216: Chapter 216 Little Stone

"Senior, what is this Medicinal Pill?"

After the Yunling Guard dissipated, Shi Jin spoke tentatively, his small eyes fixed on the remaining porcelain bottle, unable to look away.

Even now, the shock in his heart had not dissipated.

That was a Fortune Spirit!

"How about it? Do you want it?"

Not dwelling on what had just happened, Yuan Chen turned and looked at Shi Jin with a smile.

Shi Jin swallowed his saliva.

He really did want some to play with.

"Is that okay?"

He asked tentatively.

"Here you go."

Yuan Chen didn't begrudge it at all and tossed a bottle to him directly: "Try it right here."

Shi Jin excitedly caught the bottle and asked with some confusion: "What?"

"Find something here to test it on."

Yuan Chen said again.

He had just been guessing before, but he hadn't expected that an unconscious Fortune Spirit could actually bestow intelligence. In that case, things other than living creatures could also be granted intelligence.

For example... a stone.

"There aren't any small animals here," Shi Jin said cautiously.

"Isn't this one right here?"

Too lazy to look for anything else, Yuan Chen kicked a pebble from under his feet to the other man's feet.

"Grind the Medicinal Pill into powder and sprinkle it on top to see if it works. If you don't want to use a stone, just find anything else."

"Ah, will this work?" Shi Jin asked hesitantly.

"Go!"

"Oh!"

Shi Jin replied obediently.

Whatever Senior said went.

It's just... wasn't this Medicinal Pill for me?

Wasn't it for me to use as I pleased?

He crouched in the corner, quietly grinding the Medicinal Pill. While everyone waited, he scanned the surroundings and found a round stone, then grinned at Yuan Chen: "Shall I start?"

"Sure, just put the stone in front of you. By the way, do you need to chisel a hole in the stone's forehead? Does this stone have a digestive System?"

Yuan Chen added.

Shi Jin opened his mouth. Brother, you're asking me? I don't know either!

He blinked and paused his hand, waiting for Yuan Chen's instructions.

"Then open a hole on the side to act as a mouth?"

Yuan Chen was confused at first, then answered affirmatively: "Let's do that!"

Shi Jin obediently picked up the stone and tapped it lightly with his finger, creating a hole the size of a little finger.

Then, without hesitation, he poured the powder into the hole.

The cave was quiet for a few minutes. Seeing no reaction, Shi Jin turned his head: "What now?"

"Is it useless?"

Yuan Chen scanned the stone in Shi Jin's hand and asked with a guess: "How about you evaporate the powder inside?"

Shi Jin was slightly stunned: "Shall I try?"

Turning his head back, he placed his right hand over the stone. As time passed, his right hand became increasingly red.

Shi Jin frowned; this was not an easy task.

This was just an ordinary stone; a light squeeze would crush it.

It was quite difficult for him to evaporate the powder inside while maintaining the stone without damaging it.

Pop!

With a sound, Shi Jin was so startled he almost threw the Little Pebble in his hand away.

After calming down, he realized the sound came from the stone in his hand.

Before he could think more, the small hole poked open moved repeatedly, emitting two syllables: "Daddy!"

Looking at the stone in his hand, three black lines instantly appeared on Shi Jin's forehead.

At this moment, an aura suddenly appeared in the cave.

Yuan Chen found it amusing and couldn't help but step forward: "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to Brother Shi Jin on the birth of his son."

Ye Lingling covered her mouth and chuckled, staring at the stone unceasingly.

"Oh, your son doesn't have eyes!"

Yuan Chen said again, and Shi Jin's face visibly darkened further.

He looked down at his son... pfft, pfft, pfft. Apart from the mouth just carved out, this Little Pebble had nothing else.

"Daddy, who are they?"

Little Pebble said in a timid voice.

Shi Jin looked strange: "You can see me?"

"Daddy, what are you saying? Of course Baby can see you."

Shi Jin felt a wave of revulsion in his heart.

But facing Little Pebble's affection, he accepted the fact.

So what if it's a stone? It's no different from granting intelligence to a small animal!

It's just...

He extended his finger: "Son, don't move, Daddy will dig out two eyes for you."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

As soon as his finger touched it, Little Pebble screamed immediately.

Shi Jin sheepishly withdrew his hand; after being granted intelligence, the stone had become harder than before.

He probed it again and felt the stone's strength, which was at the Demon Transformation Realm, equivalent to a human Cultivator at the Innate Realm.

"Then what do I do? It looks weird."

"Daddy, there's no need. I don't need eyes; it doesn't hinder me from seeing things."

Who cares if it hinders you or not.

Shi Jin grumbled in his heart.

The main thing is that it doesn't look good; it's not cute at all.

Not to mention looking like a graceful woman like Senior's daughter, at least you should look somewhat human!

"Let's leave it like this for now. It should change after its strength improves. If that doesn't work, it won't be too hard to take human form later."

Since Yuan Chen had spoken, Shi Jin could only let it be.

...

Within the Great Ming Imperial Palace.

Deep within the palace, inside a hall over ten meters high.

An exquisite four-legged cauldron stood in the center.

There was nothing else in the entire room except for the four-legged cauldron.

Just as the Yunling Guard disappeared, the giant cauldron in the room surged, and then a mist of white fog slowly drifted out from inside the cauldron.

After an unknown amount of time, the white fog changed and transformed into a stunningly beautiful woman.

She had the same appearance as the Yunling Guard that had dissipated on Yuan Chen's side.

The woman stood still in the air, silent for a long time, quietly digesting the information acquired in her brain after being granted intelligence.

She had just been caught by Yuan Chen and was only focused on escaping; she hadn't had time to look closely.

"What's going on? Why is the entire Xinghua Hall shrouded in mist?"

An anxious shout rang out from outside, followed by a series of sounds of breaking air.

The Fortune Spirit came back to her senses, her expression changed, and she dove back into the giant cauldron.

When her body entered the cauldron, it was as if a fish had returned to the ocean; her whole body felt immensely comfortable.

Sensing the intangible fortune around her, she opened her mouth and inhaled, her strength instantly reaching the Undergoing Tribulation Realm.

She waved her hand, the white mist surged, and her strength quickly climbed to Undergoing Tribulation.

She exhaled, and it fell back to Soul Transformation...

Nascent Soul, Undergoing Tribulation, Loose Immortal Third Layer, Loose Immortal Twelfth Layer.

She could actually change her own strength and Realm at will.

It was just that after raising it to the Loose Immortal Twelfth Layer Perfection, she couldn't raise it any further.

"Is this human emperor cauldron a bit different?"

The sound of voices rang in her ears.

The Fortune Spirit looked at the group; they were the Elders of the clan responsible for guarding the human emperor cauldron, and behind them followed eighteen guards, all of whom were Mahayana Stage experts without exception.

Since the human emperor cauldron could be considered her skin, she could see everyone, but they could not see her expression.

The Fortune Spirit waited until they had left without discovering any problems before appearing again.

When she could be controlled, the Imperial Dynasty would be at ease with her existence, but if she had her own consciousness, could the people of the Imperial Dynasty really trust her?