3 Chapter 3: Realization of the Dragon's Treasure

Zhou Kun only managed to control himself and stop in his tracks when he was able to leave and arrive in front of the industrial park. Feeling rather fearful, he turned around and looked in the direction of the cold storage warehouse. 

If it weren't for the two things in his hands that served as reminders, he would have thought that everything that just happened was only his dream.

Looking at the gold coins in his hand, Zhou Kun finally realized that he struck a fortune.

Zhou Kun looked at the gold coins on his palm and counted them carefully. There were eight in total, and they were rather heavy. However, he didn't know whether they were pure gold. 

He put the gold coin in his mouth and bit it, only to discover that his teeth had left a mark in it. It seemed that its purity was rather high. 

Zhou Kun immediately decided to exchange the eight gold coins, which he had gained after risking his life, for money. 

Hence, he looked for the nearest store where he could sell his gold in a bid to find out how much the gold coins were worth.

"Your gold is not marked with its purity, so it's not easy for me to deduce its value," the owner of the gold store said as he scrutinized the gold coins that Zhou Kun handed over. 

"How can I sell them?" 

"That will depend on how much gold is melted. Your gold coins look good. Do you really want to melt them?" The so-called melting that the owner mentioned was actually the process of placing the gold coins in a high-temperature smelting furnace and turning them into gold ingots before calculating their weight in grams. 

"Melt them, and see how much they weigh," said Zhou Kun, who was well aware of the origin of the gold coins. Hence, melting them into gold nuggets would be the best solution. 

"Let's make things clear beforehand. There are a lot of impurities in these gold coins, and there will definitely be losses. You have to be clear about this." 

Actually, the amount lost by the people who visit the gold store to sell their gold was the revenue for the store. However, Zhou Kun obtained those gold coins by chance. In truth, the owner's suggestion was exactly what he wanted.

"Okay, I know." 

After getting Zhou Kun's affirmative answer, the owner immediately began the process. 

After the eight gold coins were melted, 163.2 grams of gold ingots were obtained. 

Zhou Kun quickly did the math in his mind. The price of gold had risen lately. If gold was worth 300 yuan a gram, 160 grams would be worth around 48,000 yuan in total. He had purchased the cantaloupes for 50 yuan per carton, and hence, he had spent a total of 15,000 yuan on 300 boxes. In conclusion, he had made 33,000 yuan from the massive dragon. 

The result made Zhou Kun feel extremely excited. He actually made a profit even though he merely wanted to save his own life at first. 

Soon, the owner of the gold store walked out and looked at Zhou Kun who seemed hesitant to speak. 

"Sir, are you ready to sell these gold nuggets?" The owner had seen too many people like Zhou Kun who visited the gold store. They were either women who loved jewelry or people who were ready to sell their gold. Zhou Kun belonged to the latter. 

"What is the price that you are offering?" Zhou Kun was not vague regarding his reply. He simply asked about the resale price. 

"The prices for melted gold would be lower. After all, we can't really do much with the gold other than sell them as accessories." The owner had made it clear that the price was definitely going to be lower than the market price. 

"You can quote the price quickly!" Zhou Kun was not planning to waste too much time with the boss. After all, he had a dragon that was waiting to deal with him in the cold storage warehouse. 

"315 yuan per gram." 

Hearing that the price quoted by the boss was higher than what he expected, Zhou Kun readily agreed. 

Ding! Zhou Kun was happy to hear the sound of the money being deposited into his account. He was constantly thinking about how he should make another deal with Pilux, completely forgetting about the fearful situation that he had just faced. 

However, he was more anxious about the fact that there was not much fruit left in his cold storage warehouse. Moreover, he did not know whether the dragon that had just finished 300 cartons of cantaloupe was still hungry or not. 

Therefore, with those questions in mind, Zhou Kun opened his cold storage warehouse again. However, he was surprised to find that the wall of the cold storage had been restored, which also meant that the passage was already closed.

Zhou Kun did not give up. He proceeded to touch the wall of the cold storage repeatedly. How could it suddenly recover? It was just like being told that it was all a misunderstanding after winning the lottery and thinking of a way to spend the money. 

If it were a temporary passage, he had definitely profited since he managed to get rid of the unsalable cantaloupe and even earned 33,000 yuan. 

If the passage opened again, Zhou Kun would definitely be confident about pocketing all of Pilux's treasures. 

However, the most important thing now was to know when the channel would open again.

Now that Zhou Kun had reaped some benefits from the secret passage, he wouldn't give up easily. 

Accordingly, he contemplated for a long time and decided to install an electronic camera, which could be connected to his mobile phone, in the cold storage warehouse. That way, he would be able to monitor the situation in the cold storage anytime and anywhere.

Zhou Kun didn't say anything else and headed straight by taxi to the electronics mall, where he had spent 500 yuan to buy a surveillance camera. 

It was said to be a device that could be used even by a fool. After all, he did not want to hire someone to install it. If the passage were to suddenly open when he was installing the device, his secrets will be exposed.

After finishing everything, Zhou Kun successfully saw the image of the cold storage warehouse on his mobile phone, and he was relieved.

He finally had the time to check the messages that he had received from the group chat. Many wholesalers were asking to place orders, and he was facing inventory problems. He had to stock up the cold storage warehouse as soon as possible, so as to prevent the passage from opening again. 

The distracted Zhou Kun walked around the market casually. He found that a large number of dragon fruits had arrived in the market today.

The white-fleshed dragon fruits were a mix of red and green and were rather plump. The main point was that they were very cheap. The wholesale price of a small carton was only 25 yuan. He felt that it was suitable for Pilux, who was wealthy but silly and unlearned. 

Consequently, Zhou Kun immediately ordered 500 cartons and placed them in the cold storage warehouse. Looking at the filled cold storage warehouse, Zhou Kun squinted while thinking about something. 

For the entirety of the following day, Zhou Kun didn't even bother to reply to the messages in the group chat with wholesalers. He would look at the footage from the surveillance cameras in the cold storage warehouse every three to five minutes. However, to his disappointment, there was no movement. It was as though everything that happened in the day was just an illusion of his. 

Zhou Kun felt troubled about his gains and losses for the entire day, all the way until nighttime. By evening, he tried to keep himself awake while looking at the footage. 

All of a sudden, the footage seemed to have been disrupted every now and then, as if it was disturbed by something, but after a while, the screen would appear again. There was still peace in the cold storage warehouse, and it was as if everything happened by chance. 

Soon, such a situation occurred once again, and the frequency of it increased. 

Zhou Kun was no longer sleepy and he wondered, 'Could it be that the passage in the cold storage is about to be opened once more?' 

He only wanted to look up to the sky and laugh. His thoughts were indeed correct. 

Finally, after a minute of disturbance, Zhou Kun noticed that the wall of the cold storage warehouse had turned into a deep passage. 

Zhou Kun excitedly picked up his belongings and ran to the cold storage warehouse. Lord Pilux, your boot-licker has arrived.