My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome

Chapter 50: Chapter 50 “Ancient Breath Soil

After escaping from Qiuqiu’s clutches, the Elemental Egg’s panic subsided slightly.

Shao Zifeng looked at the Elemental Egg in his hand, emitting a faint glow, and thought to himself that the little guy must have discovered something beneficial to itself, just like how Qiuqiu previously found the ‘Concealed Edge’ scabbard in the “black market.”

Considering this possibility, Shao Zifeng felt a surge of excitement. The stunning slash of Concealed Edge had left a deep impression on him.

He closed his eyes slightly and concentrated. After a moment, a string of intermittent emotions enveloped his mind, very weak…

Translated, it meant: “Want… I want…”

Shao Zifeng’s face darkened, feeling that the little guy’s thoughts weren’t all that healthy. It seemed timely prenatal education was needed to correct this, or else it would be trouble when it grew up.

In this free trading zone where people occasionally passed by, he dared not keep the Elemental Egg in his hand for too long, fearing someone with intentions might covet it. So he tucked the weightless Elemental Egg into his pocket.

Once again, he closed his eyes slightly, sensing the emotions of the little guy while constantly rotating his body. When he turned to a certain direction, the little guy’s emotions suddenly intensified.

Shao Zifeng abruptly opened his eyes, looking at the glass cabinet before him.

There it is!

Huh, what’s this?

It looked a bit like something from Old Eight’s secret recipe.

In the glass cabinet before him lay an object that was deep brown and seemingly oozing, quietly resting under the light.

Upon closer inspection, it actually didn’t resemble that much; it was a slightly transparent and gelatinous suspicious substance.

But strangely, the blue light spots in his peripheral vision remained motionless. Usually, this happens because the target has not a hint of energy, but…

Shao Zifeng took two more steps forward. The closer he got to the glass cabinet, the stronger the little guy’s yearning grew. The whole egg… the whole Elemental Egg trembled with excitement, as if it wanted to break free from Shao Zifeng’s grip and rush into the embrace of the oozing object.

Ha, indeed a crummy Golden Finger.

Shao Zifeng calmed down and soothed the Elemental Egg with his [Empathy] ability, reasoning with it while starting prenatal education.

He had to correct the little guy’s thought process, not let it repeat the mistake! Shao Zifeng earnestly imparted that it should buy things it desired with money, not just snatch them, although he wasn’t sure if it could understand.

Thanks to Shao Zifeng’s patient guidance, the little guy finally calmed down, but before Shao Zifeng had a chance to check the information left by the seller, the little guy sent another surge of yearning emotions.

Translated as follows: “Money… want money…”

Shao Zifeng’s face stiffened, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice.

Oh no, it’s over.

He felt that this attempt at prenatal education wasn’t very successful, but he still believed his teachings could be salvaged!

Then, a man and an egg began to communicate.

“It’s for buying, you must buy things you like!”

“Money…”

…

“Trade! Barter goods for goods!”

“Money…”

…

Well! It seems that he really isn’t cut out for education.

He simply tossed the Elemental Egg into Qiuqiu’s arms, tired of its incessant demands for money.

Qiuqiu, pondering what “companion” meant and whether “companion” was edible, smelled the familiar scent and showed delight in its eyes.

It happily nudged Shao Zifeng with its little head, convinced that ‘Eggy’ still loved it, and then…

“Shiilu”

The Elemental Egg trembled.

…

With the Elemental Egg’s disturbances finally ceased, Shao Zifeng could settle down and watch how the seller blew his own trumpet… um, that is, how he introduced the item.

[Ancient Breath Soil]: My name is Tai Xuan the True One. Intelligent from a young age, it is said that on the day of my birth, the gates of Heaven opened wide, divine music wafted through the air, colorful clouds filled the sky, and nine dragons drawing a coffin flew out from the Heavenly Gates… Later, I followed the True One with the Overbearing Saber to cultivate, and after twenty years, I achieved greatness… A hundred years rushed by in the blink of an eye… Traveling through mountains and rivers… In Su City’s Wutong Mountain, I discovered this Ancient Breath Soil… Now I seek one fated person to gift it to, not for 99998, not for 9998, just for 998, take the Ancient Breath Soil home.

Contact number: 183XXXX3234.

