Chapter 170: An Egg That Can Use Divine Sense
Using that faint, lingering trace of divine sense,
Lin Yi took the brightly colored, seven-hued egg out of his Storage Ring.
He examined it carefully.
’Was that thing talking just now?’
He was a little surprised.
He had originally thought this egg was just pretty to look at.
Its colors were magnificent, but who would have thought it actually had a divine sense?
’Doesn’t that mean there’s life inside this egg?’
This discovery made Lin Yi even more curious.
’A living egg, not yet hatched, but able to use its divine sense to contact me?’
’What in the world is this thing?’
So, Lin Yi tried to use his own divine sense to contact the thing inside the egg.
[It was so stuffy in there just now. I was about to suffocate!]
The next moment, that wisp of divine sense came through again.
Lin Yi’s expression changed slightly.
’So it really is the life form inside the egg.’
"What are you? A bird? A chicken? Or..."
Lin Yi found it a little strange to be communicating with it through his divine sense.
He even listed off every species he could think of that hatches from an egg.
But after waiting for several minutes, he received no reply.
Perhaps even it didn’t know what it was.
After all, it hadn’t hatched yet, nor had it ever seen the outside world.
It would have no concept of things like birds or chickens.
After waiting a little longer, he still didn’t get a response from the divine sense.
Still, with this discovery, Lin Yi decided he would take good care of this egg.
He would wait for the day it hatched to find out what it was.
An egg that could use divine sense to communicate with the outside world before it had even hatched was absolutely not something that ordinary demon beasts could compare to.
Those demon beasts had to cultivate day and night for decades, even centuries, just to gain sentience. When they were first born, they were no different from ordinary small animals.
Whether it was a cat, a dog, or a wild boar, rabbit, or wolf in the mountains...
They all had to absorb the essence of the sun and moon over long years.
Only through arduous cultivation could they slowly transform into demons.
Although it was easier for demon beasts to cultivate in this world,
they definitely couldn’t achieve demonization right after birth, while they were still young.
Let alone an unhatched egg...
’Could it be some kind of divine beast? Like those protagonists in novels who pick up a cub, raise it, and it turns out to be a divine beast, and then they soar to the heavens?’
Lin Yi placed the egg on the nightstand.
As he took off his clothes and went into the bathroom to shower,
his mind was still fantasizing about the egg.
’Novels are novels, and reality is reality. How can you treat them the same?’
When Lin Yi finished his shower and came out of the bathroom,
the egg was still sitting quietly on the nightstand.
And that wisp of divine sense was gone, as if it had never been there.
Lin Yi tried to search for that trace of divine sense within his own mind, but it had vanished completely.
’It’s a bit strange, but I guess the thing inside this egg is definitely not so simple.’
’It’s not surprising that it could erase its divine sense without a trace.’
After changing into a clean sweatsuit,
Lin Yi was no longer sleepy at all, so he simply took out his phone and searched for how to hatch an egg...
Over an hour later, Lin Yi summarized the answers he found.
To hatch an egg, you need an incubator.
You also have to maintain the right humidity and temperature, and regularly turn the egg...
In short, it was extremely troublesome.
Lin Yi glanced back at the egg.
"It doesn’t have to be so much trouble, does it? Life and death are decided by fate. Whether you hatch or not will depend on your own fortune!"
So, he took two blankets and wrapped the egg in them.
He tossed it next to his pillow and didn’t bother with it anymore.
Having to buy an incubator and then take care of it... Lin Yi didn’t have that much energy.
’Let it fend for itself.’
Just as Lin Yi got up to leave,
[Wait...]
Suddenly, that wisp of divine sense appeared again. Lin Yi glanced back.
[Put me in water! I can’t hatch like this!]
"In water?"
"You mean you can only hatch in water?"
Lin Yi looked at the egg in surprise.
[Mhm...]
a childish voice responded softly.
Lin Yi was completely baffled. He racked his brain for a long time but couldn’t think of anything that needed to be hatched in water.
Even for animals that live in water, like crocodiles and turtles, their eggs are laid on shore.
And they hatch in the dirt.
