Astral Pet Store

fading away.

It kept on trying to remember, but the more it thought about her, the blurrier her face became.

“Okay, let’s go.” Su Ping picked a middle-rank cultivation site.
He also took with him the Little Skeleton, the Dark Dragon Hound, the Inferno Dragon, the Purple Python, and the Void Bug he had captured in the Demigod Burial.

Su Ping had never found the time to train the Void Bug, but it had fed upon a lot of the beast kings he had killed; thanks to this it had grown to the higher phase of the ninth rank.

The little tiger became wary when it saw Su Ping’s other pets.
It flinched as the three pets posed an intense threat in its eyes; it was jumpy, with goosebumps all over its body.

Whoosh!

The vortex was opened; and Su Ping led them in, starting a fun journey.

…

Outside the pet room—

Mia discovered, to her surprise, that her contract with her pet became faint when Su Ping took the little tiger to the site.
Something seemed to be jamming their mutual bond.

She was quite surprised, as only a powerful blockage formation could have done that.

“Mia, that guy must be a fraud!” Layne was still angry after Su Ping left, but he kept a calm expression.
He stood even more straight after seeing Joanna, feeling sorry that such a beautiful girl had been fooled into working there by Su Ping. That man is unforgivable!

“Your pet may be weakened instead of strengthened if he pulls any tricks during the training.
This would definitely not be favorable considering the upcoming contest!”

Layne brought up the matter Mia was most concerned about.

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He knew how much the ever proud lady of the Laiyefa family cared about the upcoming contest.
It was of the utmost importance to her.

He had bribed her maids, learned her schedule, and tried to help her with her pets for that very reason.

He sincerely wanted to help her strengthen her pet, thinking that her gratitude after she won the contest would easily pave a way to her heart!

Mia frowned in agitation.
His words had struck true, since it was exactly what worried her the most.

“I’ve thought about it, but it’s okay.
Little White was wounded and has already been exposed to the public.
People will take advantage of its weakness in the upcoming contest, so I don’t intend to deploy it,” said Mia calmly, frowning.

Layne couldn’t help but continue, “But…”

“Ms.
Anna, are you really an employee in this shop?” Mia interrupted him and looked at Joanna, visibly astonished.

Even she, as another woman, found Joanna exceptionally attractive, but she wasn’t jealous of her.

“Yes.” Joanna nodded, neither too arrogantly nor humbly, then said, “Tell me if you need anything.” She was already used to watching over the shop while Su Ping was away.

Tang Ruyan and Zhong Lingtong were both shocked to hear Joanna talk.
Zhong Lingtong could still control herself, but Tang Ruyan exclaimed, “Y-You’ve learned this bizarre language too? Since when?”

Joanna glanced at her and said, “Is this language difficult? You’re just too dumb.”

“You…”

Tang Ruyan was mad and upset.
She found that she was almost incapable of continuing as Su Ping’s employee if she didn’t work harder.

The eight consecutive defeats she had suffered that day made her feel just as frustrated as when she had been captured by Su Ping.

She realized what she could do once she remembered her eight defeats, then she wore a mischievous smile.
She looked at Mia and was about to open her mouth, only to come up with nothing.
She became depressed again.

She had intended to provoke Mia into practicing with Joanna.
She could never see through the latter, but she had to admit that she was wrong.

She would feel exhilarated no matter which of them won!

Unfortunately, she couldn’t speak the language!

How could she instigate a conflict between them?

Tang Ruyan thought so hard that she unconsciously scratched her head.

Mia looked at Tang Ruyan and remembered their recent practice.
“Hey, are you free? Let’s practice again.”

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“Aasdlkfjadslkfj?”

Tang Ruyan looked at her in confusion.

Joanna interpreted for her, “She wants you to be her sparring partner.”

Tang Ruyan instantly glared at her.
“Tell her to get the hell out of here!”

Sparring partner? She wanted to get back at Mia, but she wasn’t an idiot; she knew she couldn’t catch up with the latter any time soon.
She would only be crushed one more time if they fought right then!

Tang Ruyan would certainly not allow anyone else to take advantage of her like that.

She would rather die!

“Su Ping may kick you out of his shop if I tell her the exact translation,” said Joanna casually.

Tang Ruyan stiffened at once.
She gnashed her teeth with a contorted face and said, “Fine, let’s practice! I’m not scared of you!”

Joanna replied to their customer with a casual smile.

Mia noticed that Tang Ruyan didn’t speak the Common Tongue, then wondered why the two clerks were that different.
She looked at Joanna and said, “You don’t seem weak either.
Would you like to practice with me?”

“Me?”

Joanna had concealed her divine power, making it impossible to determine her level, but it made Mia realize she couldn’t be weak.

After all, her Frost Blood Star Dragon was a Void State pet and she hadn’t sent it back to the contract space.
Its aura was the same, even though it had temporarily been shrunken by the store.
An ordinary person would have trembled with fear while standing next to it.

Joanna, on the other hand, was absolutely calm and at peace, not even bothering to look at her dragon; she was definitely not an ordinary person.
Still, Mia was unable to tell her level, so there were only two possibilities: either Joanna’s level was much higher than hers, or she had a secret technique to hide her aura.

However, Mia didn’t really scan her carefully, which would have been considered an awfully rude and presumptuous move.

“Well, would you?” asked Mia curiously.

Joanna frowned and was about to turn her down, but then she remembered her responsibility as an employee and could only heave a sigh.
“Fine.”

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