43: Chapter 43 Dragon Transformation

"Hmph!" Hearing Lin Muyang's snide remark, Lilia didn't reflect on herself at all. Instead, she lifted her little chin and gave a righteous, tsundere expression: "Brother Lin Muyang, didn't you buy me this phone just for me to play with? What else would it be for?"

Lin Muyang: "..."

What was this familiar, unreasonable brat vibe?

"Also, Brother Lin Muyang," she suddenly leaned in mysteriously, lowering her voice, her large green eyes shimmering with cunning, and asked a classic question: "Let me ask you, if Elabess and I both accidentally fell into the river, who would you save first?"

???

Lin Muyang suddenly felt the world go dark.

It's over, this child must have gone crazy from watching too many short videos! She even learned this "eternal dilemma"?

"Save your head! It'd be good enough if I didn't throw you into the river myself, and you expect me to save you?" Lin Muyang glared at her irritably, reached out his hand, and gave the order: "Phone, hand it over! Right now, immediately!"

Lilia's little face instantly fell, filled with reluctance and grievance, her little mouth pouting enough to hang an oil bottle on. But under Lin Muyang's unquestionable gaze, she still grudgingly placed the phone that had captivated her for an entire night into his outstretched palm.

"Now, go downstairs and eat breakfast, immediately." Lin Muyang reached out and patted the Elf Maiden's silver hair, which carried a natural fragrance, his tone brooking no argument: "We'll set off to level up as soon as you finish. If you keep staying up late like this, you'll be able to fall asleep while walking, let alone grinding Dungeons."

As he led the pouting Lilia, who kept looking back every three steps, downstairs, he calculated his plans for the day in his mind.

Unlike his aimless searching over the past two days, today he had a clear goal and an efficient route—Tianqi Tower would provide them with a detailed map of all the refreshed Dungeons and secret realms around Zhongnan City!

"Today's target must be at least a gold rank Dungeon or secret realm." Lin Muyang planned secretly, "Of course, it would be even better if I could find a platinum rank one. With my current luck value and drop bonus, there's a high probability of producing diamond rank equipment from a platinum Dungeon!"

Diamond rank equipment, in terms of base attributes and additional effects, was a whole grade stronger than platinum rank! More importantly, any piece of level 20-30 diamond rank equipment could easily sell for over a million magic crystals on the market, and it was often a seller's market.

This was because in the level 20-30 range, the difficulty of refreshed Dungeons varied from the lowest silver rank to the highest diamond rank. gold rank Dungeons were still common, but platinum rank were already quite rare. And a diamond rank Dungeon in the level 20s? That was even rarer! It was said that in the entire area around Zhongnan City, the number of diamond Dungeons of this level that refreshed naturally in a year wouldn't exceed ten! This showed just how precious and sought-after diamond equipment of this level was.

And for Lin Muyang, he only needed to challenge platinum rank Dungeons; with the blessing of his multiple drop Auras, he had a high probability of obtaining diamond rank equipment! This efficiency was something no one would believe if he told them.

Many wealthy and influential families liked to purchase a set of top-tier equipment for their descendants in advance. They would let them wear ordinary equipment to grind low-level Dungeons first, accumulating so-called "exorcism points" (a hidden value similar to Dungeon adaptability). Once the exorcism points reached the standard, allowing them to stably control high-level equipment without backlash, they would switch into that top-tier equipment, and their combat power would instantly take a qualitative leap, allowing them to walk sideways among their peers.

Just like Shen Muyao; her goal for the auction the day after tomorrow was likely to purchase a set of level 10-20 platinum equipment to significantly boost her early-stage combat power and leveling efficiency.

Under normal circumstances, mainstream equipment for levels 10-20 was silver rank, and those with better family backgrounds might be able to get a few pieces of gold rank. A full set of platinum equipment was definitely a luxury item at this level range, and even if one or two pieces occasionally leaked out, it was extremely difficult to assemble a full set.

This also explained why Hong Wuliang was so excited when he acquired that large batch of platinum equipment from Lin Muyang. These scarce goods were not only easy to sell, but could also serve as highlights for the auction, attracting a large number of buyers with needs, thus selling for prices far exceeding the usual.

Of course, the purchase price Hong Wuliang gave Lin Muyang was indeed fair, and could even be said to be slightly higher than the market wholesale price. Lin Muyang was well aware of this, but he didn't care. To him, these pieces of equipment were just one day's harvest. If he had to organize an auction himself, the series of tedious tasks like preparation, promotion, renting a venue, and maintaining order would take far more time and energy than a single day. With that time, he could grind out even more and better equipment.

