Chapter 2282 - 2285: The Taiyin Youying That Can Make Me the True Dragon Emperor

Looking at the astonishment in Qian Ning's beautiful eyes and hearing her mention the Dragon Emperor's treasury, Shen Qiang was shocked and stunned.

But then Shen Qiang's heartbeat suddenly sped up, because in almost an instant, he realized that whether in movies, biographies, novels, or legends, dragons are always depicted as particularly greedy creatures. They are curious about everything that glitters, be it gold, silver, or any treasures. Whatever catches their eye will undoubtedly fall into their possession.

Given the luxurious Dragon Palace, Shen Qiang instantly realized this was definitely not baseless.

"Take me to see it," Shen Qiang said with bright eyes.

Qian Ning softly affirmed and, arm in arm with Shen Qiang, exited the main hall of the Dragon Palace through the back door.

At this moment, because of Shen Qiang's presence, the Dragon Palace no longer had that dark cave-like sensation. It had become resplendent, resembling a massive, luxurious, and beautiful aquarium, where everything outside was clearly visible through the walls and ceiling.

Not only that.

At this moment, Shen Qiang merely glanced around at everything, and even with his wealth, he had to admit that the Dragon Palace was excessively extravagant.

In the corridor, every fifteen meters, there was a Luminous Pearl the size of an egg.

The price of a single pearl could exceed millions.

Entire coral branches of premium Blood Coral were everywhere, adorning the environment like flowers and plants.

Every curtain was made of top-grade strings of deep-sea pearls. The size, shape, and luster were uniform. Randomly taking down a curtain and bringing it to the mortal world would render it priceless and unmatched.

Even the fittings and items scattered around were all masterpieces.

What about the treasure vault?

If these priceless items were just decorations, what was stored in the treasure vault?

What kind of treasures could be so valuable that a figure as grand as the Dragon Emperor would carefully lock them away, unseen by outsiders?

With such thoughts in mind, Shen Qiang and Qian Ning, filled with excitement, walked further back and quickly arrived at a small courtyard marked "Warehouse."

The items in the courtyard didn't look impressive, somewhat resembling a wasted storeroom from the other side.

Yet just as Shen Qiang was feeling vaguely disappointed, Qian Ning led him into the storeroom and opened a secret door in the wall.

A dark entrance immediately appeared in front of them, along with a spiraling white jade staircase leading downwards.

"So damn luxurious!"

Seeing the staircase constructed from polished jade, Shen Qiang was instantly at a loss for words.

Without considering anything else, just these stepping stones of the staircase, if you were to pry one loose, it would instantly be worth millions, if not tens of millions.

As they stepped onto it, soft lights illuminated the dark corridor.

Shen Qiang, with Qian Ning in tow, descended the path, counting the steps with a sense of pain in his heart.

"For merely a pathway, just use concrete and sand to make some cement. Such luxury for a tunnel hidden in a storeroom; they truly have more money than they can spend." Shen Qiang lamented as he counted, discovering that all one hundred and eight steps were made from whole jade stones.

"Such extravagance! What a waste of resources! Is it necessary to do this for a corridor? These should be taken down, replaced with blue stones, or install an elevator; how much could that cost? Using these beautiful jade stones here is downright criminal!" Shen Qiang silently complained in his heart.

However, in the next moment, as Shen Qiang and Qian Ning turned a corner and saw the corridor ahead, Shen Qiang was dumbfounded.

The enormous corridor, about thirty meters wide, was piled high with golden treasure chests and various jewels on either side, leaving only a central path less than two meters wide.

At this, Shen Qiang stood dumbfounded, staring at the enormous, golden warehouse door in front of him.

Made of pure gold.

Weighing approximately eighteen point seven tons.

Existing between twenty-one thousand and twenty-three thousand years.

Opening methods unknown.

Note: The engravings on this door belong to the Dragon Clan Secret Technique, making it impossible to determine their specific content.

The message returned by the Observation Skill made Shen Qiang frown.

In fact, due to cultivating the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra, Shen Qiang now had a vague sense of familiarity with these Dragon Clan engravings.

Moreover, though the specific content of the engravings couldn't be confirmed, Shen Qiang still felt the inscriptions had a certain vitality, like eyes watching him.

"This is the only place in the Dragon Palace I can't enter. From childhood to adulthood, I've always been curious about what lies within," Qian Ning, her eyes filled with longing, said, "I don't think it's filled with gold coins and jewels, because those are tossed outside. So I've guessed that inside might be a Divine Weapon, a Secret Manual, or some strange thing."

Hearing Qian Ning, Shen Qiang instinctively replied, "If it were up to me, this kind of warehouse would be filled with various rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and unusual minerals!"

Qian Ning was stunned, her beautiful eyes surprised, "Minerals are all ugly, who would store those?"

"He who holds rare resources holds everything," Shen Qiang smiled slightly, "So I think my guess might be right. If the Dragon Emperor and I are alike, I definitely wouldn't store anything that could be bought with money."

Qian Ning frowned, but then her beautiful eyes filled with expectation, "Shen Qiang, you should try. You are the trusted Dragon Emperor, capable of sitting on the Dragon Throne, so you should be able to open this door!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang smiled gently and walked towards the gleaming warehouse door.

But just as Shen Qiang approached the door.

With a loud boom!

The same tendrils of black mist reappeared, swirling aggressively as they had on the Dragon Throne before.

Furthermore, even without being able to communicate verbally, Shen Qiang could clearly feel that this black mist was the same as what he faced before the Dragon Throne, but its obsession, and ruthless, ominous warning were far more intense, making him frown involuntarily.

"An obsession of risking life but not wealth?" Shen Qiang was shocked, taking a step forward.

Boom!

The Dragon Clan engravings on the entire door lit up. More than that, what was terrifying was that the black mist was several times stronger than when he contested for the Dragon Throne. Its relentless surge made Shen Qiang inexplicably tense, a lump of fear catching in his throat.

"Don't act recklessly!"

Amid Shen Qiang's hesitation over whether to forcibly try to open the door, Taiyin Youying, beautiful like a crescent moon, suddenly appeared. More frighteningly, she spoke in an unusually intimate manner, "Shen Qiang, you must understand, a Dragon Demon is a Dragon Demon. Even if you cultivate the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra perfectly, you can never become a dragon or understand the Dragon Clan inscription codes."

"You mean just give up?" Shen Qiang frowned.

Taiyin Youying completely ignored Qian Ning beside her, smiling with unusual calmness, "No, I want to tell you I have a way to make you a real dragon. That way, you, the imitation Dragon Emperor, could turn falsehood into reality, and these trivial engravings would not be able to stop you!"