658 Hatching Eggs

At Li Yi's house in Shattered Frost City.

The mermaid was humming as she swung her rosy fists, giving Li Yi a back massage. Onyxia in her human form was in charge of massaging his feet, and so the two mounts took the top and the bottom, working in perfect harmony.

There were many Apothecary materials laid out before him. His hands glowed with red light and in an instant, he had created more than 100 Advanced-level Fury Potions.

Li Yi's Apothecary Master was now only one step away from Legendary, so his Apothecary took much less time now. Before this, he would need at least a minute to create 100 potions, but now he could do it within ten seconds.

Half an hour passed, and Li Yi had finished refining all of his materials. Heaving a sigh of relief, he retrieved 10 Mysterious Eggs from his Inventory.

For Archers who could bring along a Pet, who would not want a Legendary Pet? Drifting Snow obtained a Divine Bird Phoenix from a Mysterious Egg, and Li Yi wanted the same.

However, in terms of luck, he was no match for Drifting Snow. That was why he had no choice but to collect more Mysterious Eggs and hoard them to increase his chances of obtaining a Legendary Pet.

After two years of collecting them, Li Yi now had 10 Mysterious Eggs in his possession. These things were extremely precious, not because they were expensive, but because the drop rates were exceedingly low. To put things in perspective, even Li Yi with all his powers could only collect 10 eggs over two years, which just went to show how rare these things were.

Li Yi placed the 10 Mysterious Eggs in a row on the table.

"Should I hatch them or not…?"

He was very hesitant. After all, he was not confident at all if he could hatch a Legendary Pet from these.

Li Yi turned around and touched the Mermaid Princess' adorable hair. "Little Mermaid, should I hatch them?"

"Hatch them."

Li Yi kicked Onyxia. "What about you, Lil Black?"

Onyxia glared at him and did not respond. If it were not for the contract, she would never do something as unseemly as massage Li Yi's feet. After all, she was an ancient dragon with the purest of bloodlines.

Li Yi did not take offense at Onyxia's attitude at all. Instead, he patted the Mermaid Princess' little hand and had her choose an egg.

"Choose one, and I'll hatch it."

"This one."

The Mermaid Princess picked up a Mysterious Egg and put it into Li Yi's hands.

"Alright, this one it is!"

Li Yi nodded, and with determination in his eyes, he walked out of the door, summoned the Explosive Ape, and chose to Release it.

He could only carry five pets at a time. Right now, he had the Violent Bear King, the Ghost Crab, the Lightning Leopard, and the Mutated Snow Eagle. With the Explosive Ape, that meant his five slots were all filled. If he wanted to hatch a Mysterious Egg, he would have to Release one of them.

"Goodbye, Ape."

Li Yi waved at the Explosive Ape, and it howled as it pounced at him ferociously.

Li Yi retreated into his house and closed the door.

The Explosive Ape's level cap was Level 90, and Li Yi was already Level 100. Although keeping the Explosive Ape had its uses, it was undeniable that when the level cap was lifted in the near future, pets like the Explosive Ape that could only reach Level 90 would definitely be eliminated.

"C'mon, this is Big-tits Qian's blessing…"

Li Yi held the Mysterious Egg the Mermaid Princess had chosen, and he just had to exert a tiny bit of pressure for the egg to crack open.

He had long since filled the 10 Mysterious Eggs with Soul Energy, so he just had to touch them slightly for the eggs to crack open naturally.

"Cheep cheep cheep…"

A little yellow chick broke out of the shell and ran amok across the table, chirping loudly.

Li Yi touched the Mermaid Princess' head dejectedly. That was not a Divine Bird Phoenix, it was a Non-combat Decorative Pet, the most normal Yellow Chick…

Decorative Pets did not take up a pet slot, and any class could carry one. At the same time, there was no limit to how many of these pets you could have, so you could carry as many as you wanted. In King of Pantheon, many players loved Decorative Pets, so the prices of many Decorative Pets skyrocketed. In fact, some of the extremely rare species, such as the Ice-ice Bird, the Light-light Cat, or the Lala Bear, were already worth more than many Purple-colored Mounts.

Decorative Pets had one use only, and that was for decorative purposes and nothing else. Unlike Mounts and Combat Pets, Decorative Pets could be traded at will.

Li Yi kept away the Yellow Chick and ordered Onyxia to select the next one.

Onyxia grabbed an egg and threw it to Li Yi. This angered Li Yi so much that he flipped her black robe and slapped her butt hard.

"C'mon, this is Jiaojiao's blessing…"

Li Yi liked to utter a word of blessing before gambling. Although he knew very well that these blessings had no effect on the luck of his draw, he was used to it now.

"Crack!"

The Mysterious Egg cracked open and an adorable pink piglet the size of his palm darted out from the shell.

"Oink oink!"

The Mini Pink Pig ran around the table, celebrating…

It was another Decorative Pet, but this Mini Pink Pig was worth a lot more than something as common as a Yellow Chick. If he sold it at the Auction House, it was worth at least 100,000 Gold Coins.

Li Yi kept the Mini Pig away and reached his hand out for the third egg.

"This is… my own blessing!"

"Crack!"

The Mysterious Egg cracked open, and a Small Black Dog bounded out of it, barking at Li Yi.

The Small Black Dog was a Level 5 Combat Pet with average ATK, DEF, and SPD. Its only advantage was its overwhelming loyalty.

