There was a chicken coop across from the house. Under the wooden fence, fluffy yellow chicks were trying to escape, flapping their little wings and sticking their heads between the wooden fences, chirping incessantly.

Hoshino squatted in front of the chicken coop, thinking of what Zhao Xi had said about raising these chickens to become food, and curiously reached out to tease them.

The chick saw his finger, thought it was food, and actually stretched out its head and pecked at it.

"hiss--"

Hoshino winced in pain and withdrew her finger.

My fingertip was bleeding.

A wisp of black smoke drifted out and was inhaled by the chick.

The chick's yellow downy feathers were instantly stained black and turned into dust.

"Um?!"

Hoshino was startled and stood up.

There were several other chicks in the cage, showing no grief over the death of their companion, and curiously pecking at the clump of ashes in the cage.

Another one has been blacklisted.

The little chick turned to ash again.

Before Hoshino could react, in the blink of an eye, all the chicks in the cage had turned to ash.

There was no wind in the area, and the ash remained in clumps inside the cage, scattered in a patch.

Hoshino stared in disbelief. Hearing a noise behind him, he turned around to block the cage and struck a pose. Only then did he realize that he was the Demon Lord and that there was no need to be afraid of anyone.

But Zhao Xi wanted to follow Qing Sui out immediately.

A moment of guilt.

He stood with one hand on his hip and his arm supporting his cloak, blocking their way.

Having obtained the information she wanted, Zhao Xi couldn't help but smile: "Defying fate is truly difficult."

This Qing Sui is truly an extraordinary person.

He didn't know about gene cloning, but he could achieve the same goal using magical artifacts. The potato rice, potato oil, and potato salt weren't actually triplets, but rather identical Firelight Beasts he bred for his experiments.

Although it's unclear why Sweet Potato became the younger sister, these three little ones were born to study how to allow the spiritual root to continue to grow and repair.

And what were the results?

The Qing Sui method has not yet been researched.

Thinking about it this way, Zhao Xi felt regretful.

She had raised the three pups for so long that she had developed feelings for them; they were no longer just ordinary experimental animals.

Qing Sui, perhaps having not spoken to anyone in a long time, was utterly blunt: "Don't bring it, it won't do. I don't research this, I'm raising chickens. I like to eat chicken wings!"

Zhao Xi thought: "...?"

Qing Sui: "I want to raise a chicken with ten wings!"

Zhao Xi thought: "…………"

This is actually...possibly...

"No, this is wrong, Heaven will not tolerate it! But the more it is intolerable, the more I will challenge it!" Qing Sui's thoughts went off track, he opened his arms to the sky and laughed loudly.

Zhao Xi looked at him.

If it weren't for the fact that his books and writings were relatively well-organized, she would have thought he had gone mad.

She sighed, "Whether Heaven tolerates us or not is not up to Heaven, but up to you. Heaven nurtures all things, and the subsequent creation is up to us. From the moment we have thoughts, the things we can do are already limited. If Heaven doesn't want us to do something, it won't even let us think about it."

Qing Sui became excited, her eyes shining.

Indeed, only the mad god of fire could understand him in this world.

She was also a madwoman with destructive creativity.

"I know a way to make them grow spiritual roots. By the methods of the gods."

Zhao Xi was skeptical: "What method?"

Qing Sui pointed to the sky: "There's an array in the sky. The Reincarnation Array! Reincarnation means being born anew!"

Zhao Xi thought, "You might as well say there's a river in the underworld, and after crossing it, you can be reborn and grow up again. Eighteen years later, you'll be a hero again..."

"It's true!" Qing Sui exclaimed angrily, pointing to the sky. "I've been to the Upper Immortal Realm, to the very top of it. Above the clouds, in the heavens!"

He started rambling incoherently, picked up a fire poker, and drew a palace on the mud, saying, "Take them with you! Let them reincarnate, turning and turning..."

Zhao Xi wanted to sigh.

"...Okay, if I have the chance to go to heaven."

The celestial realm has been occupied by the demon race. They will likely devour and kill each other until only one remains.

If there is a real chance to go up there, all we need to do is bring Hoshino, the leader of the demon race, so he can control this demonic energy.

But at the same time, he will also regain his strength.

After all, he has condensed the power of a world's life force, so he might be stronger than Lin Che in the future.

Zhao Xi wanted to find a way to cure her spiritual root and end the problem completely, and then her mind was at peace.

She poured a lot of effort into raising the three babies, and ultimately regrettably, she couldn't find a solution, but she tried her best and has no regrets.

The two were engrossed in their conversation when, upon turning around, they found the entire shed shrouded in a faint demonic aura.

Qing Sui stared blankly at the experimental shed, let out a mournful cry, and opened the cage: "My chicks!"

Zhao Xi wanted to look at Hoshino.

The little dragon felt ashamed, thinking that only the chicks in this one cage had been affected, but he didn't expect that the demonic energy would spread.

He straightened up, inwardly remorseful and uneasy, but his expression remained arrogant as he stubbornly said, "This place is really strange. I only broke my skin a little and bled a drop, and they all burned away. It's also that little chick's fault; it pecked my finger and even drew blood..."

He paused, then thought of another person to blame, "That damned witch doctor must not have fed them!"

Zhao Xi tilted her head in exasperation.

Qing rushed to the last room, grabbed a large box from inside, and dumped it out.

It contains all sorts of magical treasures.

He searched for magical artifacts while carelessly tossing them around, eventually pulling out a huge gear.

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