111: Harvest

He quickly learned the answer to this question from the Treasure Pavilion. Divine Beasts like Qilin, Dragon Clan, Phoenix, Black Tortoise, and Pixiu, or rather, higher-ranked beast species in the Cultivation world, tend to reproduce through oviparity. This method significantly extends the gestation period, ensuring the quality of their offspring's Bloodline.

If they were viviparous, Divine Beasts grow to an enormous size and have a huge appetite once they mature. They would likely outgrow their mothers within a few years, losing the time advantage for Bloodline gestation. Even if the mother's internal space were sufficient, it would be difficult for her to tolerate such a lively creature constantly causing mischief inside her body.

Just like this Qilin Egg, it was gestated within the Qilin Saintess for 100,000 years, consuming countless Heaven And Earth Treasures. No wonder it developed the Aptitude of Bloodline Regression, triggering an anomaly that ultimately led to the Ten Great Outer Heaven Demons crossing vast Star Domains to snatch it!

However, looking at this Qilin Egg that occupied a yu wood leaf, Long Yuan's face still showed a hint of helplessness. It seemed this was another big eater!

According to the Heavenly Dao Eye's prompt, this egg still needed about 1% vitality to hatch. This 1% might seem small, but considering this Qilin Egg was gestated within the Saintess for 100,000 years, it's clear it had already consumed an unknown amount of Heaven And Earth Treasures. 1% means 1,000 years, and the Immortal Spiritual Power contained in 1,000 years' worth of Heaven And Earth Treasures is simply massive. No wonder this egg hadn't shown any signs of hatching since coming to Blue Star.

Of course, vitality and Immortal Spiritual Power are not necessarily equivalent, but there should be a close relationship between them. Long Yuan knew he would have to frantically devour waste materials and convert them into massive amounts of energy to make this Qilin Egg hatch faster...

"Damn, did I think wrong? These energy conversion points are incredibly precious, not even enough for my own Cultivation, and I still have to supply this big eater. The most important thing is that it will return to the Qilin Clan in the future. Am I not just asking for trouble? I might as well throw it out again..." Long Yuan thought of this. After all, this Qilin Egg involved too much Karma, and with his current small body, it was best to stay away.

As he was thinking, he saw a light curtain phantom appear from the Heavenly Dao Eye:

"[Host, please note: The moment the Qilin Egg was born, a trace of heavenly secret has been leaked! If you put it back, it won't be long before people from the Qilin Clan and the Demon Race might find Blue Star. At that time, under a great battle, the entire Blue Star will be destroyed!]"

Long Yuan was dumbfounded. Well, now he was really stuck with this Qilin Egg!

He couldn't shake it off, because putting it back would mean losing his own life. At that time, this Blue Star would be utterly destroyed, let alone the people...

He quickly asked in his mind, "Now that a trace of heavenly secret has been leaked from this Qilin Egg, what is the probability that those powerful beings will find our Blue Star?!"

"[Host, don't worry. This Heavenly Dao has already concealed that heavenly secret. As long as the Qilin Egg continues to stay in the space, nothing will happen!]"

"What about after it hatches? Can it still go outside?"

"[It's best not to! Both the Qilin Clan and the Heaven Demons have ways to find it, unless the Host reaches the Immortal Venerable Realm, or at least the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm. Otherwise, this little Qilin cannot go outside.]"

"Alright..." Long Yuan pouted and simply shut up!

The Grand Unity Golden Immortal or Immortal Venerable Realm mentioned by the Heavenly Dao Eye was too distant for him at the moment. Thinking too much might even lead to a Heart Demon, so for now, he would ignore this Qilin Egg. Anyway, it wouldn't be able to run outside in the future, until he sent it back to the Qilin Clan, but that was an unknown time in the distant future.

"[Host, please note: The bottom of the lake where the Qilin Egg is located has been nourished for a long time, and a small Spiritual Vein has appeared. It can be moved into the space. Moreover, the mud wrapped around the Qilin Egg is actually Breathing Earth, which is a rare treasure that can be used to plant Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicine!]"

"Wow!!!" Long Yuan exclaimed softly, his eyes immediately lighting up. It seemed there were benefits to taking in this Qilin Egg. Hadn't he just gained a small Spiritual Vein and Breathing Earth?

He immediately used his Divine Sense to check the bottom of the lake and found that the area where the Qilin Egg had been was indeed filled with Spiritual Qi. No wonder so many fish were swimming around there, unwilling to leave. Wait, these fish had been nourished by Spiritual Qi for a long time; surely they hadn't all turned into Spirit Fish, had they?

This idea was quickly confirmed by the Heavenly Dao Eye, and Long Yuan was greatly encouraged. He immediately used his Soul Net to catch these Spirit Fish from the bottom of the lake and put them into the small lake within his space. Now he could eat whenever he wanted.

Next, he inspected the silt at the bottom of the lake again and found a small stone ridge about fifteen feet long below. According to the Heavenly Dao Eye's guidance, this was a nascent Heaven Rank Spiritual Vein, extremely rare even in the Cultivation world!

"Heaven Rank Spiritual Vein?! I'm rich! I'm super rich!!!" Long Yuan's eyes sparkled. He immediately condensed a Soul Shovel to dig. He found this Spiritual Vein to be extremely heavy. It was truly fortunate that he possessed Nascent Soul Stage Soul Power; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to move this Heaven Rank Spiritual Vein at all. This made Long Yuan secretly click his tongue. This Qilin Egg was too powerful. Just by exhaling and inhaling some spiritual power, it could form such a nascent Heaven Rank Spiritual Vein. If it truly grew into a powerful Divine Beast, a single breath from it might blow him to another planet, right?

After digging it out, collecting it was simple. He wrapped it with his Soul Net and lightly shouted, "Go in!"

The Heaven Rank Spiritual Vein slowly shrunk at a visible speed, then disappeared with a "whoosh." When it reappeared, it was already next to the yu wood!

The Qilin Egg seemed to sense that the Heaven Rank Spiritual Vein had also entered, and it excitedly swayed back and forth on the yu wood leaf. However, it wouldn't leave that leaf, clearly feeling that staying on the yu wood leaf was much more comfortable than staying on the Heaven Rank Spiritual Vein.

Long Yuan's Divine Sense found the Qilin Egg's appearance amusing, but he wouldn't indulge it. He loudly said, "Quickly shake off the Breathing Earth on your eggshell! Don't make me do it myself! I want to use them to plant Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicine, which will also benefit you!"

The Qilin Egg paused. Under Long Yuan's piercing gaze, after a while, it really started to shake. The layer of mud on the eggshell continuously fell, forming a small pile of five-colored soil on the ground!

"Wow, so much!!!" Long Yuan exclaimed in surprise. Having read so many books, he naturally knew how precious this Breathing Earth was. Just a tiny bit could make Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicine grow wildly. Now there was actually a small pile, and from the looks of it, it was also five-colored soil. This was extremely rare Five Elements Breathing Earth, every bit of which was hard to come by, costing ten thousand crystals. One could only say that the Qilin Clan was indeed outrageously wealthy!

No wonder this Qilin Egg could gestate the Aptitude of Bloodline Regression. If it had so many resources poured into it, Long Yuan believed his Bloodline of the Heavenly Dao could also grow quickly.

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