The woman in white returned to her mountain peak and found that nothing that belonged to her had been disturbed, which finally cheered her up a bit.
Sitting down in the courtyard, she waved her hand and took out a slightly oval stone pebble about the size of a basketball.
"This stone egg has no aura and doesn't absorb any energy. Could it really be a primordial being?"
A look of doubt flashed in the white-clad woman's eyes. If it weren't for the fact that she could vaguely sense life fluctuations inside through her secret technique, she would have thought it was just an ordinary stone.
"Is it because it hasn't finished gestating yet? How long will it take to be born? Could it be tens of thousands of years?"
This is not impossible, because innate life, to some extent, is conceived from a slightly special stone.
This kind of gestation requires time; it is through the long river of time that special stones slowly evolve into life.
If this is just a primordial being that hasn't yet been successfully conceived, how long will it take?
Even if we use resources to accumulate them, it will probably take a very long time to develop.
The woman in white had long been fed up with the arrogance of the God of Light and had been wanting to find a disciple of a primordial being.
But how easy is it to encounter beings born naturally?
They are more like innate spiritual beings; some of her disciples are innate spiritual beings. However, compared to innate beings, they are still a step behind.
"Let's test their talents first. Hopefully, one of the creatures inside will have a good talent."
Thinking of this, the woman in white stood up, carrying the stone egg, and flashed into a grand hall.
The main hall was very spacious, and there was only one testing altar. All living beings in the universe could stand on it to test their talents.
The woman in white placed the stone egg in her hand on the altar, feeling somewhat uneasy. Whether she could hold her head high in front of Dean Dai Qing depended on this moment.
However, unlike other creatures whose talents are tested, other creatures will immediately manifest their innate abilities as soon as they stand on the altar.
Unless one has absolutely no talent, the altar will produce special phenomena.
But when the pebble was placed on it, there was no reaction at all.
"Does he have no talent at all?" The woman in white asked in disbelief, as if she had suffered a huge blow.
"Huh? This is..."
Suddenly, the woman in white noticed that light was gradually appearing around the altar.
Strangely, this kind of talent test should only show unusual phenomena on the altar, and there should be no unusual phenomena outside the altar.
But now, there is no reaction at all on the altar, but strange phenomena are beginning to appear outside the altar.
Those phenomena were white light, and the increasingly intense white light appeared around the altar.
Gradually, the white light formed into light and shadow patterns.
As the strange phenomenon became more complete, the white-clad woman's beautiful eyes gradually widened.
Around the altar, endless white light transformed into countless shadows, all of which prostrated themselves on the ground, worshipping in one direction.
And that direction was precisely towards the stone egg on the altar.
Although the space inside the main hall was limited, the images in the white light phenomenon seemed endless, like billions of living beings worshipping their ruler.
All of this happened silently, and on the altar, there was still no movement. The stone egg lay quietly on the altar, simple and unadorned, emitting no light whatsoever.
"This is...this is..."
The woman in white, also bathed in endless white light, felt as if the stone egg on the altar was a monarch sitting high on a throne.
Although the stone egg had no radiance, in the white-clad woman's eyes at this moment, it seemed more like the ultimate existence after the great Dao has faded away, a state of ultimate simplicity!
"Tap tap..."
Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside.
The woman in white instinctively removed the stone egg from the altar, and instantly all the light and shadow disappeared, as if nothing had ever happened.
"Master..."
A little girl's voice rang out from behind.
The woman in white turned around and saw a pretty little girl of about seven or eight years old standing there, her beautiful eyes filled with tears.
"Master, you are still alive!"
The little girl cried and threw herself into the arms of the woman in white: "Waaah... I knew it, Master must still be alive. Everyone said Master had fallen, but I didn't believe it..."
A gentle look flashed across the woman in white's face as she reached out and stroked the little girl's hair, smiling as she said, "Don't listen to those guys' nonsense. How could Master have perished?"
"Yes, yes, Qingqing just doesn't believe that Master has fallen. Just now, Qingqing was cultivating when she suddenly discovered that the testing hall was open, and she knew that Master must have returned," the girl Lu Qingqing said, crying.
"Alright, alright, Qingqing, stop crying. You won't be pretty if you keep crying." The woman in white gently pushed Lu aside and said, "I still have things to do. By the way, where are your senior brothers and sisters?"
"Eldest Senior Sister went on a mission, Second Senior Brother is in seclusion cultivating, Third Senior Brother is studying formations, and Fourth Senior Sister went to cause trouble for Imperial soldiers, saying she wants to avenge Master," Lu Qingqing said.
"What revenge? Call her back right now." The woman in white frowned.
"Okay, Qingqing will call Fourth Senior Sister back right away." Lu Qingqing hurriedly took out her identity token to send a message to Fourth Senior Sister, and then said, "But Master, don't worry. Fourth Senior Sister said she can't beat the Rule Puppet, but she doesn't care about ordinary Imperial soldiers."
"It's good to know what's important."
"Hey, Master, what are you holding in your hand?" Lu Qingqing suddenly noticed the stone egg and asked in confusion.
The woman in white immediately smiled and said, "Your junior brother is inside."
"Junior brother? Qingqing has a junior brother?" Lu Qingqing's beautiful eyes lit up: "How come your junior brother is inside the stone?"
"Because it hasn't been born yet, of course it has to stay inside. Your master is preparing to hatch your junior brother, Qingqing, is there any way to help?"
"Yes, I have a way." Lu Qingqing said, then grabbed the stone egg and ran out of the main hall.
"Hey, Qingqing, where are you going?" The woman in white hurriedly followed.
Soon, Lu Qingqing carried the stone egg to a huge stone forest on the back mountain and found a red and green phoenix that was two meters tall when it was lying on the ground.
"Sister Caiyu, Sister Caiyu, please hatch the junior brother inside quickly," Lu Qingqing said to the phoenix.
Upon seeing this, the woman in white who had followed was both amused and exasperated. She swept the stone egg away with a wave of her hand, saying, "Qingqing, don't be silly. This isn't a living creature's egg; it's a stone egg. Caiyu can't hatch it."
"Aren't stone pebbles also eggs? Why can't Caiyu hatch her sister?" Lu Qingqing asked, puzzled.
"Oh..." At this moment, the phoenix saw the woman in white and hurriedly came over, nuzzling her affectionately with its head.
Phoenix Jade was the mount that the woman in white acquired when she was young. However, now that she is very powerful, the phoenix's flying speed is relatively slow, so she keeps the phoenix here.
The woman in white stroked the phoenix's feathers, about to explain to Lu Qingqing, when she suddenly felt a strange attraction emanating from the stone egg.
As this gravitational pull appeared, a white pebble slowly rose from the phoenix's nest and floated toward the stone egg.
The woman in white showed surprise on her pretty face.
[Just realized today is the Lantern Festival! Happy Lantern Festival to all my fellow readers!]
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