375: Shocked Prince Ding

Seeing the Little Yellow Dog with teary eyes and licking its tongue, Long Yuan decisively picked it up and returned to the branch where it had hatched in an instant. Just as he was about to put it in confinement, he saw the Little Yellow Dog cheering and rushing toward the eggshell, gnawing on it frantically... "This..." Long Yuan realized something as he watched this scene. One shouldn't underestimate this Qilin Egg shell; it had absorbed an unknown amount of energy from Heaven And Earth Treasures since its gestation. The Breathing Earth that had shaken off it previously had benefited the Heavenly Dao Space significantly, even causing the yu wood to grow many times taller. It was clear that this eggshell was undoubtedly a rare Heaven And Earth Treasure, no wonder it was so attractive to the Little Yellow Dog.

It seemed that the Little Yellow Dog needed high-energy materials rather than ordinary food. The ordinary food he had brought out before didn't even have spiritual energy and had almost no effect on the Little Yellow Dog's growth; it only attracted it through taste.

"It's over, where am I going to find so many Heaven And Earth Treasures for it? If it stays here for a while, won't it completely wreck the entire Heavenly Dao Space?!" Long Yuan felt an immense headache at the thought. The Heavenly Dao Space was currently only in its budding growth stage. Although it produced Spirit Stones, the output was extremely low, and these Spirit Stones could not be used yet; they had to wait until the Spiritual Vein was fully formed before they could be gradually mined, otherwise, it might cause damage to the Spiritual Vein.

As for other Spiritual Plants, Spiritual Flowers, and Spiritual Fruits, they were also in the transition stage from Profound Objects to Spiritual Objects. He estimated they wouldn't survive a single bout of destruction from this little glutton!

He had previously thought about taking this cub to the Qilin Clan to collect a bounty, but thinking about it now, he was too naive; he simply couldn't afford to raise it!

Realizing this, Long Yuan made a firm decision and immediately acted to seal off the area where the eggshell and the Little Yellow Dog were. He would never allow it to wander around the space and harm other species. Anyway, this fellow had stayed there for so many years; now it was just staying a bit longer. He would feed it when there were enough Spiritual Objects in the space or when Spirit Stones were produced... Watching the Little Yellow Dog gnawing happily, Long Yuan chuckled, exited the space directly, and returned to his room.

"It seems I still need to accelerate the collection of scrap materials; otherwise, how can I possibly feed this little glutton? Right, the Northern Battlefield..." Long Yuan's heart stirred.

The Northern Battlefield had been fighting for several months, with countless casualties on both sides. There must be innumerable high-energy scraps of all kinds. If he went there to collect a wave, it would definitely relieve a lot of his pressure. Thinking of this, Long Yuan immediately included this plan in his itinerary, intending to go after the concert... Dingyuan City, one of the main cities of Great Ming's northwestern defense line, had also faced some pressure in this northern unrest, but it was much less compared to the central Zhenyuan City. After several small-scale conflicts, both sides hung up their refusal to battle signs and maintained a certain degree of restraint.

Guarding this place was the Fifth Prince, Prince Ding, who was also the wielder of the Battle Heaven Sword. At the Middle Stage of the Martial Commander realm, he was currently staring intently at a piece of information, a strange expression appearing on his face!

"Long Yuan is actually Old Ninth's Ninth Son, Zhu Deyuan?!"

This information left him speechless for a moment. He hadn't expected that the two young men who had been making waves recently were actually the same person!

His wartime information network was much more sensitive than that of the Lu Wang Manor. A few days ago, he had learned that Prince Fu's Ninth Son, Zhu Deyuan, had single-handedly wiped out dozens of Beast Clan Martial Generals on Wind Wolf Mountain. Meanwhile, Long Yuan had rapidly risen to become a shining star of Great Ming due to his outstanding record on the cloud cabin Great Ming Challenge List. But the information received today overlapped these two people into one, which was something he had never expected.

For a seventeen-year-old youth to be so exceptional, even a Genius like himself felt inferior.

"If only Long Yuan were my son! What did Old Ninth do to deserve such a Qilin Child!" Prince Ding thought indignantly.

When someone is so outstanding that it's impossible to be jealous, people start to wonder why that person isn't theirs... Prince Ding thought carefully. Although many of his own Bloodline descendants were quite excellent and much better than Prince Fu's other useless descendants, they paled in comparison to Long Yuan and couldn't even be placed on the same level for competition.

It could be said that Prince Fu had defeated all of his descendants with just this one son. This suddenly turned his grand plan of investing huge sums and working hard to cultivate his descendants for so many years into a joke, instantly giving him a sense of frustration!

Old Ninth, who used to be nothing in his eyes, seemed to be mocking him at this moment: "What's the point of you raising so many descendants? They are all mediocre, while having one Ninth Son is enough for me!"

Prince Ding's fists clenched involuntarily, a look of anger appearing on his face. A wave of pressure instantly radiated out, making several people in the hall feel their hearts tighten, their faces turning solemn and their legs trembling slightly... He looked at the person who had come to deliver the message. This person was his eldest son, Zhu Deqin, at the Early Stage of the Martial Ancestor realm. He was responsible for information affairs in Dingyuan City and was actually not that old, only Twenty-Six. After several years of tempering on the northern defense line, he had grown into a middle-level commander in the army. It could be said that he was already very outstanding among his peers, but compared to Long Yuan, he was almost nothing!

Prince Ding used to take pride in having raised a Genius son like Zhu Deqin and had even specially kept him by his side to teach him personally. But now, looking at him, Prince Ding couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness... He sighed inwardly. He could hardly see through Long Yuan's current situation himself, let alone his good son?

Zhu Deqin felt a bit apprehensive under his father's pressure, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Father, there is another important piece of information!"

"Speak!" Prince Ding didn't even bother to look anymore and told Zhu Deqin to speak directly.

"Yes! According to our mole's report, Third Royal Uncle took his Eighteenth Son, Zhu Dequan, to the Xuanji Tower yesterday. When he returned, Zhu Dequan stayed there. It is said that some special Spiritual Root was discovered, called Wind-Fire Twin Spiritual Roots. Those with this Spiritual Root can practice Cultivation, and he is a Genius with Earth-Grade Aptitude!" Zhu Deqin said in a trembling voice.

"What?!!!" Prince Ding stood up in shock upon hearing this. He stared fixedly at Zhu Deqin and emphasized, "You're saying... that brat Zhu Dequan can practice Cultivation?! And has Earth-Grade Aptitude?!"

"Yes!"

"Fuck!!!"

With the information-gathering capabilities of the Prince Ding Manor, Prince Ding had actually gained some understanding of Cultivation even before Prince Lu. However, he knew that Cultivation required a Spiritual Root, and such things were ethereal and extremely rare, likely just a self-indulgence for a small number of people, so he hadn't paid much attention to it...