The longer Noa's guests stayed in this chamber, the easier it became to notice the egg.
It was enveloped in a misty cloud, deepening the pressure as it continued to expand.
"What is it?" Elder Jin asked.
He was the first person to notice it, and his interest was piqued.
The egg clearly belonged to a beast.
But there was something off about it.
Not only was it devouring energy with unprecedented greed, but the energy itself was mysterious on its own.
It had unique properties from qi.
A denser, foreign force that had more structure and patterns, differing from chaotic states of qi.
It was much heavier as well.
"That's not qi," a quiet frown escaped Elder Jin's lips.
Wei Rou heard it and saw the disturbance in the air, his eyes narrowing as well.
"It's not from this world," he guessed. "It's too cold, too alien for that."
Soon, whispers broke out.
No one could tell what mana was, but they all could feel how it bypassed their dantian and stayed outside of their senses.
