82: bid farewell

“Recently, Chenyang Pet Store needs a batch of materials, but our store’s channels are too limited, not as extensive as the larger businesses.

So, I’d like to ask each of your families to help collect a batch of materials. The reward, well, will be these two Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbits with excellent Aptitude that I’m holding.”

Hearing that Luo Chen was actually offering the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbits as a reward, Qin Zhou’s breathing became heavy, even though breathing isn't necessary in the Illusion World.

However, the natural habits of the body caused everyone to subconsciously retain this behavior.

He Liangyu sat upright and spoke calmly, “Young Master Luo, are you offering just one of them as a reward, or both?

Moreover, it would be difficult for our four families to divide them.” Luo Chen smiled lightly, “These materials are hard to find. Naturally, whichever family collects the most complete set will receive them.

However, our Chenyang Pet Store will not let the remaining two families go home empty-handed. We are willing to purchase all the materials at a price 10% higher than the market rate.

Furthermore, the two families will be granted priority purchasing rights, which can be used when new Beasts are introduced next time.”

Hearing about the priority purchasing rights, Liang Jingsi’s eyes lit up. Chenyang Pet Store’s Beasts have always been good quality and reasonably priced.

The previous cooperation with Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House was merely forSelling on behalf of others (selling on behalf of), only allowing them to take a portion of the money as commission. After deducting some costs, Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House actually didn’t earn much.

They only gained a reputation. If they were to purchase the Beasts from the store and then auction them, like the Starlight Stone Spirit that Wei Yansheng bought last time,

it was seen by a certain influential figure’s son in Liuguang City before it was even auctioned and bought back at double the price. Liang Corporation even found it easier to operate in Liuguang City afterwards, thanks to that influential figure’s son.

Therefore, Liang Jingsi knew that she must diligently collect the materials this time. She didn't hope to get the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit, but she definitely wanted to secure the priority purchasing rights.

However, when He Liangyu heard about the priority purchasing rights, his brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes.

The only thing in Chenyang Pet Store that interested him was the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit. Those so-called priority purchasing rights were worthless in his eyes.

“Young Master Luo, my great ancestor made an agreement with the store last time, did he not? Is it not a bit contrary to that agreement for your side to unilaterally change the conditions and make us compete with others?”

Luo Chen thought carefully and it seemed there was such a matter, but recalling the details of the agreement at the time, Luo Chen smiled again.

“Didn’t we say that the buyer would be responsible for rare materials? Well, these just happen to be the materials needed.

I promise that if your He Family collects all the materials, under the same circumstances, I will give the Beast to your family first, how about that?”

He Liangyu raised an eyebrow, clearly unwilling to agree to this condition, “But there are already two Beasts here.”

Luo Chen’s expression hardened, “These two are reserved by the pet store. If the materials are not enough, then I can only apologize; we won’t be able to evolve new Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbits for you.”

Looking at Luo Chen’s expression, even knowing he was being unreasonable, He Liangyu was helpless and could only grit his teeth in secret.

Luo Chen then looked at the others with a smile, “What do you all think?”

What else could they think? Hadn't they seen He Liangyu get stumped in front of Luo Chen?

Qin Zhou cupped his hands slightly and said cheerfully, “Our Qin Family will certainly search carefully for the required materials.”

Feng Manwu’s Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit is currently being raised in Feng Qingyang’s City Lord’s Mansion. Strictly speaking, this one doesn't belong to the Feng Family as a whole, but was purchased by Feng Manwu herself.

Feng Qingyang’s mental dark injury has been greatly healed by the Gentle Aroma of the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit.

Therefore, he was grateful to Chenyang Pet Store and naturally completely agreed to the conditions Luo Chen proposed.

As for whether he sends this list back to the Feng Family and if they put in effort, that has little to do with him.

In any case, he himself would search through the City Lord’s Mansion’s inventory beforehand, and if there were one or two items, he wouldn’t mind giving them to Chenyang Pet Store for free.

Feng Qingyang nodded slightly, “I will do my best.”

Liang Jingsi spoke last. As the smallest faction, she didn't even hope to obtain the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit, but only wanted the priority purchasing rights for the Beasts in the pet store.

“Little Boss, give the list to our Liang Corporation, and our Liang Corporation will naturally do its best to find them.”

Seeing that the other three families had expressed their stances, He Liangyu closed his eyes, suppressing the resentment within, and said nothing, merely nodding slightly.

Seeing his demeanor, Luo Chen tentatively took it as his agreement and handed them four copies of the material list he held.

The four looked at the names of the materials on the list, and their expressions became somewhat strange.

It seemed that even for them, some of the items on the list were a bit unusual.

“Is there any problem?” Luo Chen wanted to hear their opinions on these materials.

