Astral Pet Store

Chapter 542 Reaching the Ninth Rank

The local forces were surprised about the many outside factions that were swarming in. The former learned that the foreign representatives were there to ask about someone, immediately understanding why the latter had arrived.

They were there for Su Ping! Many people outside the city had heard when the Longjiang Base City was under attack and the presence of the Otherworld Heavenly King was made public, not to mention the fact that the base city’s request for help had facilitated the fast travel of information. The successful defense of the Longjiang Base City was an even bigger surprise. Some outside forces asked around and collected some information.

The center of all the pieces of news was Su Ping.

Some forces, such as the Tang Family and the Star Organization, were aware of Su Ping even before the strike.

The rest knew next to nothing about him. That being said, it would be against their interests if they didn’t hurry over to befriend that mysterious, yet powerful battle pet warrior.

Outside the Pixie Pet Store.

Many people had gone to the store during the ten days that Su Ping had been training the pets, while keeping his doors closed.

Many were disappointed to see the closed doors but no one dared to cause a disturbance. They waited quietly. As a matter of fact, they thought that this was what a legendary battle pet warrior should do.

In that day and age, all the awesome characters would prefer shutting their doors and decline seeing visitors.

They wouldn’t be regarded as big shots if they acted differently!

No one doubted the information’s authenticity in regards to Su Ping; it was impossible to cordon the news about the beast strike suffered by the Longjiang Base City! Many people from other base cities had gone to help the Base City, and they got to see an astonishing side of Longjiang. Su Ping had forced the Heavenly King to retreat. The major families from the base city had beast kings. Those facts were enough to shock the world.

After all, Longjiang was merely a Class B base city!

The number of beast kings found in the base city was stunning. With that many beast kings, Longjiang Base City could be qualified as a top-tier base city!

But the fact remained that it was still a Class B base city. What a modest base city.

It was outrageous to see that Longjiang classified itself as a Class B base city when it had what it took to be graded as Class A!

So many people are waiting for him. He’s not opening the store and he hasn’t returned home. What is he thinking about? Li Qingru stood by the house and gazed at the store, clearly worried.

There had to be at least hundreds of people waiting by the sides of the street, and yet it had been ten days since Su Ping had either gone home or opened the store. Li Qingru was worried.

“Our son has grown up. He knows what he is doing. Don’t worry about him,” Su Yuanshan comforted his wife. He, too, was wondering.

Su Yuanshan shook his head and dragged his wife home.

“We two, the old married couple, should stay out of our son’s business.” “So, you think I’m old?”

“Nope.”

“You’re lying; you just lied to my face. You’ve changed.”

At the store.

Su Ping, who had spent a hundred days in the cultivation sites, finally returned.

He looked a bit older than he was ten days prior and his clothes were in rags. He had just returned from a realm of elements. Even though his wounds had been cured, he did end up in an embarrassing state after the intense battles.

“Finally, I’ve finished the pet training.”

Su Ping heaved a sigh. He kept on training the pets, day and night, and spent a hundred days in the cultivation sites. The changes were obvious to him. The pets were not the only beneficiaries from the training; he was, too.

Finally… I’ve reached the ninth rank…

Su Ping clenched his fist and his eyes glowed. He was officially at the ninth rank, the titled rank.

He had become so much more powerful than before. Even beast kings would feel inferior to him. He could kill a common beast king at the Ocean State with one punch, only using his physical strength. As for opponents at the titled rank, dealing with them would be a piece of cake for him.

When he used the dutifully practiced Sin Cutter, Su Ping was even able to fight a Fate State beast king by himself and not die in the process!

I’ve learned the rules of fire by myself…”

Su Ping turned his palm upward; a ball of purple flames began to dance in his hand. He had learned the elementary rules of fire when he trained in a realm of fire!

His training in the realm of thunder had enabled him to gain a deeper understanding of the rules of thunder and he was close to reaching the next level.

Besides, he had once mistakenly ingested some strange herbs when he was in a dragon realm, which had eventually increased his physical strength. Adding the Solar Bulwark, he could even fight an Ocean State beast king relying on nothing else but his physical strength!

