wasn't damaged in the slightest.

  "It's actually good stuff." Fang Yun glanced at Ouyang Cheng, who shuddered all over and looked back at Fang Yun with some inexplicable gaze.

  For some reason, when he saw Fang Yun's eyes, Ouyang Cheng felt a chill, as if something bad was going to happen.

  "Ouyang Cheng, give me more dragon scales." Fang Yun gazed at Ouyang Cheng with scorching eyes, these dragon scales were no worse than some heavenly treasures, or rather, the dragon scales themselves were equivalent to heavenly treasures.

  What is referred to as "heavenly material and earthly treasure" refers to materials that can be used to refine magical artifacts, medicinal pellets, or have special uses. They are not necessarily naturally formed materials, but can also include the skin, fur, scales, or other similar things from certain living creatures.

  Fang Yun, with his nature of plucking feathers from a flying goose, would naturally not let this treasure of a Fire Dragon beside him go easily.

  "Do you think the dragon scales on me are worthless?" Ouyang Cheng roared in a somewhat out-of-control tone.

  Don't look at how resolutely he tore off the dragon scales just now, in fact, it was also extremely painful. The dragon scales that were torn off earlier would take at least one or two years to recover. Now Fang Yun is actually asking for even more dragon scales, which naturally makes him unbearable.

  "If you give me more now, I'll give you the password right away." Fang Yun was very immoral and used the password to lure Ouyang Cheng.

  Although this trick would eventually be his, Ouyang Cheng couldn't resist the temptation and a look of longing appeared on his face, but he also showed some hesitation: "This..."

  "How much do you want?" Ouyang Cheng's eyes flickered, clearly moved by Fang Yun's condition.

  Fang Yun's face revealed a sly smile, making Ouyang Cheng feel uneasy. Fang Yun stroked his chin: "Heh heh... your original form shouldn't be small, right?"

  "This... this... I've just turned 100 years old, and my body isn't very big either." Ouyang Cheng already felt that something was wrong, and hastily pushed it aside.

  Fang Yun naturally didn't believe it. According to the records, an adult fire dragon's body length can reach at least twenty-five meters. What a concept, that's equivalent to a giant beast with a length exceeding five floors.

  "Not much, just this much." Fang Yun smiled and gestured with his hand on the table in front of him.

  "How much?! Why don't you go rob, I don't want this password now, at most wait another ten days, anyway Nanyang is not far away." Ouyang Cheng shouted in dissatisfaction.

  Fang Yun awkwardly rubbed his nose, indeed he was too greedy, seeing the heavenly material and treasure, he didn't leave any remaining.

  The area of this table is not small, with a length and width of three meters and one meter. If you tear off so many scales from Ouyang Cheng's body, it would be like scraping off a piece of flesh from Ouyang Cheng. Naturally, Ouyang Cheng wouldn't agree to that.

  Actually, if it's just refining a single magic treasure, it may not require so much, but Fang Yun wants to use it for researching and refining elixirs or refining multiple magic treasures.

  Seeing Ouyang Cheng's strong opposition, Fang Yun couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed. Although they had reached an agreement to follow Fang Yun's commands on the airship, this fragile agreement could not force Ouyang Cheng to obey Fang Yun's every command.

  "If I were to offer another treasure that suits you in exchange?" Fang Yun's gaze flickered as he looked at Ouyang Cheng, if he could get enough dragon scales, he could tailor-make a suitable magic weapon for him, which would be no difficulty for Fang Yun.

  "Treasure?" Ouyang Cheng's eyes gleamed with excitement once again, his innate desire for treasure exposed.

  Han Bao: In the early days, birds had worms to eat, and in the early days, officials had books to read.