Chapter 195: Egg

The tunnel was so small that if he had to enter it, then he would have to crawl into it. However, there is some risk by entering into it carelessly in the search of a treasure. 

So, he wanted to check whether it is safe to enter into it or not.

'Swoosh'

While he was checking the small tunnel, the dead body of the spirit fox turned into the specks of small light dots making Henrick a little surprised.

'Why did it turn into the light dots?'

Henrick thought for a moment before coming to a conclusion, 'This must be not a real beast.'

A real beast would not disperse like that and when he recalled he was inside a treasure land, he felt his guess was right.

'Swoosh'

The small light dots from the three-tailed spirit fox flew into the tunnel making Henrick a little curious.

'I will follow these light spots in the dark tunnel,'

Because they were emitting light, Henrick could see the way ahead into the tunnel and without wasting any time, he followed the light spot.

'Fire snake'

At the same time, he used his pure internal energy to create a fire snake with the help of a basic fire manipulation technique.

'Hiss'

The fire snake followed the light dots and Henrick followed it.

After travelling into the tunnel for who knows how long, Henrick was able to see that the tunnel was leading to a small cave.

'Thud'

At the end of the tunnel, Henrick was carefully crawling out of the tunnel; however, the support where he stepped on, was not strong enough to hold him and he fell down to the ground.

'Where is the treasure,'

Henrick got used to the pains. So, he didn't feel even when he fell onto the ground; however, his focus was on searching for the treasure.

Thinking of a treasure, he searched for the light dots which were rotating at the ceiling of the cave.

While the light dots were floating in the air, Henrick observed the small cave he was in to find something valuable.

The small cave was empty except for a corner where it was covered in all types of dried grass and plants.

'Swoosh'

All of a sudden, all the light dots entered into the dried grass before disappearing completely from Henrick's sight.

'Looks like there is something,'

In the dried grass, Henrick sensed something and slowly moved forward to check where the light dots disappeared.

He was very sure that the light dots were not absorbed by the dried grass.

'Th...this is...an egg?'

After clearing away the dried grass, Henrick saw a silver-coloured egg with white coloured patterns on it.

'Ding,

Item name:- Spirit fox egg

Status:- 10 days to hatch.

Element type:- No element.

Description:-  A not common nor not rare beast with moderate fighting abilities; however, when it comes to speed, its talent compared to the top level.

'Ths is the spirit fox egg?'

Henrick was surprised a little bit; however, after thinking about it, he felt there was nothing to surprise here.

'Since its speed is good, I can use it as my mount. Moreover, its fur is looking nice and charismatic. Maybe I can attract one or two female cultivators with the help of this spirit fox,'

Before the spirit fox could even hatch out of the egg, Henrick is planning the future uses of the spirit fox.

'System, can I store it in the inventory?'

The egg was around the size of a football and he could carry it with him all of the time without breaking it. He also knew that he could not keep the egg in his storage ring as it would kill the beast inside it.

'Ding,

Inventory works just like storage rings. So, the Master can't store it in the inventory.

The system instantly replied and said he could not store it.

'Looks like I need to be careful with it,'

As long as he walks normally, nothing would happen to the egg; however, if he encountered other sect's disciples or some other danger inside the treasure land, the egg would be destroyed.

Nevertheless, he felt that taking the egg with him is better than leaving it here. So, he moved forward and lifted the egg.

'Ding,

Detected the element-less egg.

'Ding,

Master, do you want to give it the fire element as its base element?

As soon as he touched the egg, two system notifications rang in his head; however, he ws not much surprised about it before nodding his head.

'Ding,

Allow the egg to absorb your blood drop to acknowledge you as its master and the remaining things will be taken care of by the system.

'Sure'

He was not new to dropping the blood to become the master of spirit beasts. The baby fire monkey also did the same thing and became his tamed beast.

So, he nodded his head to the system notification before following its instructions.

'Ding,

Congratulations to the master for gaining a new tamed beast.

'Ding,

The spirit fox inside the egg is undergoing an evolution.

After he dropped the blood onto the egg, it was instantly absorbed into the egg followed by two system notifications in his head.

'Until you undergo evolution, stay here,'

Soon, he placed the egg in his robes to leave the small cave.

However, when he checked the egg while placing it into his robes, he saw the egg's status change.

'Ding,

Status:- 9 days to hatch.

'Huh?'

Henrick took out the egg from his robes and placed it on the ground and started thinking about something.

'Since one blood drop reduced the hatching status by one day, I can hatch it here itself, right?'

This was the thought in his head because moving with an egg in the treasure land is not a good option.

So, if it's possible, he would hatch it; instead of carrying it around.

'Let's test the theory,'

Henrick didn't waste any time as he used his left demon claw to lightly injure the right hand.

'I hope it works,'

Even though the spirit fox is not a rare beast, it is considered a rare mount that has speed and charms. So, Henrick didn't want to miss that chance.

'Ding,

Master is using his blood to accelerate the evolution process of the spirit fox inside the egg.

The blood dropped onto the egg started disappearing within an instant and the same type of system notifications continuously rang in his head.

'Damn it...how much more drop do you want to drink?'

Initially, Henrick thought 9 more drops of his blood would be enough to hatch; however, the egg is absorbing the blood no matter how much he drops and at the same time, it is not showing any signs of hatching.

If not for the system notification, Henrick would have thought his blood was not helping the egg.  So, he didn't stop the bleeding and allowed the egg to absorb his blood.

'Ding,

The spirit fox inside the egg has successfully completed its evolution and mutated.

'Ding,

It might come out of the egg anytime now.

Finally, when he heard those system notifications, Henrick heaved a sigh of relief and looked at the egg which started shaking a little.