Sleeping for a second increases my blood energy. I become the strongest sky-swallowing snake

The stall at the Treasure Exposition was set up quite casually.

Most of the attendees were demon beasts, with some lesser demons wandering among them.

There weren't many stalls either, just a scattered dozen or so on either side of the stone platform.

Because the demon beasts were generally large, the stalls were spaced apart, which actually gave it a certain look.

Moreover, in the open space in front of the stone platform, dozens of demon beasts of various shapes had already staked out their positions, squatting, sitting, or lying down, waiting for the great demon who would lecture on the scriptures to arrive.

This also made the gathering seem less deserted.

Xu Chengxian swept his gaze across them, pausing on almost every demon beast.

There was no way around it; he'd never seen anything like this in his previous life, and this was his first time seeing it in this life, so how could he not take a few more glances?

Among them, three were the most eye-catching.

A black bear with a burly figure and fur as deep as the night sky.

This meant that they had at least condensed a demon core, and their soul power was also stronger than other demon beasts.

If he encountered them in the arena, they would all be opponents to be careful of.

The demon beasts in the open space generally had little interest in the stalls on either side.

Therefore, business at the stalls was very dismal.

Of course, you would find that the dismalness was normal when you got closer.

Most of the items used for trading on the stalls were various demon beast bones, hides, herbs, wild fruits, tree roots, and so on.

These things were not as valuable as a piece of low-grade demon beast meat to most demon beasts.

And the targets of the stalls seemed not to be the demon beasts, but some half-demons with accessories other than leaves on their bodies.

Almost no demon beasts wore clothes, but some half-demons would wear a circle of leaves around their waists.

Here, however, some half-demons held weapons and wore leather armor, moving in groups of three or five between the stalls.

They were also the only ones at this gathering with a clear intention to buy.

Apart from them, the few demon beasts that passed by the stalls would basically not take a second look before heading straight for the open space.

Or they would go to the last stall, which sold demon beast meat.

The stall was run by a giant demon wolf.

Xu Chengxian judged that the other party should be a seventh-order demon beast.

"Your Excellency, the Green Spirit Wolf Clan's stall has demon beast meat above the third rank, but they only accept herbs with spiritual energy," Mao Shijiu said when they looked at the demon wolf's stall.

The so-called herbs with spiritual energy were ordinary herb seeds that had been stained with and absorbed spiritual energy during their growth, adding a bit of nourishment to the soul in addition to their medicinal properties.

They could be used to make spiritual medicine.

"Spiritual medicine, is it the spiritual pills that are refined?" Xu Chengxian asked.

"Refining spiritual pills requires a pill formula, the ability to control fire, and the ability to pinch magic seals," Ling Yunzi interjected.

"The most important thing is the compatibility of the spiritual plants."

Spiritual plants also had to be able to withstand the deployment of pill fire under precise compatibility.

Only with the harmony of water and fire and the blessing of magic power could spiritual pills be formed.

Only herbs with a little spiritual energy would turn into fly ash in the alchemy furnace in an instant.

Moreover, there was one point he didn't say, which was that demon power was prone to exploding and was not suitable for alchemy, so few demons in the demon race understood the art of alchemy.

Alchemy was time-consuming and labor-intensive, so it was better to cultivate.

Moreover, the demon race could collect the spiritual energy of the moonlight, so their demand for ordinary pills was not as strong as that of the human race.

Therefore, spiritual medicine should be made by processing the herbs and mixing them with honey to make pills, or simply matching them into herbal medicines like ordinary human prescriptions, decocting and taking them.

To be sold to demon beasts and little demons.

"Your Excellency is truly knowledgeable! Spiritual medicine is indeed pills," Mao Shijiu quickly said, "There are also medicine packs, but most people don't like to use fire."

In comparison, of course, the pills mixed with honey were more to their liking.

These pills were made not only for their own use, but also to be handed over to the demon generals and taken to the royal city for sale.

"Your Excellency, this is it."

As they spoke, the group arrived at the stall selling items of human cultivators.

There were traces of uncleaned dirt and some blood stains on the black gold small cauldron.

"Huh?" Xu Chengxian subconsciously probed with his divine sense, but felt a force of obstruction when he touched the small cauldron.

He immediately felt that this thing was a bit interesting.

Ling Yunzi glanced at Mao Shijiu, and the little demon understood and stepped forward to ask, "You two, how are you selling this black gold small cauldron?"

The stall owner was two people, a gray wolf and a mountain-climbing python.

The python was thicker and longer than Xu Chengxian, and the gray wolf was more than two meters tall, with a bloody aura permeating his body and demonic power overflowing, making them a formidable force.

At this time, one was dozing off, and the other was gnawing on a large bone stick to grind his teeth in boredom.

