Astral Pet Store Novel - Chapter 241
Chapter 241: Brand New Store
Employee: Joanna, with her profile picture.
Mode of Existence: Avatar of her true self
Rank: The Void Realm
Combat Strength: 29.6
Inborn Bloodline: Bloodline of the Titan Gods
Skills: Divine Slay, Sun Splitting Spear, Phantom Space, Puppet Making, Dark Flames, pastry and bakery… and so many more.
The long list of skills dazzled Su Ping. Joanna had mastered at least forty to fifty skills of a diversified category. She had even learned everyday skills such as baking and pastry, dancing, flower arrangement, etc…
Those could be counted as her skills?!!
Well, they could, in a sense. They were skills after all and everyday skills were still needed.
Su Ping took a careful look. Joanna was equipped with so many glamourous skills that he felt her life was like a perfect example of the extravagant lives lived by the nobles.
“Why can’t I find information about her true self?” Su Ping browsed through her information a couple of times. Only information about the avatar Joanna that was “serving” in the store was listed, but not the information about her true self. Theoretically speaking, since she was only second to the Superior Gods, her combat strength should have been much higher. He was quite eager to find out what her actual strength was like.
The system didn’t reply. Su Ping would have to figure this out himself.
Su Ping thought for a long time. Eventually, he decided that it was because Joanna’s avatar was the one working in the store at the moment. That was why only her information was listed there. If and when her true self came, he would be able to see her complete information.
I can try and steal her stronger skills one by one. Or, I can let her teach the Little Skeleton and the Inferno Dragon for them to grow. Su Ping lost himself in these delightful thoughts.
Currently, the store had just been upgraded to the third level. From the interface, Su Ping could see the territory of the entire store, which encompassed an area of three thousand square meters. The other surrounding stores he had bought—and were outside the store’s territory—didn’t have the protection of the security zone.
But Su Ping was fine with that. He would have to upgrade the store someday in the future and those extra places could come in handy then.
There was a virtual map in Su Ping’s mind that could guide him in the store. He left the pet room. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Joanna sitting by the counter, sleeping. Indeed, she was a “goddess.” She was quite stylish even in her sleep. She leaned against the counter, with her legs crossed and her arms folded in front of her chest. What a posture… Weren’t her legs getting numb?
Joanna heard Su Ping coming. She opened her eyes. There seemed to be a flash of coldness in her eyes when she saw how Su Ping was sizing her up and down with a grin. She pulled a long face and snorted.
She was vexed since she had to deal with this person, who was far from being a gentleman. She, a god, had to sleep on the floor! She didn’t even have a bed!
Even if he didn’t see her as a goddess, she was an employee. What kind of treatment was this?!
Though she was furious, she didn’t bother to show her anger anymore. She had been mentally prepared since she arrived at the store. At the very least, on the surface, being hostile to his man would not do her any good.
Last night, she had tried every means possible to teleport away from the store while Su Ping slept, trying to escape. However, some force had overpowered her, not even letting her step out a single inch!
She dreaded the mysterious force in the store. She couldn’t understand what kind of being would be powerful enough to drag her to this strange world from the Demigod Burial and imprison her there.
She could sense that the world was not a powerful one; there was nothing that could scare her. Besides, from the building and the languages, she could tell that this wasn’t a small world by the edge of the Divinity.
After all, in the early days, she had once been a Goddess of War in the Divinity. She had joined many missions that entailed battling in those small words. She had seen countless of them but none were like the one she was in at the moment.
“Come on, let’s take a tour around our store,” Su Ping said, grinning.
Joanna raised her eyebrows. She wanted to say no but the code of conduct for employees popped out in her mind. She frowned but had to stand up.
Su Ping smiled and pushed the door open. The roller shutter door had been substituted by a huge wooden door with the carvings of a dragon and a phoenix that were as natural as though they were living on the door, and as though they could leap across from the door at any time.
Outside the door was a long staircase with two dragon statues guarding on both sides.
The door area was two times larger than before. The dragon statue and the exquisite decoration on the walls gave a more elegant look to the store. One look and people could tell that this was a classy place.
According to the map of the store, Su Ping stepped outside. He looked to the sides. A shop that used to sell down jackets had turned into a wall with its door sealed off. On the inside, the shop had been connected to the other places.
