180: Eggs are capricious

By the time the two of them were seated in Su Ze's home, they were still in a state of daze.

They never expected that this young-looking boy had already discovered them long ago.

Nor did they expect to be sitting at a dining table with a large basin of deep-red tea eggs, cooked with tea leaves and demon beast eggs, placed before them.

In the few minutes Su Ze had spent inviting them inside, the members of the Thirteenth Squad had already split into groups of two or three to share tea eggs, eating with great relish.

"You... The Great Xia Spirit Guards have accumulated resources for many years, and these platinum-level demon beast eggs can only be contracted by those at the captain level or above. You've actually turned them into tea eggs!"

"This is simply a reckless waste of resources and a great disrespect to the contributions of the Great Xia Spirit Guards! I must report you to Lord Xiao Sheng!"

But then they remembered that these demon beast eggs were sent at the request of Xiao Sheng and Holy Sun. Could it be that the two lords were actually in league with them?

If that were really the case, what should they do?

Should they offend the two most powerful figures in Great Xia, or should they turn a blind eye and pretend they hadn't seen anything?

Just as the two of them looked at each other, their hearts filled with conflict and struggle...

Su Ze stuffed a warm tea egg into his mouth and said, "platinum-level? You certainly have a good eye for food, but these aren't. I still have uses for those platinum eggs."

"These are all Bronze and Silver grade demon beast eggs. Keeping them wasn't particularly useful."

"Bronze and Silver grade?" The two looked at each other, then picked up an egg to examine it.

Although they had never seen a demon beast egg cooked into a tea egg before...

Based on the remaining characteristics, they could tell that these tea eggs were indeed just Bronze and Silver grade demon beast eggs.

They were not the batch of platinum-level demon beast eggs taken from the warehouse.

Su Ze hadn't reached the point of being unable to distinguish between what was important and what wasn't. The platinum-level demon beast eggs sent by the Great Xia Spirit Guards were actually becoming fewer and fewer.

From over a hundred eggs a day at the start, the number had now dropped to under a hundred.

He didn't even know if the number of platinum-level demon beast eggs would be sufficient, so how could he possibly take out such precious resources to cook into tea eggs?

These eggs were all drawn using the gacha machine chances he had accumulated while in Fusang.

He had also drawn two platinum eggs, both of which he had recycled through the system.

It was a bit of a pity that he hadn't drawn any diamond eggs; otherwise, he wouldn't have needed so many platinum eggs.

The remaining five gold eggs were kept by Su Ze.

The Great Xia Spirit Guards were not short on the remaining Bronze and Silver grade demon beast eggs, and they weren't of much use to Su Ze.

He could have chosen to sell them for money, but after thinking it over, he wanted to see what a tea egg made from a demon beast egg would taste like.

No one had ever attempted such an operation before.

Even Qi Lin of the Qi Family, who had loved eating demon beast eggs since childhood, had never tried such a luxurious way of eating as boiling a whole pot of tea eggs.

This is what you call: being capricious because you have eggs!

"Then where are the platinum-level demon beast eggs we delivered?"

Su Ze led them into his room and pointed at the boxes on the floor, saying, "They're right here."

The two glanced over and saw that they were indeed the batch of demon beast eggs they had just brought from the warehouse.

However, they didn't see any of the ones from before.

Facing their questioning gazes, Su Ze shrugged and said, "Those eggs have their uses and haven't been wasted. As for what they're used for, I have no comment."

Su Ze no longer intended to hide his abilities, but this was limited to a few people he was close with.

After all, he could produce ultra-high-level demon beast eggs from time to time, and anyone with eyes could tell something was wrong.

But that didn't mean he was going to tell everyone this secret.

So far, only Xu Yao, Xiao Sheng, Lin Xi, Jiang Yiyi, and Holy Sun knew; in the future, Wang Zi would likely know as well.

Seeing Su Ze's refusal, the two had no choice but to back out.

They were still holding the tea eggs they had taken from the basin to examine, unsure whether to eat them or not.

After all, even Bronze and Silver grade demon beast eggs were priced astronomically to them. Who would have thought someone would boil a whole pot of tea eggs?

"Why don't we just eat them? Since the eggs are cooked, they probably can't hatch into battle beasts anyway."

In the end, the two of them split the tea egg and ate it.

They immediately closed their eyes, carefully savoring every bite. It was a deliciousness they had never experienced before.

"Heavens, how can this be so delicious!"

Now they finally understood why the members of the Thirteenth Squad had seemed so impatient just now.

If they were to see these tea eggs in front of them again after tasting them once, they would probably end up like that too.

After finishing, the two couldn't help but look into the basin, only to find it had long been licked clean. Those guys hadn't even spared the leftover soup.

"Alright, now that you've had your fill, go back and keep practicing."

"Don't forget what I said. As long as you have new battle beast slots after leveling up, leave the battle beast problem to me. Starting with Gold-rank Demon Beasts!"

Led by Sun Hao, the crowd shouted in unison, "Long live the Captain!"

No one doubted Su Ze's promise because the young man before them had shown them too many impossibilities.

After everyone else left, only those two who had quietly followed remained before Su Ze.

They had been "invited" in after being discovered by Su Ze, so they didn't dare leave easily without his permission.

But their caution was clearly unnecessary. Su Ze glanced at them in confusion.

"Why didn't you leave with the others? Oh right, Xiao Sheng sent you to check on the progress, didn't he?"

"Go back and tell him it's almost ready. I still need... about five hundred more platinum-level demon beast eggs!"

"Five hundred?!" the two shouted, their mouths hanging wide open.

They were in charge of the storage for the Eastern Corps of the Great Xia Spirit Guards, so they naturally knew roughly how many platinum-level demon beast eggs all five corps headquarters combined could produce.

The Eastern Corps had over a hundred platinum-level demon beast eggs, and they had all been brought out on the first day.

The ones after that were all transferred from other corps, which was why they were delivered over several days.

Of the other four corps headquarters, two were not much different from the Eastern Corps.

Of the remaining two, the Western corps headquarters was the weakest and had the fewest demon beast eggs, less than a hundred.

The Imperial Capital corps headquarters had the most, but even then, no more than two hundred.

Even if they were all added together, it would only be seven or eight hundred platinum-level demon beast eggs, and that would already be hollowing out the entire foundation of the Great Xia Spirit Guards!

Even if Su Ze guaranteed he could produce divine beast eggs, and with Xiao Sheng and Holy Sun acting as guarantors, not many people would believe it.

They would definitely keep some for themselves, so the amount that would actually reach his hands would probably only be six or seven hundred.

Seeing their shocked expressions, Su Ze knew this might be difficult, so he said, "In that case, a few more diamond rank demon beast eggs would also work."

"diamond rank?! At least our Eastern Corps doesn't have any. Even if the other corps headquarters do, they probably wouldn't give them up..."

Su Ze frowned upon hearing this and said, "Forget it, forget it. Just bring as many as you can. As expected, I'll have to rely on myself in the end."

The demon beast eggs he had plundered from Fusang hadn't even been used yet!