What Do You Mean, Daydreaming? It Might Just Be a Sky Phantom's Egg
What Do You Mean, Daydreaming? It Might Just Be a Sky Phantom’s Egg
Gu Xianer kept feeling that Gu Changge’s gaze carried ill intentions, especially since he was always trying to take advantage of her.
Could he be planning to use this opportunity to make some outrageous demand of her?
Thinking of this, she suddenly recalled what had happened during the campaign against the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains.
Back then, Gu Changge had been injured in battle against several True Daoists of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, and when she went to see him, he hadn’t seemed to do anything to her either.
If anything, she was the one who ended up cuddling him and sleeping soundly.
Could it be that she really held no attraction for him?
As these wild thoughts ran through Gu Xianer’s mind, she felt inexplicably a little dejected for a moment.
“You promise me first, then I’ll tell you.”
Gu Changge shook his head lightly and reached out to tap her smooth, delicate forehead. “What kind of daydreams is this little head of yours cooking up all day?”
“You’re the one daydreaming.”
Gu Xianer snapped back to her senses, flustered at having her thoughts seen through, and hurriedly glared at him, flatly denying it.
But then she felt something was off.
What did he mean, she was the one daydreaming?
“I can promise you, but you’re not allowed to take advantage of the situation to bully me.”
Gu Xianer said warily.
Gu Changge smiled. “If I wanted to bully you, would I need your permission?”
“Eh...”
Gu Xianer was momentarily stunned, feeling that what Gu Changge said seemed to make sense.
Would he need her permission?
This made her suddenly a bit indignant.
But Gu Changge had clearly already guessed what she was about to say, and smiled faintly. “Alright, alright, I promise you.”
“Hmph, that’s more like it.” Gu Xianer gave a light humph, the corners of her mouth curling up.
Meanwhile, as the two of them spoke, the Ghost Blood Rock, under the combined efforts of several stone-cutting masters, began shedding layer after layer of its stone skin, with faint blood-colored mist seeping out from within.
There were even pale red traces of blood flowing and oozing out, a rather eerie sight.
This scene shook everyone in the Stone Gathering Square, and all eyes locked onto it, unblinking.
“A stone that bleeds when cut—this is not a good omen.”
An elderly man with profound attainments in Source Techniques spoke with a somewhat grave expression. He took out an ancient compass upon which runes began to shift and transform—he was clearly performing some kind of divination.
Quite a few people recognized his identity and were astonished, then grew respectful.
The old man came from the Skilled Zhu Family, an extremely renowned lineage of Source Masters in the Beyond.
On par with the Skilled Zhu Family was the Hermit Long Family.
These families had delved deeply into Source Techniques, and for this Divine Rock Conference in Kunwu City, many forces and orthodoxies had invited members of these two families.
The other old-generation figures also grew cautious, appearing extremely careful and vigilant.
“The Ghost Blood Highland is an exceedingly bizarre place. Its terrain is extremely high, and Cultivators who carelessly set foot in it can suffocate to death. This suffocation stems from the soul and has nothing to do with the Physique. It is truly strange and insidious—very few Cultivators have ever returned from there alive.”
“This Ghost Blood Rock was originally brought out by a Sacred Emperor Realm expert. It’s said that he later passed away in meditation for unknown reasons, and his descendants sold the rock here.”
“The Ghost Blood Highland is said to have once birthed a Ghost Immortal, and within it lies a Ghost Blood Lake, formed when a Sky Phantom was slain by an Absolute Being...”
“Perhaps these pale red bloodstains are precisely the water of that Ghost Blood Lake.”
The many Sect Masters of the great sects surrounding them all had strange looks in their eyes, their thoughts churning as they speculated thus.
Gu Xianer also noticed that the Big Red Bird at her feet had grown somewhat restless.
Could there be something ominous hidden within this Ghost Blood Rock?
Her brows furrowed slightly, her slender fingers pinching the corner of her clothes.
“You chose this rock—don’t you know what’s inside it?”
Noticing Gu Xianer’s expression, Gu Changge was rather surprised.
He had assumed that one of Gu Xianer’s shifus was a Divine Source Master.
Now it seemed he had guessed wrong. Gu Xianer’s ability to discern the extraordinary nature of these raw stones relied entirely on external help.
Gu Xianer glanced at him and muttered softly, “How would I know what’s inside? Big Red told me everything.”
Hearing this, Gu Changge was somewhat enlightened, though not particularly surprised.
Only then did he take a careful look at the Big Red Bird she always kept by her side.
He had never before imagined that this Big Red Bird possessed such a talent. Judging by its appearance, it was just an ordinary red bird.
Its feathers even had quite a few mixed colors.
A motley-feathered red bird, with a slightly bald patch on its head.
No matter how one looked at it, it seemed ugly.
“It doesn’t seem to be a simple red bird. It looks more like something transformed from some kind of spirit creature...”
A trace of unusual color flashed through Gu Changge’s eyes, wisps of runes flickering within them, golden and brilliant like traces of the Great Dao.
Noticing Gu Changge’s gaze, the Big Red Bird shot him a sidelong glance, its eyes revealing a very human-like expression of “making a fuss over nothing.”
Boom!!
Just then, the Ghost Blood Rock suddenly split open, and the several masters in charge of cutting it were all sent flying.
A violent sound erupted from within, followed immediately by dazzling crimson radiance bursting forth, illuminating the entire space in brilliant splendor.
Wisps of crimson radiance spread like mist, giving off an evil and ominous feeling.
Everyone in the Stone Gathering Square stared fixedly at the scene. Many Sect Masters even employed techniques like the Heaven Peering Eye, hoping to glimpse the truth within.
“An egg?”
Gu Changge’s brows lifted slightly. He had practically seen the scene within at the very first instant.
A red egg the size of a washbasin lay in the middle of the raw stone, its surface interwoven with thousands upon thousands of strands of crimson radiance, almost as if about to dissolve into mist.
Many people even felt that the red egg was breathing, actively devouring the spiritual energy and Dao rhythms of this stretch of heaven and earth.
“It cut out an egg?”
Gu Xianer now also saw clearly what was inside, and she was somewhat dumbfounded, wearing an expression of complete bewilderment.
Within this raw stone that had sat there for countless years, a strange egg had actually been sealed away?
Could this be the thing she had spent five million Spiritual Stones to cut out?
“This egg’s origins are unknown, but without a doubt it should be connected to the Ghost Blood Lake.”
The old Source Master from the Skilled Zhu Family spoke, the compass in his hand spinning nonstop, the divination results it displayed a complete mess.
“What exactly is inside this egg?”
Everyone in the Stone Gathering Square was extremely curious. Numerous Young Prodigies, Sect Masters, and ancient existences all stepped forward, employing their methods to examine it.
“Its value is hard to determine. If there is a living creature within, its talent probably isn’t very strong.”
“These fluctuations fall far short of even some descendants of great ferocious beasts.”
Several True Daoists shook their heads, believing that this egg had only been sealed away for so long because it had been tainted by the peculiar aura of the Ghost Blood Lake.
Even if there was something alive inside, it couldn’t be all that powerful.
For creatures with powerful bloodlines and talents, even as mere eggs, the commotion and disturbances they caused were terrifying and astonishing.
Sometimes, draining an entire star region of its spiritual energy was a commonplace occurrence.
By comparison, this egg seemed quite simple and ordinary.
“It might just be a Sky Phantom’s egg. You should put it away.”
Gu Changge didn’t believe that something cut out with Gu Xianer’s level of Fortuity would be simple.
Seeing her barely concealed expression of disappointment, he couldn’t help but smile.