The Snow Dragon sheds its skin every year. Although this gel-like skin is extremely valuable, it holds no significance for the creature itself, so it doesn't mind humans taking it. Besides, their relationship is mutually beneficial now, isn't it?
Later, Ruanruan helped graft two new saplings of the Pregnancy Fruit trees from over a hundred branches, but in the end, only four survived. Two were taken outside to see if they could be cultivated successfully. However, five days later came an unfortunate piece of news—those two saplings had died.
The news hit hard; the elderly professors were heartbroken beyond words.
"We've only managed to cultivate so few saplings, and now two are dead? That's impossible! They had been grown in an environment precisely emulating the conditions of Piaomiao Valley. Even the soil's nutrients were adjusted according to the Pregnancy Tree's specific needs for yin and yang balance. So why did it fail?"
