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Chapter 20 A Ten Million Spirit Curse Serpent? Are you robbing me?!

The little snake in front of me was extremely exquisite, with silvery-white patterns flowing across its dark purple scales, which shimmered softly in the light.

The snake's body was coiled into a loose circle, with the tip of its tail resting beside its head. A pair of small, curved horns extended backward from the top of its head, with spiral patterns faintly visible.

"This is..."

Zhao Yuankang took two steps closer.

The little snake was awakened by the sound of footsteps and slowly raised its head.

A pair of heterochromatic eyes were exposed to the air; the left eye was dark purple, and the right eye was silver-white, the pupils like two gems set on his head.

It yawned, revealing its pink mouth and two fangs that hadn't fully grown in yet.

Zhao Yuankang stared at it for three seconds and recognized it.

"Spell Serpent?"

Although spirit snakes are rare, Zhao Yuankang is, after all, the son of the vice president of the Shanghai Beast Taming Association.

With extensive knowledge and experience, recognizing it is not difficult.

Zhao Yuankang asked curiously, "Boss, how come you have a spirit snake here?"

While operating the energy cube machine, Xia Yu replied, "How novel! How could a pet shop like mine not have any pets?"

Zhao Yuankang: "......"

Xia Yu's answer left him speechless.

After observing it carefully for a while, Zhao Yuankang noticed the horns on the head of the spirit snake and asked, "Hey, why is the head of your spirit snake so pointed?"

"...It's quite intelligent."

clever?

Zhao Yuankang glanced back at the Spirit Curse Serpent again.

Snake was staring coldly at him with its heterochromatic eyes, its gaze carrying an inexplicable sense of oppression.

"His eyes are quite fierce."

Zhao Yuankang smacked his lips and reached out to poke the snake's head.

I advise you not to touch it.

Xia Yu spoke up to stop it, "It's wary of strangers, and it might bite if it's unhappy."

"A tiny, newly hatched spirit snake could..."

Before the words were finished, the Spirit Serpent opened its mouth, revealing two sharp fangs.

A wisp of dark purple mist seeped from the tip of the tooth, and a faint, sweet, fishy smell instantly filled the air.

Zhao Yuankang's hand froze in mid-air.

The whirlpool turtle instinctively retracted into its shell, leaving only its two eyes peeking out as it nervously observed the situation.

"...Forget it, I won't stoop to the level of a newborn pet."

Zhao Yuankang reluctantly withdrew his hand and took two steps back.

Just then, the wind chimes at the shop entrance rang again.

"Manager Xia, we've come to pick up the energy cubes..."

Tang Yun's voice abruptly stopped.

She stared wide-eyed at the extra figure in the shop.

Lin Sisi stood behind her, her gaze sweeping over Zhao Yuankang, a knowing look on her face.

"Zhao Yuankang!"

Tang Yun, realizing what was happening, suddenly raised her voice, "I knew it! Your Whirlpool Turtle learned the Trick Space skill at Miaomiao Pet Shop, right?"

Zhao Yuankang retorted confidently, "So what? I spent real money. You can tell me what to do, but can you tell Manager Xia what to do in business?"

Tang Yun was slightly speechless, but quickly found a new point of doubt.

"Tell me, did you find this store by following us?"

Zhao Yuankang was clearly a little guilty, but he still retorted sharply, "Who followed you? I just got along well with Manager Xia and we just wandered around and ended up here!"

Xia Yu nodded.

That's true, it's quite a lot of money.

Lin Sisi wasn't listening to their argument at all.

From the moment she entered, her gaze was fixed on the serpent on the counter.

The Spirit Serpent lay coiled on the cushion in a lazy and composed posture, unlike the cowering of a weak pet, more like a king patrolling his territory.

The snake noticed her too, its heterochromatic eyes turning to meet her gaze.

Tang Yun and Zhao Yuankang were still bickering, but Lin Sisi seemed not to hear them at all.

