Black Mountain Wasteland.
Two giant dragons, one gold and one black, were entangled in a fight, their tails swung together, and the earth shook.
Harold swung his sharp claws, and the sparkling gem on his fingertips left a rainbow-like afterimage.
Si Jin raised his claws horizontally to catch it. The crystal on his nails was illuminated by the morning sun, reflecting clusters of golden light, which was brighter than his treasure mountain.
Harold turned his head and saw that the sun had already climbed to the top of the mountain. He flicked his tail and said, "It's dawn."
Si Jin put away his claws and added, "Back to work."
The two giant dragons were freed from the constraints of their nails and came directly to the wasteland last night. The fight lasted from the dark of night to the bright of day, and they still felt a little unsatisfied.
But if you don't go to work on time, the scheming slime in the store will keep surrounding the owner and making "chi chi chi" sounds. Just thinking about that scene makes Long Wo angry.
However, flying over in the form of a giant dragon would save a lot of time. The two dragons shook their tails and flapped their wings as they slowly flew to Emerald Town.
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When Si Jin and Harold returned to the nail salon, Lu Yao was doing Mu Xin's nails.
Lu Yao didn't even have the time to touch her scales. When he opened the shop door in the morning, he saw her and Mumu waiting outside.
Mu Xin smiled and said, "I feel like I'm almost there."
Lu Yao welcomed her in and asked about the style.
Mu Xin's smile deepened, and he shook his head and said, "I have read all the books you sent me. Go is really interesting. I don't plan to change the style, and I would like to ask you to help me find some more chess manuals."
Instead of changing the style, just do the same as Harold and Sikin and replace the original manicure with magic manicure.
Lu Yao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do the magic manicure for you first. You can pick up the chess manual in three days."
The core of magic manicure is the magic circle. The number and arrangement order of magic circles required for each style are different and need to be designed separately.
Mu Xin's design was not complicated. Lu Yao typed out a draft and started working quickly.
About three hours later, Mu Xin's magic manicure was done.
In appearance, it is no different from the original. The magic circle woven by Lu Yao is very clever. It looks extremely natural, beautiful, fragile and sparkling.
However, the price is a hundred times more expensive than ordinary manicures, but for a dragon, this is nothing.
Mu Xin quickly walked out of Emerald Town and carefully transformed back into dragon form in a barren mountain.
The magic nails shattered into pieces due to the surge of her magic power, and the gems originally attached to the nails also fell off one by one. Her heart sank.
However, when she completely transformed into a giant dragon, the shattered blocks of color shrank back and fit evenly and snugly on the tips of her claws. The fallen gems became larger and fell back to the tips of her claws in the original order.
Mu Xin observed for a long time and found that these gems were not glued together, but fixed on the fingers with a special magic circle. They would not fall off even when flying or fighting.
A giant dragon with shining claws flying in the sky attracted more attention than anything else.
Mu Xin went all the way back to the Dragon's Nest and met Dominic who was carrying the little blue dragon Sasha for a walk, Freud, the father of the little fire dragon Kaka, Amos, the brother of the little purple dragon Arnock, and Field who was carrying Tina back to the Dragon's Nest.
Every time they met a familiar dragon, the dragons' eyes would pass over Mu Xin's claws, and a hint of surprise would flash in their eyes.
Passing by Mu Xin, Tina leaned over to whisper in Field's ear: "Mom, Teacher Mu Xin must have gone to the nail salon."
Field slowed down the frequency of flapping his wings. "Isn't that a store owned by humans? How can they dye the armor of a giant dragon?"
Tina didn't understand either, but she felt that no one except Lu Yao could come up with such an idea.
She wanted to go and take a look, but she was worried about her nails and it was difficult to transform into a dragon. It would take a long time to get from the Dragon's Nest to Emerald Town, so she tried to persuade Field, "Mom, shall we go and take a look tomorrow? Maybe he is really the owner."
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The residents of Emerald Town have recently been discussing the recruitment of apprentices for Luyao Nail Salon. The working hours are from 9 am to 6 pm, two meals are provided, and junior apprentices are paid four silver coins a month. Apprentices must be women under 18 years old, literate, diligent and studious.
The conditions offered by Lu Yao were very generous, and even though the nail salon had a bad reputation, many people were interested.
When the store reopened after closing, people came to the store all day long asking to be apprentices.
But many people obviously did not meet the requirements. Aunties in their forties or fifties insisted that they were seventeen years old, illiterate people pretended to be literate, little girls with extreme personalities stayed at the door and refused to leave, and there were even men who tried to sneak into the store by wearing women's clothes. Lu Yao did not know whether to laugh or cry.
