Just as Celestial Venerable Taiyi had said, if this egg were truly alive, there would be nothing to discuss. He would choose it outright.
It would be like gaining a pet with the strength of a Great Golden Immortal—and a dragon at that!
As a son of Huaxia, he would choose this Elder Antiquity True Dragon Egg even if only out of his heartfelt reverence for dragons.
But the problem now was that the egg was sealed, and nobody knew whether it was alive or dead. That made things fucking awkward.
If he ended up with a dead egg, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
Suddenly, an idea struck Shen Bing, and he asked, "Celestial Venerable, is there any way to break this seal?"
"It's difficult!" Celestial Venerable Taiyi answered candidly. "Unsealing this requires soul essences from heaven, earth, and humanity. Heaven refers to the souls of immortals, demons, and devils, while earth refers to the vengeful ghosts suppressed in the Eighteen Layers of Hell. The former goes without saying; they're easy enough to obtain. With Yama Hall reopened, finding the latter wouldn't be difficult either. But human souls are impossible to obtain."
Shen Bing blinked. This was doable!
"How do you collect these souls?"
"It's very simple! You only need to place the True Dragon Egg near a dying creature."
"...Uh, there's one problem. Can a vengeful ghost die again?"
"That naturally isn't necessary. As long as a vengeful ghost appears near the True Dragon Egg, it will readily absorb them."
It's in the bag!
At least breaking the seal wouldn't be a problem.
As for whether the egg could hatch a Primordial True Dragon, he would leave that to fate.
At worst, he could take the egg back for research. If they could extract some DNA or something