Chapter 24: A "New" Partner?
Looking at the "egg" in front of him, Wei Jiu frowned and fell into deep thought.
Emotionally, he hoped that this was Rat Xiaoqi, and from the "intuition" of the moment he picked it up, he also thought that Xiaoqi should be inside, but he didn't know what the reason was.
But reason tells him that it could really be an egg. That's right, it's some kind of egg-like monster or monster, egg......
So, where did the real Rat Xiaoqi go?
A black base, a shiny shell. The various spots on it, small and unevenly distributed, sometimes dense like a picture scroll, sometimes scattered like the night sky.
Wei Jiu just stared at it, not moving for a moment.
"The surface is smooth, and it looks so 'bells and whistles'...... It looks like an egg. He had also seen Warcraft, and he had seen the "Evolution Cocoon" of low-level Warcraft. Almost the entire process of the "Magic Shovel Beetle" evolving from Level 1 to Level 2 was completed under his vision.
That time he waited for half a day.
The cause was that Rat Xiaoqi found a "bird egg", which was in one of its abandoned nests. It dragged the gray egg out of the hollow of the tree with difficulty and handed it to Wei Jiu, asking him to bake the bird's egg.
Just as the wood was set up, Rat Xiaoqi's fire-based ability ignited a cloud of dead leaves, and the firelight suddenly engraved the shape of a beetle on the "bird's egg......
"Firelight?" took out a white robe and crumpled it into a ball, and the "thunderball" that burst into his hand covered it, but Wei Jiu controlled it and did not let it explode immediately, but continued to release the energy in it.
It only takes a few breaths for the wood to go from the smoke to the flickering fire.
"Is this?" The egg is too dark and reflective!
I almost scolded my mother, this thing has a smooth surface and a black background, no wonder the firelight is difficult to penetrate into it.
But all this is nothing in front of Wei Jiu.
Putting the egg back under the bed, Wei Jiu carefully took the flame and let his body into it. It was still reflective, but he could see something vague inside as the firelight flickered onto the dense spots.
A figure slightly larger than a fist curled up in the middle, expanding slightly between retractions and shrinks, as if breathing. It looks like a clumped mouse, but it has a big tail.
It's really a rat Xiaoqi!
Wei Jiuyi was overjoyed, extinguished the "torch", and climbed out with people and eggs. If you can't recognize this, you'll be so sorry that the "brothers" have lived and died together for so many years.
"I just don't know how long it will take for Xiao Qi to come out, and it shouldn't be a short time to come......," Wei Jiu was sure that Rat Xiao Qi should be fine, so he put his mind at ease, and the inexplicable heaviness that was suppressed in his heart also disappeared.
The last time the "Magic Shovel Beetle" broke out of its cocoon for half a day, evolving from a first-level demonic beast to a second-level demonic beast. Rat Xiaoqi is moving closer from the second level to the third level, and the time should be longer. However, having said that, it is not a "variety", and it can only be used as a reference, and it is difficult to get the exact time through simple comparison.
The "evolution" of Warcraft is a very complicated process, and it has not been understood too much by human warriors.
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Time passed minute by minute, and seeing that the cocoon had not moved, Wei Jiu slowly stopped staring at it, and sat cross-legged beside him and waited.
The peaceful Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi around him became more active as he meditated......
This cultivation is two days and two nights, at noon on the third day, three poles on the day, many disciples in the martial arts arena gradually stopped polishing their bodies, and returned to their residences one after another under the scorching sun - although the three realms of "Enlightenment, Qi Sea, and Jie Dan" after refining the body are mainly based on refining abilities, but the martial artists of the Canglan Continent have never stopped refining their bodies.
A strong body and a body of tough muscles and bones can make the path of martial arts cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.
Ouyang Zhi, one of the three "mentors" of the empire, even said, "The body is the foundation of martial arts and the capital of cultivation." This is a well-known sentence. This may even be the direct reason why the Canglan Martial Artist never gives up cultivating the physical body!
Just because that's what the Great Gurus of the Empire said.
"Dengdenden. There was a dull but steady sound of footsteps in the quiet hallway, and before long, a tall man with short yellow hair walked up.
Xiahou Yuannan was returning from the martial arts arena, and there was still a small amount of undried sweat on the side of his forehead, which set off the eye-catching outline of his face.
Just about to pass through the door of this "new roommate" to go back to take a shower and cool off, planning to spend the afternoon building on his abilities.
"Huh?" he heard the sound again, like the sound of the person inside tearing the cloth and piercing the paper, so small and broken that he would not have been able to detect it if it weren't for the unusually sharp senses that had just been tempered.
"Strange...... Strange people. Xiahou Yuannan muttered to himself and walked away.
A new disciple who didn't go out was indeed strange, didn't he have the slightest curiosity about the Great Academy?
Even if you are intoxicated with martial arts, isn't the quiet room of the academy, the cultivation room of various attributes, the martial arts arena, and the tempering room better than the residence of a "family disciple with four walls"?
