Chapter 32: Seven Mysteries Forest 4

Qingmei casually took a piece of spirit bone from her space, using it to scrape against the stone wall to increase friction and slow her descent.

She had actually woken up halfway down, but seeing that it was An Siqin and Qin Ke who had tied her up, she continued to feign unconsciousness. With her current abilities, she couldn't defeat them, so it was better to see what they were planning. She hadn't expected them to just throw her off the cliff like this.

After about ten minutes, Qingmei slowly landed in a cave on the mountainside. The cave was situated halfway up the cliff, with neither the top nor the bottom in sight.

Qingmei had quite a few scrapes on her body, all caused by the stone wall during her descent.

Qingmei pouted. She couldn't go up, and she couldn't go down, so she might as well rest here for a while before deciding what to do.

Walking into the cave, she discovered it wasn't just large; it was incredibly, immensely large. Inside, there was a small pool of water, and both in and around the pool were some flowers and plants she had never seen before.

To the side, an egg the size of half an arm was resting there. The egg was crystal clear and seemed to contain a great deal of spiritual energy.

Qingmei rubbed her rumbling stomach and muttered to herself, "It looks like I'll have to make do with this egg to fill my stomach today."

She regretted not bringing any food in her space, and she had no idea where Yan Lie had run off to.

Just as Qingmei walked toward the egg, it suddenly moved. Qingmei stopped in her tracks and crouched down in front of the egg, watching it curiously.

The egg shook again, as if it were shy. Qingmei found it amusing and reached out a small finger to poke it. "Crack, crack"—the egg cracked...

Qingmei’s mouth twitched. It wouldn't just shatter like that, would it? That was too fragile. Had she caused trouble?

The egg continued to crack, and bursts of colorful light erupted from the fissures.

Qingmei slowly backed away, covering her eyes with her hands because the light was simply too blinding.

Finally, the light began to fade. Qingmei opened her eyes and saw no egg, only a pile of broken shells on the ground and a small, colorful dragon. It was also about half an arm in size.

At that moment, the colorful little dragon was holding a piece of eggshell and munching on it, "crunch, crunch." Qingmei worried that the shell might scratch its throat or something.

It wasn't until the little dragon finished eating all the shells, with only one piece left, that it finally noticed Qingmei. Those big, watery eyes made Qingmei’s heart melt.

The little dragon looked at the shell in its hand, then at Qingmei, and then approached her, reluctantly offering the shell to her as if it couldn't bear to part with it.

Qingmei frowned. Did this mean it wanted her to eat the shell? Would she choke to death?

Seeing that Qingmei wouldn't eat it, the little dragon grew anxious. Unfortunately, it couldn't speak and could only gesture, which Qingmei couldn't understand.

She crouched down and poked the little dragon. "What kind of thing are you?"

Although the little dragon had just been born and its intelligence hadn't fully developed, it could still understand her words.

The little dragon shook its head, indicating it didn't know either, and then waved the piece of eggshell with its tiny claw again.

Qingmei looked at the cute little creature and smiled. "I won't eat it; you eat it."

The little dragon looked at her pitifully, as if asking, "Are you really not going to eat it?" After hesitating for a moment, the little dragon ate the shell itself.

Qingmei looked around. There were only some flowers and plants that looked full of spiritual energy, but she didn't know if they were edible. Now that the egg was gone, she couldn't possibly eat the little dragon. She couldn't bring herself to eat such an adorable creature.

PS: I've been busy lately, and the author has been a bit playful, so there haven't been updates at times. Homework, please go away, just go away...