"Hey, Long Cheng, why did you just say that your mother rarely comes to the Dragon Palace? Doesn't she live here?"

Having unearthed a hidden character, Yin Ming was genuinely curious about Liu Ying's origins.

If she is Long Cheng's mother, then her true form must also be a dragon, right?

Furthermore, considering the immense pressure emanating from her extremely high cultivation level, Yin Ming conservatively estimated that her realm must be at least at the initial stage of the ninth realm.

Yin Ming was also curious about the meaning behind her first sentence.

It seems that Liu Ying mistook him or Ling Yao for someone else, which is why she rushed over to confirm.

So how did she identify him? By his appearance?

Judging from the fact that she became calm after seeing Yin Ming and the other person, it seems that this is indeed the reason.

How could she observe their appearances from so far away? Was she a clairvoyant?

But who is the person she is hoping to meet?

“I don’t live here. My mother has her own place to live,” Long Cheng replied matter-of-factly.

Yin Ming frowned slightly, looking quite puzzled. What did this mean? Were you still going through with the family division thing?

"No, actually, the mother is someone I acknowledge, not my real mother," Long Cheng explained, seeing Yin Ming's puzzled expression.

“My mother passed away before I was born. She took pity on me and adopted me as her son.”

“My mother lives in the Forbidden Forest. Last time, I was ambushed by the Nine Heavens Black Serpent on my way to find her.”

"I didn't go looking for her because I was injured at the time. I didn't tell her because I was afraid she would worry."

"But my mother found out later, so she would occasionally come to the Dragon Palace to see me during this time."

So it turns out she just recognized him. When Yin Ming looked back at Liu Ying just now, he was thinking that this woman, as a mother, was too indifferent to the eggs she laid. It was a bit too cold-blooded. He didn't expect that he had misunderstood her.

Since she doesn't live in the Dragon Palace, does that mean she's not a dragon?

Yin Ming thought of Liu Ying's dark green hair. Could her hair color be related to her true form?

What monsters are dark green? A green snake?

It seems possible. The firefly still lives in the Forbidden Forest, where insects and snakes are the most abundant creatures.

No wonder she exudes such a cold aura; she really is a cold-blooded animal.

Yin Ming nodded seriously, agreeing with his own conjecture. At this moment, the azure dragon stopped in front of a transparent greenhouse where the sun shone brightly, flowers bloomed, and the air was warm as spring.

Yin Ming stared at the scene before him, his eyes widening in shock—wait, this is an incubation room?!

Given its location and surrounding scenery, this greenhouse is undoubtedly the most eye-catching structure within a hundred meters.

You built the incubation chamber here, and you even used transparent crystal as the material, because you were afraid that the enemy wouldn't be able to see that there were your dragon eggs inside, right?

If Yin Ming were that Nine Heavens Mystic Serpent, it would be strange if he didn't cause trouble!

The azure dragon pointed its short forelimbs at a scorched patch of ground near the doorway, roaring, "Awooo!"

Long Cheng crouched down, his slender hand covering the ground as he carefully sensed it. "Yes, this is his aura."

"Let's go in and see what's going on inside."

As Long Cheng spoke, he pushed open the transparent crystal door and stepped inside.

Yin Ming stared speechlessly at Long Cheng's retreating figure. Did he really need to go inside to see the situation?

He was standing right there at the doorway, and he could see through the transparent crystal wall the three eggs in the center of the room, sitting on soft little nests covered in down, emitting black smoke.

Despite his complaints, Yin Ming quickly caught up with Long Cheng.

As they got closer, the luster flowing across the surface of the three dragon eggs, each the size of a human head, grew dimmer, while the black smoke became thicker.

Just then, two of the dragon eggs seemed unable to withstand the black smoke any longer and shattered with a "crack".

Although the other egg still had a trace of spiritual energy, its situation was not optimistic either.

Yin Ming patted Long Cheng on the shoulder. Although they were just his half-siblings, he probably wasn't feeling too good about it.

Long Cheng simply sighed softly, "Xiao Lü, go tell your uncle about this, but remember to be tactful when you express it."

"Alas, Uncle Long was middle-aged when he finally had these three children, but he never expected them to die so young."

The azure dragon roared and turned to walk towards the door.

It was walking too fast, and as it swung its tail, it accidentally scraped against something.

Yin Ming only felt a blur before his eyes, and something red drew a beautiful parabola in the air before dripping accurately onto the last egg.

The dragon egg in front of him suddenly emitted a shimmering light, and at the same time, the roar of the azure dragon rang out behind him. Yin Ming turned his head left and right in bewilderment, not knowing which unexpected situation he should pay attention to first.

"I'm fine," Lingyao's deep voice sounded from behind.

Yin Ming's heart tightened, and he quickly turned to check on his condition.

It turned out that the tail of the azure dragon had swung at Lingyao's hand, accidentally scratching a shallow cut.

The azure dragon stood before Lingyao, howling and nodding repeatedly.

"Little Green said, 'I'm sorry, I bumped into you and hurt you.'" Long Cheng thoughtfully acted as the translator.

Lingyao took out a handkerchief from her pocket and wiped the blood off her hands. "Yes, I'm fine."

"Awoo awoo..."

"Xiao Lü also said that your treatment costs would be covered by her and deducted from her monthly salary... No, your monthly salary for next month has already been deducted, there's nothing left to deduct."

"Awoo awoo..."

"What did you say? You'll deduct next month's salary? What? You want to get an advance on your salary for the month after next?! How dare you say something like that?"

As Long Cheng spoke, he became more and more excited, and simply turned to the side to have a heated discussion with the azure dragon. In an instant, all sorts of chaotic sounds filled the greenhouse, and Yin Ming couldn't hear what they were saying at all.

Watching the man and the beast arguing fiercely, Yin Ming rubbed his temples in exasperation.

"Um, something seems to have happened to this dragon egg. Should you stop and take a look?"

The only remaining dragon egg was now completely covered in blood. Although wisps of black smoke still lingered on the shell, Yin Ming could sense an increasingly strong life force emanating from the egg.

Upon hearing this, Long Cheng and the azure dragon were taken aback at first, and then they both craned their necks to look in the direction of the dragon egg.

"Huh?"

"Awoo?"

Long Cheng immediately walked to the dragon egg, raised his hand and carefully sensed it. "Strange, how did this egg suddenly come back to life, and it seems to have completed a soul contract?"

Just then, the dragon egg suddenly swayed from side to side, and then slowly floated in the air.

Under the watchful eyes of the three people and the beast, the red and black dragon egg floated lightly toward Ling Yao, spun around him three times, and then landed steadily in Ling Yao's outstretched palm.

Upon seeing this, Yin Ming instantly understood. It must be that after the azure dragon scratched the male protagonist, it also smeared his blood onto the eggshell. The male protagonist's blood saved the egg and also signed a contract in the process.

As for this egg, without a doubt, it will hatch into a dragon of resentment—if it doesn't have the ability to transform its attributes, the male protagonist won't be able to sign a contract with it.

Yin Ming couldn't guess the details, but the overall pattern must be this.

After all, it's unlikely that Long Cheng will become a vengeful dragon, so the world system will definitely try to give the male protagonist one.

Yin Ming could almost hear the notification from the world system: "Your resentment dragon has been sent to your account. Please check it."

It's confirmed: all these events happened because of the male protagonist.

Long Cheng then turned to the azure dragon and instructed, "Little Green, go and tell your uncle that he only has one child left and has signed a soul contract with someone. Remember, be tactful when you express it."