31: Golden Scale Pig

The gold in the vault continuously melted into liquid gold and flowed toward the golden scale egg to be absorbed. When there was no more gold nearby that it could influence, the golden scale egg would actively roll across the floor to a new position to continue its absorption.

A night passed in this manner. After absorbing an untold amount of gold, the golden scale egg finally cracked open, and the shell began to peel away piece by piece... The next day, Wang Zi looked even more dejected than before, causing his father, Wang Gui, to frown incessantly.

"What are you moping around for all day? Is life not worth living if you can't be a Beast Tamer?" Wang Gui scolded.

"Since you can't get into a Beast Taming University, there's no point in attending trashy universities like Qingbei. I'll give you some startup capital to go start a business."

"Once you make a name for yourself in the business world, you won't be any worse off than those Beast Tamers!"

Wang Zi remained noncommittal. In this world of Beast Tamers, even in business, Beast Tamers held a greater advantage. Ordinary people like Wang Gui who could become great entrepreneurs were few and far between, and Wang Zi didn't have much confidence in his own business acumen.

But that was exactly Wang Zi's distress. If he couldn't achieve anything on the path of a Beast Tamer, he would have to go back and inherit his father's fortune.

Even if he had no business sense, he couldn't squander the family fortune even if he tried. It was so annoying!

Wang Gui then took out the vault keys and said, "However, the family's liquid assets have been mostly used up lately. I need to go to the vault to get some gold for your startup capital."

To help Wang Zi become a Beast Tamer again, Wang Gui had spent a lot of money over the past few days.

This included hiring Monster Hunters to capture beasts and paying experts to help treat Wang Zi's mental injuries.

The two of them walked to the vault. Just as Wang Gui took out the key to open it, he heard a faint rustling sound coming from inside.

"Why is there a sound inside the vault? Xiao Zi, did you remember to close the vault when you left yesterday?" Wang Gui immediately turned around and questioned his son nervously.

Inside was the majority of his family's wealth. If something happened, while they wouldn't go bankrupt, it would severely shake their foundation!

"I think... I locked it..." Wang Zi said hesitantly, not even sure himself.

Seeing this, Wang Gui hurriedly tried to open the door with the key. Because he was so nervous, he fumbled several times, only scraping against the lock without it going in. After a while, he finally aligned it and pushed it in, turning it to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, the two rushed inside, and their expressions instantly collapsed.

Many of the iron shelves used to hold the gold were knocked over and twisted, and more importantly, the gold bars on them had completely vanished.

Even with just a rough glance, Wang Gui could tell that at least half of his gold was missing.

"You little brat... what on earth did you do yesterday?"

Looking at his father who was about to explode with rage, Wang Zi's eyes darted away as he said, "I just put a demon beast egg in here... wait, where is my egg?"

Just as Wang Zi was about to search the vault, he saw a golden, round figure struggling to squeeze out from under a fallen iron shelf.

"What is that?" The father and son immediately grew tense. Neither of them were Beast Tamers anymore, and this world overrun by demon beasts was very dangerous.

Then they saw a round little golden pig, half a meter tall, half a meter long, and even half a meter wide, trot over to Wang Zi's feet and affectionately nuzzle his pant leg.

The little pig had no hair; instead, it was covered in fine golden scales, which was very similar to the demon beast egg Su Ze had given to Wang Zi.

"Is this... a demon beast? The egg Su Ze gave me hatched in just one night?"

"Wait, you little thing, you're the one who turned my family's vault into this, aren't you?!" Wang Zi said as he picked up the little pig, even prying half a gold bar out of its mouth.

The little pig looked at the gold bar longingly, drooling from the corner of its mouth, but it didn't try to snatch it back. Instead, it remained very affectionate toward Wang Zi.

And at the moment Wang Zi made contact with the golden pig, a brilliant contract array appeared beneath his feet.

Wang Zi froze for a moment at the sight, then turned to his father, unable to hide his excitement. "Dad, did you see that?! It's a contract array!"

