"Qin Xin, congratulations! You're going to be a dad! Hahahaha..."
Danqing looked at Qin Xin with a mischievous grin.
"This Martial Spirit Pattern is already comparable to the God level. It is extremely difficult to condense Martial Spirit Patterns. Array Patterns are at the bottom level and cannot be called Martial Spirit Patterns. Martial Spirit Patterns that are carved by martial artists themselves, based on the characteristics of the Martial Spirit itself, are equally powerful, but require extremely high talent. However, some martial artists have Martial Spirit Patterns carved on their Martial Spirit from the day they are born. This is a bloodline inheritance. There is also a kind of Spirit Pattern that is born from some powerful divine beasts and ferocious beasts. They can pass it on to their relatives."
"Clearly, you are an ancient phoenix egg that regards you as its father, which is why it bestowed the spirit patterns upon your martial spirit."
Danqing became more and more excited as she spoke, and she was happy for Qin Xin for having such a wonderful encounter.
"But this creature and I are of different races. How could it possibly treat me like its father?"
Qin Xin was completely bewildered, not understanding the situation at all. An egg recognizing a person as its father? This was like a blind man playing the erhu – utter nonsense.
"Could it be a Spirit Devouring Stone?"
Qin Xin suddenly thought of the Spirit-Devouring Stone in the Niwan Palace, because the strange changes that had occurred in the ancient Heavenly Phoenix Egg were caused by the Spirit-Devouring Stone.
"Maybe, but I have some bad news for you."
Danqing looked at Qin Xin with a smile and said.
"This is the first time I've ever seen a divine beast egg, but there are many difficulties in hatching it. You must know that in order to hatch their eggs, ancient divine beasts need to consume a huge amount of heaven and earth spiritual treasures. It may take hundreds of years or even tens of thousands of years for the divine beast egg to accumulate enough energy to hatch. I don't know if you can live to see that time."
Qin Xin didn't think that much. He was already content with obtaining the Heavenly Phoenix Martial Spirit Pattern and now just wanted to get out of this space as soon as possible.
Seeing Qin Xin's calm and composed demeanor, Danqing nodded in satisfaction.
"Going out is naturally not a problem," Danqing said.
"Hmm?" Qin Xin looked excited upon hearing this.
"We should be in that futon space."
Danqing spoke calmly.
"The futon space?" Qin Xin recalled the futon he had stored away in the cultivation room. It was this futon that ultimately destroyed the Rakshasa's primordial spirit.
“If I’m not mistaken, the previous owner of this futon was unaware of the existence of this ancient Heavenly Phoenix Egg; this futon contains the aura of the Heavenly Phoenix and automatically gathers the surrounding spiritual energy, so that person must have been using it for cultivation,” Danqing said.
"Then I got a great deal. Luckily, I brought this futon with me," Qin Xin grinned.
“Yes, since this futon space is for protecting this ancient phoenix egg, the way out is naturally also related to this ancient phoenix egg,” Danqing said in a deep voice.
"How about I touch it and ask it?"
Qin Xin suddenly said something, which Dan Qing agreed with, and felt that this method was worth a try.
Qin Xin approached the colorful ancient phoenix egg again and felt the aura emanating from the eggshell, which gave him a familiar feeling. If he didn't know that he had never had a girlfriend, he might have mistaken the egg for his own child.
When Qin Xin's palm touched the eggshell, a warm sensation came from his fingertips. However, the Devouring Spirit Stone no longer made any unusual movements. Instead, a message came from the eggshell.
The moment this message entered his mind, Qin Xin was stunned. He hadn't expected that a casual attempt would actually lead him to a way to leave this space.
Qin Xin withdrew his palm, and his true energy surged out from his meridians, gathering in his palm. A black staff-like martial spirit, about three feet long, with two streams of true energy flowing around it, slowly appeared. Qin Xin continuously poured his true energy into it, which flowed into the Heavenly Phoenix Martial Spirit Pattern, causing the golden martial spirit pattern to shimmer with light.
Immediately afterwards, Qin Xin raised the black staff high and plunged it into the ground. Golden martial spirit patterns immediately spread outwards, and the entire space instantly became brighter.
When Qin Xin opened his eyes again, a sense of control spread throughout his body.
