Improving a pet’s aptitude from low to above average meant tripling its Combat Strength rating or more, which was also what happened to the Lightning Rat. However, the price for a specialized training session was only 10,000 when Su Ping trained Su Yanying’s Lightning Rat back then. He could have gotten a million if this mission came up earlier.
Sh*t. All the money I missed… Su Ping felt his heart bleed.
The time limit for this mission was acceptable, though. A month should be enough. Apparently, the system was aware that he could no longer enter cultivation planes for free or die without suffering any losses. He did need to take his time in an ordinary plane.
Seeing Jiang Hanbing already paying with her phone, he quickly told her to stop.
“What’s the problem?” she asked.
“It’s… possible for me to repeat what happened to the Lightning Rat, but it’ll cost ya. A lot.”
In fact, a million was usually enough to directly buy the egg of an upper seventh-rank pet. The owner of the pet still needed more money and resources to train it later, but the pet would grow up sooner or later. Eventually, a full-fledged seventh-rank pet would have its price elevated to several million, which was enough to buy a house in the middle of a big city.
“Can you??” Jiang Hanbing brimmed with joy. “How much exactly?”
“Specialized training is worth a hundred times. That will be a million for low-rank pets, and ten million for middle-rankers.”
“A million??” Jiang Hanbing gave him a doubtful look. “If I pay that kind of money, can you really train a low-rank pet as powerful as Su Yanying’s Lightning Rat? You were there to watch the match. That thing knocked out a seventh-rank Silver-Winged Dragon!”
“Did you ever learn that the outcome of any battle is not only dependent on pet ranks? Why do we need battle pet warriors otherwise? The Lightning Rat was a lower seventh-rank who has gained a lot of combat experience, while that dragon is, well, not so experienced. It has a strong body but it’s still unable to put it to use. Your augmentation skills and your commands are all vital to your victory. What I’m saying is, I can teach the same things to your pets, but it relies on you whether they can defeat a Silver-Wings Dragon or something similar.”
Jiang Hanbing was taken aback as she didn’t think Su Ping could speak so wisely.
She came from a good family, yet ten million was no small number to her. Even one million was not something she could throw away lightly, because that was all she could save up in a year by working hard.
“Mister, are you absolutely sure that my pets will be able to beat up ordinary high-rank pets after being trained by you? If I don’t mess up as their master, that is.”
“That’s not a problem.”
Jiang Hanbing looked around the shop and widened her eyes slightly when she read some of the price tags.
“Um, do you own this shop or are you running it in someone else’s stead?”
Su Ping knew the woman was worried that he’d take her money and ditch the shop.
“It’s my shop.”
“Can—May I take a look at your house deed?”
That was an odd question, but Jiang Hanbing found it necessary to see the proof. The lower town was not a very secure area. She would have a hard time trying to catch a thief.
Su Ping chuckled. “If you mistrust me, you can check the website of your school. Apart from owning this shop, I’m also an honorary professor of the academy. They just hired me.”
He was glad he accepted the vice principal’s offer; such a status was quite handy.
“You’re a professor??” Jiang Hanbing stared at him. “That’s impossible. Only advanced battle pet warriors are allowed—”
“Just take a look at the web. You’ll see.”
Jiang Hanbing quickly checked her phone until she found the page showing the names of registered personnel. In the “advanced teacher” section, she found five entries instead of four as she remembered. The extra one was none other than Su Ping, with his picture.
“You… but… what…” Jiang Hanbing stuttered and almost dropped her phone on the floor. Then she looked up and down several times to make sure she was talking to the same person as shown in the portrait.
“You’re our professor? They accepted someone so young as a professor!”
“Come on. If you’re still unconvinced, you can phone your Vice Principal. He’ll tell you.”
Of course Jiang Hanbing couldn’t bother the Vice Principal for this. No one had the courage to sabotage the academy’s page so openly, and even if they did, the incorrect part would not stay there for long. She didn’t believe Su Ping had what it takes to temporarily manipulate the roster just to fool her.
But… What kind of godly genius can be employed as an advanced teacher of the academy while barely reaching adult age??
In the past few days, Jiang Hanbing had felt so terrible since her confidence had been mercilessly mauled over and over. Apart from losing in the quarter finals, she saw too many talented folk better than her. That Ye Hao even possessed a seventh-rank dragon-type pet.
And yet, all those were nothing compared to what she had just witnessed in this seemingly inconspicuous shop!