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Little Dragon Girl sniffed, as if taking a sniff, her eyes gleaming with fervor. Before Guan Bo could say anything, she pointed at him and said to the Well Dragon King, "Father, prepare a large steamer. This is best eaten steamed!"

Guan Bo quickly refused, saying, "No, it won't be steamed."

Little Dragon Girl turned back to look at Guan Bo again, and then said, "If not steamed, then braised."

Guan Bo: "..."

I thought to myself, is this girl crazy? She's chatting and laughing about food all the time.

They looked at the Dragon King with suspicion, hoping for a reasonable explanation. The Dragon King coughed and said, "Although my daughter is somewhat...rude, she is an unparalleled genius when it comes to constructing waterways. With her help, building a city on Pingdingshan will naturally not be a problem for you."

Guan Bo pointed to Xiaolongnu hanging from his arm and said, "But look at her like this, how can I possibly make it back to Pingdingshan alive?"

It turned out that while the two were chatting, Xiaolongnu couldn't help but pounce on Guan Bo and bite his arm.

The two rows of fine, dense dragon teeth were incredibly sharp, but they were still a long way from tearing through Guan Bo's demon core robe. Guan Bo shook his arm, but the little dragon girl's grip was firm, and he couldn't shake her off.

"It's alright, it's alright. My daughter's cultivation level is not high, she can't hurt you." The Well Dragon King said a rather irresponsible thing.

"But why does she insist on eating me? Your Dragon Palace has all kinds of delicacies, and I'm just a panda." Guan Bo expressed his helplessness.

Hearing Guan Bo's words, Xiaolongnu relented and said in an extremely devout tone, "You are definitely not an ordinary panda. Your Golden Core cultivation has filled your flesh with spiritual energy, which is mixed with the fragrance of peaches of immortality and the sweetness of ginseng fruit, and also has the fresh fragrance of the purple bamboo forest of Luojia Mountain..."

As she spoke, the little girl's mouth watered.

Guan Bo felt a chill run down his spine at the sight. However, he had to admit that the little girl was indeed exceptionally talented, managing to detect the scents of peaches of immortality, ginseng fruit, and purple bamboo shoots on Guan Bo. Keep in mind, he had already digested all these rare and precious herbs; even if there were still a trace of their essence remaining, detecting them would be no easy feat.

"I thought I was a natural foodie, but compared to this person, I'm really far behind," Guan Bo remarked.

"Come on, come into my bowl." Little Dragon Girl stared at Guan Bo, drooling. The scene was truly creepy.

"Look at me, I can talk and chat with you, how can you eat? Don't you feel disgusted?" Guan Bo asked curiously.

Ever since he figured out what a sentient being is, Guan Bo has become quite particular about what he eats.

Generally speaking, plants don't have souls, except for various flowers, grasses, and trees that have become spirits. Even if he encounters an unfortunate soul that has been reincarnated as a plant, Guan Bo can easily distinguish it by using his innate supernatural abilities to sense it.

For these poor souls who are being tortured, either they are incredibly lucky enough to gain sentience and cultivate in the form of plants, or they will be exposed to wind and rain for the rest of their lives until they wither and die, only to be reincarnated again. If they are killed before their sentence is served, that's fine too; they will be reborn as plants again until their sins are absolved.

Therefore, there is no guilt in being vegetarian, which explains why Buddhists emphasize vegetarianism, saying it accumulates merit. In reality, it's just that being vegetarian makes it less likely to commit sins, which can be considered accumulating merit.

As for animals, the majority are sentient beings. If humans hunt for survival, it's not considered a great sin, since survival is an instinct for all living things.

Although Guan Bo is detached from karma and doesn't need to worry about incurring sins, he wouldn't intentionally kill unless absolutely necessary. At most, he'd hunt down and eat a wild beast if it dared to attack him. But for pandas, fruit and bamboo are still more to their liking.

Ordinary cultivators also pay great attention to this point, and when they encounter a monster that has gained sentience, they treat it differently from ordinary animals.

But this little dragon girl was completely different. Seeing something she wanted to eat, she even tried to take a bite of Guan Bo, a powerful demon at the Golden Core stage. This was already considered cruel and inhumane. With so many powerful figures in the dragon clan, wasn't there anyone to teach her about merit and sin? If this little dragon girl were to eat a hundred or so people on the streets of Chang'an, the Jade Emperor would probably order Wei Zheng to execute her.

It was Xiaobailong who cleared up Guan Bo's doubts.

“My sister doesn’t like to eat ordinary things, unless it’s a rare and precious food like you.”

Guan Bo wasn't sure if this counted as a compliment, but in any case, given Xiaolongnu's current state, there was no need to consider cooperation. He'd rather think about how to remove him from her diet list. Otherwise, one day this little girl might transform into a real dragon and sneak up on him while he was asleep, and who knows, she might actually swallow him whole.

To Guan Bo's relief, the Well Dragon King was prepared. He pulled his daughter close and whispered a few words in her ear. The Little Dragon Girl's initially fervent gaze turned to shock, and finally, her eyes towards Guan Bo became filled with complex fear.

Guan Bo was very curious about what the Well Dragon King had said, but the old Dragon King pretended to be mysterious and left under some pretext after comforting the little dragon girl.

