"Interesting. It actually gained the power of a divine tree?"
An Jing bent down and examined it carefully. Curious, he asked, "Is it because the Ascension Path is flourishing in this world, because of the changes brought by Jianmu and Evergreen Wood?"
He truly was curious. Could Little Qi continue adding entirely new grafted materials in the future? What would it add? Insects? Machinery? Fierce beasts? Qilin?
"Or perhaps beings like Little Qi, spirits of heaven and earth, inherently possess such power... just like..."
An Jing could not help but recall.
Just like the [Huaixu Divine Tree] and the [Ancestral Dragon Nothingness Born] he had seen back then?
If Little Qi truly was connected to those primordial true spirits of heaven and earth, then having elements of a divine tree upon its body was hardly strange.
"Interesting..."
An Jing unconsciously reached out and stroked it. It felt exceptionally good.
Little Qi's scales were like a snake's—cold and smooth, making one want to run a hand down its spine all the way to its tail. Its wings, meanwhile, felt like down: light and soft, dry and fluffy, carrying a peculiar fresh scent of grass and wood. Had An Jing still been young, he surely would have already pounced on it and given it a vigorous rub.
Upon its head, Little Qi's twin horns were tough and bursting with life like wood, while the black and white colors across its body resembled Taiji's yin and yang.
It was currently curled up like an egg, yet threads resembling a cocoon wrapped around its outer body. From afar, it truly did look as though it had turned into an egg.
"When we first returned to the tribe, Little Qi could still fly and run, perfectly healthy. But now..." An Qianshan had initially been brimming