Chapter 76: Red Dragon's Collection

Waves of roaring echoed.

Gui Nai Fen and Mu Yi didn't dare to go out at all; the aftershocks of that battle could easily kill both of them, so Gui Nai Fen could only support Mu Yi as they walked deeper into the cave.

The red dragon's nest wasn't deep, and before long they arrived at the place where the giant dragon lay asleep.

Mu Yi sat down on the ground, silently maintaining the Ashen Fire to restore his body.

Wow!!!!

Gui Nai Fen excitedly gazed at the pile of shining treasure stacked like a mountain deep in the cave.

Before them lay a heap of glittering treasure. Though not enough to fill the entire dragon's lair, a single glance was still visually stunning, especially the scattered gold and gems.

It is said that the red dragon is the strongest of the five-colored dragon species and also an evil dragon that loves to hoard spoils the most.

And what now appeared before Mu Yi was precisely the red dragon's entire collection.

Mu Yi had thought the Giant Dragon Treasury was just a name, but he never expected that there actually was a dragon's hoard inside.

Among the mountain‑high treasure, the most abundant were gold and sparkling gems; judging by their shapes, the red dragon must have been sleeping directly atop this gold mountain.

Gui Nai Fen took her camera and frantically photographed everything inside the dragon's lair, yet she had no interest in stepping forward to pick anything up.

But just looking at her sparkling eyes, it was clear she absolutely was not uninterested.

"Why not pick out a couple of gems? I think this one would make a lovely necklace!" Mu Yi casually picked up a bright red gem from the ground and tossed it to Gui Nai Fen.

"As we agreed, I was just tagging along for the dragon hunt— all the spoils belong to you! Besides, I didn't contribute much; no merit, no reward."

Gui Nai Fen shook her head, her voice full of regret, reluctantly tossing the red gem back into the gold pile.

"You just saved my life— go ahead and take whatever you like, as thanks for saving me!" Mu Yi smiled.

He wasn't a dragon; jewels held no allure for him. Though the gold mountain was indeed shocking, giving some to Gui Nai Fen was fine.

A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring; Gui Nai Fen had indeed saved his life, and death wasn't wonderful, so giving a bit of wealth was nothing.

"Take it, take it! I couldn't carry all this by myself!" Seeing Gui Nai Fen's struggle, Mu Yi laughed and urged her.

Gui Nai Fen's reason shattered completely; she dove into the gold pile and began picking out jewels—in this regard, women and dragons are no different; these flashy trinkets hold tremendous allure for them.

After recovering for half a day, Mu Yi felt his body was fine and also began scavenging treasures; they couldn't haul away the whole gold mountain, so they could only select whatever was most useful.

Huh?

Mu Yi felt a bit puzzled, reached into a pile of gems, and picked up a strangely shaped stone, sensing from it a powerful elemental energy.

Fire Element Crystal

Item Type: Magic Gem

Item Level: 15

Description: A special treasure that can condense fire elements, made from the crystal core of a deceased fire elemental, endowed with special power; when activated it can unleash powerful fire-elemental spells.

Destroying the crystal can double the power of fire-elemental spells cast.

Equipment Requirements: None.

Special Spells: Fireball (1/day), Chain Fireball (1/7 days), Burst Fireball (1/30 days).

Mu Yi put it away; this thing could serve as good material for inlaying, or its own effect is already quite nice.

Being able to cast spells also counts as a supplementary attack method for him.

Perhaps it could be of great use in some special places?

"Wow! Family, come look at this!" Gui Nai Fen dug out a treasure chest from the gold mountain.

A treasure chest appearing in the red dragon's lair sounds unbelievable, yet it perfectly proves its value.

A treasure chest that even a giant dragon cannot open— no matter how you look at it, it must contain something of great worth.

A gilded treasure chest, large in size, yet one cannot sense what lies inside at all.

Mu Yi's perception fell upon it, like a mud ox entering the sea— there was absolutely no response.

The chest appears to have some special enchantment craftsmanship.

From the outside it gleams with gold light; no wonder the red dragon couldn't open it and just tossed it beneath him.

The surface bears strange patterns— those are inscribed magic runes, making this chest very hard to open by brute force.

In the Zongwang description, there is only a simple sentence.

Treasure chest that stores valuables:

It possesses an indestructible nature, unable to be destroyed by external force.

"Weird thing— let's go to the trade center later and have someone help open it!" Mu Yi's intuition told him this thing likely contained something good, possibly even an artifact.

Besides these discoveries, Mu Yi didn't find anything else of great value in the lair; aside from gold and gems, there seemed to be no magical items.

Of course, Mu Yi did find some magical materials: secret silver, refined gold, and a few dragon scales that had fallen off for unknown reasons.

Other than that, there was hardly anything of value.

After all, it was merely a secret realm boss, not a living giant dragon— truly regrettable.

"La Ge Na slew the secret realm boss, the Red Dragon-Magirile, earning the leader‑slaying reward: Dragon Scale Armor."

"The Red Dragon-Magirile has been slain; the plane reward task: 'Slay the Red Dragon-Magirile leader' is completed."

"Calculating mission rewards……"

"You dealt 2% of the damage to the red dragon leader; you gain extra rewards:"

2000 Universal Experience, 2000 Zongwang Disaster Coin"

"You obtained a Red Dragon Treasure Chest (Purple)."

"Zongwang Prompt: Latest info on the Giant Dragon Treasury— Stage One: Dragon‑Blooded Kobold slain; Stage Two: Half‑Dragon S'abara slain; Stage Three: Dragon Beast leader slain! Extra stage: Red Dragon‑Magirile slain!"

"Zongwang Prompt: The Giant Dragon Treasury has been fully cleared; exit the secret realm to settle the strategy rewards."

Just as Mu Yi and Gui Nai Fen were about to leave, La Ge Na walked in from outside the cave, glanced at the gold mountain, and threw a spear to Mu Yi.

"Other items I'll send you via Zongwang after settlement; this is my compensation— if it weren't for my mistake, you wouldn't have suffered such heavy injury."

Mu Yi also unhesitatingly accepted it; he had personally tested how useful this thing is against Dragon, and in the future it can be used to hunt those truly existing Dragons.

"This is for you!"

La Ge Na handed a photograph to Gui Naifen, which showed La Ge Na together with a Dragon whose head had been cut off.

Mu Yi raised an eyebrow; he hadn't expected La Ge Na to still be a cold‑faced, warm‑hearted person, and to actually remember this.

He suddenly recalled that La Ge Na himself is also someone who likes taking photos and posting them on forums, so this time he'll probably post it as usual.

"Thank you! Uncle La Ge Na!"

Originally Gui Naifen had been regretting that she hadn't captured the final scene of the Dragon slaying, but to her surprise she could get a photo from La Ge Na's hands, so she considered her merit fulfilled!