After crawling out of the eggshell, I decided to be a salted fish (a lazy person).

"Boss, this is today's protection fee."

The blond-haired young man, who called himself a lackey and was carrying a basket of eggs, kept his head down and dared not look at the dark-faced man in front of him.

Mo Shan'an gritted his teeth and pointed at the basket in front of him. "What the hell, eggs?"

He reached for an egg, gripped it tightly, and was about to smash it on the ground when he was stopped.

"Boss, don't smash it! We're counting on these baskets of eggs this month!"

The trembling, blond-haired boy snatched the eggs with a wronged expression and carefully placed them in the basket.

Mo Shan'an's face fell when he thought about how he hadn't received any dividends this month. He patted the other person's shoulder solemnly and said, "It's my fault as the boss."

After graduating from university, I was unproductive and started working odd jobs at an internet cafe.

Later, he followed the local tyrant and helped him collect debts, earning a little bit of profit in the process. But when the tyrant asked him to do some illegal things, he chose to give up.

"From now on, we'll definitely dominate this street."

Huang Mao scratched his head, staring at his boss's departing figure. What was wrong? He usually received fruit from small vendors, but he had never seen them act like this before.

Thinking about that serious expression he had just seen, he suddenly remembered what Old Huang next door had said: Could this be a belated chuunibyou phase?

Mo Shan'an quickly turned and left, thinking he looked very cool. He secretly hid around the corner, took out the lollipop he had snatched from Xiao Pang that morning, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Kids these days have so much money. They're eating ice cream and still thinking about the lollipop in the bag. Only I, being kind, would help them get rid of it."

The alley was pitch black. Mo Shan'an, feeling proud of his own kindness, put his hands behind his back, unaware that the manhole cover not far from him was under repair.

By the time he realized what was happening, it was too late. A scream followed by profanities rang out: "Damn it! Which heartless person stole the manhole cover?! I'll...!"

The next day, the headline on the marketing account read, "A delinquent teenager paid with his life for stealing a lollipop from the neighbor's child."

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When Mo Shan'an woke up again, he was not in the hospital he was familiar with, but in a closed space with some sticky liquid around him.

He groggily tried to open his eyes, but a hoarse voice came from above his ear: "Wake up, become my mount."

If Mo Shan'an hadn't been so sleepy, he would have definitely punched him. A mount? Does he think he's an animal? If I don't beat him to a pulp when I wake up, I'll be letting my PE teacher down with me.

In the forest, a black and gold-patterned egg, the size of an ostrich egg, was held in his hands, occasionally emitting a light. Beside him were a pack of wolves, their eyes gleaming green as they eyed the egg.

The egg only flickered a few times and then stopped moving. The wizard's face suddenly turned grim. What happened? Why didn't it come out?

Wu Ye found this egg on a dried-up beach three months ago. He thought it was a dead egg because it was lifeless, but it moved when he left.

Over the past two months, the spiritual energy gathered on the egg has increased, attracting some demons in the forest. He has been looking forward to its birth ever more.

The demons were both excited and afraid when they saw the egg. The reason why Wu Ye, a wizard, was able to get through these two months safely was because of the spiritual pressure emanating from the egg in his hand.

A powerful spiritual energy spread throughout the entire forest. The fairies all knew that if they ate this egg, their cultivation would advance several levels.

"Hahaha, wizard, it seems this egg doesn't want to acknowledge you as its master. You'd better hand it over obediently."

The wolf demon narrowed its eyes, staring intently at the egg in his hand, its greedy gaze revealing itself without any attempt to conceal it.

Wu Ye wasn't stupid. Even if it didn't come out, as long as he ate it, wouldn't all of its spiritual power belong to him?

Human time is only a mere hundred years. In order to maintain time, he has absorbed the spirits of many monsters. This time, he mainly wanted the body of the little guy in the egg.

With such strong spiritual pressure, it's definitely not something to be underestimated. Rather than hunting demons for years, changing its body is the best option.

"Hmph, a little wolf demon dares to snatch from me, Wu Ye? He's courting death."

As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed towards the wolf demon, turning the demonic power he had not yet fully absorbed into a ball of fire and attacking them.

"what"

The wolf demon had no time to dodge and could only grab a member of his tribe to block the fire. By the time he realized what was happening, the wizard was nowhere to be seen in the open space.

He angrily looked up and yelled "Awoo!"

"Ow"

Upon receiving the order, the wolves in the forest turned around and set off to search for Wu Ye's whereabouts.

On this side, as the demonic power within his body gradually decreased, Wu Ye's face also began to age rapidly. He glanced at the aging skin on his hands, and then his eyes slowly turned to the egg in his hand.

"Little guy, since you don't want to come out, don't blame me for eating you."

The person, fast asleep, was completely unaware that they were about to be eaten, and turned over to continue sleeping.

"Wu Ye, give me the egg quickly!"

The wolf demon appeared right behind him. It smelled amazing! The spiritual energy on this egg was incredibly rich; even the medicinal herbs born from heaven and earth couldn't compare to its fragrance.

"Ah"

When the wolf demon appeared, Wu Ye used his last bit of magical power to shrink the egg to the size that could be swallowed whole, and ate it right under the wolf demon's nose.

"No"

The wolf demon's eyes instantly turned red, and its left hand transformed into a sharp claw as it charged forward, intending to tear the other party to shreds.

After swallowing the spirit egg, Wu Ye's aging skin instantly became firm, and he began to look younger, especially as the spiritual energy within his body increased.

"Hahahaha, wolf demon, prepare to die!"

Wu Ye felt his body brimming with power. Facing the wolf demon's demonic power head-on, he simply waved his hand, and the wolf was repelled.

"puff"

The wolf demon clutched his chest, coughed up blood, and collapsed to the ground. He looked at the man in front of him in fear and slowly moved backward.

"Wolf demon, didn't you want this spiritual power? I'll grant your wish."

Amid the other's terror, Wu Ye poured a continuous stream of spiritual energy into his body.

The wolf demon struggled to break free, shouting, "No, don't!"

The spiritual energy rushed into his demon core until it couldn't withstand it and exploded.

"No!"

The wolf demon's body was instantly blasted into pieces and disappeared.

"Hahaha, let's see who dares to underestimate me now!"

The demons who rushed over from the vicinity witnessed firsthand how a human wizard possessed such great spiritual power, killing the wolf demon in an instant.

As if possessed, Wu Ye looked at the demons, a slight smile playing on his lips, and his hoarse voice rang out again, "You demons also want to steal my spirit egg? No, it's mine, mine!"

"Has he turned into a demon?"

A little rabbit demon hid in a tree hole and quietly asked...

"Impossible. The demon race has been gone for tens of thousands of years. All demons were sealed in the desolate land by the God-King. The only way to get out of that place is for the God-King to personally release them."

The tree spirit, who had lived for thousands of years, answered the rabbit spirit's question. However, it also felt that there was something strange about the wizard. Despite his pure spiritual power, there was a trace of demonic aura mixed in.