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"Li Tong, are there any other spirits? I feel like I'm about to hatch!" Goudan said excitedly.

Li Tong was moved when he heard this. He carefully observed the egg and found that there were some tiny cracks on its eggshell. Could it be that it was about to hatch?

"Okay, I'll get you some more spirits." Li Tong said, and began to summon spirits again.

Seeing this, Goudan jumped up with excitement. He couldn't wait to devour the new spirits, as if he wanted to devour all of them.

Li Tong looked at the dog egg and felt a little nervous. He hoped that the dog egg would hatch successfully, but he was also worried that something unexpected would happen to it.

"Goudan, you have to work harder and don't let me down." Li Tong prayed silently in his heart.

As time went by, the cracks on the eggshell became more and more numerous and larger. Finally, with a crisp cracking sound, the eggshell completely broke open, and a furry puppy emerged from it.

"Woof woof!" The puppy barked happily and jumped into Li Tong's arms.

Li Tong looked at the puppy in his arms, his heart filled with joy and a sense of accomplishment. He knew that his hatching experiment was successful.

Goudan rejected Li Tong's proposal with a serious face: "No, physical incubation is too painful. If the eggshell is broken, I will be hurt."

Li Tong laughed and didn't force it. Instead, he often teased Goudan: "You bastard, the eggshell is the real body, the thing inside is just a burden."

Goudan was not angry, he just smiled and continued his cultivation. His method of cultivation was very special, which was to devour spirits. Whenever he found a suitable spirit, he would devour it and then slowly refine it.

Li Tong was a little worried when he saw Goudan devouring the spirit. He was afraid that Goudan would be devoured by the spirit like Wang Ai and lose himself. But when he thought that Goudan was practicing the Six Treasury Immortal Thief instead of the method of subduing the spirit, he felt a little relieved. The Six Treasury Immortal Thief is a method of stealing the vitality of heaven and earth, which is fundamentally different from the method of subduing the spirit.

"Take it easy, or you might burst before your spiritual body is refined." Li Tong reminded.

Goudan chuckled and said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, I know my limits."

However, every time Goudan felt that he was about to succeed, he always failed at the last moment. He was a little frustrated, but more unwilling to accept it. Li Tong saw it and felt pain in his heart. Although he didn't say it explicitly, he would silently help Goudan find a new spirit every time.

"You are such a worrying guy." Li Tong sighed and said.

Goudan was touched when he heard this. He looked at Li Tong and said seriously, "Li Tong, you are so kind to me. When I succeed in my cultivation, we will be best brothers!"

Li Tong smiled but said nothing. He knew that Goudan still had a long way to go in his cultivation, and all he could do was to support him as best he could.

However, Goudan's cultivation path was not smooth. After repeated failures, he gradually felt the pressure. He began to doubt himself and even began to doubt the cultivation method of the Six Treasury Immortal Thief.

"Am I really not suitable for practicing this?" Goudan asked somewhat frustratedly.

Li Tong looked at Goudan and felt distressed. He patted Goudan on the shoulder and said, "Don't be discouraged. The road of cultivation is never smooth. As long as you persist, you will succeed one day."

Goudan nodded, with a hint of determination in his eyes. He knew that he could not give up, nor could he disappoint Li Tong's expectations.

In this way, Goudan continued his cultivation path, and Li Tong was always by his side, silently supporting him.

Finally one day, Goudan showed signs of a breakthrough in his cultivation. Cracks began to appear on his eggshell, and a strong pressure emanated from the eggshell. Li Tong felt this pressure and was excited. He knew that Goudan was finally going to succeed.

"Goudan, come on!" Li Tong shouted loudly.

Hearing this, Goudan felt a surge of warmth in his heart. He took a deep breath, then exerted force, and the eggshell finally cracked completely, revealing the body inside.

Li Tong stood in the yard, feeling both excited and nervous. He had been waiting for this day for a long time, and it was finally here.

Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds and thunder rumbled, as if it was going to rain. Li Tong looked up at the sky, feeling a little uneasy. He recalled the novels he had read in his previous life. When those heaven-defying creatures were born, weren't they all struck by strange phenomena and punished by thunder? Could it be...

