NOVPUBWhen Zhu Ling said this, everyone was stunned, and the dragon was even more silent.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the cave became somewhat awkward.
But Zhu Ling didn’t care about these, she continued, "I felt it strange from the moment I came in, ideally, with a huge living dragon lying here, I should have sensed it right away."
"But not only is this cave pitch dark, I haven’t felt any of your breath either."
"At first, I thought you were hiding your breath, but then again, it seemed off. The flames you just sprayed weren’t hot enough, am I right?"
If the dragon had used some other method to make an example out of them, Zhu Ling might not have noticed anything.
However, the dragon chose to use its breath.
Zhu Ling, being a young dragon, was particularly sensitive to flames.
She could instantly sense the temperature, intensity, and energy of the flames, which others couldn’t perceive.
Seeing that Zhu Ling was right in all she said, the dragon knew it could no longer bluff her.
So the dragon said in a deep voice, "Even if I am weak now, it wouldn’t be a problem for me to perish along with you all."
"All I need to do is awaken the Dragon Slaves outside the cave, and none of you would be able to escape!"
The dragon also had its pride as a member of the Dragon Clan, and even though it was very weak right now, it would not allow anyone to look down on it.
Zhu Ling said with a sneer, "After all, I am also from the Dragon Clan. Most importantly, I still have the strength to transform into human form, but you are so weak that you can only maintain your original form."
"Do you think that those Dragon Slaves outside, even if they really stormed in, could pose a threat to us?"
"If I were you, I wouldn’t still be putting on airs. Do you want to have a proper talk with us or not? If you’re unwilling to talk, then I’ll simply take action."
Zhu Ling lifted her right hand; a blazing flame appeared in the palm of her hand.
Upon seeing the flame, the dragon’s pupils contracted instantly!
Being adept at using fire, the dragon could judge Zhu Ling’s strength just by seeing the flame.
The dragon completely lost its previous arrogance because it knew everything Zhu Ling said was true.
Zhu Ling indeed had the strength to wipe out all the Dragon Slaves outside.
Realizing this, the dragon said in a deep voice, "I am already too old, so old that I’ve reached the end of my life."
"But I am not resigned to just perish like this. That’s why I created this Dragon Tomb, to try to prevent the leakage of Spiritual Energy as much as possible."
"As it turns out, I succeeded. If it weren’t for this cave, I might have perished a thousand years ago, haha."
When the dragon said this, there was a very desolate feeling.
Theoretically, the life of the Dragon Clan is eternal.
As long as there is Spiritual Energy in this world, they can continue to survive by absorbing it.
But how could they have foreseen that someone would actually go to extremes to prevent the Dragon Clan from ruling the world?
This led to the Spiritual Energy in the world becoming ever more scarce, making it very difficult for the Dragon Clan to even maintain their lives, let alone cause further chaos.
Zhu Ling also managed to maintain her Spiritual Power in human form because she had always been inside the egg, so there was very little leakage of Spiritual Energy.
The dragon lay down again, saying faintly, "Since you’ve found this place, maybe it’s fate. My end is near; now I just want to quietly finish the last part of my life. You all do as you please."
After the dragon spoke those words, it closed its eyes again, appearing to have fallen back into a deep sleep.
Looking at the dragon in front of him, which resembled a small mountain, Han Chun felt nothing but shock and excitement!
If the dragon really wouldn’t hold on much longer, wouldn’t that mean that The Ninth Research Institute could get their hands on an intact dragon corpse!
However, Han Chun didn’t dare voice this idea right now; she could only feign calm and ask Zhu Ling.
"Then can we have a look around this place now?"
Zhu Ling shrugged indifferently.
"Sure, why not? The master already said everyone could take whatever they want from here, I believe it won’t go back on its word."
Dragon: ...
If it weren’t for the fact that it couldn’t defeat Zhu Ling, why would it ever let Han Chun and her team wander around freely here?
After all, even the emperors of the human race were buried with their treasures when they died, much less this dragon.
Even members of the Dragon Clan have their pride!
Nightingale and Han Chun didn’t hold back and started wandering around the cave.
This cave looked like the dragon’s bedroom—very large and spacious, without any partitions, so many areas were visible at a glance.
When they reached behind the dragon, they immediately saw mountains of gold!
The sight of the gold piles made their eyes widen.
The gold reserves in this world weren’t abundant.
Finding so much gold now was like The Ninth Research Institute suddenly gaining a huge addition to their military funds, definitely a great thing for the entire institute!
"So much gold, we two can’t possibly carry it away, can we?"
"We can just contact someone to come move it later when we get out, anyway later..."
Han Chun didn’t continue her sentence, but those in the know understood.
Apart from the gold, they also discovered many magic artifacts in the cave.
These magic artifacts looked just like worn-out bronze relics, as if they were pieces from an archaeological dig.
But since Han Chun specialized in this field, she knew that the reason these magic artifacts appeared this way was because they hadn’t been activated by Spiritual Power.
If these objects were activated by Spiritual Power, then it would be a different story—they would transform and look brand new!
"Zhu Ling, wasn’t it you who earlier said you wanted to pick magic treasures first? Now, look at these items and see if there’s anything you fancy."
Han Chun was quite reliable.
Although she also recognized that these items were treasures, without Zhu Ling, they would have had no chance to come here, and it would have been impossible to obtain these items.
Zhu Ling came over, glanced at it and curled her lips, disdainfully saying, "It’s just a bunch of junk metal, nothing valuable. I don’t want any of it."
Upon hearing Zhu Ling say this, Han Chun was first stunned, then overjoyed.
She hadn’t expected Zhu Ling to have such high standards.
These items would be highly valuable as historical artifacts!
Unbelievably, in Zhu Ling’s view, they were just a pile of junk metal!
Zhu Ling walked up to the dragon, who, even with its eyes closed, could feel Zhu Ling’s gaze upon it at this moment.
The dragon tensed up immediately.
