Chapter 54: Which came first, the egg or the chicken?
"Huh? Who are you going to kill?" Qu Wuming was startled when he heard this. Seeing that the middle-aged man's face was solemn and not a joke, he hurriedly asked through the message.
"Feng Heng, the cousin of the former young sect leader." The middle-aged man's eyes showed a look of sorrow and anger, and he replied coldly, "During the internal strife in the Demon Spirit Sect, Feng Heng saw that the situation was not good and wanted to steal the Demon Spirit Valley.
The spiritual beast and the secret technique escaped. He led his men to force their way into this place, killed my Taoist companion and seven disciples, and severely injured me. Later, if the people from the Presbyterian Church had not arrived in time, I might have lost my life.
It will also be broken into his hand."
"Where is this person now?" Qu Wuming asked.
"I don't know. He ran away alone, and there is no news yet." The middle-aged man shook his head, "Brother Qu only needs to promise me to pay more attention to him in the future. Once he finds any trace of Feng Heng, he will be killed and become my Taoist companion."
Just take revenge with your disciples!"
"Of course I can promise you, but I don't know when I will be able to avenge you. There is no way to guarantee the time."
"It doesn't matter, as long as Brother Qu agrees, I can naturally trust Brother Qu." The middle-aged man looked at Qu Wuming, tears flashing faintly in his eyes, "I can hand over the secret technique of controlling spirits to Brother Qu now."
Qu Wuming put his palm on the middle-aged man's shoulder, squeezed it a little harder, nodded firmly and said, "I will try my best to track down the information about this person. After I get it, I will bring his head to you!"
"Qian, I would like to thank Brother Qu in advance!" The middle-aged man took a step back and gave Qu Wumingshen a salute.
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Half a day later, in a temporarily opened cave in the wilderness...
Having arranged several defensive restrictions in advance, Qu Wuming sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, and most of his consciousness was immersed in the Zifu space behind his eyebrows.
Next to the square paved with spiritual stones, there was a small square cage. A pheasant was staring in the cage, tilting its head and looking at the two people opposite.
To be precise, it was a man and a small humanoid object only about an inch long on his shoulders.
"Xiao Yuan, are you sure it has special blood in its body?" No matter how he looked at it, Qu Wuming felt that this very fierce pheasant was a bit stupid. When he first released the spirit beast bag, he overestimated his ability and wanted to peck himself, but then he thought
Go eat Sword Spirit Xiao Yuan.
"Well, there seems to be a special feeling deep in Xiao Yuan's memory, but Xiao Yuan doesn't know exactly what blood it will be." Sword Spirit Xiao Yuan replied.
"Do you really want to use Hongmeng Purple Qi on it?" Qu Wuming felt that using the precious Hongmeng Purple Qi to experiment on a pheasant was a bit extravagant.
"Those sleeping special bloodlines are difficult to reawaken under normal circumstances, but Hongmeng Ziqi can easily do so." Xiao Yuan said, "In case, there is always a chance! In case Xiao Yuan makes a wrong judgment, use
The pheasant moistened with Hongmeng purple energy may also taste better."
Sword Spirit Xiao Yuan was very dissatisfied with the pheasant trying to eat him just now. He felt that the chicken was trying to repay a favor with a grudge.
"Then let's try it." Qu Wuming thought in his mind, and a trace of purple air flew down from the sky and disappeared into the pheasant's body with a whoosh.
Cuckoo!!!
The pheasant was startled and flapped its wings a few times. The cage created by Qu Wuming's magic power was almost damaged by its flapping.
"You're really strong." Qu Wuming tilted his head and looked at Pheasant, discovering that after this guy swallowed a trace of Hongmeng Purple Qi,... nothing changed at all.
"Master, give me some more." Sword Spirit Xiao Yuan sat on Qu Wuming's shoulder, also tilting his head and staring at the pheasant, "Since it can withstand the Hongmeng Purple Qi, it means it will be useful."
Another trace of Hongmeng purple air fell from the sky and disappeared into the body of the pheasant.
Cuckoo!!!
The sparse feathers on the pheasant's neck all stood up. It arched its neck, spread its wings, stared at a pair of small eyes, and looked at Qu Wuming and Qu Wuming fiercely, as if he was very dissatisfied with them attacking him with that purple aura.
.
"It seems that's not enough." Sword Spirit Xiao Yuan said.
"Forget it, let's just get a big one!" Qu Wuming felt furious in his heart, and a ball of dark purple air fell from the sky, and in an instant the whole pheasant was wrapped in it, and there seemed to be a dark purple mud ball in the cage.
"It looks like this when I make a beggar's chicken."
Qu Wuming raised a hand to support his chin, feeling a little greedy for some reason.
The pheasant was wrapped in the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and it suddenly felt as if it weighed more than a thousand kilograms. It was difficult to even move its neck and wings. The Hongmeng Purple Qi passed through its skin without any scruples and moved toward its body.
Drilled into the body.
"Master, look! There has finally been a change!" Sword Spirit Xiao Yuan stood up suddenly, raised his slender little arm and pointed at the pheasant and said.
"Yeah, I saw it." Qu Wuming stared at the pheasant's changes, feeling a little expectant in his heart.
A few breaths of time passed, and there was no trace of the pheasant in the cloud of purple air.
