CHAPTER 420: CHAPTER 243: IMMORTAL EGG HATCHING, THE FOURTH SPIRIT BEAST

Thinking about it, Lin Chen and the Spirit Beasts indeed felt the incredibly dense Spiritual Qi within, with the Little Fox’s eyes glowing like it had spotted a feast.

The Spiritual Qi here is indeed terrifying. According to the Little Fox, it’s even more concentrated than the sixth-level Spirit Spring that Lin Chen and the others encountered before.

Even Lin Chen could feel how thick the Spiritual Qi was.

"Let’s start cultivating then." Lin Chen casually found a spot; this place is quite large.

The three Spirit Beasts instinctively found spots to sit down and began their cultivation, while Lin Chen, having nothing else to do, went to take a look at the terracotta warriors.

Lin Chen had previously seen the terracotta warriors of the Qin King. Compared to those carved figures, these appear much more lifelike, even displaying hair vividly.

"Could they have been petrified by something?" Lin Chen pondered.

But soon, Lin Chen discovered a terrifying reality, among the petrified Spirit Beasts and Demon Beasts, there were Immortal Beasts included.

For Lin Chen found a complete dragon within them, looking like a highly aggressive member of the Dragon Race.

"What kind of place is this?"

Lin Chen surveyed his surroundings. Although this is a holy land for cultivation, his heart grew increasingly uneasy.

It seems the Spirit Academy isn’t as tranquil as he imagined. First, there was the mysterious New Moon puzzle in the Spiritual Spring Secret Realm, and now these terracotta warriors clearly are odd.

The Great Elder had mentioned that they had researched this place before, but ultimately found no results.

Thus, after scrutinizing it for a while, Lin Chen put away his curiosity.

After all, curiosity killed the cat, and he only came here to level up.

Three days later, the first Spirit Beast to level up appeared, naturally being the Little Fox.

The Little Fox jumped straight to level 35, solidifying its reputation as the upgrade enthusiast.

This surprised Lin Chen; the Little Fox had only leveled up not long ago, and after just a few days it leveled up again?

The Little Fox’s eyes sparkled; if it weren’t for seeing Lin Chen’s darkened face, it might have continued upgrading.

"Goo~~~"

The Little Fox stuck out its tongue, indicating it was going to hatch the egg.

"Go ahead." Lin Chen smiled and nodded.

Cultivation time is quite boring, but fortunately, Lin Chen is someone who can endure loneliness and firmly believes in one principle:

He may not walk ten thousand miles, but he can read ten thousand books.

...

Nearly a week later, Lin Chen was drowsily sleeping when the Little Fox urgently woke him up.

"You leveled up again?" Lin Chen asked as he opened his eyes.

The Little Fox felt a bit sad, but thankfully this time it didn’t throw a tantrum and hurriedly led Lin Chen along.

Lin Chen saw the Little Fox’s level hadn’t changed, which finally cleared his head somewhat.

Now the Little Fox had only one task:

Hatching the egg.

"Has the egg cracked?" Lin Chen asked.

"Goo!!"

The Little Fox nodded.

Lin Chen immediately became fully alert, even jumping up from the ground, and ran after the Little Fox toward the Immortal-quality Spirit Egg, spotting a hole breaking through the eggshell as he approached.

At this moment, Xiaobai and the Big White Bear were already awakened by the Little Fox, with their heads lying on the ground, quietly observing the Immortal-quality Spirit Egg.

"How long has it been?" Lin Chen asked.

"Goo goo~~"

The Little Fox informed Lin Chen it had just happened recently and quickly urged him to check if it had accidentally burnt the egg.

Lin Chen actually didn’t need to look to know it couldn’t be possible; the Little Fox’s fire control technique was becoming more proficient, and it cherished the egg greatly, so mistakes were unlikely.

He sat down alongside the three Spirit Beasts and quietly awaited the birth of this little life.

After about half an hour, the crack on the eggshell began to spread like a fine spider web, with small pieces of eggshell occasionally falling.

Lin Chen stared intently at the eggshell, feeling both excited and anxious.

He understood that having a Spirit Beast with an Immortal Beast’s physique would be an incredible fortune, saving much effort on the path of cultivation.

However, he couldn’t help but worry; if this soon-to-be-born Spirit Beast had a vicious nature, it could be troublesome.

After all, although it is said that humans are inherently kind, modern genetics suggests that temperament and personality have hereditary factors, though it’s not absolutely so.

The more Lin Chen thought, the more his mind wandered, even considering how he’d manage the Spirit Beast if it had a bad temper.

Just as his thoughts drifted far, a sudden sharp sound of "crack" echoed, as if a stone had been cast into a calm lake.

Lin Chen quickly came back to his senses, and the Three Beasts immediately became energized, their eyes fixed intently on the eggshell, filled with anticipation.

After so much time, the moment of hatching finally arrived.

The cracks on the eggshell rapidly spread, swiftly extending like a spider web, producing an increasingly dense crisp sound.

Soon, the whole egg seemed to pulse with life, and the eggshell subtly trembled, generating a very faint rustling.

Suddenly, a sharp fragment was pushed up and abruptly fell off.

From that opening, a small piece of a strange object was suddenly revealed.

It wasn’t flesh, nor feathers, but rather a semi-transparent blue sheen.

As Lin Chen eagerly anticipated, the sky suddenly changed; upon looking up, Lin Chen saw the sky above had turned azure.

Yet, it’s crucial to know that this was dawn, the time of transition between light and darkness.

"Phenomenon!"

Lin Chen exhaled; the Ant Queen wasn’t wrong, this Spirit Beast indeed came with a phenomenon.

Then the eggshell vibrated violently, as if something was fiercely pushing against its confines, each difficult push and pull accompanied by the eggshell’s unbearable groans and the clear sound of falling fragments. It seemed to be running out of energy, moving sluggishly and awkwardly, with heavy and intermittent breath sounds.