72: How to hatch a Thousand Tribulations Beast

There were only seven King-Ranked Starlight Stone Spirits in the Stone Spirit Secret Realm.

And the one Luo Chen initially found should have been the strongest.

Half an hour later, Luo Chen looked at the seven small giants sitting in rows before him, feeling a certain pressure.

The first one, using its huge palm, lifted Luo Chen, and was even slightly taller than the other stone figures.

Luo Chen took out sixty liters of Spirit Spring Water and distributed it to the other King-Ranked Starlight Stone Spirits.

The Starlight Stone Spirit holding Luo Chen conveyed his message to the other Starlight Stone Spirits.

After they all understood Luo Chen's intentions, a movement that swept across the entire Stone Spirit Secret Realm began in full swing.

No matter where the Beasts in the entire Secret Realm were, they could not escape the pursuit of these several King-Ranked Starlight Stone Spirits.

One by one, Spirit Beasts, whether they were Starlight Stone Spirits transformed into large stones, or Beasts like Silver Warhorses that Luo Chen had released into the wild.

All were thrown into high enclosures according to their different star ratings.

Standing on the wide wall, Luo Chen looked at the different races of Beasts in the one-third circle below, feeling as if he were watching a beast-fighting arena in person.

Seeing that all the Beasts were in place, Luo Chen threw fifty portions of Spirit Spring Water, enveloped in an air membrane, into each of the one-third enclosures.

The number of Spirit Spring Water portions was slightly less than the number of Beasts, meaning some Beasts would not get any, and some Beasts would get more than one portion.

So the battle began, with various Skill light effects erupting, and the scene looked very chaotic.

Luo Chen was truly worried that some Beasts might actually die in this struggle, so he arranged for these King-Ranked Beasts to constantly monitor the battle, and if any were truly in critical condition, they would be immediately pulled out.

Watching the scene of blood splattering, Luo Chen suddenly remembered something.

He ran into the Qingyou Secret Realm and had five Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbits, which possessed the Life Crystal Skill, condense many Life Crystals for him and send them to the Stone Spirit Secret Realm.

Chenyang Pet Store now had twelve Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbits, all of which Luo Chen had progressively evolved over the past few days.

The aroma emitted by these rabbits alone could permeate the entire Qingyou Secret Realm, meaning all Beasts in the Qingyou Secret Realm were constantly improving their resistance to mental attacks.

And a greater benefit was that Chenyang Pet Store now had some precious plant resources.

Once purchased, there was no need to buy a second time, because the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbits could continuously produce them.

The only regret was that he had never obtained the original plant of the dragon yang grass; the Qin Family had only given a few leaves last time, and the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbits had no way to use their Spirit Affinity Skill on a few leaves.

Therefore, Luo Chen had always controlled the number of leaves given to the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress, causing the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress to always look wilted.

Perhaps in the next transaction with the Qin Family, dragon yang grass could be used as a bargaining chip.

Because Luo Chen and Luo Yuheng had always controlled the number of Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbits traded out, there were only two outside of Chenyang Pet Store.

One was the one the Qin Family bought at the auction, and the other was the one traded to Feng Manwu.

Luo Chen then went to check the small pond he had specifically dug for the Golden Rich Koi; it could be said to be the wealthiest Beast.

Spirit Spring Water, which King Beasts were interested in and Spirit Beasts vied for, was merely its most ordinary living environment.

Even its small living pond was dug for it by Light Spirit Cat King Suoyin.

In just these two short days, it had already advanced from Ferocious Beast Seven-Star to Ferocious Beast Nine-Star, and was about to be promoted to Spirit Beast.

Luo Chen specifically looked at its Evolution Path and found nothing, indicating that the opportunity for evolution had not yet arrived.

This also meant that its promotion to Spirit Beast would have no bottleneck, but would happen naturally.

After seeing the Golden Rich Koi, Luo Chen finally had the mind to study the Thousand Tribulation Beast egg he had obtained.

Luo Chen's slender fingers unconsciously tapped on the grayish-white egg, wondering what conditions and resources its hatching would require.

Just like the Moonstar Spirit, the hatching conditions should be the starlight within reach, or perhaps two conditions: starlight and the worship of a starlight Beast race.

When in doubt, ask the system.

"System, what exactly are the conditions for hatching this Thousand Tribulation Beast?"

"To know the answer, please spend one hundred points to unlock, Host."

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Luo Chen was full of question marks, "Brother System, you weren't like this before."

