Lin Ke knew nothing of the Dream-Eating Gecko's expectations of him, for he had already returned to Green Mulberry Garden.
He went straight to the lowest level, where he found Lin Can dozing.
"Here, eat this." Lin Ke walked up to Lin Can, startling her.
Jolted awake, Lin Can raised her head. "Huh?"
Then she spotted the egg in Lin Ke's hand. "Is that... ah! I want to eat it!"
As though she had only just shaken off her sleepiness, Lin Can hurriedly took the egg in both hands and devoured it in a few big bites.
Normally, once an egg had been formed in the Niwan Palace, it would still need some time to hatch.
But after Lin Can swallowed it, it could hatch immediately.
There was no denying that Lin Can was uniquely blessed by nature.
Lin Ke had also been wondering about Lin Can's original form-just where that seed had come from.
Unfortunately, neither the Scripture Repository nor anywhere else had any relevant records.
And Lin Ke dared not investigate too aggressively, lest others notice something amiss.
"Aaaah!!!"
While he was thinking, Lin Can's face flushed red beside him. She stretched both hands forward, spirit power circulating ceaselessly within her.
The next moment, an enormous egg appeared before Lin Ke.
The pale yellow egg shimmered translucently like a piece of yellow jade, fully the size of a basketball.
And in the brief moment Lin Ke watched it, the eggshell split down the middle, revealing a little head.
It was a round, golden dragonfly head, with a hint of intelligence in its compound eyes.
A body interwoven with pale gold and orange followed, crawling out of the shell. Its six-legged torso bore dragonfly wings that looked dusted with gold powder.
Setting everything else aside, it looked exactly like