Chapter 582 - 25 Disciple_1

Chapter 582: Chapter 25 Disciple_1

The next day at dawn.

Wang Ba opens his eyes from his cultivation.

His sight is immediately attracted to the scene before him.

“Wait… they’ve laid eggs?”

Wang Ba looks at the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard in front of him.

Even though it’s still somewhat bloated now, its stomach has already become a bit shriveled.

Underneath it, in the dirt nest that Wang Ba had specially prepared, there are some oval-shaped, wet and slimy white beast eggs.

Wang Ba walks up to them with surprise and joy.

The Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard immediately instinctively raises its head and front legs in a threatening posture, flicking its forked blue tongue at Wang Ba… But then, seeing that it’s Wang Ba, it hesitates and slowly lies back down.

Wang Ba doesn’t mind, he squats down next to the dirt nest and counts. A little disappointed, there are only nine beast eggs. Not as many as rumors have said.

“Did they not get enough food?”

Wang Ba is somewhat perplexed.

However, the egg-laying act is always unpredictable and it’s normal for them to lay fewer eggs occasionally.

Wang Ba doesn’t investigate further, and after sensing the faint signs of life inside the eggs, he is somewhat relieved.

Not bad, at least these nine eggs can be hatched.

“The Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard likes warmth and humidity; the incubation of the eggs also depends on a constant temperature and humidity… It’s more or less the same as the Azure Spirit Turtle.”

Wang Ba then quickly sets up a simple constant temperature and humidity Array on the dirt nest.

The incubation of Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard’s eggs generally requires at least two months, but compared to the Azure Spirit Turtle and other similar Class II upper grade beasts, the time is much shorter.

For example, the Azure Spirit Turtles nowadays basically incubate for more than half a year.

“Come to think of it, a few of the Azure Spirit Turtles that were recently hatched have finally reached the Class II top grade… After breeding for a few more generations, we’ll be able to try helping them Cross Tribulation.”

The Azure Spirit Turtle has an extremely strong defense. With no exceptions, it should be easier for it to cross the Third Order Thunder Tribulation than it would be for others.

Although the breeding speed of the Azure Spirit Turtle is slower, it is relatively stable which makes it suitable both as the main ingredient in Spirit Food and as a supportive Spirit Beast in combat.

The only thing that puzzles Wang Ba is that compared to the Precious Chickens, Phantom Chickens, and other poultry bred from the Precious Chicken, the Azure Spirit Turtle is not as intelligent.

Once they reach Class III, they may very well develop Spiritual Wisdom.

If used as a supportive beast in combat, that would be fine; however, if it’s to be massively refined as Spirit Food, that would be deemed as violation of the heavenly law and the Wanxiang Sect doesn’t permit that.”

“I ought to ask Martial Uncle Qi about how we can stop Spirit Beasts from developing Spiritual Wisdom when I get a chance…”

Wang Ba muses to himself.

He doesn’t have any spare time lately, so he hasn’t had the chance to go to Shou Peak.

After breakfast, he heads to the Spirit Food Department to engage in more work.

However, with his improvement in refining experience, the time he needs to spend on it has decreased somewhat.

It’s not yet fully dark when he leaves the Spirit Food Department.

Then, he joins Yao Wudi and they rush towards the Thick Earth Peak.

“Ha ha, Junior Brother Hu!”

Far away, Yao Wudi smiles.

The peak master of Thick Earth Peak, Hu Zaixi, is instructing the disciples of the peak. Hearing Yao Wudi’s voice, he nearly jumps.

“Yao Wudi? What, what are you here for?!”

Hu Zaixi is short and childlike. Seeing Yao Wudi, he seems taken aback.

Yet, he is quite surprised by Yao Wudi’s attitude.

“Junior Brother Hu, why the cold reception? Come, Wang Ba, meet your Martial Uncle Hu. Don’t underestimate him because of his height, he’s top-notch in Earth properties among Nascent Souls.”

Hu Zaixi’s mouth twitches.

Even though he’s being praised, why isn’t he happy?

Wang Ba immediately steps forward and bows in respect.

“Martial Uncle Hu.”

Unlike Ling Weizi, Hu Zaixi doesn’t throw Wang Ba any unfriendly looks and he even forces a smile on his face:

“Martial Nephew Wang.”

He gropes around and proceeds to take out a yellow sphere from his sleeve and hands it to Wang Ba.

“This is a ‘Wutu Pearl’, a one-time Third Order Magic Tool. Most Golden Cores below Nascent Soul can’t withstand it, it’s a fun little thing, play with it.”

Wang Ba looks at Yao Wudi, stunned.

Yao Wudi carelessly says, “Your Martial Uncle Hu has always been generous. He is the easiest to deceive… um, easiest to talk to. Hurry up and take it.”

Hu Zaixi’s face darkens.

Do you really think I didn’t hear that?

He snappily retorts:

“Yao Wudi, you fooled me out of ten thousand Merits last time, what’s your reason for being here now!”

“This time, I don’t want your Merits.”

Yao Wudi repeats his previous trick and casually proceeds towards Hu Zaixi, attempting to snake an arm around him in a friendly manner.

Due to the big height difference, Yao Wudi towering over Hu Zaixi simply seems like a giant.

Hu Zaixi’s face darkens even further.

Yao Wudi, in his usual unbothered style, kicks a hole in the ground and manages to level his height with Hu Zaixi.

He reaches to put an arm around Hu Zaixi’s neck, but Hu Zaixi dodges and glares at him:

“Yao Wudi, you’re going too far!”

This is just bullying!

Even though everyone is a Nascent Soul cultivator and shouldn’t care about their physical appearances anymore,

him intentionally leveling his height with Hu Zaixi is basically a slap in the face!

Yao Wudi looks confused.

I’ve lowered my attitude so much… where did I bully him?

Seeing this scene, Wang Ba feels both sorry and amused.

Seeing that Hu Zaixi doesn’t act as aggressively as Ling Weizi, he hurries forward to break the ice: