Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy-Chapter 555 - 547: Brought Back for You to Taste

"Oh!" Little Poison snapped back to reality, flicking its snake tongue. "I almost forgot! I brought a gift when I came back!"

Qian Qi looked at the squirming burlap sack outside the window, feeling an ominous premonition.

Could it be another A-level Magic Beast it snatched from somewhere?

She opened the window, watched Little Poison place the sack on the ground, and carefully untie the rope with the tip of its tail. It called inside, "Hu Zi, come out and meet everyone."

"Awoo!" A small black-and-gold young beast rolled out, rubbing its round tiger head affectionately against Little Poison. It looked...

So freaking familiar?!

Qian Qi rubbed her eyes, uncertainly asked Su Ang, "Why does it look so much like a Gilded Black Tiger Beast?"

Su Ang: "Not just similar, it is one."

"What’s a Gilded Black Tiger Beast? This is Hu Zi." Little Poison tilted its snake head, "Contractor, has your spiritual power increased? Can you make a contract?"

Qian Qi clutched her aching heart, "Let’s not talk about that heartbreaking matter. This gilded, oh no, Hu Zi, where did you pick it up from?"

"Oh." Little Poison explained one by one, "I was in an instance, and then hungry, so I found an egg. I was going to cook it and eat it, but couldn’t bite, and Bone Mother couldn’t digest it, so I thought of bringing it back to let you taste it."

"Who knew it cracked open halfway, calling me mom. I said I’m a mighty and ferocious predator. If my contractor can’t make a contract with you, you’ll become my food."

Little Poison sprawled its tail, "So I brought it back."

It turned to Hu Zi and said, "Look, my contractor isn’t going to contract you; seems like you’re going to be eaten by me."

Hu Zi immediately sat on the ground with a baffled and helpless face. After a while, it reacted, quickly stumbling and rolling to Qian Qi’s feet, rubbing its tiger head, "Awoo..."

Save the tiger’s life.

Qian Qi felt it didn’t appear very smart, "The Gilded Black Tiger Beast is an Epic Level Evolution Beast. It should inherit the Black Tiger Beast’s legacy upon birth, possessing at least S-Class strength..."

Why does this one seem a bit dumb?

Little Poison also thought this Hu Zi was daft and easy to fool. After pondering for a while, it whipped its tail and suddenly realized, "Could it be the materials I used when cooking the egg was wrong?"

Qian Qi: ? "You didn’t boil it in plain water?"

Little Poison, looking justifiably smug, "That’s too bland! Of course, I painstakingly gathered lots of beautiful and fragrant Magic Plants, then made a messy stew with a mix of meats and veggies!"

Qian Qi: ... Beautiful and fragrant Magic Plants usually have toxins, my dear snake!

Qian Qi fainted onto Su Ang’s shoulder with an ever-paining heart, "What did this Hu Zi do to deserve this? A perfectly good Epic Level Magic Beast turned into a fool..."

"Can’t it be cured?" Su Ang brushed her eyelashes, "I recall you can cure Magic Beasts."

Back then, wasn’t it because of curing a Magic Beast that she met Sikong Wang?

"To cure an Epic Level Magic Beast, there must be Epic Level Magic Plant Materials, right? But I can’t beat those..."

Qian Qi gloomily raised her head, "More than that, I’m more worried about any connections this Gilded Black Tiger Beast might have with the Black Tiger Beast over in Green City."

Better not be a father-son relationship... If the other side finds out her Contracted Beast boiled its son into a fool, won’t it flatten the entire Yan City?

No, can’t let that happen.

Qian Qi decided to seek system help. She opened the whole window, shouting inwardly, "System!"

The system flashed and appeared: [Why are you calling, Dad?]

Qian Qi: ! Where did you fly over from? So fast, are you eavesdropping?!

System: [Eavesdrop on your uncle! I was enjoying the scenery on the rooftop!]

"Enough about that, something big happened, hurry in and take a look!" Qian Qi made room, "Poison snatched back a Black Tiger cub and made it into a fool in cooking!"

[No way! Do you think an Epic Level Magic Beast can become a fool so easily—whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa, what the hell!]

The system trembled significantly upon seeing Hu Zi, [Fooling your uncle, this is caused by premature birth leading to malnutrition! Did Poison eat its eggshell?]

Qian Qi looked at Poison, "Did you eat the eggshell?"

Poison straightened its waist: "Yup! Crunchy, so tasty!"

"You didn’t even save a piece for me to taste?" Qian Qi couldn’t help but say, only to get hit on the head by the system, [Why do you want to eat everything!]

"What’s wrong with tasting, I won’t swallow it." Unhappy, Qian Qi muttered, then squatted down and poked the weak, lurching small Hu Zi, "Then what should we do now?"

Little Hu Zi fell weakly: "Awoo?"

[Didn’t you just draw that S-grade Black Demon Fruit? That Magic Fruit is incredibly abundant in energy, might be suitable to feed it.]

Qian Qi hesitated, "I can’t bear to. Also, who knows if once its mind clears, it’ll team with the big one to bully me."

System: [You’re right, then here’s the deal, let’s contract it.]

Qian Qi was instantly energized, "Can I make a contract?"

System: [You can’t.]

Qian Qi was angry, "Then why are you talking nonsense!"

The system shrank its panel, [I haven’t finished speaking yet, we can make it fool first, make its spiritual power similar to an empty shell, then contract it, and afterward cure its foolishness, won’t that work?]

Qian Qi: "How much does the cure cost?"

System: [80 trillion]

Qian Qi turned to Little Poison, "Go ahead and eat it; I don’t support wasteful things."

[No, please——] The system immediately clung to her thigh, [Let’s negotiate the price! You negotiate a price!]

Qian Qi remained silent, merely tugging open Little Poison’s mouth and pulled Hu Zi to shove inside.

System: [Give me all your current money, and I’ll guarantee you contract with it!!!]

Qian Qi: "And it won’t remain foolish?"

System: [Won’t remain foolish!]

"Deal!" Qian Qi snapped her fingers, placed Hu Zi back on the ground, and Little Poison closed its mouth, asking, "Not eating anymore?"

"Not eating anymore."

"Alright." Little Poison didn’t feel upset, rolled up the sack to prepare to leave, "Then I’m going~"

"Wait!" Seeing it leave so quickly, Qian Qi felt a bit reluctant.

She watched Little Poison obediently await her words, wrapped in the sack, its body covered with deep scales scars, burn marks even at its eyes corner, all signs of a fierce battle, possibly life-threatening.

Yet it didn’t mention anything, even remembered to bring back a gift.

Qian Qi pursed her lips, turning to the system, "Take out the Crystal Snake Fruit."

The system didn’t ask anything, directly spat out the Crystal Snake Fruit.

Qian Qi weighed the fruit, handed it to Little Poison, "This can allow you to evolve either horizontally or vertically, and out there, with greater strength, you’re definitely safer. Eat it."