"Chief, how has your partner reacted today?"

The Phoenix Clan elder, with his white hair, wrinkled face, and kind eyes, looked amiably at the Azure Dragon Egg in the basket, nestled in a small white velvet blanket, and asked the Nine Phoenixes standing to the side in white robes.

With one hand behind her back and the other in front of her, Jiufeng's gaze was fixed on the egg-sized Azure Dragon Egg, and her voice was cold and distant: "Today is the same as always, Elder Sui."

The old man's frail body was no longer upright or strong, but exuded a sense of weariness and decline.

He turned around, raised his head and looked at the clan leader, Jiufeng, who was at the peak of his physical and physical condition. A hint of jealousy flashed in his eyes: "Clan leader, you need to hurry up. It's been more than 100 years and there's still no sign of it hatching. If it doesn't work, you should make another trip to the Dragon Cave and ask for another egg."

Jiufeng's gaze remained fixed on the Azure Dragon Egg, oblivious to the jealousy in Elder Sui's eyes. Only after Elder Sui finished speaking did Jiufeng slowly withdraw his gaze, looking at Elder Sui with a slightly cold voice: "Elder Sui, please be careful with your words. Although my mate is still in its shell and has not yet hatched, it can hear every word you say."

Elder Sui tensed up and lowered his body slightly: "Yes, the clan leader is right. I was careless and forgot the historical records of the Phoenix Clan hatching dragon eggs. Dragon eggs take more than 200 or 300 years to hatch."

"Your partner, you've only been incubating for 187 years. 200 or 300 years is still a long way off. Don't rush, don't rush. If it wants to stay in its shell longer, let it stay longer."

Jiufeng nodded and reminded, "Elder Sui is busy with many affairs, so there is no need for him to come every day. If my partner hatches, I will notify all the elders immediately."

Elder Sui lowered his eyes, suppressing the eagerness and jealousy in them, and bowed even lower: "Yes, then I will not disturb the clan leader from incubating his mate."

Jiufeng stepped aside to make way for him: "Elder Sui, please take care."

The elder, bent over and pounding his waist with his hands, slowly walked past Jiu Feng and out of the temple where the Great Shaman lived.

Several men and women, roughly the same age as him, were waiting for him outside the temple. Upon seeing him emerge, they rushed forward, eagerly asking, "How did it go? How did it go? Did the dragon egg react? What did the High Priest say?"

Elder Sui flicked his sleeves and said, "What can I do? It's still the same as before, no reaction at all."

"They won't let us talk about it, they won't let us touch it, they treat a dead egg like a treasure, completely forgetting that we taught him from childhood to hatch that dragon for the sake of eternal life."

Upon hearing this, the elderly men and women became anxious: "It's still the same, there's still no response. Did you mention to the Great Shaman that he should go to the Dragon Cave to get a new egg?"

"Yes, yes, it's been 187 years, and that dragon egg still shows no signs of hatching. It's time to replace it. Did you mention it? Did you suggest to him that we replace the egg?"

“Elder Sui, we are all over 200 years old, so old that we can’t even look at ourselves. If that dragon egg doesn’t hatch soon, we will not be able to become great witches. He has the spirit body of the fire phoenix, which can be reborn several times, becoming younger and stronger.”

"We only have one life. We are no longer young. If that egg doesn't hatch, we will have nothing to eat and we can't live forever. We will all die."

"I don't want to die, I don't want to grow old. Elder Sui, please try to persuade him again. Please try to persuade the Great Witch to go to the Dragon Cave and exchange it for a live egg. Just throw this dead egg back."

"I don't want to die, I want to live forever, I want to live. I want to eat dragons. Only by eating dragons can I live forever, I can live a long life, and I can be rich and noble for thousands of years."

The old elder looked at his fellow elders who were about the same age as him. They were the only ones who wanted to live, the only ones who wanted to be young, the only ones who wanted to enjoy wealth and prosperity for thousands of years. Didn't he want that too?

