Unable to Cultivate, I Can Only Raise Soul Pets Novel - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: More Money Required!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

‘This 369 Steel can imitate the strength of an ordinary green caterpillar with ten years of cultivation base.’
Wang Che froze in place for a moment.
Steel type soul pets were very special and rare.
In fact, there were no such soul beasts in ancient times.
The 369 Steel’s ability to transform did not rely on analysing the opponent’s attributes.
Instead, it was based on the artificial data recorded in its brain.
Take a normal green caterpillar for example. Before transforming, the 369 Steel would ask itself the following questions: How strong is its cultivation level? How fast is its speed? How is its physique?
After accessing the answers, it would transform into its target’s outer form and imitate the cultivation age.
Apart from that, the rest of its attributes would be based on that of a normal green caterpillar.
‘This soul pet is quite an interesting one.’
Wang Che thought to himself.
Judging from the results, this defense test was definitely the most intriguing out of the four.
Meanwhile, after regaining its composure, the white caterpillar launched another attack on the green caterpillar.
Yet, there was still no effect this time.
If anything, the damage was negligible.
The green caterpillar, who had realised this as well, began to lay on the ground arrogantly, not even bothering to defend itself anymore.
‘A green caterpillar with ten years of cultivation is really weak…’
Before conducting this test, Wang Che had not been very satisfied with the little one’s stats.
However, to his surprise, not even a green caterpillar with ten years of cultivation was able to break through its defense.
A soul pet’s defense performance was measured by the number of times it could withstand a full-strength attack by the 369 Steel that imitates a similar cultivation level.
The more attacks it resisted, the stronger the soul pet’s defense.
“At this rate, the white caterpillar won’t be able to incapacitate the little one even after attacking a few hundred times…”
Wang Che said out loud.
Normally, a soul pet undergoing this test would only be able to defend against the incoming attacks for a few times at best.
From that, the soul pet’s owner would be able to gauge its defense attributes.
Yet…
‘It seems that this little one is much stronger than a regular green caterpillar.’
After some contemplation, Wang Che decided to change the test.
At this center, the test with the 369 Steel could be customised according to the user’s needs.
As such, he could manually input the names of other soul pets for the 369 Steel to transform into, or alter the cultivation age to increase the strength of its attacks.
With this, Wang Che would be able to test the extent of the green caterpillar’s defense.
However, if the request exceeded the limit of 369 Steel’s abilities, it could not be done.
Wang Che immediately entered a soul pet’s name into the control computer.
‘Let’s try the Kuka Beast first.’
He keyed in: Kuka Beast, 25 years soul power cultivation.
Almost immediately after he entered the name, the 369 Steel turned into a Kuka Beast.
As per Wang Che’s request, its soul power cultivation was around 25 years.
In its basic tri-steel form, the 369 Steel only possessed the data of an ordinary Kuka Beast’s soul power and physical strength.
Without any imitation of soul skills, the attacks it could use were only limited to simple physical strikes.
Because of this, it could not recreate the full strength of a Kuka Beast.
After all, this was only a basic test of defense.
“The Kuka Beast is a rare soul pet that specializes in speed. It may not be particularly strong, but it isn’t physically helpless either. It’s stronger than the green caterpillar, at the very least.”
Wang Che watched from the sidelines intently as the white Kuka Beast charged toward the green caterpillar.
It was at least twice as fast as its opponent!
Almost instantly, the Kuka Beast threw a punch.
Pa!
The powerful force struck the green caterpillar’s body like a basketball and sent the little one flying.
It remained airborne as it traveled about three to four meters before finally landing on the ground.
Slam!
The green caterpillar looked stunned.
It obviously had not reacted quickly enough.
How could this have happened?
It immediately got up and glared at the Kuka Beast.
“Ssss! Ssss!”
The green caterpillar let out an angry cry, as if protesting that it wasn’t fair to use sneak attacks.
Of course, it wasn’t aware that Wang Che had been the one who set it up to do so…
‘A normal Kuka Beast is much faster than a green caterpillar, but it lacks physical strength… 25 years of soul power cultivation is only slightly stronger than this little one… However, as a soul pet, the Kuka Beast would be much stronger if raised properly.’
Wang Che started to think again.
The Kuka Beast’s speed seemed to be effective against the green caterpillar’s current defence.
However, it hadn’t inflicted any serious damage.
Without giving time for its opponent to react, the Kuka Beast attacked a dozen more times.
