Born with Innate Attributes

Kamizuki cradled the strange egg as he walked through the Firefly Cave. After trekking for another half a day or so, he didn't encounter anything else out of the ordinary.

Kamizuki finally realized that this damn cave was truly, ridiculously huge.

After a brief grumble, Kamizuki found a relatively comfortable spot in the Firefly Cave to sit down and rest.

Once seated, he gently twisted the small storage ring he had crafted himself, which he wore on his left index finger. He took out some pastries and tea, set them on the flat ground, and began to enjoy his meal.

Just as Kamizuki was eating, the egg he had placed to one side suddenly became restless, rocking back and forth.

This movement startled Kamizuki, who was in the middle of eating, and he nearly choked on his pastry.

Kamizuki stared in bewilderment as the egg swayed from side to side. He hadn't expected the egg to move at all; he had thought it was about to hatch!

In the end, Kamizuki just sat there, looking at the egg with a dazed, adorable expression as it rocked for a long time, yet the egg simply continued to sway without any sign of actually hatching.

Kamizuki tentatively took a smaller piece of pastry and placed it next to the egg to see how it would react.

No sooner had he set the pastry down than the egg began to rock even more violently, struggling and straining as if trying to get closer to the treat.

Seeing this, Kamizuki was amused and moved the pastry a little closer to the egg.

Once it was right in front of it, the egg began to rub incessantly against the pastry, looking exactly like someone who wanted to eat but couldn't quite manage it.

Watching the egg behave this way, Kamizuki couldn't hold back any longer; he clutched his stomach and burst into uncontrollable laughter.

After laughing for a while, Kamizuki finally calmed down and said to the egg, "You little guy, you haven't even hatched yet and you're already a glutton? Damn! Is this what people call being a natural-born foodie?"

Whether the egg couldn't understand Kamizuki or simply couldn't be bothered with him, it just kept rubbing against the pastry, looking as if it desperately wished it had a mouth to take a bite.

Kamizuki was speechless at the sight, shook his head, and finished the rest of his pastries.

After his meal, Kamizuki sat on the ground and thought to himself that wandering around the Firefly Cave like a headless chicken was pointless. He decided he might as well focus on his cultivation.

Kamizuki rested for a bit longer, but seeing that the egg was still rubbing against the pastry, he gave up on it and stopped paying it any mind.

Kamizuki sat cross-legged, formed a seal with his hands, and his consciousness drifted into his sea of consciousness.

Once his consciousness entered the sea of consciousness, a moon-colored chakra aura gradually emerged from his body, enveloping him completely.

Kamizuki knew that this moon-colored chakra aura would appear whenever he entered his sea of consciousness to cultivate, but something he didn't expect happened.

The egg, which previously wouldn't abandon that pastry for anything, completely lost interest the moment the moon-colored chakra appeared on Kamizuki. It rolled over to his side without hesitation and began to absorb the chakra aura, as if it, too, had entered a state of cultivation.

Man and egg thus entered a state of cultivation in this bizarre fashion.

Kamizuki's goal for this session wasn't to find more powerful techniques to learn; he simply wanted to consolidate the secret arts he had already mastered, as he felt his control was still somewhat lacking.

He didn't know how much time had passed before Kamizuki gradually withdrew from his sea of consciousness, ending his session.

As soon as Kamizuki opened his eyes, he discovered that the egg had rolled right up to his side at some point.

Kamizuki picked up the egg, which was now covered in strange runes, and laughed, "Little guy, when did you roll over here? You really have become a 'rolling egg' now."

After his playful jab, Kamizuki held the egg in his hand and felt that it seemed different from before he had started his cultivation.

Just as Kamizuki was holding the egg, wondering what exactly had changed, a series of "crack, crack, crack" sounds echoed from the strange shell.

The shell began to break apart piece by piece. Kamizuki watched with a mix of bewilderment, curiosity, and anticipation as the egg prepared to hatch.

The shell slowly fell away, and gradually, a creature resembling a small dog emerged from the fragments.

About a minute later, all the shell fragments had fallen off, and the creature standing before Kamizuki was indeed just like a small dog.

However, Kamizuki couldn't help but want to complain: "Author-kun! Do you have any common sense at all? Have you ever seen a puppy hatch from an egg?"

Author-kun: ...

Kamizuki looked at the creature that looked like a puppy, though its appearance was quite strange.

Its form was no different from an ordinary dog. However, its fur was entirely black and emitted a peculiar luster. The tip of its tail was forked, but other than that, there was nothing particularly unusual about it.

In fact, based on appearance alone, Kamizuki couldn't detect anything strange; he would have just taken it for an ordinary puppy.

But Kamizuki was certain that it was definitely not just a simple puppy.

I mean, seriously! To repeat the point, who the hell has ever seen a puppy hatch from an egg!

A guy in our group told me today that he tipped me, and I didn't even believe him. As a newbie, I thought I had to wait until the book was officially published before tips were possible!

It turns out I tried it myself, and you really can tip!

So, I just want to ask, are there any kind-hearted tycoons out there who can give me a tip and adopt me?