Seeing that Zong Ya was unharmed, Lin Ke breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems I was worrying too much. This place has been abandoned for years. How could anything still be alive here?
"Senior Sister? Where did you find these?"
Zong Ya pointed backstage at the auction house, where there were many chests filled with natural treasures.
Most, however, looked as though something had gnawed through them. These were the fruits left in the only undamaged chest.
Lin Ke looked closely and discovered that Zong Ya was holding a fruit the size of a head. It was dark red overall, with a smooth surface interspersed with bright red markings, rather like a red dairy cow.
The two did not linger. After confirming that there were no treasures on the first basement level, they headed down to the second.
There were likewise doors on either side and an auction house. There were no treasures backstage either, only a thousand or so mid-grade spirit stones left in a storage bag.
They continued downward, finding much the same situation for another two or three levels.
Only when they reached the second-lowest level did Lin Ke frown and stop Zong Ya's hand as she tried to open the door.
"Senior Sister, something's wrong down here."
As he spoke, Lin Ke summoned the Dream-Eating Gecko and his few remaining Mystic Flame Horned Beetle Sovereigns. After some thought, he let Lin Xuanyuan out to play as well.
This place was cut off from the outside world anyway, so there was no danger of exposing his dragon power.
Looking at Lin Xuanyuan, Zong Ya could not help exclaiming, "Junior Brother? What is this?"
Lin Ke smiled openly. "Lin Xuanyuan, whom I subdued before, transformed into a dragon and has now reached the nascent soul realm."
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