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Lin Yi's expression changed slightly.

Sure enough, it was the life inside this egg.

"What are you? Are you a bird? A chicken? Or..."

Lin Yi communicated with it using his Divine Thought, feeling a bit strange.

He also took the opportunity to list every species he could think of that might hatch from an egg.

As a result, he waited for several minutes without receiving any reply.

Perhaps even it didn't know what kind of creature it was.

After all, it hadn't hatched yet, let alone seen the outside world.

It had absolutely no concept of birds or chickens.

After waiting a while longer, he still didn't receive a response from that Divine Thought.

However, with this discovery, Lin Yi decided to take good care of this egg.

When the day it hatched arrived, he would know exactly what it was.

An egg that hadn't even hatched yet was already capable of using Divine Thought to communicate with the outside world.

It was absolutely incomparable to those Yao Beasts that required decades or centuries of day-and-night Cultivation to become sentient.

When those Yao Beasts were first born, they were no different from ordinary small animals.

Whether it was a cat, a dog, or the wild boars, rabbits, and wolves in the mountains...

They all had to absorb the essence of the sun and moon over many years.

Only after arduous Cultivation could they slowly become Yao.

Although Cultivation for Yao Beasts was easier in this world, they absolutely would not be able to undergo Yao transformation when just born and still in their infancy.

Let alone an egg that hadn't even hatched...

"Could it be some kind of Divine Beast? Just like those protagonists in novels who pick up some cub, raise it, and it eventually becomes some Divine Beast, soaring to great heights from then on?"

Lin Yi placed the egg on the bedside table.

As he took off his clothes and walked into the bathroom to shower, his mind was still fantasizing about the egg.

Novels were novels, and reality was reality; how could they be treated the same?

When Lin Yi finished his shower and came out of the bathroom, the egg was still resting quietly on the bedside table.

That wisp of Divine Thought was as if it had never existed.

Lin Yi tried to search for that trace of Divine Thought in his mind, but it had completely vanished.

Although it was a bit strange, he figured the thing inside the egg was certainly not simple.

Being able to erase its own Divine Thought without leaving a trace was not surprising at all.

After changing into a clean sports outfit, Lin Yi felt no sleepiness at all, so he simply took out his phone and searched for how to hatch an egg...

Over an hour later, Lin Yi summarized the answers he had found.

To hatch an egg, one needed an incubator.

It also required maintaining appropriate humidity and temperature, as well as turning the egg regularly...

In short, it was very troublesome.

Lin Yi glanced back at the egg.

"Does it have to be so troublesome? Life and death are fated; whether you can hatch or not depends on your own fortune!"

Thus, he took two blankets, wrapped the egg in them, threw it next to his pillow, and stopped worrying about it.

Buying an incubator and taking care of it was too much effort for Lin Yi.

He would let it fend for itself.

Just as Lin Yi stood up and was about to leave,

[Wait...]

Suddenly, that wisp of Divine Thought returned.

Lin Yi looked back.

[Put me in water; otherwise I won't be able to hatch!]

"In water?"

"You mean you can only hatch in water?"

Lin Yi looked at the egg in surprise.

[Mm...]

A tender voice responded softly.

Lin Yi was dumbfounded; he racked his brains for a long time but couldn't think of anything that needed to hatch in water.

Even crocodiles and turtles that lived in water laid their eggs on land.

They hatched in the soil.

As for snakes, birds, chickens, ducks, and geese, it went without saying.

He had never heard of any egg that needed to hatch in water.

"What a weird egg!"

Lin Yi walked over and picked up the egg.

He went into the bathroom, filled a basin with cold water, and gently placed the egg inside.

Afterward, he tried to use his Divine Thought to contact the thing inside the egg again.

The result was the same as before.

The Divine Thought was wiped clean once more, meaning that unless it wanted to contact you, you couldn't contact it at all...

Lin Yi placed the basin in a corner of the bathroom.

He didn't have to worry about any cats or dogs finding it and secretly eating it.

Then, Lin Yi walked out, preparing to study the [Clear Mind Art] he had bought from the Old Beggar.

Having spent 1888 on this Mind-Cultivation Technique, Lin Yi wanted to see how effective it was.

He trusted the Old Beggar a lot.

Whether it was the [Galaxy Qi Transformation Technique] he had obtained from Lei Hu, or the [Brahma Golden Spear Technique] he had bought later, both were High Grade Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills.

They had brought Lin Yi endless benefits.

Therefore, Lin Yi was full of anticipation for this [Clear Mind Art].

Returning to the bedroom, Lin Yi sat cross-legged on the bed.

He took the [Clear Mind Art] and read it carefully several times, memorizing the Mind-Cultivation Technique incantations by heart.

Then, he slowly closed his eyes, mimicking what the book taught.

He formed a hand seal and began to chant softly.

The next moment, Lin Yi felt waves of refreshing coolness wash over him.

In an instant, he felt all his worries and troubles vanish.

Even the Qi and blood in his body became much calmer.

Lin Yi recited the Clear Mind Art over and over again.

As time passed minute by minute, a faint green light slowly appeared around Lin Yi, enveloping his entire body.

The longer he Cultivated, the more distinct that luster became.

...

In the afternoon.

Wu Mountain County Hospital.

Inside the ward.

It was no exaggeration to say that Chu Zhengxiong's body was more than a hundred times stronger than an ordinary person's.

He had just finished surgery in the morning and woke up by the afternoon.

Moreover, his complexion recovered very quickly, and his cheeks already had a hint of ruddiness.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Yang Yong and Zhao Jian accompanying him.

They were also completely exhausted; both were sitting there asleep with their hands supporting their foreheads.

Chu Zhengxiong originally didn't want to disturb them.

However, a tickle came from his throat.

He suddenly coughed.

This cough triggered a chain reaction, and a sharp pain shot from the wounds on his body.