There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 333 Egg

Di Ting learned from the earth that Hao Chen had indeed left his home and returned to the mortal realm. He breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that no one would bother him to spy on Bai Ze at night.

However, in the following days, Di Ting noticed something strange: Xiao Lou was going out for longer and longer periods of time, sometimes returning home very late, and always looking exhausted when he came home.

This made Di Ting suspicious. What had Xiao Lou been doing lately? Was he hiding something from him?

Di Ting grew increasingly worried and immediately approached Qing Huo: "Qing Huo, do you think Xiao Lou is in a relationship?"

Qinghuo was leisurely lying on the ground, eating cookies and watching short dramas, when he saw Diting looking for him and was about to get up.

But the next moment, he was so shocked by Di Ting's guess that he almost got killed by Biscuit.

"Cough cough cough~ Water~ Quick, give me water~"

Fortunately, Di Ting handed Qing Huo a glass of water in time, which allowed him to swallow the biscuit stuck in his throat.

"Xiao Di, are you running a fever? Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

Qinghuo touched Diting's forehead with concern, and it was still ice-cold to the touch, showing no signs of fever, which put Qinghuo at ease.

Silently, Di Ting removed Qing Huo's claw from his head: "Qing Huo, I'm not joking, I'm serious. Haven't you noticed that Xiao Lou hasn't been playing with us lately? And she's not busy making clothes anymore."

"Now that you mention it, Xiao Lou has indeed been acting strangely lately." Qing Huo's expression also turned serious as he recalled Xiao Lou's unusual behavior over the past few days.

Qinghuo had long regarded Xiaolou as his own niece and doted on her. Sometimes he would even play pranks on Xiaolou, such as using his beast lineage to help her collect some nice furs.

Therefore, when Qinghuo heard Diting guess that Xiaolou had a boyfriend, he felt the same anger as if his hard-grown cabbage had been eaten by a pig.

"Xiao Di, what do you want to do? Should I have Piao investigate and see who Xiao Lou has been seeing lately?"

Qinghuo's words made Diting fall into deep thought. On one hand, there was the responsibility of being a father; he wanted to protect Xiaolou and was afraid that Xiaolou would be deceived.

At the same time, he was worried that he was overthinking things and didn't want to make a big deal out of it. After all, Xiao Lou might just have been busy recently, which was why he was getting home later than usual.

Just as Di Ting was struggling with his dilemma, he suddenly felt a slight vibration under his feet, which instantly reminded him that he could still ask the earth.

Thinking of this, Di Ting quickly lay down on the ground and asked the earth, "Earth, what has Little Skull been busy with lately?"

Soon, the earth's voice rang in Di Ting's ears: "Hatch the eggs! Hatch the eggs! Hatch the eggs!"

"What?! Little Skull has already reached this stage so quickly?" Earth's words stunned Di Ting instantly.

Qinghuo, who was standing to the side, noticed a flash of anger in Diting's eyes after Diting communicated with the earth.

This discovery made Qinghuo feel uneasy. He had never seen Diting angry before, which also indicated that the little skull's matter was not serious.

However, Di Ting was still asking the earth about the little skull, and Qing Huo did not dare to disturb him, so he could only pace back and forth anxiously beside Di Ting.

"What exactly happened? We haven't finished asking yet! This is driving me crazy!"

As time went by, Qinghuo noticed that Diting's expression kept changing, from disbelief and anger at the beginning, to shock and astonishment, and finally, as if it had heard something funny, it burst out laughing.

After waiting for Di Ting to finish its conversation with the earth, Qing Huo couldn't wait to pull Di Ting aside and ask, "Little Di, how is it? Tell me quickly what the earth told you."

Di Ting shook his head and did not answer Qing Huo immediately. Instead, he gave Qing Huo a mysterious smile and asked him to come with him.

Immediately afterwards, Di Ting led Qing Huo through the underworld, making many twists and turns, and finally arrived at the foot of a desolate mountain in the underworld.

"Isn't this just an ordinary barren mountain? Why did you bring me here, Xiao Di? Is Xiao Lou here?" Qing Huo frowned as he looked at the desolate mountain, which was devoid of even a wild bird. He didn't understand why Di Ting had brought him here.

Di Ting patted Qing Huo on the shoulder: "Feel the difference in the Yin energy here."

"Yin energy?" Qinghuo didn't understand why Diting was asking him to sense yin energy, but he did as he was told.

"Xiao Di, isn't this Yin energy just the same Yin energy? What could be different? It's just that there's more... wait, what's going on?"

Qinghuo looked at the desolate mountain in shock. He couldn't sense any yin energy here, as if he were in the mortal world rather than the underworld.

No, although there is less yin energy in the mortal realm, there is still more yin energy than in this desolate mountain.

Di Ting had already learned the reason for the changes in this place from the earth, so he was not as shocked as Qing Huo.

"Qing Huo, follow."

"Oh!"

As they entered the desolate mountain area, they instantly sensed a mysterious force devouring the surrounding yin energy, and even stirring the divine power within their bodies.

Sensing that their divine power was about to be drawn out of their bodies by that mysterious force, Di Ting and Qing Huo instinctively shuddered and broke free from the influence of the mysterious force.

Fortunately, this devouring ability seems to be passive, or perhaps its master is too weak to devour unclaimed Yin energy, but unable to devour their divine power.