She was very determined that apprentices were different from ordinary shop assistants and had to be trained from scratch, so she had to find a diligent, studious, and well-mannered young lady.
Until evening, Lu Yao still hadn't found an apprentice that suited his taste.
Another middle-aged woman who lied about her age and tried to get into the store left cursing, and Lu Yao prepared to close the store.
Si Jin and Harold went out in the afternoon to collect the rare materials that Lu Yao wanted.
Si Jin and Harold were not happy to leave Mumu alone in the store. Lu Yao suggested buying them a box of instant noodles with mixed flavors, and they reluctantly agreed.
Harold learned about instant noodles from comics. One time Lu Yao brought him a few boxes, and he fell in love with it.
When he was eating in the store, Si Jin saw him again and asked Lu Yao for it.
Lu Yao could probably understand it. Who didn’t like eating instant noodles when they were a child
Instant noodles are simply delicious, as long as they don’t taste like sauerkraut.
The owner and Mum were the only ones left in the store. Lu Yao stood at the door in a daze, still feeling a little worried.
Emerald Town is too small, and it might be difficult to recruit an apprentice that suits her needs.
Mumu tugged at Lu Yao's trouser leg, "Ji."
Lu Yao looked down at him, "What's wrong?"
Mumu retreated into the store, took off her blazer and folded it neatly.
Lu Yao: “…”
Mumu noticed that Lu Yao had shifted her gaze away, and made another "chi" sound to attract her attention, then it split open in front of her.
Literally split, one Mumu became two.
Lu Yao: “…”
Lu Yao was feeling extremely embarrassed and didn't know how to react when someone came to the door.
A young woman with two braids and freckles on her face stood at the door, looking a little nervous. "My name is Eugenia, I'm sixteen years old, and I want to apply for an apprenticeship."
Lu Yao quickly greeted him, "Come in and sit down first."
Eugenia lived at the end of the long west street. She was the daughter of a tailor. She could read and do simple arithmetic.
She had worked in the city and had recently returned to Emerald Town. She heard that the nail salon was looking for an apprentice, so she came over.
Eugenia is the most qualified young lady among those who applied for the job today, and Lu Yao wants to keep her.
But Eugenia seems a little timid. There are monsters in the store. I wonder if she will reject it
Lu Yao turned around and looked for Mumu, who was autistic, behind the sofa. He pointed it out to Eugenia and said, "This slime is called Mumu, and it's one of the employees. Are you scared?"
Eugenia saw the huddled Mumu, and it turned out that this store really had monsters. But if it was just a slime, she wouldn't be afraid.
Remembering other rumors about the shop owner in the town, Eugenia hesitated for a while, then mustered up the courage to ask, "Shop owner, I heard there is a dragon in the shop, is that true?"
Lu Yao's expression was firm: "...Ah, no. There are only two very strong guards in the store, and they went out today for something."
Eugenia breathed a sigh of relief. It was indeed the gossip spread by the people in the town. "I'm not afraid of the slime. I can get along well with it."
Lu Yao was relieved: "Okay, come to the store before nine o'clock tomorrow morning. There will be a seven-day probation period before you officially start work. After seven days, if both parties feel it is suitable, we will sign the contract."
Eugenia looked at Lu Yao gratefully: "Thank you, owner."
After leaving the nail salon, Eugenia ran back home quickly.
Eugenia's mother sat in a chair with a numb expression. When she heard the sound at the door, she moved a little. "Eugenia, are you back?"
"Mom, I got the job!" Eugenia walked in with joy on her face.
Eugenia's mother, Mrs. Brown, did not relax after hearing this. Instead, the furrows between her brows sunk even deeper. "Are you really not afraid? I heard that the owner of that shop is a scary dark magic witch who also raises monsters. She recruits apprentices in order to trick young girls into going to the shop so that she can feed her monsters with your flesh and blood."
Eugenia sat down opposite Mrs. Brown and shook her head. "There is indeed a monster in the store, but it's just a slime, not scary at all. Mom, the owner of the store is very nice, young, gentle, and easy to get along with. She also gave me a seven-day trial period. If I feel I can do the job in the store, I can decide to stay. If not, I can leave at any time."
Mrs. Brown wanted to say something else, but Eugenia interrupted her: "Mom, there's no better job in Emerald Town."
Mrs. Brown fell silent, but she was still worried.
She heard a lot of rumors about that store today. The owner only accepts young girls under the age of eighteen, and many people say that the owner has bad intentions.
But Eugenia was not wrong. If you miss this job, you will never find such a well-paid job in Emerald Town.
Ever since Eugenia's father was injured in the mines and was bedridden, their lives have been getting worse and worse.
