Li Qingyang had a lover, something he mentioned when he first became a disciple of the Iron Bones Sect.
Several years had passed, and he hadn’t gone to find her, because she felt her status wasn’t worthy of Qingyang City’s number one genius, so she deliberately avoided him.
The furthest distance in the world was probably just like this.
Not going to find her didn’t mean he had already forgotten. Li Qingyang just hoped that after obtaining absolute strength, he could appear before her and loudly tell this world that emphasized family background: it’s only whether I’m worthy of you, not whether you’re worthy of me.
Although after becoming a disciple of the Eternal Sect, he gradually became the Grand Steward and even developed a somewhat deviated enthusiasm for civil engineering, his heart to become strong had never wavered.
“Work hard.”
Jun Changxiao patted his disciple’s shoulder and said, “Until one day you can step on a seven-colored cloud and marry her back amid the attention of tens of thousands.”
“Seven-colored cloud?” Li Qingyang looked bewildered.
Jun Changxiao didn’t explain. He returned to Dragon Head Peak and once again entered the Heavenly Origin Soul Suppression Tower.
“Crack crack crack!”
The sound of whip strikes came rhythmically.
“Ah ah ah—”
The soul bound by ropes let out heart-wrenching screams.
This kind of whipping from the soul level was simply too exhilarating, and the unclean things inside its body were also being purified bit by bit.
It was hard to imagine that one of the nine Soul Clan members who disturbed the ancient era ten thousand years ago would actually suffer such inhumane treatment.
“Master!”
Er Ya said while whipping, “This guy has quite a lot of unclean things inside. I’m afraid I’ll need to purify him for several months.”
“Take your time, no rush.”
Since the main culprit had already been caught, Jun Changxiao didn’t mind the purification time.
Hun completely collapsed.
This kind of torment from the soul level—if it continued for several months, it would definitely be a fate worse than death!
“Don’t forget to discipline those lightning-attribute energies too.” Jun Changxiao said.
Li Qingyang possessed the Lightning Punishment Body. Since the lightning energy came from the upper realm, it was definitely powerful. If he could absorb it, there would surely be a qualitative improvement.
“Okay!”
Er Ya looked over, crooked her finger, and with queenly flair said, “Roll over here!”
“…”
The humanoid Lightning Punishment attributes trembled and walked over, then stood in a row, tragically accepting the insane whipping of the Soul Suppression Whip. Though that feeling was painful, after a long time, it actually became somewhat pleasurable.
…
After observing Hun being disciplined, Jun Changxiao returned to the outside world, then continued as usual, entering the Spirit Gathering Array to cultivate for a while, then quietly waited for the hatching date to arrive.
Li Qingyang, after adjusting his mindset, brought Xiao Zuiji, Long Ziyang, and others into the stronghold to carry out construction.
Because there was no Peppa to act as an excavator, the efficiency wasn’t particularly fast.
Jun Changxiao didn’t personally supervise the construction work, so his life then became a three-point routine of eating, sleeping, and cultivating.
Time flowed on.
Until he walked out from the Spirit Gathering Array and confirmed that his comprehension of the Five Elements attributes had improved again, he came to the study. The incubator was down to its final ten minutes before successful hatching.
“I’ve filled in so many crystal cores, there must be an awesome contracted beast!” Jun Changxiao prayed with clasped hands.
“Ding!”
Ten minutes later, the hatching time ended.
“Whoosh whoosh—”
The cloud-like attributes existing inside the incubator gradually converged. That white egg suddenly manifested water-blue patterns, like some kind of ancient restriction.
Jun Changxiao said, “It’s identical to the array formation structure of the Wondrous Gate Thirty-Two Arrays.”
Previously on the circular stone platform of the Plane Battlefield, similar restrictions had appeared. Could there be some inevitable connection between the two?
“Crack!”
Suddenly, the sound of breaking shell came.
The egg in the incubator began to crack along the water-blue patterns. As the cracks grew more numerous, beams of blue light shot out.
“It’s coming out!”
Jun Changxiao stared with wide eyes.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, the entire egg exploded. Blue light shone like the sun, so dazzling that he hurriedly used his wrist to block his vision, thinking in shock, “With this kind of spectacle, it must be awesome!”
The light flickered briefly then began to weaken. Jun Gou Sheng lowered his arm and looked toward the incubator. The expression on his face instantly froze.
In his field of vision appeared a little creature with a body size similar to an adult’s fist. It had two chicken-like claws, a pair of chicken-like wings, and chicken-like tail feathers, a pointed beak, and a big red comb on top of its head.
That’s right.
Not similar to a chicken—it was a chicken, and a rooster at that!
If one had to say there was a difference, it was that except for the red comb, all its chicken feathers were water-blue, making it look like a chicken-shaped ghost!
“This is the opportunity left by Venerable Guanhai? This is an exotic beast from the upper realm?” The corner of Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched violently.
The system said, “The color is very strange, probably related to mutation.”
“Big brother!”
Jun Changxiao roared with a collapsed expression, “This is a color problem? This is a breed problem! I consumed so many resources and thirty days, and actually hatched a chicken!”
“Don’t panic.”
The system said, “Perhaps it just looks like one on the outside, but actually…”
“Cock-a-doodle-doo—”
Just then, the miniature little creature raised its head and crowed. Its tone and voice were clearly those of a rooster crowing!
System: “…”
“Ah ah ah!”
Jun Changxiao held his head and said, “It really is a rooster!”
Just then, the water-blue little rooster struck a pose that recognized neither kin nor friend, spread its wings and folded them together, and arrogantly said, “Are you looking down on this young master?”
“Holy crap!”
Jun Changxiao’s eyes widened.
Beasts speaking human language—he was already accustomed to that.
But a rooster actually using its wings to make a folded-arms gesture was too cartoonish!
Also.
The self-address of “young master.”
This guy was somewhat arrogant!
Jun Changxiao opened the incubator and directly grabbed it in his palm, coldly saying, “Remember, call me Master.”
“Hmph!”
The little rooster said coldly, “Being able to become my master, you can consider yourself blessed for three lifetimes.”
Oh my goodness!
This little guy wasn’t just somewhat arrogant—he was super arrogant!
“A rooster is actually so brazen. Believe it or not, I’ll stir-fry you right now?” Jun Changxiao said fiercely.
“Insolent!”
The rooster said angrily, “This young master is a descendant of the Vermillion Bird. You describing me as a rooster is insulting my bloodline and trampling my dignity!”
Jun Changxiao: “…”
Growing to look like this, aren’t you insulting yourself?
Wait!
Descendant of the Vermillion Bird?
In Jun Changxiao’s understanding, the Vermillion Bird among the Four Divine Spirits seemed to be called the Vermillion Bird. Could this little guy be a descendant of a divine beast?
That’s not right!
Even if it really was a descendant, it couldn’t have genetically mutated to grow into chicken form!
Jun Changxiao said, “Little guy, you’re quite good at gilding yourself. Why don’t you say the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise are your first, second, and third uncles?”
The little rooster looked surprised and said, “How did you know?”
Oh my goodness.
This guy was not only super arrogant but also quite good at bragging. All the Four Divine Spirit Beasts became his relatives.
“Swoosh!”
Jun Changxiao grabbed it and came to the dining hall, slapping it down on the cutting board and shouting, “Dudu, quickly check if there’s a recipe for stir-fried little rooster in the Chinese cookbook!”