29: It smells so good!

"Hiss... my head hurts so much..."

Su Ze woke up groggily from his bed, and the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the familiar ceiling.

"This is... my home? Shouldn't I be at Tianyun Volcano? How did I get back?"

Su Ze raised his hand to rub his throbbing temples, only to realize that he had an IV drip in his hand, and there was a bottle of glucose hanging by his bedside, infusing into him.

Just as Su Ze lay on the bed, utterly confused, a captivating small face slowly moved into his field of vision from outside, facing him, wordlessly.

That face was delicate and flawless, fair and rosy, and her features were so perfect they seemed like a masterpiece.

"I'm hungry..." the small face said, her red lips parting slightly.

Su Ze jolted upright. How could such a small loli appear in his home?

Because he sat up too quickly, the small loli didn't have time to dodge, and their foreheads collided heavily.

The small loli immediately covered her forehead and hid to the side, her eyes red and glistening with tears. "Wuwu... wah, you're a bad person! Not only did you threaten me and steal my power, now you hit me too!"

Su Ze also raised a hand to rub his head. He felt that collision just now was exceptionally painful, and his forehead was red in a large patch.

At this moment, Su Ze's brain also caught up. He pointed at the small loli and said, "It's you! That Golden Feather Phoenix Bird! Stop pretending, how could my head be as hard as yours?"

The small loli, who was the transformed Golden Feather Phoenix Bird, also lowered her hand from her forehead. There was no trace of impact on her smooth, snow-white forehead, and a mischievous smile appeared on her delicate small face.

"Hmph, anyway, I didn't hit you, you hit me. Also, don't call me by my species name, I have a name, it's Qing Yi, Feng Qingyi!"

High-grade bloodline demon beasts themselves possess heritage like human families, and they can inherit partial memories through their bloodline, so Su Ze wasn't surprised that the Golden Feather Phoenix Bird had her own name.

He rubbed his forehead and sat up, asking, "Feng... Qing Yi, why am I home? How long have I been asleep?"

Feng Qingyi tapped her chin with her finger, looked around, and said, "So this is your home? It's so small and shabby... As for the time, a whole day has passed, you know."

"A whole day?"

Su Ze was sent home not long after he fainted. As for the door, this was originally a unit provided by the Beast Taming University, so it wasn't unreasonable for the school to keep a spare key, was it?

"Then the Azure Dragon Beast Taming University's college entrance examination must have already ended? I missed the exam?" Su Ze said with some annoyance.

However, Feng Qingyi, who was beside him, couldn't answer this question. After all, she was just a bird, and she had been in Su Ze's beast taming space all this time. Only when she sensed Su Ze's Spiritual Power beginning to recover and he was about to wake up did she lose control of the beast taming space and was pushed out.

"You did miss the exam, but you've been recommended for admission!" Xu Yao's voice, full of joy, rang out from the doorway.

The Beast Taming University had given the spare key to Su Ze's home to Xu Yao, since she lived downstairs from Su Ze and could check on his condition from time to time.

And help change his glucose drip to prevent Su Ze from starving to death in bed while unconscious.

Xu Yao happily said, "Brother Su Ze, you're awake!"

"Mmm... oh, right Xu Yao, what do you mean I've been recommended for admission?"

Xu Yao immediately gave a simple account of what happened after Su Ze fainted.

"So you've also been recommended for admission to Azure Dragon Beast Tamer University?" Su Ze asked with a smile.

Xu Yao happily replied, "That's right, and maybe we can continue to be classmates!"

Su Ze continued to inquire, "What about Wang Zi? Is he doing well?"

The smile on Xu Yao's face suddenly froze, then she said with some helplessness, "Uncle Wang has tried his best. He spent a lot of money to help Wang Zi find a demon beast, but his Spiritual Power was already very weak after his beast's death, making it difficult to attract a demon beast to contract."

"In the end... he couldn't successfully contract a demon beast until the Beast Taming College Entrance Examination ended, losing his qualification to participate..."

Su Ze sighed helplessly upon hearing this. If he hadn't had the system's help, he would be no different from Wang Zi now.

Unable to contract a demon beast, unable to participate in the college entrance examination.

"Wait, the system!" Su Ze suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Wang Zi's Spiritual Power was indeed damaged due to the death of his beast, so it would logically be difficult for him to contract the next demon beast.

However, the beast taming eggs produced by his system didn't care about these things; as long as they could hatch, they could be contracted.

And he just so happened to have a Gold-rank beast taming egg suitable for him!

Su Ze immediately sat up from the bed, intending to go find Wang Zi, but his legs went soft, and he almost fell to his knees. Fortunately, Xu Yao supported him in time.

Feng Qingyi, observing this, immediately burst into merciless laughter.

This made Xu Yao frown. "Although Brother Su Ze has contracted a particularly powerful demon beast, it seems to lack some discipline. Will this be dangerous...?"

The reason Su Ze's legs were weak was that his Spiritual Power was still very weak, and such overuse was difficult to recover from with just one day of rest.

But Su Ze had a plan. He immediately had Xu Yao help him to the kitchen to boil a pot of hot water, then took a demon beast egg the size of a human head from the refrigerator.

"Brother Su Ze... is this a demon beast egg? Are you planning to give it to Wang Zi?"

"Indeed... newly hatched demon beasts are easier to contract. This will be an opportunity for Wang Zi."

But what Xu Yao didn't understand was why Su Ze had so many demon beast eggs recently; she had watched the Void Spirit Turtle hatch from an egg.

And why were demon beast eggs kept in the refrigerator?

It was just like storing ordinary eggs, but demon beast eggs were extremely precious... Xu Yao's internal monologue wasn't even finished when she watched dumbfounded as Su Ze threw the demon beast egg into the boiling water and casually put the lid on the pot.

"...Brother Su Ze, what are you doing?! That's a demon beast egg?!"

Su Ze said nonchalantly, "Hmm, I know. demon beast eggs are very helpful for recovering Spiritual Power, and they're especially delicious when used for egg fried rice."

"It's a shame I was unconscious for a whole day, and the leftover rice at home is two days old, so I can't make egg fried rice for you. We'll have to make do with boiled eggs."

"But don't worry, a demon beast egg is a demon beast egg, even simply boiled, it will be especially delicious!"

Xu Yao was on the verge of collapsing. Was that what she was concerned about?

This was a demon beast egg, one of the most coveted treasures for a Beast Tamer. Was it meant for you to ponder which cooking method tastes best?

...Half an hour later, Su Ze skillfully fished out the egg, peeled it, and cut it into three portions, as Feng Qingyi had long been drooling at the side.

Even knowing she was actually a bird, Su Ze couldn't resist her small face staring at him with such anticipation.

Watching Su Ze and Feng Qingyi both start eating the demon beast egg, Feng Qingyi even joyfully flapped a pair of small wings behind her.

Xu Yao looked at the boiled egg on the plate in front of her, which was still a substantial portion even at one-third of the total, and tried a bite.

"Aiya... so delicious~"