Astral Pet Store (WN)

At the store.

Tang Ruyan was cleaning the bathroom for five minutes when her phone rang.

Her family was calling. “So, how is it? When will Legend Night Eagle get here?” Tang Ruyan shot out the question.

“…” But the caller said nothing for a few seconds. Eventually, an old man said bitterly, “My lady, Legend Night Eagle said he wasn’t free…”

Not free? Tang Ruyan rolled her eyes. You can’t make time to buy Void State beast kings? “What is he doing? Did he leave to support the other continents?” Tang Ruyan asked. She would understand and admire him for it if that was the case. After all, if that person valued humans more than acquiring new battle pets, it would mean the Tang family had not befriended the wrong person.

“Well…”

The Tang family elder didn’t know whether to tell her the truth or not.

“Uncle Seven, be honest.” Tang Ruyan frowned. She ordered like a family head.

The Tang family elder forced a bitter smile. “My lady, he didn’t believe us, at all. He thought we had made it up. He just found an excuse and… he warned us not to butter him up by playing such games. He said he didn’t have time for this.” What the hell?

Tang Ruyan wanted to call names right away.

Buttering him up? The Tang family doesn’t need to butter up an Ocean State legendary warrior!

She would be more careful if Legend Night Eagle was at the Void State, but the fact was that he was only at the Ocean State. She had in fact witnessed how someone of the same rank got killed right in front of her eyes!

She wasn’t at the legendary rank but her mind was.

She could not help it since she was working for a freak like Su Ping.

Who else in the world could have sold that many Void State battle pets?

As far as Tang Ruyan could tell, not even the Tower Master—the de facto leader of the Blue Planet-could have such… courage!

She had never met the Tower Master but she was sure of it!

“Doesn’t he know me? Didn’t he know where I’m working?” Tang Ruyan asked.

She went back to aid the Tang family and wiped out two ancient families in the process; that was sensational enough. The whole upper class of the entire Subcontinent District learned her name after that fight. She never hid the fact she was working for Su Ping; anyone could find out about this. Not only was she powerful… The most important thing was that she was working for Su Ping!

They could ignore her identity as a family head but they would have to be mindful of the fact that she worked for Su Ping!

But Legend Night Eagle still thought the Tang family was trying to get in his good graces. Tang Ruyan was so angry that she burst out laughing. After the outcome broadened her mind, she stopped caring about that legendary battle pet warrior.

“He didn’t know about your exploits, and he, he didn’t think much of Mr. Su…” the Tang family elder said in a low voice. He was afraid that a certain someone would overhear their conversation through Tang Ruyan’s phone.

What Tang Ruyan did during the Tang family crisis had stunned everyone.

Afterward, the Tang family did some analysis and realized that Tang Ruyan’s achievements had everything to do with the young man that captured her.

The Tang family kept the information about that young man as a closely guarded secret.

“Damn him…” Tang Ruyan used foul language directly. Doesn’t he know what I did? I finally had a chance to pretend to be something and he didn’t see that?!

He didn’t know?!

How unfair!

“We’re giving him a chance to develop and he doesn’t want that. Hmm. We will find someone else then. I will videotape how we sell the beast kings and you will send that video to him without saying a word to him. Let’s see how he feels about that!” Tang Ruyan was clenching her teeth.

“Okay, sure…” The Tang family elder felt their family head was no longer the fair lady she used to be. She was setting herself free…

That had to be due to the company she kept…

Su Ping had indeed heard the conversation. Still, he couldn’t care less; it was Legend Night Eagle’s loss. He had no trouble finding customers.

Beep…

Right then, Su Ping’s phone rang.

Su Ping recognized the number. “Mr. Li?”

“Don’t call me Mr. Li, I don’t like that. We’re brothers, remember?” Li Yuanfeng laughed.

Su Ping smiled, “Have you finally come out?”

Li Yuanfeng couldn’t have reached him on the phone if they were still in the Deep Caves.

“Yes, all of us made the trip.” The wind seemed to be heavy where Li Yuanfeng was but his voice was clear.

“Long story short. We began to ask around about you as soon as we came out. You’re awesome. I cannot believe you managed to escape from the Corridor again. I don’t think there are many among us across the five fields who can do this.”

Su Ping replied, “I got lucky. It wouldn’t have been easy if the beasts hadn’t left the Corridor.”

“They weren’t there when you got in? Damn it. Those bastards had a plan and I knew it. We almost got trapped in there and we had no idea about the things happening on the surface!” Li Yuanfeng interspersed his talk with curses.

He then thought of another question. “Have you gone to the deepest level?”

“Yes.” Su Ping told Li Yuanfeng about everything he had seen, including the formation. What if he knew something?

His explanation was received by silence.

