Elder Jiao's expression immediately became somewhat unpleasant.
Originally, he had disagreed with the sect master inviting Feng Xi to help. What could an outsider possibly help with?!
Listen to what she's saying!
Frying, stir-frying, boiling, deep-frying?
What, were you not full just now?
Do we have to use these spirit beast eggs to make you a full egg banquet?!
Xiao Baidao coughed, "Disciple, don't make trouble!"
Feng Xi immediately drooped her head and said nothing.
Hu Wankui and the others' hearts cooled by half. It seemed this Feng Xi was also powerless.
These spirit beast eggs were likely nine out of ten going to be scrapped.
Of course, if there's truly no other way, they could artificially assist the hatching, but spirit beasts forced out this way had an extremely low survival rate, and even if they survived, they would be congenitally deficient.
No one expected that after exiting the Incubation Cave, Feng Xi would say to Hu Wankui, "Martial Uncle Hu, I wasn't joking just now.
There are only three reasons why spirit beasts do not hatch. One is that the external environment does not meet the standard. Another is that the spirit beast hatchlings are poorly developed and lack the ability to break the shell.
The third reason is that the spirit beasts themselves don't want to break the shell.
Judging from the various signs now, it's clearly the third reason.
So, we might as well use some extraordinary methods to force them a little."
Seeing that she spoke logically and coherently, Hu Wankui asked, "What extraordinary methods are you referring to?"
Feng Xi blinked, "For example, roasting over fire? Salt-baking? Braising in sauce? Red-braising?"
Hu Wankui: "..."
At the end of the day, you just want to eat my spirit beast eggs!
Hu Wankui only took her words as nonsense and didn't take them to heart. He vaguely said, "I will consider it. You master and disciples have traveled a whole day and must be tired. Rest early. It wouldn't be too late to continue discussing this matter tomorrow."
Hu Wankui personally escorted the three master and disciples to the guest residence. After settling them properly, he then left.
Not long after, Xing Wu came.
"Little Junior Sister, it's still early before dark. I'll take you around for a stroll?"
Feng Xi informed Xiao Baidao, then came out with Xing Wu.
Jun Wen also followed along.
What a joke, this is my biological junior sister!
Of course I have to keep a close watch!
When they reached a secluded place, Xing Wu said furtively, "Little Junior Sister, you weren't joking earlier, right?
Do you think forcing them a bit can really make the spirit beast eggs hatch?"
Feng Xi nodded, then shook her head, "I'm only guessing. I'm not completely certain."
Xing Wu rolled his eyes, "Tonight my eldest senior brother is on duty. Shall we sneak in and try?"
When Jun Wen heard this, he immediately became angry!
"Xing Wu, has water gotten into your brain?!
Why drag my little junior sister with you to fool around?
If something happens, whether you live or die doesn't matter, but what about my little junior sister?"
Jun Wen was really angry!
From Hu Wankui's attitude, it was clear he valued this batch of spirit beast eggs greatly. If Feng Xi followed Xing Wu to fool around, it would definitely end badly.
Xing Wu choked, "I-I just think little junior sister has nothing she cannot accomplish. The method she mentioned must be feasible!"
Feng Xi smilingly said, "There's no need to sneak around. After a couple of days, if Martial Uncle Hu still cannot think of other methods, he might agree to mine.
Senior Brother Xing Wu, just show me around casually."
Xing Wu scratched his head, "Alright, I'll listen to you."
Thus, Xing Wu took Feng Xi and Jun Wen to wander around Beast-Taming Sect.
As they wandered, they arrived at the beast stable of Beast-Taming Sect's guardian divine beast.
Beast-Taming Sect's guardian divine beast was a Sky-Covering Kuanghou.
Unlike the Golden Maned Suanni, which was locked with a ten-thousand-year iron chain, the Sky-Covering Kuanghou moved freely within Beast-Taming Sect.
Because it's reliable!
It wouldn't run wildly throughout the sect tearing things apart, nor would it erupt in rage for no reason and harm the sect's disciples.
