I felt for Chen Wen when he struggled to hunt after saving his mother. He wandered the forest for half a day without finding prey because the Red-feathered Hawks had driven everything away. That feeling of responsibility weighing on a young dragon—he's essentially a toddler trying to feed a family of large carnivores. The desperation in his decision to raid a human sheepfold was palpable and justified.
1 Zhou Cong’s "decisive and efficient" personality training from his grandpa is honestly terrifying. Being forced to make a life-altering choice from 100 pets in a timed test? That's not raising a child, that's a psychological experiment. It explains a lot about why he's so direct and relentless. He doesn't "hesitate," as Li Jie said. That makes his offer to date her seem less like a casual flirt and more like a calculated decision he's already committed to.
Wu Yin’s habit of talking about herself in the third person sometimes (“Fairy Wu Yin of Wufang Valley has fallen into such a miserable state”) is kind of funny. She’s still holding onto her identity as a cultivator even though she’s homeless and powerless. It shows a bit of pride and humor. She’s not completely broken. That self-awareness makes her very likeable as a protagonist.
The side characters in the village (village chief, Lu Er, Chun Ying) add some life to the story, but they feel like placeholders. I hope they get more depth if they survive into the later arcs. Right now they just seem like extras to make Xuan Shang look kind.