He thought about it, he thought about it day and night, he thought about it every moment, but the truth was, the dragon egg didn't hatch, so their thoughts were useless.

Moreover, when the dragon egg was taken out, it was very likely that it contained a sub-female dragon, a rare species that only appears once every two or three thousand years. He wanted to hatch it as soon as possible and eat it.

But fate is against him. 187 years have passed, and it remains firmly in its shell, unmoved and unshaken. Now, he is being urged and urged by these people again, and he is extremely impatient: "You're the only ones in such a hurry, you're the only ones who want to live, and I don't want to live, is that it?"

"If you're in such a hurry, go find the Great Shaman yourselves and ask him to change the egg for incubation. What are you saying to me? Why are you rushing around here?"

"They still want me to persuade them? I've gone in so many times already. I'm tired of seeing the shaman. Alright, alright, I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going home to lie down for a while. My old bones can't take this kind of bumpy ride up and down the mountain every day."

Seeing that he was about to leave, everyone quickly followed behind him, saying, "Hey, Elder Sui, don't go! Let's discuss it again, let's discuss it again."

"Yes, yes, Elder Sui, you are our backbone. If you leave, we will be like headless flies, not knowing where to fly."

"Elder Sui... Elder Sui..."

The elder ignored the shouts behind him, quickened his pace, crossed the large bluestone square, and headed down the mountain.

The shaman's temple is on the mountain. To show their piety, people go up the mountain to pray for blessings and make offerings, walking both up and down the mountain.

Flying vehicles and ropes are prohibited on this mountain. He is over 200 years old. He comes up every day to check on the dragon egg, and he needs to rest for a day afterward. Sometimes he can't even rest enough.

He thought the unresponsive dragon egg was just a dead egg, but their high priest refused to admit it and insisted on incubating it. The once obedient high priest was becoming more and more disobedient and difficult to deal with.

The elder walked out of the temple and looked back at it. The majestic temple stood on the cliff overlooking the sea. With its windows open, one could see the boundless blue sea and sky and hear the sound of waves crashing against the cliffs.

Jiufeng, carrying a basket containing the Azure Dragon eggs, came to the window and sat down on a chair. Sunlight streamed in through the window and fell directly on the Azure Dragon eggs.

He picked up the dragon egg and placed it on his lap, gently stroking it with his hand: "Little one, when you hatch, the whole ocean will be yours."

"You can swim freely in the sea, you can soar in the sky, no one can control you, no one can limit you, I will always stand behind you and protect you..."

Before Jiufeng could finish saying "you," the Azure Dragon Egg, which he had placed on his lap, rolled off his lap.

Jiufeng was startled and quickly reached out to pick it up: "Baby..."

Unexpectedly, before his hand could even touch the Azure Dragon Egg, it rolled dramatically on the ground, landing in the deepest corner under the bed, where it remained motionless.

Dressed in a white robe, Jiufeng knelt by the bed, looked down, and chuckled: "Alright, alright, little one, you don't like the sea, you don't like soaring, so we're not going. Come out quickly, it's too dark and too enclosed inside."

Azure Dragon Egg: "..."

I'll blacken you, you piece of shit; I'll shut you down, you piece of shit.

It loves to stay here and doesn't want to see him.

Seeing that the Azure Dragon Egg was not moving, Jiufeng reached out her hand: "Little one, come here quickly and roll into my hand. You don't like sunbathing or listening to the waves, so we won't listen."

Azure Dragon Egg: "!!!!"

Go to hell, you dung beetle!

Does it not want to bask in the sun or listen to the waves?

No, it doesn't want to see him.

What kind of toad is worthy of rolling over here?

Jiufeng knelt on the ground, waiting for a very long time, and said many soft words, but the Azure Dragon Egg in the corner under the bed remained as steady as a mountain and did not come out.

Jiufeng was a patient person. If he didn't want to come out, he didn't have to. He sat down on the ground, opened a book, and said, "Okay, little one, if you don't want to come out, we'll just tell the story like this today."

Azure Dragon Egg: "!!!!"