Before leaving, however, she still managed to persuade Guan Bo to go to Pingdingshan to help create a living spring. When Guan Bo left the Dragon Palace at the bottom of the well, he was followed by a somewhat dull-witted Xiaolongnu.

On the way back, the two remained silent. Although the way Xiaolongnu had grabbed him and started talking earlier was somewhat frightening, Guan Bo also felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange now. He wanted to ask someone for help, but he didn't want it to seem like he was threatening this young girl to work for him.

Therefore, Guan Bo tried asking, "Um, could you tell me your name?"

Little Dragon Girl still looked listless, but she still spoke up: "Ao Ying".

"The firefly's firefly?"

"The 'ying' in 'yingying ruyu' (meaning luminous and lustrous)."

The conversation stalled there.

Guan Bo had neither the talent nor the experience to coax girls, and besides, he didn't even know why Ao Ying had become silent. Helpless, he could only continue flying towards Pingdingshan with the girl.

After a while, probably after thinking for a long time, Guan Bo said to Ao Ying, "After this matter is over, I'll treat you to peaches of immortality, ginseng fruit, and purple bamboo shoots. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Ao Ying's eyes shone brightly. This was not an illusion; she was truly radiant.

"Are you telling the truth? You have peaches of immortality, ginseng fruit, and purple bamboo shoots?" Ao Ying asked, staring intently at Guan Bo.

"It's hard to say about peaches and ginseng fruit, but purple bamboo shoots are definitely available," Guan Bo said with a smile.

"This little girl is really easy to please," Guan Bo thought to himself.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry!"

Ao Ying immediately transformed into her true form, a petite divine dragon with scales as blue as the ocean. Her pair of dragon horns appeared small and cute, not ferocious at all, but rather elegant.

Dragons are inherently noble creatures, truly the darlings of heaven and earth. Both their innate talents and appearance are considered perfect.

After Ao Ying transformed into her true form as a divine dragon, her speed increased tenfold, and she flew towards Pingdingshan amidst countless clouds and mist.

Guan Bo hurriedly urged the demonic wind to catch up, almost getting shaken off by the little dragon girl.

At this moment, in the octagonal glazed well, the little white dragon and the well dragon king sat facing each other. The little white dragon asked, "Uncle, what are you planning? My friend is not a peaceful person. If my little sister goes with him, I'm afraid she will be implicated."

The Dragon King of the Well asked in surprise, "Why is he being so restless?"

The White Dragon was even more surprised than him and asked in return, "Haven't you inquired about his deeds?"

The Dragon King of the Well hurriedly said, "I've been imprisoned in this well for several years. Does he have some kind of bad habit?"

"It's not exactly a bad habit, but he's stubborn and a pushover, always meddling in other people's business. Ever since he took human form, Guan Bo has defied the Bodhisattva's discipline and run away from Luojia Mountain; he killed thousands of demons on Black Wind Mountain for a little girl; he fought with Nezha for his sister and has a grudge against the Giant Spirit God; he forcibly reversed the fate of a person destined to die, causing a conflict with the Black and White Impermanence; he asked a ridiculous question that made the entire Buddhist sect lose face; he chopped down Pingding Mountain in a fit of rage and imprisoned my Sanzang master inside to preach to others; recently, I heard he caused quite a stir in Chang'an, almost embarrassing the Tang Emperor..."

The Dragon King of the Well was dumbfounded by what the White Dragon said. He asked in a trembling voice, "I was only imprisoned for three years, and he actually accomplished so many great things?"

The little white dragon sighed and asked, "I'm also very curious, how come this panda is still alive after doing such a reckless thing?"

The Dragon King muttered, "I thought that since he could stump the Buddha, he must be a person of great wisdom and fortune, which is why I planned to entrust Ying'er to him. You know your sister's situation; no ordinary dragon boy is worthy of her. Who would have thought... Alas, I shouldn't have given him that dragon pearl in the first place."

The little white dragon comforted him, "Uncle, don't worry. From what I know, this panda spirit doesn't understand matters between men and women at all, and may never have thought about getting married. I've heard before that pandas, these ferocious beasts, almost went extinct because they don't like to marry and have children, and they don't even have feelings for men and women. Why don't we let her come back after my little sister has finished preparing the water source?"

If Guan Bo heard such a comment, he would definitely use his Buddha's paw to give the White Dragon's handsome face a close encounter, and then curse, "I'm not frigid!"

Guan Bo naturally couldn't hear their conversation, let alone know what the Well Dragon King was planning. He was just following behind Ao Ying, slightly out of breath; the little dragon girl's flying speed was simply too fast, and he could barely keep up.

When Ao Ying reached Pingdingshan, Guan Bo was still lagging behind.

Ao Ying descended directly in her true dragon form, startling the mortals who immediately knelt down and shouted incoherently, "Grandpa Dragon, Great God Dragon!"

Ao Ying paid no attention to these mortals. Instead, she sniffed and her dragon eyes shone brightly.

"There's something delicious here!"

Ao Ying spotted the petite figure in the crowd and, without hesitation, took a bite! At that moment, Guan Bo was still several miles away from Pingdingshan.