The Silver Dragon’s Shanhai Farm

Xie Juanhan was a white dragon who accidentally transmigrated to a world of magic. Later, he met a huge, imposing, handsome creature. It turned out the other was a dragon too, a local one. The local dragon studied Xie Juanhan, whose appearance seemed almost divine, with golden slit pupils. Its expression was just as wary. Xie Juanhan had no desire to fight. He found a place to live in the forest, where he grew vegetables, raised livestock, and caught fish. From then on, the enticing aroma of food wafted from his little cabin every day. The local dragon remained unmoved. But its fluffy dragon companions huddled together and crept toward Xie Juanhan’s cabin. After Xie Juanhan treated them to a delicious meal, they pledged their loyalty to him. Raw-marinated shrimp, flame-seared fish, salt-roasted crabs, ice cream made from fruit pulp… The fluffy creatures went further and further down the path of trading labor for food, until even their master could no longer sit still. The local dragon paid him a late-night visit. In a low voice, it asked if he wanted to trade for food: - There’s a kind of fish with thick bones and delicate flesh. Once cooked, it makes a rich, flavorful soup, and the marrow is astonishingly fragrant. - A certain mountain fruit from the volcano, mashed with lemon peel, makes a tangy, spicy, refreshing dip that goes with all kinds of meat. - There’s also tata fish milk, rich and creamy in a way that’s completely different from cow’s milk. I can fly you offshore to milk them. Xie Juanhan thought it over for a moment. “Deal!” And so Xie Juanhan gained the finest guide, the most reliable business partner, and a lover whose contrasting nature couldn’t be more striking. Coming soon: Fishing with Spirit Spring Water as a Mermaid. Blurb: As a half-blood mermaid, Xie Yanzhou often got so frustrated by his failed fishing trips that he shut himself away. Unable to fit in with mermaid society, he decided to go ashore and try his luck among humans. To his surprise, human society didn’t welcome slackers at all, and a salty mermaid was no exception. Working like a corporate drone was so hard. After much soul-searching, Xie Yanzhou decided to make his living from the sea after all. He became an independent boat angler, going out to fish for half a day and heading home once he’d caught enough. Unexpectedly, while fishing in a certain legendary stretch of ocean, he came across a spirit spring. It produced thirty milliliters a day, just enough for one sip. And it didn’t work well when diluted. The spirit spring water had only mediocre effects for everything else. Then one day, Xie Yanzhou used it to mix his bait and immediately filled his fishing creel. A light dawned on him: he’d found the right way to use the spirit spring. From then on, he filled his creel every time and came home with a boatload every day. His needs, from the physical to the financial, were thoroughly satisfied. · One day, Xie Yanzhou went fishing with spirit spring bait and hooked a male mermaid. A three-meter-tall mermaid with stunning looks, who was on a secret mission for the Bureau of Anomalous Affairs. He was also Xie Yanzhou’s lifelong nemesis, the most competitive mermaid in their entire race. They glared at each other for a moment. Then his nemesis nodded and swam to the other shore. Half an hour later, Xie Yanzhou hooked his nemesis again. Xie Yanzhou: … Nemesis: … What a tangled fate. As two mermaids trying to get by in human society, Xie Yanzhou and Xin Cang gradually grew close and became regular dining companions. Xie Yanzhou was the chef, while Xin Cang was his sous-chef. Boiled fish, grilled fish, smoked fish, sashimi… With bait infused with spirit spring water, Xie Yanzhou, whose fishing skills had been mediocre since childhood, got to try every delicious kind of fish. Xie Yanzhou always thought Xin Cang came over so often because he couldn’t get mermaid food in human society. Until one day, the two of them woke up in the same bed, and Xie Yanzhou stared blankly. He’d let his guard down and lost his virginity! So when Xin Cang said he wanted to invest in fish farming, that was the kind of “investment” he meant!!! Message: The best things in life are simple and unadorned