Lin Chuan was naturally happy to buy something he liked, but he was also very unhappy about spending a huge amount of money; it truly pained him.
However, since he had already bought it and paid for it, what else could he do?
Lin Chuan gleefully put the watch on his left wrist, then posed in front of the full-length mirror, striking a cool expression and raising his hand to half-cover his face with the watch.
Handsome!
Extremely handsome!
Truly f*cking handsome!
How could there be such a handsome person in this world!
“Sir, please wait.”
With a smile on her lips, the saleswoman called out to Lin Chuan, who was about to change his pose and continue striking a posture.
Lin Chuan’s body stiffened, and he immediately felt awkward. He almost forgot there were other people around. What a miscalculation! He had to go home, to his own room, to pose.
Lin Chuan’s reaction was swift and decisive. He instantly reined in his expression, then pretended to smooth his hair with the hand that was half-covering his face, as if his hairstyle had been messy and he was just tidying it, not striking a pose.
The saleswoman covered her mouth, almost laughing out loud.
Fortunately, she had undergone professional training and possessed strong professional ethics. After a fierce internal struggle, her expression twisted, and she took a deep breath, finally managing to suppress her laughter.
Hmm, if she had laughed, what if this big deal fell through!?
Although payment had been made, the Pet Space Device had not yet been bound and activated. If Lin Chuan changed his mind, he could still return it.
At least, until the young master in front of her bound and activated the Pet Space Device, she couldn’t laugh!
“Mr. Lin, please show me your Beast Master ID. I will help you activate this Pet Space Device and guide you through the subsequent settings.”
The saleswoman quickened her pace, speaking respectfully.
Lin Chuan coughed twice to cover his previous embarrassment, then handed her his Beast Master ID, which he had just received and hadn’t even warmed up yet.
Holding Lin Chuan’s Beast Master ID, the saleswoman operated a specialized machine nearby, then picked up a signal gun inserted beside it and ‘beeped’ it at the watch Pet Space Device already on Lin Chuan’s wrist. Just like that, the watch Pet Space Device was activated. Now, Lin Chuan couldn’t go back on his word and return it. Only at this moment did a brilliant smile spread across the saleswoman’s face.
Lin Chuan didn’t notice the saleswoman’s smile; his attention was completely drawn to the activated watch Pet Space Device.
Combining the functions of a mobile phone, the activated watch Pet Space Device immediately projected a virtual screen the size of a tablet computer, displaying Lin Chuan’s Beast Master information, which he had registered at the service area less than half an hour ago.
“Mr. Lin, please double-check and confirm the information,” the saleswoman said with a smile.
Lin Chuan glanced at it, nodded slightly, and said, “Hmm, the information is correct.”
“Alright, then please proceed with facial recognition, fingerprint, iris, and most importantly, the Extraordinary Factor Energy binding.”
The first three don’t need explanation and can be optionally bound, but the last one, Extraordinary Factor Energy binding, is mandatory.
The so-called Extraordinary Factor Energy is the energy produced when activating one’s Beast Master talent. Even with the same Beast Master talent, each Beast Master’s energy fluctuation frequency is unique and different. Only by binding the Extraordinary Factor Energy can it be ensured that only the binder can use this exclusive Pet Space. Otherwise, if just anyone could use it, wouldn’t it be chaos?
Following the saleswoman’s guidance, Lin Chuan painstakingly bound everything that could be bound, maximizing the security index.
“Alright, finally, Mr. Lin, please set the device’s safety distance.”
The so-called safety distance is the distance the Pet Space Device can be from its binder before it automatically releases all the Spirit Beasts within it.
This function is used to prevent certain unexpected situations, such as the Pet Space Device suddenly moving away from the Beast Master, or being stolen.
Regarding this, one cannot help but mention a tragic incident: about 70 years ago, a small nation experienced a tragedy that shocked almost all human forces, including the Three Great Nations. At that time, Pet Space Devices had just been invented. A Heavenly King Beast Master from that small nation, who was practically the backbone of the country, once stored all his contracted Spirit Pets in his Pet Space while resting. Then, his Pet Space Device was stolen by one of his mortal enemies.
The final result was that this Heavenly King was easily eliminated, and afterwards, several cities in that small nation were destroyed by demon disasters due to losing their backbone protector, resulting in at least 300,000 casualties. Ultimately, it was the Holy Heaven Ancient Kingdom, one of the Three Great Nations closest to them, that sent powerful reinforcements to stabilize the situation.
It is precisely because of this tragedy that all current Pet Space Devices, regardless of whether they have other auxiliary functions or even if their internal space is slightly reduced, MUST have the safety distance function! And it must not fail under any circumstances!
