Chapter 87: Pentagonal Heavy Lizard Demon Beast Egg
Chapter 87: Chapter 87: Pentagonal Heavy Lizard Demon Beast Egg
In total, he spent seven Low Grade Spirit Stones and twenty taels of Spiritual Sand to purchase one Cultivation Technique and two types of Magic.
After swearing an oath not to pass them on, Chen Mo stored the three Ancient Texts in his Storage Ring. This transaction couldn’t exactly be called a bargain, but these were absolute necessities for him.
Afterwards, Chen Mo asked about Spirit Plants, Alchemy, Arrays, and similar matters. Xue Chongwu’s answer was very straightforward: the Wandering Bookstore was not an Immortal Sect and did not sell such things.
Thus, Chen Mo’s hopes were dashed once again.
Without an Immortal Sect, a Loose Cultivator’s journey through the Cultivation Realm was incredibly arduous—one could even say they could barely move a single step. However, once anyone stepped onto the Immortal Path, there was no turning back. Even if they had to toil like beasts of burden, they could never return to the Mortal Realm to live as the elite!
After bidding farewell to Xue Chongwu, Chen Mo strolled around the Marketplace.
He visited the Magic Robe Shops and Magic Artifact Shops. Given his current Realm, he looked down on the inferior goods but couldn’t afford the good stuff. In the end, he failed to upgrade his gear. It seemed like he had earned quite a few Spirit Stones over the year, but only when he actually started spending did he realize they were nowhere near enough!
After browsing the main shops, the only places left were the small stalls lining the streets.
Before Chen Mo could even get close, a group of hawkers swarmed him, each wearing an amiable attitude and a sincere expression. They were all hoping this wealthy patron would spend some money at their stalls! After all, they had watched with their own eyes as Chen Mo pushed a large cart of grain into the Marketplace. He definitely had Spirit Stones in his pockets now!
"Friend, how may I address you?"
"Friend, I have an Upper Grade Magical Artifact here, the Nine Dragons Cyan Snake..."
"Come, come, friend. Take a look at this cauldron! It was personally Refined by an Elder of Yellow Cloud Peak..."
"Friend, I have..."
Chen Mo was surrounded in the middle, unable to move. Though these people looked sincere, their eyes betrayed that they already saw him as a fat sheep ready for the slaughter. If they truly had good things, they wouldn’t be hawking them at street stalls in the Marketplace. The shops backed by Purple Cloud Peak would have long since bought up all the valuable items!
Chen Mo pushed his way through the crowd and took a casual look around. He discovered that many of the so-called Upper Grade Magical Artifacts were merely defective or even broken. They were usable, but their effectiveness was greatly reduced.
Additionally, he saw some ordinary fruits being passed off as seeds. Having reached Minor Achievement in the Qi Crossing Technique, whether something harbored life or not couldn’t fool his eyes.
There were even people selling Cultivation Techniques and Magic. The contents recorded within looked convincing enough, but as for whether they could actually be Cultivated? Perhaps only the person who fabricated them knew.
Walking almost from one end of the street to the other, Chen Mo finally found something of interest.
A Female Cultivator with long hair cascading down her shoulders sat quietly on a cushion, her eyes closed in Cultivation. In front of her was a wooden table, and atop it lay several crystal-clear eggs!
Chen Mo probed them with his Spiritual Qi and found that these eggs faintly emanated the aura of life!
"Excuse me, what are these?"
"Demon Beast Eggs," she replied calmly, not opening her eyes. Judging by her tone, she seemed utterly uninterested.
"Demon Beast Eggs? What will hatch from them?" Chen Mo asked again.
"Pentagonal Heavy Lizards."
Pentagonal Heavy Lizards? Chen Mo had never heard of them, but since they were Demon Beasts, they had to be very powerful.
"How much are they?"
"One Low Grade Spirit Stone per egg."
"That expensive?" Chen Mo practically blurted out.
At this, the Female Cultivator finally opened her eyes and looked at him. "I killed a Tier One Ninth Layer Pentagonal Heavy Lizard to get these eggs. You tell me if it’s worth it."
One Spirit Stone for a Demon Beast—Chen Mo thought about it and found it reasonable. However, he currently had no experience taming Demon Beasts. Spending a whole Spirit Stone to buy one was somewhat reckless.
"How long will it take for them to hatch?"
"Unknown."
Unknown? What did that mean?
She didn’t bother hiding anything and continued, "These Demon Beast Eggs have been sitting in my Storage Space for over a year. They look exactly the same now as they did when I got them."
Ning Zilan looked at the Spirit Plant Cultivator before her and added, "If you want one, spend a Spirit Stone and gamble on whether it’ll hatch. If you’re going to hesitate, please stop wasting my time."
Doing business like this was truly beyond Chen Mo’s expectations. Her words conveyed a simple message: she had no idea if these things were real or fake; buy them if you want, and leave if you don’t.
Chen Mo weighed the pros and cons, turning it over in his mind, and ultimately gave up. He might have money now, but he couldn’t spend it like this! A single Low Grade Spirit Stone was enough to sustain his Cultivation for the better part of a year!
"The main issue is that it’s too expensive. If it were twenty or thirty taels of Spiritual Sand..."
"Twenty taels for one. Take it now if you want it."
Chen Mo had only been complaining casually, but to his surprise, she slashed the price herself—and cut it down to the bone at that! In that split second, he thought of the Loose Cultivator who had sold him the mysterious seeds. That guy had also slashed his own prices drastically.
Did Loose Cultivators hawking their wares all share this habit? Or were these items simply not worth their initial asking prices?
Chen Mo had planned to haggle a bit more, but seeing her expression, he reconsidered and placed twenty taels of Spiritual Sand on the table.
"Take your pick."
She reached out, pocketed the Spiritual Sand, and resumed her closed-eye Cultivation.
Chen Mo placed his hand on a Demon Beast Egg and instinctively channeled Spiritual Qi through his fingertips. Finally, just like during Breeding, he felt the fetal movements of life!
The egg was real! Chen Mo could clearly sense a violent aura. This aura was far wilder and more powerful than that of the Spiritual Birds he raised!
He placed his hand on the second Demon Beast Egg, but this time, the previous aura was missing. In its place was a docile, weak, and even somewhat familiar sensation. It was the same for the third and fourth eggs.
"Fine, I’ll buy it!"
Chen Mo didn’t touch the remaining eggs, but at this moment, he figured it out! The Female Cultivator before him appeared incredibly calm and completely uninterested in doing business, but it was all just a facade!
This was a persona she was putting on! Out of the dozen or so eggs on the table, the vast majority were Spiritual Bird eggs. They weren’t Pentagonal Heavy Lizard eggs at all! Perhaps there were some, but there were probably only one or two at most.
"Alright, then I’ll take..."
Chen Mo placed his hand on a Spiritual Bird egg, pretending to pick it up. However, he sneered in his heart.
Right at the moment she thought he was going to pick it up, his wrist flicked, and he swiftly snatched the very first egg he had touched. Without a word, he turned and left.
An instant later, Ning Zilan shot to her feet.
"Stop! Stop right there!"
"I’m not selling it anymore!"
Ning Zilan stomped her feet in anxiety, but Chen Mo, executing his Spirit Snake Body Technique, had already disappeared into the crowd.
One of the only two Pentagonal Heavy Lizard eggs had been snatched away. Ning Zilan clenched her fists in indignation. She had thought she hooked a big fat sheep, but to her surprise, she ended up taking a loss!
But soon enough, Ning Zilan smiled in relief.
"Heh, so what if you picked the right one? Can you even hatch it?"