Transcending Dreams - D2 - Chapter 56

There was still nearly an hour till Lan Yang was set to return, and there wasn’t much to do here.

Without Wang Xiaoling drawing all his attention, William finally bothered to take in the details of the dwelling. Lan Yang was right when he said there wasn’t much to see.

The living room had upgraded seating compared to the dwelling in the Outer Court, with some empty shelves for storage. There were two doors leading to other rooms. One was to the bedroom that Wang Xiaoling decided to use, and the other he assumed was the Qi refining room.

Lan Yang did say that it was slightly better than the one in the Outer Court’s dwelling, but with Elder Yu likely having a hand in assigning the dwelling to him, he still had hope for more.

William stood from his seat to see if a surprise was in store, still holding onto the chest tightly. The signs weren’t good when he peered inside.

Cultivating wasn’t something he was too concerned about unless it was at the level of the Qi refining room at the auction house. And looking at the interior, it likely wasn’t.

Still, he walked in to make sure. He closed the door behind him and sighed in disappointment when a voice didn’t speak to ask which mode he preferred. That pretty much ruled out the martial arts training option.

He looked at the chest and wondered if it could cause an issue. The egg was strange, so it wouldn’t surprise him if it did. Besides, there was no reason to still hold onto it. He should have stored it away after showing Wang Xiaoling the upgraded stone.

William shook his head and sent it into the spatial stone. Unfortunately, nothing changed.

“Well, I tried,” he said out loud. It was a reach anyway to expect something like that just given to him, and it wasn’t a big issue.

He was relatively rich after gaining the Spirit Stones from Xu Feng, compared to the new disciples of the Inner Court. Since there were upgrades to be had, and he had the money to spend, he might as well spend the hour browsing the catalog while waiting for Lan Yang.

William returned to the living room and threw himself onto one of the plush armchairs before reaching into the spatial stone with his Qi to withdraw the catalog. It was a miracle he still possessed it after everything he had gone through since the last time he bothered to open it.

He flinched when his connection to the spatial stone snapped. It had become almost instinctual to store and remove whatever he wanted from his spatial stone and spatial ring. Having it fail was a shock.

He frowned before sending a far larger amount of Qi at the spatial stone than would be usually necessary. This wasn’t to withdraw the catalog. It was to use that Qi to sense what was happening inside the stone.

William closed his eyes to make blocking out the external world easier as all his attention was shifted to what he could sense with his Qi.

… Chaotic. That was the inside of the spatial stone. What could only be described as a dust storm had somehow erupted, and he could barely sense anything with the space not that large. No wonder the initial connection had been broken.

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He immediately suspected the egg had something to do with it. That was the only thing added to the spatial stone in weeks.

William tried to remove the egg to stop whatever was happening, but that was a complete failure. A strong pulse rippled through the space. It nearly shattered his Qi and took it out of his control.

With a severe frown, he asserted his will by pouring more Qi into the stone. There was no time for finesse. He had to power through until he regained control.

The storm weakened significantly as it fought against the rising pressure and resistance of his Qi. It didn’t stop, but he could finally see the egg through whatever these particles were.

The chest the egg was inside was nowhere to be seen. If William had to guess, it had been disintegrated by that storm. The bigger issue was the egg itself. It seemed to be… breathing.

It was hard to sense, but he could tell that the shell expanded and contracted ever so slightly. He was so focused on the egg that he didn’t notice what it was doing to his loot from the Shard until it absorbed something under his watch.

William’s heart skipped a beat as he shifted his attention to the three treasures he gained from helping Princess Jin get the golden heart. To his relief, they looked untouched. It meant the beast corpses were the egg’s target.

The corpse of the Pyralisk had almost been consumed, only the head remaining. Even that didn’t last long as it disintegrated rapidly into fine particles. The origin of the dust storm had been found.

The other beast corpse he had, the Jingmu Shadow, was in far better shape, though that wasn’t saying much. When alive, the beast had been disgusting to look at, resembling a brownish sludge that rolled in filth. Now, it looked just as repulsive, but it almost had missing bits of body littered on the entire corpse.

It was as if the egg tried to force itself to nibble on the Jingmu Shadow before it gave up. The Pyralisk was a write-off, but there was still a chance to save the other beast’s corpse.

William’s Qi pierced through the weakening dust storm and enveloped the egg, intending to yank it out of the spatial stone if necessary. Not only did he wish to save the Jingmu Shadow’s corpse, but he didn’t want to leave the chance for the egg to get some bright ideas and make an attempt on the three spirit-severing treasures.

He pulled harshly, wanting to immediately get the egg out of the stone. It didn’t work. The egg actually fought back and succeeded.

William could, and would, eventually use his previous force skill but with multiple times the power, but he noticed something strange. The egg’s ‘breathing’ almost disappeared.

It grew his curiosity.

As loathe as he was to admit it, there was no use in going to the Jade Cauldron Peak any longer. The beast corpses had to be written off, especially the Pyralisk. Since that was the case, and the egg had already started to feast on it, what would happen if he let it finish?

William was gifted this egg, and he had to try and get it hatched eventually. So it made more and more sense to let it do whatever it wanted, and hopefully, it would hatch something useful.

He didn’t need to wait long. The head of the Pyralisk disintegrated seconds later, joining the dust cloud that filled the space. Not much longer after, the dust started to disappear foo, and a small swirl of air funneled everything right at the egg.

William looked around at the empty space as the ‘breathing’ of the egg became more noticeable. He relied on himself to act if it hinted at a desire for the three spirit-severing treasures.

Thankful, it knew its place and proceeded to reluctantly consume the Jingmu Shadow’s corpse.

A few minutes later, the corpse was gone, and a harsh frown was on his face as he closely watched the rapid ‘breathing’ of the egg. There was no doubt it had increased in rate, but nothing else—

William’s eyes widened when the basic status of the egg changed. The number representing the level ticked up rapidly, flickering for a few seconds before it finally settled on what seemed to be the final number.

[Species: ? | Level: 38]

He now possessed an egg with a level equivalent to the third stage of Qi Gathering. That was ridiculous.