Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy-Chapter 560 - 552: Pretending to Be Strong?
She carefully checked Qian Ba’s condition.
The size of the wolf’s body showed no change, the fur was just like before, and Qian Qi fearfully examined every part, only to find that Qian Ba seemed as if he hadn’t eaten the Black Demon Fruit at all, completely the same as before.
She couldn’t help but cast a suspicious glance at the system.
"Could it be that this Black Demon Fruit is a fake?"
[Impossible! Absolutely impossible!] The system felt its credibility being challenged, [This is indeed the Black Demon Fruit!]
How strange...
Qian Qi asked Qian Ba, "Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Qian Ba shook his head, "No."
In fact, after passing gas, he felt his body lighter and clearer.
Qian Qi: "Then do you feel you’ve become stronger?"
Become a poser?
Qian Ba hastily shook his head, "Haven’t become a poser!"
"It’s fake." Qian Qi affirmed.
The system, unwilling to accept defeat, flew around Qian Ba, [Something’s off, very off. Make him open his mouth, I’ll fly in and take a look!]
Qian Qi held Qian Ba and pried open his wolf mouth.
The system darted in and roamed around, finding that apart from the Black Demon Fruit being completely gone, as if it had never been eaten, there was nothing else to discover.
It flew out in bewilderment, for the first time doubting itself, [Could it be that really wasn’t the Black Demon Fruit?]
Sadly, the Black Demon Fruit had been eaten, and the system could not rescan it. It had no choice but to responsibly say, [This is my mistake, I’ll compensate you with another S-Class item.]
It spat out a green rectangular seed from its belly, [This is an S-Class River Algae Seed, only grows in acidic environments, giving it to a Magical Beast that hasn’t undergone a second evolution yet, once mature, it may trigger a Wood Element evolutionary form suitable for its genes during its evolution, without delaying its original proximate direction.]
[If a Wood Attribute Magical Beast eats it, its strength will increase rapidly as it evolves.] The system proudly claimed, [Think about it, how rare it is to become a Dual Attribute Magical Beast, but as long as you eat this River Algae Seed, you might have a chance to own the world’s most handsome Contracted Beast!]
"You also said, it’s just a chance." Qian Qi was somewhat disdainful, "You know how bad my luck is!"
System: [What does your luck have to do with it? It must depend on the Contracted Beast’s luck!]
Qian Qi: "Hah? They’ve already become my Contracted Beasts, how could they have any luck?"
System: [...]
Ah, I suddenly have no words to reply.
"Don’t you have any more S-Class fruits? The kind that will definitely boost strength and evolution?" Qian Qi felt using a fruit that’s only a possibility in exchange for such a chance fruit was a big loss.
[No.]
"Tsk, alright then, give me something else." Qian Qi shamelessly reached out.
The system rummaged through its belly, took out some Magic Plant Materials it probably wouldn’t use in the future, piled them up to fill the entire courtyard, [Is this enough? They all can enhance a Magical Beast’s strength, although not by much, even mosquito meat is still meat.]
"Alright then." Qian Qi reluctantly agreed.
She looked down at the River Algae Seed in her hands; right now, her Contracted Beasts that haven’t evolved a second time were only Qian Ba.
But this unfortunate child, his body is practically a bottomless pit, can even completely digest the highly energetic S-Class fruit like the Black Demon Fruit.
Always felt that even if he ate it, he would directly digest the River Algae Seed, rather than waiting for it to mature and evolve.
Instead of giving it to Qian Ba, why not...
She couldn’t help but tentatively ask the system, "Can humans eat this?"
System: [???]
The system immediately gave her a thump on the forehead, frustrated: [Can’t you not try everything? Can’t you just be a proper human?]
Do you really have to fight Magical Beasts for food?
"I was just asking... Why did you hit me?" Qian Qi mumbled, "Ah! Is this the pain of a Central State family?"
System: ... Say one more thing, and I’ll let you experience the pain of being a Guardian Beast protagonist!
As soon as Qian Qi fed the River Algae Seed to Qian Ba, she caught a glimpse out of the corner of her eye of two familiar old men riding Contracted Beasts rapidly leaping over from a distant roof.
"Hmm? Isn’t that Uncle Sun and Uncle Li?"
Qian Qi no longer minded Qian Ba, stood up, and walked towards the two old men, "Two uncles, what brings you here?"
"We sensed the presence of an S-Class Magical Beast around here, so we rushed over, but the presence disappeared shortly after appearing, so we wanted to come and ask you."
After landing, the two uncles retrieved their Contracted Beasts back into their Beast Taming Space.
Uncle Sun glanced around the courtyard, then his gaze fell upon a Black Gold Cub that looked as if it could be stomped to death with a single step, "Hmm? This Magical Beast looks somewhat familiar..."
"Oh, this is the cub of that Black Tiger Beast over at Qingzhou." Qian Qi casually made up a story.
"What?" Uncle Li’s eyes widened suddenly, then squinted, "Then couldn’t we use its life as a bargaining chip to threaten that Black Tiger Beast not to step out of the safe zone?"
Upon hearing this, the Black Gold Cub lifted its head suddenly, staring at Uncle Li excitedly.
Yes, yes! Take me to Qingzhou! See my kin!
Uncle Sun stroked his beard, being more cautious, "But we can’t defeat that Black Tiger Beast, if we anger it, we might lose more than we gain."
"So why not contract with it, inspire it, not only could we have it persuade its father not to oppose humans, once it grows up, it won’t pose a threat to Central State either."
The Black Gold Cub immediately rolled its eyes, expressing disdain.
What a joke! Inspire me?! It’s already good enough I don’t digest you!
"True." Uncle Li glanced at the Black Gold Cub, "Qiaoqiao, why don’t you contract with it!"
"Well, you may not know this," Qian Qi glanced at the Black Gold Cub, "It... is an idiot."
Black Gold Cub: ? Who’s an idiot!
Hu Zi snarled at Qian Qi, baring its teeth, in the next second, its neck scruff was grabbed by Qian Qi, tossed into a large water basin, getting its body covered with detergent foam inside.
"Who’s it being fierce with! Hurry and wash the bedsheet!"
"Boo..." Hu Zi, all drenched, pitifully steps on the bedsheet it got dirty itself.
Annoying, I shall eventually reverse our master-servant roles! Have this human cub wash my fur!
Uncle Li and Uncle Sun watched this scene in surprise.
Logically, this Black Gold Cub should be an S-Class Magical Beast, yet now it’s ordered around by a child, showing no signs of resistance...
Seems like it really is an idiot.
That brief S-Class presence just now might very well have been emitted by it, just that because it’s an idiot, it couldn’t maintain the King Beast aura, so it quickly disappeared.
The two uncles shook their heads regretfully, "Since that’s the case, you must hide it well, if the Black Gold Tiger detects this and thinks its idiocy was caused by us humans, that would be too dangerous."