Get lost, you idiot! Who wants to listen to his stories? Who wants to hear his voice?

It's so damn annoying, so incredibly annoying, it's like a duck quacking away here.

Jiufeng's voice is clear and melodious. She reads the story at a leisurely pace, full of emotion, making the reader feel as if they are there, as if she is expressing her own feelings.

The dragon egg, about the size of a chicken egg, shrunk itself to the size of a quail egg, just so it wouldn't have to listen to his incessant babbling.

But no matter how small it got, his voice was like a demonic sound, penetrating the eggshell and drilling into its head. There was nothing it could do but force itself to hypnotize itself and fall asleep.

When it woke up, it found itself lying in a soft blanket, surrounded by quiet, with only the sound of waves and wind.

It reflexively tried to smash the window, but as soon as the window was broken, an invisible yet undeniable electric fence-like barrier bounced it back, preventing it from climbing out of the window into the sea and disappearing from this awful place.

Days passed by, and some people came to pay homage, some came to worship. When some people came into this house, the Azure Dragon Egg lay in the basket like a dead egg, nestled in a soft place, lying wherever it could lie, motionless.

Jiufeng carried it everywhere he went, his lecherous behavior making Qinglong Egg want to vomit and smash his head to death.

However, they couldn't smash it. They had a contract, a depraved one, where an adult contracts with an egg. It's truly disgusting.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, 188 years since Jiufeng hatched his mate.

The baskets holding the eggs sit atop a high platform, facing the surging waves, an endless expanse of blue sea and sky.

To others, standing tall means seeing far.

For the dragon eggs in the basket, it's like taking off your pants to fart—completely unnecessary.

It can't leave this room, let alone hatch. Letting it stay here and look at the blue sea and sky is not bad or stupid, but this is disgusting dragon.

Nine Phoenixes appeared before the high platform, bent down and approached the basket, placing a red feather inside. They gently stroked the blue eggshell and said in a tender voice, "Little one, recently my spiritual body, the Fire Phoenix, has been restless. I will go with it to undergo rebirth."

"After my rebirth, my physical and mental strength will be enhanced, and I will have more time to accompany you, protect you, and nurture you."

"Wait for me here. Maybe in 3 to 5 days, maybe in 3 to 5 months, I will be back. Don't worry about me, don't worry about being hurt here. No one will come to this room, and no one dares to come."

"You can do whatever you want in this room. Don't hold back. Wait for me, I'll be back soon..."

Azure Dragon Egg: "..."

Wait for him, wait for him, wait for my ass.

It would be wonderful if he could be reborn from the dead.

Are you still waiting for him?

Who does he think he is?

Ugh~~

The dragon egg inside the shell is disgusting; it's unclean, it's unclean.

Damn it, damn it, heavens and earth!

That disgusting dead chicken actually kissed its own eggshell. It's absolutely disgusting, disgusting to the core.

The gate slammed shut, and the only sounds in the vast temple room were the wind, the waves, and the cries of seagulls.

The Azure Dragon Egg tried to run out the window, tried to break through the wall, and tried to smash the door, but it was bounced back by something like a transparent, invisible barrier.

It was depressed, it was irritable, it felt hopeless and unwilling to accept its fate. Why should it be coveted by them while it was still in its eggshell? How could they divide it up and eat it?

Every moment, every second, the Azure Dragon Egg was thinking about running away, but it was as if fate was playing a joke on it. Taking advantage of the Nine Phoenixes' absence, it tried every means for more than two months, almost breaking the eggshell, but still couldn't leave the room.

An egg, now withdrawn and weathered, sits by the window, gazing at the blue sea and sky, where seagulls and petrels soar. It thinks and thinks, pondering and pondering, wondering what went wrong.

The eggshell was almost broken from thinking, but it couldn't come up with a solution. Suddenly, it heard the cry of a seagull breaking an eggshell by the window.

The anxious dragon egg, which had been jumping around frantically, suddenly regained its senses and quickly jumped back into its nest, thinking, pondering, and wondering if it could leave this place once it hatched.

