"Hey, look! That's the avatar of the Holy Forsaken Beast Dragon God. Why does it look more like a snake than a dragon?"
"I don't know, but since that's what the official announcement says, it should be a dragon. I heard it's a lightning familiar too. This is the first time I've heard of this kind of familiar's superpower. I really want to see what it looks like when its owner uses it!"
"It should be ready soon. Don't Awakened Ones usually have their familiars' health checked at the treatment center, and then the doctors help activate their familiars' superpowers? If we leave a little later, we can probably see it!"
Qiao Mei had anticipated that she would receive a lot of discussion after bringing Ao Cang in, so she didn't pay much attention to what people were saying. Instead, she covered Ao Cang's dragon head with her knitted red shawl, trying to plug his ears.
Although, she couldn't figure out where his ears were.
"Hello, are you here to check the health of your sacred beast? Please fill out this form."
After handing the electronic pen to Qiao Mei, the window staff member discreetly sized her up.
The girl in front of me was wearing a white gauze dress embroidered with roses, with a small knitted red shawl draped over her shoulders. Her naturally curly black hair, like seaweed, flowed smoothly over her shoulders, concealing her delicate face. Her eyes, like fine rubies, were very captivating.
Looking at her as a whole, the noble air of the seventh princess of the royal family was on full display. She was beautiful and charming, just as rumored. Although she was foolish, she was indeed beautiful.
"I've filled it out, what should I do next?"
The staff member put away the electronic pen, glanced at the little black dragon hidden under Qiao Mei's shawl, and dutifully answered:
"Because your situation is rather special, your familiar is a holy abandoned beast, so you need to hand over your familiar separately and see what our dean has to say."
"Hand it over alone?" Qiao Mei frowned and asked the staff member, "Can't I go with them?"
"It's possible, but your presence might interfere with the inspection of the familiars, you..."
Qiao Mei interrupted her: "If it's alright, then let's go."
She was not comfortable entrusting Ao Cang to anyone alone, after all, his existence was not only special, but also of great significance to her.
The treatment center has sixteen floors. Qiao Mei followed the staff's instructions and took the elevator. She arrived at the director's office in less than half a minute.
The so-called Dean's Office is not only the Dean's office, but also contains machines for examining the dependent animals, as well as various nano-devices.
"Please wait here for a moment. The dean will be back soon after the meeting. If you need anything, you can contact me. This is my computer ID."
After Qiao Mei finished adding her, the female staff member turned and left the dean's office.
Qiao Mei casually found a place to sit down and lowered her eyes to examine Ao Cang's dragon body.
Noticing that the number of dragon scales on his body hadn't increased much, he asked in confusion, "Lord Dragon God, haven't you been constantly absorbing my willpower? Why is your recovery speed still so slow?"
Ao Cang emerged from Qiao Mei's red knitted shawl and told the truth: "The amount of willpower I absorb each day is regulated. After I finish absorbing it, although I can't use it to heal my injuries, I can be nourished by it, and my wounds will feel much better."
"And if you could restore it simply by your willpower, I would have stopped you when you started trying to make money."
“Oh, right.” Qiao Mei scratched her right cheek, looked at Ao Cang who had closed his dragon eyes again, her gaze lingering on his smooth, translucent black scales for a moment, and asked him cautiously, “My lord, um, may I, touch your dragon scales?”
Ao Cang was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this. Looking at the expectation in the girl's red eyes, he couldn't bring himself to refuse and nodded to the dragon head: "Okay, but not for too long."
In its original form, it's no different from him in his human form when he's naked; being constantly touched gives him a sense of shame.
With Ao Cang's consent, Qiao Mei's red eyes lit up as she carefully began to act.
The dragon scales felt smooth and warm to the touch, much like the finest jade.
I wonder what it would feel like to rub my face against it...
Just as Qiao Mei was deep in thought, a noise came from the doorway.
The person who came in looked to be in his early forties, but his hair was already a bit gray. He wore a pair of white-rimmed glasses on his otherwise unremarkable face, and the weariness in his old eyes behind the glasses was obvious.
However, that weariness vanished the moment he saw Qiao Mei, replaced by shock and astonishment. He murmured, "Xu Hui?!"
But soon, when he saw Qiao Mei's even younger and more beautiful face, he shook his head again and continued to mutter to himself, "No..."
The middle-aged man took off his white-rimmed glasses, rubbed his temples, and took a deep breath.
When he put his glasses back on, his eyes were now calm. He walked up to Qiao Mei and extended his hand to her: "Hello, I am Li Chonghua, and also the director of the Sacred Beast Treatment Center. Just call me Director Li. You must be Xu Hui's daughter, Qiao Mei?"
Before Qiao Mei set off, Xu Hui hadn't mentioned that she knew Li Chonghua, but she had read the entire book and had some understanding of the character, considering him to be a powerful and influential figure who later became the female lead's confidant.
But now that she's here, she has to try and secure this golden opportunity for Ao Cang.
Having figured this out, Qiao Mei lowered the deep thought in her red eyes, lightly squeezed Li Chonghua's hand, and nodded: "Yes, I am. Judging from your appearance, you know my mother?"
A bitter look appeared in Li Chonghua's eyes, which Qiao Mei keenly noticed. He sighed and told her that he and Xu Hui had been students at the Federal Academy together.
“At that time, my relationship with your mother was quite good, but later she was to marry into the royal family, and the crown prince did not allow her to associate with other men, so we gradually lost contact.”
After saying that, Li Chonghua concealed the complex emotions in his eyes, his gaze falling on the little black dragon around Qiao Mei's neck, and got to the point: "Alright, let's not talk about these past events. Your body's various stats as a Saintly Abandoned Beast clone should have been tested once, right? What's your health value?"
"A clone of the Holy Abandoned Beast?" Qiao Mei finally realized something was amiss.
If the thing around her neck is an avatar of the Dragon God, how could he still communicate with her normally? Moreover, before she took it away, she didn't seem to have made sure that the place where his main body was was empty.
Li Chonghua nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"
Qiao Mei glanced down at Ao Cang, but ultimately chose not to reveal the matter. She shook her head and said it was nothing, then mentioned that Ao Cang only had ten health points.
"But that was before. Later, I came up with some ways to help him recover his health a bit. I estimate it has improved quite a bit. We'll know once we measure it with the equipment later."
Li Chonghua frowned and, as he led Qiao Mei to the room containing the equipment, asked her curiously how she had helped him recover.
"The treatment center has no record of providing Xiao Heilong with any medication. Are you sure his condition has improved?"
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