#22 - Hatching eggs

"Ding! Task reward: Ten attribute points, pet space unlocked."

"Ding! All system store functions have been restored."

Seeing the system task, Qin Bu Yi was stunned for a moment, his face full of black lines as he said:

"Is this some kind of forced transaction? Unexplainably stuffing me with an egg, and I have to hatch it within three days."

However, seeing the task reward, Qin Bu Yi's mood improved slightly. Such a task, ten attribute points, and it can also unlock the pet space.

If there are no surprises, this hatched egg will become his first pet. Thinking of this, Qin Bu Yi felt a faint sense of anticipation in his heart.

Holding the basketball-sized, completely white egg in his hand, Qin Bu Yi pondered how to hatch it.

"Roast it with fire?"

"Bake it with electricity?"

"Or directly plant it in the soil?"

After studying it for a while, he still had no clue. His own life was now tied to this egg, and if he accidentally killed it.

With the system's nature, he estimated that he would be done for.

After thinking it over, Qin Bu Yi decided to directly ask the system.

"System, how do I hatch this egg?"

"[This question requires a payment of ten store points. Does the host wish to pay?]"

"You issued the task, and you're still embarrassed to ask for money?" Qin Bu Yi complained.

"[The host can choose not to pay, but if you accidentally kill the egg in the process...]"

The system only said half of the sentence, and Qin Bu Yi instantly understood what the other half meant.

"I don't have any store points right now. Can I owe you first?" Qin Bu Yi tentatively asked.

"[No! The host can choose to exchange for points. Ten thousand low-grade spirit stones for one point.]"

The system directly and decisively rejected Qin Bu Yi's attempt to write an IOU.

Opening the spatial ring given by Ying Zhi, he looked at the neatly arranged boxes of spirit stones inside.

This was currently one of the few things on his body that could be exchanged for points.

The items he obtained from Qing Qian were far more valuable than these spirit stones, belonging to things that were priceless. Using them to exchange for store points was not worth it.

Thinking that he had already returned to Blue Star, and he didn't know if he would have the chance to return to the other world of Falling Star Mountain Range to see Ying Zhi in the future.

He no longer insisted, taking out ten boxes of low-grade spirit stones from them and giving them to the system, saying:

"Now you can tell me how to hatch this egg, right?"

Receiving the ten boxes of low-grade spirit stones, the system's attitude immediately changed, saying:

"[Dear host, I am very happy to serve you. You only need to place this egg on a pile of spirit stones to hatch it.]"

"It's that simple?" Qin Bu Yi asked with some doubt.

"[It's that simple. It has been calculated for the host that the hatching process will require approximately two million nine hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.]"

"I... I swear! System, you're definitely doing this on purpose. I don't want this extra reward anymore. Can I return it?" Qin Bu Yi said with a hint of anger in his voice.

"[No! And this egg has some connection with the host.]" the system said.

"How is that possible?" Qin Bu Yi said with an unbelieving tone.

"[This egg was taken from within the star core. It has been surviving inside the star core by absorbing external spiritual energy until now.]"

"[If the host hadn't forcibly interrupted its hatching process, it would have hatched on its own in a few decades.]"

"[Warmly reminding the host that hatching this egg is definitely worth it. Don't mind a mere few million spirit stones.]"

The system finished speaking in the tone of a big tycoon and then fell silent.

Since there was no choice, Qin Bu Yi no longer hesitated and poured out all the spirit stones from the spatial ring.

Ninety boxes of low-grade spirit stones, ten boxes of mid-grade spirit stones, and one box of high-grade spirit stones.

If all were converted into low-grade spirit stones, it would total two million nine hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.

The spirit stones quickly piled up into a small mountain in the room, and the entire room was immediately filled with rich spiritual energy, enough for mortals to extend their lives with a single breath.

Qin Bu Yi placed the egg in his hand on top of the small mountain pile. As soon as it was placed, the rich spiritual energy permeating the room seemed to have found its source.

It continuously poured towards the basketball-sized egg. Looking at the empty spatial ring, Qin Bu Yi instantly understood Qing Qian's psychology somewhat.

Thinking that Qing Qian had been tricked into giving him many good things with food but was helpless against him, the powerful Nine-Tailed Demon Emperor might be venting her anger on some unlucky ghosts.

He obtained a total of five truly valuable items from Qing Qian.

The most valuable was the jade pendant carved with a nine-tailed fox.

Next was Qing Qian's weapon, a crimson long sword.

And three items of similar quality, a red handkerchief, a bracelet, and... a bodice.

Recalling the scene when he received the bodice, Qin Bu Yi was about to make a few jokes when Qing Qian glared at him fiercely.

Even now, Qin Bu Yi occasionally muttered in his heart: "The demon race is really open, even these personal items can be taken out for exchange."

The remaining items were all of low quality and had no practical value.

The reason why Qing Qian gave these priceless things to Qin Bu Yi was because she never thought that Qin Bu Yi would escape her pursuit.

When she escaped one day, she could naturally take them back from Qin Bu Yi with interest.

But plans could not keep up with changes. Qin Bu Yi completed the task and directly returned to Blue Star, directly causing her plan to fail completely.

Just as Qin Bu Yi was focusing on the hatching process.

S City, branch of the Cultivator Association.

"Xiu Wen, how has your father been lately? Back then..."

