The Astral Pet Store
The Chapter 230
Astral Pet Store – Chapter 230
After the sudden change in environment, which was no longer surprising to Su Ping, he reopened his eyes and looked at the familiar pet room in his shop. Although there was someone else accompanying him this time.
“What is this ... Archean Divinity?” Joanna looked around the room. Su Ping tried to put on the look of “bossy” as he said, “No, this is a pet store where you will spend a lot of time working. Archean Divinity can wait until you get the chance. ”
Joanna did not look pleased with his attitude. “Please tell me when it will happen, right?”
She felt bad once she asked the question; it was as if she had already accepted her new role willingly.
“Evaluation will be done at the end of each season. It's possible to do it early if you excel at your work, ”Su Ping reads out what he just learned from the system. “For now, you should listen to my settings and treat our customers with courtesy. It's basic.”
“You won't rule me like that just yet!”
“Ah, really? Try again and I will add the first negative review in your paper.”
Joanna was silenced by the image that suddenly appeared in her mind, which showed the basic profile of her current employment status. That profile contained some details such as his combat strength, rank, and many skills he had learned.
Also, he saw “” employee rating<TAG1> which is currently set at 100. By directing his attention to the question mark next to the number, he saw another message explaining how this ranking works.
He can become “ accomplished employees” by increasing the rank to 200. On the other hand, the basic allowance will be revoked if it drops below 80. If it continued to deteriorate until it reached 60, she would lose her job and become forced into pet store assets instead. That is, he will turn into a disposable pet.
WHAY?? A pet?? Me?? There is nothing like that in the deal!
He felt the urge to dismantle many dirty curses even though he was raised as a noble. This place is a terrifying prison!
He regretted his decision. Revealing all his privacy was reason enough for him not to accept the job, if he found out earlier. Not only did the profile contain almost everything about him, it even mentioned many things that even himself could not remember clearly, such as some skills that he had not used for a long time.
Such detailed investigations also showed that something he could not break was taking care of this pet shop.
There was at least something comforting; he noticed that Su Ping was not the one to judge his rank. Otherwise, he would have already made it zero and turned it into a pet.
“See that?” Su Ping pointed to some empty nursing cages nearby. “Log in there and don't come out unless I tell her.”
Of course Joanna would not listen. He knew Su Ping could not control his ranking, but he did not want to know what would happen if he openly opposed it as well.
Frustrated, he followed his lead and saw some magic marks drawn on the floor. This is the ... Nursing Rune?
He checked some of the grooming cages that some of the pets were resting in. It is clear that they have been forced to become smaller to fit in.
He checked the runes and immediately learned how to copy them. They were a bit difficult to draw, but he could arrange them as long as he had the right materials.
“Should I admit, it is rare to find a sign of nursing that is so efficient lately.” murmured while stepping into the treatment cage.
He felt the power of runes controlling his surroundings. Everything including Su Ping grew larger in his sight as his own body adjusted back to a more comfortable size which allowed him to sit better inside the grooming cage.
Meanwhile, he also felt a rich flow of energy entering his form.
Pure nutrition as it is …
Even in the special training ground created by the gods, it is not easy to find such “clean” energy to use. Demigod Cemetery used to be an ancient battlefield. Time travel did not completely clear all the stains and traces of malice left behind, which was why all the gods found it difficult to increase their strength in a natural way.
Even after thousands of years, only a few Superior Gods had managed to reach their level, which gave them immortality, allowing them to hold an eternal dominance over their world, unless they're looking for death for some reason.
Unforged pure energy does not seem to be as powerful as divine energy, but it is generally helpful to all beings, judging from all the different pets calmly resting in their place.
Amused, Joanna closed her eyes and began channeling special training techniques to increase her strength. His energy is mostly useless for his actual “self,” but this avatar is only ranked “King Beast”, which still has room for improvement.
Su Ping was happy that this goddess had agreed to sit quietly rather than cause a commotion, in which case it would be rather difficult to explain where she came from to her family. A man and a beautiful girl who had spent several hours in a private room would only cause a terrible misinterpretation.
Speaking of his family, he noticed that the store was very quiet. He had such a bad feeling about it that he immediately went outside, only to see that his mother was asleep in the only seat available in the store, which was a small one, while Su Lingyue was playing with her phone on the floor. Judging from his finger movements, he was probably playing a cheap puzzle game that was popular with young people.
Su Ping sighed in relief. For a moment, he thought something bad had happened while he was away.
Spending seven days inside the Demigod Cemetery meant that only a few hours had passed in reality. He was surprised, as anyone who tried to find him had yet to appear. If one was strong enough to set up the Mysterious Realm, to know everything about him would only take a few minutes.
Could something be blocking this guy?
Nevertheless, he had to expand the safe haven as quickly as possible.
Su Lingyue heard him coming and looked up from her phone. “You sure spent your time there, right? You don't answer my calls no matter how many times I try. ” “You called me? For what?”
