Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 681 Head of the Tang Family

"How much would the price increase be if we conduct qualification testing?"

After reviewing the data on these monsters, Su Ping silently inquired about the system.

The system calmly replied:

"It depends on the quality of the qualification. Qualification is a hidden data. Without testing, customers can only judge it by the increase in combat power. But if it is tested, then it can be seen very clearly whether it is inferior or ordinary."

"So, the purpose of testing is to make things intuitive and understandable?"

"That's right."

As expected... a shrewd businessman! Su Ping thought to himself, thankfully he hadn't agreed to pay the 10,000 energy appraisal fee earlier. He could tell the quality of a person's aptitude just by looking at their combat power increase, so why waste money on an aptitude evaluation?

"You can't say that. Some people are just too lazy to do the math. Wouldn't it be better to just look at it directly? Besides, even though some battle pets have high combat power boosts, do you know whether they are considered inferior or superior within their own species?"

"Some dragon beasts with top-tier bloodlines, even though they are only at the late stage of the Void Realm, can have a combat power of forty or even fifty, which is not uncommon. In your definition, wouldn't that be considered superior? But in reality, such a boost in combat power is only considered inferior within their own race!"

"This damn system... it's spying again..." Su Ping thought to himself, still unconvinced, and asked, "What's the difference? If I had to choose between them, even if it's the inferior one, I'd still pick this one. When choosing a pet, I'd definitely choose the one with the strongest combat power and the best cost-performance ratio."

"That's your limited perspective; it's too shallow."

The system calmly replied, "Some powerful individuals choose their battle pets based on their top-tier aptitude. If you were a dragon beast, your combat strength might dominate among rats of the same level, but within the dragon race, you would be inferior. What use would I have for you? I want to buy top-tier dragon beasts, even more powerful ones, understand?"

Su Ping raised an eyebrow; now that he heard that, he understood.

This is designed for powerful individuals who pursue top-tier battle pets.

On Earth, such a setup would obviously be less useful, unless it were on a vast stage like the Interstellar Federation.

After all, in a place like Earth, combat power is everything. What use is talent if you get killed before you even grow up?

"Then I'll try appraising one." Su Ping thought for a moment and chose to appraise the Void Realm demon beast with the highest combat power increase. Its combat power of 38.7 was considered to be outstanding among its peers.

"Confirmation of identification?"

"confirm."

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10000!

The energy immediately decreased by 10,000. At the same time, on the pet storage interface in front of Su Ping, a colorful light emanated from the head of the monster. The next moment, the light subsided, and everything returned to calm.

Su Ping quickly clicked in and saw that a new attribute had been added to the monster's information panel.

Qualification: Lower Grade (Above Grade)

Lower grade...? Su Ping was somewhat taken aback, not expecting this result. He had thought it would be at least average, but he was just a step short, barely reaching the upper-lower grade.

"This Blue Sky Crystal Dragon is originally a dragon beast with the bloodline of the Starry Sky Realm. It has also absorbed a lot of strange materials, resulting in a slight mutation. Its starting point is already quite high, so it's not surprising that it can have such a boost in combat power. Among those Blue Sky Crystal Dragons with superior aptitude, those in the Void Realm can easily crush other Heavenly Fate Realm demon beasts," the system said casually after the fact.

Su Ping was speechless. He quickly thought of a question and immediately looked at the price of the beast.

The power consumption has been reduced from 3870W to 3483W.

The price has dropped?!

Su Ping stared wide-eyed.

Gan!

After the appraisal, the price of this battle pet, which was currently the most expensive in his possession, actually dropped by several million. Su Ping roughly calculated that it had dropped by about 10%!

"As I said before, once the qualifications are assessed, if the qualifications are good, it can increase your selling price; conversely, if the qualifications are average, it will decrease your selling price."

The system calmly stated, "As the number one pet shop in all the ages, the battle pets we sell naturally cannot have too low a quality. If they have medium quality, they will be sold at the original price. If they have lower quality than medium, the price will be reduced accordingly. If they have higher quality than medium, the price will be increased accordingly."

"You never mentioned the price reduction before!" Su Ping gritted his teeth, certain that he had never said that!

"Is that so? Maybe. But when you heard me say that aptitude affects the selling price, you should have thought that since aptitude can increase the selling price, it can also decrease it. This is the law of nature. How can it only go up and never down?" The system's tone was leisurely, showing no remorse for "forgetting" to explain in detail.

