“Ha?! Why? And you can even make money from this?” Mu Yanxi asked in shock. This cultivation method actually leaked the Serpent Clan’s inherited techniques, and it even used materials from Serpent Clan demon beasts for cultivation—this was nothing short of a blood feud.
“Yes, Master. After the Spirit Snake Shedding Skin spread, the demand for snake skin and snake bones among cultivators skyrocketed.”
“The technique is simple to learn and extremely powerful, so many people are cultivating it, which pushed up the market price for Serpent Clan materials by a lot. Just by selling materials, the Serpent Clan have made a great deal of money.” The Terminal Ring replied.
“Ah? Sell—sell materials? Are you saying those cultivating this technique actually go to the Serpent Clan to buy their materials? Why not just kill snake demons and harvest the parts?” Mu Yanxi was bewildered.
In her previous life, demon beast materials were extremely precious. Cultivators always hunted beasts for materials—how could demon beasts possibly sell their own materials?
“Master must be joking. Killing demon beasts is dangerous and the returns are low. Why not just pay money and buy materials directly from the snake demons?”
“A single snake demon sheds its skin thousands of times from birth to ascension, and killing one only gets you one skin. Of course, buying is more cost-effective.” The Terminal Ring answered earnestly.
“No, but do the Serpent Clan really want to sell? These are materials from their own kin!” Mu Yanxi was still confused. She had never heard of demon cultivators selling materials from their own race—how was this different from humans selling corpses?
“Of course, if you can earn Spirit Stone, why not sell? That pile of snake skin and the bones left behind by deceased kin don’t have much use anyway. Of course, it’s more worthwhile to sell them and exchange the Spirit Stone for more cultivation materials.” The Terminal Ring said.
“Master can search for snake demon materials on the Dao Web—you’ll find plenty.”
“One of the reasons the Heavenly Tome Library recommended you practice the Spirit Snake Shedding Skin is that the materials are easy to obtain and not too expensive. In the later stages, you can buy materials to assist your cultivation if you have the funds. The same goes for the Serpent Core Immortal Fish Method.”
Mu Yanxi searched in disbelief, and sure enough, countless purchase pages popped up.
Snake skins were by far the most common, with every variety and realm imaginable—Silver Ring, Gold Ring, Taipan, King Cobra—all kinds, and the prices varied enormously.
The cheapest were a dozen Spirit Stone per piece, the most expensive costing several million Spirit Stone.
Next were snake meat and snake bones, which were much less plentiful than snake skins and more expensive. That, Mu Yanxi could understand. After all, a snake demon could shed its skin many times, but not so with its meat and bones.
What surprised her, though, was that they were still extremely cheap—at least compared to the tens of thousands of Spirit Stone demon beast materials in her past life, these prices were a bargain.
Hadn’t the Terminal Ring just said that the price of snake demon materials had surged due to high demand?
Finally, there were demon cores. No matter the world, demon cores were always the most expensive—not only top-tier ingredients for alchemy, forging, and cultivation, but also invaluable to demon beasts themselves. Swallowing the core of another of their kind could push their cultivation to the next level.
Moreover, snake skin could regenerate, and with some methods even snake meat and bones could recover, but a demon core was truly unique—one snake demon only had one core, and losing it meant death.
Even so, there were still quite a few Serpent Clan demon cores on the market, with prices clearly marked, and even some labeled as official products from the Wan She Hall’s flagship store. Mu Yanxi felt that the Serpent Clan had probably gone insane.
“By the way, since this is the Serpent Clan’s inherited cultivation method, powerful figures from the Serpent Clan are also available to answer questions for cultivators practicing it. Just from consultation fees, the Serpent Clan have earned a lot. The Serpent Clan expert lecture videos in the Heavenly Tome Library also come from this.” The Terminal Ring added.
“Alright, in that case, I’ll cultivate this technique.” Mu Yanxi said.