The Secret Chamber

[When it comes to harnessing ether, this is a good place. I didn't expect there would be such a place like this in this world. Child, this is a divine blessing. Make good use of it]

Oscar was surprised, and asked, "What exactly is this place? What's going on with this giant tree and these light orbs? Oh, and these bugs." He pointed to the bugs beside him which were still absorbing the surrounding light orbs, making their surroundings brighter.

[Strange, isn't it? I've been around for thousands of years, and I've never seen such a bug that could absorb ether like this. They're indeed, magical insects]

"Are you saying that these light orbs are Ether?"

[Oh, yes, they are. Essence of Ether. When you are in the middle of refinement, the same light orbs will appear around you, but I guess you can't see it yourself]

"Oh, okay." After pondering for a moment, Oscar couldn't help asking. "Do you know what kind of tree this is? And what should I do with these bugs? I can't roast them, can I?"

[You don't need to worry about these bugs for now. We will do some thinking on them later. But as for this tree, I've never seen nor heard of it before as a divine mage. Why don't I check the situation in the cave and see what's going on first]

After speaking, the guardian immediately released his divine sense to investigate the condition of the cave. After a while, he whispered. [I didn't expect someone to have been here before us]

"What is it? Is someone here?"

[Strange...] After a short pause, the remnant said. [... not at all, child. There is nothing in this cave except this tree and those bugs. But, there's an abandoned chamber under the stone wall in front of you. Let's go and check it out]

After that, the guardian signaled the direction in Oscar's mind. So, he climbed down from the tree again, turned around the sturdy tree trunk, and with the green light, he could vaguely see a stone chamber carved out under the stone wall in front of him.

The stone chamber was very crudely excavated. There were two stone chambers in total, and only holes were left on the doors and windows, allowing the light to penetrate into the room.

Looking from a distance, the ancient stone chamber set off the tall and steep cliffs, revealing a bit of the beauty of natural harmony. But at this time, the green aura all over the cave had impacted this beauty with a strange atmosphere.

Oscar came to the front of the stone chamber and looked at it from the outside. There were a few bugs lying on the inner wall of the slightly dark chamber. Maybe it was because the spiritual power rarely floated into the chamber, so some bugs liked to come in.

There was only a stone bed in the first stone room, and there was nothing on the bed, not even dust. So, he walked to the second room, and by the faint light, he saw a stone table in the room.

A stone box was placed at the center of the stone table, and beside it was a stone bottle.

He looked around, but there was nothing else in the chamber. So he walked to the stone table and gently opened the lid of the stone box. Seeing that there was only one emerald ring in the stone box, he curiously took the emerald ring and watched it carefully.

The emerald ring was cut and polished into a round ring, without other decorations. The faint green light emitted from the emerald ring was very similar to the light emitted by the storage belt his father once had.

So, he wondered if it had the same function. But what if he was wrong? It could be a ring of spell.

[It's a void ring for spatial storage]

"Hm?" Oscar was startled by the voice of the remnant, but he quickly composed himself. "A void ring?" He had never seen anything like that before in his life. He had no idea such a thing even existed.

[Put it on, and you'll see]

So, Oscar put on the emerald ring, and a room of twenty foot long and twenty foot high, suddenly appeared in his mind. It was indeed a storage ring. 

[You're too weak to manifest any item in the void space, but I'll be guiding you]

Happily, Oscar checked the space carefully. However, he only found three things in the space, and brought them out one by one under the guidance of the remnant.

The first thing was a staff. The staff was translucent, and of the color blue and green with a large transparent crystal ball at the top.

[The Armit staff. It's a very powerful weapon for water mages]

Oscar looked at it with admiration and put it on the table and took out the second item.

The second piece was a huge crystal, the size of a large washbasin. The crystal base was quadrangular, and nine columns protruded on the base with each crystal column having the thickness of an arm, and were emitting a faint green light. It was really a thing of beauty.

[Nine-column dragonstone]

"Dragonstone?" Oscar was also surprised when he heard this.

[Not just any dragonstone, this is a legendary dragonstone. I didn't expect that in this life, I would have the opportunity to see this magical stone. This kind of thing had only appeared in lore of legends three times]

"Wow!" Oscar nodded secretly, and asked. "But aren't the stones of dragons spherical? Why is this one like this?"

[Yes, dragonstone are mostly spherical, but those of the gold dragons are different]

"Gold dragons?"

[Yes, according to the legends, dragons have spherical stones inside their brains, but the gold dragons are at the top of existence. They have quadrangular stones because they were born with five-columned stone instead of four]

"It's incredible."

[As you can see, there are nine columns on this dragonstone, indicating that this one is left by a ninth-level gold dragon. This is an unbelievable treasure. It's surprising to find this treasure in this cave]