Chapter 143: forget about it

The Pet Trainer institution’s storefront wasn’t large; it looked rather deserted, with only a man in a black short-sleeved shirt sitting on a low stool inside, playing ‘Fight the Landlord’ with two Sand Burrowing Rats.

“Pair of 2s!”

As Qiao Sang entered, she saw the man excitedly throwing down his cards.

“Bo-bo.”

A Sand Burrowing Rat beside him casually tossed out four cards, which seemed to be a bomb.

The man instantly fell silent.

“Um, is anyone here?” Qiao Sang looked inside, trying to call someone else out.

“Yes, yes, yes!” The man heard the voice, immediately put down his cards, stood up, and walked over.

What good luck, a customer came at this critical moment, just in time to ditch this game.

The man was happy inside, and a smile spread across his face: “Are you looking for a Trainer, or boarding, or do you want your Pet to learn a certain skill?”

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment; was this institution’s services so comprehensive?

One should know that Pet training, boarding, and teaching Pet skills were all major categories, and it was rare for one institution to encompass all three services.

Qiao Sang began to change her perception of this institution; she hadn’t expected that though the sparrow was small, it had all its vital organs.

At this moment, the man’s eyes lit up when he saw the Yan Ling Dog beside her, not because he recognized the Yan Ling Dog as the new evolution of the Fire Fang Dog mentioned in recent news, but because he was amazed by the Yan Ling Dog’s appearance.

The Yan Ling Dog gave off a feeling of nothing but expensive.

It seems like a wealthy customer…

Thinking this, the man’s attitude became even more enthusiastic: “We have professional Trainers here, and for boarding, we support monthly, quarterly, and annual boarding, and also skills.”

He pointed to the two Pets still holding cards and continued: “Look at these two Sand Burrowing Rats; they’ve only been here for about a week and have already learned to play cards and roll dice.”

“Whatever skill you want your Pet to learn, whether it’s Werewolf, Three Kingdoms Kill, or Script Kill, we can ensure it learns it.”

Qiao Sang: “…”

So this ‘skill’ was not that ‘skill’…

“I want to have a month’s worth of Energy Pills made according to this,” Qiao Sang said, taking out two training plans and explaining her purpose.

The man took them with a smile, casually glancing at them, but those two glances nearly made him lose his composed smile.

Good heavens, pure liquid, Fire Melt Fruit, Fire Elemental Crystal, warm powder…

Just a casual glance revealed rare materials…

So extravagant… At least a High Level Energy Pill maker would dare to use these materials to make Energy Pills, right?

If this business deal really went through, they would need outside help to produce it.

“I wonder if we need to provide these materials?” The man couldn’t help but become serious when faced with such an extravagant combination of materials.

“If you provide them, how much will it cost?” Qiao Sang asked.

She hadn’t bought the materials first and come directly to the training institution to save time, thinking that the people at the institution would provide the materials.

The cost of the materials might be more expensive than buying them herself, but was money a problem?

No!

She now had assets of 5 million alliance coins!

“200,000 alliance coins, for a month’s supply of both types of Energy Pills combined,” the man estimated and said.

Qiao Sang paused, her brain rapidly calculating.

200,000 alliance coins…

That would be 2.4 million alliance coins a year, enough to buy 24 Fire Fang Dogs…

Holy crap!

A rip-off!

“Excuse me.” Qiao Sang snatched the two papers from the man’s hand and turned to leave.

“Wait!” The man quickly blocked her path: “We can discuss the price; don’t leave in such a hurry.”

He admitted that the price was raised a little, but it was only a little more. The market price for making Energy Pills was not uniform to begin with. Who turns around and leaves after hearing a price? Don’t people usually try to bargain?

It was a rare business opportunity, and he naturally didn’t want to lose it just like that.

Qiao Sang stopped and said, “50,000 alliance coins.”

“You can leave.” This time, it was the man who turned and walked away.

Qiao Sang: “…”

Fine, I’ll leave!

Ten minutes later, Qiao Sang returned here…

Because she had just called the Vice Principal and confirmed that the materials plus the production fee were indeed close to 200,000 alliance coins.

No wonder people always said that contracting a Pet was easy, but training a Pet was difficult; she had truly come to understand it profoundly…

After more than half an hour of friendly communication, the final transaction price was set at over 180,000 alliance coins per month.

Paid monthly, with a 20,000 alliance coins deposit upfront, and the remaining balance paid upon receiving each month’s Energy Pills.

…

Qiao Sang returned home with a heavy heart.

She had initially thought that 5 million alliance coins would be enough for her to splurge for a long time, but now, just customizing Energy Pills for a year’s worth would cost nearly half of her entire fortune.

Adding the materials the Little Treasure Hunting Ghost’s ring needed to absorb and the dark nether crystal needed for its evolution, the money would probably be used up…

At this moment, Qiao Sang felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

Because this was only the training cost for one Intermediate Pet and one Beginner Pet; what would happen when the Pets reached higher levels in the future?

Qiao Sang sat on the sofa, picked up her phone, and searched for the materials needed for the ring, referencing the Little Treasure Hunting Ghost’s training plan.

The materials for the ring weren’t many, only 10 types.

Looking at the search results for the materials, she breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, they weren’t as expensive as she had imagined…

She ordered 8 of them directly online, spending only 32,000 alliance coins.

She hesitated to choose the Hundred-Year Root Grass and the Netherflame Fruit.

There were many fakes online, and these two materials were among the most expensive, one costing over 60,000 alliance coins and the other over 80,000 alliance coins.

Buying materials wasn’t like buying clothes, where you could tell the quality at a glance. If you bought correctly, everyone was happy; if you bought wrong, you’d have to fight a consumer rights battle with the merchant, which was too troublesome.

For such expensive materials, one either bought them and took them to an appraisal center for authentication or went directly to a branded physical store to purchase them.

Qiao Sang thought for a while and decided to make time to buy these two items at a physical store.

After looking at her phone for a while longer, a crackling sound suddenly came from the courtyard.

“What happened?” Qiao Sang asked, startled, raising her head.

“Xun!”

“Xiao Xunbao!”

The Little Treasure Hunting Ghost, hearing its Yu Beast Master’s question, excitedly floated to the left, opening its mouth and mimicking the Yan Ling Dog’s fire-breathing.

Then it floated to the ground on the right, mimicking Water Luyana’s collapse from last time, closing its eyes and falling down.

Qiao Sang: “… !”

She had actually forgotten about this!

In the morning, to prevent the Yan Ling Dog from fighting Water Luyana, she had tricked it into going to school early. When she came back, she was only focused on looking at materials online and forgot about the Yan Ling Dog.

Could they have already started fighting now?!

Just then, another loud bang came from the courtyard.

Undoubtedly, this was the sound of a fight…

Qiao Sang stood up with a whoosh, her face tense, and quickly walked towards the courtyard.

Now she could only hope that Water Luyana was hiding in the water like yesterday when the Yan Ling Dog released Spark and hadn’t retaliated…

“Xun~”

The Little Treasure Hunting Ghost followed closely behind with an expression of watching a show.

When Qiao Sang arrived in the courtyard and saw the scene before her, her vision went black.

The Yan Ling Dog was proudly holding its head high, while Water Luyana lay unconscious opposite it.