He looked down at the egg lying quietly at his feet. Cracks had begun to appear on the eggshell. Li Tong's heart tightened and he quickly stepped back, fearing that he would be struck by lightning.

"Crack!" With a loud noise, the eggshell finally cracked, and a furry little claw stretched out. Li Tong widened his eyes and watched nervously.

Goudan struggled and finally got out of the eggshell. He stood up shakily and let out a deafening roar. The sound was like a dragon's roar, making Li Tong's ears buzz.

"Fuck! Why are you screaming?" Li Tong was frightened and threw Goudan out with a wave of his hand.

Goudan staggered, but seemed to be fine. He raised his head and looked at Li Tong, with an inexplicable light in his eyes.

"You...what are you?" Li Tong looked at Goudan, a little surprised. Goudan looked too weird, like a dog and a lion, with a strange scale armor.

Goudan seemed a little confused too. He looked down at himself, then raised his head and yelled at Li Tong: "I... I don't know what I am! I thought I was a dragon!"

When Li Tong heard this, he immediately laughed: "Dragon? Don't be ridiculous, there is no way a dragon would look like you. You are just a lion dog at best!"

Goudan was a little frustrated by what Li Tong said. He lowered his head and muttered softly, "I thought I could awaken the dragon's bloodline and become a real dragon... I didn't expect to be a lion dog..."

Li Tong felt sorry for Goudan's depressed look. He walked over, patted Goudan on the head, and said, "Don't be discouraged. Lion dogs are also good. At least you are much more majestic than ordinary dogs."

Goudan raised his head and looked at Li Tong, with a hint of gratitude in his eyes. He nodded and said, "Thank you, Li Tong. Although I am not a dragon, I will work hard to become stronger and become your right-hand man!"

Li Tong looked at Goudan's determined eyes, and a sense of pride surged in his heart. He smiled and said, "Okay! Then let's work together to become the strongest team!"

Goudan raised his head, his eyes full of disappointment: "Then what am I?"

Li Tong thought for a moment and said, "You may be some species I don't know about, but you are definitely not a dragon."

Goudan was even sadder: "Then I am not even the son of Long?" Li Tong comforted him: "Don't think so. Even if you are not the son of Long, you must have your own special qualities."

Goudan thought about it and suddenly asked, "So, do you think I will be one of the nine sons of the dragon?"

Li Tong was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "A dragon gives birth to nine sons? Those are only legends. How could you be one of them?"

Goudan refused to give up: "But I really think I am a lot like a dragon. Look at my claws and my scales..."

Li Tong looked at Goudan's serious expression and felt a little amused, but he didn't want to discourage him anymore. So he took out his mobile phone, searched for information about "Dragon Births Nine Sons", and then handed it to Goudan to read.

"Take a look for yourself to see what the nine sons of the dragon are like," said Li Tong.

Goudan took the phone and looked at it carefully. After a while, he looked up and his eyes lit up: "Wow, I really am Suanni! Look, my appearance is exactly the same as Suanni!"

Li Tong looked at Goudan's excitement and said helplessly, "Even if it's Suanni, it's not a dragon."

Goudan didn't care: "It doesn't matter, I was born of a dragon anyway! I am the son of a dragon!"

Li Tong sighed and stopped arguing with Goudan. He knew that Goudan was smart, but sometimes he could be stubborn and self-righteous.

"Okay, you can say you are the son of a dragon," Li Tong said, "but you have to remember that even if you are the son of a dragon, you are not a real dragon."

Goudan nodded, seeming satisfied with the answer. He continued to roll around in his eggshell, enjoying the joy of being a "dragon son".

Li Tong looked at Goudan and felt a little emotional. He remembered that he had similar fantasies when he was a child, thinking that he was something extraordinary. But as he grew older, he gradually understood the cruelty and complexity of reality.

"Brother Li, what are you looking at?" Ma Xianhong's voice broke Li Tong's meditation. He turned around and saw Ma Xianhong standing at the door with a mysterious smile on his face.

"Oh, it's Brother Ma. I'm looking at this puppy. It has just been born, but it has strange visions. It's really magical." Li Tong said, pointing at the puppy outside the window.