With a thought, Qin Xin's vision went completely dark again, but he could still smell the aroma of roasted earth.
With a surge of true energy, the surrounding soil scattered. Qin Xin glanced at the large pit around him, momentarily disoriented, unsure of his location.
A glint flashed in Qin Xin's eyes as he glanced at the futon in his hand.
"I'll call you Heavenly Phoenix Futon," Qin Xin murmured.
After Qin Xin left the crater, he realized he was still in the Sunset Mountains. The powerful shockwave from the explosion had turned the valley into a canyon, and the futon was buried in the mud.
"I don't know how many days have passed, let's go back to the villa first."
After a brief moment of silence, Qin Xin searched for a direction and then rushed towards Tianyuan City.
On the outskirts of the Dead Leaf Forest, a young boy's figure constantly darted through the jungle. When he encountered some powerful monsters, he would quickly avoid their territory to prevent conflict.
This young man was Qin Xin, who was on his way back to Tianyuan City.
Along the way, Qin Xin had to rest and recuperate countless times. Although it was on the outskirts of the Dead Leaf Forest, there were still many powerful demonic beasts here that could flatten Qin Xin with a single slap. The reason he was able to pass through without any danger before was mainly because he was escorted by a Qi Sea Realm expert.
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"Grandpa! These bastards have gone too far! Let me go out and fight them!"
At this moment, tensions were high in the Qin Clan Manor's training grounds. Several powerful members of the Tianyuan Qin Clan surrounded the area, their eyes fixed on the Hunting Garden Secret Realm.
Inside the hunting park's secret realm, Qin Xue's pretty face was stained with blood, as if she had just been in a battle. Her face was full of anger as she shouted incessantly.
"If it weren't for that bastard Qin Yangxu, Qin Xin wouldn't have died!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Lin, dressed in a gray robe, seemed to have aged considerably. He was also deeply saddened by Qin Xin's death, but now his face was surrounded by black mist, clearly a sign of poisoning.
"Miss Hua Jin, if I am to die, Qin Xue and Zi Ling will have to be entrusted to you."
Qin Lin said weakly, then glanced at Qin Xue, whose light blue dress was stained with blood, and Zi Ling, who was following behind with two buns in her hair but no fear in her eyes.
"Uncle, just focus on getting rid of the poison. I've already placed a restriction on the passage to this secret realm, so those people won't be able to get in anytime soon," Hua Jin comforted him.
"To seize the position of clan leader, they actually resorted to such vicious means."
Qin Qianfan snorted angrily, pulling at his already injured arm. Blood trickled from his mouth, and several wounds, as if inflicted by sword energy, were visible on the back of his fine clothes.
Hua Jin quickly stepped forward to seal some of Qin Qianfan's acupoints and fed him a healing pill.
It turned out that the First Elder Qin Maoyan and the Honorary Elder Qin Hongbing, while Qin Qianfan was away heading to the Dead Leaf Forest, had poisoned the pills that Qin Lin was cultivating, forcing him to hand over the clan leader's token.
The Second Elder and the Third Elder acted as fence-sitters, choosing to wait and see.
Just as Qin Lin was about to die under the siege, Hua Jin and Qin Qianfan arrived. The fight, which was originally full of chances of victory, was unexpectedly interrupted by Ouyang Jie, the vice leader of the Iron Blood Mercenary Group, who intervened and stopped Hua Jin.
In the critical moment, Hua Jin created a way out, sending Yu Zi'ang to the Eastern Wilderness Academy for help, while she led the others to hide in this hunting park's secret realm.
As the top-tier martial arts academy in the entire Eastern Wilderness, the Eastern Wilderness Academy provides protection for the families of its students. This is why so many families are eager to send their best members there.
However, the Eastern Wilderness Academy would not interfere in the internal strife within the clan. Hua Jin asked Yu Zi'ang to go to the academy to find her and Qin Qianfan's old acquaintances. If they knew about it, they would definitely come to help.
"Yu Zi'ang has been gone for two days. I don't know when he will be back," Mao Ruijin said calmly, then slowly walked to Qin Xue's side to comfort her.
"I hope he can return soon."
Hua Jin spoke softly, her brows furrowing slightly as she sensed the secret passage being constantly attacked.
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