On the broken Spirit Island, Qiong Qi tried to persuade Yang Kai to put the dragon egg back, but not only did Yang Kai not listen, he even scolded him fiercely.
Qiong Qi had no choice but to accept his fate.
“Old Qiong, I called you here for no other reason than to ask you how to hatch it,” Yang Kai looked at Qiong Qi solemnly.
Qiong Qi thought to himself, 'If you ask me, who should I ask? Although this old master is a Holy Spirit and has lived for countless years, he is still not a Dragon Race, so who knows how a Dragon Egg will hatch?' However, if he were to say this out loud, he would likely be sprayed with saliva again, so he could only ask, “Perhaps, it’s better to hatch like other species?”
“Is that so?” Hearing this, Yang Kai rushed over and wrapped his arms around the dragon egg, turning his head to look at Qiong Qi. Without waiting for him to answer, he asked with a black face, “Don’t you think it’s silly?”
This dragon egg was as tall as a man, and Yang Kai couldn’t wrap his arms around it, making it look quite silly.
With a single thought, Yang Kai leapt onto the dragon egg and sat down, twisting his body as he looked down at Qiong Qi, “How about this?”
Qiong Qi’s mouth twitched.
Yang Kai raised his hand and said, “There’s no need to say anything, I know.”
Slipping off the dragon egg, Yang Kai said, “Incubating it is definitely not a simple matter. If that was the case, Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun would have succeeded a long time ago, how could they have given up on it? Old Qiong, think about it carefully, your years are not just for show, right?”
Qiong Qi sighed, “This old master really can’t do anything about it, it’s all up to Young Lord.”
Yang Kai pulled a long face, “If I had the ability, why would I call you here?”
Qiong Qi said, “Actually, this old master feels that Young Lord should know.”
“I should know?” Yang Kai raised his brow, “Why should I know?”
Qiong Qi smiled lightly, “The Young Lord possesses the Dragon Clan’s Origin. As long as it is related to the Dragon Clan, everything is instinctual, including how to hatch a dragon egg.”
Yang Kai’s eyes lit up when he heard this and felt that it made a lot of sense. The reason why the Holy Spirit was born with such a powerful cultivation and strength, and why it was able to inherit the cultivation experiences and memories of its forefathers, was because everything was sealed within its Origin. As long as there was a suitable opportunity and strength, the precious treasures contained within its Origin would be unsealed.
The reason why Yang Kai was able to help Li Jiao use the Dragon Clan Secret Technique, which was to protect his bloodline from being suppressed, was because of his own progress in the Dragon Transformation Art.
Since he was able to comprehend this Secret Technique, there was no reason he couldn’t comprehend how to hatch the dragon egg.
“That’s right, that’s right.” Yang Kai suddenly felt as if the clouds had parted to reveal the bright moon, and began to think seriously.
A moment later, he raised his head and said, “Old Qiong, protect the area, if anyone approaches this place, inform me immediately.”
Speaking of which, if he were to hide in the Mysterious Small World to hatch a dragon egg, it would be absolutely safe. As long as he hid the Mysterious Boundary Bead somewhere, it would be impossible for anyone to discover it. However, this was Dragon Island, a place where the Dragon Race had lived for generations, so Yang Kai instinctively felt that hatching a dragon egg on Dragon Island was the best method. If he were to enter the Mysterious Small World, he would likely lack something.
This instinct convinced Yang Kai.
“Yes!” Hearing this order, Qiong Qi immediately flew out and stood guard.
Yang Kai circled around the dragon egg a few times before reaching out and patting it, “For you, I’ve put in a lot of effort, so you must work hard. If you can really hatch, it will be your good fortune. If you can’t hatch, it will be your fate, so don’t blame the Heavens and others.”
Saying so, Yang Kai took a deep breath and sat down cross-legged next to the dragon egg, relaxing his body and mind as he immersed his consciousness into his Knowledge Sea, silently sensing the Golden Holy Dragon’s Origin Energy in his body.
He needed to figure out how to hatch the egg from this Origin Source.
For a time, there was silence, only Yang Kai’s deep aura filling the air.
After an unknown period of time, Qiong Qi, who was standing guard outside the Spirit Island, suddenly heard a loud dragon roar and was attracted by this sound. He quickly turned his head and saw that Yang Kai had transformed into a 100m long dragon with a pair of fierce horns on his head. His exposed skin was covered in dragon scales and his whole body was covered in a dazzling golden light. A dragon tail was revealed behind his back, sweeping up dust.
“Hm?” Qiong Qi’s expression became a bit strange, because he discovered that Yang Kai’s current state was obviously very strange. The Dragon Transformation Art he was using seemed to have been unconsciously executed, causing him to fall into an ethereal state.
Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Yang Kai lay down on his side, curled up, and wrapped his dragon tail around the dragon egg.
Was it really going to hatch like this? Qiong Qi was dumbfounded, but the dragon egg clearly had no vitality left, so what was the point?
