Chapter 62 An Unexpected Reward

Looking at the chubby little chicken in his arms, Qin Lang wore a helpless expression.

He had simply followed the Traveler's Book to check in at a location, so how on earth did the ownership of this rare spirit end up in his hands?

To be completely honest, after listening to Tang Yu's words, it would be a lie to say Qin Lang wasn't tempted. Which culinary spirit chef could resist such a massive treasure like a rare spirit?

However, Qin Lang also understood the principle that an innocent man harboring a treasure becomes a target of suspicion.

Aside from anything else, keeping this rare spirit would undoubtedly make him a target for the rare-hunting teams in the future.

Should he just hand it over in exchange for tens of millions in reward?

Qin Lang was equally reluctant to do that.

He was no longer as desperately in need of money as he had been right after crossing over; after taking on a batch of students, his financial situation had become much more relaxed.

Trading a rare spirit for tens of millions was definitely a bad deal in the long run.

Right, the Traveler's Book!

Qin Lang suddenly remembered that he had successfully checked in at the third scenic painting. What would the third reward turn out to be?

What if the reward he obtained could solve his current problem?

Thinking of this, Qin Lang slowly closed his eyes, entered his inner vision, and opened the Traveler's Book.

Casting his gaze toward the back of the third scenic painting, Qin Lang could not help but gasp.

It was actually a uniquely styled, compact chicken coop.

Chicken coop... chicken...

A bold guess emerged in Qin Lang's mind.

Especially when he sensed that this chicken coop could not be physically taken out like the previous rewards, this guess grew increasingly stronger.

If his guess was correct, the rare spirit could be raised inside the chicken coop!

In this way, he could publicly claim that he was raising the chubby little chicken within the Tianshu Star Vein, while also providing enough space for the chubby little chicken to grow!

Opening his eyes, Qin Lang looked at Tang Yu.

"Sister Tang Yu, I've decided!"

"I want to keep this rare spirit!"

"Alright." Tang Yu nodded without much surprise. "Since that's the case, I'll go report this matter to the association."

"No time to lose, I'm taking this little guy away now."

"Zhou Tian浩, do me a favor."

"Alright, fine, fine." Zhou Tian浩 shook his head helplessly. "Had I known that coming to Dongxia City meant being bossed around by you, I wouldn't have come."

"If I don't boss you around, then let's have a match tonight."

"Then you'd better boss me around instead." Zhou Tian浩 instantly deflated.

Watching the two figures leave, Qin Lang looked down at the chubby little chicken in his arms, and then glanced at the intensely curious Danbao. "Let's head back too."

With the rare spirit secured, Qin Lang had no mood to stay outside any longer at the moment.

He just wanted to try putting the chubby little chicken into the chicken coop as soon as possible.

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"Come, come, come, want some rice?"

Back home, a full smile plastered across his face, Qin Lang cupped a handful of rice grains and offered them right up to the chubby little chicken's beak.

"Coocoo~"

The chubby little chicken blinked its large eyes, leaned in to sniff, and then shook its plump body, turning its head away.

"Not eating rice, huh..."

Qin Lang rubbed his chin, a troubled look crossing his face.

Danbao's eyes rolled around.

"Glug?"

"You want to feed it some egg-fried rice?" Qin Lang's expression instantly turned colorful. "What kind of hellish idea is that."

"Forget it, let's get you to where you belong first." Qin Lang picked up the chubby little chicken. "Let's solve the housing issue first."

"Hum——"

With a soft sound, the chubby little chicken instantly vanished.

When Qin Lang entered his inner vision, sure enough, he saw a miniaturized version of the chubby little chicken bouncing around happily inside the chicken coop depicted on the back of the third page.

Although the chicken coop could not be carried out, he could summon the chubby little chicken out of the coop at any time whenever he wished.

Immediately afterward, Qin Lang sensed something unusual.

The Traveler's Book, which previously had shown no major activity, began to absorb stellar energy from the outside world!

Before he could react, the absorbed energy surged violently, acting like a black hole devouring the external stellar energy frantically through his body.

If anyone were to look at Qin Lang right now, they would notice a dazzling, brilliant light erupting from the top of his forehead.

Fortunately, he was at home right now, and this bizarre phenomenon was witnessed by Danbao alone.

After quite a while, the absorbed energy gradually slowed down and finally vanished completely.

Recovering his senses, Qin Lang looked closely and discovered that the feeding trough in the chicken coop was filled to the brim with rice that looked as glossy and pure as white jade.

And the chubby little chicken, which had refused to eat rice earlier, now pounced on the trough like crazy and began devouring it wildly.

Qin Lang: "..."

May I ask, can I get some of that rice?

Just looking at it made him feel that it utterly crushed every single variety of rice he had ever eaten in his life.

However, unfortunately, this rice—entirely condensed from stellar energy—was just like the chicken coop itself and could not be extracted by Qin Lang.

He sighed, just about to exit his inner vision, when he noticed a new change in the chubby little chicken.

It seemed to have eaten its fill, wobbled its way over to the small courtyard attached to the chicken coop, and then flapped its wings to fly up onto the roof of the coop.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo——"

A resounding, piercing crow echoed in Qin Lang's mind, making him have no doubt that even if he exited his inner vision, he would still be able to hear this sound.

Good grief, did he just get an automatic alarm clock installed in his head?

Before he could finish marveling, the chubby little chicken fluttered its wings down from the roof, scurried back into the nest, and laid an egg with a series of straining grunts.

Qin Lang: "..."

His brain was a little fried.

It crows and it lays eggs—is the chubby little chicken a rooster or a hen?

Never mind, that wasn't important.

The important thing was that egg!

Qin Lang tentatively tried to retrieve the egg, and the moment he exited his inner vision, an egg abruptly appeared in his hand.

To call it a chicken egg was an understatement; its size was comparable to a goose egg, and through the light, one could faintly perceive delicate golden patterns on the eggshell.

Without a doubt, the egg laid by a rare spirit chicken was definitely no ordinary egg.

"This should probably count as a rare-grade egg, right?" Qin Lang played with it curiously, while Danbao beside him had already quietly begun to drool.

This egg... I want to eat it so badly!

"If you want to eat it, then we will." Noticing Danbao's unusual reaction, Qin Lang smiled. "Such a huge egg, just one is enough to make a portion of egg-fried rice."

If all went as expected, the chubby little chicken inside the chicken coop should be able to provide him with eggs like this on a regular basis, so Qin Lang didn't hold back.

Heading into the kitchen, a fresh batch of egg-fried rice was whipped up in no time.

Unlike ordinary egg-fried rice, the egg yolks in the rice made with this rare-grade egg truly resembled liquid gold, while the egg whites were as soft and gentle as clouds.

And even more prominent than its appearance was its aroma.

Though it was just a single egg, the egg aroma released during the cooking process was comparable to the condensed scent of hundreds of ordinary eggs combined. That soul-stirring richness almost made Qin Lang mess up his cooking.

Just by adding a single rare ingredient, the egg-fried rice had turned out like this.

If he used the chicken coop's variety of rice and added some rare-grade scallions on top...

Tsk tsk tsk, he didn't even dare to imagine it.

"Hurry up and taste it." Qin Lang swallowed hard, split the dish evenly with Danbao, and began devouring it with gusto.

After a while, human and spirit reluctantly put down their empty plates, their faces lingering with a profound sense of aftertaste.

This flavor... was simply marvelous.