Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant

Chapter 592: Chapter 27 Survival_1

“Is this a mutation?”

A look of astonishment appeared on Wang Ba’s face.

He could sense that there was only one life force in the eggshell, so there was no other possibility except mutation.

“But… how could this be?”

Throughout history, all the Shou Peak Masters had conducted special research on the cultivation of the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard.

However, the offspring they cultivated were almost indistinguishable from their parents.

The black patterns on their bodies were even identical.

It was as if they were carved from the same mould.

And now, this first generation of offspring had already shown such changes. Wang Ba couldn’t believe his luck.

“No… It wasn’t pure luck. There is one significant difference between what I did and the Shou Peak Masters… I infused Lifespan into the mother lizard!”

Wang Ba couldn’t help but ponder.

He still remembers the very first book he came across during his time in the East Saint Sect, Master Jiaohu’s “Everything about Poultry”.

It clearly stated that if a Spirit Beast wants to breakthrough its current class, there are only three methods.

Cultivation, Bloodline Breakthrough, and the rarest of all, Lifespan Breakthrough.

The first two methods are rather well-documented, whereas Lifespan Breakthrough is seldom mentioned in almost every beast control related book Wang Ba ever read. @@novelbin@@

When it was mentioned, the phrase ‘Lifespan Breakthrough is akin to stealing the secrets of heaven and earth’ was swiftly glossed over.

At first, Wang Ba did not understand. But as he accumulated more beast controlling experience, he started to realize that Lifespan Breakthrough is just a fancy term to attribute breakthroughs that cultivators cannot explain.

For instance, a cultivator’s memoir mentioned that he once bred a swarm of ordinary mosquitoes. He invested a lot of resources to provide a suitable environment for the mosquitoes.

Usually, the lifespan of a mosquito ranges between 10 days to 2-3 months.

However, one of the mosquitoes managed to survive for three whole years.

After three years, this ordinary insect transformed into a lower-Grade Class I Spirit Insect.

This was a situation that Bloodline Breakthrough and ordinary cultivation could not explain, and thus was attributed to the manifestation of a Lifespan Breakthrough.

“If that’s the case, could it be that the original Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard was in a state where its bloodline was sealed? That would mean no matter how much they were cultivated, the bloodline could not separate and purify. A Lifespan Breakthrough, however, could break such a seal, causing the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard’s offspring to naturally mutate?”

“If this is the case, it would explain why the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard showed no changes even after Lifespan was infused.”

“The power of creation brought forth by the Lifespan Breakthrough was probably consumed to unlock its bloodline.”

The more Wang Ba thought about it, the more he believed that his conjecture could very well be the fundamental reason why the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard’s couldn’t be bred.

Putting aside his thoughts, Wang Ba carefully observed this newly hatched baby.

At first glance, the two heads looked identical. But upon closer look, one could notice that the left head had a faint blackish hue while the right one was somewhat yellowish.

The little creature utilized both its heads to vigorously bite off the eggshell that was blocking its way, struggling to climb out from the egg.

As expected, underneath the two heads were two slender necks, both leading to the same body.

There were traces of blood on its palm-sized body because it had just crawled out.

Both heads opened their vertical pupils to innocently observe their surroundings.

Afterward, the yellowish head stretched towards the eggshell and clumsily nibbled on it.

It seemed to consider the eggshell as its food.

Its clumsy movements were quite adorable.

It was utterly different from the Spirit Chicken chicks and Spirit Turtle hatchlings that Wang Ba was more familiar with.

However, at that moment, the darker head suddenly turned its neck and, at an exceeding speed, opened its jaw and bit into the other head’s neck!

Thankfully, since it was just born, the dark head was not very strong and didn’t inflict any harm.

But the yellow head felt the pain and instantly shook free.

After the yellow head shook it off, the dark head was relentless and bit into its neck again.

This was unexpected to Wang Ba, so much so that he was not able to react on time.

The nearby Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard suddenly flicked its tongue, launching the struggling Double-headed Stone Lizard into the air, and it crashed heavily onto the ground.

It staggered as it climbed up from the ground.

The dark head did not dare to bite the yellow head again. It looked at the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard fearfully, as if scared that it would attack again.

After looking around, the baby staggered back towards the eggshell.

This time, both the dark and the yellow heads began to nibble on the eggshell.

During this process, the second and third beast eggs also started to hatch.

Soon, a Stone Lizard hatchling struggled out from its shell.

It looked almost identical to its mother, except for a pair of green-black wings sprouting from its back.

There were no feathers on the back of the wings, only small scales.

With each movement of its front limbs, the scaled wings would simultaneously flap a bit, appearing as if it wanted to fly but couldn’t.

“I knew it! I wasn’t wrong!”

When Wang Ba saw the winged Stone Lizard, he couldn’t help but feel exhilarated.

A single Double-headed Stone Lizard wasn’t enough proof. But the fact that two drastically different mutations occurred in the same brood was an evident sign of the unstable bloodline of the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard.”