Chapter 40: Turkey? Firebird!

After the two of them made their breakthroughs.

They continued to enter the Qianyuan Spirit Array to cultivate bitterly and accumulate cultivation base.

During the time the two of them were in seclusion for their breakthroughs.

Wang Jianqiang did nothing but Alchemy and crafting Magic Tools, and his Pills, Magic Tools, and Cultivation Points all increased quite a bit.

On this day, he did not continue refining, preparing to go to the outside world to hunt for some Cold Beads.

Not long after leaving the cave, a sudden burning pain came from his palm.

He let out a muffled groan and raised his palm to look.

He saw that the egg-shaped mark in his palm was emitting a green light.

The green light was incomparably scorching, giving him a feeling of extreme terror.

If not for the fact that the green light was restrained to the extreme at this moment, even if just a sliver of its power had leaked out, it would likely have been enough to burn him to ash.

"Damn it, what on earth is this thing!"

Wang Jianqiang felt as if his palm were melting; the intense pain made him almost bite his teeth into pieces, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

"This burning pain is too terrifying; if this continues, I'll be burned to death sooner or later!"

A flash of ruthlessness crossed his eyes.

Just as he was preparing to chop off his arm, the green light in his palm suddenly broke free.

Under the shroud of the green light, a Mysterious Green Egg appeared and disappeared intermittently.

However, Wang Jianqiang could not care about observing it; he hurriedly retreated, wanting to put some distance between them.

But the next moment, he froze.

The surroundings had long since turned into a sea of green fire without him knowing when.

The earth had been burned into boiling magma.

Rolling thick smoke rose continuously, as if it were the end of the world.

"Holy shit..."

A moment later, Wang Jianqiang finally reacted, his face turning pale; in a flurry, he summoned the Mysterious Light Seal, a flash of Spirit Light shone on his body, and the Perfect Water Moon Skirt draped over him.

Afterward, he compressed the Wood Sword Array onto his body surface, turning it into a third layer of defense.

The Earth Sword Array, Water Sword Array, Fire Sword Array, and Gold Sword Array instantly merged into it, enhancing the defensive power of the Wood Sword Array to the extreme.

"Huh? That's not right?"

The busy Wang Jianqiang's movements suddenly paused.

He had been startled just now and hadn't had time to think it through.

At this moment, he suddenly discovered that he didn't seem to feel the slightest sensation of being burned.

He subconsciously examined his body.

He then discovered that his body was actually also shrouded in a layer of green light.

This layer of green light was extremely faint; if one didn't look carefully, it couldn't be seen.

Although the green light appeared fragile, the terrifying high temperature in the surroundings that was enough to melt Magic Tools was kept entirely outside after it struck.

"What is going on?"

Wang Jianqiang was somewhat bewildered.

Crack!

Just at this moment, a sound like glass or stone shattering rang out.

Wang Jianqiang subconsciously looked at the Jade Stone.

He then discovered that a crack had actually opened on the Jade Stone.

Crack~

Crack~

Following the splitting of the first crack, as if triggering a chain reaction, one crack after another appeared in succession.

In the blink of an eye, the entire Jade Stone had completely shattered.

As pieces of the broken Jade Stone peeled off onto the ground, Wang Jianqiang was stunned to discover that the Jade Stone was actually hollow.

What surprised him even more was that there was actually a chicken inside the Jade Stone!

"So this thing didn't just look like one, it really was an egg."

Wang Jianqiang looked at the green-furred chick that had crawled out from inside the Jade Stone and couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

Just as Wang Jianqiang was examining the green-furred chick, the green-furred chick seemed to sense something and suddenly looked at Wang Jianqiang.

Chirp chirp~

Amidst a joyful cry, a green light flashed instantly.

Wang Jianqiang's vision blurred, and the green-furred chick had already darted into his arms.

Wang Jianqiang's whole body stiffened.

Although this thing looked only the size of a palm, the moment he thought about how it had created such a terrifying scene when it was still just an egg, he couldn't help but tremble inside.

However, what surprised him was that after the green-furred chick darted into his arms, it didn't attack, but instead rubbed affectionately against his chest a few times.

He let out a long sigh of relief.

His heart immediately relaxed a lot.

He tried touching the green-furred chick's head; the soft down felt very comfortable.

The green-furred chick not only showed no impatience, but instead rubbed happily against his finger.

Seeing this, Wang Jianqiang finally relaxed completely.

He looked at the Jade Stone fragments on the ground—er, they should be eggshells.

With a wave of his palm, he gathered up all the eggshells.

After the green-furred chick was born, the fire-attribute power within the eggshells did not dissipate, but instead hid itself completely.

If used for artifact refining, the effect should be quite good.

……

Two hours later.

Wang Jianqiang returned to the cave, looked at the little green creature on his shoulder, and couldn't help but give a wry smile.

This little creature seemed to have set its sights on him; no matter how he hid, it could easily find him, and no matter how he tried to shake it off, he couldn't.

Even now, he still didn't know the origin of this little creature.

However, after some research, he wasn't entirely without gains.

After a careful examination, he discovered that this little creature didn't seem to be a chicken, but a bird, only its down was a bit frizzy, making it look more like a chicken.

Furthermore, this little creature was female.

"Huh? What is this?"

After Wang Jianqiang entered the cave, he caught the attention of the two women inside.

When they saw the little green bird on Wang Jianqiang's shoulder, they couldn't help but reveal looks of surprise.

"Picked it up outside."

Wang Jianqiang couldn't be bothered to explain and replied casually.

"Picked it up?"

"Are there still indigenous creatures of flesh and blood in this Secret Realm?"

The two were quite astonished, but seeing that Wang Jianqiang had no intention of elaborating, they didn't ask further.

Afterward, Wang Jianqiang did not let the two continue their cultivation.

He had always had a bold idea, but previously there had been no opportunity; now that both had woken up from their cultivation, he had finally caught his chance.

……

Ten days later, Wang Yu Yao completed her accumulation for the Second Turn Realm.

After failing six times in a row, she finally became a Third Turn Realm Cultivator.

A few more days passed.

Ye Qingxue completed her accumulation for the Third Turn Realm.

Breaking through the threshold of Foundation Establishment was clearly far more difficult than anything before.

With Ye Qingxue's talent, it still took a full month and a half, and after consuming five Foundation Establishment Pills in succession, she finally succeeded in Foundation Establishment, becoming a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

As of now, Wang Jianqiang only had two Foundation Establishment Pills left in his possession.

The consumption exceeded his expectations.

The remaining two Foundation Establishment Pills were clearly far from enough for Wang Yu Yao's Foundation Establishment needs.

Continuing to seclude himself was of no use.

Wang Jianqiang immediately decided to celebrate properly for a day and leave the next day.

However, plans could not keep up with changes.

Because of certain reasons, Wang Jianqiang was severely lacking in physical strength.

It wasn't until the third day that he fully recovered.

Wang Jianqiang removed the Array in the cave and covered the cave entrance well.

He looked at the two women behind him.

Compared to before, their strength had already undergone a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering change.

Especially Ye Qingxue.

Even just standing there, without actively releasing the slightest bit of Spiritual Power.

The spiritual pressure within her was enough to make any Qi Refining Cultivator feel alarmed.

One in the Third Turn Realm, one in the Foundation Establishment Stage, plus himself—a crafty... deep-scheming powerhouse—and a bottomless fire bird.

The strength of their group was already quite astonishing.

Thinking of this, Wang Jianqiang felt heroic.

With a wave of his hand.

"Let's go!"

The three people and one bird immediately shot off in the direction of the Cold Pool.