Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 44: Bamboo Snake Egg
Soon, Ji Chang arrived at the inner city area of ​​Fangshi.

The streets here are wider, the shops are more grand, and the variety of goods is dazzling.

There are many types of shops, including medicine shops, magic weapon shops, talisman shops, and Ji Chang's destination, the spirit beast shop opened by the Chen family in Cangling.

As soon as Ji Chang walked to the door of the spirit beast shop, a monk in a green robe came up to him warmly.

"Fellow Daoist, are you here to purchase a spiritual beast?"

Ji Chang looked at him and felt something in his heart.

As expected of a shop in the inner city, the shop assistants are all cultivators. Roughly sensing the magical aura on their bodies, they should be not much inferior to mine. They are probably cultivators in the early stage of Qi Refining.

"That's right." Ji Chang nodded.

The green-robed monk smiled even more brightly when he heard this: "What kind of spiritual beast do you plan to buy?"

"No matter what kind of spiritual beast it is, we have high-quality goods in our store."

"Spirit snake." Ji Chang answered concisely.

Hearing the word "spiritual snake", the green-robed monk's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Fellow Daoist, you have come to the right place! Our store has the largest number of spirit snakes in the entire market, and the most complete varieties."

As he said that, he led Ji Chang into the store.

The interior of the store is spacious, with rows of neatly arranged shelves. On each shelf, there is a picture hanging, and under the picture is a green bag.

Judging from the appearance alone, this green bag is somewhat similar to the storage bag used by monks to store things.

Ji Chang naturally recognized it. This was the spirit beast bag used to store spirit beasts.

The green-robed monk took Ji Chang to the inner rows of shelves, pointed at them and introduced them.

"Fellow Daoist, these spirit beast bags contain spirit snakes. Which one do you like?"

Ji Chang looked at the shelves. Each picture was carefully drawn, depicting the shapes of various snakes in detail.

There are snakes of various colors and lengths, and the name of the corresponding snake is written in the corner of each picture.

Ji Chang shook his head: "I plan to buy snake eggs."

"what?"

There was a hint of surprise on the face of the green-robed monk. Most monks who came to purchase spiritual beasts would usually directly purchase adult spiritual beasts.

This way, it can be put into use directly and quickly form combat power.

Moreover, most cultivators do not have the means to hatch spirit beast eggs, and it is often difficult to hatch spirit beast eggs even if they buy them.

That's why he didn't expect Ji Chang to buy snake eggs.

"What's wrong?" Ji Chang noticed the change in the green-robed monk's expression and asked.

The green-robed monk smiled slightly and praised, "I didn't expect that fellow Taoist is actually an expert."

As he said this, he turned and walked to the other side, and at the same time extended his hand to signal Ji Chang to follow him: "Daoyou, please come over here, you can take your time to choose."

Ji Chang followed him through the narrow aisle between the shelves and came to a relatively secluded area.

Small bamboo baskets are neatly arranged on the shelves here, each of which is padded with soft straw.

On top of the grass, snake eggs lay quietly.

They are of different sizes and colors, some are light green, while others have colorful patterns. Each snake egg emits a faint spiritual light.

The green-robed monk stopped and pointed at the snake eggs and said to Ji Chang: "These are the snake eggs we carefully selected. They are of high quality. Daoist friends can choose according to their preferences and needs."

Upon hearing this, Ji Chang looked at the snake eggs.

Ji Chang has quite a bit of experience in how to identify and select snake eggs.

At the beginning, he got four books from Chen family cultivator Chen Qianyun, one of which was titled "Secret Records of Snake Raising".

It was the Chen family's inherited snake-raising technique, which naturally involved a lot of knowledge on identifying and selecting snake eggs. Based on the knowledge in the "Secret Records of Snake Raising", Ji Chang looked at these snake eggs.

He carefully observed every detail, from the color and texture to the shape and size of the eggshell, comparing and analyzing them one by one.

Just as the green-robed monk said, the quality of these snake eggs was indeed top-notch, without any damage or flaws.

As long as there is no problem with the hatching method, it will definitely be hatched successfully.

But come to think of it, the Cangling Chen family is a wealthy and powerful family. There is no need to pretend to be good in such matters and ruin their own reputation.

"Take this snake egg." Ji Chang raised his hand and pointed at a snake egg with green patterns.

Seeing this, the green-robed monk smiled and praised, "Fellow Daoist, you have good vision. Although this green bamboo snake is a first-level spirit snake, its venom is extremely strong. If an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator is poisoned by it, he will die in just a moment."

As the green-robed monk spoke, he carefully reached out his hand and gently took the green-patterned snake egg out of the bamboo basket.

Ji Chang naturally knew what this person said.

This green bamboo snake feeds on green bamboo, hence its name.

The Green Bamboo is merely a basic spiritual object of low grade. It is a degenerated product of the Green Sky Bamboo, a first-grade spiritual plant unique to the Chen family in Cangling.

And the price is cheaper than ordinary spiritual rice.

Therefore, this green bamboo snake is considered easy to raise.

This is undoubtedly an important consideration for Ji Chang, who has just entered the world of immortal cultivation and has few spirit stones.

Raising a spirit pet requires a lot of spirit stones and energy. If he chooses some spirit pets that cost a lot of money, he simply cannot afford it now.

Therefore, he had to consider the cost when choosing a spiritual pet.

The bamboo snake just met his needs. It was not only highly poisonous but also easy to keep alive.

In this way, he can devote more resources and energy to cultivation without being distracted by feeding his spirit pet.

After all, spiritual pets are just external forces, and cultivation is the foundation.

"How many spirit stones?" Ji Chang asked.

"Twenty spirit stones." The green-robed monk answered without hesitation.

His eyes were calm, and he didn't seem to be worried that the price would scare Ji Chang away.

Ji Chang frowned slightly when he heard this.

It's not that he doesn't understand the market situation. Generally speaking, a snake egg of a first-level spirit snake is only about a dozen spirit stones. The price of twenty spirit stones is indeed a bit high.

However, he did not immediately show any dissatisfaction or rejection, but waited quietly for the green-robed monk's explanation.

The green-robed monk seemed to see the confusion in Ji Chang's heart, and quickly added: "In addition to the snake eggs of the green bamboo snake, the store will also give you an extra spirit beast bag and the experience of raising green bamboo snakes."

After hearing this, Ji Chang's expression calmed down.

The experience of raising green bamboo snakes is just a bonus for Ji Chang.

The experience given away by the Chen family's spiritual beast shop is definitely not as detailed as their family's "Secret Records of Snake Breeding".

The price of this spirit beast bag is also several spirit stones in the market. Together with the snake eggs of the green bamboo snake, spending twenty spirit stones is not a loss.

Even for other monks who have not mastered the "Secret Record of Snake Breeding", it is still a profit.

So Ji Chang nodded, indicating that he accepted the price.

He took out twenty spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them to the green-robed monk. After the green-robed monk took the spirit stones, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

He carefully placed the snake eggs into a spirit beast bag, and then handed the spirit beast bag and the breeding experience to Ji Chang.

Ji Chang packed up his things, left the shop, bought a few pounds of green bamboo from another shop run by the Chen family, and then returned to his own house.

(End of this chapter)