Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 746: A Pot
Previously on Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?...
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Heavenly Bodhisattva.
The auspicious beast turned out to be an egg?
Or perhaps, the auspicious beast had transformed into an egg?
Chen Huaian considered moving closer for a better inspection.
Yet, the flames filling this area were far from ordinary. Even his Unity Realm protective True Essence failed to withstand them. Should he press nearer to that egg, he would end up utterly incinerated by the surrounding blaze.
A sense of irritation washed over Chen Huaian.
The auspicious beast was an egg incapable of communication.
Wasn't an egg essentially a dormant hatchling?
What do such hatchlings typically do?
They slumber deeply within the shell, naturally.
Progressing with the inheritance required rousing the auspicious beast asleep inside the egg.
Right now, the raging sea of fire stood as the barrier in his way.
However, without rousing the auspicious beast, the flames could not be quelled.
They had reached a total impasse...
Chen Huaian pulled out a megaphone, gathered his energy in his dantian, directed all his True Essence to his throat, and bellowed at the massive red egg: "Arise! Those unwilling to sink into the cycle of egg-dom!"
Boosted by his True Essence and the megaphone.
This bellow echoed like a massive wave, making the sea of fire churn and quiver.
Still, the enormous egg at the center displayed zero response.
Its complete stillness felt like a quiet taunt.
Chen Huaian's mouth corner spasmed slightly.
He unsheathed the Black Scales Sword.
"Hoist the sail to cross the vast sea!"
Clang——!
"As if the Silver River pours from the Nine Heavens!"
Clang clang——!
"Willing to draw the sword at my waist, to directly sever Lou Lan!"
Boom!!!
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Various sword techniques erupted forth.
At first, Chen Huaian avoided deploying excessively mighty sword strikes, worried about injuring the auspicious beast concealed within the huge egg.
He realized that regardless of the sword technique employed, the eggshell proved as sturdy as a fortress wall.
He figured the Black Scales Sword's blade would likely dull if he struck it repeatedly!
He unleashed every sword method, technique, and Sword Intent in his arsenal.
Besides throwing the nearby sea of fire into utter disarray, nothing shifted.
The egg remained peacefully in place.
Seeming absolutely unshakable.
Chen Huaian believed the auspicious beast within the egg had surely noticed his attempts.
Yet it appeared to be purposely challenging him, staying firm and unresponsive.
Chen Huaian retrieved all the functional treasures from his possession and inspected them carefully. Regrettably, none proved helpful in this situation.
With no other choice...
"Heaven's Calculation!"
Chen Huaian accessed the customer service system, spotted an icon like a camera in the top right, tapped it, and a panel with scan and capture options emerged. He pointed it toward the egg amid the sea of fire, "snapped" a picture, and sent it up.
"How to get past the sea of fire's barrier and rouse the auspicious beast in the egg! Calculate it for This Venerable One!"
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Cangyun Realm, Upper Realm.
"It's here once more."
The Sword Bearer irritably set the Go stone back into the stone box.
"White Sword brother, what's the matter?"
Tu Shan Yue rested her chin on her hand, gazing fixedly at White Sword's features, her eyes brimming with adoration.
Ah~
White Sword brother looks so striking even in irritation.
Just watching him brings joy to the soul...
"Stay put for now, I need to handle something. I'll return soon to continue our Go game."
"Alright!" Tu Shan Yue nodded eagerly, her snowy fox tails softly waving behind her.
She felt deeply satisfied merely sharing a Go session with White Sword brother, though she had pleaded persistently to earn this chance by hovering nearby...
Yet she understood White Sword was a lofty individual with a vital mission, a figure fated for grand achievements.
She couldn't expect him to cater to her every whim, so she chose to quietly back him from afar.
As long as occasional private moments arose, she would comply with his every request without protest.
White Sword gave a nod and disappeared from the Go board's vicinity.
In an instant, he stood under a peach tree, produced the golden eyeball, and his impassive expression slowly shifted to vexation.
