Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 959 - 596: Dragon Hidden

Chapter 959: Chapter 596: Dragon Hidden

"Is this the spiritual trial within Cangyuan?"

Gazing at the dragon head phantom in front of him that seemed ready to devour him at any moment, Xu Yuan’s eyes were clear and carried a slight smile, without any hint of surprise.

Just like how entering the nameless cave on Tianmen Mountain required one’s fortune and blessing, otherwise one would be smashed to death.

Entering these cave heavens and blessed lands without monsters and BOSS required some special conditions beforehand.

The requirements for Burial Dragon Valley were much lower than those of the nameless cave, as it only needed a spiritual trial.

If a player’s spiritual strength exceeded a certain value, they would directly obtain this Dragon Transformation Essence, and even if they couldn’t pass, players wouldn’t die like in the nameless cave but instead would enter a rhythm game-like minigame that tested the player’s reaction and hand speed as an alternative.

But this would lead to another branch.

The silent dragon head of the spiritual strength assessment won’t speak, but upon passing through the minigame, the dragon head phantom will speak, offering the player a mission.

The Return of the Buried Dragon.

It would share its life experiences with the player, including the fear and confusion felt when death approached.

This little male dragon was actually quite innocent.

It didn’t know of the conflicts that shook the world, nor did it understand why those humans insisted on killing it.

It hadn’t harmed anyone; it just wanted to sneak out of its home to see the outside world when it was senselessly killed by those greedy humans.

After making all the correct dialogue choices in the game, players would receive a "Gift from the Dead Dragon" that improved their physique and would see some of its memory fragments.

Those were the trivial shared experiences it had with its family in the Ancient Abyss...

And these memory fragments were considered one of the keys to unlocking the Dragon Knight pathway and also the easiest key to clear.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan slowly looked up and locked eyes with the ferocious dragon gaze.

Based on his experience, he should be able to converse with this little male dragon’s remnant spirit like in "Cangyuan," and, by examining the details of those memory fragments, gain lots of classified information about the Ancient Abyss.

But well...

"I don’t want to become a puppet of the Ancient Abyss, so..."

Recalling the details from Cangyuan, Xu Yuan lifted the Willow Ghost Blade in his hand with a serene smile:

"..Farewell."

At the end of his words,

The Willow Ghost Blade traced a sinister ink sword mark through the air, and the towering dragon head phantom shattered amid a painful roar!

"..."

"..."

Consciousness returned, the cave fell into silence.

Staring at the Dragon Transformation Essence in his hand for a few moments, Xu Yuan suddenly noticed a slender shadow beside him and quietly asked:

"What is it?"

Tianyan slowly descended beside Xu Yuan, looking down at the dragon corpse with a voice that was icy yet delicate:

"Just because they can’t sense it doesn’t mean I can’t."

"Ah?"

"It seems a Dead Corpse Dragon Spirit appeared just now."

"Dead Corpse Dragon Spirit?"

"Yes... A talking phantom of a Demon Dragon."

"..."

Silence for a moment, Xu Yuan’s eyes showed a slight surprise:

"So that thing just now was a Dead Corpse Dragon Spirit?"

"You really saw it?"

Hearing this, Tianyan’s pupils suddenly shrank, her gaze turned intense, and she urgently said, "You... you didn’t promise anything to it, did you?!"

While speaking, the girl reached for his wrist herself.

Xu Yuan did not dodge, but looked at her with a smile, watching the anxious expression on her face.

Feeling his gaze, Tianyan’s hand paused, and she frowned at Xu Yuan:

"Do you know?"

"Somewhat."

"The Prime Minister’s Mansion?"

"Of course."

"Liar."

"...." Xu Yuan.

Tianyan stared at Xu Yuan with penetrating eyes as if she could see through one’s heart, and huffed:

"It’s been thousands of years since a Dragon Clan corpse has fallen into the hands of the Human Race; how could your Prime Minister’s Mansion know such information?"

"Have you forgotten that two Saints surnamed Luo from Jiatiange are at my Prime Minister’s Mansion?"

"...."

Tianyan’s expression stiffened, her fists beneath her sleeves clenched slightly, and she said coldly:

"Two traitors."

Seeing this, Xu Yuan reached out to stroke the girl’s long hair, speaking softly:

"Traitors? Even if they hadn’t told me, aren’t you, the Saintess, about to tell me now?"

"....."

Upon hearing this, a flash of turmoil passed through Tianyan’s radiant golden pupils.

Clenching her teeth for a moment, she suddenly smacked Xu Yuan’s hand away and said in a low voice:

"I... I’ll go out and wait for you."

With these words,

The girl turned around silently, her figure soullessly flying toward the cave’s entrance...

"..."

"..."

Watching the girl’s silhouette disappear into the darkness, Xu Yuan sighed softly in his heart.

Jiatiange and the Prime Minister’s Mansion...

Quickly regaining his composure, Xu Yuan focused his attention on the Dragon Transformation Essence in his hand.

The Dead Corpse Dragon Spirit is supposed to be one of the most secretive mysteries in this world.

Forget the Prime Minister’s Mansion; even in Cangyuan, there were no clear records.

Xu Yuan’s discovery of this thing was entirely due to contrasts he found during gameplay.

As the daughter of the king of the Ancient Abyss, the little dragon girl was one of the hardest female leads to woo in Cangyuan.

But if one took on the quest line of the Return of the Buried Dragon, it was incredibly easy to win her favor.

No extra fancy moves were needed from the player; just complete the tasks in order, and the little dragon girl’s affection could be maxed out.

At first, Xu Yuan thought this was the game developer’s kindness.

After finding and delivering the Dragon Transformation Essence, and having conveyed its dying wish to speak with its family, it seemed normal for the little dragon girl to have a higher initial fondness for the player compared to other routes, right?

And with a higher initial fondness, it also seemed normal for the subsequent missions to reward more affection, right?

But from some unintentional dialogues, Xu Yuan suddenly realized,

Players, during the course of the quest, had already been assimilated by the Dead Corpse Dragon Spirit that Tianyan mentioned.

The reason why the little dragon girl’s affection was so high was