The Divine Beast's Golden Egg

Half a month had passed since Li Tong's Heaven-Devouring Saint Physique awakened, and the story of how Li Xiao had stood in the sky, driven back the heavenly tribulation with a single command, and destroyed the Taotie manifestation had spread widely throughout the Upper Realm.

The outside world was also rife with speculation about Li Xiao's true strength.

Some said that Li Xiao was a reincarnated immortal, his strength unfettered by heaven and earth, and that his cultivation had long since surpassed Peak Saint.

Others said that Li Xiao was a mighty figure from the Upper Realm who had descended to the Lower Realm to temper himself, and that his identity as Li Xiao was merely a fabrication to conceal the truth.

Opinions varied, with all manner of versions circulating. By now, Li Xiao had been elevated into a mythical figure, a goal many immortal cultivators had vowed to spend their lives pursuing.

In everyone's eyes, the Li Lineage's standing now far surpassed that of the Four Symbols Sects, and many Rogue Cultivators yearned to come to the Li Lineage to develop.

At that moment, beside a pond within the Li Lineage estate.

As usual, Li Xiao sat on a rock, fishing in quiet concentration, while Li Dan stood beside him, pouring tea and attending to him.

This time, however, there was also a little girl with a round, bun-like face wearing a pink dudou.

"Young Master, you have no idea how badass you've become. People out there are saying you're a reincarnated immortal. Many disciples of the younger generation have even made you their benchmark, saying they'll spend their whole lives catching up to you."

Li Dan looked at the young man in blue robes before him with admiration in his eyes.

Li Xiao waved a hand casually and said lightly,

"A reincarnated immortal? You believe that? And they're making me their benchmark? If not for the suppression of this world, my cultivation would have skyrocketed long ago. I'm a goal you couldn't catch up to even if you spent your entire lives trying. They'd better pick someone else."

At his words, Li Dan gave a wry laugh.

Whether his young master was a reincarnated immortal or a mighty figure who had descended to the Lower Realm, once his young master, always his young master.

"Bwother, Tong'er is hungry."

Just then, Li Tong, who had been staring fixedly at the water beside them, rubbed her belly and spoke.

Hearing this, Li Xiao hastily dropped his fishing rod, bent down to pinch Li Tong's bun-like cheeks, and answered with a brilliant smile,

"Hungry, Tong'er? Tell your big brother what you want to eat."

Ever since Li Tong awakened her Saint Physique, her cultivation had shot straight up to the Early Emperor Realm. A three-year-old at the Early Emperor Realm-if word got out, the major factions would probably scramble madly to snatch her up.

The awakening of her Heaven-Devouring Saint Physique had also greatly increased Li Tong's appetite. She needed something to fill her belly all day long and had become quite the little monster.

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Li Tong blinked her large eyes and said,

"Bwother, I want candied hawthorn skewers."

"Candied hawthorn skewers? I'll buy you some."

Li Xiao answered with a smile.

Beside him, Li Dan curled his lips. This young master really had double standards. He wore a sour face around him, but turned into an entirely different person around Li Tong-the complete opposite of how he treated him.

Li Xiao ignored Li Dan's reaction. Just as he was about to leave to buy candied hawthorn skewers, he stopped, then pulled a bundle of them from his system space.

"Almost forgot. I bought a bundle last time I went to Luoyang City and left them in the system space."

The system: "Little Master, could you show your poor system a little respect? I'm not a refrigerator."

Li Xiao turned a deaf ear to the system and took out a pile of spirit pills.

A flash of golden light shone in his hand, and all the pills were crushed to powder. The next moment, Li Xiao sprinkled all of it onto the candied hawthorn skewers.

Once he finished, Li Xiao took out a storage ring and a cute pink cloth pouch.

Then he embedded the storage ring in the pink cloth pouch and put all the candied hawthorn skewers inside.

"All done, Tong'er. You can use this pouch to hold your food from now on. There are lots of candied hawthorn skewers inside right now."

Li Xiao hung the pouch around the little girl's neck and said with a smile.

Li Tong wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth and planted a loud smack of a kiss on Li Xiao's cheek.

"Bwother is the best! Tongtong likes Bwother best of all."

Beside them, Li Dan stared wide-eyed at his young master's handiwork.

Damn, spirit-pill candied hawthorn skewers. Did he have to be this extravagantly lavish?

Right then, he really wanted to ask Li Xiao whether he needed another little brother.

Licking a candied hawthorn skewer, Li Tong looked at Li Xiao with her large eyes.

"Bwother, I also want to keep a doggy."

"A doggy?"

Li Xiao paused. "System, do you have any pets? Give me a few divine beasts to play with."

The system: "Little Master, there are no living creatures in the system, but there are eggs."

The next moment, a golden pet egg suddenly appeared in Li Xiao's hand.

Li Xiao handed the egg to Li Tong.

"Tong'er, there's a pet inside. Once it hatches, it can play with Tongtong."

All Li Xiao wanted now was to hurry up and send Li Tong on her way. This mischievous little girl always had all sorts of strange ideas in her head. He couldn't let her empty out everything he had.

Li Tong happily took the golden egg in her arms. She had just started off on her short little legs when she ran back again.

"Bwother, can you make it hatch?"

Li Xiao rubbed between his brows in difficulty. Hatching eggs really wasn't something he could do.

Suddenly, a light went on in his head. Didn't the Li Lineage have a demonic beast ready at hand?

"Go find your Grandpa Long at the gate. Your Grandpa Long knows how to hatch eggs. I don't."

Long Aotian: "..."

The little girl's eyes lit up at his words, and she rushed out with the golden egg in her arms.

"What are you still standing there for? Go watch her. Shoo, shoo, shoo. Don't disturb my fishing."

Li Xiao waved dismissively at Li Dan beside him.

Now that things were much quieter, Li Xiao looked toward the Li Lineage's main gate and murmured.

"Long Aotian, don't blame me. You're hatching this egg whether you want to or not."