Ma Xianhong walked to the window, looked at the puppy, and nodded, "It is indeed extraordinary. Brother Li, do you know why I came here this time?"

Li Tong shook his head. "I don't know. Brother Ma is always busy. He suddenly came to visit today. He must have something important to tell you."

Ma Xianhong smiled, took out a small stove from his arms and handed it to Li Tong, "Brother Li, I have studied the effect of the stove you brought back last time."

Li Tong took the stove, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, "Oh? There are results so soon? So what is its effect?"

Ma Xianhong took a deep breath and said slowly: "This furnace was originally used to help people recover their memories, but after my transformation, it can now help those who were originally unable to practice to embark on the path of refining Qi."

Li Tong was moved when he heard this, "It actually has such a miraculous effect? ​​Doesn't that mean that with this furnace, anyone can practice Qi cultivation?"

Ma Xianhong nodded. "That's right. However, in order to maximize the effect of the furnace, we need a suitable furnace operator and a modification template."

"The furnace operator? Modifying the template?" Li Tong was a little puzzled.

Ma Xianhong explained: "The furnace operator is the person who operates the furnace. His ability and state will directly affect the effect of the furnace. The transformation template is a training plan I have developed based on each person's physique and potential. Only with the right transformation template can the furnace play its maximum role."

Li Tong listened with great interest, and he felt a strong sense of admiration for Ma Xianhong. "Brother Ma is really a genius. He can actually come up with such a solution."

Ma Xianhong smiled and said, "No, no, it was just luck. Brother Li, what do you think of this furnace?"

Li Tong thought for a moment and said, "This furnace is extremely magical. If it can be used properly, it will definitely bring great benefits to practitioners like us. But, Brother Ma, why do you want to tell me the effect of this furnace?"

"The old furnace can change the meridians and turn people into extraordinary people." Ma Xianhong said calmly, his eyes flashing with obsession with technology, "But the new furnace, hehe, that's very different."

His companion, a young practitioner, curiously asked, "What's so special about the new furnace?"

Ma Xianhong smiled slightly and explained: "The new furnace no longer changes the meridians, but devours them. It devours the skills of the furnace owner and directly copies them over."

"Copy?" The young practitioner widened his eyes in surprise.

"That's right, it's copied." Ma Xianhong nodded, "Unlike the Liuku Immortal Thief who refines essence into qi to increase his life cultivation, the new self-cultivation furnace directly transfers the cultivation."

Their topic attracted the attention of others around them. A middle-aged man came over with a gleam of desire in his eyes: "Doesn't that mean that as long as we have this new furnace, our cultivation will increase rapidly?"

Ma Xianhong glanced at him and shook his head: "That being said, the new furnace also has its disadvantages."

"Disadvantages?" The middle-aged man was puzzled.

"Yes, it is a disadvantage." Ma Xianhong's tone became serious. "When the new furnace devours the cultivation, the cultivation of the furnace owner will be transferred to the target, resulting in a loss of one's own cultivation. If the furnace owner's cultivation is not deep enough, he may even die."

After hearing this, the middle-aged man showed a hint of disappointment on his face. But he did not give up and continued to ask: "Is there any way to make up for this drawback?"

Ma Xianhong was silent for a while before he slowly spoke: "It's not that there is no way, but it's very difficult. The furnace keeper must have extraordinary qualifications and meet the conditions for practicing multiple eight unique skills. Only in this way can one withstand the powerful cultivation transferred from the self-cultivation furnace and use them effectively."

His words made everyone present fall into deep thought. The path of cultivation is difficult, and instruments like the self-cultivation furnace are full of unknowns and dangers. But it is precisely these unknowns and dangers that attract them to continue to explore and challenge.

"Perhaps, this is the meaning of cultivation." Ma Xianhong murmured to himself, with a determined light in his eyes. He knew that no matter how difficult the road ahead was, he would continue to move forward and find his own way of cultivation.

Recently, the descendants of the Eight Wonders have been disappearing frequently, which made Li Tong feel a little uneasy. He sat in the dim room, frowning, and full of doubts.

Wang Bing's disappearance, the strange incident of dealing with Lu Jin, and the strange disappearance of Wudang people, all of these seem to be related to the legendary self-cultivation furnace. (End of this chapter)