“Ah, nothing serious. We kind of need to order something to eat. But we need, you know, to ask if we can do such a thing.”
“You can't. Eating something brought by the wrong person can be dangerous now, and you know it.”
“Alright, I can go without a meal or two. But what about mom? We can't let him starve.”
Su Ping frowned. That's a problem.
The system suddenly interrupted his mind with a warning.
“Congratulations, host. You have successfully completed a special training task. Rewards: one intermediate Force Pellet, plus a random myth technique tutorial.
Following the message, Su Ping saw a roulette wheel appear in front of him, while his sister did not react.
The roulette is pretty obvious because the tutorial book should have been chosen at random.
In order not to look too ridiculous by staring at the empty air, he returned inside the pet room and closed the door.
“Again?? How much longer do you need?” Su Lingyue protested loudly.
“It won't be long!” Su Lingyue humped and picked up her phone to continue playing. “Oh fu—I forgot to stop the game!”
“OK, start,” murmured Su Ping on a virtual wheel in his view.
As the wheel came to a complete stop, a book appeared in the middle of it and flew towards his face. The title reads “Fist of Exorcist.”
A fist? Some kind of martial art? Su Ping wondered.
Obeying his will, the book melted and became a beam of light that entered his forehead, imparting an enormous flood of wisdom directly to his mind, together with some pictures that show him a silent and battered world that seems to have fallen victim to the brutal atrocities of war.
A herd of ghosts and goblins raged around the already full ground.
A golden light suddenly pierced through the darkness and hit the ground. It was a gigantic golden fist that descended like a comet, smashing a large number of monsters into pieces in the blink of an eye.
Su Ping watched in awe as he watched the imposing attack destroy the evil creatures despite their fight.
Following the look, he saw a shadow appear while explaining the origin of this technique, which claimed to be an ancient Beast Master that ruled the primitive but abundant world.
“The punch that delivers impeccable justice, absolute power, unparalleled power ..” Su Ping reads the introduction aloud as he fully focuses on his studies.
He woke up and discovered that everything about the new technique had been imprinted deep in his mind.
It seemed that he could upgrade this skill all the way to the fifth rank, at that time he would be able to unleash an almighty attack that could destroy heaven and earth.
That skill was a remnant left behind by an ancient warrior, who did not wish to completely disappear from this world even after death.
“Men. I really wish I could be such a hero someday .. “mum Su Ping.
Furthermore, he tried to perform some basic moves as instructed, only to find that he was unable to do any of them at the moment.
Ugh. Let me see, so my spirit, body, and soul must be in harmony, following a certain flow of energy …
He closed his eyes to carefully remember the first step of the instructions, before clenching his hands in an outwards motion.
Whooshing sound!
His hand caused a sharp and audible sound in the air. The punch was clearly stronger than he could normally muster. Still, he was far from reaching the first rank of that skill.
According to what he had learned, the first rank would be achieved when his fist became fast enough to create a small sonic boom; by then he would be able to punch a rank nine monster to death without using any tools.
Training skills will take a lot of time. For now, he decided to take care of the shop business first. There is no reason to rush when such an ancient skill clearly takes decades or even a lifetime to master completely. At least for ordinary soldiers.
He called out his inventory space and took out the Force Pellet he had just obtained.
Unable to withstand the seductive energy emanating from him, he quickly swallowed it all at once.
For a moment, he sensed how his body was filled with pure energy, an amount that took him months to gather. His astral force capacity was instantly upgraded to a lower sixth rank, when he had just reached the fifth rank earlier that day.
He was actually hoping to gather more of those pellets to be able to directly move up the ranks, which he was severely lacking. Although he wouldn't be too greedy. After all, he had just become a fighting pet fighter about two months ago. He's growing pretty fast. After easing his excitement, he left the pet room again and found his sister, who was still playing the same mobile game.
“Did anyone come to talk about our store expansion plans?”
Su Lingyue looked at him impatiently. “Yes, and there's nothing I can do because you know, you're not going out. I have to tell them to come back later. ”
“So so. Huh, they're pretty fast.”
He went to his computer so he could call the maid he hired to meet her faster.
Since there was nothing to do while waiting, he went inside the pet room again to practice his new art.
About half an hour later, several representatives from several different housing companies arrived.
Su Ping opened his cover and completed some necessary advanced payments without letting anyone in. He received nearly 50 new deeds in total that cost him 200 million astral coins to fulfill. As he promised, he bought the houses nearby by paying three times the price of the original plot.
He did a quick evaluation and realized that all the new properties would give him an area of about 4 or 5 square kilometers, although he might need to knock down some places.
One of the system requirements to raise a pet shop to level 3 is to have more than 3 square Km of land. He has more than enough now. There were still a few places to buy before he could have the entire street. But that will be a concern for another time.
Finally it came time to pay some energy points to start upgrading the store.
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