In an instant, the entire mountaintop fell into deathly silence.

The sudden pressure covered everything mercilessly, and the monsters that had been raging all around stopped at this moment, trembling and turning their heads to look behind them. Then, I don't know which monster screamed first, and the next moment, the monsters that had surrounded them suddenly fled in all directions, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Well, this is the correct way to unfold it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fina also hurriedly helped Charmander to pull Katie up. At this moment, the young lady was still in shock, with a pair of big eyes full of fear and anxiety. The others also breathed a sigh of relief and temporarily relaxed.

"Why did those monsters run away?"

"That was... Long Wei?"

Recalling the dragon's might that had just erupted in an instant, everyone's expressions grew solemn. Fina thought for a moment, then stood up.

"I'll go check out the situation."

"Ms. Fina?"

Seeing the priestess girl standing up, everyone else was shocked.

"Is this okay? What if..."

"I don't think there should be any problem. If that evil dragon really comes back, these monsters won't retreat so easily. They will definitely capture us and use us as sacrifices to the dragon. But they actually chose to retreat under such pressure... I think Mr. Fang Zheng must have succeeded!"

"real?"

Hearing Fina's words, the others also cheered up, and at the same time, Charmander suddenly turned his head and shouted "Ya Ya" towards the distance, and then Nymph's voice came from a distance.

"Everyone, are you all right?"

"Ms. Nymph?!"

Hearing Nymph's voice, the people who were a little nervous at first relaxed immediately. The sudden disappearance of the blue-haired girl with twin ponytails had frightened them all. Fortunately, Nymph was always tactful. Before she disappeared, she had told others that she might go to help Fang Zheng, so everyone was mentally prepared. And now, seeing Nymph appear again, they were relieved.

"Are you okay? Where's Mr. Fang Zheng? Where's the dragon?"

"The master is fine too. As for the dragon... the master has already driven it away."

Fang Zheng had no intention of telling others that he had killed the dragon. He had already passed the stage where he needed to gain experience and reputation by slaying dragons. More importantly, a dragon's body was covered with treasures. If the rumor got out and others knew that he had killed a dragon, many people would definitely set their eyes on the dragon's corpse in his hand, and it might even attract some greedy gazes.

Rather than getting bogged down in these troublesome matters, it would be better to send the body of this shadow dragon to the Iron Blood World and let Miluen study whether the insect swarm can be strengthened by absorbing evolution. The fire dragons he brought from the Fire Dragon Empire had already strengthened the flying dragons to a certain extent, and this shadow dragon was not one of those beasts in the Fire Dragon Empire that only looked like dragons, but a real dragon. Fang Zheng believed that if the insect swarm could integrate the genes of this shadow dragon, then the strength of his men would be even stronger.

So Fang Zheng simply made up a lie, saying that after a period of confrontation between him and the dragon, neither could do anything to the other, and finally he moved the dragon with emotion and reason, and finally scared it away. Of course, the dragon also promised Fang Zheng that it would never come to the Ice and Snow Peak Mountains to build a nest again.

No one doubted Fang Zheng's words. Although many stories described dragon slaying as quite romantic, after a tough battle, everyone already understood how dangerous it would be if they really had to face a dragon. And now that the dragon had chosen to leave, it was naturally the best thing.

So, what's next?

"Mr. Fang Zheng, what should we do next?"

"Anyway, let's go to its nest and take a look."

Facing Fina's question, Fang Zheng gave an answer. The attitude of the shadow dragon just now was very strange. Fang Zheng could sense that it really didn't want to fight to the death with him and had considered retreating. But in the end, it gave up the idea and chose to fight him to the end. This shows one thing, that is, this place is not just a nest for the shadow dragon. In other words, it came to the Ice and Snow Peak Mountains not just to build a nest here.

In other words, there must be something here that attracted the shadow dragon's attention, and it is something that neither the elves nor the dwarves know about, otherwise they would not be so confused about a dragon coming here.

As for what exactly is here... we will know only after Fang Zheng figures it out.

The others were also quite curious about the dragon's lair. Now that the dragon had left and the danger was over, they naturally walked into the cave under Fang Zheng's leadership.