Lin Chuan set the safety distance to 10 meters, but then thought about it and changed it to 5 meters. After further consideration, he set the safety distance to 1 meter.
Hmm, that’s about right.
Only at this point were all settings complete. Then came the trial phase. Lin Chuan used his mental power to issue a command to the watch Pet Space Device he was wearing, bringing Guoguo and Sakura into the watch Pet Space Device.
As Lin Chuan willed it, the watch Pet Space Device glowed faintly.
Whoosh~
Guoguo Sakura, who had been at his feet, suddenly disappeared.
Then, following the saleswoman’s recent instructions, Lin Chuan lightly touched the small fingerprint verification button on the side of the watch Pet Space Device. This was an auxiliary function of this Pet Space Device. The virtual screen immediately projected open, displaying a monitoring view of Guoguo Sakura inside the Pet Space.
Having been suddenly taken in and unable to see Lin Chuan, the two little ones immediately panicked, whimpering and crying out.
Lin Chuan chuckled, quickly released them, and truthfully explained the situation to them.
Then, he put them back in, released them again, and repeated the operation several times to confirm he had fully mastered it. Finally, he put the two little ones inside and did not release them again.
The internal space of the watch Pet Space Device was very large. Guoguo and Sakura, now fully understanding the situation and no longer panicking, curiously looked around, exchanged glances, and then ran around exploring.
Guoguo frolicked in a toy pool specially for small Spirit Beasts, while Sakura touched this and that, then flinched when sudden electronic firecrackers popped out. In short, the two little ones were having so much fun they couldn’t stop. Guoguo, running too fast, tripped and fell with a “plop,” but she was tough and got up to continue having fun.
Watching the two little cuties’ exploration on the virtual screen, Lin Chuan broke into a happy, doting smile.
With everything done, Lin Chuan was about to leave.
However, before Lin Chuan could take two steps, the saleswoman called out to him again.
Turning his head in confusion, Lin Chuan’s gaze inquired: He had already bought the Pet Space Device and paid for it, what else was there?
“Mr. Lin, don’t you think it’s a bit plain for your adorable Spirit Beasts to enter and exit the Pet Space like that?”
“Shouldn’t we add some color, some entrance effects!”
“Look, many celebrity Beast Masters on TV, powerful Beast Masters in the National Competition, when their Spirit Pets are released from the Pet Space and make their debut, aren’t they always accompanied by very magnificent special effects, aren’t they?”
Lin Chuan nodded silently. Indeed, he had felt something was missing just now. It turned out to be the entrance effects.
The saleswoman’s face lit up with a smile again.
“Now, let me introduce you.”
“How about this ‘Magic Legendary Halo’? No? Then this ‘Holy Light Descent’ effect will give your Spirit Beasts a noble and sacred aura.”
“Mmm, mmm, mmm, this one, I personally highly recommend this one! It’s perfect for your two Flower Leaf Leaves, ‘Void Blossoms’! And combined with ‘Step-by-Step Lotus’! Please trust me, Mr. Lin, I guarantee these two effect combinations will be absolutely perfect!”
Lin Chuan was numb. Does it have to be like this!
However, looking at the ‘Void Blossoms’ and ‘Step-by-Step Lotus’ entrance effects displayed on the saleswoman’s tablet, Lin Chuan couldn’t resist and splurged again, spending 20,000 star rock coins to buy both entrance effects.
The saleswoman took out two data chips the size of fingernails and handed them to Lin Chuan, guiding him on how to install them onto the watch Pet Space Device.
So, Lin Chuan tried again. He set the two newly purchased entrance effects to active, then released Sakura.
The next second, beautiful and mysterious flowers appeared out of thin air in front of Lin Chuan, quickly turning into a sea of flowers. Then, ripples spread through the void.
A green turf, like a carpet, extended from the depths of the void, and Sakura slowly walked out of the ripples, stepping onto the green turf.
With each step forward, the green turf beneath Sakura’s feet extended forward as well.
Lotus flowers bloomed on the green turf, swaying gently, as if welcoming Sakura’s appearance.
At this moment, the grandeur was maximized!
Lin Chuan took a deep breath, holding his breath.
The Flower Leaf Leaf form was already so cool; if it were the three-stage evolved Flower Spirit Immortal form, with that humanoid, fairy-like figure combined with such effects, she would definitely be mistaken for a flower deity descending!
No!
This is too cool, too ostentatious.
Using it normally would probably get him beaten. It’s better to save the effects for large public competitions in the future, or when he’s alone in private, Lin Chuan thought.
