Who Stole My Eggs?

The next day, Xie Zuo woke up and found that Lao Luo had grown taller. A pair of golden wings appeared, and he couldn’t help but marvel.

He grabbed him and took a closer look, “Have you advanced? Not bad!”

Lao Luo’s voice was a little weak: “Well… I got the glory of His Majesty and practiced with His Majesty. I got some benefits—”

Xie Zuo sniffed Lao Luo and said, “You smell like Huo Yao. When did you meet him?”

Lao Luo cried wildly in his heart. Each of these two deities were more difficult to deal with than the other.

Why were they so free?

He explained: “Just now, I went for a walk and saw the small puppet carved by the Great Thunder Deity. It was very interesting, so I stayed beside him for a while—”

“What little puppet?” Xie Zuo didn’t want to show his affection for Huo Yao, but also really curious.

“A magical piece of wood. Your Majesty can go and see it for yourself. It should be the most precious treasure in the world—”

Xie Zuo decided to go and have a look. As he walked outside, Wu Xiao jumped out of the blood pool where the pure lotus was growing and followed him. The eight tentacles moved very fast.

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As soon as Xie Zuo went out, he saw a thunderbolt as thick as a bowl struck down, hitting Huo Yao who was sitting cross-legged in the open space.

Xie Zuo’s bones ached when he saw the thunder and lightning, and he hurriedly ran away.

Wu Xiao was also frightened. After all, his body was killed by Huo Yao, and his soul was split apart by lightning. Seeing this, he hurriedly got into the soil.

After nine lightning strikes, Huo Yao’s torture was over. He adjusted his breathing in place for a moment, and his expression returned to normal.

Xie Zuo walked out and said, “Oh, Great Deity of Thunder, you are the Deity of Thunder, but Tiandi still let you suffer the punishment of thunder. Isn’t this a humiliation?”

Huo Yao stood up and said in a deep voice: “The thunder was dropped by Tiandi themselves. Punishment is no trivial matter. Tiandi are the most just and strict. Don’t make any assumptions.”

Xie Zuo rolled his eyes, “Tch!” Suddenly, he smelled the aroma of barbecue and looked at Huo Yao in surprise, “You won’t be struck by lightning until cooked, right?”

Huo Yao turned around and left, “Come here.”

Xie Zuo hated the way he spoke in a commanding tone, but he was curious about what the smell of meat was, so he followed him anyway.

Entering the cave where Huo Yao lived, Xie Zuo was shocked to find a huge fire burning on the ground, and above the fire was a roasted prey.

Pa—!

A large drop of crystal oil fell into the flame, bursting out with a small cluster of delightful sparks.

Xie Zuo’s saliva was secreting like crazy. He had been practicing hard these days and hadn’t even eaten properly. He was already hungry. This… could he snatch it and eat it all?

Huo Yao sat next to the prey, used his divine power to form a sharp dagger, cut off the most flexible piece of meat from the prey’s hind legs, and handed it to Xie Zuo.

Xie Zuo couldn’t wait to take it and swallowed it in one mouthful, “It’s delicious!”

Seeing how much he ate; Huo Yao had a secret smile in his eyes.

In this way, Huo Yao fed all the prey to Xie Zuo one bite at a time.

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After finishing the prey, Xie Zuo was still chewing on a thigh bone and lying beside Huo Yao, “Why do you please me so much, uh, what is your purpose?”

“To repay you for saving my life.”

Xie Zuo snorted, “Great Deity of Thunder, your life is really worthless. A piece of meat can pay for it?”

Huo Yao took out a wooden doll from his sleeve, “Here, here it is.”

This was the magic that Lao Luo said, a wooden puppet?

Xie Zuo had long noticed that Huo Yao was playing with a piece of wood, but he didn’t expect that he was making a puppet. He threw away the bones and was about to grab the doll, but Huo Yao stopped him, “Go and clean your hands before touching it.”

Xie Zuo refused and reached out to grab it, “What rare treasure is worthy of such a thing? Show it to me!”

Huo Yao shook his head, put away the puppet, grabbed Xie Zuo’s hands, took out his handkerchief, and carefully wiped off the grease on his hands.

The two people’s fingers rubbed and entwined through a thin layer of handkerchief. Xie Zuo felt that Huo Yao’s hand was very warm, and the heat reached his heart through his fingertips.

Xie Zuo swallowed. He seemed to be hungry again.

Xie Zuo was lost in thought when Huo Yao put the palm-sized doll in his hand, “This is the stand-in doll I made for you. When my sentence is over, I will take you to travel around the world.”

This little doll had a look on his face. The painting, full of smiles, looked exactly like Xie Zuo. He was wearing a silver-white robe and had a green leaf standing on the back of his head. It was very cute.

Xie Zuo liked the little doll very much when he saw it. He fiddled with the leaves on the doll’s head a few times and tugged on its clothes. “Is this… the belt I made for you?”

“Yeah. Your spiritual consciousness can be attached to this artifact. If you put the artifact on the doll, you can walk freely. Give it three drops of your heart blood and let it recognize its owner.”

Xie Zuo bit his right index finger and squeezed it. Three drops of blood were applied on the doll’s forehead, mouth, and heart.

The blood was quickly absorbed by the doll, and the doll emitted a soft green light from the inside to the outside. A ray of fluorescence shot out from the doll’s heart, and another one penetrated into Xie Zuo’s heart.

In an instant, Xie Zuo felt a powerful and surging force, like the vast ocean or the vigorously growing towering ancient trees.

This force was thick and gentle, and after traveling throughout his body, it converged into the demon core on his forehead, forming a green halo outside the demon core.

At the same time, inside the demon core, Xie Zuo’s demon soul, which had been like a seed since birth, finally changed, and it gave birth to a trembling bud.

The two bloodlines that had been fighting and consuming each other in Xie Zuo’s body finally merged into one.

Xie Zuo opened his eyes and was surprised to feel the changes in his body, “What on earth is this wood?”

“It’s sacred tree.” Huo Yao looked at him with a look that could be described as gentle, “This is the crown gift given to me by Heavenly Father. Now this gift is for you.”

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In the dark, Wu Xiao witnessed all this and was horrified. Huo Er actually…. actually, used the sacred tree of life given to him by the Heavenly Father as a substitute for the little demon king, and even asked the wood to recognize the little demon king as the master!

That was the sacred tree that the Heavenly Father refined after gathering the vitality of all things in the world. It could give birth to all things!

It was given to Huo Er by their father when he was crowned as an adult.

Wu Xiao was so jealous at that time. Why should Heavenly Father value him so much?

The little demon king had the protection of his life. No matter how severe the disaster was, it couldn’t hurt him. Even if he committed a heinous crime and attracted divine punishment, he could still survive.

Wu Xiao’s eyes suddenly became fierce, Huo Er… the identity of this little demon king was definitely extraordinary!

Note: Huo Er is a nickname by Wu Xiao. In this story, Wu Xiao could be said as the first child then Huo Yao was the second child.