"Wuwa wula~~"
The strange cries pulled Su Ye back from the brink of a shattered worldview.
The moment the egg appeared, the Patrolling Sea Yaksha's green eyes widened.
He seemed stunned and overjoyed.
It took him a moment to find his voice.
Then he dropped to his knees with a thud, spread his arms, and prostrated himself before the egg, kowtowing again and again.
All the while, he kept crying, "Wuwa wula~~"
Lan Jiuyou helpfully translated. "He's saying, 'Welcome, my lord.'"
Su Ye rubbed his forehead.
If the egg was his lord, didn't that make Su Ye the retired emperor?
The family ties were a little tangled, but at least he and the Patrolling Sea Yaksha were no longer enemies.
As for the egg...
Perhaps it was a descendant of the former Sovereign of the Star Beast World. If it hatched, would it turn into a dragon too?
Wouldn't that give him an incredibly powerful fighter?
Looked at that way, it wasn't a bad deal.
"Wulala xu'ou wo zai pu shuo xia..."
After solemnly bowing to the egg three times and kowtowing nine times, the Patrolling Sea Yaksha turned his tiny green eyes toward Su Ye, full of gratitude, and rattled off another string of words Su Ye couldn't understand.
"He says thank you for saving the Dragon Emperor's bloodline. Hmm, he's also asking you to take good care of the egg. You'll have the Dragon Clan's eternal friendship."
Su Ye rubbed his chin. "He wants me to take care of it instead of taking it himself. Does that mean he can't take the egg away? At least not before it hatches?"
"You catch on pretty fast, kid."
Lan Jiuyou's voice sounded beside Su Ye's ear.
"You guessed right. This egg has slept for too long. Even an egg of