Hu Yuan stood at the center of Starfall Valley, recalling his encounter with the Dragon Elder at Lake Jingbo. Back then, the elder had told him that another Dragon Scale was hidden here, while also warning him of a far more perilous crisis lurking behind it. With thoughts surging through his mind, he closed his eyes, concentrated, and unleashed his Divine Sense, probing deep into the earth with the aid of the dragon's power.
"Brother Hu, did you find anything?" Xuanyuan Liting asked softly, a glimmer of anticipation shining in her eyes.
Hu Yuan slowly opened his eyes with a solemn expression. "More than a dozen zhang deep underground, I've found a concealed opening. Strange energy fluctuations are faintly emanating from it, seeming to hide some unknown secret."
Chapter 136