The first update,

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Qin Fang thought his actions were fairly clandestine, but coincidences happen, and just as he stepped onto the elevator to go downstairs, Cai Qing happened to come out of her room.

"That person looks familiar... Qin Fang?"

Cai Qing caught a glimpse of Qin Fang's figure entering the elevator, pausing slightly in her step, "Why is he going out so late?"

It was indeed very late at that time, after ten o'clock, and the night sky was pitch dark because of the rainy weather. Although the city was still brightly lit, the area near the Lushan Scenic Area was instead very tranquil.

Cai Qing had come out at this time precisely to look for Qin Fang.

Of course, it wasn't because she had any physiological needs that Qin Fang could satisfy, but rather to take advantage of Cai Pingyuan resting, she wanted to give Qin Fang a good thrashing, to avenge the groping incident...

"Could he be going to... how disgusting!"

In the dead of night, Qin Fang wasn't resting in the hotel, but instead heading out. As a woman, it was only natural for her to think unpleasant thoughts, especially since it was common for call girls to phone into hotels like this one.

"Follow and see, catch him in the act!"

Cai Qing had just looked down on Qin Fang and was ready to turn around and go back to her room to sleep, but she paused mid-step, and immediately a new idea popped into her mind.

She disliked Qin Fang very much, even hated him. Why? Wasn't it because Qin Fang's presence made Cai Qing feel a mysterious threat, especially one involving Ning Yumo?

Cai Qing had always targeted Qin Fang, hoping to shame him, to see him lose face and even get injured, all in the hope that he would have the sense to stay away from Ning Yumo. Unfortunately, the results had never been great. Qin Fang's strength had grown more formidable, and he had become increasingly important in their grandfather's eyes. The fact that he was the only disciple taken to the great event of the Martial World showed this distinctly.

What could make Qin Fang completely lose face in front of Ning Yumo?

Being caught in an affair, letting his reputation be destroyed!

This was an opportunity too good to miss, and it was happening right before her eyes!

So, Cai Qing immediately grabbed a stealthy coat and hurriedly followed in the direction that Qin Fang had gone.

Because of that moment of hesitation, Cai Qing could only vaguely see the rear of Qin Fang's Audi as it drove away. She quickly left the hotel and hailed a taxi, chasing in the direction Qin Fang had gone.

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Qin Fang, of course, had no idea what Cai Qing was plotting. He was focused on hatching the Pet Egg in his hand as quickly as possible, putting everything else aside for the time being.

He drove to the base of Lushan Scenic Area and stopped in a relatively secluded corner, locked his car, and then slipped into the scenic spot like an extremely agile marten, without anyone noticing...

Qin Fang didn't linger at all. As someone bold and skillful, he directly headed up the mountain, walked for several minutes, and entered deep into the forest before he stopped.

With a thought, the Pet Egg disappeared from the Props Box and appeared in Qin Fang's hand. The grey and white egg was emitting a faint glow in the pitch-dark night and dim forest, making it look quite eerie and unpredictable.

Gazing at the Pet Egg in his hand, lying quietly in his palm, Qin Fang closed his eyes. Concentrating slightly, he could feel it trembling as if it had its own life.

This discovery gave Qin Fang a chilling feeling, but he was ultimately able to accept it. Since the Pet Egg had appeared in his hand, it had been releasing a power so mysterious and unpredictable that even the special gas it emitted could unconsciously change a person's personality.

Although Qin Fang had no tangible evidence, the change in Tang Feifei's mentality seemed to be somewhat related to the Pet Egg in his hand.

Perhaps now, for Qin Fang, it was a rather favorable development.

But the result made Qin Fang feel a sense of crisis that he couldn't control; whether the special gas had some unique effects that Qin Fang was unaware of, or whether it made the personalities of people like Tang Feifei even stranger, that would truly be a loss not worth the gain. It was this thought that made Qin Fang hesitant, but he felt he had no choice but to hatch the Pet Egg.

If he could use it for himself, then Qin Fang would keep it close.

If he couldn't use it, he would either eliminate it or release it back into the wild...

"Hu~~~"

He took a slight breath of relief. No matter the outcome, Qin Fang was determined to hatch it. After taking a moment to exhale, he concentrated his attention on the Pet Egg before him.

