Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy-Chapter 552 - 544: That’s Its Favorite Thing

Not knowing how much time had passed, just as Qian Qi was nodding off with her head bobbing, Xi Pingzhe popped his dislocated wrist back into place and said to Qian Qi, "Master, Master, the big boss Contracted Beast won’t let me draw anymore."

Qian Qi, half-dazed, suddenly woke up, "Huh, finished drawing already?"

She looked at the system panel and found it was densely packed with all sorts of rewards, astonishingly without a single piece of Black Tiger Beast dung.

"Hahaha!" Qian Qi couldn’t help but laugh, "With all the things you’ve drawn, baby, is your stomach only left with poop?"

System: [...]

Curiously, Xi Pingzhe asked, "Master, are you playing some game? Every time you draw, the big boss Contracted Beast gives you something it’s swallowed in its belly?"

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, that’s right! It’s into this sort of thing, it does everything it can just to make me draw it. As its owner, I have no choice but to indulge it!"

Xi Pingzhe suddenly understood and couldn’t help earnestly saying to the system, "Big boss Contracted Beast, if you ever want to be drawn, you can find me, free of charge!"

Qian Qi: "Hahahahaha—"

System: ...You cheeky brat! Aren’t you being rude! And to think I even said you were polite before!

Watching Qian Qi laughing so hard she couldn’t catch her breath, even making honking noises, the system was both annoyed and embarrassed, giving her a little knock on the head, [Believe it or not, I’ll spit out all the rewards you just drew and crush you with them!]

"Okay, okay, I’m not laughing anymore." Qian Qi straightened her expression and began looking at what rewards Little Golden Carp Xi Pingzhe had helped draw for her.

Apart from a considerable amount of evolution materials for A-level Magic Beasts, there were also various precious materials from A-level or S-class Magic Beasts, which would be highly effective whether embedded into weapons or fed to Contracted Beasts.

There were also a few S-level Magic Plant fruits, collected by the Fire Stream Dragon into its Treasure Cave because they were so shiny.

Qian Qi used her three-time-a-day free Decoding Technique for the first time in a while.

[Magic Plant Name: Seven-Colored Essence Fruit

Associated Magic Plant: Colorful Rose Vine

Rank: S-level

Effect: Can rapidly refill depleted spiritual power once, up to an SS-level capacity]

[Magic Plant Name:

Associated Magic Plant: Black Demon Fruit

Rank: S-level

Effect: The energy contained in its juice is incomparable, but be careful not to let your Contracted Beast overeat it]

[Magic Plant Name: Crystal Snake Fruit

Associated Magic Plant: Crystal Thunder Snake Tree

Rank: S-level+

Effect: Consuming it allows thunder element Snake Beasts with an S-level or below evolution level to evolve either horizontally or vertically once]

"Hmm, they’re all good things." Qian Qi mused slightly.

The spiritual power of Qian Xiaohun is far beyond S-level, and Qian Qi conservatively guessed it could be at the S-level peak or even SS-level. In case she encounters an enemy beast as powerful as the Gilded Black Tiger Beast in the future, even if her spiritual power is depleted, she could quickly restore all of it by consuming this Seven-Colored Essence Fruit.

The Black Demon Fruit seems to be a fruit that enhances the power level of Magic Beasts, but the tag "do not overeat" made Qian Qi a bit cautious, not daring to feed it to any of her Contracted Beasts.

If it explodes from overeating, it would be a real loss.

As for this Crystal Snake Fruit...

"What does it mean to evolve horizontally or vertically once?" Qian Qi asked curiously.

[Vertical evolution means the evolution level rises from A-level to S-level, not only adding an extra skill, but the power level’s upper limit can also increase to the S-level peak.]

[Horizontal evolution means the evolution level remains A-level, but at the same time, it evolves another A-level attribute, becoming a dual attribute A-level Magic Beast, with up to 10 A-level skills, though the power level’s upper limit still remains the A-level peak, without change.]

[I recommend horizontal evolution; if trained well and the two attributes merged effectively, you could even develop dual attribute fusion skills, equalling up to 35 Contracted Beast skills! Plus, it would not hinder subsequent evolution into a Double S-level Magic Beast! Although it might be a bit troublesome to cultivate, don’t you still have me!]

Qian Qi twitched her mouth, "You merely say you recommend horizontal evolution, but can this Crystal Snake Fruit freely choose between vertical and horizontal evolution?"

System: [That’s not possible.]

Qian Qi: Then what’s the point of your words?

[Who are you planning to feed the Crystal Snake Fruit to?] The system was more concerned about this, as it would determine what materials it would sell to Qian Qi in the future.

"Do I even have a choice?" Qian Qi spread her hands, "The boss is out of the question, serves no purpose other than being a brick, the third Qian Ba is totally unusable, feeding it would be a complete waste, third Moyu and fourth Bai Ji both have unique attributes, training them is already troublesome enough, adding another attribute might just blow them up."

The sixth Venom doesn’t even need mentioning, it’s always out of sight, and she wouldn’t even know where to find it.

Only the second, Ah Tu, whom she hasn’t yet contracted, remains.

[But the Flame Dog’s evolution cap is only A-level, even if you feed it the Crystal Snake Fruit, it can’t possibly become a dual attribute S-class Magic Beast in the future.]

[If you’re unlucky enough for it to result in a vertical evolution, then the Crystal Snake Fruit would be completely wasted.]

"That worthless?" Qian Qi was taken aback, "Shouldn’t it fail at vertical and then switch to horizontal?"

[Stop dreaming.]

"Tsk, let’s just see." Qian Qi waved her hand and continued to look at the rewards on the system panel, "Hmm, the rest are just regular rewards, huh?"

Her finger paused on the panel, then she looked shocked, "What’s this?"

[Hmm.]

"What is this what what what—"

[Hmm hmm.]

"Oh my gosh! System! Is this real? Am I seeing things? Seriously not seeing things?"

Qian Qi shouted in her heart, "Block a fatal attack once!"

[Hmm hmm hmm~!]

"What a worthless reward!" Qian Qi loudly complained in her heart, "Don’t you usually block fatal attacks for me anyway! And you still charged me three million?!"

[Now do you realize how good I am to you...?] The system paused, then went into a rage, [Qian Qi! Who charged you! Do you even understand—]

Understand the value of blocking a fatal attack once, that’s—!

"It’s fine, it’s fine, it’s just three million, consider it a gift to the System Lord~" Qian Qi patted the system panel. To her, a single Crystal Snake Fruit was worth 300 billion, let alone the nearly a thousand advanced treasures included.

A mere three million is just a drop in the ocean, nothing to worry about.

"Let’s go, Tongzi, we’re going home!" Qian Qi tucked the system under her arm, in good spirits, "When we get back, let’s give you another wash with body wash, make you smell good~ make you smell good~"

The system roared: [Qian Qi, don’t tuck me under your armpit—]

After giving Qian Qi a few knocks, watching her show her little white teeth with eyes squinting, smiling like she was in her simpler and more vibrant younger days, the system couldn’t help but join in smiling.

Oh well.

As long as it knows what a fatal attack means.

Moreover, who can guarantee that the fatal attack will ever appear?

But the smile in Qian Qi’s eyes vanished as she turned around.

She slightly clenched her fists.

A fatal attack, huh...