101: Two eggs

"Don't worry about that for now, come and eat. I saw how much you were craving it last night," Su Ze said with a smile.

Although Wang Zi was puzzled, he threw his doubts to the back of his mind after taking a single bite. He ate mouthful after mouthful, completely unable to speak.

Su Ze joined in as well, and the three of them ate heartily.

For this grand feast, Su Ze had brought out a total of three demon beast eggs, and every single one was Silver grade.

Xu Yao and Su Ze were fine, but this was Wang Zi's first time experiencing such a delicacy, and he simply couldn't stop.

Seeing this, Su Ze hurriedly said, "Slow down, don't overdo it."

"These are all Silver grade demon beast eggs. Given your and Xu Yao's current levels, one is already the limit. Eating more will do more harm than good."

With Su Ze's reminder, Wang Zi finally managed to slowly control himself.

Once he reached his body's endurance limit, he began meditating on the spot to digest the excess power in his body; Xu Yao did the same.

However, the power of a Silver grade demon beast egg was nothing to the current Su Ze, so he stayed by their side to guard them.

Half a day passed before Xu Yao woke up first.

She had experience, after all, and was more restrained, so she hadn't stuffed herself to her limit.

Wang Zi, on the other hand, had absorbed too much energy too quickly. Instead of gaining more benefits, it had placed a massive burden on his body.

"Brother Su Ze, something seems wrong with Wang Zi. What should we do now?"

Su Ze looked at him with a frown, then let out a helpless sigh.

He had originally intended this as a kind gesture. After all, as an orphan in this world, he had received a lot of help from Wang Zi in the name of brotherhood.

That was why he wanted to use this method to both satisfy Wang Zi's appetite and help him increase his strength.

He hadn't expected Wang Zi to actually overstuff himself... "You really are something..."

Fortunately, Su Ze still had a solution.

His shadow extended forward to cover Wang Zi's body, and then a powerful suction force surged from the shadow, draining all the excess power from Wang Zi's body.

This was the Shadow Moon Wolf King hiding in the Shadow Realm, activating its innate talent, Moon Devour.

Moon Devour would generate a cooldown period based on how much power it devoured at once.

The excess power in Wang Zi's body was truly insignificant to it, not even enough to fill the gaps between its teeth.

Therefore, the cooldown was very short and wouldn't affect Su Ze's upcoming matches.

After the power in his body was drained away, Wang Zi's expression finally softened, and he let out a sigh of relief.

A moment later, he finally opened his eyes.

The first thing he said with lingering fear was, "I never thought that being overstuffed could be such a painful thing."

But then he licked his lips, reminiscing about the taste from earlier.

Seeing this, Su Ze laughed and said, "Don't think about it, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Only then did Wang Zi react and ask, "I almost forgot, did you say those were all Silver grade demon beast eggs we just ate?"

"Doesn't that mean the specifications are higher and more expensive than what that Young Master Qi ate last night?"

"His single egg was a million; yours must be worth tens of millions?!"

Moreover, between the boiled egg and the roasted egg, they looked like two whole eggs, plus that huge bowl of egg custard... didn't that mean there were at least three Silver grade demon beast eggs here?!

Wang Zi was beyond shocked by the sheer scale of the breakfast he had just eaten.

Although they looked like ordinary dishes, the calculated price was terrifying.

"You... when did you get so rich? Did you rob a bank?" Wang Zi asked.

Su Ze shook his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I just have a few extra demon beast eggs, that's all. In essence, I'm still a pauper."

Wang Zi rolled his eyes; this was truly a unique way of flaunting wealth.

He finally understood how much he must have invited resentment from others in the past.

"Fine, since you don't care, I won't ask any more questions."

Wang Zi stood up, intending to leave. Having just absorbed so much power, he needed to find a place to familiarize himself with his improvements.

But Su Ze stopped him, saying, "Don't be in such a hurry to leave, I still have something to give you."

"Something else?" Wang Zi asked curiously.

He could hardly imagine what else could compare to this breakfast of inestimable value.

Then he saw Su Ze saying, "You wanted to buy that egg yesterday because you've gained a second beast-taming slot, right?"

"No need to buy one. Everything available on the market is just Bronze or Silver grade demon beast eggs. Your first beast was Gold-rank; your second one can't be a step backward."

"It just so happens I have another demon beast egg to give you, though it's still only Gold-rank."

As Su Ze spoke, he took out a gold-rank monster beast egg and handed it to Wang Zi. Of the three gold eggs he had recently pulled, one had been given to Sun Hao of the Great Xia Spirit Guards, leaving him with two.

But Wang Zi didn't reach out to take it.

Su Ze said, "What's wrong? Do you look down on it? If you want a platinum egg, you might have to wait a while; I can't get one right now."

Wang Zi shook his head and said with a complicated expression, "That's not what I mean. You already gave me a gold-rank monster beast egg before, which is why I am where I am today."

"Now you're taking out another one... I'll never be able to repay this favor."

Then he pointed at Xu Yao and said, "How about... give it to Xu Yao? I see she should have a second slot now too, and the feelings between you two could..."

Before Wang Zi could finish, Su Ze shoved the egg into his arms and said, "Stop talking nonsense. If you still consider me a brother, take it. I have other arrangements for Xu Yao."

"By the way, you haven't forgotten how to make it recognize you as its master, right?"

Seeing Su Ze's determined expression, Wang Zi finally pricked his finger and let a drop of blood fall onto the demon beast egg.

"That's more like it."

The system would surely provide more and more high-level demon beast eggs in the future, but Su Ze's contract slots were limited.

He couldn't possibly eat them all. As his level got higher, the boost to his strength from this method was becoming increasingly limited.

Especially for Gold-rank demon beast eggs, Su Ze didn't want to contract them, and eating them didn't have much effect.

That was why he used them as rewards for Sun Hao, which also served to increase the strength of his own side.

Giving one to Wang Zi had the same effect, and since their relationship was better, he didn't have to worry about betrayal.

Su Ze turned to look at Xu Yao behind him. When he said he had arrangements, he certainly wasn't speaking aimlessly.

Of the two remaining Gold-rank demon beast eggs, the hatching condition for the one he gave Wang Zi was to absorb a large amount of electrical energy.

However, it had to be a continuous and stable current, which meant that trying to hatch it with lightning might not work.

Connecting it directly to power lines was the correct way to hatch it.

But if one didn't want to be arrested by the Great Xia Spirit Guards for stealing electricity, they would need to pay a high electricity bill to hatch it.

Therefore, Su Ze chose to leave this one for Wang Zi.

As for the remaining one, Xu Yao was the most suitable candidate.

"Gold-rank demon beast egg hatching condition: Use body temperature to hatch. The higher the beauty of the hatcher, the stronger the hatched demon beast will be!"