Su Ping walked down the road. Of all the shops he purchased, seven to eight had become walls. The ceramic tiles used had wood patterns. His store had become incompatible with all the other shops that were still in operation on the street. It was as if his store were a five-star hotel in a village.
Su Ping stood outside on the street and looked around his store. All the shops on the first floor had been connected and so were the buildings on the second and third floors. They had been merged into one.
Pixie Pet Store.
The old, shabby sign board had been updated by the system. The board was hung above the store and it was several times larger. The board was very visible, and it had been gracefully crafted.
Su Ping exclaimed when he saw how the system understood him. This kind of majestic and elegant style was just the type he was hoping for.
Viewed from the distance, his store was like a luxurious mansion relocated on this street. The two dragon statues outside his store were formidable.
Su Ping thought that those two dragon statues were more impressive than the phoenix statues at the gate of the Phoenix Peak Academy. He wondered if the system had sealed two real dragons inside the two statues. The eyes of the dragons were too lifelike. He felt that two dragons were gazing upon him.
Perfect!
Absolute perfection!
Su Ping praised the system. It had outdone itself because he could find no flaws when he was a person that could find a quarrel in a straw!
Su Ping was overjoyed but Joanna was inwardly sneering at him. She showed no expression on her face, in case any emotions she revealed could get her into another argument with Su Ping.
She wasn’t surprised to see that the store was different. The mysterious force could wipe out a large area overnight, let alone doing some renovation.
As for the overwhelming sense of the store… she had seen too many classy venues in the Divinity. The store’s elegance was nothing to her.
The only thing that caught her attention was the dragon statues outside the store and some of their details. She could tell that the two statues were the true essence of the store.
Having checked the exterior of the store, Su Ping went back inside with satisfaction and began to look around in the other areas.
The narrow and small pet room was connected to the other shops he bought. The pet rooms were more spacious and could house more nursing pens.
The small room where the Chaos Spirit Pool for Incubation used to be also changed. He pushed the door in and he felt as if he were standing on top of the universe with countless stars surrounding him. The Chaos Spirit Pool for Incubation that used to be like a dry pool had become a deep well hovering amongst the stars.
Su Ping was not sure whether this was just a special effect or reality. Anyways, he felt this look was extraordinarily refined and much better than before.
The new test spaces occupied the most space and Su Ping was impressed. The room was pure white but at the door, there was a switch that could adjust the space according to the type of pets.
Fire, ocean, forest, swamp, and comprehensive environment, among others.
When Su Ping switched the room to an ocean setting, the white room turned into a place with water with rocks inside.
It was as if he were playing with a PowerPoint file and he could choose anything he wanted. But the simulation was lifelike. He felt he was indeed in an ocean.
This was astonishing. How high-tech this was!
Of course, given the current level of technological development, this was achievable. Some time back, Su Ping had also seen something on the internet, saying that some top-level venues were utilizing this type of technology.
Did the system import the highest technological achievements from the federal government into my store? Su Ping wondered. He trusted the system. The system was crafty enough to think about getting some construction company to disguise the upgrade of the store. The system knew better than to use anything to queer or unfathomable. Otherwise, his pet store would have become a tech store…
Joanna accompanied Su Ping on his tour. She was stunned when they entered the room with the Chaos Spirit Pool for Incubation. She could sense that the well hovering in the stars hid some ancient energy.
That type of energy seemed to be more primitive than the divine energy she was seeking…
While shocked, Joanna exited the room with Su Ping, but she would never forget what she saw again. Her fear and understanding of the store was further deepened.
After they finished touring around the store, Su Ping went back to the storefront to test the pet sales function.
Before he put up any pet for sale, he could evaluate the pets first.
“Little Skeleton.”
Su Ping summoned the Little Skeleton first to find out its value.
He remembered that when the Little Skeleton first came to him, he had once tested the price for renting out the Little Skeleton. The rate was one energy point.
He had been training the Little Skeleton for a long time. He wondered how the Little Skeleton would fare.
Soon, the prices for sales and rental of the Little Skeleton were available.
Selling price: 4.62 million energy points.
Renting price: 10,000 energy points/hour.
…
Su Ping was stunned stiff.
A selling price of 4.62 million? In energy points?
Upgrading the store had only cost him one hundred thousand energy points!