Eugenia had gone to the city to work before, but was always bullied and eventually had to go home, where many neighbors laughed at her.
Mrs. Brown lost her temporary job in the bakery a few days ago. Eugenia has three younger brothers and sisters, and if no one makes money, they will all starve to death.
After convincing Mrs. Brown, Eugenia went back to her room to find clothes.
She wants to stay in the nail salon, so she must behave well during these seven days.
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Charmander Tina stood outside the nail salon, looking up at the recruitment notice posted on the door, a light flashing in her eyes.
Field stood behind her, slightly embarrassed.
After meeting Mu Xin yesterday, she tried her best to pretend that she didn't care, but she flew over with Tina before dawn and waited for two hours, but the store was still not open.
After a while, a blue slime wearing a tuxedo slowly moved over from one end of the long street.
Field frowned, "Why is there a slime here?"
Mumu nodded to the dragon and said softly and cutely, "Hello, I'm Mumu, a clerk at the nail salon."
Field was stunned. There were actually humans who hired low-level monsters like slimes as shop assistants.
No, it's strange that humans would hire monsters.
Also, how can this slime talk
About a quarter of an hour later, Sikin and Harold came over from the Fountain Square, bickering all the way.
They came back on the teleportation scroll, carrying big bags filled with materials for Lu Yao.
Field was the first to notice the gleaming fingertips of the two men.
As the sun rose, they walked with their arms swinging back and forth, and the gems on their fingers flashed, dazzling the eyes.
Harold and Sikin also noticed Field and her daughter, stopped bickering, and stopped in front of the nail salon.
When Tina saw them, she noticed their nails and asked, "Harold, did you get your nails re-done?"
The style has not changed, and even the position of the gems is exactly the same as before, but a very complex magical atmosphere can be felt.
Harold looked arrogant and waved his hand, "Lu Yao made it for me again. It won't break even if the magic power increases sharply."
Tina thought to herself that this was indeed the case, the owner had already figured out a way to dye the dragon's armor.
"Come here so early, and change your manicure again?" The young dragon left last time and had no chance to come out again. He didn't know that the two dragons had become nail salon clerks.
Harold shook his head, "No, we're here to work."
Tina was thoughtful.
When Field heard this, he looked down at the slime on the ground, then looked at the two dragons over there, and felt an indescribable feeling that he couldn't bear to look at them.
The dragons actually work with slimes. What kind of tragedy of the century is this
At this time, the store door opened from the inside. Lu Yao saw that the shop assistants were all at the door and was a little surprised: "Why are you here so early today?"
Tina took the lead and walked up to Lu Yao, "Shopkeeper, let me do the dragon manicure."
Dragon manicure
What a strange name.
Lu Yao took a step back and said, "Please come in first."
Noticing that there was a lady in a red dress at the door, who looked somewhat similar to Tina, Lu Yao guessed that she was Tina's parent and took the initiative to say, "It will take a long time to do the magic manicure. If you don't mind, please sit inside."
"Yeah." Field raised his chin slightly and walked into the store.
Lu Yao slightly changed the layout of the store last night. He added two rooms in the laboratory, a lounge and a transparent room, specifically for receiving customers who want magic manicures.
Tina and Field were led to a special room in the laboratory to wait.
Harold and Si Jin handed the collected materials to Lu Yao, their round eyes filled with anticipation.
They themselves didn't realize that they looked somewhat like Mumu.
Lu Yao took the materials and pointed at the black door, saying, "I added a lounge inside. Each person has a box of instant noodles. You are allowed to rest for half a day."
Harold and Si Jin were pleasantly surprised and took the materials in with them.
When Eugenia arrived, Lu Yao was about to receive Field and her daughter.
"Manager, I'm sorry, I'm a little late." Eugenia ran in hurriedly, looking embarrassed.
In the morning, the neighbors all knew that she came to the nail salon, and they gathered at the door to persuade her not to come. She managed to get away with great difficulty.
Lu Yao called Mumu over and said to Eugenia, "I have to receive guests now. You should learn daily work from Mumu first. He is very capable and knows everything. I will find you later."
Mumu performed "Splitting" for Lu Yao last night, but was not praised and became withdrawn the whole night.
When he heard Lu Yao praising him for his ability, he immediately revived on the spot, "Jiji!"
He will definitely teach this newcomer well!
Leaving Eugenia and Mumu at a loss, Lu Yao returned to the laboratory and said, "Sorry for the long wait."
Field hurriedly put down the tablet, restrained his expression, and remained calm: "It's true that we have waited a long time, let's get started."
Tina is not planning to change to a new style, and she also wants to change her ordinary manicure to magic manicure.
Her flame armor was not very complicated. Lu Yao spent forty minutes designing the order of the magic circle, and then began to draw the magic circle.