The creaking sound made people's teeth ache.

Hearing someone come to inquire, the gray wolf raised his head and looked at Mao Shijiu and Ling Yunzi and others behind him.

"Cauldron, not sell. Grass, sell."

"We don't buy herbs," Ling Yunzi's vertical pupils swept over the herbs in the small cauldron, all of which were ordinary medicinal materials, "Buy cauldron. What do you want?"

"Not sell," the gray wolf shook his head, then squinted at Ling Yunzi, "Unless, one, spirit grass."

Whoa! The asking price is ruthless enough!

Xu Chengxian in the back couldn't help but click his tongue.

Resources were scarce on the edge of the Northern Wilderness Mountains.

Spiritual plants were as rare as demon beasts with special bloodlines.

None of the many demon beasts in front of him showed any strangeness, and they had only obtained a peach pit and a sapling after searching so many times along the way.

This was only possible with the Great Sage present.

So you could imagine the value of spiritual plants here.

Of course, the black gold small cauldron could be valued by Ling Yunzi, and its value might exceed a spiritual grass, but this thing on the gray wolf's stall could not be worth this price.

The gray wolf was asking for a lion's share, really daring!

"Spirit grass, no," Ling Yunzi said, "A first-order demon fish."

Whoa!

Xu Chengxian turned his head to look at him, brother, this price was also cut to the back of his heel.

They even picked second-order demon fish to eat, and they couldn't even look at first-order fish.

Now, taking the first-order fish meat that they couldn't look at to exchange for the black gold small cauldron they wanted, brother, you were good at doing business.

"No exchange," the gray wolf shook his head.

At this time, the python opened his eyes, raised his head, and said in a hoarse voice, "Use it, I'll exchange it with you."

Who was this "it"?

Xu Chengxian blinked his eyes and saw that the python's eyes were looking at him.

"Him?" Ling Yunzi looked at Xu Chengxian.

"No demon power, no respect, undeveloped intelligence. Is this fat snake a demon beast you caught to sell, or a useless brother?" The python narrowed his eyes, "Give it to us to eat, and the herbs in the cauldron will be given to you together."

Oh ho!

Xu Chengxian thought that this long snake was sick!

He retreated to the back, giving up his position to Lingxiao and Ling Yunzi, so that they could go to the stall to discuss this transaction.

But he didn't expect to be regarded as something that could be used for exchange by the python.

A captured demon beast, or...a useless brother? Who were you talking about!

Not a bit of discernment!

Wasn't I respectful? That's because I just woke up!

However, from this, it could also be heard that the attitude of demon beasts who had awakened their intelligence towards their brothers, especially those who had not yet awakened their intelligence.

— could be bought and sold at will.

Tsk, thinking about it this way, the fact that the Empress sister was willing to let him pull the cart could be considered brotherly affection.

"He, not sell," Ling Yunzi paused, and said with some regret.

He couldn't sell it, mainly because he couldn't beat the stupid flower snake.

Yo ho~ This Daoist brother was also okay.

"Then I won't sell this cauldron either," the python's greedy gaze swept over the three snakes, especially Xu Chengxian.

This gaze startled Xu Chengxian, and he suddenly wanted to know what the other party was thinking.

So he summoned the system and removed the shielding of mind reading.

In the next instant, he heard the gray wolf sneer in his heart, "As expected, the old python hasn't given up on devouring its own kind. This flower snake is indeed big and fat enough."

"Hmm? No, that's not right!"

"The aura of this white snake and green snake is somewhat different than usual, so that's how it is!"

"Let's go."

At this time, seeing that the negotiations had broken down and Xu Chengxian had been staring at the python, Ling Yunzi was worried that he would cause trouble, so he turned around and left the stall.

Fighting was prohibited here, and being caught would result in being expelled.

Xu Chengxian paused and followed.

"Ah haha! Haha! Useless brother!"

Before they had gone far, Lingxiao couldn't help but laugh loudly, "Old ghost, how does it feel to be regarded as a demented and foolish demon beast with undeveloped intelligence and to be singled out as blood food? Ah hahahaha!"

"...It's nothing," Xu Chengxian said lazily, "Moreover, you don't think that people only want to eat me, do you?"

"Of course not," Lingxiao sneered, "The covetousness in that mountain-climbing python's eyes was so obvious, how could I not see it?"

Those two guys didn't have good intentions towards them.

"Avoid them?"

"That dark little cauldron is a good alchemy furnace," Ling Yunzi said.

"If it is refined, it can be used."

"There is no furnace lid, can it really be used?"

"The furnace lid is in the cauldron."

"Then lure the snake out of its hole?"

"Possible."

"Mm."