Chapter 72

Lu Xiaoding thought for a long time, unsure of what to do. She knew why Zhen Ling had found her, because even if she entered through the spirit protection array, the array would only sense the ding. An object wouldn't be attacked, allowing her to enter and exit the Tianling Sect safely.

She could enter, but carrying a ding and trying to steal an egg would make it easy for her to be discovered. From Zhen Ling's tone, these were rare and precious demon beasts, and the egg would likely be kept in a very valuable place. If she had money, she would rather go directly to the Tianling Sect and see if she could buy the egg with spirit fruits.

"I'm not refusing to help you, but my senior sister and others are currently doing something bad at the Tianling Sect. I'm a bit worried that if I go in to steal the egg, I might be discovered, and their plans might fail," she said honestly, knowing that these evil cultivators had seen her before, and she might be recognized if she went in.

Hearing this, Zhen Ling quickly clasped her hands and pleaded pitifully, "Please help me. Your senior sister is already doing something bad, so a little more won't matter. The egg is very precious. If the sect that you are currently infiltrating gets it, I won't give up."

"Moreover, time is running out. The closer it gets to the egg's hatching, the more疯狂 I will become. If the egg is in your hands when it hatches, I will do anything to take it, even if it means revealing my true form and being attacked by cultivators, I will fight to the death with the egg and you," Zhen Ling said, frowning. She wasn't threatening but stating a fact.

Provoking a late-stage Spirit Realm demon beast didn't seem wise. Lu Xiaoding pursed her lips, about to agree. But unexpectedly, Zhen Ling thought she was still hesitating and suddenly pulled down her collar, exposing most of her shoulder.

Lu Xiaoding was startled and quickly waved her hands, saying, "No, I don't want women, I'm not into that, please don't do this."

Zhen Ling was confused by her reaction and, realizing what was happening, immediately blushed and said, "I meant to add another shoulder. Isn't this enough? Look at my skin, isn't it white? If you bite it, it will be so fragrant that you'll never forget it."

"Are you really not treating me like a man?" Lu Xiaoding asked, blinking her eyes. The soul was delicious, but it had nothing to do with the whiteness of the skin. Mu Mu was so dark, but his taste was still good.

However, she thought Zhen Ling was very generous, adding a shoulder. She wondered if she refused again, would Zhen Ling offer more, especially the area below the shoulder, which was even more tempting.

Seeing her gaze drop, Zhen Ling quickly pulled up her collar and said, "Don't look, this is the limit. I can't let my cultivation drop. Do you agree or not? If not, I'll break the array by force."

"Alright, I'll help you. But you have to tell me what the egg looks like and its name. Otherwise, even if I catch someone from the Tianling Sect, I won't be able to force them to reveal the egg's location," Lu Xiaoding said, not wanting to push further and risk a fight.

Zhen Ling, who had made a great sacrifice, finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Remember, it's a Lin Cai Zhen's egg, about twice the size of your head, with a seven-colored shell."

"Like your skirt?" Lu Xiaoding pointed to her skirt, which had a seven-colored edge.

"Yes, but it's even more vibrant. You'll recognize it as soon as you see it," Zhen Ling nodded. She couldn't find any other help now. Other demon cultivators wouldn't come to human cities, and they might eat the egg once they got it. Humans were even worse, completely untrustworthy. They might steal the egg and sell her out, taking the reward and leading her to a trap.

She wasn't afraid of dying to save the egg, but she was worried that if she died, the egg would still be in the hands of cultivators. Once the egg hatched, her clan would become slaves, forever losing their freedom, which would be worse than death.

Lin Cai Zhen, once hatched, would recognize the first thing it saw as its clan. If it saw human cultivators, it would think they were its clan. Even if it was released, it would die because it couldn't leave humans.

No matter what, she couldn't let the clan in the egg live such a life.

"Alright, I'll pick a time to go in, but I need to go back first," Lu Xiaoding stood up and said, thinking of going back to sleep and finding an opportunity to leave the next day. But Zhen Ling couldn't wait.

"No, we must get the egg tonight. It will hatch in three days. If we fail today, we have one more chance tomorrow. If we fail twice, I'll have to kill everyone," Zhen Ling said seriously. If she had time, she wouldn't ask someone else to do it.

