Nirvana, Beneath the Mask is a More Beautiful Mask

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This egg is truly bizarre! Ye Qingxian lifted the Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg in her hand and slammed it hard against the ground. It landed like a large rock, creating a pit, yet the eggshell remained unscathed.

Its hardness is a bit too exaggerated.

Ye Qingxian then released her Soul Power to probe it, but she didn't detect any signs of life, causing her to voice her confusion.

"Strange, this egg is clearly alive."

"But it also seems dead..."

Lin Xiao, upon hearing this, exclaimed in surprise:

"This egg is alive? But I heard Sect Leader Ning say that this Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg is a stillborn, only the Fire Phoenix bloodline within is still preserved."

Ye Qingxian shook her head and chuckled, "Stillborn? Impossible!"

"Although I indeed haven't detected any signs of life in this egg, as long as its Fire Phoenix bloodline is still intact, it absolutely cannot be a stillborn!"

"If it were truly a stillborn, then the Fire Phoenix bloodline wouldn't exist anymore! Otherwise, what do you think bloodlines are? Bloodlines can only be alive!"

Lin Xiao was silent.

He didn't expect Ye Qingxian and Ning Fengzhi to have conflicting opinions on this Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg. Who should he believe?

Ye Qingxian picked up the egg from the ground.

She dusted it off and tossed it to Lin Xiao.

"The state of this egg is indeed very strange."

"Even Soul Beast eggs with powerful bloodlines wouldn't be as cold and hard as a stubborn rock. It seems dead, but it is indeed continuing its life in some way."

"I don't understand what this is, maybe a self-preservation mechanism?"

"Forget it, you study it yourself!"

Lin Xiao caught the Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg.

He returned to his room, took a shower, and then leaned against the bed, cradling the Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg in his arms to study it.

Honestly, it didn't feel like an egg at all.

More like a uniquely shaped stone.

"Sect Leader Ning says it's a stillborn, but Aunt Ye says this egg is alive, yet I haven't detected any signs of life either."

"Assuming what they both say is reasonable."

"Then, this egg is actually still alive, but it has entered a state of suspended animation?"

Lin Xiao was familiar with this kind of thing!

It was nothing more than a self-preservation mechanism.

In extreme environments, whether it's plants, animals, bacteria, or viruses, they all have their own protective mechanisms.

The most famous animal should be the water bear.

This is a small invertebrate that can survive for 120 years without water. It resists drought by curling up and shutting down all metabolic systems in its body.

This animal can adapt to deep-sea high-pressure environments, snowy mountain ice fields, arid deserts, and volcanoes, with extremely tenacious vitality.

It can even survive for ten days when exposed to space.

And then there are viruses.

After leaving living cells, they form crystals that can withstand high temperatures, extreme cold, and various other extreme environments until external conditions are suitable, and then they will invade living cells again.

"According to legends, Phoenix Nirvana is not true death, but just entering a state of suspended animation. When it is reborn in flames, it will become even stronger."

"Isn't this also a protective mechanism?"

The great paths lead to the same destination! Lin Xiao had these associations, and he had more guesses about this Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg. This may be a low-profile version of Nirvana.

Just like this Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg, it looks like a fossil, and it is difficult to detect any signs of life, but the reason why it can preserve that trace of Fire Phoenix bloodline may be related to this.

"I often compare Evil Fire Body Tempering to Phoenix Nirvana."

"But their similarity lies in rebirth through destruction."

"Ultimately, it's not Phoenix Nirvana."

Lin Xiao was a bit curious. His Martial Soul was the Fire Phoenix. He wondered if, upon evolving to the end, he could also possess an immortal body or the ability to be reborn through Nirvana?

Lin Xiao knocked on the Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg.

No wonder Ye Qingxian always said it was hard; it was practically a solid rock!

What was his Martial Soul getting excited about?

He didn't even know how to eat this Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg! After studying it for a while and satisfying some of his curiosity, Lin Xiao went to the courtyard, summoned the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, and a strange flame ignited on his palm.

In an instant.

The eerie Evil Fire devoured the Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg!

Since he didn't know how to eat it, he'd try roasting it first! Under Lin Xiao's control, the temperature of the Evil Fire rose higher and higher, even reaching the limit of what he could control.

However, this Evil Fire, capable of melting metal and refining iron, seemed to lose all its strength and means in front of this "dead egg," having no effect whatsoever.

"Huh?"

Letting out a soft exclamation, Lin Xiao refused to believe it! He continuously roasted the "dead egg" with the Evil Fire from his palm. After a full ten minutes, there was still no reaction, not even the smell of roasted stone.

Lin Xiao extinguished the fire.

"This is really strange!"

It was the first time he had been helpless against an egg!

Lin Xiao had no choice but to give up.

He was about to go to bed and cultivate, but he noticed that after he dispersed the Evil Fire, the flame patterns on the shell of the Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg, which resembled lava, gradually brightened from their dim state! Lin Xiao stared fixedly at the Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg.

At the same time, he raised his Soul Power, ready to deal with any sudden situation.

He saw the eggshell gradually cracking along the dark-colored patterns.

Lin Xiao's eyes widened!

Could it be that he was also playing the role of a bird mother! Was this egg so cheap that it had to be incubated with Phoenix Fire! But things didn't develop as Lin Xiao expected.

After the crimson eggshell cracked, a snow-white color could gradually be seen, which was actually another layer of eggshell, the real eggshell! A more beautiful mask beneath the mask!

A more fragile eggshell beneath the eggshell!

Lin Xiao: "..."

He went forward and stroked it.

He could sense the breath of life within the eggshell.

Even a slight tremor of a heartbeat.

So… could it finally be roasted now? ...

The next morning.

Lin Xiao found Ye Qingxian, "Aunt Ye, take a look at this egg."

Ye Qingxian's beautiful eyes widened in surprise.

"This is the Crimson Demon Azure Kite Egg?"

Lin Xiao nodded and explained what had happened last night.

Ye Qingxian clicked her tongue in wonder.

"So what are you going to do with it next?"

"Steam it or roast it?"

Lin Xiao's face fell.

"I'm not planning to eat it."

"I feel like we have quite the connection. I don't know how long this egg existed in a fossil-like state, but it was only after meeting me that it was reborn, as if it were destined."

"Besides, another Soul Beast egg, how much improvement can you get from eating it?"

Ye Qingxian crossed her arms, wearing an expression that said, Auntie understands.

"True, after all, you hatched this egg."

"In a sense, you're still the bird mom."

Lin Xiao's face darkened.

What the hell, bird mom!

But his palm gently covered the snow-white eggshell.

There was indeed a sense of closeness coming from it...

Lin Xiao's face darkened even more! Should he...

Just roast it and eat it?

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