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Chapter 4155 [Ancient Family’s Treasury]

After Xiang Nan entered the underground pit of Gringotts, he saw that the pit was filled with winding corridors like a maze. Only goblins could accurately know which vault they led to.

Fortunately, Xiang Nan knew that the Lestrange family's vault was the oldest and most confidential vault. It was located at the bottom of the pit and guarded by a dragon.

Fortunately, the protective magic in the pit is much weaker than that on the upper level.

Just like a bank, the most strictly guarded part is the vault door, and once you enter the vault, the guard is no longer strict.

So Xiang Nan flew on his sword, all the way down.

When you encounter a protected area, use the earth escape technique to bypass it.

For example, there is a thief-proof waterfall in the underground pit of Gringotts, which can wash away all spells and all magical disguises.

If a wizard uses Transfiguration, Disillusionment Charm, Polyjuice Potion, Imperius Curse, Invisibility Charm, etc. to deceive Gringotts staff and break into the Gringotts vault, and encounters the anti-thief waterfall, his true form will be revealed and the protection system alarm will be triggered.

The staff will regain consciousness, and by then, the goblin guards will arrive in time to arrest anyone who dares to break into Gringotts.

This anti-thief waterfall is on the only way to the highest level vault, and there is no way to avoid it. If it were someone else, there would be no hope, either choose to force your way in or leave.

But Xiang Nan was able to use the earth escape technique to bypass it and avoid this loop perfectly.

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Fifteen minutes later, Xiang Nan arrived at the bottom of the pit and saw a huge iron-bellied dragon guarding the vault.

When Xiang Nan saw it, he was stunned.

Because it was the first time he saw a living dragon. Before that he had only seen dragons in books and pictures.

Standing in front of the dragon at this moment, he was shocked from the bottom of his heart.

This giant dragon is five meters tall and twenty meters long. Its huge spiked wings are folded on both sides of its body. If it were spread out, it would fill the entire basement.

Even an elephant would be tiny compared to it.

Perhaps because it had been imprisoned underground for too long, the scales on the dragon's body had become pale and loose. Its eyes were a cloudy pink, and both of its hind legs were wearing heavy shackles, with thick chains on them connected to huge stakes driven deeply into the stone ground.

Behind it, there are five passages leading to five vaults.

The bottom of the pit is the most defensive vault in Gringotts. To get here, you need to pass the anti-thief waterfall and the dragon's guard.

Those dragons are extremely terrifying, and ordinary wizards have no chance of defeating them.

Victor Krum, Fleur Delacour, and Cedric Diggory who participated in the Triwizard Tournament were considered the best elites in their respective schools.

Even for them, it is very dangerous when facing a dragon, let alone ordinary wizards.

Even if someone as powerful as Voldemort or Dumbledore could defeat the dragon, it would be impossible to kill it in an instant. By then, the dragon's howling would set off an alarm and attract the goblin guards.

Furthermore, each vault door is protected by layers of protective magic, which is so ancient and powerful that even the most powerful wizards would not be able to break it.

Therefore, Gringotts was very confident that no one could break in. Even if someone broke in, they couldn't get past the dragon's guard. Even if someone got past the dragon's guard, they couldn't get into the vault.

Unfortunately, they happened to meet Xiang Nan.

Xiang Nan then began to look for the Lestrange family vault.

However, he didn't know which family it was. Fortunately, there were only five vaults on the bottom floor, all belonging to the oldest families in the wizarding world, so it was not difficult to check them one by one.

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Xiang Nan used the earth escape technique to bypass the dragon and entered the first vault first.

Although there were many protective spells on the vault door, which could only be opened by the goblin's personal touch, Xiang Nan cleverly bypassed it using the earth escape technique. Entering the vault, it was pitch black. Xiang Nan took out his magic wand and cast "Lumos", and then he was stunned.

The vault was filled with mountains of gold coins, gold bars, silver coins, jewelry, silk, gold and silver utensils, medieval-style armor, swords, precious animal furs, potions, and some strange magic props.

For example, a necklace emitting black mist, a bow shining with faint silver light, a model of a celestial body moving on its own...

This is the oldest family in the wizarding world, with wealth accumulated over thousands of years.

Xiang Nan checked it carefully, then left the vault with a little disappointment.

Although this vault is very rich, money is the least important thing to Xiang Nan.

He only needs to move his fingers, and within half a year, he can earn the wealth accumulated by these families for thousands of years.

In comparison, if it is a rare magic item or a long-lost magic book, it still has some value.

But unfortunately, this vault does not have it.

And by inspecting the vault, he also discovered that it belonged to the Selwyn family.

Because he found emblems unique to the Selwyn family on many magic props.

The Selwyn family is one of the twenty-eight sacred families and has a history of more than a thousand years.

Dolores Umbridge falsely claimed to be a descendant of the Selwyn family after she was given the Slytherin locket with the letter "S" on it.

Some of their descendants joined the Death Eaters.

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Xiang Nan then went to two more vaults.

The two vaults are similar, mostly containing gold, silver and treasures, but neither is the Lestrange family's vault.

One of them is the Black family's treasury. They are really wealthy.

Xiang Nan took a quick look and found that there were at least 300,000 gold galleons, not to mention a large number of silver coins, gold and silver utensils, jewelry, magic props, etc.

The other family is the Malfoy family. Compared to the Black family, the Malfoy family has more wealth.

It's no wonder that the Black family has a large population. Not counting Sirius' generation, his father had three sons, and his grandfather had four sons...

Each son took a share of the property, so naturally the share became less and less.

In comparison, the Malfoy family has always had a small population, with only one heir for several generations, so their wealth has been preserved to the greatest extent.

In addition, the Malfoy family is good at making money, so they have accumulated a considerable amount of wealth, conservatively estimated to be over one million Galleons.

When he arrived at the fourth vault, Xiang Nan confirmed that this was the Lestrange family's vault.

Because many of the magic items in the vault have the Lestrange family emblem on them.

However, Xiang Nan did not see the Hufflepuff gold cup in the vault.

He guessed that Voldemort had not yet handed the cup over to Bellatrix for safekeeping.

After finding the Lestrange family's vault, Xiang Nan did not leave immediately, but took a look at the fifth vault.

After entering, Xiang Nan was shocked.

Because this vault is much larger than the four vaults we have seen before, it is as big as four football fields.

It was filled with countless gold coins, countless jewels, countless armors and weapons made by goblins, and countless books...