Su Ping: "..."

He took several deep breaths to barely calm his inner rage before saying, "So, the battle pets sold in this shop must be of average quality to be considered presentable?"

"That's right, you grasped it very quickly."

"Then I won't authenticate any of these," Su Ping said through gritted teeth.

"Alright." The system knew that Su Ping was on the verge of exploding, and said calmly, "When you encounter someone with average qualifications and you're not confident, it's best not to identify their qualifications, lest you sell them and embarrass our store. Just let the customers choose for themselves; it's their choice, no matter how they choose."

Su Ping was speechless.

He was selling these Void Realm battle pets at such low prices, which was originally a way of giving out benefits. But when the system got involved, it felt like he was ripping off his customers.

It's my fault for not being able to keep up with your Versailles...

Su Ping gave up on the remaining battle pets. Even the strongest battle pet was identified as having only lower-middle-level aptitude, so he didn't dare to appraise the rest rashly.

"Perhaps those with lower combat power also have lower bloodlines. Their combat power is actually due to a preference for certain qualities?" the system said, with a seductive tone.

Spying again... Su Ping was already numb to it, and sneered inwardly, "I'll consider these things after I have a better understanding of some demonic beasts."

Through this experience, he also realized that his understanding of the monster race was somewhat lacking.

Although he has seen more monsters than anyone else on Earth in terms of variety.

The problem is that he has only seen most of the monsters, but he doesn't understand them, nor does he know what bloodlines they have or what their general combat strength is. If he wants to identify good battle pets "safely" and cheaply in the future, he must fill in these gaps in his knowledge.

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Not long after, Tang Ruyan arrived at the shop first. Seeing the still energetic Su Ping, and then looking at Joanna standing quietly outside the pet room, she pouted slightly and snorted, "Opening so late? Didn't you usually go to cultivate behind closed doors at night before? Why are you doing the opposite today?"

"If you were to figure out my cultivation methods, wouldn't I be in danger? I'm just breaking the rules and leaving people scratching their heads," Su Ping said casually.

"Tch..." Tang Ruyan curled her lip in disdain, glanced at the night outside the door, and said, "Who would come here now? How about I open a shop for you? You can train my battle pets for me too. I want to do my part in this global beast tide."

Su Ping wanted to refuse, but a system warning suddenly appeared in his mind. He was speechless and could only helplessly say, "Then you'd better get ready to pay."

The system's principle is to accept all comers, but not Su Ping's. Unfortunately, he has no principles when it comes to the system.

"I never thought I'd become your customer one day. Come on, Su Ping, give me a smile." Tang Ruyan's face lit up when she heard Su Ping agree. She knew how difficult it was to get Su Ping to help with the cultivation. Compared to the money spent, the results after cultivation were priceless.

"Get lost." Su Ping rolled his eyes in annoyance.

The system only stipulated that he should receive customers, but it did not force him to sell his smiles.

Tang Ruyan chuckled, stuck out her tongue, and dared not cause any more trouble. She quickly summoned her several battle pets, all of which were professionally bred.

There are four battle pets in total, all of them are at the ninth tier. If they are professionally bred, each one would cost 100 million!

The cost of professional breeding is 100 times that of ordinary breeding. The cost of breeding a high-level battle pet is 1 million per breeding session, and four pets would cost a total of 400 million!

Upon hearing the price, Tang Ruyan didn't even blink. She quickly swiped her card to pay for Su Ping's order. Soon, a sweet "ding-dong" sound rang out, indicating that the transfer had been received.

"Huh? When did you become so rich?"

Seeing Tang Ruyan's nonchalant expression, Su Ping raised an eyebrow. When did this girl become a little rich woman?

"You didn't expect that, did you? I'm the head of a clan now. What's a little money to me?" Tang Ruyan snorted lightly, but remembering the past grievances between Su Ping and the Tang family, the smile on her face quickly faded, and she said softly:

"Recently, the beast tide has swept the globe. The Tang family sensed that the global situation would change and the major powers would be reshuffled. They invited me to take over as the clan leader many times. Although I refused a few times, this time the matter is indeed too serious. Although it is the Tang family... no matter what, there are still some elders there who have taken care of me since I was a child. I don't want to see anything happen to them."

"So you're the head of the Tang family now?" Su Ping raised an eyebrow. This guy had actually become the head of one of the four major families in the Asian continent.

"I will step down as the temporary clan leader once they or I find a suitable replacement," Tang Ruyan said, biting her lip slightly.