"I wonder what foolishness you've come up with this time!"
The golden eyeball quivered, rolled its eye, and relayed certain details.
His sight filled with the image of that colossal egg surrounded by flames.
White Sword examined the egg's markings and furrowed his brow faintly: "This is... a phoenix egg?! It looks like that young one is inside the Demon Sealing Pagoda, so I ought to offer some aid... Can't he overcome this egg?"
The golden eyeball kept sending more data.
—【How to awaken the auspicious beast inside the egg without getting scorched by the fire? Note: Tests indicate the host cannot traverse the sea of fire in the usual way, sword techniques fail to rouse the auspicious beast inside the egg, the host's treasures prove ineffective, the Sect Summoning Token remains on cooldown.】
The Sword Bearer: "..."
Though silent, the irritation in his gaze visibly intensified.
Still, he held no grudge against Chen Huaian.
Phoenix flames were beyond what Chen Huaian could handle.
Particularly the blaze encircling a phoenix egg post-transformation.
Those were dreadful flames rivaling Samadhi True Fire!
"If my memory serves, awakening a phoenix hinges on heat. The phoenix rests in the egg, drawing in nearby flames to restore its strength. But this sea of fire hasn't hit its maximum intensity, with no Sun True Fire emerging, so the phoenix stays unhatched..."
White Sword mulled over it inwardly, a peculiar grin forming on his lips.
The secret to rousing the phoenix lay in increasing the heat. Viewed that way, creating a suitable treasure seemed straightforward.
"Send the response to him." He instructed the golden eyeball: "Tell him to check the shop!"
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Upper level of the Demon Sealing Pagoda.
【Heaven's Calculation completed!】
【This marks your first calculation today, so it's complimentary...】
【...The required treasure has appeared in the Electronic Girlfriend shop!】
"Jiejie! True to the Electronic Girlfriend system, the reply comes swiftly!"
Chen Huaian let out a sly chuckle, rubbed his palms, launched the Electronic Girlfriend shop, and eyed the fresh item tagged with 'New'.
The grin faded from his face.
His look turned increasingly odd.
If he wasn't wrong... that item's shape was unmistakably a pot!
Hold on, was this for real?
【Kitchen God's Soaring Dragon Pot: This frying pan once belonged to the Kitchen God. It enables cooking anything in the world. Just apply it to the main ingredients; no extra sides required. The Kitchen God's Soaring Dragon Pot calls forth accompaniments from the realm itself!】
Chen Huaian: "Uh..."
The cost wasn't steep.
10 top-grade spirit jades—barely a trifle to him anymore?
Clinging to faint optimism, Chen Huaian hit the buy button.
Swish!
A plain-seeming frying pan materialized in Chen Huaian's grip. It weighed tremendously, almost unliftable despite his Unity Realm power. The handle felt coarse against his skin. Upon closer look, it was bound with a band of golden dragon scales.
That lent it some style.
"I truly hope this proves effective..." Chen Huaian's mouth corner jerked as he directed the frying pan toward the far-off huge red egg, infused his will into it, and murmured inwardly: "Go!"
The frying pan didn't launch forward but vanished from his hold.
The instant after.
Chen Huaian witnessed a frying pan vast enough to blanket the whole sea of fire materialize under the giant egg.
The top floor of the Demon Sealing Pagoda abruptly resembled a colossal cooker.
And the sea of fire below the frying pan acted as the cooker's flame base...
"Tsk—!" Though experienced and learned, Chen Huaian couldn't resist slapping his hands: "Incredible!"
What stunned Chen Huaian further was.
From the Well of Heaven, the passage he'd just exited.
A stream of spices, ingredients, and sides poured out nonstop, drawn by an unseen force, heading straight for the egg in the pot...
Included among them was even Totole chicken bouillon?
"Does the Kitchen God incorporate modern tech too..." Chen Huaian's mouth corner spasmed.
He abruptly sensed this pot might lack dependability.
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