The system's answer sounded righteous, "To urge the Host to quickly develop the store and make its reputation resound throughout the universe, this system has been upgraded and optimized.

In the future, different questions will require different points to get an answer."

"Brother System, we've known each other for so long; there's no need to talk with points in this regard, right?" Luo Chen clearly still wanted to salvage the situation.

However, the system unilaterally and righteously rejected Luo Chen's attempt to salvage, "It's better for us to settle accounts clearly. Please spend the corresponding points to unlock the answer."

Luo Chen looked at the pitiful 200 points on his panel and said with some heartache:

"Alright, alright, 100 points it is, answer me."

The system was very calm about Luo Chen's exasperated attitude, knowing that if he felt heartache, that was good; it was giving him the motivation to earn points.

"The Thousand Tribulation Beast, as its name suggests, is a Beast related to calamities, but its calamities are not those brought to others.

Rather, it is the tribulation that its own growth must experience. This tribulation has no fixed form; it could be burning by fierce fire, or blindness and deafness, or even severe physical deformities.

Each time it successfully experiences a tribulation, its strength will grow.

Some Thousand Tribulation Beasts experience a thousand tribulations and a hundred hardships to become gods and ancestors, while others perish as soon as they are born, unable to even pass their first tribulation.

Perhaps their race is inherently too powerful, so they are cursed by the heavens.

Therefore, their eggs experience their first tribulation as soon as they are born. At this time, they are generally very difficult to pass, so merely at the hatching stage, 80% of Thousand Tribulation Beasts perish.

Its hatching method is simple: find a Beast Master to soak it in fresh blood and sign a contract with it while it is still an egg.

With a Beast Master caring for it, enabling it to pass its first tribulation after birth, it will then actively hatch."

Luo Chen carefully savored the information conveyed by the system. The hatching method was indeed simple, but now Luo Chen was a bit hesitant about whether to give this Thousand Tribulation Beast to Luo Yang.

Although the Thousand Tribulation Beast had enormous growth potential, there were too many unstable factors.

Especially since Luo Yang's own talent was Ability Inheritance, allowing him to inherit abilities from Beasts.

If he also inherited the calamities from the Thousand Tribulation Beast, and the Thousand Tribulation Beast originally needed a Beast Master to help it overcome its calamities, then it would become a shared experience of overcoming calamities.

Although Luo Chen had a gambler's gene, it definitely did not include gambling with life safety.

Luo Chen looked at the Thousand Tribulation Beast egg in his hand, put it away, and decided to take it out when he met a suitable person, perhaps for future store employees or something.

When his strength was a bit stronger, he could also sell it along with its hatching method.

As for Luo Yang's second Beast, he could look for another one; the Golden Rich Koi was quite good for now.

With his older brother around, would he be afraid of his Beast encountering a bottleneck and being unable to advance?

Thinking of this, Luo Chen felt a wave of relief.

By the time he returned to the Stone Spirit Secret Realm, the Beast battles had long since ended.

Luo Chen inquired about the battle situation from the King-Ranked Starlight Stone Spirit.

It responsibly pulled out three Beasts from the three different tiers of Beasts.

From the Spirit Beasts of One-Star to Three-Star, the one pulled out was the Swift Bird; perhaps its exaggerated speed gave it a certain advantage inside.

From the Spirit Beasts of Four-Star to Six-Star, the one pulled out was the Azure-Patterned Spirit Python. With a mere Spirit Beast Five-Star realm, it was able to overpower a host of Spirit Beast Six-Star existences.

This greatly increased Luo Chen's interest in it, and he naturally added it to his key observation list.

From the Spirit Beasts of Seven-Star to Nine-Star, the one pulled out was a Starlight Stone Spirit. This was a large fellow at Spirit Beast Nine-Star, and judging by the fluctuations around its body, it seemed to be on the verge of advancing to a King Beast.

It was no wonder it could overpower a multitude of Beasts and obtain the most Spirit Spring Water among them.

However, it didn't look very well; there were multiple damages on its body.

And outside the arena, a pile of severely injured Beasts lay on the ground.

Luo Chen crushed the Life Crystals he had brought from the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbits for these Beasts and dissolved them in water for them to drink.

Watching their originally gruesome and terrifying injuries slowly recover, Luo Chen developed an even higher appreciation for the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit's Life Crystal Skill.

On the battlefield, this could definitely be considered a strategic resource. Perhaps in the future, the store could add a new item for sale.

Pricing this life-saving crystal at twenty thousand per piece wouldn't be excessive, would it?