As she spoke, she glanced at Su Ping. Rather than being the high and mighty patriarch of the Tang family, she preferred to be a simple temporary employee here.

"Being the head of the Tang family is quite good. Look, I've gotten rich, and I can take care of my business in the future," Su Ping said casually, not wanting to burden her. He no longer cared about the Tang family. If he still cared about them causing trouble back then, he wouldn't have sent Tang Ruyan back to support the Tang family.

"The word 'fat' isn't used to describe girls," Tang Ruyan said angrily, stamping her foot.

"yes."

"Hmph, at least you're sensible. Don't do it again... What?! What do you mean?!"

Just then, the sound of several gusts of wind came from afar. Su Ping glanced at them and said to Tang Ruyan, "Be good and go greet the customers."

"I'm your customer too!" Tang Ruyan said angrily.

As Su Ping had Joanna lead her battle pet to the pet room, he said, "But you're also my employee, well, temporary."

"You don't need to add the word 'temporary'!" Tang Ruyan gritted her teeth.

"Boss Su, Miss Tang."

An old, gentle voice rang out from outside the door. Qin Duhuang landed outside the shop, glanced at the sleeping purple velvet mouse under the giant dragon sculpture at the entrance, and then stepped into the shop.

Tang Ruyan glanced at Qin Duhuang, knowing that he was already a legendary figure. However, since she returned to the Tang family to help last time and saw a legendary figure being instantly killed in front of her, her awe of legendary figures had faded considerably.

Putting aside her anger towards Su Ping, she stepped forward and said, "Senior Qin, how did you know we were open for business so late?"

"Boss Su informed me." Qin Duhuang smiled, glanced at her, and said with some envy, "Miss Tang is so young, yet she has already inherited the position of head of the Tang family. If it weren't for the fact that I became a legend thanks to Boss Su, I'm afraid I would have to bow to Miss Tang now."

Tang Ruyan raised an eyebrow. "You know that too?"

"With so many titles sent by your Tang family, I couldn't possibly be unaware," Qin Duhuang said with a smile.

At this moment, two figures came flying in from behind; they were Zhou Tianlin and Xie Jinshui.

"You guys are here too?" Xie Jinshui was surprised to see Qin Duhuang and Zhou Tianlin. He didn't expect that Su Ping's opening day would attract them all.

When Zhou Tianlin saw the two of them, he secretly cursed in his heart. He quickly stepped forward to greet Su Ping first, and then bowed to Qin Duhuang.

In the past, he could ignore Qin Duhuang when he saw him, since they were of the same rank, but now he had to be respectful and polite.

"Boss Su, what kind of battle pets are you selling?" After exchanging pleasantries with Xie Jinshui, Qin Duhuang asked directly.

Su Ping glanced at them and said, "Is the money ready? I've put the battle pets in the sales hall. You can choose them yourselves, but you can only buy them for yourselves, and you have to sign a contract on the spot."

After speaking, he led the group to another side room in the store. The room was brightly lit, and the walls were like screens with numerous projections of battle pets. In addition, in the center of the room, there were also some physical projections of battle pets that flashed in turn. These were the battle pets that were registered for sale. Through these projections, one could see the complete appearance of these battle pets.

Of course, its size is much smaller, since its original size was hundreds of meters, but here it is only a dozen meters.

Upon seeing the constantly rotating battle pets on the wall and in the center of the room, the people who entered the sales hall all widened their eyes.

These projections are incredibly lifelike, with ferocious eyes and imposing figures. Although they are all over ten meters tall, or even seven or eight meters tall, their aura is extremely unrestrained, making it immediately clear that they are all king-level beasts!

Even Tang Ruyan, who was only a temporary employee, was speechless with astonishment, her face full of surprise, shocked by the numerous king-level battle pets surrounding her.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

At that moment, two figures flew in from outside the shop.

"Boss Su?"

A soft exclamation was followed by footsteps entering the store.

"Here." Su Ping turned around and replied, recognizing the voice of the Sword Master, while the other aura belonged to Wu Guansheng.

Soon, Dao Zun and Wu Guansheng followed the sound to the sales hall. As soon as they entered, they were amazed by the numerous virtual projections of battle pets flashing on the wall.

"These are all battle pets for sale. You can choose the ones you like. They are mostly at the Void Realm level, which is perfect for you to sign contracts with," Su Ping, the boss, explained to them briefly.

(End of this chapter)