This cave was very much like a dragon's lair in stories and legends. I don't know what method the shadow dragon used, but the interior of this cave was quite spacious, enough for a dragon to enter and exit at a comfortable angle. The entire cave was deep in the mountain, and even at the speed of Fang Zheng and others, it took them a while to reach their destination.

According to legend, the dragon's lair is filled with all kinds of shining magic weapons, mountains of gold coins and crystals, and all kinds of rare treasures. However... that is a well-decorated house, and the lair that people are looking at is at best just a rough house.

"Is this the dragon's lair?"

Hellion looked at the huge empty cave in front of her with disappointment. Apart from a few glowing crystals on the edge of the cave and the treasures piled up in the corners which gave it a bit of fantasy, other places were completely different from the "Dragon's Home" she had imagined.

"There's nothing strange about this. There's always a gap between buyers' and sellers' shows."

Fang Zheng was not surprised at all. He walked forward, checked the surroundings, and answered casually. The expressions of the others were also a little subtle. After all, as Hellion said... this place is too shabby for a dragon's lair.

But...what exactly is here?

As he walked, Fang Zheng was thinking. He felt a little strange that the mission had not been completed. He originally thought that as long as he killed the shadow dragon, he would be able to complete the mission. But this mission had no intention of being completed at all...

"Owner."

At this moment, Nymph, who had been following Fang Zheng quietly, suddenly turned her head and looked towards the corner of the cave.

"I detected unexplained high-energy fluctuations over there."

"oh?"

Hearing Nymph's reminder, Fang Zheng immediately became interested, and then he turned and walked in the direction of Nymph's finger, and came to a corner at the edge of the cave. There were only two crystals emitting faint light and a beautiful, crystal clear white flower.

"What's this?"

Looking at the small white flower growing around the crystal, Fang Zheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows curiously. Because just now, Nymph pointed out that this flower was the source of the unknown energy fluctuations she detected, so he came to see this flower. After all, according to Nymph's detection, there was nothing here except this flower.

“This flower looks pretty.”

From the outside, this flower looks more like an orchid, but its petals, stems and leaves are all snow-white to almost transparent, emitting a faint glow in the dark cave. As the saying goes, white can hide a hundred uglinesses, and because of this, this flower looks quite stylish.

"Then let me see what this is."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng reached out and took out the "Eye of Exploration" from his arms and put it on. Then he looked at the flowers in front of him again. Soon, a line of system information appeared in his eyes.

[Treasure: Soul Flower]

【Grade: B+】

[Soul and life are the source of power. According to legend, only those pure souls can show beautiful flowers (can enhance the life and soul power within the range, and can be transplanted to personal space)]

Is this the reason why the shadow dragon wants to stay here at all costs?

Fang Zheng was not quite sure what this [Soul Flower] was, but from the literal description of the detection, it seemed to be a plant that could increase one's strength as long as one stayed near it. Could this be the reason why this shadow dragon was determined to stay here at all costs?

Although it doesn't make sense, it's not completely unreasonable. Or is there something else special about this thing that hasn't been discovered?

The detection of the [Eye of Detection] is also limited. It will only give the effect of the detected object, and the other parts must be investigated and studied by the holder himself before new conclusions can be drawn. However... since this thing can be transplanted...

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng glanced around, and when he was sure that everyone else was observing the dragon's nest curiously, he reached out his hand, summoned the Dimension Code from the void, and aimed it at the Soul Flower in front of him.

[Soul flower detected, can be transplanted to personal space, do you want to spend 100 dimensional points to transplant?]

One hundred dimensional points?

Seeing the system prompt, Fang Zheng became more and more interested in this little flower. You know, one hundred dimensional points can produce a ten-draw! And now, this flower is not even as big as his palm!

What is so strange about this flower?

"transplant!"

Fang Zheng chose to consume one hundred dimensional points without hesitation. Although he didn't know what this flower was, he was sure it must be a good thing. Since he was here, he couldn't return empty-handed!

But what Fang Zheng didn't expect was that at this moment, a line of information suddenly popped up in front of his eyes.

[Main Quest: Complete the Secret of the Ice and Snow Peak]

[Users receive random rewards: The time ratio between the main world and the dungeon world is increased to 1:100]

“…”

Seeing this system prompt, Fang Zheng was completely speechless.

He had forgotten that this mission was to investigate the secrets of the Ice and Snow Peak, not to slay a dragon!