Xiang Beifei paused in his thoughts, frowning slightly. Did this guy notice something?
He had already taken out the Candle Dragon Eye. If he was seen through, he would make it dark here immediately and then take Uncle Liang and the others away. No matter what, he wouldn’t trade three lives for one.
Inside, celestial maiden Guanghui was very agitated: "Master, you’ve finally noticed something wrong! Quickly stop that human! This is his plot!"
She couldn’t wait to instill these words into Wu Bayi’s mind, urging him to stop everything quickly.
Wu Bayi’s gaze wandered over the divine egg, saying, "I’ve never heard of an egg mutating into a divine egg, and it’s so sudden. Our historical records never mentioned this."
——That’s right! Such a situation doesn’t exist!
Guanghui Heavenly Maiden roared internally.
"But this indeed carries the aura of a divine egg. This divine egg was also cultivated in an ordinary blood pool. If a mutation occurred, it logically shouldn’t be the problem of the blood pool. Where did this egg come from?" Wu Bayi was very cautious.
Xiang Beifei immediately signaled Xiaohei, who understood and immediately dived into the blood pool, pawing at the eggs, making them wilt.
Meanwhile, Wu Bayi had already reached the blood pool that incubated the divine egg. He dipped his hand into the pool, furrowing his brows as he grabbed a heap of shriveled eggs. These eggs were only skin-like, as if they had been drained of their essence.
"Is this the phenomenon of devouring one’s kind?"
Wu Bayi was slightly taken aback.
"Master, could it be that this egg evolved into the quality of a divine egg by devouring the essence of its kind?" Guanghui Heavenly Maiden said.
"I guess so! No wonder!"
Wu Bayi nodded in surprise. He then went to check the eggs in the other blood pools and found that some of them had also become shriveled. More and more eggs were changing due to the appearance of the divine egg.
"Master, does this mean that if you devour this divine egg, it might also help you?" Guanghui Heavenly Maiden said, lowering her voice.
Upon hearing Guanghui Heavenly Maiden’s words, Wu Bayi’s brows furrowed deeply!
"What are you trying to say?" Wu Bayi turned his head, staring at Guanghui Heavenly Maiden.
"I also hope that Master can have the potential of twelve wings. This divine egg hasn’t hatched yet. If you absorb the essence of this divine egg, wouldn’t you also become twelve-winged?"
Guanghui Heavenly Maiden immediately said, "Master, you are now also halfway into the Immortal Realm, but there’s still a distance to it. This divine egg hasn’t fully hatched. It’s unknown whether absorbing it would help you successfully step into the Immortal Realm?"
Wu Bayi squinted his eyes.
"You need to be cautious with your words. Some things shouldn’t be spoken carelessly." He snorted coldly.
"Master, forgive me!"
Guanghui Heavenly Maiden quickly kowtowed but, unwilling, said, "Master, I just feel that although your strength is clearly powerful, being limited by the quality of eight wings is preventing you from entering the Immortal Realm. But once this egg hatches, in the future, it will step on Master’s efforts over hundreds of years. I feel wronged on your behalf."
This hit Wu Bayi right in his heart, making him increasingly uncomfortable.
"Master, I remember the incubation pool has a tightly arranged formation that won’t let any aura spread out to protect these eggs. Regarding the divine egg today, I, as a disciple, haven’t seen anything. Everything will take Master as the main priority, and I won’t divulge anything about Master’s handling of this egg. As a disciple, I’ll first take the three people outside to wait."
Guanghui Heavenly Maiden, like a perceptive disciple, turned to leave immediately with the three people, as if to let Wu Bayi think for himself.
This time, Wu Bayi didn’t stop her.
Wu Bayi stared at this divine egg, his mind filled with his disciple’s words.
Every sentence of those words struck his heart, preventing him from calming down.
Indeed! Why can’t he step into the Immortal Realm after hundreds of years of hard cultivation, while this divine egg, just by being born, will be worshipped by the Moon God Race in the future? Moreover, for this divine egg, the entire race might seek sacrifices for this favored child of heaven, focusing all resources on the divine egg.
If nothing unexpected happens, within fifty years, this divine egg will definitely step into the Immortal Realm! And although Wu Bayi has killed a Panjiao Race expert with strength similar to his, he knows very well he couldn’t possibly reach the Immortal Realm within fifty years.
By then, even Wu Bayi would have to kneel down and salute this future divine egg!
This made Wu Bayi very dissatisfied!
Now over four hundred years old, having sacrificed themselves to the Underworld, their lifespan is also limited without stepping into the Immortal Realm. Even if he now lives longer than many Meat-Winged Monsters, he would at most live to five or six hundred years old.
Once lifespan ends, they return to the Underworld.
Frankly, Meat-Winged Monsters are no different from the sacrifices they’ve slaughtered, ultimately turning into Underworld creatures.
Wu Bayi is also unsure if he can step into the Immortal Realm before becoming an Underworld creature.
"The power contained in the divine egg is terrifying. If I devour it, perhaps I could increase my wings from eight to twelve! Then I can live forever in this world!"