As for snakes, birds, chickens, ducks, and geese, that went without saying.
He had never heard of any egg that needed to be hatched in water.
"What a weird egg!"
Lin Yi walked over and picked up the egg.
He went into the bathroom, filled a basin with cool water, and gently placed the egg inside.
Then, he tried to use his divine sense to contact the thing in the egg again.
But, just like before,
the divine sense was wiped clean again. In other words, unless it wanted to contact him,
he had no way of contacting it at all...
Lin Yi placed the basin in a corner of the bathroom.
He didn’t have to worry about any cats or dogs finding it and secretly eating it.
Then Lin Yi walked out, preparing to study the [Purifying Heart Technique] he had bought from the old beggar.
Having spent 1,888 on the Heart Method, Lin Yi wanted to see how effective it was.
He actually trusted the old beggar a great deal.
Whether it was the [Star River Qi Transformation Technique] he got from Lei Hu or the [Brahma Heaven Luo Jin Spear Technique] he bought later,
they were all top-grade Cultivation Techniques and martial arts.
They had brought Lin Yi endless benefits.
So now, Lin Yi was also full of anticipation for this [Purifying Heart Technique].
Returning to the bedroom, Lin Yi sat cross-legged on the bed.
He took the [Purifying Heart Technique] and read it over carefully several times, memorizing the Heart Method’s incantations.
Then he slowly closed his eyes and followed the book’s instructions.
He formed a Dharma Seal with his hands and began to chant under his breath.
The next moment, Lin Yi felt waves of coolness wash over him.
In an instant, he felt all his worries and troubles disappear.
Even the Qi and Blood within his body stabilized considerably.
Lin Yi silently recited the Purifying Heart Technique over and over.
As time passed, second by second, minute by minute,
a faint green light slowly appeared around Lin Yi,
enveloping his entire body.
The longer he cultivated, the more distinct that glow became.
...
「Afternoon.」
「Wushan County Hospital.」
「Inside the hospital room.」
It had to be said that Chu Zhengxiong’s body was more than a hundred times stronger than an ordinary person’s.
He had just gotten out of surgery in the morning, and by the afternoon, he was already awake.
Moreover, his complexion was returning quickly, and his cheeks already had a hint of color.
The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Yang Yong and Zhao Jian by his side.
They were also exhausted, slumped in their chairs asleep, propping up their heads with their hands.
Chu Zhengxiong hadn’t wanted to disturb them.
But then, a tickle came from his throat.
He coughed violently.
His cough triggered a chain reaction, and a sharp pain shot through the wounds on his body.
He let out an involuntary cry of pain.
Instantly, Yang Yong and Zhao Jian were startled awake.
When they saw Chu Zhengxiong was awake, they rushed forward. "Old Chu, you’re awake?"
"Captain Chu, how are you feeling?"
Both of them asked with great concern.
Then, Zhao Jian quickly ran out of the room to find a doctor to come check on him.
"Old Yang... what are you doing here?"
Chu Zhengxiong endured the intense pain, his forehead covered in a cold sweat,
he asked in a weak voice.
"Of course I’m here. Who else did you expect to be with you?" Yang Yong cursed good-naturedly.
Chu Zhengxiong’s gaze swept around the room. "Where’s Lin Yi? And Old Mo? What about Xiaoxue and the others?"
"Have Han Bin and Mo Ya... have they all made it back?"
Right now, his biggest worry was the safety of the others.
He normally seemed carefree and boisterous.
But in the Demon Hunting Bureau, he was the most protective captain when it came to his own team.
He could curse out his own team members all he wanted, but he wouldn’t let anyone else say a single bad word about them.
The battle of Wushan.
He had lost three team members.
And they were the three who had been with him the longest: Zhan Kai, Sun Lang, and Yin Xiaoyu.
Now, he couldn’t bear to suffer any more losses.
If anything happened to Mo Yanfeng, Qin Zhaoxue, or Han Bin and Mo Ya—any one of them—
this six-foot-three hulk of a man would probably break down completely.
This feeling of losing comrades, of watching them die right before his eyes,
was just so fucking devastating...