Immediately, Lin Chuan silently switched the entrance effects to off.
…
Leaving Baitrida, Lin Chuan stared at the bank card SMS message displayed on the virtual screen projected by the watch Pet Space Device. He was silent. Only at this moment did he fully come to his senses.
Having spent a total of 820,000 star rock coins, Lin Chuan gasped, contributing his part to the greenhouse effect and environmental protection.
He checked his balance; he now only had a little over 230,000 star rock coins left.
Huh? That number isn’t right. Shouldn’t it only be 180,000?
Well, 20,000 was a reward for registering his information, which had just arrived. The remaining 30,000-plus was money Lin Chuan already had, his pocket money and New Year’s money saved since he was ten.
This rotten black market, I’m never coming here again!
Lin Chuan looked back at Baitrida, muttering as he walked away.
Instead of going home immediately, Lin Chuan continued to browse the internal business district of the Beastmaster Association.
Although he had already spent a lot of money, there were still some things he absolutely had to buy: the remains of Spirit Beasts. These were necessary expenditures to activate his cheat and use it with the Reincarnation of Inheritance, allowing Guoguo and Sakura to learn skills.
Fortunately, these items weren’t that expensive. To be precise, they weren’t necessarily expensive; there were expensive ones and cheap ones, and the cheaper ones weren’t necessarily worse in effect than the expensive ones.
For example, to learn the skill ‘Tearing Claw,’ one could use a Black Claw Wolf’s heart for inheritance, or one could use a Black Claw Wolf’s shed claws for inheritance. The latter’s inheritance effect might not be worse than the former, but the price difference between the two was huge, with the former being tens or even hundreds of times more expensive than the latter.
Instead of going to high-end Spirit Beast material shops, Lin Chuan chose to enter relatively low-end ones. These shops sold materials from Spirit Beasts with average bloodline ranks around Mid-Tier Soldier, and actual strength from First-Tier to at most First or Second Level of Second-Tier. Such materials were generally used to make decorations or small toys and were not used in medicine or for crafting tools, as their quality was simply too low.
This was true for other Beast Masters, but for Lin Chuan, it was different: these were skill books for experience!
Lin Chuan browsed most of the low-tier Spirit Beast material shops here, spending a full two hours, until Lin Xuédòng called to ask why he wasn’t home so late, which finally ended his shopping.
In the end, Lin Chuan filtered and purchased 13 materials, spending a total of 15,000 star rock coins.
Yes, just that much money, as they were the lowest-end, basically useless materials.
However, these low-end, basically useless materials contained skills from the two skill architectures he had planned. Of course, only a part of them. For example, shed vines from a Wood Attribute Spirit Beast could pass on the skill ‘Vine Armor Shield.’ Another example was a black, unknown fruit pit, usually bought for elders to play with, yet this useless fruit pit could pass on ‘Fruit Bomb,’ a rare and powerful damage-focused skill among Wood Attribute skills.
13 materials: 3 leaves that could pass on Photosynthesis, 2 leaves that could pass on Grass Flute, 4 petals that could pass on Aromatic Therapy, 2 vines that could pass on Vine Armor Shield, and finally, the fruit pit for Fruit Bomb.
Speaking of which, how did Lin Chuan filter and select these materials?
It was very simple: he only needed to touch the material and slightly activate the effect of his Beast Master talent, Reincarnation of Inheritance. If a material couldn’t pass on a skill, Lin Chuan would have no reaction. But if the material contained a skill that could be inherited, Lin Chuan could sense vague, fragmented memories coming from the material. These memory fragments were all snippets of certain demonic beasts or Spirit Beasts using skills, fighting, or preying. Through these memory fragments, Lin Chuan could roughly determine what skill it was and what its effect was.
Very good, with these things, he could activate his cheat!
Tomorrow will be the moment to witness a miracle! Lin Chuan thought.
Today?
It was already almost 11 PM, so of course, he would just roll back home and go to Sleeping.
Hmm, Lin Chuan had considered staying overnight in a guest room at the Beastmaster Association, but then he decided against it and chose to rush home that night instead.
Although the Beastmaster Association had a dedicated training area with all sorts of training grounds and equipment, for Guoguo and Sakura at their current stage, it wasn’t necessary. For a single Flower Leaf Leaf Spirit Beast, the farm’s environment and facilities were actually better.
Rather than rushing back tomorrow and missing that small period in the early morning best suited for absorbing morning light for cultivation, it was better to go back now. He could be tired; he had to provide the best possible conditions for his two little darlings. At this moment, Lin Chuan felt what it was like to be a father. He thought that Old Man Lin must have felt the same way about his three siblings.