"How would you create the eggs for all these rare beasts?" Zhao intervened, noticing the boys' unconvinced expressions.
"I need parts that won't rot from the monsters we'll use," Ren explained. "Scales, bones, claws, hair, teeth from the beasts. The core must be kept surrounded by these materials and I'll draw specific complex runes with rune liquid."
"Complex runes?" Lin leaned in with interest.
"Very complex," Ren nodded. "Each beast requires a unique set of patterns. Besides the 100,000 mana to fill the core, I need to inject processed mana daily during the process as if cultivating."
"For how long?" Zhao asked.
"Depends on the beast, for example... For Min's Invisible Amphibian," Ren looked meaningfully at his still reluctant friend, "it would be about two weeks working on the egg if we use bronze 2 parts in the nest."
"Two weeks?" Min blinked in surprise. "Six days less than the panther lizard...?"