Chapter 219: Hatched a Seed

Chapter 219: Chapter 219: Hatched a Seed

The surrounding Cultivators were also drawn in by this scene, all very curious about the cheap Spirit Beast Egg Jiang Xu had bought. They held their breath and waited with rapt attention.

However, most of them weren’t expecting any High Grade Spirit Beast to emerge. Instead, they were in the mood to see a joke, guessing what kind of strange Demon Beast would appear, or what sort of worthless thing might emerge.

The egg, not much larger than a quail’s, remained on the altar for quite a long time, making the stall owner exclaim that he was losing money. If the stall owner hadn’t been able to determine through the altar that the young beast inside was still alive, he would have thought it was a dead egg.

But this was not a sign of a high grade. On the contrary, it was because the egg’s grade was very low; the nutrients within were insufficient for the young beast to break out of its shell, which was why it needed so many extra nutrients.

However, the egg was very small, after all, so there was a limit to how much it could absorb. Before long, the stall owner shouted anxiously:

"Quick, drip your blood to claim it! The thing inside is about to hatch!"

Jiang Xu didn’t dare to delay. He took a deep breath, pulled a short sword—a Magical Artifact—from the Storage Bag at his waist, and made a light cut on his left index finger with its tip.

The Magical Power in his Qi Sea and his Seed of Healing stirred restlessly, wanting to gather at his index finger, but Jiang Xu kept them firmly under control. At the same time, he forced a drop of his essence blood from his body.

Jiang Xu carefully extended his finger toward the Spirit Beast Egg. Blood slowly trickled down his fingertip, and a single drop fell precisely onto the shell.

At the same time, he closed his eyes, regulated his breathing, and focused his entire Divine Sense into that drop of blood.

The moment the drop of blood touched the shell, a faint yet intimate connection began to form between them. Jiang Xu felt his Spiritual Power transform into an invisible tether, seeping through the blood into the shell and resonating with the embryonic life form within.

Affected by the altar’s Array, the surrounding Spiritual Qi gathered with increasing intensity. The light on the eggshell grew brighter, becoming almost dazzling.

The movement inside the egg grew more and more pronounced. The restless feeling of a life about to break free was transmitted to Jiang Xu through the contractual bond, making him feel both nervous and expectant.

Suddenly, a slight tremor ran through it, and a hairline crack appeared on the shell, spreading rapidly. With a soft CRACK, the eggshell broke, but no creature emerged from within.

Jiang Xu waited for several breaths, but still, no young beast broke out of the shell.

He was starting to break out in a sweat.

’After all this effort, don’t tell me the Spirit Beast failed to hatch and suffocated inside?’

’That can’t be!’

’My Spiritual Eye Technique clearly showed that the Wood Attribute Spiritual Qi fluctuations inside the egg were stronger than before.’

’If it were dead, I shouldn’t be able to see them, right?’

’Besides, we’ve already formed a contract. My Divine Sense can feel the little life form right in front of me.’

The stall owner was also at a loss. He spoke to Jiang Xu tentatively:

"Why don’t you... try touching it?"

Jiang Xu figured that was his only option. He reached out and touched the egg, which was covered in cracks.

In an instant, a feeling of being connected by blood flowed through his entire body like an electric current. He knew that the Spirit Beast inside the egg was not dead. He had successfully established a contract with the newly hatched Spirit Beast; it just seemed unable to emerge from the egg for some reason.

Jiang Xu felt helpless. After thinking for a moment, he decided to just reach out and peel away the egg’s cracked outer shell.

As Jiang Xu peeled it open, the surrounding Cultivators cried out in shock, and even the stall owner was stunned.

Because after he peeled it open, no strange Spirit Beast or terrifying Demon Beast ran out. On the contrary, nothing ran out at all. In fact, the thing inside wasn’t even an animal!

After Jiang Xu peeled it open, all that was inside was a single green seed!

It was oval-shaped, about the size of an adult’s thumbnail. Its surface was as smooth as jade, its emerald-green color translucent and crystal-clear.

The moment the seed was freed from the shell and felt the sunlight and air, it immediately began to radiate a vibrant life force.

A dense Wood Attribute Spiritual Qi flowed around it, and the surrounding light seemed drawn to it, wrapping it in a faint, emerald-green glow.

Jiang Xu and the onlooking Cultivators were so surprised they were speechless. This strange phenomenon left them dumbfounded, completely overturning their understanding of Spirit Beast Eggs.

The stall owner’s eyes were wide with disbelief; it was clear this was the first time he had ever encountered such a situation.

It was clearly a Spirit Beast Egg, so why was there a plant inside?

If it was just a plant, and a seed at that, then how did the cracks on the eggshell form?

Can a seed even crack an eggshell?

That’s just unbelievable!

Jiang Xu stared intently at the green seed in his hand. The connection his Divine Sense had established with it hadn’t broken when the shell was peeled away; in fact, it had grown even stronger.

"Wh-what is this?" Jiang Xu couldn’t help but ask the stall owner, while also casting a confused glance at the surrounding Cultivators.

The stall owner looked just as confused and shook his head.

"I’ve lived for many years, and this is the first time I’ve ever seen anything like it. Perhaps... this isn’t a Spirit Beast Egg in the ordinary sense, but the seed of some special plant that took on this form through a unique incubation process or by encountering some special circumstances."

The surrounding Cultivators broke into a flurry of discussion. Some were curious, others were secretly glad they hadn’t participated in the egg-gambling, but there were also those who took a keen interest in the seed in Jiang Xu’s hand. After all, in the Cultivation Realm, the value of rare and exotic plants was often immeasurable.

Jiang Xu held the mysterious green seed in his palm, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

’I just wanted a Wood Attribute Spirit Beast, but who knew I’d end up with a seed instead?’

’They’re both Wood Attribute, but they’re fundamentally two completely different things!’

Jiang Xu smiled wryly to himself.

’Truly, anything is possible in the Cultivation Realm.’

’If something as ridiculous as a plant seed hatching from a Spirit Beast Egg is possible, then is there anything that *can’t* happen?’

’But blood contracts are for beasts, insects, and other animals. I’ve never heard of one being used on a plant.’

’...Will it even work?’

"This... thing, it was from your stall. Do you know what kind of plant this seed is from?" Jiang Xu asked.

The stall owner stammered for a long time before finally saying:

"I don’t know either. I am a Cultivator from the Demon Spirit State, after all, not the Demon Plant State. Most of us Cultivators have never contracted with a Spirit Plant, so we don’t know much about them."

Jiang Xu had no choice but to leave the stall. He took out the Spirit Plants and Medicines Encyclopedia that Shen Ji had given him from his Storage Bag and began to look through it.