Chapter 215 Fat Egg
There were so many spirit stones that you wouldn't even notice if a few were missing, so Yunxi didn't realize anything was wrong with the space for a while.
Then one day she received another batch of crystal cores. Thinking that Xiao Li and Yun Duo would both need the crystal cores in the space, she simply put the crystal cores in the space as well, right next to the Spirit Stone Mountain.
Originally, she only planned to go into the space to carefully select a suitable place, since the Spirit Stone Mountain would grow larger and there was still more than half of the spirit stone mine to be mined.
Upon closer inspection, a clue was discovered: a large section of the Spirit Stone Mountain had sunk inwards, and the ground was covered with spirit stone powder and debris.
Yunxi thought it was Xiaoli or Yunduo who did it, so she called the two little ones over and asked:
"Have you two used so many spirit stones recently? Xiao Li, don't you prefer the Five Elements Origin? And Xiao Duo, is your cultivation speed really that fast?"
Fireball and Little Cloud both shook their heads.
However, Huotuanzi shook its head and then nodded.
Seeing this, Yunxi asked, "Xiaoli, what do you mean by shaking your head and nodding at the same time?"
“Master, shaking my head means I didn’t get these spirit stones, nodding means I do prefer the power of the Five Elements Origin, which is easier to absorb and is purer than the spiritual energy in the spirit stones.”
That's strange, especially since Yunxi has already checked with her divine sense and found nothing here.
Unbeknownst to Yunxi, the spirit beast egg, which had absorbed the spirit stones and rolled back into the distance, suddenly trembled, looking extremely guilty.
Seeing that there was nothing unusual, Yunxi could only put the matter aside for the time being. Perhaps there was something wrong with these spirit stones.
She still placed the crystal cores near Spirit Stone Mountain as planned. "Xiao Li, Xiao Duo, you can use these crystal cores as you like when you cultivate. Just don't overeat them, especially Xiao Li. Don't be greedy and eat too many at once and fall asleep again."
The two little ones nodded in unison.
Yunxi planned to explore the space before going out, but as soon as she reached the Spirit Herb Garden, she heard Xiaoli's voice calling frantically in her mind.
Little Duo also cried out and flew towards us.
"Master, something terrible has happened!" the two little ones shouted in unison.
Yunxi quickly flew over and caught Yunduo. "What happened? What's wrong?"
"The crystal core is gone!"
"What?" Upon hearing this, Yunxi quickly teleported to the spot where she had placed the crystal core.
Her current cultivation level allows her to shrink distances to an inch.
Sure enough, there wasn't a single crystal core left where it used to be. Only the puffed-up fireball, Little Li, was circling a chubby egg, crying loudly.
"Master, it was this egg that swallowed all the crystal cores in one go," Xiao Li said to Yun Xi with a pitiful expression.
Looking at the spirit beast egg in front of her, which was noticeably rounder, Yunxi could barely recognize it from the patterns on it as the one that Taotie had given her in the Demon Suppression Tower.
"Are you the spirit beast egg that Taotie gave me?"
The chubby egg trembled slightly. Although it had no expression, its oval body was plump and round. Yunxi still understood what it meant: it had admitted it.
Yunxi continued to ask, "Did you absorb all the missing spirit stones and crystal cores?"
Fat Egg nodded again.
Yunxi remained silent for a while. This was the first time she had ever seen a spirit beast egg that could grow bigger. Normally, a spirit beast egg is only the size it is when it is born, and it will naturally hatch when the time is up and the conditions are met.
As it turns out, this egg couldn't even be eaten by the legendary Taotie, which is said to be able to devour everything. It's said that Taotie has had it for a long time, and not only has it not spoiled, but it's also getting bigger.
"Are you about to hatch? Are all these crystal cores enough for you to hatch?" Yunxi was curious about what kind of spirit beast this egg was.
Fatty shook his head, and Yunxi didn't know how she could tell that he was shaking his head.
"What about adding the spirit stones from over there?"
Fat Egg neither shook his head nor nodded immediately.
Yunxi tried to guess, "You don't know either?"
Fatty nodded in agreement.
Yunxi thought for a moment and took out the pile of spirit stones she had previously put in her storage ring, placing them next to the spirit stone mountain, which made the spirit stone mountain appear much larger.
"Is that enough now?"
Fatty remained silent.
Yunxi sighed, wondering what kind of spirit beast this was. It could eat so much from just an egg. She thought the Fireball was already quite gluttonous, but this one was even more energy-consuming.
"You wouldn't happen to be a descendant of the Taotie, would you? How come you can eat as much as the Taotie?"
Fatty shook his head frantically.
"Okay, if it's not enough, then it's not enough. You eat first, eat as much as you can, and I'll get you some more."
After Yunxi finished speaking, she left the space. Sure enough, the mining robots outside had mined a lot of spirit stones in a short time. She transferred them directly to her storage ring and then contacted Ning Xuan to ask for more crystal cores.
Ning Xuan quickly sent another message to Han Dongling.
When Yunxi returned to the space, she saw that the originally large mountain of spirit stones in front of her was now half empty. Looking at the stunned Huotuanzi and Xiaoduo, she moved the spirit stones out of her storage ring with a blank face.
There was no other way; she had already fed it so much, so she had to hatch the egg first. She wanted to take a good look at what kind of spirit beast it was; it ate way too much.
She originally thought that with this spirit stone mine, she wouldn't have to worry about running out of spirit stones for a very long time, but suddenly she became poor again.
Although she felt a little heartache, she was more curious about what would hatch from the egg, so her curiosity and joy outweighed her heartache.
Fortunately, the spirit stone mine wasn't finished yet. She could only pray that the egg would be used up and there wouldn't be enough spirit stones left.
Since she had nothing else to do, she simply sat down next to Fireball and Cloud, watching Fatty, who had buried himself in the Spirit Stone Mountain, frantically absorb the spirit stones.
Half of the Spirit Stone Mountain was rapidly collapsing before their eyes.
In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the Spirit Stone Mountain was reduced to a small mound, with everything else turned into dust. Just as Yunxi was about to go out again to collect the spirit stones, the fat egg, which had grown to twice its size, seemed to burp, then rolled around comfortably several times before finally stopping.
Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief, but then wondered if this was enough or just a break.
Seeing that the fat egg had stopped, Yunxi also stopped thinking about going out to get spirit stones. She wanted to see if the egg was full or just resting.
Soon, Yunxi found out that the fat egg twisted its body, meaning it wanted as many spirit stones as before or some more crystal cores.
Yunxi had no choice but to go out and collect spirit stones. Fortunately, Ningxuan replied as well.
Han Dongling happened to be trading supplies at another base and received a large batch of crystal cores. Seeing that Ning Xuan wanted them, she gave them all to Ning Xuan.
Ning Xuan did the same; this time, she didn't pick out the crystal cores she needed and directly gave them all to Yun Xi.
Yunxi placed the spirit stones and crystal cores next to Fatty Egg.
Then the egg, which was originally white with faint black lines, quickly doubled in size, and its color suddenly turned golden. The black lines turned into a deeper gold, and the whole egg became golden and dazzling.
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