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Chapter 370: After Modification - 340 Hybrid

Chapter 370: After Modification: Chapter 340 Hybrid

"Why didn’t you tell me about such an important matter earlier?"

In extreme shock, Yuan Zhixia couldn’t help but lower his voice and harshly whispered to the Star Sovereign Xiao Shui beside him, "Didn’t I tell you, don’t hide anything from the lawyer!"

"I didn’t expect they could dig it up! They shouldn’t have! I had already erased the memories of all the construction workers and placed a restriction outside the Cave Mansion..."

Star Sovereign Xiao Shui was deeply flustered, so much so that he had no time to care about the mere mortals’ disrespectful tone towards him, his hand trembling uncontrollably.

It had been known that throughout history, some great figures in the Cultivation World had certain oddities, often sleeping with their spirit pets, Sword Spirits, Artifact Spirits, or Earth-bound Spirits, and even getting married to them was not uncommon.

But to be involved with an unformed, over-five-meter-tall Divine Beast... ultimately it was a bit too shocking.

Even if you had the ability to transform into a beast, it would still be something.

"..."

At this point, Yuan Zhixia pinched his palm with his nails, forcing himself to calm down. He stood up with a blank face and said to the judge, "Judgment Chief, I object! The evidence presented by the opposing lawyer is not related to the points of contention in this case and has no logical connection to the plaintiff’s claims."

Zhang Wei also realized at this moment, yes, Star Sovereign Xiao Shui being involved with the Qilin Divine Beast was indeed scandalous, and building a luxurious mansion for the Qilin alone was both affectionate and perverse,

but it’s not illegal under the law!

"That’s right."

Zhang Wei quickly found the legal code from under the table and flipped through it, then stood up and said, "According to the Immortal Court Animal Protection Law, the Rainbow Qilin is listed as a Level One protected animal in the Human World, strictly prohibiting illegal hunting, killing, purchasing, transporting, selling, imprisoning, or enslaving.

The heaven and earth can witness, Star Sovereign Xiao Shui treats the Rainbow Qilin very well and has not violated any laws."

Extraordinary Lucky Beasts like the Qilin and Mystic Bird possess high intelligence. Some Divine Beasts are even smarter than ordinary people.

When Star Sovereign Xiao Shui brought the Qilin back to the Sect a hundred years ago, he completed the formalities and signed a labor contract with the Qilin, employing it as a guardian Divine Beast of the Sect in the name of the Xiao Shui Sect, so it really doesn’t count as illegal.

"Young man,"

Haye, seated at the plaintiff’s table, smiled at Zhang Wei, "You are a lawyer too, right? I am more familiar with the legal statutes than you.

First, breeding Level One protected animals requires obtaining a key protected wildlife breeding license from the Immortal Court and follow relevant technical regulations.

The Xiao Shui Sect has a strange beast breeding department, but Star Sovereign Xiao Shui personally did not obtain this certificate. This alone is a violation and can be punished with six months to three years of imprisonment.

Second, as a legendary Divine Beast, the Rainbow Qilin’s pregnancy lasts ten years, and its offspring possess Divine Wisdom at the embryonic stage.

Star Sovereign Xiao Shui making the Rainbow Qilin pregnant, to some extent, equates to imprisoning a wise Qilin embryo for ten years. This can also result in a sentence of three to ten years."

Cunning as ever, as the assistant of a legendary lawyer, Haye easily overpowered Zhang Wei like catching a chick and continued calmly, "Third, and most importantly, the photographs."

Haye turned to look at his companion, Arctic of Zhongtian, who understood immediately and took out a stack of photos from his bosom, displaying them in the air.

It was a human child of about three years old, with antlers on top of the head, golden scales covering cheeks, shoulders, and the backs of hands, wearing luxurious robes, and a longevity lock on the neck, looking exceedingly adorable.

The child bore a six-point resemblance to Star Sovereign Xiao Shui and, oddly enough, also shared some similarity with Miao Yin.

Arctic of Zhongtian proclaimed loudly, "During the recess, we consulted with the Beast Taming Alliance, which knows the most about strange beasts in the Human World. Experts told us, ancient books say that there is no reproductive isolation between Qilins and humans.

However, they have a reproductive isolation mechanism called hybrid breakdown, making it difficult for their offspring to survive."

Reproductive isolation in biology has various forms, hybrid inviability—the hybrid embryo between Austrian flax and perennial flax can develop, but the seeds cannot germinate, and hybrids cannot survive.

Hybrid sterility—a mule with 64 chromosomes from a horse and 63 chromosomes from a donkey cannot reproduce.

Hybrid breakdown—cross-breeding between upland cotton and Hawaii cotton results in shrivelled seeds, inability to germinate, cotyledons that cannot unfold, and abnormal development. Liger and tigon hybrid animals bred in zoos are mostly unhealthy and unstable, also considered hybrid breakdown."

Arctic of Zhongtian chuckled lightly, "From the photos, this child looks very healthy and not affected by hybrid breakdown.

The reason is simple, fifteen years ago, Star Sovereign Xiao Shui’s relationship with Virtuous Miao Yin had not yet fallen apart,

He specifically used genetic material from himself, the Rainbow Qilin, and Virtuous Miao Yin, resulting in the birth of a healthy half-human, half-Qilin baby.’

What?

What!

What?!

From the girlfriends’ group in the plaintiff’s seats, the court clerk under the high platform, the judges on the high platform, to Yuan Zhixia and Zhang Wei in the defendant’s seats, everyone was dumbfounded and struck speechless for half a day.

Even the usually calm and silent Dark Falcon couldn’t help but take out a cigarette from the Backpack and light it up.

"This... this... does biology not exist anymore?!"

Zhang Wei frantically grabbed his hair, "It’s unreasonable, it’s impossible."

"It is actually possible."

In the plaintiff’s seat, Ada, the humanoid computer, stood up and said calmly, "Plants generally crossbreed across families,

and there are cases of cross-order hybrids and cross-class hybrids, and even cross-phylum hybrids in the animal kingdom.

For example, the purple sea urchin from the phylum Echinodermata can indeed produce offspring with the blue mussel from the phylum Mollusca, the tube-worm from the phylum Annelida, and specific sea snails."