Faced with the flurry of strikes, the green caterpillar began to pant, clearly unable to take any more.
Its eyes reddened as well.
The caterpillar felt that it was strong enough to launch an effective counterattack that would have finished off the other party with a single whip of its tail.
However, since this was a test of defense, it could not fight back.
Naturally, it didn’t enjoy being helpless to the Kuka Beast’s incoming attacks.
Seeing this, Wang Che immediately ended the test.
“Come back.”
After taking a look at the exhausted green caterpillar, he placed it back into his pocket.
From his observations, Wang Che could just about estimate the green caterpillar’s current status.
With the little one resting on his chest, he walked up to the computer.
Displayed on it were the test results, and a choice of two options.
One, delete.
Two, keep.
If he kept it, the cost of the test would be reduced by half.
However, Wang Che shook his head.
Such test data would be better off deleted.
One had to know that in future competitions and battles, it would be troublesome if your opponent got a hold of your soul pet’s personal data.
Such basic physical data was still harmless, and there was no need to get rid of it so strictly.
However, in the later stages, there would also be soul skill and soul power tests, and so on.
By then, the data would be much too detailed. If others knew about it, it would be detrimental to one’s chances of victory.
As such, Wang Che decided to delete the caterpillar’s test results.
The changes brought about by the Beast Origin Skill were too great.
If he had retained the data, it would definitely alert the other members of the club.
After tens of thousands of years of experience in his previous life, and even more in the immortal realm, Wang Che was certain that not all people in the world were good.
Especially in his current vulnerable state.
‘Most of the people who come to the center for the soul pet tests are young adults. They like to show off…’
He thought back about the test results that he had seen earlier.
It was not that he did not like to show off. After all, Wang Che himself had been a great cultivator in the Immortal Ascension realm in his previous life.
However, he was aware of the risks of doing so. He had been very powerful in his previous life, and had even managed to dominate the entire cultivation world.
His only failure was probably the heavenly tribulation…
Without the substantial strength of his past self, Wang Che had to be constantly on guard.
Since the data was presented in real time, there wouldn’t be any backup copy of it once it had been deleted.
If the club secretly preserved a copy, it would violate the Federation’s laws, leading to severe consequences.
After deleting the data, Wang Che calmly walked out of the testing room.
“Wang Che! You’re out?”
Yuan Xiaole, who was waiting in line for the test, immediately smiled and asked, “How was the test?”
“So-so,” Wang Che answered nonchalantly while glancing at him.
“Hey, it’s fine,” Yuan Xiaole said with a wave of his hand. “That’s right, there’s still a week before school reopens. After school reopens, we’ll have to face simple soul pets.”
“When the time comes, would you be interested in joining my family’s Combat Club as a sparring partner? You’ll get five thousand dollars a month and ten free moon birch milk leaves a day. It’ll definitely be of great help to your green caterpillar. On top of that, it would help your martial soul awaken as well!”
Wang Che looked at him in surprise.
Unexpectedly, this kid had a good family background and even owned a club.
Moreover, the benefits offered were quite generous.
Moon birch milk leaf was more valuable than white birch milk leaf.
It was more expensive too.
Five thousand a month was quite a substantial amount when compared to his own parents’ salary.
However…
“I have a green caterpillar that doesn’t have much combat power.”
Wang Che continued, “How could I be your sparring partner? I think by getting me to join, you just think that you’ll attract even more students to your club, right?
“Isn’t that your good plan?”
Wang Che smiled.
“Holy f*ck!” Yuan Xiaole looked at him in shock. “You’re too f*cking smart! You actually managed to see through me?”
A soul pet like the green caterpillar was definitely not a suitable sparring partner in the club.
However, after school started, all of Skyheart City’s third and second year students would start to get involved with more and more soul pet fights.
Then, the club would be able to recruit a large number of students.
Nevertheless, there were many battle clubs in Skyheart City that competed for membership.
As for Wang Che, his soul pet may have been a green caterpillar, but he was much too handsome…
Furthermore, he was quite famous among his schoolmates as well.
With that face alone, many girls would flock to any club that he joined.
It was too profitable a scheme.
Still, Yuan Xiaole had not expected him to react so quickly, exposing his ulterior motives.
“Then… you’re rejecting me?” Yuan Xiaole looked slightly dejected.
Pointing at his own face, Wang Che replied with a serious tone. “What I mean is, I have such a handsome face…
“You have to pay more!”