Su Ping went back to the store. He sat behind the counter and continued to cultivate, waiting for customers to come in and earn energy points.
He had to admit that the promotion he did the day before at the academy was quite effective. The store wasn't full to the brim with customers but there would be one or two customers from Fengshan University from time to time. Su Ping had received nearly 20 training orders, which had filled up all the nursing pens.
If it weren't for the fact that there were so many customers, Su Ping wouldn't have known that there was a limit to the number of nursing pens.
According to the system, at the moment, the store was at the first level and the upper limit was 25 nursing pens.
To increase the upper limit, Su Ping would have to upgrade the store to the second level, which would increase the limit to 50 nursing pens. The system store built into the store would also be upgraded to the second level and there would be a chance for middle-rank items to be refreshed.
Besides, when the store was upgraded to the second level, there would be a new training space and a dummy training function.
Both of those functions were extremely useful. If there was a cultivation space, Su Ping could leave the pets he received in the cultivation space without using up the nursing pens. Besides, the pet's master might not come to pick it up in time. The system wouldn't allow Su Ping to mistreat the pets. If he left the pets in the store, they would have to stay in his nursing pens forever and take care of other people's pets for free.
The second function, the dummy training, was even more useful.
Su Ping could choose a cultivation site and create a dummy there so that the dummy could complete the training of ordinary pets for him.
The dummy would be connected to his consciousness, as if it were his pet. The dummy would inherit part of his personality and wisdom and would be able to act on its own. Su Ping could also control the dummy himself. What the dummy experienced would be transmitted to him. In this way, even when he was in the store or doing something else, he could ask the dummy to perform the ordinary training for him.
It was the first time that Su Ping's business had been so good. He knew that the more famous he became, the better business would be. By then, he wouldn't be able to complete all the pet training by himself. The dummy training function had solved a big problem for him.
But …
There were many benefits to the second level store. But to upgrade from the first level to the second level, he would need 10,000 energy points!
To upgrade to the third level, he would need 100,000 energy points!
In addition to the more than 1,000 energy points he earned later, Su Ping only had about 5,000 energy points.
As for the elementary nursing pens, Su Ping had bought all of them. Fortunately, the elementary nursing pens weren't that expensive; they cost 10 energy points each. However, the intermediate nursing pens were different; they cost 1000 energy points each. Even so, the effect of the intermediate nursing pens was astounding. It was a hundred times better than that of the elementary nursing pens. The nursing pens could improve the pet's aptitude significantly. Any pet that stayed in the nursing pens for a day would have its aptitude improved and its combat strength increased.
Be it boarding or training, the effect was almost the same. Both were training pets.
It was just that one belonged to the free-range version, while the other had to be personally nurtured. Naturally, the results would be more optimal, especially when it came to the requirements of professional training. This was something that could not be achieved by just relying on foster care.
At the moment, the 25 nursing pens were full. Until the nursing pens were vacated, Su Ping couldn't receive any new business. He had reached the daily limit. The only thing he could do now was to sell pet food to earn energy points. There was no limit to that.
There were nearly 20 pets that needed to be trained, crying piteously for food. While Su Ping had made a lot of money, he was also stressed. When it was close to noon, he bought some boxed lunches from a nearby store. He came back to close the store after he finished eating. He wanted to train and send away this batch of pets as soon as possible. By the time he placed orders for the next batch of pets, he would have enough energy points to upgrade the store to the second level. By then, he would be able to relax and focus on professional training.
Buy, buy, buy!
Su Ping bought ten temporary contracts from the system store in one go and spent one hundred energy points. He picked four pets of the fire family from the nursing pens and signed contracts with them in one go.
After the temporary contracts were signed with the four pets of the fire family, Su Ping felt as if a mountain was pressing down on his head. The burden on his mind was heavy. He was only a battle pet warrior at the upper position of the third rank. He already had the Little Skeleton, the Moon Chasing Hound, and the Inferno Dragon. Now, he had four more pets. Of the four, three were middle-rank pets and only one was a low-rank pet. In total, he had seven pets.
This required a high level of mental strength for battle pet warriors. Su Ping's mental strength had been tempered after he died so many times in the cultivation planes. His mental strength was much stronger than that of the average third-rank battle pet warriors and was comparable to that of a fourth-rank battle pet warrior. If it weren't for the fact that Su Ping had died so many times in the cultivation planes, his mental strength would have been much stronger than that of the average third-rank battle pet warriors.
It seems that four pets at a time is the limit. Su Ping felt the strain. Fortunately, there were only four pets of the fire family. If there were five or six, he would have to open another cultivation plane for pets of the fire family.
After the contracts were signed, Su Ping sat on the floor in the pet room. He opened the cultivation window and quickly searched for cultivation planes for pets of the fire family. Then, he found a place named "Star Fragment No. 9527" in the elementary cultivation planes. That was a classification of cultivation planes of the fire family. The entry fee was five energy points. Among the elementary cultivation planes, this was a middle-rank one.
Su Ping chose to enter the cultivation plane at once.
A swirl appeared in the pet room. Like a miniature black hole, Su Ping was sucked in.
"The host has connected to Star Fragment No. 9527.
"The connection will last for 24 hours …
"During the novice protection period, the host will die 30 times for free.
"Please explore on your own …"
A series of notifications came from the system. Before Su Ping could open his eyes, he felt that he was surrounded by blazing heat. He felt he was in a sea of fire.
He opened his eyes and saw that he was surrounded by flames and lava. He seemed to be standing in a volcano. Around him were rocks that had been burnt black and the lava was flowing like waves. As he suddenly landed, the rocks under his feet were pressed down. The lava that was flowing slowly was surging. Large amounts of carbon dioxide were bubbling up, making him dizzy.
"What a harsh environment …" Su Ping was speechless. He looked around. There seemed to be a mountain in the distance. There was less lava on the mountain.
Su Ping summoned his four pets. None of them was a flying pet. All of them could attack on the ground. Pets of the fire family were popular in the academy. After all, the fire family was the most explosive pet of the elemental family. It didn't matter how much damage they could inflict. At the very least, the battle scenes of the fire family were splendid and breathtaking. Some young people who liked to show off would be attracted to them.
On the other hand, pets of the fire family were rare in the wild. Pets of the fire family that could cause a huge commotion were like bright lights in the dark. If they were not used well, they would be digging their own graves.
Without a flying pet, Su Ping would have to jump over on his own. But what if the rocks he jumped over became brittle and shattered as soon as he landed? That would be the end of him.
"The temperature is so high. If it weren't for my Solar Bulwark, I would have died as soon as I arrived. Are there any pets in this place?" Su Ping looked around. The system had mentioned that some cultivation planes were abandoned and he would die as soon as he entered them. There were no living creatures in those planes. Therefore, he had to be careful when choosing cultivation planes.
"You guys, go and swim in there," Su Ping said to the four pets of the fire family.
The four pets looked at each other. Swim in the lava? They were pets of the fire family but they were not flames. They were made of flesh and blood. It was just that the fire element inside them was rich. They would be injured if they were attacked by flames that were too hot.
That being said, the four pets slowly reached out their paws to touch the lava, even though they were unwilling to do so.
Hiss!
The fur on their paws caught fire as soon as they touched the flames.
The pets quickly retracted their paws and looked at Su Ping pitifully.
But Su Ping didn't show any mercy. After all, the pets could die an unlimited number of times as long as he didn't die. He kicked a Pyro Canine's butt and the Pyro Canine fell into the lava.
"Woof, woof, woof …"
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