A burst of golden light spread out, so bright that Lu Qing couldn't open his eyes.
When her eyes were adjusted to the golden light, she opened them and saw a huge golden mountain placed in the palace before her.
Wow! We've struck it rich!
Lu Qing slowly walked in, and just as he was about to pick up a gold coin, he was blown over by a gust of foul wind from above.
"Who dares to steal my things, you petty thief!"
Lu Qing looked up and saw a green dragon spiraling upwards, its body wrapped around the golden mountain, its huge head less than ten meters away from her.
This wasn't the first time Lu Qing had seen a dragon, so he wasn't particularly surprised.
To her surprise, the dragon was wrapped in golden chains, the other end of which was inlaid in the palace wall.
The entire palace was covered with patterns of sealing formations; this dragon was sealed here.
"Uncle Long, I didn't steal anything from you!"
"snort!"
Azure Dragon snorted angrily, and his breath sent Lu Qing flying, tumbling several times before finally stopping.
Seemingly finding Lu Qing's rolling around amusing, Qinglong snorted left and right, treating Lu Qing like a ball, blowing her around wildly.
After rolling around several times, Lu Qing's eyes were covered in mosquito coil-like circles.
Finally, she couldn't take it anymore.
"etc!"
Lu Qing shouted sharply, and Qinglong swallowed back the breath he was about to let out.
Then... it turned into a burp.
"You... hiccup~ What are you waiting for? Hiccup~ Wait! Hiccup~"
"Strange... hiccup~ Why did I... hiccup~ hiccup~!"
The hiccup was very uncomfortable, and the Azure Dragon got angry, stretching out its claws and pounding its chest.
The thumping sound made Lu Qing's ears ache.
If this continues, she might go deaf.
So, Lu Qing took out a "Shrew's Roar" talisman and shouted at it:
"Stop hitting!"
The talisman amplified the sound several hundred times.
The sudden sound startled the Azure Dragon.
"You brat, you dare scare me!"
Just as the Azure Dragon was about to strike, Lu Qing quickly said:
"You've stopped hiccuping!"
Azure Dragon: "...Hmm? It seems...we're not going to fight!"
"The best way to cure hiccups is to be startled. I was just trying to help you!" Lu Qing said with a fawning smile.
Azure Dragon then suppressed his anger:
"Your little toy is quite interesting. Since you helped me, I won't kill you!"
"Hehe, thank you, Uncle Long!"
Lu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, wiped away a bead of cold sweat, and asked Qinglong:
"Uncle Long, is there an exit here?"
Qinglong: "Nonsense! If there were an exit, would I be locked up here?"
Lu Qing: "Then why are you locked up here?"
Speaking of this, Qinglong seemed ashamed and angrily blew a breath of dragon fire at Lu Qing, sending her flying again.
Lu Qing finally managed to stop, and she was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but there was nothing she could do.
This is a Azure Dragon in front of us. For the sake of our lives, it's best to endure it!
Lu Qing took a deep breath, then pulled out his last Snow Mochi from his pocket and said with a fawning smile:
"Uncle Long, since I'm stuck here anyway and can't get out, and you've been bored for so long, why don't you tell me what you're up to? I'll treat you to some mochi!"
"Snow Mochi? What is this?" Qinglong looked curiously at the pink and tender pastry in Lu Qing's hand.
"This is called Snow Mochi, it's a kind of dessert we humans have, it's delicious, you should try it!"
The Azure Dragon hesitated for a moment, then used its claws, which were even taller than Lu Qing's, to poke one out and popped it into its mouth, chewing and chewing...
"How is it?" Lu Qing asked cautiously.
Qinglong: "It's too small, I can't really taste it. Do you have a bigger one?"
Lu Qing: "..."
With your mouth, how big of a mochi would it take for you to taste anything?
"Uncle Long, how about you shrink a bit?" Lu Qing suggested tentatively.
Azure Dragon: "Smaller?"
Lu Qing: "I only have one Snow Skin Mooncake left. If you shrink a little, you can taste the flavor."
Qinglong looked at the snacks, then slowly shrank, until it was about the same height as Lu Qing before stopping.
Lu Qing handed Xue Meiniang to him as if presenting a treasure.
Qinglong took a bite, and the sweet cream and tangy strawberry pieces burst in his mouth, making his eyes light up.
Chew, chew, chew... then gulp it down!
"Are there any more little toys?" Qinglong asked hurriedly.
Lu Qing shook her head: "I only brought two."
"If you still want some, I'll buy more and bring it back to you after I go out, okay?" Lu Qing said with a grin.
Qinglong rolled his eyes at her:
"You little toy, I knew you weren't up to any good!"
"Uncle Long, please, just tell me how to get out!" Lu Qing pleaded pitifully.
Azure Dragon lowered his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice:
"It's not that I don't want you to leave, but even if I tell you, you still can't get out."
"Why?" Lu Qing asked, puzzled.
Azure Dragon raised its head and said coldly:
"See the runes on this wall? This is an ancient sealing formation; I am imprisoned here."
“Those people suppressed me here for hundreds of years in order to form a dragon vein in this place. Even I couldn’t escape, let alone you.”
"For hundreds of years, I have been sometimes asleep and sometimes awake. When I wake up, I try to break free, but I have never succeeded."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing understood.
The storm just now was caused by the Azure Dragon's awakening.
The landslide was not caused by the soil, but by the Azure Dragon struggling underneath.
Lu Qing frowned as he looked at the runes and asked:
"Is it only by completely breaking this sealing formation that we can get out?"
Azure Dragon nodded: "That's right! But this is an ancient formation. Even if my power is combined with yours, it's impossible..."
Before Qinglong could finish speaking, he suddenly felt the chains on his claws loosen.
Looking down, he saw that Lu Qing had somehow gotten to his feet.
The pure gold chain melted shortly after it was in her hands!
That's right! It melted!
Now, both the man and the dragon were dumbfounded.
Lu Qing quickly raised his hands: "It's none of my business, I just wanted to see if this chain is pure gold!"
Holy crap!!!
"Little toy, you're a pro!"
Azure Dragon shouted.
Lu Qing shook his head vigorously, like a rattle drum: "I'm not, I'm not! If I were a master, would you be able to roll me around like that?"
"Little toy, stop being modest! Quickly unlock these chains and I'll take you flying away!"
Lu Qing sighed, "Uncle Long, I really don't know how the chains disappeared!"
Azure Dragon: "I don't believe you, try touching another one!"
To prove that she hadn't done anything, Lu Qing grabbed another chain from one of the claws.
"See? I told you so..."
Before he could finish speaking, the gold chain turned into a puddle of water.
Qinglong was overjoyed: "Little toy, I told you you were an expert!"
Lu Qing's lips twitched; she seemed to know why the gold chain had melted.
The reason is that she was born with a life of poverty, and Heaven mistook the gold chain for money on her and took it away.
Lu Qing walked silently to the other chains. He didn't need to do anything complicated; he just needed to reach out and touch them, and the gold would melt instantly.
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