However... everything has its risks. It's safe for it to stay inside the eggshell now. But if it hatches and those people see it, even if it doesn't grow bigger or become a human, they'll probably cook it into soup or measure it with a ruler and cut it off piece by piece with a knife, giving each of them a piece.

The dragon egg hesitated for a moment, but only for a moment. Not wanting to sit idly by and wait for its death, it took the initiative to break out of the shell, kicking the shell with its paw.

With a crack, the eggshell was kicked open, and then the azure dragon inside used its front claws to pry open the eggshell. Just as it poked its head out, there was a creaking sound, as if a door had opened.

It was so frightened that its heart skipped a beat and it tried to retreat back into the cartridge case. But the footsteps sounded different. It looked up and saw a girl of about 10 years old wearing overalls and overalls running over. “Wow, the Great Witch’s egg has hatched! Oh my god, the baby is so cute! The baby is so cute!”

Azure Dragon Cub: "..."

It wasn't that dead chicken.

It's good that it wasn't that dead chicken; it almost scared the dragon to death.

The girl turned on the personal terminal and took a picture of it. It was a blurry picture of it just peeking out of its eggshell, with two horns on its head.

The dragon cub, seeing the girl sighing over it with sparkling eyes, instantly snapped out of its daze and watched as the door opened and it jumped out of its egg.

The tiny, thin dragon, smelling strongly of eggs, broke off a piece of eggshell and handed it to the girl.

The girl looked at the eggshell and her heart almost melted. She quickly waved her hand and said, "Thank you, I don't eat the shell. You eat it."

Seeing that she didn't want the eggshell, the little dragon stuffed it into its mouth and crunched it. It couldn't waste the eggshell; it couldn't waste the eggshell. It would have more strength to run away if it finished the eggshell.

The girl's eyes were glued to it, and she burst into praise: "Wow, wow, wow, baby is so amazing! Baby can eat the eggshell by itself, and it tastes so good and crunchy!"

Azure Dragon Cub: "..."

Every dragon has the innate ability to eat its own eggshell upon hatching.

Those who are more particular will collect the eggshells, grind them into powder, and slowly mix them with water to drink.

That's what they're like—they don't care about anything, they just break things apart with their claws and eat them with a crunching sound.

I don't know what she's gushing about here, but it doesn't matter. The louder she praises and the more she shouts, the more useful she'll be when she gets back.

The dragon cub ate the eggshell, let out a burp, and then grabbed a red feather from the nest with its claws before jumping out.

It is small and thin, about 30 or 40 centimeters long, with four claws, a blue horn on its head, and a pair of pale purple eyes.

The girl saw it carrying a red feather even longer than itself, so incredibly cute that it almost melted her heart. She quickly asked, "Little one, where are you going?"

The blue dragon cub pointed to the door and waved its red feathers.

The girl exclaimed in sudden realization, "You want to go out and find the Great Shaman?"

The blue dragon cub inwardly cursed her family's great witch ancestors for eighteen generations, while outwardly nodding frantically like a chicken pecking at rice, telling her yes, yes, she had to go find her family's great witch. In reality, it was about running away, running away, it absolutely had to run away, as long as it could escape this room.

The girl volunteered: "I'll take you there. I know where he's undergoing his rebirth. He might just be reborn from the flames once you get there."

The dragon cub pretended to stare intently at her, its claws gripping red feathers. It leaped onto the girl's arm and clung tightly to it.

The almost weightless azure dragon cub made the girl's heart flutter again, and she dared not move her arms. "To give the Great Shaman a surprise, let me cover you up with a coat first!"

The blue dragon cub: "..."

There is such a bright girl in the world. Let's cheer for her and applaud her.

The little green dragon gave a perfunctory patting sound with its two hind claws.

Upon seeing this, the girl, who was about ten years old, almost had stars in her eyes. Her idea was right after all. What a surprise! She couldn't let anyone else see it on the way. It would be a real surprise if the Great Witch saw it.

