The Astral Pet Store
Chapter 162's
Astral Pet Store – Chapter 162
“Hey, little boy, remember that it was your owner who sent you here,” Su Ping said as he approached the Phantom Flame Beast while cracking his knuckles.
The creature gave him a glimpse, unsure of what this human was doing.
Su Ping's smile grew wider.
“Come. Come have fun.” Su Ping went to take her to the pet room.
The Phantom Flame Beast slapped his arm to warn him not to get too close. Although he did not really reject Su Ping's movements as he had already gotten used to Su Ping's scent after all the frightening “morning” when he often rested under Su Ping's warm blanket.
Su Ping chose “land legacy king naga” from the system window, then chose another pet stored in the store and brought the two pets inside.
Of course, he had to sign a temporary pet contract with the Phantom Flame Beast beforehand. The strength of the contract further helped the beast warm Su Ping instead of hissing at him every time he touched it.
The sad roar of the Phantom Flame Beast resounded in one of the dragon scales states thanks to Su Ping's “ intensive care.
A moment later, they reappeared inside the store. As soon as the Phantom Flame Beast recognized the silent and monsterless room, it rolled on the floor and gasped for breath as if it had just escaped from a terrible nightmare. Which is almost right.
Su Ping smirked.
He took the beast, found another pet to train, and entered the inheritance land again.
“YWOOOL-“
It repeated until the next morning.
After “exercise” inside the heritage ground all night long, which was the same as a few days in reality, the Phantom Flame Beast had taken on a completely new look; its once plump shape that looked like an inflated balloon had become slender and strong like a wild black cat. A few strands of fiery red feathers stood out in his coat like tiny embers of fire that further added to the creature's brightness.
Using the Pet Identification skill, Su Ping had confirmed that the Phantom Flame Beast had reached Combat Power rank of 6.5, whereas it was previously 4.9. It would be strong enough to protect Su Lingyue in the barren area of Class C. As soon as Su Ping ended their pet contract, the creature carefully glanced at Su Ping, placed its head on the floor, and remained that way without making a sound, he said, like a depressed child in distress.
When Su Ping gave him silly orders like jumping into a hole or fire or attacking other mighty monsters, he tried to fight back. Although it soon learned not to do such a thing after being beaten up by Su Ping, that felt worse than a suicide mission. The beast did not feel happy when it regained its freedom. It was just silence to reminisce about his life; there was no happiness when Su Ping existed.
Su Ping checked the window and realized it was almost time to open a business. Although he did not plan to welcome customers that day. After returning all the trained pets to their respective owners, he or she should start preparing for the upcoming task.
The shop was in pretty good shape at the time. Losing an income a day or two does not hurt. After dragging the Phantom Flame Beast into the treatment cage, he found something to drink and started checking the system shop. It's time for a daily refresh. Among the five new items presented that day, he saw another middle-class beast-capturing ring. It seems that this ring is one of the most common items that will appear in a level-2 system store.
He only paid the points to buy it without giving it too much thought. He then had about 400,000 stored energy points, which was far from enough to raise the level of the Incubation Pool. Although buying some random items is not a problem.
Since the remaining four items did not look good, he chose “refresh” to throw them away.
A small fruit named “Crimson Pip” caught his attention. It seemed that it was a useful medicine that could improve fire-based abilities, meaning he might need it when training his Solar Bulwark next time.
The fruit made him lose 20,000 points. Another refresh.
There is no more valuable invention. He would not continue to refresh as the next trial would require 500 energy points. Unfortunately for him, he did not obtain any skill books or forced pellets that day.
Let me see ... I need enough medicine to raise Solar Bulwark to the next rank. Now I have found three different types, which is not enough. At the end of the expedition, I will use merit points to buy something from the settler base.
He closed the system window, found a piece of cardboard, wrote “TUPPED” on it and hung it on the door.
“Bapak. Su!” The customers called out in surprise as they expected Su Ping to appear later than this. Almost instantly, they formed a row and stared at Su Ping with sparkling eyes.
“Why did you wake up so early today, Mr?” a short-haired man in front of the queue asked, after which he suddenly saw what Su Ping was carrying. “Closed?? What to give?”.
“Aduh. Did something happen?”
Su Ping put the sign in its place while explaining, “Sorry, all of you. I have other work to do, so .. I don't accept new orders today. This store is only open to those who are here to pick up their pets.”
The customers were obviously upset that their time was wasted, even though no one protested.
As Su Ping returned the several pets that were kept one by one, more customers came; they looked at the situation and left disappointed.
By noon, Su Ping had emptied most of the treatment cages occupied. It seems that the owners of the remaining pets will go there on that day for various reasons.
Su Ping inspected the currently almost empty shop with satisfaction, before he walked over to the Incubation Pool and checked the balance of his energy points.
He managed to convince himself of the electrifying idea in his mind when he thought of the terrifying success rate of the incubation attempt. He had decided to wait until he could get the pool to level 4; by then he would need a lot of points to play the lottery.
As he prepared to go to lunch, a luxurious car stopped in front of the shop, where Xu Kuang was descending. Alone this time.
Xu Xuan would never bring his sister there again, after what happened the other day. Moreover, Xu Yingxue had already returned to her setter team to get ready for the expedition.
“Oh! Hello, Mr Su!” Xu Kuang looked at Su Ping at the door and immediately went there. “I'm really sorry for yesterday's trouble. My sister never knew who she was dealing with.”
“It's okay.” Su Ping had already thought about that. “Are you—wait, the shop is closed today? Wh why? Oh no, did my brother scare your customers??” “Omong empty. That woman can't do anything on my store.”
“I—I understand. Then why are you—”.
Su Ping sighed. Why does everyone keep asking useless questions?
“It's okay. Just need to go somewhere to work. ”
“To where exactly did you go?”
“I'm not sure yet. Maybe it'll take me to the woods. Hehe.”
“Hutan? Hey, I'm pretty good at the woods. Want to work together? I am also a super laner top.”
“Enyah.”
Su Ping chased Xu Kuang away and found a nearby restaurant to fill his stomach. After eating, he spent the entire afternoon inside the inheritance ground until he finished cleaning the 90th scale, while his three pets also looked to improve.
As agreed with Su Lingyue, she would go there at night to retrieve her Phantom Flame Beast.
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