Of course, Wei Jiu didn't know that his actions had already made a senior Dan Realm feel a little puzzled and confused, but even if he knew, he wouldn't have the mood and effort to explain anything, because at this moment, he was watching intently as this gap slowly lengthened, and a new crack appeared on the black surface—the evolutionary cocoon that had been silent for a long time cracked.
Just like that early morning many years ago, observing the demon beetle that was saved in the firelight, Wei Jiu was staring at this "egg" that was about to break with his bright eyes at this moment.
However, this time it was not only curiosity, but also anticipation, and habitual and natural concern.
"Squeak~sneer-" At first, it was just a hole from the side, not as big as a fingertip, but as the cracks around it increased, little fragments fell one after another, and the hole gradually merged with the gap, and a pair of small black claws trembled slightly from it, grabbing their backs to each other.
"Snort-" I saw that the outer layer of the cocoon was like a strip of dry cloth without a trace of moisture, and it was torn apart without any suspense.
Suddenly, a pair of big eyes and a pair of small eyes looked at each other.
Wei Jiu was still sitting cross-legged, but at this time, he leaned forward, his elbows supported the ground, his head buried in the center of his shoulders, and he looked sideways at the "unknown object" that "slipped out" from it.
"What's this, why is it not dark? What is this!?" In his heart, he felt that the previous "intuition" should be an illusion!
Where is this Rat Xiaoqi, it's clearly a large Warcraft Mouse!
The "big black mouse" lying on a debris suddenly stood up. That's right, it's standing up, it's standing on two feet! And it's standing in a decent way, and it's all about standing flat.
"What's wrong? I don't know Master Mouse? It's just that I've evolved once, and it doesn't make sense that the handsome can't even recognize my 'relatives', right?!"
Rat Xiaoqi didn't notice that Wei Jiu looked at him with "disgust" in his eyes, but thought that the person in front of him was "handsome" by his appearance. It is satisfied and convinced of this conclusion.
When the energy in its body could not contain the overflow, it fainted, and the energy built a "cocoon" around its body that was more than twice as large as it.
Then, that's when it all really begins......
"Xiao Qi!" Wei Jiu was suddenly "surprised", in fact, he had thought that the unknown "monster" in front of him, which was pitch black and had a handful of silver hair on his head, was Rat Xiaoqi - because those strange and bright little eyes were too similar, even if he admitted his mistake, it must be Rat Xiaoqi's long-lost "brother".
It's just that he did have a moment of "unbearable" acceptance, and the red figure that had accompanied him for many years disappeared in just two days, and was replaced by a "black and black" image - if the monster you raised ran out one day and suddenly changed color when it came back, I believe you will doubt your life for a moment.
Although he was very "disgusted", he still hugged the mouse Xiaoqi who was obviously a whole circle bigger in front of him.
"What's wrong?, do you miss me?" Rat Xiaoqi's two little claws were wrapped around his chest, and he was held by Wei Jiu.
"Grown up...... Huh, why is it still lighter?" The whole circle of rat Xiaoqi turned out to be as heavy as when he hid in his clothes pocket before, and even seemed to be lighter!
It's unbelievable, it's obviously much bigger than before......
"Gollum~" As soon as he said lightly, a discordant voice came from someone's belly, one man and one beast, you look at me, I look at you-
"Is there anything to eat?" Rat Xiaoqi's face was "red", but it was blocked by black hair, and no one saw it.
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The days passed in full and fast in cultivation, and for a whole week, Wei Jiu finally remembered the thin booklet in his heart.
"I've learned the 'Black Sky Immeasurable Sutra', but it's not of any use for combat effectiveness?"
While the physical ability Dark was completely and correctly run along the lines outlined in the book, it did become a little more "flexible" than it used to be, as stated in the book, "Purer abilities give you a lot more control over them." "On the outside, the ability is purer and more flexible, but it doesn't really make sense!
This kind of ability will not increase your attack power, and the total amount of Jindan and the entire dantian can be accommodated, so it is impossible to receive even a little more because your ability is more "pure".
"Is it really to allow yourself to 'create' the exercises?" said to himself helplessly.
He had always felt that it was very "mysterious", and letting a Dan Realm martial artist create his own exercises was like letting a powerless child pick up a sledgehammer - it was almost impossible to succeed!
But he did choose this exercise by himself, and he had no chance of regretting it.
"What's the matter, little boy, look at you like this, are you hungry?" Rat Xiaoqi has nothing left to eat these days except sleeping, which makes people wonder if it is going to "evolve" again.
At this time, it was standing on the bed against Wei Jiu, one front paw resting on the knee of the former sitting cross-legged, and the other was holding a calf that was roasted until it was golden and I don't know what kind of demon beast, just held it in front of Wei Jiu's eyes, and motioned for him to eat quickly with its dark eyes.
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