"Ah, oh!" Shuqi didn't quite understand, but with an air of proud pretense, she refused to admit it and remarked with feigned emotion, "Wuming must be disappointed, then. He's always wanted to transform into a dragon."
Seeing right through her without calling her out, Xitong said, "Everything has to progress step by step. Divine beasts favored by the Heavenly Dao like dragons and phoenixes—how could they be so easily achieved? Unless you are born a dragon, trying to become one is as hard as ascending to the heavens. So, you see, the Heavenly Dao is unfair."
Hearing Xitong's grumbling, Shuqi cast a stealthy, thief-like glance toward the horizon, thinking to herself that the Heavenly Dao surely hadn't heard her—he must be far too busy.
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