After dozens of breaths passed, the ball of Hongmeng purple energy finally began to collapse inward, revealing what was inside.
After Qu Wuming saw what was inside clearly, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed. After a while, he murmured: "Now I finally know the answer to a question. It turns out that in this world, chickens really came first, and then eggs came."
In the cage, the pheasant has disappeared.
Instead, it was really an egg.
However, this egg is a bit big, more than half a foot tall, and has an oval shape.
The smooth and white eggshell is as warm as jade. The eggshell is densely covered with veins-like lines, which are also carved from white jade. However, these lines seem to have a heartbeat, releasing softness in a flash.
The light...
"Xiao Yuan, what kind of egg is this?"
"Xiao Yuan doesn't know."
"How should this egg be hatched?"
"Xiao Yuan doesn't know."
"Can this egg be eaten?"
"It should work."
"..."
Qu Wuming was a little helpless, knowing that he couldn't count on Xiao Yuan in this matter. After thinking about it, he felt that it might be the safest way to do it this way.
There was a flash of light beside Qu Wuming, and a small person about an inch in size appeared in the air. It was the Nascent Soul body that had been cultivating in the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
Seeing this, Sword Spirit Xiao Yuan actually flew over with a whoosh, flew twice around Qu Wuming's Nascent Soul, and then "stand" next to it, comparing heads with it.
Although he couldn't see the expression on Sword Spirit Xiao Yuan's face, Qu Wuming knew that Xiao Yuan seemed to be flying back to his shoulder with a pout on his lips.
Qu Wuming smiled secretly and ignored the sword spirit. With a move from a distance, he drew a drop of blood essence from his body. The Nascent Soul body on the side also raised its arm and tapped lightly, and a drop of milky white source power floated out.
It fell next to the drop of blood.
I saw Qu Wuming and Yuanying chanting words at the same time, twisting the same spell with their hands, and their movements were uniform, as if they were reenacting.
The drop of essence and blood and the drop of original power vibrated together with Qu Wuming's magic spell, and soon began to squirm and turn into slender threads, spreading towards the surroundings.
After more than ten breaths passed, the sound of the magic spell in Qu Wuming's mouth became deeper and deeper. At this time, the blood essence and the original power had transformed into two identical magic formations in front of Qu Wuming.
The two magic circles are covered with strange and complicated runes, which follow the heartbeat of Qu Wuming, releasing soft light in a flash.
Qu Wuming's magic technique suddenly stopped, and he and his Nascent Soul raised their hands at the same time, gently clasped them together in the middle, and softly said in his mouth: "Reunite!"
I saw two magic formations slowly moving toward the middle, one above the other and one above the other.
Immediately afterwards, as a golden light lit up, the two magic circles completely merged together, turning into a golden magic circle that slowly rotated suspended in the air.
Qu Wuming raised his hand, and the cage holding the egg collapsed instantly. The egg slowly flew up and was placed in the center of the golden circle by Qu Wuming.
There was a buzzing sound from the magic circle, and countless golden tentacles spread out from the magic circle, slowly crawling along the egg shell, and soon the entire egg was wrapped inside.
Buzz…
The whole egg together with the magic circle below lit up with a ball of golden light, as if a small sun lit up in the Zifu space, and Qu Wuming couldn't help but close his eyes.
When Qu Wuming opened his eyes again, he saw that the egg had been wrapped in a golden film, as if it had turned into a golden egg, shining brightly.
"It's done." Qu Wuming knew that this was the appearance after successfully performing the secret technique given to him by Elder Qian of the Demon Spirit Sect. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He waved his hand and the golden egg flew toward his head.
Yuanying flew away, shrinking in size rapidly as it flew. By the time it flew into Yuanying's arms, it had turned into the size of a soybean, and was held tightly in Yuanying's arms.
"For the rest of the days, I'll rely on you!" Qu Wuming said, "Continue to practice in the Hongmeng Purple Qi, tempering it with your own life essence every day, and when it hatches, it will be the day when this method is completely successful.
.During this period of time, I’m afraid it won’t be easy to use the Nascent Soul to fight with others…”
The Nascent Soul body nodded without saying a word, turned into a stream of light and flew upwards, and soon disappeared into the sky of the Zifu space.
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Fuyun County, Chang'an City.
A sturdy black donkey clattered down the street, nodding its huge head every time it took a step, and occasionally shaking its head and snorting.
Sitting lazily on the back of the black donkey was a tall man wearing a bamboo hat, carrying a long knife on his back and a medium-sized green cloth bag tied around his waist.
Perhaps this black donkey was too majestic, only half a head shorter than an ordinary horse, and attracted the attention of passers-by on the street.
The man on the donkey's back didn't pay attention to these glances. He squinted his eyes and looked at the shops on the street, as if he was looking for something.
"Old man, may I ask how to get to Fuwei Escort Agency?"
The old man carrying the burden who was passing by looked up at the man on the donkey, and saw a rough but handsome face under the bamboo hat, looking at him with a smile, and hurriedly turned around and pointed to the west.
An intersection: "Just turn left at the intersection."
"Thank you so much, husband!"
Qu Wuming tugged on the reins and was about to turn and walk towards the west when he saw a group of scholar-looking young men running past in a hurry...