He then heard some gasps after a dozen seconds passed.

“Eight Fate State beast kings were in there? There are more that have already gotten out. How many beasts were able to reach the Fate State inside the Deep Caves over the years…

“What should we do now?”

“So, we only got out to seek our doom?”

“Listen, how did Brother Su managed to hide himself when so many Fate State beast kings were inside?”

“That’s a great question.” Su Ping recognized those familiar voices. “Are you all staying together?” Li Yuanfeng came back to his senses. “Yes. We’re heading to your hometown; we should be arriving shortly. We heard about what happened, so we’re going there to discuss a plan with you. Let’s talk in a bit.”

“Okay.”

Su Ping agreed and exhaled in relief. He was glad that Li Yuanfeng and the others had gotten out at such a critical time. Their help would aid in lifting some stress in the coming battles and Su Ping could find masters for his remaining battle pets.

“I have friends coming. Tell your family that they don’t have to find anyone else,” Su Ping said to Tang Ruyan.

Tang Ruyan had also heard the conversation and she knew about Li Yuanfeng, the senior legendary battle pet warrior who had been staying inside the Deep Caves for a long time. She had once taken care of Li Yuanfeng’s family for a while. “Sure.”

Tang Ruyan called her family at once.

If Legend Night Eagle would have gone there and bought those battle pets, he would have thanked the Tang family and the Tangs would have found a good friend. However, Legend Night Eagle just had to be too blind to notice. There was nothing she could do about it.

As long as I am still here, I will forever be my family’s anchor… she said to herself.

Many people entered the store moments after Su Ping ended the call.

Su Ping thought it was Li Yuanfeng; he was surprised since they had gotten there in a flash. But he then noticed that it was a group of titled battle pet warriors.

Wait, what??

Su Ping was curious. He went outside.

Dozens of titled battle pet warriors had arrived at the store. They stood by the door and made a large enough crowd. The titled battle pet warriors of the Qin family who were staying across the street were startled. They hurried out to look.

“What is that?”

“Did Mr. Su summon them?”

“I can’t believe Mr. Su knows that many titled battle pet warriors…”

“I can. Mr. Su is a person who sells beast kings. But why are there so many of them here? Are the wild beasts coming?”

The titled battle pet warriors of the Liu and the Zhou families were also outside and observing the situation.

“This is the place.”

“This?”

The titled battle pet warriors noticed the people from the Qin, Liu, and Zhou families. They were surprised to find that many titled warriors living on those poor-looking streets.

Those people were local titled warriors.

“We bought our pet food here. We asked around and people say this is the best pet store in the Longjiang Base City. Go in and have a look. You will find beast kings on sale…” said the middle-aged man who visited Su Ping’s store to an old man with emerald earrings.

The old man was at the peak of the titled rank; he had great resources and connections. At one time he had fought against five others at the peak of the titled rank to be the leader of all the relocated battle pet warriors.

There was a lot of open and covert strife, and that old man had easily defeated his competitors, eventually becoming the leader.

“Beast kings? Really? I heard that Longjiang has a legendary battle pet warrior. Is he in fact the owner of the store?

“If so, he can indeed put his battle pet here as a marketing ploy. “Either way, let’s check it out.”

They were all curious.

They were new to the Longjiang Base City, but they understood the place was in the shantytown area. And yet, the street wasn’t at all shanty.

No local titled warrior would want to live in a shantytown area for nothing.

“Look, such a fat Lightning Rat.”

“A Lightning Rat? I don’t think so. The energy inside it is too profound.”

Someone noticed the Lightning Rat under the statue. It looked like a Lightning Rat but they were able to tell that it had been able to reach the sixth rank, which was strange.

“We have customers. Go.” Su Ping saw the four titled battle pet warriors who had previously visited the store and quickly understood the purpose of that hubbub.

Tang Ruyan was surprised. The store had been closed for days. Why would that many people decide to go there in the middle of the night?

She also understood when she saw those four. She pouted; she had tried every possible way to make them stay but they had insisted on leaving. They then realized how good the store was and visited them again, but she got punished nonetheless.

Though unhappy, she still remembered what Su Ping had told her. She took a deep breath and adjusted her mindset. Since she was there, she had to do her job well.

“Hi, welcome.” Tang Ruyan flashed a professional fake smile.

It was a fake smile but it was a smile on a pretty girl’s face nonetheless; even a fake smile would be pleasant enough. The titled warriors were surprised to notice that Tang Ruyan was also at the titled rank.

Several people in the crowd seemed to be more dumbstruck than others.

It’s… her.

Those people shuddered in fear as they stared at the pretty smile on that pretty face. They would never forget that girl. She had been the girl who had once calmly destroyed ancient families, slaughtering more titled battle pet warriors than anyone could imagine!