Fei Fei was extremely confident in the egg in his hand. After buying it, he had always stored it in his storage bag.
In order to amaze everyone and gain their envious looks, Fei Fei chose to use medicine to delay the hatching time, just so he could hatch it under everyone's attention.
But he seemed to have forgotten that delaying the birth of a spirit beast required the assistance of spiritual medicine.
Although the spirit beast in the egg was struggling to break out of its shell, after trembling twice, everyone could see that its strength was gradually waning. The egg only cracked a few small lines and then stopped moving.
Fei Fei's face changed drastically. Feeling ashamed, he increased the delivery of his spiritual power.
The looks that had originally been attracted to him gradually drifted away to other disciples.
Other disciples also began to hatch their spirit beasts on the spot. To protect the spirit beasts, they chose to nourish them with spiritual power and herbs. As a result, many spirit beasts successfully broke out of their shells one after another.
Chu Lanqiu removed the cloth, revealing the egg, and began to pour spiritual power into it.
She took a deep breath, making full preparations.
She knew that once the demonic beast in the egg hatched, it would surely cause a huge stir. She had to complete that plan in the shortest possible time.
When Fei Fei saw that the egg in Chu Lanqiu's hand was the one he had swapped, the panic in his heart dissipated a little, and he couldn't help feeling smug.
So what if the spirit - beast egg in his hand was difficult to hatch? Didn't it just prove that the spirit beast in the egg was extremely precious?
Then he turned his gaze back to his own spirit - beast egg, determined to hatch it in one go.
Under the strong catalysis of his spiritual power, the spirit beast in the egg finally moved again.
But the next second, right before everyone's eyes, an astonishing scene occurred.
The egg in Fei Fei's hand exploded with a "bang", and the baby spirit beast inside was flung far away.
Fei Fei was smoking all over, his hair standing on end, looking like a hedgehog. Due to the explosion of spiritual power, his body and face were both blackened.
"Pfft!"
The other disciples were first stunned, and then, realizing what had happened, they began to cover their mouths and snicker, holding back their laughter so hard that tears welled up in their eyes.
Chu Lanqiu, who was standing next to Fei Fei, was also startled by the commotion. She quickly looked over, only to see the baby spirit beast flying away at an extremely fast speed.
"My goodness!"
"Hahaha! I've seen pill - refiners blow up their pill furnaces and sword - cultivators fling away their natal swords, but this is the first time I've seen a disciple of the Beast - Taming Sect fling a spirit beast while hatching an egg!"
"This is so embarrassing. Is the little spirit beast still alive?"
"Help! I can't hold it in anymore. I'm dying of laughter."
True Lord Peng Yue was extremely embarrassed when he saw what Fei Fei had done. He felt that his reputation as a master was about to be completely ruined.
When he went out in the future, others might not call him True Lord Peng Yue anymore, but rather "the master of the disciple who flung a spirit beast away".
It was so embarrassing!
True Lord Hu Xiao was stunned, but since Fei Fei was Peng Yue's disciple, he couldn't laugh out loud openly. So he had to bite his lower lip tightly, his face turning red from holding back.
True Lord Kun Shan couldn't help rolling his eyes and covering his eyes, not daring to look directly.
Flinging a spirit beast away while hatching an egg was truly the first such incident since the establishment of the Beast - Taming Sect.
Fei Fei had managed to leave his name in history in a rather special way.
After this farce, some disciples had already hatched their spirit beasts one after another.
Some clever disciples noticed that there was something different about this test. After their eggs broke, they replaced them with other eggs.
Since these were carefully selected eggs, the hatched spirit beasts were of extremely good quality.
Fei Fei's hands trembled. Amidst the jeers of the crowd, he just wanted to bury his head in the ground. He had originally wanted to amaze everyone, but instead, he had become a laughingstock.
"Fei Fei, go and check if your spirit beast is okay!"
Chu Lanqiu reminded Fei Fei. It was originally a kind concern, but in Fei Fei's ears, it sounded like extremely harsh sarcasm.
He turned back and glared at Chu Lanqiu, then walked stiffly towards the baby spirit beast lying on the ground, gnashing his teeth and constantly cursing Chu Lanqiu.
The spirit beast was pitch - black and lying motionless on the ground.
Taking a closer look, Fei Fei stomped his feet in regret for his own recklessness.
It was an extremely rare and top - grade hybrid scorpion.
Although the scorpion was still alive, the joint of the poisonous stinger on its tail had come off. Even if the scorpion was saved, it would have already lost its combat ability.
"Goodness, that's a hybrid scorpion. It's been years since I last saw such a top - grade spirit beast!"
"Take a closer look. The tail of that scorpion has broken off. It's worthless now."
"What a pity. Otherwise, when this scorpion grew up, with the venom in its tail, it would probably be invincible among its peers."
The voices of regret from the people around kept pouring into Fei Fei's ears, making his heart ache.
To avoid being criticized, he still picked up the scorpion, and of course, he didn't forget the detached stinger.
Chu Lanqiu felt sorry for the scorpion and stopped hatching her own egg. Although the spirit - beast egg that was about to hatch no longer received the support of Chu Lanqiu's spiritual power, it was still trembling and starting to show cracks.
Chu Lanqiu quickly took out some wound medicine from her storage bag and handed it to Fei Fei.
"This is wound medicine. Apply it to this scorpion quickly. I can see it still has a breath. We can still save its tail..."
"I don't need your charity!!"
Before Chu Lanqiu could finish her sentence, Fei Fei interrupted her. In Fei Fei's eyes, what Chu Lanqiu did was no different from showing off.
"This is my spirit beast. Whether to save it or not is up to me. Why do you have to meddle in other people's business!"
Fei Fei suppressed his surging jealousy and glared at Chu Lanqiu angrily.
But Chu Lanqiu didn't care about Fei Fei's attitude. Seeing that the tail of the scorpion might still be saved, she reminded him again, "Listen to me. The tail of this scorpion can still be reattached. Take the medicine and apply it first..."
"Shut up! I said I don't need your charity!"
Fei Fei roared in a fit of rage. He was so angry that he didn't care about other people's looks at all.
His moment of glory had been ruined. How could he not hate?
"From the moment I bought it, it became my possession. Its failure to hatch is due to its lack of talent, not mine. So even if it dies, I won't feel sorry for it."
"As for you, your own egg hasn't hatched yet, but you're eager to meddle in other people's business. Why are you so cheap!"
Even though she was worried about the spirit beast, Chu Lanqiu was a bit angry at Fei Fei's malicious words.
Looking at Fei Fei's furious appearance, she only felt sad for the spirit beast.
"Fei Fei, you're not worthy to be a disciple of the Beast - Taming Sect."
Seeing that the time was almost up, Chu Lanqiu dropped this sentence and then continued hatching her egg.
Fei Fei was a bit broken by this sentence from Chu Lanqiu. He exerted too much force with his hand and almost broke off several of the scorpion's legs.
Seeing that the cracks on the egg in Chu Lanqiu's hand were getting more and more, and the demonic beast inside was about to break out of the egg, Fei Fei showed a malicious smile.
Chu Lanqiu, don't think you can laugh at me. Your hell is coming next!