Night fell, and Su Ping crouched in the incubation room, staring unblinkingly at what lay before him.
The incubation room had been acquired along with the laboratory when he first purchased it.
Its purpose and significance were obvious from its name.
However, the Heart of Myriad Spirits had rarely used it.
Relatively few offspring had been born through reproduction within the Heart of Myriad Spirits.
The training of some pet beasts deliberately avoided such things.
However, as the pet beast population in the Heart of Myriad Spirits grew, there would be more of this in the future.
Right now, though, the entire incubation room held just one pet beast egg, resting in an incubator maintained at constant temperature and humidity.
Only a tiny observation window had been left.
It was a pet beast egg that could be called priceless.
A Vast Sea Mystic Turtle egg, with a Saint Spirit Tier racial ceiling.
It possessed unparalleled control over water energy and, as a turtle-type pet beast, formidable defenses as well.
Once it reached adulthood, it would be a mobile fortress in the water, capable of attacking on the advance and defending on the retreat.
No wonder Meng Yao had originally intended to raise it as his Saint Spirit pet beast.
The Vast Sea Mystic Turtle's abilities also warranted Su Ping watching it carefully, ensuring nothing went wrong on the day it hatched.
Sure enough, on this first day of the Lunar New Year, as Su Ping watched, a crisp crack suddenly came from the pale blue pet beast egg, which looked as though water had been poured into it.
A crack appeared, and a snakelike head slowly emerged from the shell. There were no unusual colors or scales; the entire head looked pink and plump.
At first glance, it looked rather