Hearing movement, the Sky-Covering Kuanghou lifted its eyelids and glanced at Feng Xi with a face full of disdain, "Little waste, let me ask you, to what extent has that fool Golden Maned Suanni's cultivation regressed?
It wouldn't already be at Golden Core Stage, right?"
Feng Xi said with a faint smile, "The Golden Maned Suanni's cultivation has indeed regressed, and it can no longer speak human language.
But that's also quite good. It's better than certain beasts that can speak human words yet don't know how to speak properly."
The Sky-Covering Kuanghou didn't react at first. Only after Feng Xi had disappeared did it grasped the meaning!
The little waste was scolding me!
You just wait for me!
This matter isn't over!
After leaving the beast stable, Xing Wu, fearing Feng Xi might be unhappy, explained for a while before continuing to stroll with Feng Xi and Jun Wen.
When it was nearly dark, they strolled to Beast-Taming Sect's Alchemy Hall.
Beast-Taming Sect's alchemy level was second only to Hunyuan Sect. The Alchemy Hall was very large and had even specially introduced earth fire.
Jun Wen and Feng Xi thought of the shabby Alchemy Hall of Xuantian Sect and both felt somewhat sour.
Not to mention anything else, this earth fire alone was enough to make one envious!
Elder Xing of the Alchemy Hall was teaching several disciples to refine pills. Although he saw Feng Xi and Jun Wen, he didn't deliberately avoid them.
He simply stopped speaking but didn't stop his movements of adding medicinal herbs.
After all, if one could learn just by watching, alchemists would be everywhere.
Feng Xi glanced a few times and then felt her hands itch, "Senior Brother Xing Wu, may I borrow your earth fire to refine a few furnaces of pills?"
Xing Wu naturally agreed readily and had the Alchemy Hall steward open an alchemy room for Feng Xi.
He originally wanted to personally watch how Feng Xi refined pills, but Jun Wen found an excuse and dragged him outside the Alchemy Hall.
Seeing that there was an isolation formation plate inside the alchemy room, Feng Xi placed a spirit stone into it, then began refining pills.
Although she had only glanced a few times, she had already roughly guessed the pill formula.
She felt puzzled, this pill formula didn't seem to have appeared in the jade slips within her sea of consciousness.
But that was normal, only part of the pill formulas in the jade slips within her sea of consciousness had been unlocked. Elder Xing's pill formula was likely of a relatively high level.
She took out the corresponding medicinal herbs from her storage ring, then took out that pill furnace missing one leg and began refining pills.
The first time, it failed, and thick smoke billowed out.
Fortunately, the alchemy room was sealed, so Feng Xi had the little black ball absorb all the smoke.
The little black ball: "..."
Wasn't it agreed that in the future this kind of dirty and tiring work would be done by the little fat bird?
Why is it still me?!
The second time, Feng Xi slightly adjusted the formula based on feeling and experience, and failed again.
However, this time no black smoke appeared. Instead, it turned into a pot of paste.
Feng Xi poured the paste into the wooden barrel specially used for waste.
She cleaned the pill furnace and continued refining.
The third furnace succeeded!
Inside the pill furnace lay ten white and plump pills, all excellent grade.
Feng Xi was somewhat dissatisfied, not even one top-grade pill. Trash!
However, she was more concerned about what kind of pill this was and why it carried a strange fragrance.
Since she had learned it secretly, she felt embarrassed to ask Elder Xing, so she put the pills away, preparing to ask Elder Ji after returning to Xuantian Sect.
She exited the alchemy room and went to find Xing Wu.
Seeing that she wasn't in high spirits, Xing Wu assumed she hadn't succeeded and tactfully didn't ask. Moreover, it was already dark, so he escorted them back to the guest residence.
Late at night, the Alchemy Hall's servants routinely cleaned the waste residue in the alchemy rooms and transported it to the back mountain for burial.
After they left, a free-range low-rank spirit beast sniffed its nose and came over, beginning to dig!
Then, the second, the third…