Chapter 163 Depart
Su Lingyue showed an uncertain look when reuniting with her pet, which looked completely different from how she rembered. Just like the other custors, she would have believed that Su Ping snatched it away and gave her another pet if not for the pet contract still in place.
The Phantom Fla Beast had remained lethargic in the shop since morning. As soon as it saw Su Lingyue coming, it shook free from Su Ping’s hand and bounced into Su Lingyue’s arms, leaving two streams of tears behind.
“Miaaa!”
Su Lingyue gently stroked its head. She almost asked “what have you done to my pet,” but managed to change that phrase into sothing more proper.
“Why does it look so… odd?”
Su Ping maintained a poker face. “Your pet gained three new skills. Flooding Illusion, Fire Chain and Fire Tornado. Find sowhere vacant and test them out later so you can get familiarized with the new moves in ti. That thing is now good enough to fend off a moderate sixth-rank enemy, as long as it stays at top condition. If you can’t tell the rank of a monster, you should just run away.”
Su Lingyue’s mouth slowly dropped open while listening
“But those are—”.
As she rembered from books, both Flooding Illusion and Fire Tornado were only available to high-rank pets. More importantly, Fire Tornado was a pretty famous skill with unlimited potential. With enough training and effort, a pet could improve it all the way to the ninth rank. By that point, Fire Tornado would have a new na, which was Fire Storm. It was a ruinous, large-scale move that could wreak havoc as chaotically as a real storm.
Su Lingyue checked Su Ping’s plain look and couldn’t believe her pet could have gained so much experience in a day. But sothing told her that her brother was not lying.
More importantly, her Phantom Fla Beast used to be at the fourth rank. It could fight sothing two ranks higher? Was that even possible?
Su Ping made quick work of his delivered dinner and returned the empty boxes to Su Lingyue. “Go ho if you don’t have anything else to say. Sleep well tonight. You’ll need a lot of strength.”
“What-but-was that—was everything true??”
“Do you think I would tell such a dangerous joke just before you left for the battlefield?”
Su Lingyue frowned.
He was right. This wasn’t a good ti for humor. Giving her false information about her pet on such an occasion was pretty much equal to murder. She didn’t believe his brother would do such a thing.
But this ant the improvent of her pet was as true as it could be. Such efficient training was unheard of. This Phantom Fla Beast was probably good enough to defeat a senior champion in the academy at this mont.
“Hey, um, brother?”
“Yeah?” “I an—it’s nothing. Anyway, thanks.”
“There’s no need. You paid.”
II
Su Lingyue had already done her research, talking to her classmates and learning that a training session would grant a pet a new skill most of the ti, or two skills when the pet was extrely lucky. It was obvious that her brother had put a lot of extra effort in honing her pet.
And she felt grateful from the bottom of her heart.
That hateful image of her brother suddenly beca a lot more adorable in her eyes.
Without another word, she picked up the al boxes and turned away.
“Wait, I have a ssage for mom,” Su Ping said and stopped her, “I need to go on a field trip tomorrow, so don’t worry about getting fed. I’ll find places to eat myself. There’s no need to wait for to co back. The business is on the rise, so I’ll probably spend a few more days there.”
“Huh? You’re also going sowhere?”
“Yeah.” Su Ping took out so cash and handed it over. “Give this to her and tell her that we have a stable inco now.”
That was 100,000 Federation Coins. Su Ping ant to show his mother the prosperity of the business without raising too much suspicion. Su Lingyue, however, wasn’t easily convinced when she had already witnessed how many custors the shop could get in a day. She knew her brother was lying, though she had no reason to point that out.
Then she thought about the sa amount of money she had just spent and suddenly felt a heartache. But the sadness went away as soon as she saw the new look of her Phantom Fla Beast. The money was completely worth it. Three powerful skills? She was willing to pay ten tis the price if she did have that kind of money.
“All right.” She accepted the bills while wondering if those were her bills she had paid the day prior.
As a matter of fact, they weren’t. To Su Ping, all the money he earned from custors was converted to energy points, so he couldn’t “withdraw” it and use it elsewhere. He had to earn extra money by other ans if he wished to help his family, such as teaching students in private.
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Su Lingyue left the shop wanting to find a stadium to try out the new pet skills imdiately. Though she successfully suppressed that urge because she had to deliver the money.
anwhile, Su Ping entered the heritage ground again to keep going.
By the end of his session, he found a secured spot in the heritage ground to catch so sleep. When he woke up and returned to the shop, It was only a little past 5 in the morning
Soone knocked on the door.
Using his astral perception, Su Ping sensed Ye Chenshan outside.
“Five minutes!”
“Sure, no need to hurry,” Ye Chenshan called back.
Su Ping emptied his inventory and stuffed several boxes of ergency food and water inside; he bought those from a store the day before. Even though he was aware that a professional settler team should have enough provisions in stock, he still did so just in case.
He also took the middle-rank beast-catching rings he had saved up to this point. It was a rare occasion. He wanted to catch several useful pets and sell them later if he had the chance.
As for his “pet team,” he decided to bring all four pets with him, which included Little Skeleton, the Dark Dragon Hound, the Inferno Dragon and the Purple Python. Their pet contracts did allow remote summoning, but he feared that this wouldn’t work if the Mysterious Realm was too far away from his shop.
With everything done, he opened the door and saw Ye Chenshan smiling at him.
“Had a good night’s sleep, Mister Su?”
“Yeah. Let’s go.”
“Sure, sure.” Ye Chenshan gladly showed Su Ping to their car, which looked bigger and more expensive than the SUV used by Fan Yujing last ti. The vehicle even had a fortified outer fra that could deflect rifle bullets or attacks wielded by fourth-rank monsters or below.
Inside the car, there was a big crate of monster repellent and top-class tear gas canisters. From all that setup, one could tell that this car was probably no cheaper than a fully-equipped attack helicopter.
Thanks to the special plate of the car, they didn’t have to obey any traffic rules while traveling
“By the way, Mister Su, our leader and the others are already getting ready at the base.”
By this, Ye Chenshan ant to say that he showed up alone for a good reason.
Su Ping nodded casually without looking away from the window.
This specialized expressway built in the suburbs was ant to conveniently take people directly to the barren areas. And it looked a lot busier that day, compared to usual days. Apart from black SUVs loved by most setters, people could also occasionally see ard buses that had different nas painted on their sides.
Ares Academy.
Berserking Blade Academy.
Phoenix Peak Academy.
Those were exclusive vehicles funded by their respective schools. Apart from the seven most recognized schools in Longjiang, there were also several smaller establishnts with abundant resources who managed to dispatch several of their students to barren area expeditions.
Other than these, groups of settlers who usually stayed away from public sight had also answered the call for treasure.
Inside his ride, Su Ping curiously checked the different cars moving past his view.
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