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Chapter 456 - 279 - The House of Dragon Riders and the Master Lock Picker_1

Chapter 456: Chapter 279 - The House of Dragon Riders and the Master Lock Picker_1

[You have released the Reconnaissance Beetle, which burrows into the crevices beneath the pub floor and travels underground.]

[Nearby sounds gradually reach your ears, and you struggle to discern useful information...]

[The Locke Pirate Group and the Twenmar Family clashed on the open seas near Tangji Island the day before yesterday. The feud started when the Locke Pirate Group attacked a sea merchant fleet belonging to the Twenmar Family...]

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[Today, a mysterious and powerful new force broke into the Evil Spirit Sea Area, defeating many smaller factions like the Temple Pirate Group and the Philistine Pirate Group on its way. According to pirates who luckily survived, the ship is full of Undead, and its shape resembles the Ghost Ship which disappeared seven hundred years ago...]

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[The notorious thief, Valen Justin, who had been on the bounty list of the Octopus King for years, was tricked into a planned heist yesterday and captured. He has now been sent to the deepest level of the Underwater Prison. It is said he will suffer lifelong imprisonment and unending torture. The Bounty Hunter, Forti Quince, earned a bounty award of 7500 years in return...]

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[There have been many unfamiliar ships and people showing up in the Evil Spirit Sea Area recently. Rumor says that something significant is about to happen in the Fool’s World, with leads pointing to the Evil Spirit Sea Area. According to intelligence analysts, the number of strangers coming to the Evil Spirit Sea Area will continue to increase. For all the large pirate groups, it is a great opportunity to make a fortune...]

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Among the ensuing intelligence that keeps popping up throughout the text, most is useless. Occasionally, there is some valuable information, but almost nothing can be put to immediate use.

Mu You is not in a hurry, patiently waiting.

After about an hour, when the food in front of the three people has been finished, he finally receives a piece of interest-worthy intelligence.

[One of the Four Great Pirate Powers in the Evil Spirit Sea Area, the Dragon Knight Pirate Group’s captain, ’Dragon Knight’ Finn Tylen’s son, was imprisoned for a century last month by Octopus King Zubaiz for burning his casino. It’s said that Finn is secretly summoning experts in prison breaks to help his son escape from the Underwater Prison. If anyone can successfully free his son, he will reward them with a precious Dragon Taming Stone for free...]

Dragon Taming Stone?

The key phrase that captured Mu You’s attention was this.

He still has two dragon eggs in his hands that haven’t hatched because he doesn’t have a way to tame dragons. Could this Dragon Taming Stone be a stone specially used for taming dragons?

Mu You clicked on the text ’Dragon Taming Stone’.

An explanation immediately appeared underneath it.

[Dragon Taming Stone: A magical stone specifically used for taming dragons, forged from the fossils of the Ancient Dragon Clan. If you drip blood onto the Dragon Taming Stone and feed it to a dragon, it will take to the owner of the blood naturally, thus easily achieving the effect of taming the dragon. Each stone can only absorb one type of blood. Extinct for a thousand years, only a few descendants of taming dragon families have inherited a small number of Dragon Taming Stones, anything invaluable.]

"It really is something for taming dragons..."

Mu You became even more interested after reading the explanation. This stone could be very useful if he could get it.

Of course, this mission is also very risky.

Mu You has a map of the Underwater Prison, but he doesn’t know how strict the prison’s defence is.

Plus, the Underwater Prison is the territory of Octopus King. Helping someone escape from there is akin to opposing Octopus King. If found out, it could be very troublesome.

After pondering for a moment, Mu You decides to first meet this ’Dragon Knight’ before making a decision. At the very least, he has to confirm if this mission is real.

There is a time difference between the Evil Spirit Sea Area and K City. By now, it’s already late at night in the Evil Spirit Sea Area. After the busiest time, customers in the pub gradually leave, making it difficult to gather more intelligence by staying around.

Mu You leaves the pub with the panda and mermaid but doesn’t directly head to the territory of the Dragon Knight Pirate Group. Instead, he goes to the seaside, sets up a teleportation array underwater, and teleports to the Dwarf Blacksmith’s place.

If he timed it right, the Synthesis Furnace should be repaired by now.

[You arrive at the blacksmith shop at the foot of the Foggy Mountain. The clang of the work inside has stopped.]

[The Dwarf Blacksmith sits by the door drinking, looking completely drunk, but he cheerfully ushers you in upon seeing you.]

[At the blacksmith’s guidance, you see the Synthesis Furnace positioned on the workbench. The cracks on the furnace’s surface have been restored to their original state. Besides, there is a silver metal ball contained in a glass cup next to the Synthesis Furnace.]

[The blacksmith tells you that during the repair of the Synthesis Furnace, not all of the Cold Iron Essence was used, and about a third remains. You can choose to use it to continue forging equipment, or send the iron essence back to the Snow Mountain for cultivation.]

A good amount of iron essence remains. After thinking, Mu You concludes that he doesn’t have any particular equipment to forge at the moment, so it would be better to send it back to the Snow Mountain for now. He can fetch it when he needs it in the future.

He’ll deal with that later. First, Mu You checks the repaired furnace.

[Synthesis Furnace: Hidden Relic, can combine multiple items to produce a higher quality item.]

[Received Recipes:

Six pieces of same-quality equipment, combine into one random piece of higher-quality equipment. In the process of forming, there is a chance to add an Ice Department related item to the equipment.

Three pieces of same-quality potions, combine into one higher-quality potion.]