What's more, his income growth rate was exponential! Today's harvest was destined to far exceed yesterday's.

...

After enjoying breakfast, Lin Muyang gathered the three maidens in the villa's spacious backyard.

His gaze fell on the cool and aloof Ao Qingyan, and he said with some curiosity and anticipation: "Qingyan, I saw in your talent description that you possess the bloodline of a Divine Dragon and can transform into one?"

He was very interested in this ability, so he suggested: "Why don't you transform into your Divine Dragon form now and give us a ride? Let us also witness the elegance of a Divine Dragon soaring through the nine heavens."

Ao Qingyan's expression remained as cold as unmelted ice and snow. She raised her eyes to look at Lin Muyang, not refusing the request, but explained beforehand in her uniquely cold voice: "With my current cultivation and level of bloodline awakening, transforming into a Divine Dragon can only last for five minutes at most. Furthermore, after each transformation, there must be an interval of at least one hour before it can be used again."

"Hmm, that's fine, five minutes is enough." Lin Muyang nodded, indicating he understood.

The next moment.

Ao Qingyan raised her slender hand slightly and steadily hung the sheathed longsword she had been carrying on her back to her waist. Immediately after, she tapped her toes lightly on the ground, and her figure leaped up as if weightless, stepping into the air with graceful and calm movements. In the blink of an eye, she had risen to mid-air more than ten meters off the ground!

Lin Muyang had not blessed her with the 【Power of Wind Control】 Aura, but she was already able to briefly traverse the air relying on her own abilities!

Subsequently, a shocking scene occurred.

Her white ribbon robe fluttered without wind, snapping loudly, and an ancient and majestic Aura permeated from her body. Dazzling white light erupted from her as the center, illuminating the entire backyard!

Amidst the light, her figure changed and expanded rapidly...

When the intense light gradually faded, what appeared before Lin Muyang and the other two maidens was an oriental Divine Dragon over twenty meters long, covered in crystalline white scales! Its dragon horns were like carved white jade, with beautiful branches; its dragon whiskers were elegant, and its dragon claws were sharp; a pair of huge dragon eyes were ice blue, seemingly containing endless majesty and ancient wisdom, and with every glance, it carried an Aura of looking down on the world!

【Divine Concealment Aura】!

Almost at the same time the Divine Dragon appeared, Lin Muyang's heart stirred, and the Aura he had prepared was instantly activated. A powerful concealment field completely enveloped Ao Qingyan's huge dragon body and the few of them. To the outside world, this area was empty, but in Lin Muyang and the others' eyes, the Divine Dragon was only in a semi-transparent state, still clearly visible.

Accompanied by Ao Qingyan's successful transformation into a dragon, a powerful airwave swept out from her as the center, blowing the flowers and plants in the garden to bow low, and also lifting the skirts and long hair of Lilia and Elabess on the ground.

"Wow—!"

Lilia couldn't help but let out a cheer full of amazement, covering her mouth with her little hands.

"So amazing... Is this a real Divine Dragon?" Even the usually calm Elabess was now looking up at the elegant and powerful white dragon shadow, her light purple eyes filled with shock and undisguised envy.

Is this the bloodline power of a Dragon Maiden? It really is too majestic, too cool!

"Let's go, target, Tianqi Tower headquarters!" Lin Muyang looked with satisfaction at the divine creature before him that met all his imaginations, his heart filled with a sense of accomplishment.

He took Lilia and Elabess, and with a light leap, landed steadily on Ao Qingyan's broad and solid dragon back.

【Attribute Amplification】! 【Power of Wind Control】!

Two great God-Tier Auras activated simultaneously! All attributes of Lin Muyang and the three maidens instantly doubled! Movement speed increased tenfold!

The next moment...

Under Lin Muyang's mental guidance, the snow-white Divine Dragon let out a low dragon roar that seemed to come from ancient times (this sound was also isolated by the Divine Concealment Aura), and its huge body swayed flexibly in the air, turning into a white stream of light indistinguishable to the naked eye, piercing through clouds and mist, speeding away like a lightning bolt toward the distance!

A distance of over ten kilometers was almost like a stone's throw for a Divine Dragon that had activated a tenfold speed bonus and already possessed extremely strong flight capabilities.

In less than half a minute, a magnificent skyscraper over a hundred stories high appeared clearly in front of their vision. At the top of the building, the three huge glowing characters "Tianqi Tower" shone brightly in the morning light.