NOVPUBYing He and Li Yingfu were both startled, recognizing the object and each harboring a glimmer of desire in their eyes.
But Ying He quickly waved his hands, saying: 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
"This... Chief Division Master, this really shouldn’t be!"
Seeing this, Li Yingfu hesitated and also hurriedly declined.
Wang Ba, however, glared at Li Yingfu:
"Enforcer Li, since when have you not heeded the words of this Chief Division Master?"
"This... Thank you, Chief Division Master."
Having worked with Wang Ba for some time, Li Yingfu knew full well that Wang Ba was not a person who feigned generosity. Seeing Wang Ba using his status to pressure him, he could only accept with a bitter smile.
Once Li Yingfu accepted, Wang Ba then turned to Ying He with a smile:
"Enforcer Ying."
Ying He was still somewhat hesitant:
"Chief Division Master, I..."
Li Yingfu urged from the side:
"Enforcer Ying, just accept it. Once the Chief Division Master has spoken, there’s no taking it back."
Hearing this, Ying He finally silently accepted the thank-you gift.
It wasn’t that he didn’t know when to advance or retreat, but rather... the Chief Division Master had given too much.
He accepted the purple stalactite and several spirit items.
Ying He’s look toward Wang Ba now contained a few more degrees of closeness, as if they were of the same people.
And Li Yingfu was inwardly celebrating his foresight.
"I’ve only been with the Chief Division Master for such a short time, and I’ve already amassed the cultivation resources that I hadn’t been able to save in two or three hundred years of working at Diwu Hall. It was good that I made up my mind back then..."
Wang Ba then inquired about their injuries.
Afterward, they both asked Wang Ba about his cultivation with that female Cultivator.
"There’s nothing to hide, really. This senior gifted me the Ice Dao legacy and instructed me to try to comprehend it on my own. In half a month, I will head to the top of Heavenly Pillar to either face a trial or ask questions. If I can’t pass, I can’t continue my cultivation, but this half-month period is just..."
Simply too long.
Wang Ba shook his head helplessly.
He had just started and had already successfully entered the gateway.
He had gained a significant understanding of the Method of Ice Dao and had many doubts.
But after the other party tossed the Jade Slip to him, she flew straight back to the top of Heavenly Pillar, and he felt somewhat reluctant to bother her.
So, these past few days he could only ponder by himself.
Ying He and Li Yingfu, upon hearing this, nodded in agreement:
"Half a month? With such a short time and no guidance, what can you comprehend?"
Wang Ba slightly opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something, but then swallowed the words back.
After some more idle chat, Wang Ba prepared to take his leave.
Ying He and another stated to Wang Ba that since they had previously brought those Rogue Cultivators on board and they had all played their part, they planned to do them a favor and take those Rogue Cultivators to some less frigid areas to seek out spirit items from the Northsea Continent.
Wang Ba naturally had no objections.
Watching as the iron ship flew into the distance,
Wang Ba also suppressed a trace of impatience in his heart.
He sat cross-legged in the crown of the Azure Fire Paulownia Tree.
Sometimes pondering over the "Ice-Soul God Shedding Charm," sometimes gently parting the fiery leaves of the canopy to check the progress of the hatching eggs.
At times, he would brew a pot of Fourth Order Middle Grade spirit tea exclusive to Diwu Hall, which made his thoughts clear and greatly accelerated his comprehension of the "Ice-Soul."
Snow fluttered in the wind.
Steam rose up.
This patch of canopy, like fire-blotched clouds, seemed to be the only pure land in this world.
Several days passed.
Finally, the eggs in the canopy hatched completely.
Out of the cracked shells, a little chick more than one meter tall wobbled out on golden yellow claws.
Though newly born, it was already covered with a layer of shiny yellow fluff, tinged with a hint of fiery red and black edges.
Its cute appearance carried a hint of nobility.
"Why does it look a bit odd..."
Wang Ba frowned slightly.
He had hatched countless chicks; normally, you couldn’t tell much from newly hatched chicks.
But this particular chick was unlike any he had seen before.
"Its form resembles the Black-feathered Chicken, these claws and beak are somewhat like the Phantom Chicken, and while the tail feathers have not yet grown, the tail tip suggests a Phoenix-feathered Chicken. Even the color of its fluff reminds me of something..."
As he was thinking, the little chick, with sleepy eyes and its head tilted, looked toward Wang Ba.
It hesitated and then let out a soft, milky chirp:
"Cluck, cluck."
Then, as its beak slightly opened and closed, a fine flash of flame flickered within.
"This... Bing-Ding Fire?"
Wang Ba’s eyelids twitched in surprise!
He stared in astonishment at the little chick.
Bing-Ding Fire was the specialty of the Snow Sun Chicken and the Snow Phoenix Chicken.
But the flame that the little chick unintentionally spit out seemed to be of even higher quality than the top grade of a Class III Snow Sun Chicken.
Wang Ba immediately took out several Talismans from his Storage Treasure to test it.
"It’s Fourth Order Middle Grade!"
Wang Ba was astonished as he watched the little chick, unable to help but take a closer look once more.
The more he looked, the more he felt it was the product of a big cross-breed among the many Spirit Chickens he had raised.
Yet, the blend was just perfect.
He couldn’t help but recall the time on Mori Country Moshima Island when Jia 15 had subdued Fanming beneath him.
"Jia 15... Its private life indeed was a bit messy, aside from the Black-feathered Chicken which is a natural eunuch and incapable of mating, it has had some... well, intimate contact with other breeds of Spirit Chickens. Most likely, the residual Yuanyang of these Spirit Chickens remained in Jia 15’s body, which Jia 15 then infused all at once into Fanming, resulting in this peculiar change under the creation of Fanming’s primordial spirit and Yin-Yang power..."
Apart from this possibility, he really couldn’t think of any other explanation.
