“Ahem!”
Seeing Sindragosa so entranced, her eyes clouded with a dazed look, Chen Xu couldn't help but clear his throat to remind her.
Hearing Chen Xu’s voice, Sindragosa immediately snapped back to her senses. She opened her massive dragon maw and said a bit sheepishly.
“My Lord, I lost control for a moment. The aura emanating from this world perfectly caters to every draconic instinct. I have never smelled such a wonderful scent.
“Just now, I almost couldn't restrain myself. If it weren't for your voice, I might have continued to drift into that stupor.”
Hearing this, Chen Xu frowned.
Could it be? Was this world that strange? Sindragosa was an eternal-tier bone dragon, possessing the dual Dao principles of Extreme Cold and the Dragon God. If even she had no resistance against it...
Chen Xu raised his hand and pressed it against Sindragosa’s tail, placing a layer of protection over her soul.
Although Sindragosa was Chen Xu’s summon and their souls were inherently linked, he added the extra layer just to be safe.
Sindragosa’s intoxicated expression reminded Chen Xu of kittens high on catnip from his past life.
If this strange aura really was a draconic version of catnip, it was best to give Sindragosa a defensive buffer.
After all, as a human, Chen Xu didn't have such an intense reaction to that aura of wealth.
“Go on. I’ll be watching you from here.”
“Yes, my Lord.”
Sindragosa spread her four wings, trailing four streaks of light through the Cosmic Sea as she arrived outside the world membrane of the mysterious Golden Dragon Realm.
To avoid raising suspicion, Sindragosa intentionally put on an intoxicated expression. The closer she got to the realm, the more dazed she appeared, and even her flight path became erratic and wobbly.
Sindragosa stumbled onto the world membrane, pressing her large dragon head against it as she greedily inhaled the leaking aura.
While the soul protection Chen Xu provided kept her from losing herself, the pleasure that touched her soul was still very real.
Sindragosa’s half-acting, half-intoxicated behavior seemed to gain approval. After a moment, a mystical formation lit up, and a flash of light guided her into the world.
Seeing this, Chen Xu smiled, the corners of his mouth curling slightly.
“The fish has taken the bait.”
Then, Chen Xu continued to move around the outside of this Golden Dragon Realm, leaving a rune behind every time he changed positions.
Once the entire void centered on the realm was filled with runes, Chen Xu activated them with his mental strength. In the next instant, the runes linked together to form a transparent net that moved along with the Golden Dragon Realm through the void.
“Done. The net is cast. Now I just wait for Sindragosa to scout out the situation before I haul it in.”
...
Inside the vast Golden Dragon Realm, atop a mountain of gold, Sindragosa was brought in.
Upon entering the world, Sindragosa subconsciously took a deep breath of the surrounding air.
“Ah...”
It was truly wonderful. Fortunately, her Lord had applied a soul barrier beforehand; otherwise, a single breath like that might have caused her to lose her mind entirely.
As Sindragosa looked at the scenery within the world, she couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder.
There was only one color in this world: pure gold. The color of gold.
The air was filled with sparkling gold dust, the clouds floating in the sky were gold, the mountains were gold, the rivers were gold, the plants were gold, and even the dragons were gold.
In Sindragosa’s perception, the massive peak beneath her feet was not merely gold-plated; it was truly and entirely composed of solid gold.
If this world was truly as it appeared—if everything seen was made of gold—then it represented a staggering amount of wealth.
Not to mention the treasures hidden in the shadows and within the dragon nests.
“Hahaha! Outsider dragon, you’ve never seen such a luxurious and affluent realm, have you? My name is Gou Deng. Welcome to my Golden Dragon Realm!”
While Sindragosa was still in shock, a voice called out from the distance. Accompanying the voice were ten golden dragons slowly flying toward her.
Nine of the golden dragons were relatively small, similar in size to Sindragosa.
The one leading them and speaking—the one who called himself Gou Deng—was several times larger than Sindragosa.
