"So this was what you wanted?"
The Auspicious Beast nodded with a peculiar look on her face. "Since the Mystic Light Mirage Dragon hatchling has already broken out of its shell, that Mirage Dragon Shell really doesn't have any other use for me. Take it."
Only then did Chen Ping grin. "Great, you're a true pal. Come find me again next time you have a problem. As long as it's something I can handle, I'll definitely sort it out for you."
As he spoke, Chen Ping took the enormous Rainbow-Scaled Mystic Light Mirage Dragon's shell and removed the cracked, fist-sized pearl from its center.
"Come to think of it, the Mystic Light Mirage Dragon hatchling should have an appetite for this pearl shell, right? If I remember correctly, when you first hatched, you gnawed every last bit of your own golden eggshell clean."
As he spoke, Chen Ping couldn't help finding it a little funny. Back then, the Auspicious Beast had looked like a soaking-wet puppy, nothing like the imposing figure she was now.
"I don't think it needs that."
Before the Auspicious Beast could finish speaking, a white whirlwind drifted out from her tail, gobbled up every last speck of powder from the Large Pearl, and lingered over Chen Ping's palm for a moment.
Only when Chen Ping instinctively reached out to touch the white current of air and catch a glimpse of the Rainbow-Scaled Mystic Light Mirage Dragon's true appearance did it dart back into the Auspicious Beast's great tail in a flash.
"All right, perhaps it does have a use for it."
The Auspicious Beast spoke haltingly, her tone inevitably somewhat awkward, while Chen Ping had already put away the Mirage Dragon Shell as though he had obtained a priceless treasure.
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