Chapter 1156 Empress Coin (2/2)

Although Han Sen believed the coins had a greater worth and purpose than he was being told, if he couldn't figure out what that was, the coin really would be useless. But he still thought swapping it for a few lotus seeds would make for a decent exchange. Opening more gene locks could never be frowned upon, after all.

His Dongxuan Sutra was coming along nicely, but Han Sen still felt as if its development was a bit too slow.

Lotus Empress had seen him in the Second God's Sanctuary, though, and given him a mark. He was worried she might try to imprison him if he approached her.

”Perhaps I can get a spirit to do the exchange, in my stead,” Han Sen thought to himself.

Dragon King looked at Han Sen and asked, ”So, can you tell me where you got this coin from?”

Han Sen explained to him what had occurred with the little creature, but left out the part where he tried to assassinate the creature and got cruelly beat up by its family. He merely said he stole it from the nest after following it inside.

Dragon King was surprised, and he said, ”Wow, you found a Metal Eater.”

”I found a... Metal Eater?” Han Sen was unfamiliar with the name.

Dragon King said, ”Yes, Metal Eaters are an infamous sort of super creature. They dine on metal and absorb the powers of it. The items in those rusted piles of junk were grand things, I imagine, once upon a time. It's just that their properties were absorbed by the creatures.”

”Now it makes sense.” Han Sen knew the rusted stuff had to be special.

”That must have been why the Metal Eater took the coin. It's quite the artifact, and it is composed of a very resilient metal.” Dragon King felt it was a shame, so he went on to say, ”I cannot believe there were six of them. You might have fared okay against one, but six? Not even an emperor would provoke those things, so I'm glad you had the sense not to do anything stupid in there, like attacking the little one.”

”Even emperors wouldn't provoke them?” Han Sen gulped, almost unable to believe what he had just been told.

Dragon King smiled and said, ”Metal Eaters can become berserk super creatures. They can have greater vitality and defense than an emperor, and metal weapons are entirely ineffective against them. No emperor I know would approach one of those creatures with confidence, especially those with nine gene locks open. They are vengeful things, too. If you killed one, those that knew about it would hunt you down until the end of time.”

Han Sen was glad he did not kill the little one. If he had, he'd have been in trouble.

Han Sen was then very excited, thinking about something.

”The little creature collected the coin from a burrow or hole in the ground. Do you think there might be something else inside?” Han Sen asked, with a manic glint in his eye.

Dragon King said, ”It is certainly possible, yes. I don't see why an Empress Coin would randomly appear there, of all places. And if there was something more there, it should still be there.”

Now, Han Sen's enthusiasm had been restored. He was wide awake and ready to go. He packed his stuff and left the shelter, wanting to go dig through the hole the creature first came out of. He was keen to find out if there was anything else inside.