Full-Time Magister: One System, One Forbidden Spell, the Strongest Divine Gift

Chapter 22 Phoenix Embryo, Imperial Bearing

Chen Yuan stared blankly at the red egg that was trembling in his palm. The golden-red light that seeped out from the cracks in the eggshell made his face appear to be in and out of focus.

Although his future memories did contain methods for cultivating true phoenixes, the most pressing issue of hatching them was troubling him.

"We can't incubate it with body heat, can we?"

His lips twitched, and the absurd image of himself wrapped in a quilt and incubating eggs flashed through his mind.

Just then, the faint heartbeat coming from inside the eggshell suddenly resonated with him, and a strange feeling of being connected by blood surged into his heart.

Suddenly, the Seed of Light in the dantian trembled violently.

The originally dormant sacred energy, as if attracted by something, transformed into a milky white stream of light that flowed along the meridians to the palm.

The moment the light touched the eggshell, it transformed into countless tiny runes of light, seeping into the interior along the cracks.

"This is.?!"

Chen Yuan watched in astonishment as the previously dull red egg suddenly burst into light, and the cracks on the eggshell began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A clear and melodious phoenix cry could be faintly heard echoing in his mind.

There is a play!

Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed, and the Seed of Light within his body suddenly burst forth with dazzling brilliance.

Centered on him, the elements of heaven and earth within a radius of a hundred meters began to surge wildly, forming an elemental vortex visible to the naked eye.

The light particles floating in the air converged toward his palm as if on a pilgrimage.

"Since we're going to feed them, let's feed them to our hearts' content!"

With a thought, the Seed of Light, like a primordial beast awakening, transformed the vast天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) into the purest power of light.

Chen Yuan could clearly sense that the tiny life inside the egg, which had been on the verge of death, was now greedily consuming the energy of light.

Even more remarkably, through this energy cycle, he discovered that his summoning cultivation was rapidly improving, breaking through the bottleneck of the first level of the intermediate stage and reaching the second level of the intermediate stage in just an instant!
This process lasted for several hours, absorbing energy over several hours.

The red egg in Chen Yuan's palm had swelled to the size of a basketball, and the dense golden-red patterns on its surface flowed slowly like lava.

What's puzzling is that despite absorbing a massive amount of light energy, the eggshell remained as solid as a rock.

Chen Yuan collapsed onto the bed, his forehead soaked with sweat.

He glared at the giant egg placed on the bedside table and laughed angrily, "You freeload and then try to renege on your debt? You little thing, you sure know how to take advantage."

He flicked the eggshell with his finger, and immediately a cheerful energy fluctuation emanated from inside, as if responding to his complaint.

As night deepened, fatigue washed over me like a tide.

Just as Chen Yuan fell into a deep sleep.

"Crack!"

The crisp cracking sound was particularly jarring in the quiet bedroom.

A dazzling golden-red beam of light burst forth from the top of the eggshell, illuminating the entire room like a furnace.

Amidst the interplay of light and shadow, a fledgling bird with its downy feathers still wet struggles to open its eggshell. Its entire body is crimson like blood, except for a tuft of brilliant golden feathers on its forehead.

The little one tilted his head, looking around at this unfamiliar world, his wet eyes full of bewilderment.

When its gaze fell upon the sleeping Chen Yuan, it suddenly let out a cheerful "chirp chirp," flapped its little wings still covered in egg yolk, and wobbled as it flew toward the bed.

"Cuckoo"

The fledgling struggled to crawl into the blankets and found a comfortable spot in the crook of Chen Yuan's neck.

It nuzzled the young man's chin contentedly, the embers on its tail feathers burning several small holes in the blanket, yet it remained oblivious as it curled up into a ball, mistaking Chen Yuan for its warmest nest.

The next day.

As morning light filtered through the gauze curtains and fell onto the bed, Chen Yuan was awakened by a slight stinging sensation.

He groggily threw back the covers and froze on the spot.

A small, bright red bird was curled up into a fluffy ball, nestled in the groove of his abdomen.

With each breath, the little creature's remaining downy fur trembled gently, shimmering with a golden-red glow in the morning light. "Chirp?"

Seemingly sensing the movement, the little red bird raised its head.

Those glassy eyes were still misty, and the tuft of golden feathers on his head was comically sticking up.

It tilted its head and stared at Chen Yuan for a moment, then suddenly flapped its wings joyfully, sending a few sparks landing on the sheets.

"Cuckoo!"

The little red bird gently pecked at Chen Yuan's collarbone with its beak, then rubbed contentedly against his neck, the flames dancing on its tail feathers evaporating the morning dew into wisps of white mist.

The little red bird perked up immediately when it saw Chen Yuan wake up.

It flew to Chen Yuan's shoulder and nuzzled his chin affectionately.

"???"

Chen Yuan was stunned.

"Where did these wild birds come from?"

Chen Yuan froze on the spot, then suddenly turned his head as if sensing something.

The table where the bird eggs were placed last night is now reduced to a few golden fragments of eggshells.

Looking down at the adorable little guy perched on my shoulder, an absurd guess popped into my head.

If nothing unexpected happens, this little red bird is the juvenile form of the Blazing Bird.

wrong!

If it were the juvenile form of the Blazing Bird, the aura it exuded would be completely different!
He grabbed the baby bird by the scruff of its neck and lifted it up to his face. Instead of struggling, the little guy happily pecked at his fingertips.

As Chen Yuan probed with his spiritual power, his pupils shrank sharply. Within this seemingly harmless little group of creatures, there was actually a demon comparable to a warrior general!
"Right after hatching, already at the Warrior General level?"

Chen Yuan gasped, his fingertips tracing the tuft of brilliant golden feathers on the fledgling's forehead.

The primal fire that danced there was astonishingly pure, a quality that ordinary Flamebirds could never possess.

Recalling the massive amount of light power he had consumed last night, he suddenly felt that this deal was incredibly profitable.

The little red bird seized the opportunity to break free from its restraints and proudly raised its little head.

With a clear "chirp," the entire bedroom was suddenly filled with the oppressive force of the flames of rebirth. The curtains moved without wind, curling and turning yellow in the high temperature.

"Cuckoo!"

The little red bird started chirping incessantly.

"You're hungry already?"

Chen Yuan's lips twitched, but he still decided to find some food for the little red bird first. So he went out and bought dozens of fire-type spirit seed fragments.

Upon seeing the fire-type spirit seed fragment, the little red bird immediately became excited.

In no time, most of the problem was solved.

"??!"

Wow, you have such a big appetite!
Chen Yuan was dumbfounded. A single spirit seed fragment costs tens of thousands of coins. At this rate, he would have to consume at least dozens of fragments a day, or even more!
"Cuckoo!"

The little red bird leaned on Chen Yuan's shoulder and chirped excitedly, as if to indicate that it was full.

"."

You, on the other hand, are full.

I, on the other hand, am about to starve to death.

Chen Yuan sighed.

Raising a true phoenix seems to be no easy feat. This little guy has only just awakened and already needs to be fed spirit seed fragments; once he grows older, he might become a spirit seed or even a soul seed.
However, the fighting power unleashed by the little red bird is absolutely incomparable to that of ordinary demons.

(End of this chapter)