Her gaze moved from the snake's scales to its horns, then from the patterns on its skin to its eyes.

Xia Yu looked at her extremely focused expression, lost in thought.

"Sisi? Sisi!"

Tang Yun finally realized that her best friend hadn't participated in the verbal battle. Following her gaze, she was also taken aback.

"Wow, what a beautiful snake!"

She had just been arguing heatedly with Zhao Yuankang, but her attention was instantly diverted: "What breed is that? That horn is so cool!"

"Spirit Spell Serpent".

Zhao Yuankang finally found an opportunity to retaliate, raising his chin.

"Not bad pet, with hidden bonuses to both spirit and mental attributes, and its race level is Calamity-level. I could tell at a glance."

Tang Yun didn't retort, which was unusual, because she really didn't recognize the variety.

But Lin Sisi clearly recognized something, and she whispered, "Is this a mutant?"

Before Xia Yu could answer, Tang Yun exclaimed, "A mutant? Really?"

In the world of Beast Taming, mutant species are roughly equivalent to Shiny individuals in the Pokémon world.

Leaving aside the potential gap between it and ordinary individuals, its rarity alone is enough to attract countless beast tamers with a collecting obsession.

Not to mention that the Spirit Serpent itself is a relatively rare pet beast.

Lin Sisi nodded and pointed to the Spirit Spell Serpent: "Yes, the eyes of an ordinary Spirit Spell Serpent are dark purple, and its scales are streamlined, not with this diamond-shaped pattern."

She was unusually talkative, and continued, "Most importantly... it has horns."

Following Lin Sisi's finger, Tang Yun saw the pair of sharp horns on the top of the Spirit Curse Snake's head and nodded thoughtfully.

"It seems that's really true..."

Zhao Yuankang retorted from the side, "What is it? You can't even recognize an ordinary spirit snake, how can you tell if it's a mutated one?"

Even so, once Lin Sisi explained it to him, his interest in the Spirit Curse Serpent clearly increased.

"Boss, are you selling this spirit snake?"

If it were just an ordinary spirit snake, its racial level would be no higher than the Cataclysm, the same as its vortex turtle.

It didn't really tempt him.

Due to family factors, Zhao Yuankang has a clear plan for himself: to become a master beast tamer specializing in water attributes.

However, a mutated spirit snake was enough to make him break his original plan and change his choice of a second pet.

Xia Yu nodded. "Sell it for ten million."

Although this spirit snake was of exceptional quality, Xia Yu had no intention of keeping it to raise himself.

It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people.

Right now, the most important thing is to quickly acquire funds that can unlock the system's maximum potential.

"How much...?"

Zhao Yuankang was stunned, completely unable to believe his ears.

Tang Yun, who was standing to the side, was also surprised and asked in a daze, "Boss, the ten million you mentioned... is it Donghuang currency?"

Xia Yu wasn't surprised by their reaction and calmly nodded, saying, "That's right, it's not United Coin, so it's not that expensive."

"Just kidding!"

Zhao Yuankang's eyes widened as he questioned, "A pet beast at the highest level of the Calamity level wouldn't fetch more than a million. Even a mutated species would only double that, to two million. What makes you think your Spirit Curse Serpent is worth ten million?"

Xia Yu remained calm as always.

"The general trend is correct, but what if... its racial level isn't Catastrophe, but Immortal?"

The room fell silent instantly after he finished speaking.

After a long while, Zhao Yuankang's shocked voice finally came through.

"immortal?!"

His gaze unconsciously shifted to the spirit snake, and his expression gradually changed.

Everyone present knew the answer.

Natural disasters and immortality.

Although the two seem to differ by only one major level, the difference between them is enormous.

Chapter 21 You're going to challenge a baby fire lizard with a newly hatched spirit snake?

Looking at the level system of the entire Beast Taming World.

Above immortality, only the second tier of legend and myth remains.

The difference may seem small, but these two levels are actually unattainable.