Sindragosa looked at Gou Deng in the sky, her eyes narrowing slightly.
It wasn't that she had immediate killing intent, but rather that Gou Deng was too bright. The gold scales on his body constantly reflected the natural light; there wasn't a single spot on this golden dragon that wasn't the color of pure gold.
Scales, claws, eyes, his open mouth, nostrils—everywhere that could be seen was pure gold, even possessing the texture of the metal.
If he didn't radiate an eternal-tier aura, Sindragosa would have thought he was a moving dragon statue.
Gou Deng led the nine golden dragons to land a short distance from Sindragosa.
Sindragosa glanced at the nine golden dragons. They were also eternal-tier, though their auras were significantly weaker than Gou Deng’s.
From their positioning and the look in their eyes, they clearly hadn't let their guard down. While they appeared relaxed, their muscles were tense, ready to swarm and kill Sindragosa at the first sign of trouble.
Gou Deng stepped forward with an elegant stride, approaching Sindragosa while constantly scrutinizing her.
“So, beautiful lady, could you tell me your name?”
Sindragosa folded her wings and raised her head, adopting a haughty posture as she spoke in an arrogant tone.
“Sindragosa.”
“Oh, Sindragosa. What a beautiful name, as beautiful as your appearance.”
Gou Deng curled his mouth into a smile, trying to look friendly to get closer to her.
However, Sindragosa directly snorted extreme cold ice crystals from her nostrils, condensing a streak of blue ice on the pure gold ground.
Seeing this, Gou Deng first glanced at the ice on the ground, seemingly sensing the extreme cold aura within. After determining that Sindragosa was not one to be trifled with, he stopped in his tracks.
“Hahaha, Lady Sindragosa, there's no need to be so tense. The Golden Dragon Realm has existed for a long time; it is the dreamland of all dragons. We welcome all like-minded dragons here.
“Why don't you come with me? Let me take you on a tour of the Golden Dragon Realm.”
Gou Deng acted very gentlemanly and experienced, just as he had with other eternal-tier dragons he had encountered before.
The aura the Golden Dragon Realm radiated into the Cosmic Sea was also his intentional doing, meant to attract dragons from the myriad worlds to join them and continuously strengthen the realm.
Sindragosa was not the first dragon attracted by the Golden Dragon Realm. Gou Deng subconsciously assumed she was like the others.
Furthermore, Sindragosa did not look like a bone dragon at the moment. After her Dragon God Dao principle reached the eternal-tier, she had reshaped her physical body, leading Gou Deng to believe she was simply a variant dragon.
It was well known that variant dragons were a major faction within the dragon race, characterized by extremes—they were either exceptionally weak or exceptionally strong. An eternal-tier variant dragon was perfectly normal.
If Sindragosa was willing to stay and become a new member of the Golden Dragon Realm, that would be for the best.
But if she refused, then for the sake of the Golden Dragon Realm’s secrets, Gou Deng could only turn her into a new collection piece.
This thought flashed by in an instant, but it did not escape Sindragosa’s eyes; she captured it perfectly.
As the caretaker of ten Demon Seed Nephalem, Sindragosa had developed a high level of perceptiveness. She detected that brief flicker of killing intent.
Thus, Sindragosa feigned acceptance of the invitation while secretly sending a message to Chen Xu.
“Fine. Lead the way. I’ll see what kind of tricks you have in this Golden Dragon Realm of yours.”
“After you!”
Gou Deng flapped his wings and took to the sky, and Sindragosa spread her wings to follow.
The other nine eternal-tier golden dragons looked at each other, then spread their golden wings, shaking off a large amount of gold dust as they followed.
...
Outside the realm, Chen Xu looked at the message from Sindragosa and clicked his tongue.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk. A world made of gold... how extravagant. Ten eternal-tiers, huh?”
Chen Xu rubbed his chin, assessing the combat power under his command.
“Bone Guard One!”
“My Lord.”
“Mobilize the troops. Assemble.”
“By your will.”
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