The girl took out a coat from her spatial storage and put it on, covering her arms and the Azure Dragon cub.

The little dragon's heart was in his throat. He told himself that he had to get out of this door, he had to get out of this door, he absolutely had to get out of this door.

The girl was thin and healthy. She only opened the door a little bit; she squeezed in when she came in and squeezed out when she left.

Squeezing through the tall, heavy door, the little dragon cub, hidden under her coat, couldn't help but tremble with excitement, its tail quivering.

The girl walked briskly, swinging her arms, humming a song, skipping and hopping along. After walking quite a distance, the Azure Dragon cub heard someone respectfully call out, "Greetings, Second Princess. Greetings, Second Princess."

The girl waved her hand: "An'an, go ahead and do your work. Don't worry about me. I'm going to Nirvana Field."

The speaker replied, "Yes, Second Princess."

The little green dragon cub slowly released its grip on the girl's arm.

The girl was jumping around, swinging her arms in wide arcs, happy but not really reacting.

Until she turned a corner, the little green dragon cub that had been perched on her arm removed the spatial button from her wrist, silently jumped off her arm, and darted away like a green shadow, disappearing in a flash.

The girl had no idea that the dragon clinging to her arm and her spatial button were gone. She was secretly delighted, her mind filled with thoughts of her great shaman praising her when her partner hatched.

As she walked, the girl started running. As she ran, she saw that she was almost at the Nirvana Field. She shouted, "Great Wizard, Great Wizard! Congratulations, Great Wizard!"

The cave below Nirvana Field was ablaze with flames, the heat intense. The girl ran over, enduring the heat, and squatted above the cave entrance, shouting down, "Great Witch, Great Witch, your partner has hatched! Your partner has hatched! It's a blue dragon, so cute! It eats its own eggshell and even gives me eggshells to eat!"

Her voice was loud and resonant, reaching Elder Sui's ears before he even stepped into the Nirvana Field. Overjoyed, he pulled his foot back and excitedly grabbed the hand of his attendant beside him: "Did you hear that? Did you hear that? Second Princess Jingyu said that the Great Shaman's partner has hatched! It has hatched!"

The attendant hurriedly said, "I heard it, I heard it! Congratulations, sir! Congratulations, sir! You are destined for immortality!"

The old man's face was wrinkled with excitement, and his eyes were red: "Great, great! I've achieved immortality! I can live forever! I can live to be a thousand years old! I can live to be ten thousand years old!"

Because of Princess Jingyu's shouts, the fire in the cave beneath Nirvana Field grew even bigger and stronger, and the cries of phoenixes could be heard from time to time.

Upon hearing this cry, Jingyu, a girl of about ten years old, became increasingly excited, feeling that her master had heard her words and was about to be reborn in order to see his partner.

As it turned out, her idea was right, absolutely right. She jumped, shouted, and yelled on the cave floor for half an hour, and suddenly, a huge fire burst out of the cave.

Jingyu quickly dodged and sat down on the ground with a thud. The clothes that were buttoned up in front fell to the ground, revealing her bare arms.

Jingyu's pupils constricted, and she quickly reached up to touch her arm, but there was nothing there. She stood up on her hands and feet, looking around and calling out, "Baby, baby... don't scare me, where are you? Don't scare me!"

The azure dragon cub that ran off her body was as fast and agile as a fish in the sea or an eagle in the sky. It leaped over walls and soared into the clouds from the sacred mountain.

Nine Phoenix emerged from the flames, her long hair flowing freely, clad in a fiery red robe, radiating heat from the fire. Barefoot, her eyes blazing as she stared at Jing Yu, her voice devoid of any emotion, she looked down at her and asked, "My mate has hatched. Have you seen it?"

Jingyu sat on the ground, looking up at her great shaman, her heart pounding in her chest, causing her to stammer a lie: "I've seen you... I've seen you in your room..."

Jiufeng was barefoot and hadn't thought of wearing shoes. She turned around and quickly ran towards her room.