In terms of federal astral coins, the one hundred thousand energy points did not seem to be much. But it would take him a long time to make that many federal astral coins. After all, many services in his store had a low price as demanded by the system.
If I remember correctly, upgrading the store to the fourth level would need one million energy points and the fourth-level Chaos Spirit Pool for Incubation also costs one million energy… Su Ping’s heart was throbbing. He could have all of that if he sold the Little Skeleton.
He could upgrade the store, and upgrade the Chaos Spirit Pool for Incubation which had a high possibility of breeding a beast king!
He looked at the prices several times and heaved a sigh. He would never sell the Little Skeleton, not a chance.
He had spent too much effort into training the Little Skeleton. To upgrade the store and the other things, he could take gradual steps. By pure logic, selling the Little Skeleton right then to upgrade the store and breed beast kings was more cost-effective. His strength could be developed as well. But he was a human and that meant he was sensible.
For Su Ping, the Little Skeleton was like his kid. Every time they went to a cultivation site, the Little Skeleton would go to rescue him from danger at the risk of its own life. He could never sell his companion to get energy points, even if more zeroes were added at the end of the price.
Then, Su Ping saw a breakdown of the price. He clicked the chart open to see the details.
Half Skeleton King Bloodline: 3.9 million energy points.
Combat Strength of 10: half a million energy points.
Skills Mastered: two hundred and twenty thousand energy points.
…
Su Ping was startled. That was to say, the Little Skeleton was worth that much mainly because of the bloodline of the skeleton king?
Without the bloodline of the skeleton king, the Little Skeleton would only sell at half a million energy points?
But the Little Skeleton had a combat strength of 10 and at the “beast king” level!
“Are you sure about this?” Su Ping asked the system.
The system sounded indifferent. “Excluding the bloodline, a combat strength of 10 is the lower limit for a beast king and beast kings of the lowest level will have a value of half a million energy points.”
Su Ping was speechless. Beast kings’ prices were low.
Half a million energy points were equal to fifty million federal astral coins. How cheap were the beast kings?
He could easily make over a billion coins with the spoils he had obtained from the Mysterious Realm. Yes, he was cheating because he had information about the Mysterious Realm. Obtaining the treasures was as easy as winking. Still, he didn’t think making money was difficult.
Qin Shuhai—the one who had bought the Astral Spirit Fruit from Su Ping—could easily pay him one hundred million. That was how rich titled battle pet warriors were.
That was to say, any titled battle pet warrior could go to his store and buy several beast kings, right?
The system added. “A fourth level Chaos Spirit Pool for Incubation can have a higher possibility to breed a beast king and one round will cost you one million of energy points. An adult beast king, if it has a combat strength merely above 10, it is proof that it has low potential and little room for progress. A selling price of half a million is high enough.”
Su Ping did not know what to say.
Even without a growth potential, beast kings were beast kings. They were strong and could eliminate titled battle pet warriors instantly.
“The store has its pricing system. The host shall not say more. The target of the store is to cultivate the best pets. Pets of low potential are good-for-nothings. The host must remember this,” the system continued.
Su Ping rolled his eyes. Did the system have to be so pretentious?
What is wrong with low potential? Have the pets used your money? Why do you have to be so defensive?!
“Yes, I do have to be this pretentious.”
“No, you’re eavesdropping again!”
“If you don’t want your thoughts to be heard, the host should try to upgrade the store to the seventh level as soon as possible and be able to keep your privacy,” the system cautioned Su Ping coldly.
“F*ck you!!”
…
He gave vent to a torrent of abuse. Su Ping finally quieted down after electrotherapy.
He stopped “arguing” with the system. He thought of something else. The system was talking about the beast kings with no bloodline or potential. But for the most part, beast kings did have bloodlines and great potentials. Therefore, a normal beast king could be sold over a million.
As for the Chaos Spirit Pool for Incubation, he would have to spend one million for each incubation attempt and there was a high chance of a beast king coming into being and a lower possibility of a top-level beast king coming out. Essentially, selling an average beast king could give Su Ping a chance to win a lottery. As such, he wasn’t losing anything.
The system must have thought of this when setting the price.
How crafty the system was!
Su Ping heaved a sigh. He wasn’t in the mood to argue with the system.
After all…
He could never win against the system and had to take it easy.
What else could he do?!
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