The snowfields are constantly swept by wind and snow, and the cracks that appear are usually covered over time. But the crack they descended from, according to Jing Chen, has existed for many years.
It hasn’t been covered all this time, which surely means there’s a reason for it.
As for the reason… the most likely explanation is the Dragon Clan.
Huang Quan already knew about the Dragon Clan. Jing Chen had refrained from mentioning its connection to dragons before because there were others around. If he said it, it would confirm the existence of dragons.
Now, with only Huang Quan and Jing Chen present, he no longer concealed the truth and nodded. “Yes.”
“That crack was caused by the burial ground.”
A dragon fell on the northern snowfields.
The crack was formed because of that.
Huang Quan thought for a moment and understood.
There was probably something left behind by the dragon in this place, otherwise, it wouldn’t have remained open for so long and produced things like the eye worms to guard it. No…
Rather than guard, it seemed like the eye worms wanted to claim the item for themselves. But due to their bloodline mismatch, that item might not recognize them.
Huang Quan and Jing Chen didn’t say more and hurried into the cave.
The further they went, the thicker the blue mist became.
An hour later, they reached the deepest part of the cave!
The deepest part of the cave was incredibly spacious, and the passage was very bright, unlike the dark passage they had come through.
Inside the cave, blue mist swirled everywhere, and through the hazy fog, Huang Quan and Jing Chen saw an egg…
The egg was almost as tall as Jing Chen. The shell was covered with faint golden veins, and the white jade-like shell with the golden markings made it clear that this was no ordinary egg.
Huang Quan spread her hand, and green light points emerged from her palm, flying toward the egg.
The essence of life was the spiritual energy needed by all living things. If there was life inside the egg, it would surely absorb this essence.
The green light points circled around the egg several times, but the egg didn’t respond.
“There’s no life inside.” Huang Quan’s fingers moved slightly, and she withdrew the spiritual energy she had released.
Even knowing there was no life inside the egg, Huang Quan and Jing Chen didn’t rush to approach it. Instead, they looked around.
Something was strange…
When they walked through the cave passage, they saw the eye worms, but now that they were deep inside, there were no eye worms at all.
“Maybe this is the real scene.” Huang Quan turned to Jing Chen. “When you and your father came here before, you never saw any eye worms, right?”
Jing Chen nodded. “That’s right.”
“Then that makes sense.” Huang Quan said, “When you came, what you saw was an illusion. The eye worms can completely conceal themselves within the illusions they create.”
“When we came down this time, we were also in an illusion, but the eye worm was accidentally discovered by Qing Le.” Huang Quan continued, “Afterward, I used a special method to follow that eye worm here. No matter what illusion they create, when they get close to the thing they are protecting, it’s useless.”
“Because the thing they want to protect is stronger than them.” Huang Quan said, “That’s why we only saw them in the passage.”
“That distance is where they can still create illusions.”
Unfortunately, the others had stopped, and with Jing Chen reminded by Huang Quan, and Huang Quan being harder to deal with, the eye worms failed.
Huang Quan said, “When the blue cold mist first appeared, we could still hear their movements, but after that, we didn’t hear anything. Now it seems they’re not hard to approach here. They can only move within the passage.”
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Upon learning that the eye worms couldn’t get close to the area, Jing Chen didn’t feel relieved.
The fact that the eye worms couldn’t approach here only indicated one thing.
There was something more dangerous than the eye worms here!
In the entire cave, aside from the drifting blue cold mist, the only thing present was the egg in the middle of the cave.
If something truly unusual was here, it could only be that egg. But Huang Quan had just said that the egg had no life.
“I’ll go check it out first.” Huang Quan said.
“I’ll go with you.” Jing Chen replied.
Huang Quan gave him a glance and nodded.
The two of them walked towards the egg.
Huang Quan walked in front. If there was any danger, she would immediately protect Jing Chen and retreat. However, when they reached the egg, no danger had appeared.
The situation grew increasingly strange, but Huang Quan did not relax her vigilance. She signaled Jing Chen not to move yet and knocked on the egg.
The sound was clear, but other than that, there was no reaction.
After knocking, Huang Quan switched to touching the egg.
She placed her palm on the egg and ran her fingers over the faint golden patterns, trying to see if the egg had any connection to something else.
However, no matter how Huang Quan knocked or touched it, the egg showed no changes.
“Huang Quan, should I try?” Jing Chen asked.
“Wait a moment.” Huang Quan was concerned that the egg might not respond to her touch, but could activate when Jing Chen touched it. She said, “Let me find you a bodyguard first.”
Jing Chen: “?”
Where could she possibly find a bodyguard in this place?
Just as Jing Chen was thinking this, Huang Quan contacted her treasure.
Now, with Ku Yue, Ling Xiao, and the treasure all in the space, if Huang Quan contacted any of them, the others would also be able to hear.
Ku Yue, realizing that Huang Quan wasn’t contacting him, remained silent. Ling Xiao, who had been bored in the space recently, couldn’t help but ask when Huang Quan contacted the treasure, “What do you need him for?”
“He’s underwater, so it’s the same if you contact me,” the treasure responded.
“Are you a dragon?” Huang Quan asked. “It’s useless contacting you.”
Ling Xiao: “….”
Puff!
While Ling Xiao and Huang Quan were talking, the treasure popped its head out of the river. “Quan Quan, what do you need me for?”
Huang Quan replied, “I saw a dragon egg.”
Upon hearing this, the treasure furrowed its brow. “What did you say?”
“A dragon egg?”
“Yes,” Huang Quan confirmed. “It’s a dragon egg, but it’s a bit strange—it has no life.”
“That means it’s dead,” the treasure said. “Quan Quan, you contacted me because you want me to go check out the dragon egg?”
“I have a child with me, a dragon cub. I touched the dragon egg, but it didn’t react. The child wants to touch it, but I’m worried it might trigger something, so I want you to come out and accompany him to touch it.”
This way, if anything happens, the treasure can help control the situation.
The treasure walked from the water to the shore. “Quan Quan, it’s going to cost extra.”
Huang Quan replied, “…I don’t have any money, but I can offer a life.”
Ku Yue and Ling Xiao still owed her, and now with Jing Chen added, at this rate, she’d probably have to mine to pay off everything.
The treasure laughed. “Quan Quan, looks like you’re out of money.”
Huang Quan didn’t deny it; she was indeed broke.
The twenty billion she got back from the auction had already been spent—ten billion went back to Chu Lang, and the remaining ten billion was split into two parts: one to settle Ku Yue’s debt, and the other for Ling Xiao’s.
She had nothing left after that.
“Quan Quan, even if you’re out of money, I’ll still help,” the treasure smiled. “After all these years of friendship, do you think I’m the kind of dragon who only cares about gems and not our relationship?”