The Intermediate Detection Skill was focused on the mysterious Pet Egg...

This wasn't the first time Qin Fang had used the Scouting Skill on it, but the identification results had never been satisfactory. However, as Qin Fang's detection skills edged closer to advanced level, the results were becoming clearer.

Up until now—

"Pet Egg, a rare item of unknown attributes, must be hatched to determine its properties!"

"Hatching the Pet Egg requires the hatcher's fresh blood as a catalyst..."

Although Qin Fang had guessed that the hatching method for this Pet Egg wouldn't be the same as that of chicken eggs, duck eggs, or goose eggs, he still couldn't remain completely calm when he actually read the instructions.

"This hatching method is truly melodramatic..."

Qin Fang said with contempt, yet since it was a system requirement, he had no choice but to proceed in the specified manner.

Although he didn't carry a knife on him, there were still many tools he could use, such as the hundreds of silver needles intended for acupuncture stored in his Props Box, prepared for unforeseen needs.

He hadn't expected them to come in handy so soon, but they were not to be used on others, rather for him to draw his own blood...

With the Intermediate Acupuncture Skill, giving acupuncture to others was certainly no problem, as it wouldn't cause bleeding. Similarly, Qin Fang knew well how to draw blood...

The piercing pain Qin Fang felt as the needle pricked his fingertip was followed by a numbing sensation, and from the needle, a drop of crimson blood formed, although it was difficult to see clearly in the evening...

Without any hesitation, Qin Fang allowed the slowly forming, swelling drop of blood to fall upon the Pet Egg.

Ding-dong...

Though no such sound was made, when the drop of blood fell, it felt to Qin Fang as if he could distinctly perceive such a noise.

Not only that, almost as soon as Qin Fang's blood touched the Pet Egg, it brought him a feeling of blood connection, as if the Pet Egg was not an external object but rather a part of his own body.

At the same time, Qin Fang could clearly sense a steady... no, not his own heartbeat, but the heartbeat within the Pet Egg transmitting to him.

What is this?

Qin Fang was somewhat alarmed; the scene before him was too bizarre, and even though he had prepared himself psychologically, the actual event still nearly caused his heart to jump out of his chest.

"Sss..."

However, that was not the end of it.

On the contrary, this was just the beginning.

A slight prickling pain suddenly emerged from his fingertip, a strange, subtle sensation.

As Qin Fang's blood entered the Pet Egg, which shimmered with a faint luminescence, the light grew stronger, changing from the initial greyish-white to a bright translucent color, as if what Qin Fang held in his hand wasn't a Pet Egg but a glowing lamp.

But that was not what surprised Qin Fang. What truly astonished him was that the finger pricked with the needle appeared like a fountain, the crimson blood not lessening despite the removal of the silver needle, but instead forming a line of blood continuously connecting to the Pet Egg.

The bright white Pet Egg turned even more transparent as Qin Fang's blood infused it, yet the earlier brightness gradually transformed into a dark red, spreading swiftly over the entire Pet Egg.

"Your Life Points are too low, please replenish them quickly!"

"Your Life Points are too low, please replenish them quickly!"

"Your Life Points are too low, please replenish them quickly!"

Qin Fang was almost shocked by the eerie scene unfolding before his eyes, frozen in place, but then these prompts abruptly reverberated through his mind, snapping him out of his shock.

"Crap, that was close..."

Qin Fang was startled. Glancing at his Life Points, they had plummeted from full status to below critical levels in just a few short minutes and were still decreasing rapidly.

Without any hesitation, Qin Fang voraciously consumed Baozi, and amidst rapidly regaining health, he barely managed to stabilize the bleeding rate.

Yet the Pet Egg's absorption rate was also impressively swift. Despite continuously eating Baozi to recover health, the overall rise in Qin Fang's Life Points was still slow as a turtle's crawl.

Luckily, Qin Fang was well-prepared this time, with twelve slots in his Props Box, besides two guns, a pile of bullets, and a few special items that couldn't be discarded. He brought six slots' worth of Baozi, just in case.

It wasn't a fight with someone that caused Qin Fang to lose blood; instead, it was this rapid blood loss from hatching the Pet Egg, and given the current rate of the Pet Egg's absorption, it seemed the duration wouldn't be short. Qin Fang had no idea how many Baozi he would end up losing...(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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