Yu Yuanyuan followed her friendâs hint; she checked the goods on sale, rubbed her eyes, and looked again to make sure that she wasnât seeing more zeros than there actually were.
âWhich pet do you have in mind?â Su Ping stood up and walked around the counter.
Yu Yuanyuan looked at the approaching man again. She would have run already if she wasnât born braver than her friends.
âAhem, Mister! I want to get a really bad-ass pet trained here. But itâs bad-tempered, I wonder if you can handle it. And for how much.â
âTen thousand for low-rank, and a hundred thousand for middle-rank.â Su Ping offered a friendly smile.
That smile only made her think it was the cocky smirk of a scheming broker in Yu Yuanyuanâs view, even though such a price wasnât too far from her comfort zone. When checking the goods on sale, she expected to hear more insane numbers than that.
âHow much did you charge for training that Lightning Rat?â
Su Pingâs smile disappeared. âOne million.â
The girls were surprised but soon recovered because a million was pretty cheap in exchange for such a deadly Lightning Rat.
She needed to make sure Su Ping was speaking the truth, though.
âYou know which Lightning Rat Iâm talking about, right?â asked Yu Yuanyuan. âDo you know whoâs its master?â
Su Ping gave her a side-glance. âIâm obliged to protect the privacy of my customers but... I can tell you this: sheâs from the Phoenix Peak Academy. Miss Su.â
Yu Yuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief. âWhat can my pet gain if I pay ten thousand?â
âTen thousand, huh? Itâs hard to say. There will be some sort of improvement, that I can assure you. Either a rank, half a rank, or battle experience. Either way, your pet will be better than before.â Su Ping returned to his seat while speaking.
Woah, he lost interest already, the girls thought. Talk about businessmen...
They were curious to find out what the result of the training would be. They might not be able to raise a million even if they worked together, but paying ten thousand was not as problematic.
âIâll put a middle-rank plus a low-rank pet here,â said Yu Yuanyuan.
Her partner, who seemed pretty timid, also spoke up, âIâIâll also leave a pet here. My Spider Queen.â
Spider Queen?? Su Ping glanced at the second girl again. For such a cutie to use that kind of scary pet? Donât tell me this girl has a personality disorder or something.
He wasnât going to refuse the business, though. âThatâll be two hundred ân ten thousand for both of you.â
âSure.â Yu Yuanyuan nodded and paid as she asked. âHow long do we need to wait?â
âCome tomorrow.â
Su Ping smiled brightly as he had just earned 2,100 energy points on his account. His advertisement tactic was paying off!
âTomorrow?? Thatâs fast! Are you likeââ
... tricking us? Is this guy even dependable?
Su Ping knew what they were thinking about but didnât have anything to prove himself at the moment.
âIf I donât finish the request by tomorrow, Iâll refund you.â
âOkay...â
In fact, the girls had just planned to ask for a refund. But they both decided to see how things would turn out, after seeing Su Ping being so positive.
âIâm recording, mind you.â Yu Yuanyuan showed her phone. âMake sure you donât go back on your word. It wonât work.â
Su Pingâs improved eyesight already allowed him to see that the girl was bluffing; her camera was not even on. Though he wasnât going to point it out.
âIâm not going to damage my reputation just to earn such a small amount of money. Summon your pets and leave if you donât have anything else to say.â
The girls knew Su Ping was getting angry and quickly did as told. They were unwilling to part with their pets, but being away for one day was no biggie.
When the girls left, Su Ping placed the three new pets into the pet room, filling up the vacant nursing pens.
He checked one of the pens in which the Managarm was still kept. According to their contract, the pick-up deadline for this creature was long overdue. Its master was either dead, or he decided to abandon the hound.
Either way, it was for the shop to decide how to deal with the hound at the moment.
Su Ping bit his finger and tried making a pet contract with it. Soon, a spiritual connection was established between them, which meant he guessed correctly.
âOof. Poor guy.â He patted the hound on the head and returned to the front room.
The contract was only meant to check whether the houndâs master still wanted it. Though he wasnât going to terminate it soon. A Managarm would not take away much of his spiritual power. He might try taking it with the other pets when training them and make it stronger, so he could rent it out to other customers. Or he could sell it, if the system allowed him to do so one day.
Soon, more students from the academy showed up. They were either famous ones on the ranking list or curious students who just wanted to check the shop out. Of course, most of them were scared away by Su Pingâs prices, leaving only a few brave ones who purchased care or training services.
As for pet food... no sale at all.
This was to be expected, because the students were there because of Su Yanyingâs Lightning Rat. The food was too expensive to their liking.
Apart from what he had gained from Jiang Hanbing and the two girls that followed, Su Ping had earned a total of five thousand energy points during the day. He had broken his daily sales record.
Without a second thought, he spent ten thousand points to get the Chaotic Spirit Pool to level 3. Such a level would then have a small chance of directly giving birth to a Beast King.