When Jingyu saw him run away, her limbs went weak. She struggled to her feet and did not follow him. Instead, she ran in the opposite direction towards the exit of the temple.

Jiufeng ran to her room, only to find the door wide open. Elder Sui and his entourage were already inside, swarming around her like maggots, calling out "Little one!" in a high-pitched voice.

They couldn't find it anywhere in sight, so they crawled on the ground searching every nook and cranny. When Jiufeng arrived, they were crawling along the edge of the bed, preparing to check under it.

Jiufeng's voice was as cold as frost: "Elder Sui, what do you mean?"

Elder Sui jumped up excitedly and ran to Jiu Feng: "Clan leader, clan leader, the Second Princess said that your partner has hatched and is ready to come. I heard the news and rushed over here."

"But I can't find it. You must find it quickly, you must find it quickly, you must use your contract with it to find it quickly. It must be a majestic and powerful dragon, and it must love you deeply."

"Hurry, hurry, hurry..."

Elder Sui, who was eagerly and excitedly looking for the dragon, made Jiu Feng frown. She waved her hand and said, "This is my palace. Without my permission, who let you in? Get out of here now!"

The elder fell heavily to the ground, his old bones almost shattered, but he seemed not to feel the pain as he got up: "Clan leader, what do you mean? You want to monopolize that dragon? You want to rule for thousands of years, for millennia?"

"I'm telling you, it's impossible. Elders, the Phoenix Clan members will not agree, absolutely will not agree to you taking that dragon for yourself."

"And I have already notified the other elders, and they are on their way. You think you can keep it all to yourself? No way."

Jiufeng looked at Elder Sui, who was only focused on eating dragons, and a flash of malice appeared in his eyes: "Elder Sui, don't forget that if you want to eat a dragon, you have to wait for it to grow up."

"It has just hatched and is a cub. To say that you've divided it up and eaten it is breaking the rules. You have no share."

Elder Sui, upon hearing that he wasn't included, reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He let out a sharp cry, his whole body itching, and roared at Jiu Feng, "If I'm not included, why am I not included?"

Without saying a word, Jiufeng threw him outside her palace and ordered people to block the palace gates. He then began searching for his cub, his mate.

However, no matter how gently he called out to Zai Zai, there was nothing there. Even the phoenix feathers he had left behind were gone from the basket where Zai Zai had been.

He didn't believe it, so he ordered everyone to clear everything out of the hall. After the cleanup, the hall was completely empty; there wasn't even a single eggshell, let alone any dragon cubs.

The other elders also rushed over. Elder Sui, his face flushed, was telling the other elders that their chieftain and their great shaman wanted to devour the dragon for themselves and would not share it with them.

Unable to find the dragon, Jiufeng grabbed him by the throat amidst his incessant chatter, her voice as sharp as ice crystals: "Elder Sui, where is my companion? Where have you taken my companion?"

The old man's throat was being choked, making it difficult for him to breathe. His face, which had turned red and then purple, turned purple. He reached out to try to pry Jiu Feng's hand off, but found that he couldn't exert any force at all.

Seeing this, the other elders stepped forward one after another: "Clan leader, clan leader, what happened? What happened? Let's talk it out, let's talk it out."

"Yes, yes, Great Shaman, let's talk this out. Elder Sui is only thinking about how we can live a long life and for the sake of our Phoenix Clan. He has no bad intentions."

"Great Shaman, have mercy! Have mercy!"

Jiufeng slammed Elder Sui to the ground. "Elder Sui, you said the dragon egg I hatched had hatched, but I can't find it now. I only saw you when I came back. Where did you take it?"

The old man's face changed drastically. Before he could catch his breath, he scrambled to his feet. His movements were so quick and agile that he didn't look like a 200-year-old man on the verge of death at all: "What do you mean you can't find your mate? What do you mean I took it somewhere? I hadn't even found it before you chased me out. Who knows if you wanted to keep it for yourself and deliberately hid it to smear me!"