Chapter 234 - Stingy Lin (1/2)

Maybe time is the most powerful weapon in the world.

Time can change a person. People will forget about things and enemies may make up with each other as time pa.s.ses… Even a giant dragon can be killed by time.

“Miss Lin, are you saying that the dragon starved to death?” Rong Donglin touches the skeleton carefully. The bones of the dragon are so s.h.i.+ny that it seems to be alive.

Lin Luoran answers seriously, “Look at it. Does it look like it starved to death?”

The entire skeleton is strapped and fixed in two enormous pillars aside by a thick chain. The chain is still s.h.i.+ny though a long time has pa.s.sed.

The chain goes through the shoulder blade of the dragon’s skeleton. When Lin Luoran was a little girl, she loved to watch the TV series, The Tale of the White Serpent. In the series, a thick chain pierced through the hero’s shoulder blade. His screams scared Lin Luoran. Lin understood from then on that someone would only pierce his enemy’s shoulder blade with a chain because of deadly feud!

On the ground in front of the skeleton, there are many deep holes. Maybe the dragon tried to run away and dug these holes with its claws.

Lin knows what this place is used for as soon as she sees the skeleton.

This is a prison of the Shui nationality, which is the reason why Wakan is forbidden in this deep valley.

Even the giant dragon couldn’t make it out here. Do Lin and Rong have the chance to get out? Lin Luoran says nothing to Rong because she doesn’t want to stress him.

They’ve come to this place to find the treasures according to what is written on the bamboo sheets. They never saw any treasure at the location where the treasure should be. Instead, they accidentally fell into the prison of the Dragon Palace. Is it possible that the information on the treasures was leaked on purpose in order to attract treasure seekers here?

Lin Luoran is certain that her guesses are right. However, after the dragons left the palace, human cultivators also suffered a decline. Lin may be the first human cultivator who has come here after the dragons left!

What had the giant dragon done to be treated like this?

What is the intention of the people who lures them here?

Lin feels like being trapped by a conspiracy. Her head aches. Whatever. No matter who was the person that plotted all this, he couldn’t have imagined that the dragon would have become a skeleton when someone comes here… The dragon is not a threat anymore.

Lin Luoran has been keeping her guard on in case of “possession”. She checks every corner of the skeleton and finds no residual soul. However, she discovers some fluctuation at the belly of the skeleton.

Lin tells Rong to back off and climbs to the under of the skeleton.

A colorful bead is in some black goo. Lin takes the bead out.

Though her Wakan is out of use now, the second she touches the colorful bead, she feels the pure power inside of the bead. The bead is cold. Its power doesn’t belong to any of the five elements. Is the power higher than Wakan?

Dragon Orb! It’s the Dragon Orb! This is the Dragon Orb which contains the pure power of the dragons! For the moment, Lin’s hand is shaking.

Lin doesn’t even dare to sense the Dragon Orb with her spiritual mind. She directly puts it into her s.p.a.ce.

After that, the fire phoenix comes out of the log cabin when Lin is observing the skeleton.

It flies around the Dragon Orb and takes quite a while disputing with the silver fish to make sure it is real.

Lin Luoran goes inside the s.p.a.ce with a bone of the dragon in hand. The fire phoenix is heading to peck the Dragon Orb. Lin is furious. She forgets about everything else and rushes at it.

The silver fish is startled and it jumps up. The fire phoenix flaps its wings. It swallows down the Dragon Orb. Lin Luoran grips the phoenix and is brought up into the mid-air.

Sky in the s.p.a.ce is not so high. Lin holds onto the feet of the phoenix tightly and tries her best to dodge the branches of the apple trees or the spikes of the chestnut trees. The fire phoenix is furious, yet Lin refuses to let go.

The fire phoenix shouts angrily,

“You’re such a penny pincher! The Dragon Orb is useless for human cultivators! You should hurry up and go to collect the Dragon Marrow! Just let go of me!” The fire phoenix says in a crisp voice, sounds like enjoying tasty cashew nut.

While talking, it lands under an apple tree and prepares to hide into the log cabin.

Lin Luoran is stunned. Did the fire phoenix just talk? What is Dragon Marrow then? Is it the bone marrow of the giant dragon?

“I don’t care! You ate the Strange Fire of mine and swallowed my Dragon Orb! Spit it out! Now!”

Lin Luoran shakes the neck of the phoenix, like she won’t stop until it spits the Dragon Orb out.

The fire phoenix feels dizzy. Before it lashes out, the silver fish comes and says, “I think… You should just give it back to her…” The silver fish’s voice is soft like a little girl.

Did the silver fish talk too? G.o.d! What a strange day!

Being surprised, Lin Luoran nods. The fire phoenix is always proud, and it wants the Dragon Orb so much. This means how precious the Dragon Orb is. Lin doesn’t want to lose it.