Wu Changkong smiled. "After it hatches, I'll raise it alone for a few days and observe it. When the time comes, don't crowd around it right away. Once it gets familiar with you, it'll be fine."
Shui Yue'er immediately perked up at that.
"Then, Class Monitor, can I be its big sister? When it grows up, I can ride on its back and run all over the place!"
"We'll have to wait until it hatches to discuss that." Wu Changkong shook his head and put the egg back into Tianshui Frost.
The temperature in the room gradually rose again, while Shui Yue'er continued chattering away, imagining herself riding an Ice Jade Scorpion around the academy.
Wu Changkong cleared his throat twice, drawing everyone's attention back. "Keep the egg a secret at school. There's one more thing."
"What is it?"
"My Battle Armor components are all finished."
The moment he said that, Xue Wu and Gu Qingbo looked over at the same time.
Wu Changkong took several metal components gleaming with a cold light from his storage belt and arranged them neatly on the floor.
Chest armor, shoulder guards, arm guards, leg guards... every piece had been polished until it shone like a mirror.
"Xue Wu, Qingbo, I'll leave the inscription work to you two."
Gu Qingbo shrank back a little and said softly, "I... I'm not ready yet. I usually practice on iron sheets. I've never actually inscribed such important components before."
Wu Changkong looked at her. "You'll have to do it for real sooner or later. I can't have you inscribing iron sheets forever. Your theory and practice are already solid enough. It's time to get started."
Even Xue Wu was unusually nervous. "Class Monitor, what if we ruin them? Those materials weren't easy for you to obtain."
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