Chapter 393: Hatching

Time flowed like water, days came and went, Xue Wei and his friends were hiding in the cave ever since they had left the mountain behind the manor.

Sometimes they could hear the screech of a Luan Bird in the distance. It was full of agony and anger, but Xue Wei was not moved at all.

Wang Xiaoyun looked at the egg. She was keeping warm with complex emotions. She truly wanted the Luan Bird within her egg, but she was also feeling sorry for the male Luan Bird that was flying around outside the cave, looking for the eggs in vain, while having lost its mate.

"Don't think too much," Xue Wei said gently as he placed a hand around her shoulder, dragging her into his embrace. "Even if you go to the Luan Bird now, it will not value the eggs but will kill you in anger. You will gain nothing but throw your life away."

Wang Xiaoyun was no saint. She would usually not have felt sorry for the beast, but after spending more time with Xue Wei, she no longer held the same hatred towards beasts as she did before.

Although some of them were evil, some were good, just like humans. It was not fair to hate all of them just because of the evil deeds that some had done.

But right now, Wang Xiaoyun felt like a bad person for the first time. She had seen the mother dying without helping and stolen her eggs without a care in the world, leaving the male bird to be overwhelmed by agony and grief.

But whenever she looked at Xue Wei and the others, what she saw was complete and utter disregard for the male bird. They had clearly encountered many ruthless situations throughout the years to make them so unfeeling.

But upon pondering on Xue Wei's words, she understood that he was correct. Although the male Luan bird was strong, it still had the intelligence of a beast; it was not as smart as a human.

Upon having been touched by humans, and being tainted by the human Qi and spiritual energy, it was impossible for the Luan bird to take them back.

She might as well keep her egg and pity to herself. If she genuinely acted on the emotions, she would cause problems for the others, and she was not willing to do so.

In this world, there was no good or bad. There was only stronger and mightier.

The Winner took it all, and although Xue Wei could not battle the Luan bird in strength, due to his intelligence, he could outwit the bird, and thus he had managed to succeed.

Day after day went by, and soon they had been in the cave for six months. The eggs had grown at a magnificent pace, their azure blue shell was lustrous, and a bit of lightning could be seen on all of them.

This came from the lightning elemental affinity that they had gained from the Qilin horns.

When passing their Qi and spiritual energy into the eggs, they had also used their own elemental affinities to enhance the strength of the Luan birds.

The elemental affinities could be passed to the birds within the eggs if they were nourished with enough of the energy.

All of them had at least one elemental affinity, with the element of thunder and lightning, but most of them had more than just one elemental affinity.

Xue Wei wanted to give Fire, Wood, and Lightning to the bird. Their natural elemental affinity was water, and if it could master both water and fire, it would be immensely strong.

However, there was a high risk involved with this. Water and fire were clashing against one another, and when they did, there were two possible results.

One was that the Luan Bird would be injured by the clashes and have an early demise within the egg, another was that it would grow increasingly strong and become so powerful that even Xue Wei might have a hard time controlling it, had they not already connected through a parent-bond from feeding it his Qi and Spiritual Energy through such a long period of time.

Xue Wei was aware that the bird within his egg was still alive after being baptized in fire, wood, lightning, and thunder elements for half a year. However, the life force was weak.

If the egg did not break soon, the bird would die. Xue Wei knew that it was risky what he was doing, but he had no option other than to continue trying.

If he stopped now, everything he had worked hard for the last half-year would be wasted.

Another few days passed, and suddenly one night, the sound of cracking could be heard as the eggs began to crack. The first to crack was Wang Xiaoyun's egg.

That one had merely been infused with lightning and thunder, so it was a healthy egg. After this came Lin Xiao's, which had also just been infused with lightning and thunder.

Then came Luoluo and Bai Tianyi's eggs. Their eggs were special. They had solely been nurtured with Spiritual Energy, and while they only had their water affinity, they also had a strong soul power, able to make illusions and soul attacks.

After theirs came Hei Gou's. His had Darkness, Lightning, and thunder alongside water.

The lightning and thunder conflicted with the darkness, but it was not as much as fire and water. Hence the egg was still reasonably healthy.

It was not before the others had nearly finished their hatching that Xue Wei's egg began trembling, and a weak sound of the bird trying to break through could be heard.