Chu Kuangren was also slightly surprised at his luck. First was the Stone of Phoenix Blood, then the Earth Spirit Crystals.

This Lucky Halo of his was quite impressive.

Chu Kuangren placed the two ores into his Yin and Yang Ring.

Under the envious gazes of the crowd, the two left behind the perplexed old veteran and emotionally scarred stall owner.

“Their luck was just too good.”

“It's astounding how randomly picking could yield such rare minerals. Who are the both of them really?”

“Wait, if they can get such minerals from random picks, what about the other ores? Does that mean that they can give us good minerals too?”

Someone from the crowd suddenly spoke up.

Instantly, a glint flashed through many people's eyes.

If two random pieces of dull-looking ore could have such high-quality minerals, then what about those ores that looked better?

With that thought, the crowd looked to the stall owner's ores with fire in their eyes before they suddenly flooded over to pick and choose some ores.

“Boss, I want this piece.”

“This piece looks much better than the ores that the two picked earlier. I refuse to believe I'll get nothing from this!”

“Boss! I want all of these, please!”

The stall owner's stock of ores instantly ran out as the crowd bought all of them.

It was likely that Chu Kuangren's double stroke of luck had led them to falsely a.s.sume that if he could get top-grade minerals, then they could too. Even some greenhorns who knew nothing about or betting bought the ores could no longer sit and watch.

Who could sit still when the possibility of a profit of thousands of times more than what they paid for was out there?

Unfortunately, when the ores were cracked open one by one, it left everyone confused. Forget the profits, even the mineral within the best-looking ore was just barely enough to break even.

Most of them were worthless stones since Chu Kuangren had taken the only two pieces of extremely valuable ores.

The crowd began to lose their cool and their tempers.

“F*ck! How could this be? I know I picked a good one! Why did I end up with this sh*t?!”

“This is unfair. Why could they get such top-grade minerals from such poor ores and mine can't?”

“Sigh, that's just how ore betting works. Thirty percent of it is intuition, while the other seventy is in the hands of fate. All I can say is that those two have G.o.dlike luck.”

“No! I want a refund!”

“This is definitely rigged! I want a refund!”

The stall owner lodged a cleaver into the ground and simply said, “The deal is done. No refunds. That's how it works around here.”

The crowd blew up at that.

The crowd eventually dispersed, but news of a man and a woman getting the Stone of Phoenix Blood and Earth Spirit Crystals continued to spread throughout Sword Prayer City.

Countless people were envious for a while.

The next day.

Chu Kuangren continued with his daily roulette spin.

“Congratulations to the Host! You obtained the G.o.dly pet, Immortal Phoenix!”

Huh?

G.o.dly pet?!

He may possess the Lucky Halo, but getting a G.o.dly reward was still extremely surprising to him.

Chu Kuangren opened his inventory, and amongst the other rewards lay one in particular that emitted a fiery glow.

It was an… egg.

On the egg's surface were many mysterious and profound runes.

“Obtain.”

He mumbled to himself, and the egg, which was larger than his head, appeared before him. The mysterious Daoist Rhymes swirled and dispersed quickly, which basically affected the whole city.

Having sensed it, countless powerful cultivators then looked towards Chu Kuangren's direction.

“What is this Daoist Rhyme? How curious.”

“A Daoist Rhyme that is full of vigor, like it burns as bright as a flame. Perhaps a flame type beast has just hatched?”

“Interesting…”

Spiritual thoughts from within the city surged towards Chu Kuangren, but his three protectors' much more powerful spiritual thoughts stopped and blocked them.

“Honorable Supreme?!”

“Such a powerful cultivator has appeared in Sword Prayer City… How interesting.”

“Seems like it's not my turn yet after all.”

An Honorable Supreme's defensive power was still very powerful. If sages were not present in the world, no one would dare to fight someone of that level.

In his room at the inn, Chu Kuangren eyed the egg curiously. “How do I hatch this egg?”

“Young man, based on the Daoist Rhyme alone, this is definitely a great beast. It may even be an ancient relic that's extinct in this day and age.” The Seventh Foreftaher's emotional voice came from the void.

He did not ask where the egg came from.

As for Chu Kuangren, he had been convinced that such luck was surprisingly rare.

Even a leisurely trip outside had earned him a Sage grade mineral, so finding an ancient relic on the ground was not completely impossible.

“Seventh Forefather, I have little experience in hatching eggs. Do you know what to do?” Chu Kuangren asked curiously.

The Seventh Forefather's face darkened. “I do not.”

He was no mother hen; how would he know how to hatch an egg?

“Oh.” Chu Kuangren was slightly disappointed.

“I may not have the experience, but many ancient books do mention that a lot of energy is needed to incubate such beasts and most of it is transferred by the mother's spiritual power during incubation. Maybe you can try that?”

“Alright.” Chu Kuangren nodded and pressed his hands onto the phoenix egg.

The sh.e.l.l was warm and smooth like a piece of warm jade.

'Ah, hugging it to sleep during the winter would be heavenly. '

Once Chu Kuangren had placed his hands on it, he slowly began to channel his spiritual power into the G.o.dly Phoenix Egg.

All of a sudden, the G.o.dly Phoenix Egg's powerful energy absorption exploded and Chu Kuangren's spiritual power flowed uncontrollably into it. A tenth of his spiritual power was taken in the blink of an eye.

He had the Five Supreme Foundation Levels and an abundance of spiritual power compared to people in the same realm as him; even an Honorable could not compete with him.

Yet somehow, it had absorbed a tenth of his power just like that!

That also meant that anyone else would have been instantly sucked dry.

However, Chu Kuangren continued to let the G.o.dly Phoenix Egg absorb his spiritual power, and after some time, he was left with about one- or two-tenths of his power. Still, the egg showed no signs of hatching.

It was like an insatiable, bottomless pit.

“I'll be sucked dry if I go on.” Chu Kuangren shook his head and retracted his hands, cutting off the flow of spiritual power.

The G.o.dly Phoenix Egg vibrated a little, and he felt an emotion that was akin to dissatisfaction. It was almost as if the egg was complaining that it was not done eating.

'Looks like I've established a connection with the egg,' Chu Kuangren thought to himself helplessly. 'Why does it feel like I'm raising a child?'

“I'm out of food for you today. I'll feed you tomorrow, alright?” Shaking his head, Chu Kuangren rea.s.sured the G.o.dly Phoenix Egg with his spiritual thoughts before he shoved it back into his Yin and Yang Ring and took out some elixirs to help restore his spiritual power.

After breakfast, he and Lan Yu headed out.

Due to the Great Sword Tournament, cultivators from all walks of life flocked to Sword Prayer City, and the numbers kept increasing.

Most sword cultivators were brash and hotheaded. They would rather break than bend and would fight at the slightest conflict.

Chu Kuangren had already seen at least seven or eight fights, and it had only been half a day!