Shaking his head and sighing, he couldn’t understand why Yang Kai was so concerned about this matter. After all, even if it had really hatched, so what? Those were the children of Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun, what did it have to do with him?
Yang Kai didn’t know why, but when he left the cave, a voice echoed in his heart, forcing him to try to hatch it. This so-called threat to restrain Fu Zhun was only secondary.
This was an instinctive reaction, a call from the Golden Holy Dragon’s Origin Energy.
As time passed, Qiong Qi stood guard outside the Spirit Island, not taking a single step away from it. Fortunately, the number of Dragon Race cultivators was very small, so no one passed by here, so everything had been peaceful for the past few days.
Occasionally, he would take a look at Yang Kai’s situation. At this moment, Yang Kai seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. Qiong Qi even wondered if he could wake him up if he called him.
He had been maintaining that posture the entire time, using his own body to wrap around the dragon egg. From afar, he looked like a real giant dragon in a deep sleep. Even Fu Zhun and Zhu Yan couldn’t compare to his terrifying dragon might.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Qiong Qi was staring at the setting sun when he suddenly felt something behind him. When he turned around, he was shocked.
On the other side, Yang Kai had straightened his upper body and had opened his eyes at some point. His two eyes were emitting a terrifying golden light, as if two small suns were burning, making it impossible to look directly at him.
Immediately after, he opened his mouth and spat out a large amount of Golden Blood.
Golden blood sprayed onto the black dragon egg, dyeing it golden.
Qiong Qi’s eyelids twitched. What was he trying to do? After two months of observation, he was certain that Yang Kai had already found a way to hatch the Dragon Race’s Origin Source, but he had never heard that the Dragon Race’s incubation needed to be done in such a manner. Wasn’t this just self-harm?
But in the next moment, his expression became filled with amazement.
Because the dragon egg was actually absorbing Yang Kai’s Golden Blood, the golden blood that had been sprayed onto the egg’s shell was quickly being absorbed by it, and in less than ten minutes, it had returned to its original black color.
Yang Kai lowered his body and fell asleep again.
Qiong Qi showed a look of amazement, wondering if the dragon egg could really be saved. If the dragon egg was dead, there was no reason for it to absorb Yang Kai’s Golden Blood, but he had clearly checked before and found no signs of life.
What was going on?
Bewildered, Qiong Qi observed even more carefully.
From that day on, Yang Kai woke up every three or five days, but it wasn’t accurate to say that he woke up because although Yang Kai opened his eyes at that time, it was as if he only had the dragon egg in his eyes and nothing else. After spitting out a mouthful of golden blood, he fell asleep again.
Every time he spat out a drop of Golden Blood, the dragon egg would quickly absorb it, and then… there was no more.
This situation continued for three months until one day, Qiong Qi felt a faint life fluctuation from the dragon egg, like a candle flame in a storm that could be extinguished at any moment, but it was a real life fluctuation.
There really is hope! Qiong Qi was shocked, when Yang Kai said that the dragon egg still had vitality, why didn’t he feel it? Was it because Yang Kai possessed the Dragon Clan’s Origin?
In the following month, the vitality coming from the dragon egg became more vigorous, as if the Dragon Race inside could break out at any moment.
This was not the only change. On the surface of the black dragon egg, strange patterns also appeared. At first glance, they looked like some kind of pattern, but they were also quite mysterious.
These lines began to glow and flicker, each time emitting a powerful aura.
Qiong Qi didn’t doubt that if the little guy in this dragon egg was really born, it would definitely shock the entire Dragon Race. Thinking about it, it made sense. After all, he was the son of Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun, the descendant of two Tenth-Order Dragons, so how could his starting point be bad?
However… could it really be born? Although it had nothing to do with him, with things developing like this, Qiong Qi couldn’t help feeling nervous and expectant. Every day, he stared at the changes in Yang Kai and the dragon egg.
Azure Wood Island, where Zhu Yan lived.
In a flash of white light, Fu Zhun flew over and landed in front of Zhu Yan, quietly staring at him.
Zhu Yan’s expression was the same as when Yang Kai had first met him. Standing under the giant tree root, he concentrated on his cultivation and noticed Fu Zhun’s aura. When he opened his eyes, he saw Fu Zhun’s red lips lightly press together, seemingly hesitating to speak.
He couldn’t help chuckling, “You came?”
Although they were an old couple, both of them lived on their own Spirit Islands. In the early years, Fu Zhun would occasionally come here, but ever since that incident, she had never come here again.
“Is something the matter?” Zhu Yan withdrew his cultivation and walked over to her with his hands behind his back.
Fu Zhun’s eyes flickered as he turned his head to the side and said, “I have something to say.”
Zhu Yan couldn’t help showing a look of amazement. This was the first time he had seen Fu Zhun act like this, why was she acting so guilty? Chuckling lightly, he said, “If you have something to say, just say it. You and I are not outsiders.”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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