It was a Level 5 Pet, which meant that its level cap was not even as high as the Mutated Small Wild Boar's.

Li Yi picked up the Small Black Dog and threw it outside, Releasing it.

He had opened three Mysterious Eggs, but he had not hatched even one useful pet. However, Li Yi was not dejected in the slightest. After he calmed himself down for a bit, he continued to hatch more eggs.

"This is... Brother Windcloud Nine's blessing!"

"Crack!"

The Mysterious Egg cracked open and a giant tortoise appeared from within.

[Congratulations, you obtained a Tortoise Mount.]

There was a cheerful jingle, and the giant tortoise transformed a mount icon, flying into Li Yi's Backpack.

Li Yi was exasperated. While the Tortoise Mount was a Non-combat Tortoise, this mount increased his attributes greatly.

The Tortoise Mount increased one's SPD by 20% on land and 100% in water, and it passively increased its master's max base HP by 10%.

A 10% increase in max base HP was nothing to sneeze at. In that sense, a Tortoise Mount was to a Main Tank what a Phoenix was to an Archer. It was extremely useful.

"I guess this is a good start. But on the other hand, why did Brother Nine's blessing hatch a tortoise…"

Li Yi mused over it and continued to hatch the eggs.

"This is Sister Windcloud Nine's blessing!"

"Pfft!"

The egg cracked open, and a palm-sized little green tortoise appeared on the table.

It was a Decorative Pet, the Green-furred Tortoise…

"This is Ice's blessing!"

Li Yi hatched another one, and a Ghost Crab appeared on the table…

"That's a repeat, geezus…"

Li Yi sighed at the pity of it and Released the Ghost Crab rather reluctantly.

After that, he continued to hatch the eggs, but his luck was still rotten. All he obtained was a bunch of Decorative Pets, much to Li Yi's chagrin. Finally, he only had one egg left.

Li Yi picked up the last Mysterious Egg and hesitated for a long time before he finally made up his mind and opened it.

"Crack!"

"Pfft!"

A gust of black smoke sprayed out from the egg, surrounding Li Yi like a rope and refusing to fade.

"You have been inflicted with the Demon King's curse. Your attributes have been reduced by 90% for three days."

"F*ck!"

Instead of hatching a pet, he suffered a blow. It was enough to make Li Yi curse.

"Hahahahaha…"

Onyxia burst out laughing. She utterly enjoyed seeing Li Yi suffer.

"Don't be sad, Master." At least the Mermaid Princess knew to comfort Li Yi.

The 10 Mysterious Eggs had all been hatched, but it was not as though he did not obtain anything at all. The Tortoise Mount and the Mini Pet Pig was a small consolation to Li Yi, but he was still peeved that he did not obtain the Divine Bird Phoenix. Unfortunately, he did not have a single egg left, so if he wanted to hatch more, he would just have to collect more.

Li Yi walked out of his house and got onto his Tortoise Mount, traveling slowly toward the Auction House.

Although traveling via tortoise-back was slow going, the Tortoise caught a lot of attention and gave him loads of street cred.

Li Yi liked the feeling of being envied by others.

"Damn, that's bad*ss!"

"That's a super rare mount, like super rare. I've only ever seen Snickersnee ride one."

"Apparently it can only be fished up, so it's really rare."

Hearing their voices of envy, Li Yi started feeling a little bit better. It seemed like those 10 Mysterious Eggs had some use, after all.

Li Yi arrived at the Auction House and placed the newly-minted potions up for sale. He then looked around for a bit and found that there was nothing of interest to him, so he was prepared to log off and sleep.

"Ding!" There was a notification and Li Yi opened his Friends Pane, only to see that Sister Windcloud Nine was online again.

Sister Windcloud Nine sent him a message. "Where are you? I… wanted someone to chat with."

Ten minutes later, Li Yi and Sister Windcloud Nine met on the Sea Island's Trading Center.

Sister Windcloud Nine's eyes were red. It was evident that she had been crying.

"I wanted to look for Pink Girl, but she wasn't picking up…"

"It doesn't matter who. What's the matter? Something bothering you?"

"Waaah—"

Li Yi's words triggered something in Sister Windcloud Nine, and she instantly lost control, crying uncontrollably.

Li Yi could only stand by and watch helplessly. After a long time, Sister Windcloud Nine finally raised her head and wiped her tears, saying tragically, "Something happened to my husband."

Li Yi's heart sank. "What happened?"

"The doctor said he can only last three more months, and they even told me to… to prepare… for his funeral, soooob…"

Sister Windcloud Nine could not hold back her tears.

She raised her head suddenly, sobbing as she looked at Li Yi, "The truth is, you already… know all about my husband, right?"

Li Yi nodded. "Yeah…"

"Then… did my husband tell you anything?" When she said that, Sister Windcloud Nine's face suddenly reddened.

"Ah!" Li Yi said. "Yeah, he said he was giving you to me, and you'll be my mistress now."

Sister Windcloud Nine's eyes widened suddenly, and she looked at Li Yi in pure terror.

"He said he's reaching the end of his rope, and he's worried you'll get bullied later. He even said he wouldn't let these benefits go to an outsider, and he'd rather leave them to a brother. That's why…"

Sister Windcloud Nine was as still as stone, staring at Li Yi dazedly…

Seeing Sister Windcloud Nine's innocent expression, Li Yi suddenly felt like a piece of trash…

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(Li Yi is not a piece of trash, as we'll see in the next chapter!)

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