Chapter 123 - The Glowing Egg

A small ray of light flickered for a second before once again everything went black once again, filling the area with darkness.

The silence of the area was even more unsettling than the darkness itself.

"What the hell is this now?" 

A loud voice filled with confusion and a little bit of shock boomed through the darkness.

Suddenly, a purplish light started illuminating the inside of the cave.

The area which somehow survived through the explosion of magical and spiritual energy a few minutes ago started filling with that purplish light that was coming from a round thing which Li Ming was holding in her hands as she stood in the middle of the area.

The ball was about the size of a light bulb but Li Ming was holding it in both of her hands with so much care as if she was afraid that it would break any moment.

When she didn't get any reply to her question, she finally moved her eyes from the ball and glared right at the silhouette of the mysterious person who was standing in the shadows of the room.

Once again, only the two of them existed at that moment while every single other supernatural being was deep in sleep or maybe just unconscious.

"I think it's an egg." The person finally decided to speak after a long moment of silence.

"Whose?" 

This was Li Ming's next question. Her voice was deep and to the point.

"How can I know that?" The person asked with a frown.

"Don't test my patience. Tell me what the hell is this thing and why it suddenly appeared in my hands out of nowhere." Li Ming was on the verge of shouting at that irritating person who was trying to play innocent.

"I already told you that it's an egg and as for your second question, it's because, in all those thousands of years that it has been kept in this forest, it never felt the presence of a person who holds spiritual qi inside them. But when you called on the energy of this forest a few moments ago, it felt your presence and appeared here." The person finally managed to speak out some important information.

"Where does it come from? And what kind of egg is this?" Li Ming asked as she started at the egg with suspicious eyes.

"Well dear, I'll advise you to ask all these questions from these sups. They will be able to tell you about the history and geography of this egg better than me. I just came here back only to thank this egg for solving out my worry." The mysterious person said while pointing their chin at the lightly glowing egg.

"What do you mean?" Li Ming asked with confusion evident in her tone.

"What I mean sweetheart is that, even if you don't want to agree with Aislinn's proposal anymore, even if you are planning to reject all the benefits but now you don't have a choice anymore."

"..."

Li Ming looked at that person with a frown. She didn't understand a single thing.

"Can you explain?" Li Ming asked in a monotone. 

"You can't take that egg out of this Enchanted Forest. It's forbidden." The person replied.

For a moment Li Ming wanted to crush that person's head in a wall to open it and see exactly what was filled inside it because she was damn sure she won't find any brain in there.

She took a deep breath and plastered a small forced smile on her lips as she asked, "Did I ask about that? Why would I want to take it out?"

"No, no, no. You didn't understand. Let me explain it a little bit more clearly. This egg is forbidden from taking out from here and now you are connected to this egg. So, in short, you will need to stay here because of this egg. That means you will need to agree with Aislinn's proposal." The person tried to explain but the smirk on their lips was a clear giveaway that they were actually mocking Li Ming.

"What rubbish are you spouting? What connection?" Li Ming asked with a frown.

"Congratulations Win, you are now a guardian angel. The caretaker and keeper of this magical egg. Whatever resides inside it is a mystery that will only be revealed when this egg will hatch. I just know one thing and that is - you are bound to this egg and with that to the Enchanted Magik Forest too." The person said with a smirk playing on their lips.

Li Ming felt the world spinning as her mind was suddenly overloaded with a lot of questions, but unfortunately, before she could voice out even a single one of them, the silhouette of that annoying person disappeared from the cave.

Immediately, the area started filling with grunts and pained voices as everyone came back to their senses.

Li Ming flicked her fingers and around a dozen lanterns lit up the cavern. The lightly gleaming egg itself was providing sufficient glow.

"Miss Li..."

Li Ming fixed her cold eyes on Aislinn and the nymph leader immediately stopped speaking.

The pixies, Snowy, and Mallow, all had surrounded Li Ming as they tried to stay closer to their Master.

"You need to realize when you should stop. Don't take things too far when you are not prepared for the results." Her voice came out full of power and control.

The sups bowed their head in shame, the sirens even shivered a little but all of them stayed silent.

"Miss Li, they were following my orders. It's none of their faults. I'm the one who went too far without even realizing that the outcome could be so horrible," Aislinn said as she turned her eyes downward, too ashamed to look directly in Li Ming's eyes.

"Weren't you aware that those high notes will clash with the spiritual energy present here and will cause a blast?" Li Ming asked the group of sirens who in return immediately shook their head in negative.

"Seriously? Let me tell you all one more thing. I wasn't planning on saving any of you, especially when you would have been the reason behind hurting me and my family. It was pure coincidence that I decided to summon the spiritual qi to form a shield and it was accompanied by the magical energy it. I don't know exactly how it happened but somehow the shield didn't only protect us from the blast but you all too. I hope you all will learn something from this incident." Li Ming told all the supernaturals that were present there.

Li Ming didn't realize but the moment the word family left her mouth, something changed in the environment.

The pixies looked at her like she was the Goddess herself, Mallow curled around her legs and Snowy rubbed himself against her left ankle. 

No one uttered a single word, nor they looked up. What made Li Ming calmed down was the guilt and embarrassment that was visible on all of their faces.

Her ears picked on the lightest growling that could have been gone unnoticed if not for the pin-drop silence.

"Are you still going to feed my poor familiar or should we already take our leave?" Li Ming asked loudly as she looked at the sups and especially the nymph leader with accusing eyes.

It was like lives returned back in the supernaturals as everyone immediately started cleaning the room.

Snowy gave her a toothy grin which Li Ming ignored completely as she pushed a little bit of her spiritual energy out in the air which formed a circle around the glowing egg, keeping it safe as it levitated in the air.

Within the next five or so minutes the room was clean and ready for serving the dinner.

As everyone settled down to eat the delicious dishes that the Gnomes had served on the table, Li Ming picked up a tray filled with food and a jar of wine.

She signaled Aislinn to follow her and started walking out of the dining area.

Both of them appeared at the entrance of the cave. Li Ming flicked her fingers for the umpteenth time that day and the rocks that were placed around the entrance formed a table and two smooth-surfaced rocks for them to sit on them.

She placed her tray on the table and settled down on one of the rock made chair, Aislinn followed her and settled down too.

As Li Ming uncorked her wine jar, she noticed that the nymph leader wasn't touching her food at all, she was sitting there with her head down.

Well, at least she brought the food with her and not followed behind empty-handed.

"Let's eat, you will need the energy to explain to me about this egg," Li Ming said as she started eating the dinner that alone made her take over the Enchanted Magik Forest if she would get to eat such delicious food often.

The glowing egg accompanied both of them during their dinner as it kept floating around Li Ming.

In another part of the cultivation world, the mysterious person was planning a new episode for Li Ming's future.