Profound astral powers were stored in the cores of his cells. The vortices were quite large and solid. The Heaven’s Tests had helped in purifying his astral powers; whenever he absorbed new astral powers, the pure astral powers inside him would automatically filter out the filth and impurities.

Even though he was at the ninth rank, the strength of his astral powers could almost be compared to the Ocean State!

Su Ping was very happy about his journey during the past one hundred days.

He extinguished the ball of flames in his palm; then, he felt a gaze on him. Joanna was staring at him and she seemed to be absent-minded. “What is it?” he asked.

Joanna came back to her senses. She shook her head but there was surprise in her eyes. She was no longer sure that she could beat Su Ping in a fight. During the past days, she had been able to tell that he had progressed every time he returned from a cultivation site.

Su Ping was a different man than he was ten days before.

She was amazed by how fast he was able to develop.

“Do you have an idea about how many days have passed?” Su Ping asked. He dedicated himself to the training in the cultivation sites and had forgotten about the passage of time in reality.

Joanna answered, “It’s been ten days since you started.”

“Ten days.” Su Ping was surprised. He realized he had been visiting cultivation sites for more than a hundred days.

If he had spent ten days training the pets, on average, he was only making 2.4 million energy points per day. That wasn’t much better than before. It’s true that there’s no easy money. I’m merely making 2.4 million energy points per day, even when the titled battle pet warriors are using my most expensive services. Professional training requires too much energy and time. Su Ping thought. He decided he had to improve his efficiency in professional training But that was easier said than done.

Whether he visited advanced cultivation sites or not did matter. He had to find the most suitable cultivation sites.

As a matter of fact, powerful creatures would be everywhere and deaths would be constant in the best of the cultivation sites. That could also be a waste of time because there wouldn’t be enough training when deaths came too often.

Anyways, I am mostly glad about my personal progress. I believe I’m qualified to upgrade the store now, Su Ping pondered.

All of a sudden, he realized that his parents would surely be worried sick after being gone for ten days.

He exited the pet room and immediately saw Tang Ruyan and Zhong Lingtong who were sitting on the couch.

The two girls were in somewhat of a mess. Their hair was greasy and their spirits seemed to be low.

The opening of the pet room alerted the two girls. They sat up at once and were happy to see Su Ping come out from the pet room. “Finally, you’re out of there!” Tang Ruyan complained.

Zhong Lingtong hurried to greet Su Ping but she must have become a stranger to walking because she almost twisted her ankle after she merely took a few steps.

“What is that smell? You haven’t showered for days, have you?” Su Ping said.

Tang Ruyan rolled her eyes.

What a mean thing to say. You’re doomed to never find a girlfriend!

“You’re the one to say!” Tang Ruyan said grumpily, “You entered the pet room but you forgot all about us. We couldn’t push the door open no matter how hard we tried. We would have starved to death if it weren’t for the fact that you kept some snacks and ice creams in the store!”

Su Ping realized he had made a grave mistake. Tang Ruyan and Zhong Lingtong didn’t have permission to control the store. They were no different than the people outside, according to the system. They couldn’t enter the store nor leave by themselves. “I am sorry. This is my bad,” Su Ping apologized, “Go and take a shower. I will buy you a feast to make it up to you.”

“Humph,” Tang Ruyan snorted. “Sir,” Zhong Lingtong said. Su Ping rubbed her head. “I’m sorry that you have suffered. I will make it up to you.”

Zhong Lingtong’s eyes glowed. “How?”

“How about making you clean up the garbage you piled up?”

II

11

Su Ping joked but he sincerely felt sorry. It was time to teach the girl some training skills. He planned on imparting her the complete elementary rules of fire.

That way, she would be comparable to a ninth-rank trainer when training pets of the fire family.

He would even give her the elementary agility talent in the future, not just yet. After all, an Enlightening Guide could develop a pet’s intelligence. Some of the top trainers didn’t even have that skill. That was his ace card. He would only teach her that when he found better ones.

Once Su Ping returned, everything else returned to normal.

Su Ping opened the store door, and a cloud of dust danced in the sunlight.

Once he stepped out of the door, he noticed that many people were squatting by the street and many were advanced battle pet warriors.

There were several titled battle pet warriors as well.

To Su Ping’s surprise, he noticed that they didn’t seem to be locals.