Chapter 226 - 225: Remodeling
Those smaller activities like planting and taking care of trees can be handed over to subordinates.
But for something like leveling out an entire mountain, unless there’s some enormously powerful explosives to help, it’s unlikely the work could be finished within a few years—or even decades—if left to others.
Even though giant dragons have extraordinarily long lifespans, spanning thousands of years, such a long time is enough for a baby dragon to grow into a young adult dragon. To a giant dragon, that’s still not an insignificant period. Besides, Leon, who has a human soul inside him, is seen as overly impatient by Tassera and Cecilia. He simply has no patience to wait that long.
"If only we had some nitroglycerin."
Nitroglycerin is extremely unstable, highly prone to explosions, and incredibly powerful. Just a small bottle is enough to split mountains and crack boulders. Leon suddenly remembered that he had once shared the method for producing nitroglycerin with Edwin. Unfortunately, he had no idea where Edwin was now.
Tassera was a mage, but alchemy wasn’t her strong suit. Otherwise, Leon could have asked her to make nitroglycerin for his subordinates to blow up the mountains. Additionally, nitroglycerin could be used to create weapons. Incidentally, nitroglycerin could also be used to manufacture heart medication.
Wait, Leon’s subordinates were numerous but not overly abundant. Besides, there were still heaps of tasks waiting to be done on the Volcanic Island. Even if nitroglycerin was available, it wouldn’t be convenient to allocate some for mountain demolition.
Thinking this through, Leon suddenly felt slightly less burdened.
To transform the area into a feng shui masterpiece, the balance of the Five Elements and yin and yang must be considered. Due to the presence of the volcano, Fire Element was excessively abundant on the Volcanic Island. It was necessary to build a lake; otherwise, incorporating the ocean would make the Water Element overly dominant. Following that would be considerations like "conceal the wind, gather the breath" and "embrace by mountains and rivers."