Chapter 1145 Alduin and the Phoenix

A group of people gathered around the stove and looked at the black dragon egg.

The cracks on the dragon egg became larger and larger, and the sound became louder and louder, and then a small claw stretched out from inside.

"Would you like to help it?" Elizabeth stretched out her hand, wanting to help break open the dragon egg.

"No, this is its own business. Every dragon needs to break out of its shell on its own, rather than relying on help from outsiders."

Moriel quickly stopped Elizabeth.

"Why?" Elizabeth was curious.

"This is related to their potential. Only dragons that rely on their own strength to break out of their shells can achieve the greatest potential. Dragons that rely on external forces to be born will not be able to maximize their potential, and their ultimate achievements will be limited."

"Is there such a thing?" Elizabeth blinked her big eyes, filled with curiosity.

"Of course, this is the conclusion reached by our family after hundreds of years of research and experiments. Only those who rely on their own strength to break the shell can gain the greatest potential and grow into a real dragon. Otherwise, it will just be It’s just a flying lizard.”

Moriel said seriously.

"That's it."

Elizabeth nodded, her useless little knowledge added to her list.

While the two of them were talking, the crack continued to grow, and another small claw stretched out, scratching the edge of the eggshell, and trying hard to hold it open, while the crack in the eggshell grew bit by bit.

The three of them just huddled next to the stove and watched.

After more than half an hour of hard work, the crack in the eggshell was finally torn wide enough, and a lizard head not much bigger than a thumb popped out. The lizard head opened its mouth and screamed.

Roar--

If it is an adult dragon that is more than ten meters long, its cry may be frightening.

But when the dragon shrinks down to a small enough size, this demonstration cry becomes very cute.

Dots of sparks spurted out from the mouth of the lizard head.

Then, the lizard head squeezed out and jumped to the ground.

Only then did Zhang Tuohai see the other party's appearance clearly.

This guy is less than twenty centimeters long. He is completely black and covered with fine scales. He has a pair of wings that are constantly flapping. If magnified dozens of times, he looks like a giant dragon. He puts his nose on the ground and keeps sniffing. Seems to be looking for something to eat.

Moriel turned back to the long table, took over the half-eaten roast chicken, tore off a drumstick and handed it to the black dragon who had just broken out of the shell.

"Ouch——"

When the little black dragon saw the chicken leg, he licked his mouth, jumped up and bit the chicken leg, opening his big mouth and tearing the meat on it.

After a while, the little black dragon ate the whole chicken leg, chewing even the bones and swallowing it.

Not a single residue was left.

"Would you like some more?" Elizabeth also brought over her roast chicken.

"No, it's not suitable for newborn dragons to eat too much. Just increase the amount of food you eat little by little."

Moriel touched the little black dragon on her hand and stroked it. The little black dragon rubbed its head against Moriel's palm, curled up in Moriel's palm, and fell asleep.

"Sleep when you're full, otherwise you'll be called a pig." Zhang Tuohai said from the side.

"No, according to the family's rules for naming dragons, it should be called Alduin." Moriel said.

"Does your family have rules for naming dragons? Does the dragon have a family tree?" Zhang Tuohai was shocked.

"Of course there is, but I may be the last generation here." Moriel showed a somewhat sad look.

"That's right." Zhang Tuohai nodded.

"What about this egg? Why didn't it hatch? Do I still need to continue burning it?" Zhang Tuohai asked, pointing to the red egg in the stove.

"These two eggs were put together in the furnace. It makes no sense that one hatched and the other didn't move at all. It is most likely a dead egg. There is no point in continuing to burn it."

Moriel said.

"Dead eggs? Can they be used for cooking? I haven't eaten dragon eggs yet. How about roasted eggs?"

Zhang Tuohai asked excitedly.

"I don't know. My family always buries dead eggs. I've never eaten them."

This question obviously asked about Moriel's knowledge blind spot.

"Don't be so rigid as a person, you have to try."

Zhang Tuohai reached out and took out the red egg from the stove.

Who knew that as soon as the red egg came into contact with Zhang Tuohai's hand, it turned into a ball of flames, burned, and then sank directly into Zhang Tuohai's arm and disappeared.

"What happened? Are you okay?" Elizabeth saw the change and rushed to Zhang Tuohai's side, holding his arm and asking.

"Wait, shake it gently and let me stroke it." Zhang Tuohai stopped Elizabeth from shaking his arm, closed his eyes and slowly analyzed the knowledge pouring into his mind.

Elizabeth and Moriel stood nearby, looking at Zhang Tuohai with worried faces.

After more than ten minutes, Zhang Tuohai slowly opened his eyes.

"How is it?" Elizabeth asked worriedly.

"This is not a dragon egg." Zhang Tuohai said helplessly.

"What? This isn't a dragon egg? How is this possible? It's obviously the shape of a dragon egg."

Moriel said in disbelief.

"Although the appearance is similar, the details are still a little different. Didn't you notice that the patterns on the surface of those eggshells are not actually patterns, but flame runes. These are not dragon eggs, but phoenix eggs. This is a severely injured and sleeping phoenix that turned into an egg in order to accumulate strength and be reborn in Nirvana."

"It's just that it was discovered somehow and was treated as a dragon egg. It was delivered to you along with the egg."

"Now, this phoenix has merged with me."

Zhang Tuohai explained.

"Is that going to be any danger to you? Will it take over your body and turn into a phoenix or something?" Elizabeth asked worriedly.

"That's not possible. This phoenix is ​​too weak. It died due to lack of energy before it was transported. What is conceived in the egg is a new phoenix that has reached nirvana. If we must distinguish, this new phoenix It should be the descendant of the previous phoenix, and it needs the help of my body to grow again. Because it has a symbiotic relationship with me, it will not hurt me, but I will gain part of the power of the phoenix."

As Zhang Tuohai spoke, he opened his hand. In his hand, there was a shadow of a phoenix, shaking continuously in his hand. At this time, the phoenix shrank into a ball in Zhang Tuohai's hand, like a ball. It's a little chicken.

"so cute."

Elizabeth stretched out her finger, wanting to poke the phoenix.

Seeing this, Phoenix bit Elizabeth's finger.

"Ah, it hurts, it hurts, please let go." Elizabeth cried.