"It is this power that is devouring the Yin energy of the barren mountain!" Although Qinghuo was asking Diting, he was certain that this mysterious power was the cause of the changes in the barren mountain.

Furthermore, Qinghuo was certain that Diting knew something, but he simply refused to tell him.

"Damn it, how did Xiao Di turn bad? He's actually become a riddle beast."

Before long, they found a cave on the barren mountain, and the source of the devouring power was none other than the cave in front of them.

At this moment, Qinghuo noticed several skeleton rats standing at the entrance of the cave. Upon closer inspection, he realized they were actually Xiaolou's employees and underlings.

"What are you doing here? Where's Little Skull?"

The voice of the fire-wielding rat suddenly rang out among the few slacking skeleton rats, startling them greatly.

However, upon seeing that the visitors were Boss Skull's father and uncle, the skeleton rats immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

One of the skeleton rats pointed to the cave and said, "Lord Diting, Lord Qinghuo, the skeleton is in the cave."

"Hmm!" Qinghuo nodded upon hearing this, and then he and Diting walked into the cave one after the other.

Qinghuo noticed that the cave seemed to have been modified. It was not only spacious, but there were also light bulbs on the ceiling, so the cave was not dark at all, but bright.

Soon, Di Ting and Qing Huo found the little skull in the cave, and also discovered a strange egg circling around it.

The egg is strange not only because it is completely black, but also because it spins or jumps in place according to the little skull's commands.

"Little Skull, what is this? Where did you find it?" Qinghuo stepped forward and picked up Little Skull, his eyes warily fixed on the black egg circling around his feet.

"Gurgle, gurgle? (Dad, uncles, what brings you here?)"

"Gurgle... (Uncle, here's what happened...)"

As Xiaolou recounted the story, Qinghuo's gaze shifted from wariness to utter astonishment.

"Little Skull, you're saying you encountered this egg outside, and then it followed you on its own?"

"Gurgle! Gurgle. (Yes! And this egg can change color; it was black and white before, but now it's black.)"

After saying that, Little Skull jumped down from Qinghuo's arms, and Black Egg rolled to Little Skull's side. Little Skull reached out and scratched Black Egg's shell.

The next moment, the black egg began to twitch rhythmically under the little skull's claws, as if it were very itchy.

Qinghuo looked at Diting, the only one present who knew the truth, with a strange expression, as if asking, "Did you already know all along?"

Di Ting quickly shook his head: "Don't look at me, I just found out myself, it was the earth that told me."

"Gurgle? Gurgle! (Daddy, can I take Egg home? I want to raise him.)"

Seeing that Di Ting and Qing Huo had discovered her secret, the little skull simply begged Di Ting to take the egg home and raise it.

No matter how much the little skeleton clung to Di Ting's paws and begged, Di Ting shook its head and refused.

"I'm sorry, little skeleton, we can't keep him here. We have to send him back to where he belongs. He can only hatch when he returns to the world of the living and to his parents."

Di Ting's words made Qing Huo's expression turn serious: "Little Di, from what you're saying, could it be that this egg comes from the mortal realm, and you happen to know who its parents are?"

Di Ting nodded: "Not only do I know his parents, but you and Xiao Lou also know them. Moreover, his mother came to visit us a few days ago."

"I know Xiao Lou too? He's even been to my house?" People and beasts he knew kept flashing through Qing Huo's mind, eventually coalescing into a black Pixiu.

Qinghuo stared at Diting in shock: "You're not talking about Haochen, are you?"

“That’s right.” A strange smile flashed across Di Ting’s lips.

Qinghuo felt like either he was going crazy, or the world was just too insane. Wasn't Haochen a male beast? Male beasts lay eggs? Then who did he lay these eggs with?

To be honest, if the news hadn't come from the earth, Di Ting would have found it equally unbelievable.

Just imagine how interesting Hao Chen's expression would be if he found out he had suddenly gained a son.

"I need to get the earth's attention on Hao Chen. I want to see what happens when Hao Chen meets this egg," Di Ting thought sinisterly.

……

"Ahei! Ahei! Ahei!"

On the other side, Haochen sneezed three times in a row for no apparent reason, making him think that someone was secretly cursing him.

Rubbing his nose, Hao Chen frowned as he looked at Tian Lu: "Tian Lu, what did you mean when you said that Bixie and Sibuxiang had disappeared?"

"Haochen, after we came back that day, didn't Bixie want to go with Sibuxiang to see Sibuxiang's parents?"

"But several days passed and Bixie and the others still hadn't returned, so I called Sibuxiang's parents, and they said that Bixie and Sibuxiang hadn't even come looking for them."

"I called Bixie and Sibuxiang again, but no one answered their phones."

After telling Hao Chen everything in one breath, Tian Lu asked nervously, "Hao Chen, do you think Bi Xie and the others might be in trouble?"

Hao Chen closed his eyes and sensed the connection between himself, Bixie, and the Four Unlikes.

Because of Daowo's body, Haochen discovered that Bixie and Sibuxiang's auras were very weak, but he was certain that they were alright for the time being, only that they seemed to be quite far apart, separated by several worlds.

"Tianlu, don't worry, Bixie and the others are fine. I'll go and bring them back right away."

"Haochen, wait a minute, I'll go too."

Seeing that Haochen was about to leave, Tianlu hurriedly followed.