Xi Yan showed no intention of coming down. She raised the Night-Luminescent Pearl to illuminate the dragon's head and whispered, "There are seven little holes beside this dragon's eye, too."
Hu Xiaotian sighed. "They're just holes, aren't they? Who doesn't have one? Don't be so curious..." Before he could finish, Xi Yan kicked him in the head. "Shut up, you shameless, filthy wretch!"
Hu Xiaotian wore an innocent expression. "What did I say? Since when did you become so interested in holes?"
"The arrangement of these seven little holes is rather strange," Xi Yan said. "It should be the Big Dipper."
"Why does everything have to be some great mystery?" Hu Xiaotian said. "Are you having that much fun standing on me?"
"Why would I lie to you?" Xi Yan said.
"Even if there are seven little holes, where are you going to find seven Night-Luminescent Pearls?" Hu Xiaotian said. "Did you bring a bracelet? Pull it apart and give it a try..." As he spoke, something suddenly buzzed through his mind. Xi Yan, meanwhile, thought he was mocking her and gave the back of his head another light kick.
Hu Xiaotian seemed entirely oblivious to it. After a moment, he patted Xi Yan's calf.
Xi Yan spat, "Try taking advantage of me again, and I'll chop off those filthy paws of yours!"
Hu Xiaotian patted her again, then took something from his clothes with his right hand and shook it. "Look, are they this size?"
Xi Yan looked down and saw that Hu Xiaotian was dangling the Purple Crystal Bracelet. It held seven purple crystals. Though it did not look particularly valuable, there were exactly seven crystals. Xi Yan reached down, took the bracelet from him, and pushed the first crystal into one of the holes in the dragon's