"I'm a Beast Tamer again! Little Ze didn't lie to me. The egg he gave me really was my hope of becoming a Beast Tamer again!"

Wang Gui also looked at all this in disbelief, especially at the golden little pig in Wang Zi's hands, so focused that he even forgot to complain about the half of the gold missing from the vault.

"You just said this demon beast was given to you by Su Ze?!"

Wang Zi replied, "Yeah, it was just a demon beast egg when he gave it to me, and it hatched in a single night. Why?"

"How is it possible... how can it be... he just gave you such a rare and precious demon beast?!"

Seeing his father's strangely agitated state, Wang Zi asked curiously, "Dad, I've been in high school for years and didn't recognize this little pig. How do you know what it is?"

Wang Gui said very seriously, "That's because you didn't pay attention in class! You know I'm not a Beast Tamer, so I don't know much about demon beasts. But there is one kind of demon beast I've always been very interested in; it's called the Golden Scale Pig."

"You mean this is a Golden Scale Pig, Dad? It looks so round and doesn't seem to have any combat power. Is there something special about it?" Wang Zi asked, holding up the golden pig in his hands.

"Of course there is. The Golden Scale Pig is extremely rare. Legend has it that it feeds on gold bricks and drinks liquid gold. Once it reaches adulthood, it has the ability to turn stone into gold and to find treasures and minerals. It's a miraculous demon beast that requires a huge initial investment but offers even greater returns!"

Wang Zi suddenly realized, "No wonder so many gold bricks are missing from the vault; it really did eat them all. But if its appetite is this big, wouldn't even our family be unable to afford to raise it?"

After all, it had consumed half the family's gold in one night. How many more days would the rest last?

Wang Gui continued, "That should have just been for the hatching; regular feeding won't require that much. And that's not the point. The point is the Golden Scale Pig... it's a genuine Gold-rank Demon Beast!"

"Gold-rank?!" Wang Zi was stunned, unable to believe that for the price of a single barbecue meal, Su Ze had given him a Gold-rank Demon Beast.

A demon beast egg of this level was simply something money couldn't buy!

Wang Gui also sighed with emotion. "I used to think Su Ze was the one being looked after by our family. Now it seems it's completely the opposite; we are the ones being looked after by him..."

Wang Zi also remembered what Su Ze said yesterday and spoke up, "Dad, I heard that the exams for the White Tiger Beast Taming University in the West were postponed. There are still a few days before their Beast Taming College Entrance Examination is held. I want to go there to take the exam!"

Wang Gui finally snapped out of his surprise. "What, you're not willing to wait another year? If you go there, you'll rarely be able to come back and see your friends."

Wang Zi said firmly, "I don't want to wait that long. That guy's talent is terrifyingly good. I'm afraid that after a year, I won't even be able to see his dust!"

Wang Gui smiled with gratification. "Good, having ambition is a good thing. It would be even better if you could also resolve to lose some weight..."

"Dad supports you too! Anyway, the startup capital I prepared for you has been eaten by your beast, so consider it my investment. Your old man's investments in business have never lost once; I hope you won't disappoint me this time either."

Before leaving the vault, Wang Gui took out some more gold.

After all, until the Golden Scale Pig grew enough to turn stone into gold and create its own food, it would need to be fed with gold.

If it were anyone else, they probably couldn't afford to raise it even if they formed a contract.

To prevent any accidents, Wang Zi booked a flight for that very day and set off tonight to prepare for the exam... Meanwhile, in Beishan City at night, in a house in a hidden corner, two figures were whispering and plotting something under the dim light.

One of them, speaking in broken Daxia language, growled in a low voice, "Lord Xiao, there was a problem with the intel you gave us. As the principal, why didn't you tell us that Azure Dragon Beast Taming University was hiding an expert?!"

On the other side, under the illumination of the dim light, Xiao Xu's face was faintly visible.