Heilong-kou (Black Dragon-Mouth/Pass)
Heilong-cheng (Black Dragon-City)
Censorate (Supervisory Court)
Yuling City (Jade City)
Jingui Town (Golden Turtle Town)
Xuanwu City (Black tortoise City)
Qinglong (Azure Dragron)
...
If Yin Jixue had just turned back, or personally gone to inspect the amusement park, she would have realized just how outrageous the Black Dragon Port amusement park theme was — even the Empress had been scared by the Black Dragon roller coaster.
According to the system, the task was considered half completed: although the amusement park was built, it wasn't officially open to the public yet, so the required Faith Energy for the mission hadn't been accrued.
Still, even without checking it personally, Yin Jixue was confident.
The mini amusement facilities showcased during the food fair had already caused demons to line up eagerly.
Once the Black Dragon Port amusement park officially opened, it would only be even more popular.
Soon, a school covering all age groups would open at Black Dragon Port, welcoming every young demon willing to enroll.
By then, the influence would be widespread.
She could complete not only the school-building mission but also the amusement park mission at the same time.
In fact, in the future, Black Dragon Port's Dark Amusement Park will become the most iconic landmark of the demon clans.
For any demon traveling for leisure, the first recommendation would be to visit the Black Dragon Clan — and, of course, to test their courage at the Dark Amusement Park.
...
Yin Jixue left her sports car with Ruoshui, asking her to wait for their two distinguished guests.
They should come back, right?
Even if they didn't, she had fulfilled her duties as host properly.
Besides, she had important work to do — and demon kings were equals; there was no need to grovel and hover.
(Not that she would admit she just didn't want Lou Zhao having too much interaction with the Empress.)
After all, when Lou Zhao visited the Qingluan Clan, he'd fought the Empress, and since then, they had kept out of each other's way. There hadn't even been a welcoming banquet.
Upon returning to Black Dragon City, Yin Jixue immediately locked herself in the study, starting to plan the school at Black Dragon Port.
She almost locked the little tiger out too!
It was pure coincidence the little tiger had been brought along to Black Dragon Port — Lou Zhao hadn't allowed it to get out of the car.
Thus, the Empress missed seeing the little tiger's "evolution."
(Actually, Lou Zhao had warned the little tiger before getting off:
The Empress might wreck their family if she saw it!
If it still wanted its beloved mama to feed and cuddle it, it better stay quietly in the car.)
The little tiger had been properly scared.
Sure, its dad often bullied it, but it didn't want a fierce stepmother!
It only wanted its soft, good-smelling mama who scratched its belly.
The little tiger misunderstood — it thought the Empress liked its dad.
(If it had known the Empress was eyeing its mama, it wouldn't have cared.
What's the difference between two dads or two moms anyway?)
It jumped into Yin Jixue's lap and settled down obediently like a little living heater.
The weather was already turning warm — Yin Jixue didn't need a heater — but having something fluffy curled up on her lap still felt very comforting.
Lou Zhao ground his teeth in jealousy.
He wanted to curl up on his wife's lap too!
Forget it — he needed to get the textile factory to make a fluffy outfit for his dragon form!
Lou Zhao headed into the city and grabbed Old Demon.
"Come with me."
Old Demon shook free of Lou Zhao's grip.
"You two read your books first. I'll be back soon."
That "soon" turned into a full week.
During that time, Lou Zhao finally succeeded in creating a battery.
Other worlds used chemical reactions to make batteries.
Lou Zhao just snapped his fingers — and a curved arc of lightning would appear.
On Old Demon's suggestion, they crafted materials that could store this electricity.
Lou Zhao only needed to snap his fingers to charge them.
Of course, it wasn't ideal to rely on Lou Zhao manually creating lightning every time — that would be another problem to solve later.
Still, for now, they had succeeded in mass-producing batteries.
The moment the first functional battery was made, Lou Zhao rushed back to the palace, eager to boast.
He had accomplished the impossible — surely he deserved a reward, like a kiss!
Once again, magic changed technology.
He had read countless books and conducted experiments, but nothing had clicked.
Only when Old Demon mentioned that as a Demon King, he could naturally summon lightning, did Lou Zhao have a breakthrough.
The issue that had stumped him for days was finally solved.
A few days earlier, he had managed basic electrical conduction — but storing electricity had been tricky.
Now, with a proper battery, it was a piece of cake!
Yin Jixue, hearing the news, gave him a big thumbs-up.
"You're amazing! You made a battery so quickly!"
Lou Zhao lifted his chin proudly.
"Of course! I'm the all-powerful Demon King!"
The all-powerful Demon King humbly requested a kiss.
A moment later, a black ball of lightning was thrown out of the study.
The little tiger sat outside, shaking its head, puzzled.
I'm not stupid. I know it's just adults kissing inside! I'm not peeking!
It leaned against the door crack, its little tail wagging along with its chubby backside.
...
While Black Dragon Port was recruiting businesses, Yin Jixue was also planning to open a comprehensive mall in Black Dragon City.
The mall would sell all of Black Dragon City's high-end products:
Insulated down jackets,
Lightweight "space cotton" and silk quilts,
Durable waterproof pigskin boots,
Limited-edition perfumes...
Black Dragon City's industries no longer needed palace orders to start production.
They even innovated new products on their own from time to time.
Although Tiesheng hadn't managed to build an airplane yet, he had successfully made a glider.
Of course, gliders were just entertainment — with no way to control direction, flying into a forest would be a real danger.
Speaking of forests — the old hunting squads had completely transformed into livestock farmers.
They had established ranches together: any captured beasts were first brought to the palace for approval.
If the Queen Consort allowed domestication, they would capture breeding pairs and raise them.
Each squad member was assigned their beast species.
They worked mostly in pairs, wisely choosing different beasts to avoid competition.
Squad Leader Lietu had successfully retired and now worked as a security guard at a city medical center.
Now, Black Dragon City has high-quality versions of chicken, duck, goose, cow, sheep, and pig equivalents.
These demon beasts had no relation to the human-world animals:
"Cattle-horse beasts" (like hornless deer, tasting like beef),
"Gujiu beasts" (chubby pigeon-like creatures that couldn't fly — just flapped awkwardly a few times and fell).
They looked weird, but the taste was great — and everyone who tried them praised them.
Thus, the hunting squads had smoothly shifted into ranching.
Agriculture and animal husbandry were flourishing; cooking oils like rapeseed and soybean oil were plentiful.
The little wild boars were fed to plump perfection.
Every time a new batch of soap or detergent was produced, a lazy fat boar would be led to the slaughterhouse.
...
Meanwhile, Qingyuan had just started school — and arrived at the perfect time.
But the moment he entered class and spotted the kids who used to bully him, he wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground.
Were they going to pick on him again even with teachers around?
Thankfully, they pretended not to recognize him.
Qingyuan sighed in relief.
The teacher introduced him to the class, explaining he was only auditing for a month — causing a wave of envy among the students.
They also wanted to graduate from the pre-school class early!
But they were still too young.