But now, he basically equated to receiving a notice of critical illness from Arstala, knowing he would die no matter what.

Originally always concerned about gains and losses in efficiency, upon hearing this, he suddenly let it go.

Li Aozi bit his straw, leisurely cooling off under the bench, and indeed it was quite peaceful, almost like an old grandfather.

[Anyway, whichever path leads to death, the matters on Dragon Island are almost done; others are looking for the Infinite Dragon Magic set's blueprint, and before that... never mind, Dragon Island is also a dead end.]

Then why should he busy himself?

Once he relaxed, Li Aozi discovered that Dragon Island was indeed quite nice. Among so many different cities, countries, and civilizations he had experienced, Dragon Island truly was the best place to settle down.

As for the Four Nations on Azure Star, if their technology level is slightly lower, it would mean a life-threatening area.

The environment of the Crystal Tower, although good and relatively prosperous, has such an intense academic atmosphere that it can be compared to the small Jiangsu of the Starry Abyss, which is entirely unsuitable for a fool like Li Aozi.

The Empire, Temple, and Corporation, each have their issues, although the benefits are not bad, someone with Li Aozi's status wouldn't face difficulties anywhere, it's just that Li Aozi disagrees with their narrative codes and behavioral conduct.

In Oxiulia, he could be considered a prince, but the basic infrastructure is utterly poor, even he wouldn't want to live there.

After considering everything, Dragon Island not only has a rather advantageous natural environment but after thousands of years of accumulation, it holds a very rich cultural heritage coupled with its city of longevity breed, having a quite slow-paced lifestyle with a good business environment, being a high magic environment, energy and materials are not lacking, and after he organized the underground forces, the atmosphere became even better.

"If it doesn't work out, just settling down here for retirement wouldn't be a bad idea, I have a house, a pet and a nanny, ultimately one will die eventually, why not enjoy life a bit more in a better environment before that?"

Ever since the idea of taking it easy had emerged, Li Aozi could not stop himself.

It proved that although slacking off is shameful, being happy is genuinely happy.

He shut down personal communications and spent a whole week enjoying a luxurious lifestyle.

A plate of tomato meat sauce pasta in a typical Dragon Island restaurant only costs 3 Border Abyss Krons.

He didn't even blink an eye, bought it directly, and lavishly added roasted chicken slices, fried sausages, fried green onions, cheese eggs, grilled fish tofu, etc., adding up to 33 Krons, showcasing sheer extravagance!

As for near-expiration products stores, he disregarded them entirely, choosing to shop directly at the tourist attractions' supermarkets!

He used to be stingy to himself or just went through the motions, even if there were nice things, he didn't know how to enjoy them.

It's different now, without any worries, he would go to the buffet restaurant whenever he wanted, eating to his heart's content, buying discounted products, directly buying up a storm.

Even when encountering beggars on the street, Li Aozi would generously give out a full ten coins!

After a week of mad spending, Li Aozi reviewed his bill and found he had spent up to a thousand Border Abyss Krons!

"This isn't right."

Li Aozi compared it to his usual expenses and immediately noticed something unusual:

"Wasn't I supposed to be enjoying life more? How come it didn't even surpass my usual expense for entertaining others?"

Realizing that he had spent the majority of his life fighting, yet never truly enjoyed the blessings of wealth, Li Aozi was emotionally overwhelmed.

He walked down the city streets dejectedly, reminiscing about his seemingly busy life in which he seemed to accomplish nothing, falling into deep suspicion.

This doubt didn't diminish with time.

As he entered a restaurant to prepare for a meal, the ordinary residents of Dragon Island taught him another lesson.

"A set meal with lemon soda, I'll take the large portion."

Li Aozi even extravagantly added a side dish:

"Two fried chicken legs, extra cumin, no chili."

"Alright, please wait a moment, it will be served shortly."

"Hello, waiter, we'd like to order."

"Hey, alright, coming right up."

The waiter quickly wrote down Li Aozi's orders and immediately rushed to the table next to his. Since they were very close, Li Aozi just needed to look up to see the customers at that table.

It was a family of four, a pair of ordinary Dragonborn couple, with brown dragon horns, their eyes were also somewhat cloudy ochre vertical pupils, indicating that they weren't of any noble lineage.

The husband wearing an overcoat looking like a low-level management personnel in a corporation, with broad face and large ears, there were also traces of facial hair, suggesting his background likely isn't that high, perhaps three generations ago transforming from a Dragon Beast, barely a Mixed-Blood Dragonkin, but his eyes were bright, speaking with dignity, making him quite likable.

The wife was a Druid Mixed-Blood Dragonborn, her appearance was decent, but her Dragon Kind side was evidently of a lower rank, with atavistic traits evident as scales from neck to arms, and she spoke rather coarsely, seemingly lacking culture.

They were with their children, one in a stroller, a shy cute little baby without developed dragon horns on its head, and the other appeared about seven or eight years old in human terms, the dragon traits on the body were few, apart from the eyes, you couldn't really tell any dragon characteristics.

Generally, if both parents have dragon traits, yet the child doesn't, it implies the Dragon Bloodline has regressed, but for some reason, whenever Li Aozi looked at that child, he felt an inexplicable sense of affinity.

By rights, such a family's status on Dragon Island should be low, yet the couple seemed very happy.

"What is this? Honey, I can't read the words, could you help me take a look?"

"Let me see, darling, what you mentioned is called honey silk bananas."

As they were ordering, chattering incessantly, the wife acted as if she had never seen these dishes before, often exclaiming loudly

"Wow, can bananas be drawn into silk threads? That's amazing! Is it magic? Those Druids in our forest can't use magic to cook."

The Druid Mixed-Blood Dragonborn wife was extremely envious.

Li Aozi could clearly perceive that there was no aura of the Pathway on them.

The literacy rate in Border Abyss is quite low, though at first glance their strength seemed good and their ranks appeared high; in reality, they couldn't even afford the tuition to learn the Pathway.

Not to mention like Leoz, even among the nobility, it's rare for them to nurture those without Talent in literacy learning by relying on family status.

The husband seemed like an honest man, probably having studied for a few years, took the menu, and explained based on the descriptions:

"No, dear, it's different from those in the Elf Forest, it's the chef's special craftsmanship. No magic involved, all handmade."

"All handmade? How did they do it! That's amazing, let's try it – son, do you want a portion?"

In contrast, their son seemed calm and mature. His light ochre vertical pupils blinked, quickly catching the price on the picture, then said:

"I could, but isn't the price a bit too high, 45 Krons…"

"Don't worry, son, Dad got paid today, treating you, Mom, and little sister to a good meal."

"Thank you, Dad, if not for us, you wouldn't have had to leave home for so many years just to work on Dragon Island…"

"Hey, it's nothing. The purpose of earning money is to provide our family a better life."

The husband smiled:

"Since both you and Mom are quite curious, let's order one to try."

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