Lu Xiaoding didn't expect it to be so urgent. She had been out for a long time and was sure her senior sister Tang had noticed. She wanted to go back and sleep, then find an opportunity to leave the next day, but Zhen Ling couldn't wait. "So urgent, I haven't prepared at all."

"I have no choice. I only saw you today. If I had met you earlier, a few days later would have been fine, but now it's really too late. As long as you take the egg out of the spirit protection array, I can take it away. I can escape without a fight, and no one here can stop me," Zhen Ling said, as if she was used to not caring about human cultivators.

There seemed to be no Core Formation cultivators in the area besides the Tianling Sect. Even if there were, they couldn't defeat a late-stage Spirit Realm demon beast without sacrificing many lives and a long siege.

Lu Xiaoding, hanging in the air, said helplessly, "Just a shadow, you can't tell what it is, especially since I'm carrying a ding and hanging here."

"Hehe, I think we can be friends," Zhen Ling said, finding her amusing. She flapped her wings and flew far away, heading lightly towards the Tianling Sect.

Flying was different. They quickly arrived at the Tianling Sect, but they didn't land at the gate. Instead, they landed on a very dangerous cliff in the back mountain. This place was far from the buildings, and there was almost no one around, only some freely roaming spirit pets in the mountain ravine.

Zhen Ling flew in the air, holding the edge of the ding tightly, and said, "The Tianling Sect has strict defenses. The spirit protection array is right by the cliff. I can't even land. I'll throw you down directly, so you can enter the Tianling Sect and land on the peak below."

"Hey, that's not good, I'm not a bird, I'm a ding," Lu Xiaoding thought there should be a better place.

"There's no choice. Other places are crowded. Even if I make a hole here, it's fine. I'll observe with my soul, and I'll come to pick you up as soon as you appear. Go with peace of mind," Zhen Ling said, as if she was deaf, and let go of her hands. Lu Xiaoding, carrying the heavy ding, fell from the air.

Lu Xiaoding felt a gentle light as she fell, then crashed through branches and landed heavily in the bushes. With a loud thud, she created a large pit in the ground, successfully entering the Tianling Sect.

"This bird is too reckless," she was pressed into the pit by the ding. She pushed the ding away and climbed out of the mud pit. Fortunately, it was her true form; if it were something else, it would have been painful. She walked out of the bushes, looked at the sky, and waved her fist at Zhen Ling, who was already flying high.

"Be careful, and remember not to eat the egg," Zhen Ling said softly in the air, then smiled and waved, flying away. She wasn't foolish enough to stay and be discovered by the Tianling Sect.

Lu Xiaoding patted the mud and dead leaves off her, complaining, "Demon cultivators are always reckless, their brains never work well, no wonder they always fall into the traps of cultivators."

She looked around, seemingly not alarming the spirit protection array or the Tianling Sect. She thought about the direction she saw from the air and ran towards the buildings.

It was safer to act at night. During the day, it was best to find a place to hide and wait for the right moment. However, the spirit pet's egg should be kept in a specific place, not far from where the pets were raised. As long as she found where the pets were raised, she should be close to the egg.

She walked for a while, and through the leaves and bushes, she could see the buildings in the distance. She took a deep breath, trying to smell the odor of spirit pet droppings. But she found it completely different from what her senior sister had said. There was no odor in the Tianling Sect, only a fresh scent. She couldn't tell where the pets were kept.

"My senior sister lied to me," Lu Xiaoding suddenly realized. Her senior sister had said it was smelly to keep her from coming. She had believed it without any doubt. How could her senior sister do this, not even bring her along?

This made it hard to find. She couldn't just find a cultivator and force them to talk. Suddenly, the fur ball in her arms came out, looked around, and quickly ran in a certain direction.

Lu Xiaoding was stunned, then realized. The Tianling Sect sold spirit pets, and the fur ball might have been born here. It would know where it had stayed, and now it was excited to go back.

As long as she followed it, she could find where the pets were raised. She quickly followed, but in the night forest, with the fur ball's small size, she had to keep up or she would lose it in a blink.

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