From Family Fisherman to Water Virtue True Immortal-Chapter 176: Jade Qilin Beast Hatching from Its Shell

Chapter 176: Chapter 176: Jade Qilin Beast Hatching from Its Shell

Li Quanqing’s gaze swept across the Water Mirror, finding that about one-fifth of the young clan members had contracted their own Spiritual Beasts.

It seemed the clan was indeed considering a transformation.

"Who is that youngster?"

He suddenly spoke up, his Divine Sense distinguishing among all the competing clan members to find the one with the highest cultivation, a Qi Refining Seventh Layer Cultivator.

It was a young man who looked to be only about twenty years old, with average features but exceptionally bright eyes.

As he waved his hand, he actually summoned a Sixth Layer Azure Water Turtle from the Spiritual Beast Bag, spitting out Water Arrows to defeat his opponent.

Li Quanqing looked around and realized there was only one person at the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining. It was likely, barring any surprises, that he would be the champion of this clan competition.

"Ah, that lad is the one who has been making the most noise, always talking about wanting to follow in Elder Quanqing’s footsteps and become the greatest Artifact Refiner in the family..."

"Unfortunately, his talent for Artifact Refining isn’t outstanding. Instead, he’s quite close to various Spiritual Beasts, hence he has raised numerous spirit pets, living rather frugally..."

Li Zongyao seemed to recount their traits as if enumerating his family treasures. Although he spent his entire days in the Ten Thousand Fish Pond, he often used Water Mirror Technique and Arrays to observe these juniors in the family.

Watching these vibrant youths every day made him feel as though his own aging heart was beating younger.

Li Quanqing felt somewhat helpless: "So his name is..."

"Li Jincheng."

"Where sincerity goes, even metal and stone will open."

Li Zongyao let out a faint smile as he spoke the name.

"Indeed a member of the ’Jin’ generation in the family. His cultivation speed isn’t slow. Could it be a top-grade Spirit Root?"

Li Quanqing looked at Li Jincheng in the Water Mirror, noting that he really had contracted quite a few Spiritual Beasts with several Spiritual Beast Bags hanging at his waist.

"No, among the ’Jin’ generation born in the family, there hasn’t been one with a top-grade Spirit Root yet.

"He has a Middle Grade Spirit Root with both wood and fire attributes, added with middle-grade water and earth attributes. However, when he was tested for his Spirit Root, his Spirit Light was very high, with the Fire Spirit Root nearing upper grade."

Li Zongyao recounted it as if it were second nature.

Li Quanqing watched the young man with the Azure Water Turtle beneath his feet and couldn’t help laughing: "A Fire Spirit Root Cultivator, how did he contract a Water Attribute Spiritual Beast?"

"No Spirit Stones!"

The Clan Leader said bluntly, spreading his hands: "This child was also identified as an Immortal Seed from the ordinary people of the Li Family, with no substantial family resources. He’s come this far solely on his own talent and the support of the clan."

"That is indeed rare..."

Li Quanqing nodded slightly. If the family was preparing to transition into a Beast Taming family, those Spiritual Beasts on Fish-Dragon Island whose potential had been exhausted would have a good place to go.

After accompanying the elder for two hours, he got up to take his leave, returning to his own Cave Mansion.

"Heavenly Demon Spirit Array..."

Li Quanqing took out the Spiritual Medicines from the Storage Bag and spent several days refining them into several bottles of earthy yellow Spiritual Liquid with a rich essence of the earth, emanating from the Sky Blue Fire.

He took out a crystal-clear piece of jade, as wide as a zhang, laid out like a jade bed on the ground.

Li Quanqing’s fingers were like a knife, slowly etching Array Patterns into the jade bed, completing them in one breath, and successfully setting up the Yunling Array.

Humming!!

As the Spirit Nourishing Liquid flowed along these patterns, the entire Array was activated, the air vibrating as if possessing its own life.

Pale yellow Array Patterns shot out, interweaving through the void, manifesting a lifelike Array, gathering the essence of Heaven and Earth from all directions.

Li Quanqing then took out several Mid Grade Earth Spirit Stones and placed them into the pre-made slots, the rich essence of earth surged forth.

Under the Array’s extraction, rings of earthy yellow light formed, solid yet dispersing, resembling clouds of mist shaped like Lingzhi mushrooms, looming above the jade bed.

Li Quanqing couldn’t wait to take out the Jade Qilin Beast’s Beast Egg and place it within.

In the next moment, the entire Beast Egg trembled slightly, greedily devouring the essence of earth, emitting waves of delight and eagerness.

