“What is this?” Dong Rui accepted them and examined them closely. The things were larger than goose eggs and rounder than goose eggs too. They were pale red and mottled.

“The eggs of some kind of duonao beast,” He Lingchuan said. “I picked them up in the Fu Realm. Originally, I was planning to have someone auction them off.”

Dong Rui was delighted. “This is good. This is good!”

With new toys in hand, his sleepiness vanished. He immediately cradled the duonao beast eggs, took out a full set of tools, and crouched off to the side to study them.

Zhu Daniang thoughtfully lay down by the cave entrance, curled up in the shadows. “You two rest. I’ll keep watch.”

After tonight’s battle, He Lingchuan had already discovered that the two spider monsters had very different temperaments. If it had been Zhu Erniang, she would most likely have run without looking back. Once out of danger, she would never have gone back to give Baizhantian trouble again.

Now Lady One[1] had volunteered to stand guard, and He Lingchuan had no objection. He extinguished the campfire, sat down on the other side, closed his eyes, and regulated his breathing.

The moment he sat, exhaustion came over him like a tidal wave.

Last night’s adventure had lasted only a short while, but the entire process had been so thrilling that every second had felt like a year.

Thankfully, they escaped whole and alive.

But they still had not gotten far enough. He Lingchuan still...