Treasure Hunt in the Nest, the Black Dragon's Gift

Hearing this,

Jin Feng raised an eyebrow.

He did not believe Gu Yuena had suddenly suggested searching the Golden Roc Clan's nest for treasure merely because she had read in a book that they liked collecting valuables.

Considering Gu Yuena's earlier claim that she sensed something in the Swift Golden Roc's nest, along with his current location and everything that had happened to Gu Yuena before,

he seemed to realize something, a fleeting glint flashing through his eyes.

Then,

with a thought from Jin Feng,

he directly summoned the Golden Horned Behemoth Martial Soul and said to Gu Yuena, his grandfather, and the others, "Since Na'er wants to search the Golden Roc's nest for treasure, let's go take a look together."

At this suggestion,

naturally, no one objected.

After Jin Feng controlled the Golden Horned Behemoth Martial Soul to expand into its current maximum size of eight meters, the five figures—two children and three adults—quickly stood atop its back and flew toward the Swift Golden Roc's nest on the cliff.

In the blink of an eye,

the five of them reached their destination.

Before them, the Swift Golden Roc's nest halfway up the sheer cliff face was essentially a massive cave.

The rock wall at the entrance jutted outward by more than three meters, forming a natural platform piled with countless thick tree trunks and Soul Beast carcasses. A faint stench hung in the air, making Jin Feng and the others instinctively hold their breath.

As the group ventured deeper into the cave, which could accommodate the Swift Golden Roc's enormous body, they soon reached the end and saw the nest's full interior.

Countless stones emitting a soft glow were embedded in the surrounding rock walls, dispelling the darkness and illuminating their surroundings.

In the corners,

there were several more piles of such stones, along with a small amount of metal ore and colorful fruit collected by the Swift Golden Roc.

Besides that,

they also saw a Flame Deer Soul Beast with seven hundred years of cultivation. It was badly injured, lying on the ground and gasping for breath.

"Eh?"

Seeing that the Flame Deer on the ground was still alive,

Niu Gao immediately grinned and said to Gu Yuena, "Little Na, your luck is really good. This Flame Deer's cultivation and attribute are both perfectly suited to become your second Soul Ring."

"Judging by this, it should have been food stored by the Swift Golden Roc that it hadn't had time to eat... It sure saved us a lot of trouble!"

Hearing this,

Jin Feng instinctively asked Gu Yuena, "Na'er, can you absorb this Flame Deer's Soul Ring?"

"No problem!"

Gu Yuena nodded. "It doesn't look like it will live much longer anyway. Since it is going to die either way, I might as well kill it and absorb it."

After learning that Gu Yuena could normally hunt Soul Beasts and absorb their Soul Rings, Jin Feng finally let out a breath of relief.

Thankfully, Gu Yuena's identity was special. Unlike ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that took human form, she did not need to condense her own Soul Rings. Otherwise, her identity as a Soul Beast would likely have been impossible to hide.

Not long after,

under everyone's watchful gaze,

Gu Yuena completed her Silver Dragon Martial Soul possession, lit up the yellow Soul Ring on her body, and condensed a water arrow from Soul Power that pierced through the Flame Deer's head.

Then,

just as she sat cross-legged on the spot,

preparing to absorb the deep-yellow Soul Ring condensing above the Flame Deer's corpse, she seemed to spot something. She suddenly pointed beneath the Flame Deer's hind leg and said to Jin Feng, "Brother Feng, do you see a bracelet there?"

Hearing this,

Jin Feng immediately walked forward.

He quickly retrieved a black bracelet set with several gemstones from beneath the Flame Deer's hind leg.

"It seems to be a storage Soul Tool..."

After examining it for a moment, Jin Feng infused Soul Power into the bracelet, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

That was because

not only was this black bracelet a top-tier storage Soul Tool containing more than a hundred cubic meters of space,

but it also held mountains of Gold Soul Coins,

as well as three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones that radiated extraordinary auras, with multicolored light flowing around them.

Seeing Jin Feng frozen in place,

Niu Gao instinctively stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong, Little Feng? What is inside that shocked you so much?"

Facing his grandfather Niu Gao's question, Jin Feng answered truthfully, "There are mountains of Gold Soul Coins in over a hundred cubic meters of space... and three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones of remarkable quality!"

As he spoke,

Jin Feng willed it, taking the three shimmering Soul Bones from the black bracelet.

Looking at the three Soul Bones laid out before them, Niu Gao, Niu Ben, and the Second Elder were the ones left dumbfounded this time.

They had never imagined

that they would find three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, treasures revered as divine relics by Soul Masters across the continent, simply because they had come on a whim to search the nest of a ten-thousand-year Swift Golden Roc.

Including the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone that had dropped from the Swift Golden Roc, they had gained four Soul Bones during this trip to the Star Dou Forest—twice the number of inherited Soul Bones possessed by the Defense Clan!

It was simply unbelievable.

"Th-this... How could the Swift Golden Roc's nest contain a top-tier storage Soul Tool holding three Soul Bones and such a vast quantity of gold coins?"

Niu Gao blurted out, "Could it be that some powerful Soul Master died in the Star Dou Forest, and the Soul Tool was accidentally found and brought back by the Swift Golden Roc?"

"That has to be it!" The Second Elder instinctively chimed in. "It couldn't have been deliberately placed here by someone, could it?"

"But that doesn't make sense either?"

Hearing this, Niu Ben asked with a puzzled expression, "If it was left behind by some fallen powerful Soul Master, why would the Soul Bones be inside the Soul Tool? Wouldn't he have absorbed them?"

"The Swift Golden Roc shouldn't have the intelligence needed to open a storage Soul Tool and put the Soul Bones away, right?"

"..."

While his grandfather and the others continued discussing the matter,

Jin Feng had already seen through the truth.

Not long ago,

he had just helped Gu Yuena suppress the second eruption of her origin injury. Once she recovered, Gu Yuena had followed her instincts and led them to the Swift Golden Roc's nest.

First, they found this heavily injured Flame Deer, whose cultivation age and attribute both suited Gu Yuena's second Soul Ring. Then they found this top-tier storage Soul Tool containing vast amounts of Gold Soul Coins and three Soul Bones.

If Jin Feng had not known Gu Yuena was the Silver Dragon King, he might truly have believed that these were merely coincidences.

But he knew otherwise.

So without even needing to think about it, he knew that this storage Soul Tool and the Flame Deer Soul Beast had both been arranged by the Star Dou Forest's Beast God, Di Tian the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.

The Flame Deer had been specially prepared for Gu Yuena.

And the storage Soul Tool bracelet containing vast amounts of Gold Soul Coins and three Soul Bones was a gift of thanks Di Tian had specially prepared for him.

Once he understood this,

Jin Feng silently gave Di Tian a nod of approval.

That old fellow had kept watching from the shadows without acting before, but he was still sensible enough... He knew Jin Feng had lost a vial of blood he had collected for a long time, so he offered some resources as compensation.

Meanwhile,

watching Niu Gao and the others discussing things excitedly nearby, Gu Yuena softly asked, "Grandpa Clan Leader, are the things inside useful to Brother Feng?"

"Useful, useful, of course they're useful!"

Faced with Gu Yuena's question, Niu Gao instantly stopped discussing and smiled at her. "This time, we really have you, our lucky star, to thank, Little Na. If you hadn't suggested coming here to search for treasure, we would never have gained so much."

"The Gold Soul Coins can help Little Feng buy metals to Devour and grow stronger, while the Soul Bones can be fused into the body to increase one's combat strength!"