Shao Zifeng looked at the screen with an expressionless face, while inside, his mind was full of question marks.

Is this guy that much of a pretentious teen?

So after all that inane babbling, what exactly did you introduce?

And do you have some kind of misunderstanding about the word “gift”?

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the urge to ridicule, Shao Zifeng pulled out his phone and made a call to the seller.

“Hello, dude~, who’s this?” A young man’s voice came through, the type that sounded overly familiar.

Shao Zifeng’s lips twitched, and in the end, he couldn’t bring himself to utter the words “to buy the Ancient Breath Soil.” Too cringey for my taste! Does Shao here look like he has no dignity!?

“You who’s this, speak up quick…” The seller seemed anxious since Shao Zifeng didn’t respond immediately, and then his tone changed abruptly, “Fuck, you’re not the chick from yesterday, are you? I told you already, I’m in it for the fun, not the feelings, you can’t keep hounding me, I…”

“Cough cough.” Shao Zifeng, hearing him ramble more absurdly, hastily interrupted to prevent any more scandalous words.

But the seller, hearing a male voice, reacted even more vigorously, his voice rising an octave, “Fuck, fuck, you’re not the dude from the day before yesterday, are you? Bro, we agreed, it was just a play, scratching each other’s backs, you got the money, I got the moves, and besides, I’m not professionally that, my sexual orientation…”

Shao Zifeng’s face went completely dark; what in the world is all this mess.

“I’m here to purchase your ‘Ancient Breath Soil,'” Shao Zifeng said stiffly, forcing the words through clenched teeth, truly… so embarrassing.

“Oh, you should’ve said so earlier, you’re here for the 998 right, just wait a sec, I’ll be right there… really thought it was that dude, I was about to push him off…”

Shao Zifeng hung up the phone directly.

What kind of weirdos has he been meeting, one after another.

It seems like, ever since he came to this timeline, he’d never encountered a normal person… right?

No, that’s not right, Miss Chen Yixin is pretty normal!

Before long, a refreshing young man with a buzz cut came over, wearing a simple white tank top, distressed jeans, and flip-flops, exuding a clean and sunny vibe.

“Hello, hello, I’m Tai Xuan, the one who’s selling the 998, right.” Tai Xuan extended his right hand very familiarly and grinned.

Shao Zifeng hesitated, then, with his usual practiced fake smile, shook his hand.

“You came to the right person, let me tell you, this 998 is the only piece like this in our shop, if you go anywhere else…”

“Let’s just do the transaction, I’m in a hurry,” Shao Zifeng didn’t let him finish, interrupting with an apologetic smile.

Caught off guard, Tai Xuan grinned and felt no embarrassment, entered a code to unlock the glass cabinet, and took out the stuff that looked somewhat like Oreos.

Shao Zifeng took out the savings card from the platform, swiped away 998 on his POS terminal, took the Oreos-like item packed in a bag from Tai Xuan, said a quick goodbye, and turned to leave.

Tai Xuan stood in front of the glass cabinet, watching Shao Zifeng disappearing into the transaction area. After a moment, he pulled out his phone and dialed a number.

“Hello.” A voice of a magnetic middle-aged uncle came through.

“Uncle Two, that thing left by the divine deer was sold,” Tai Xuan reported respectfully over the phone.

“Oh,” Uncle Two responded indifferently and fell silent.

“Uncle Two, do you want me to…” Seeing that Uncle Two did not respond, Tai Xuan hastily asked, while subconsciously rubbing his neck, which seemed to be a habitual gesture.

“Little Five, remember that person’s face and come home. The old master was asking just yesterday why you hadn’t visited him,” Uncle Two interrupted before he could finish, knowing all too well the style of his nephew; though the old master liked him very much, he himself felt that his nephew was too impulsive.

“But Uncle Two…” Tai Xuan seemed anxious.

“Listen, go home first, a big quake is coming to Su City, we’ll discuss things after it blows over,” Uncle Two seemed not to have heard his nephew’s words, his magnetic voice continuing, “You’re not young anymore, can’t keep fooling around outside, settle down, and prepare for next year’s ‘National College Student Cup,’ let that thing be for now, it’s just an object without any elemental fluctuations after all.”

“Yes, Uncle Two,” Tai Xuan said reluctantly.