President Lan Tianhe was talking to a young man in front of him when he suddenly turned his head to look in Qin Bu Yi's direction and said in surprise:

"Such rich spiritual energy. Blue Star has been lacking spiritual energy for a long time. Who is being so generous?"

Xiu Wen looked at Lan Tianhe in confusion and said, "Why didn't I feel it?"

"Haha, such a long distance can only be felt by those at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm. You have just broken through to Nascent Soul, so of course you can't feel it. Let's go, let's go take a look."

After Lan Tianhe finished speaking, he pulled Xiu Wen up and flew out from the top floor of the association.

About a minute later, Lan Tianhe looked at the dilapidated and old neighborhood below, where flies were buzzing beside the trash can, and said:

"We're here, it's here."

"Uncle Lan, such rich spiritual energy, there must be at least a million low-grade spirit stones, right?" A hint of greed appeared in Xiu Wen's eyes.

"Conservatively estimated, there must be at least a million, but the other party's use of spirit stones is too simple and crude."

"If a spirit gathering array is set up to assist in the use, every trace of spiritual energy can be perfectly utilized, and there won't be any leakage of spiritual energy like it is now."

Lan Tianhe explained, while Xiu Wen thought in his heart: "If all these spirit stones belonged to me, my cultivation would definitely break through again in a short period of time."

"At that time, I'll have my father propose marriage to the Lan family. Maybe... no, the Lan family will definitely agree."

A graceful figure appeared in Xiu Wen's mind, who was none other than Lan Linglong, the strongest of the younger generation of the Lan family.

Thinking that the other party had never looked at him directly, Xiu Wen couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart.

"Hmph, after I obtain these spirit stones and my cultivation breaks through, I will have my father propose marriage to your Lan family. At that time, even if you look down on me, won't you still have to obediently enter the bridal chamber with me?"

Xiu Wen was immersed in his fantasy of the future, his inner greed rapidly expanding, and his figure quickly flew towards the location where Qin Bu Yi was.

When approaching Qin Bu Yi's room, he gathered the strength of his whole body to attack.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, the window shattered into powder, and Xiu Wen broke through the window and entered.

"Not good!" Lan Tianhe only reacted at this time. Seeing Xiu Wen's reckless behavior, he couldn't help but feel a headache.

He cursed inwardly: "This spoiled playboy, even I wouldn't be so generous to squander like this. How could the other party be an ordinary person? It's simply foolish to provoke the other party so rashly!"

Even if he was dissatisfied with Xiu Wen's actions, he had to go down and see what was going on.

If this young master had an accident on his territory, it would be difficult to explain.

Lan Tianhe flew into Qin Bu Yi's room at an extremely fast speed.

He saw that Xiu Wen, who had taken the initiative to attack, was being strangled by the throat by Qin Bu Yi like a chick and could not move.

Qin Bu Yi had already noticed when the two arrived.

However, he was now focused on hatching the egg. If the other party didn't provoke him, he naturally wouldn't care about them.

But the next moment, the other party took the initiative to attack him, so the scene that Lan Tianhe saw appeared.

A cold killing intent appeared in Qin Bu Yi's eyes, and the entire room was filled with killing intent.

Xiu Wen, who was bearing the brunt of the attack, felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his whole body trembling with fear.

"What an astonishing killing intent! How many people does one have to kill to condense such a terrifying killing intent." Lan Tianhe exclaimed in his heart.

Seeing that Xiu Wen was about to be strangled to death by Qin Bu Yi, he stepped forward with a smile and smoothed things over, saying:

"He was impulsive for a moment, please spare him if you can, young master."

Qin Bu Yi didn't let go. He glanced at Lan Tianhe with cold eyes, and the strength in his hand suddenly increased a bit.

Xiu Wen immediately rolled his eyes. Seeing this, Lan Tianhe hurriedly took out ten boxes of low-grade spirit stones from the spatial ring and said:

"Young master, these are one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, please spare his life."

Seeing that Lan Tianhe's attitude was always smiling, and he took out one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones to understand this matter.

Qin Bu Yi looked at the egg beside him that was still fully absorbing spiritual energy and saw that the other party had not caused him any losses.

He took the spirit stones and released the hand that was strangling Xiu Wen's neck.

"Cough cough!" Xiu Wen coughed for a while after being released.

It took a while to recover, hiding behind Lan Tianhe, looking at Qin Bu Yi with fearful eyes.

Just now, he felt that if he had the slightest movement, his fate would definitely be separation of body and head.

Looking at Lan Tianhe in front of him, he felt a sense of security in his heart, and the fear in his eyes gradually faded away, threatening Qin Bu Yi with a slightly threatening tone:

"Do you know who my father is..."

"Pa!"

Before he finished speaking, Lan Tianhe slapped Xiu Wen in the face and shouted, "Shut up!"

Seeing that Xiu Wen was unconvinced and seemed to want to open his mouth, Lan Tianhe glared at him fiercely, then said to Qin Bu Yi: "Sorry, I disturbed you, young master. We will leave now."

After saying that, he dragged Xiu Wen and flew away through the window, glancing at the pure white egg that was constantly absorbing spiritual energy on the spirit stone pile before leaving.

His heart was hot, and various thoughts appeared in his heart, but he quickly suppressed his greed.

Although he didn't know Qin Bu Yi's specific background, judging from the other party's cultivation and the killing intent revealed, this was not an easy person to provoke.