It is too early for an apprentice to learn magic manicure, and Lu Yao has no plans to let Eugenia get in touch with it for the time being.
Field kept looking at Lu Yao with a scrutinizing eye, until he saw her alternately using dark magic and light magic to weave a magic circle, surprise appeared in his eyes.
No wonder this human could do manicures for dragons, her use of magic is so unique.
Two hours later, Tina's nails were done.
She couldn't wait to leave Emerald Town, so she immediately injected a little magic power, and one of her hands turned into a dragon claw, with red scales covering the skin and black claw tips.
The nail polish that had just been applied shattered under the pressure of magic, and then slowly recovered. The red flame pattern adhered to the tip of the claw, and as the claws flexed and stretched, a faint light pattern appeared.
Tina's eyes were filled with excitement: "The owner is amazing, it really won't break when it's transformed!"
Field's gaze fell directly on Tina's claws. The tips of the claws were covered with golden and red flame patterns. Those shallow light patterns were sometimes bright and sometimes dark, contrasting with the black claw tips. It was really beautiful and domineering.
"How about I do it too?" Field said absentmindedly.
After the words fell, I caught a glimpse of Tina pursing her lips tightly. She seemed to have just realized what she had said. She was a little embarrassed, but she really couldn't help it.
Lu Yao was not surprised at all and asked calmly, "Do you have any style you like?"
Since he had decided to do a manicure, Field no longer hesitated and directly took out a treasure chest and pushed it over. "Flame pattern jeweled manicure, I want to use all the gems in this box."
She just looked at Tina's manicure, which was more delicate when she was in human form, but after it turned into a dragon claw, there were too few gems and it was not shiny enough.
Field's preferences are more traditional. She prefers rough and simple stacking of treasures to delicate and complex design. The more flashy and luxurious the treasures are, the more satisfied she will feel.
Lu Yao grabbed the two sides of the treasure chest and tried to pour out the gems, but found that they were too heavy to lift.
She simply stood up, but still couldn't lift it: "... This gem is so heavy."
Field: "I dug the Boshi Red Crystal from the depths of the magma. It contains a strong fire attribute magic. This box is less than 500 kilograms. Is it heavy?"
Lu Yao: “…”
Less than 500 kilograms...
Is it really necessary to stick such a heavy weight on the paw
How obsessed is Long with Liang Jingjing
Lu Yao silently complained in his heart, cast the "become lighter" magic on Boshi Hongjing, and then he started to work normally.
Four hours later, Field took Tina away.
On the way back to the dragon's nest, Tina's eyes kept glancing at Field's claws.
On the black tip of the mother's claw, red Persian red crystals were intertwined with large round pearls, and golden stream-like lines were embedded in the gaps between the gems. When she shook her claws, the lines were like gurgling golden streams, interlacing light and dark, reflecting dazzling light.
What made Charmander a little jealous was the hint of light silver on the tips of Field's claws.
When Field was in human form, her fingertips were just a thin, almost invisible edge of light silver. But when she turned into a dragon, the light silver condensed on the claws like stars, shining in a cross shape.
As Field flew along, he would pretend to glance at his claws casually.
She liked the little bit of starlight on the claws the most. It was just condensed on the tip of the claws, which did not rob the Percy Red Crystal of its brilliance and added a unique touch.
Tina felt that her mother was very happy. Thinking of the notice at the nail salon, she began to have some ideas.
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Above Emerald Town, the blue dragon Dominic and the purple dragon Amos met.
Amos: "It seems like we meet quite often these days."
Dominic looked dignified and said seriously, "There are several volcanoes in the south that are about to erupt. I'm going to get some Boshi Red Crystal."
Amos was a little surprised that Dominic would explain where he was going.
He smiled and said, "The ice on Cuiyi Lake is about to melt. I am also going to go to the bottom of the lake to fish for some colored stones."
The two dragons exchanged a few insincere greetings and passed each other.
Half an hour later, Dominic who was going south and Amos who was going to Lake Cui met in front of the nail salon in Emerald Town.
Amos: “…”
Dominic: “…”
In the fountain square, two girls in magic academy uniforms came out of the teleportation array.
The girl with long blond hair stood in the square, looking around blankly, "Audrey, are you sure that store is in this town?"
Audrey nodded. "My cousin is talking about Emerald Town. East - east is over there! Let's go. I think I can see that store."
Amos and Dominic looked at each other awkwardly, neither of them was willing to step into the store first.
Two students from the magic academy ran over, squeezed through the two men, stepped into the door, and shouted loudly: "Owner, we want to do manicures!"
Amos: “…”
Dominic: “…”