Published: March 3, 2025
CHAPTER 290: Law of the Jungle (Two in One Chapter)
Liu Yu smiled as he looked at the little creature in his palm and said softly.
After speaking, he reached out to touch its body, feeling a slippery, cool texture, slightly sticky as well.
Snakes are cold-blooded animals, so it's not surprising that it feels cool; the stickiness is due to the liquid residue from the spiritual beast egg on its body.
“Sss sss.”
It seemed to understand Liu Yu's words, as Little Qing flicked its tongue and made a hissing sound.
It also nudged its head against Liu Yu's outstretched palm, expressing a sense of joy and closeness.
“Ha~ha.”
“Alright, go ahead, Little Qing.”
Liu Yu chuckled lightly, teasing it for a moment before bending down to let it down on the ground.
“Sss sss.”
Once on the ground, Little Qing nodded its head in a human-like manner and then twisted its body, heading towards the broken eggshell from which it had emerged.
“Crack.”
It first picked up a smaller piece of the eggshell, biting down on it, chewing a couple of times before swallowing it.
After eating a few pieces of eggshell, Little Qing seemed to find it particularly delicious and began to feast.
It opened its mouth wide, almost a hundred and eighty degrees, swallowing a piece of eggshell that was only slightly smaller than its head, then slowly chewing and digesting it.
For a time, the sound of cracking filled the spiritual beast chamber.
Unlike other snakes, the yinming spirit serpent not only has venomous fangs but also other teeth, allowing it to chew food easily.
The eggshells of spiritual beast eggs contain a lot of nutrients that even newborn beasts can easily digest, which is why many demonic beasts and wild beasts eat the eggshells after they are born.
“It seems its spirituality is much higher than that of ordinary demonic beasts.”
“And its appearance is so different from traditional yinming spirit serpents; could it be a mutation?”
“Or perhaps a return to ancestral bloodline?”
Having cleaned his hands with water, Liu Yu crossed his arms and watched Little Qing eat, deep in thought.
Mutations can be benign or malignant; benign mutations can significantly enhance a demonic beast's strength, greatly boosting its physical power or innate abilities, far exceeding its non-mutated counterparts.
Malignant mutations can lead to regression, such as the degeneration of sharp teeth and claws, a decrease in body size and strength, and the loss of innate abilities.
“Mutations are more often reflected in the body or abilities.”
“Just looking at Little Qing's spirited appearance, it doesn't seem like a mutation; it looks more like a return to ancestry?”
As this possibility crossed his mind, Liu Yu's eyes brightened.
The ancient cold chi could rival the void refinement stage experts; if Little Qing truly exhibits a return to ancestral characteristics, making its cold chi bloodline more concentrated, its growth potential would undoubtedly increase significantly.
This would greatly enhance its value for cultivation.
Little Qing's eating speed was astonishing. In no time, all the eggshells from the spiritual beast egg it hatched from had disappeared.
However, surprisingly, despite eating so much, the little creature's belly showed no signs of swelling, still looking the same as before.
“Sss sss.”
After finishing all the eggshells, Little Qing still looked unsatisfied. It glanced at another spiritual beast egg, twisting its head to look at Liu Yu while flicking its tongue, conveying its desire to eat.
Through the connection of the master-servant contract, Liu Yu clearly understood its thoughts and nodded slightly to convey his approval.
In the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest prevails.
Many demonic beasts have the habit of eating dead eggs, even their own.
And many newly born little beasts, besides consuming their own eggshells, will also eat the deceased of their kind!
“Sss sss.”
Seeing this, Little Qing happily wriggled its body and swam towards another spiritual beast egg.