Chapter 69 - Hallucination

Chapter 69: 69 - Hallucination

A different power system, but one that still has some similarities, with nine different ranks. It’s just that in the Arcane Dominion world, each rank isn’t divided into nine stars like it is here.

It’s a pity that King’s system can’t help anyone other than him travel to another world. Otherwise, Iris would also want to broaden her horizons a little.

"Where’s the phoenix egg? Take it out and let me see."

Suddenly thinking about the most important divine artifact in King’s story, Iris became even more curious. She wanted to know just how incredible something that could be called a ’divine beast’ could be.

In simpler terms, she wanted to try slashing it once to see whether the phoenix egg was harder or her sword was harder.

"You... don’t slash my egg. If you don’t promise, I won’t take it out."

Seeing Iris’s curious expression with sword intent flashing in her eyes, King immediately felt that something was wrong.

He hadn’t even gotten to ride the phoenix around the sky yet, so he couldn’t let the phoenix get slashed to death.

"Hmph! What kind of person do you take me for?"

"A swordsman who likes swinging her sword around recklessly or a strong person who likes trying new things? Either way, you’re very dangerous to my divine beast’s egg."

King raised his palm toward Iris. His attitude was very firm, leaving no room for negotiation. If she still had any thoughts of slashing it, he would never take the phoenix egg out for her to see.

"Tsk, I’ll just not slash it, okay? Look at my hands. I’m not holding a sword."

Iris clicked her tongue and raised both hands in front of King. At home, she didn’t need to hold her sword all the time either. After all, this wasn’t the tower, so there was no need to keep fighting and killing all the time.

Only now did he take a closer look, and King was surprised to see that her palm looked like it had just been injured. The wound had already healed, but the mark it left behind would still need more time to disappear.

"Did your hand get hurt?"

His involuntary, concerned question made Iris slightly surprised. But the way she looked at him was like she was looking at an idiot.

"What’s so strange about this? There are countless monsters in the tower. There’s no night inside either, let alone any need to sleep. I just keep slashing until my body reaches its limit for absorbing dark qi before leaving. It would be strange if my hands weren’t injured."

"Uh, I’ve never been into the tower either. How would I know?"

Iris’s gaze also left King very confused. After all, the two of them had lived completely different lives, so their perspectives were different too.

"I already promised you. Take it out."

Iris didn’t want to wait any longer. She wanted to see the divine beast egg that King had hyped up to the heavens in his story.

"Alright. Alright. It’s not like it’s going to disappear, so why are you in such a hurry? System, take it out."

[As you command, master.]

As soon as the system finished speaking, the blazing red egg appeared in the living room.

After all, the living room was already in shambles, so putting the egg there wouldn’t require worrying about anything else getting damaged.

As soon as the egg appeared, Iris didn’t care how it had appeared and just kept her eyes fixed on the patterns and images on it.

The patterns and images that looked like they had been carved by master sculptors were truly beautiful. They were so beautiful that she didn’t think this was an egg.

"Hey, this egg wasn’t laid like a normal bird’s egg, right? Otherwise, none of this makes sense at all."

Only focusing on carefully examining the egg, Iris didn’t even bother looking at King when she asked.

"Did you lose your memory? I already told you earlier that this is the only phoenix in the Arcane Dominion world."

Normally speaking, a cultivator’s memory should be very good. But King also felt that Iris hadn’t been talking nonsense just now and really didn’t remember.

"Huh? There really was something like that. It’s so beautiful that it distracted me."

Iris hadn’t forgotten. She just hadn’t been focused enough to remember for the moment.

Everything about this egg, from its color to the patterns and images carved onto its shell, perfectly matched her aesthetic taste.

She really liked bright red colors like this. Just looking at her battle outfit and sword was enough to tell.

Just looking wasn’t enough. Iris was also curious enough to touch it. Her movement at that moment was exactly the same as King’s.

Both of them used one finger to touch it. Then, they both pulled their hands back and stared at their fingertips.

"You’ve got to be kidding me? I actually feel this much heat?"

Compared to King, Iris was much more surprised. With ten years of experience using fire, she had thought she would never feel heat like this.

"King, why is my hand completely fine, but I feel hot?"

"How would I know? Maybe it’s just hallucination. An egg isn’t a divine beast in its prime anyway, so it can’t really hurt us."

Unlike at first, King no longer had high expectations for the newly hatched phoenix’s strength.

As long as it was cool enough for him to ride around the sky on its back, that was more than enough. As for fighting, he was confident he could handle everything himself.

"Hallucination?"

Feeling that something still wasn’t right. Iris decided to touch the egg again. This time, she directly placed her whole hand on it.

"Oh, it’s not hot anymore. How is this egg supposed to be hatched? Or will it just hatch on its own?"

"System?"

[Master doesn’t need to do anything. Just leave it in this world for a while, and it will hatch on its own.]

"The system says to just leave it alone. It’ll hatch on its own without needing to be incubated."

"It’s really this easy? I thought a divine beast egg needed some difficult conditions before it could hatch."

As she spoke, she stroked every carved detail on the egg. It was so beautiful, so perfect that she really wanted to claim it as her own.

"Hey, you’ve looked at it and touched it too. Where’s the library? Hurry up and show me the way so I can go."

"Alright, alright. Can you stop rushing so much? That library is huge. It’s not going to suddenly grow legs and run away. Wait a moment..."

She hadn’t even gotten tired of playing yet when she was interrupted, so Iris pouted and glared at King. She wasn’t happy about it, but since she had promised, she would still do it.