"It looks like it’s a success!"

Li Quanqing opened his mouth with joy as the skin at his fingertips split open, and a drop of dark red essence blood flew out instantly.

Under his control, this drop of essence blood transformed into slender threads, like a spider’s web, slowly winding around the surface of the beast egg and seeping inward.

This was a blood covenant recorded in the Li Family’s Scripture Pavilion, which could establish a connection with an unborn Spiritual Beast cub.

Day by day, month by month, once the creature hatched, it would cling to him as if he were its own parent.

By then, adding a Slave Beast Seal would naturally ensure it was foolproof.

Under the suppressive force of his Foundation Establishment Realm mana, the blood threads finally succeeded in penetrating the eggshell, establishing a faint blood connection.

After that, he would only need to strengthen the blood covenant every ten days to reinforce the bond.

Li Quanqing nodded in satisfaction, took out Merfolk Silk, and began to craft the Array Flags for the Gui Water Divine Thunder Array again.

Days passed by, and in the blink of an eye, more than three months had gone by.

With Li Zongzhuo’s help, Li Quanqing successfully set up the Gui Water Divine Thunder Array.

Eight Copper Bean Puppets waved the Array Flags, and alongside Silver Bean Puppets holding the Array Plate, the wind and clouds changed color in an instant, with crisscrossing strands of water-blue lightning.

Within the Array, it seemed as if a thunder prison realm was formed, where strands of Gui Water Divine Thunder roamed like a group of pythons, destroying everything.

With the Array’s enhancement, by casting Gui Water Divine Thunder - a top-grade exquisite technique - Li Quanqing himself could achieve a synergistic effect much greater than the sum of their parts.

Beneath the cover of Array Patterns, thunder fell like rain, seemingly condensing a sea of thunder, vast and unrestrained, with surging waves.

The power and effects of this Second Rank Array were, of course, unquestionable.

Even Li Kunlun came over curiously to observe and gained much insight, even entertaining the idea of crafting this Array himself.

Li Quanqing, having some surplus materials, crafted several Gui Water Thunder Flags and gave them to Li Kunlun to refine and play with.

With this experience, Li Quanqing was ready to start crafting the Flame Dragon Array.

This Array was of Second-tier top-grade and required the crafting of eighty-one Array Flags, which was extremely complex and infinitely variable.

Fortunately, Li Quanqing only collected three Foundation Establishment Level Flame Flood Dragon skeletons, so he only needed to craft part of the great Array.

Together with Li Zongyao and Li Quanyi, after diligent study and lengthy discussions, they finally had a significant confidence to begin crafting the Flame Dragon Banners.

After all, the materials that were hard-earned were too precious. A single failure meant all would go to waste.

On this day, Li Quanqing sat cross-legged in his Cave Mansion, taking out Golden Shimmering Silk and Jade Green Parasol Wood to craft the embryo of the Flame Dragon Banner.

Suddenly, a shocking sound came from within the Yunling Array with a crackle.

He was overjoyed and quickly looked up to see earthy-yellow clouds churning like countless streams entering the sea, all funneling into the beast egg through a conspicuous crack.

Li Quanqing was certain that this crack had not been there before.

Crackle! Crackle!

As the Jade Qilin Beast voraciously devoured the essence of the earth from the Array, more and more cracks started appearing on the eggshell surface, interweaving one after the other.

The rich earthy yellow light glowed through those cracks, illuminating the entire room with a profound aura.

Even several Earth Spirit Stones were directly drained dry, losing their spirit and turning into ashy white husks.

As Li Quanqing hesitated whether to replace them with a batch of Mid Grade Spirit Stones, the voracious absorption finally slowed down and eventually came to a gentle halt.

In its place was a vibrant and robust Demon Energy, freely releasing from deep within the eggshell, the lifeforce as abundant as the ocean.

"Truly fitting for a higher-level Demon Beast, born at the Qi Refinement Realm!"

Under Li Quanqing’s expectant gaze, the eggshell could no longer hold and shattered completely.

Falling fragments fluttered down, and a majestic and formidable young creature appeared in view, its body covered in scales, resembling a Qilin Beast cub.

The scales on the back of the Jade Qilin Beast were pale gold, while the round scales on the belly were as white as jade; its four hooves splayed out in all directions, and its head boasted two blunt, short horns, looking extremely adorable.

"Yo yo!"

With its endearingly large eyes, the Jade Qilin Beast looked at Li Quanqing and let out a roar similar to the cry of a deer, while a light group on its head twinkled on and off.