Complete the Special Tasks and Gain Level 20 Innate Soul Power

Well, that settled it. There was no need to hesitate over whether to tell Qian Renxue about it anymore, because she had already seen it.

In fact, Qian Renxue had to know about the pet egg. Otherwise, in Lin Luo's current state, there was no way he could raise it properly.

After all, Lin Luo had enough trouble taking care of himself.

"Um..."

Qian Renxue stared at the scene in astonishment, unable to speak for a long while.

One minute later.

Mother and son sat facing each other on the bed, with a pink egg lying between them.

The shell had originally been white, but after that burst of red light, it had turned pink.

The pink egg seemed very excited at the moment, rolling around between the two of them without stopping.

Then, as though timid and afraid to approach yet unable to hide its excitement, it slowly rolled over to Lin Luo's leg and affectionately nuzzled his chubby little leg through its shell.

"It seems to like you a lot. How did you two meet?"

Qian Renxue asked in amazement.

The egg was so lively and so affectionate toward Lin Luo that it was as if it had already decided he was its master before it had even hatched.

Lin Luo didn't answer Qian Renxue. He simply pointed a finger at the egg with a serious expression.

"Yiyah!"

Hearing its master's scolding, the pink egg immediately rolled back and stood upright where it was, ramrod straight as if standing at military attention.

Such a goofball. Could there be a husky in there...? Lin Luo wondered.

"It's so obedient."

Qian Renxue commented with a smile, then tried reaching out to touch the egg, only to yank her hand back as though she had been shocked.

"It's so hot..."

Qian Renxue exclaimed.

Indeed, Lin Luo had felt it too.

And in Lin Luo's field of vision, a separate system panel had appeared above the pink egg.

There was no information on the panel, only a simple countdown.

[05:50:43]

It was a hatching countdown.

Lin Luo pointed at the egg and commanded it again: "Yiyah!"

The egg understood what Lin Luo meant. It rolled off the bed and lay obediently on the floor beside it.

Qian Renxue watched, dumbfounded. Clearly, the relationship between her baby and this egg went beyond simply "knowing" each other.

"Luo'er, did you pick it up somewhere?"

Lin Luo nodded his little head.

Qian Renxue said, "So that's what happened. Did you find it on the way to pick Immortal Herbs?"

Lin Luo nodded his little head again.

An expression of sudden understanding appeared on Qian Renxue's face. She wasn't opposed to the egg; after all, anyone who saw the way it behaved couldn't help but grow fond of it.

It was so enthusiastic and obedient, and the little fellow inside was clever too.

Qian Renxue held Lin Luo and watched the egg for a while longer. As the seconds ticked by, they both gradually grew sleepy.

The next day, while dawn was still breaking.

Lin Luo felt something furry rubbing against his foot. Soon, it felt as though something had taken his toes into its mouth, warm and slippery.

He jolted awake.

A pink ball of fluff was lying at his feet, its two big pink ears drooping. It sucked on Lin Luo's big toe, as though having a taste, then immediately stuck out its tongue and happily licked the sole of his foot.

It was actually a little fox!

The little fox was chubby and fluffy, its body so small that it wasn't even as big as a basketball. The pink tail sticking up high behind it looked thick and fluffy.

Qian Renxue woke up too, and mother and son stared at the scene in surprise.

Seeing this, the little fox stopped licking. With its round red eyes wide open, it happily spun around several times at the foot of the bed, then lay down there and enthusiastically wagged its tail.

"Awoo~"

Its voice was babyish, like a kitten's.

Qian Renxue felt as though something was wrong with her understanding of the world.

"A fox... hatched from an egg?"

"Awoo, awoo, awoo~"

For some unknown reason, the little fellow grew excited again. It happily spun around at the foot of the bed a few more times, then lay down and wagged its tail rapidly, blinking its round eyes.

The sight practically melted Qian Renxue's heart. "So cute!"

Lin Luo said, "Yiyah!"

"No, no, my Luo'er is the cutest."

Qian Renxue hurriedly corrected herself and gathered Lin Luo into her arms.

Just then, the little fox suddenly pounced on them. It burrowed into Lin Luo's arms and affectionately nuzzled his chin.

Only then did Lin Luo notice that it was so light it seemed to weigh nothing at all. It looked like a ball because it had so much fur.

Besides that, the little fellow gave off a faint, delicate fragrance.

Lin Luo was about to take a closer look when Qian Renxue suddenly lifted the little fox by its tail. "A boy or a girl?" she asked curiously.

"Oh, a girl... No wonder you're so affectionate with my Luo'er, you little vixen! Wait, why do you smell so nice?"

Qian Renxue sniffed, but just then, the little fox struggled free and jumped down, bounding over to the foot of the bed. It seemed not to like having its tail grabbed, and its round eyes watched Qian Renxue warily.

"Tch, you little vixen~ I'm getting up to wash. Luo'er, remember to close the door behind you when you leave."

With that, Qian Renxue got out of bed.

Over the past few days, she had grown accustomed to Lin Luo crawling out every morning to play all morning before returning.

But in fact, Lin Luo had been rather frustrated these past few days.

His luck had been rather poor. Although he could guarantee at least two 90-pulls every day, none of the permanent rewards had yielded a [Martial Soul Tag].

Instead, he had received other item rewards, such as an extra-large Space Soul Tool, a permanent Concealment Cloak, and so on.

As Lin Luo was staring at the little fox, the system's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

[Ding-]

[Infancy growth special tasks activated]

[Because the host's Innate Soul Power will be zero upon awakening his Martial Soul, five special tasks have been generated as compensation]

[Complete the five special tasks to obtain level 20 Innate Soul Power upon awakening the host's Martial Soul]

[Task 1: Participate in the Empire Freshmen Exchange Conference and defeat the freshmen teams of the two great empires (task value: 3 levels of Innate Soul Power)]

[Task 2: Before the end of infancy, collect ten kinds of rare metals. See the notes for the types of metal (task value: 3 levels of Innate Soul Power)]

[Task 3: Before the end of infancy, raise the cute pet Nine-Tailed Fox until it has nine tails, then release it into the Star Dou Great Forest (task value: 3 levels of Innate Soul Power)]

[Task 4: Before the end of infancy, draw a portrait of Bo Saixi for Qian Daoliu, with a likeness exceeding eighty percent (task value: 3 levels of Innate Soul Power)]

[Task 5: Before the end of infancy, join hands with Qian Renxue to defeat a Titled Douluo. Note: the opponent must harbor genuine killing intent (task value: 8 levels of Innate Soul Power)]

Lin Luo was stunned for a moment.

This was the third task interface the system had opened.

The first interface was for main growth tasks.

The second interface was for side growth tasks.

The third interface was the current one, for special growth tasks.

The main growth task was to drink milk and gain Growth Value. The side growth tasks still had one left: "walking."

But looking at the five special growth tasks, Lin Luo felt that they contained an awful lot of information.