Chen Beiwu tapped the serpent egg with his fingertips.
Tap, tap!
A dull sound came from the shell, rather than the crisp resonance an Earth Baleful Treasure Egg should have produced.
The sound is wrong, and the vitality coming from this serpent egg is far too vigorous. Even for a third-tier Earthly Sha Treasure Beast, this is excessive.
Chen Beiwu raised an eyebrow and sent his Divine Sense through the shell.
Unexpectedly, the Treasure Beast hatchling inside did not resist his probing. It let his Divine Sense enter, seeming rather resigned to letting things slide.
The next moment, Chen Beiwu's gaze darkened. The liquid life essence that should have filled the shell had almost dried up.
A shrunken Red-Striped Scorching Fire Serpent Young Snake with glassy crimson eyes lay coiled inside. It seemed brimming with vitality, but its foundational essence was actually deficient.
"Leaking vitality, with signs of an early death. No wonder the marble manufacturer put an Earth Baleful beast egg into a Random Blind Box." Chen Beiwu sighed inwardly.
Hatchlings with congenital deficiencies struggled to awaken their innate talents or break through the shackles of their realms, and were also prone to dying before reaching maturity.
For instance, a Red-Striped Scorching Fire Serpent that grew to its peak through its bloodline could generally become a Third-Realm Demon General comparable to a Golden Core True Person.
But a Red-Striped Scorching Fire Serpent that had lost its foundational essence might remain trapped as a Second-Realm Lesser Demon, unable to grow into a Third-Realm Demon General.
In short, few cultivators were willing to risk making a Contract with a Treasure Beast that had congenital deficiencies and substantial shared-cultivation risks, causing its value to plummet.
But Earthly Sha Treasure Beasts were different!
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