Hearing Luo Chen's question, Qin Zhou thought Luo Chen was doubting their strength.

“Nothing. Although these materials are hard to find, most of them are Spirit Rank resources. With some effort, they can always be found.”

As for a considerable portion of the King Rank resources, Qin Zhou confidently believed they wouldn't be very difficult to acquire, at least he noticed at first glance.

One of the materials, dragon yang grass, was unique to their family.

The other three looked at Qin Zhou’s bold and confident manner, and somewhat doubted themselves. When did the Qin Family become so specialized in materials and resources?

They hadn't even heard the names of some of the materials listed, and a significant portion of them were only found on some King-Ranked Beasts.

They hadn't been treated as materials before, and now that they were needed, they would have to enter a secret realm to hunt them down.

However, since someone had stepped forward and made a 'fool' of themselves, they ultimately found it difficult to express their true thoughts and could only act as background, remaining silent.

Seeing that they had no other opinions, Luo Chen clapped his hands in satisfaction and said, “Then I look forward to your good news in a week.”

One week, the time was quite tight.

However, Luo Yang’s first competition was in ten days, so these families would just have to make do.

After bidding farewell, the four invited guests' figures transformed into specks of light and disappeared from the store. Luo Chen also went offline on the spot.

As soon as he returned to reality, Luo Chen heard Luo Yang’s voice.

“Brother, there’s a little chubby guy downstairs who says he’s your friend.”

Friend, little chubby guy—a few keywords immediately brought a name to Luo Chen’s mind: Chang Guiheng.

But what did he want with him? Their transaction had been completed long ago.

Luo Chen went downstairs, a bit puzzled, and saw Chang Guiheng standing in the store,

and the Moonstar Spirit sitting on his shoulder, pressing down on his head.

Seeing that pampered posture, Luo Chen couldn't help but mutter, “This guy isn’t raising the Moonstar Spirit like a daughter, is he?”

“Little… Brother Guiheng, my brother told me you were looking for me?” Luo Chen looked at Chang Guiheng curiously, wondering why he had come.

Little Guiheng? What a strange address. He didn’t look small, did he?

Chang Guiheng looked at his plump hands with some worry.

“Congratulations, Brother Luo, on successfully advancing in yesterday’s Breeder competition. I watched the live broadcast of that competition, and Brother Luo’s performance was truly brilliant.”

The brilliance he spoke of was the smooth and flowing process of refining potions. At Luo Chen’s age, many Breeders find it difficult to refine even one potion, let alone Luo Chen, who simultaneously refines and fuses several materials.

Wouldn't congratulations be the same if said on the terminal? Luo Chen was speechless, always feeling that this little chubby guy's way of acting and dealing with things was out of step with the times.

His calling him “Brother Luo” was a clear indication; he himself had been influenced by him to call him “Brother Guiheng.”

“Thanks, it’s nothing much. After all, we’re just a small city, so there aren’t many really powerful young Breeders.”

Luo Chen didn’t consider himself friends with Chang Guiheng; his words were full of politeness and distance.

If they were true friends, they would have long been arm-in-arm, proclaiming “I am the best in the world” or “Don’t forget me when you get rich.”

However, Chang Guiheng seemed to rarely interact with people and completely missed the meaning of Luo Chen’s aloofness.

“Brother Luo, I’ve come to say goodbye today. I’m returning to Star Moon City soon.”

So he came for this today, Luo Chen felt nothing in particular, only saying politely, “Then I wish you a smooth journey and all the best.”

Chang Guiheng said with some emotion, “Thank you. This is the property deed for the shop next door. I’ve already transferred it to your name, as a thank you for helping me hatch the Moonstar Spirit.”

“Uh.” Luo Chen was startled by his action, “We already paid the reward at the time, so this isn’t necessary.”

Luo Chen pushed back the property deed he offered.

Chang Guiheng didn't push it back and calmly took it. This made Luo Chen's eye twitch uncontrollably. Didn't they usually go back and forth with politeness?

“I’ve entered this year’s Youth Beast Master Competition. I think we’ll meet in the capital city.”

After saying this, Chang Guiheng turned and walked into a spatial gate that had opened behind him at some point.

Luo Chen watched his figure disappear into the spatial gate, muttering somewhat blankly, “Is he showing off to me?”

Snapping back to reality, Luo Chen gritted his teeth, determined to show off back to him next time.

Appearing in the Qingyang City teleportation array hall, Chang Guiheng said to the Moonstar Spirit on his shoulder, with a hint of triumph on his face:

“Didn’t I do well just now? Enough to show Brother Luo my powerful strength and prove that I am a reliable friend, right?”

The Moonstar Spirit nodded in agreement, “Exactly. Only by being powerful enough will people be willing to be your friend.”

However, neither of them knew that the rules of friendship among Beasts didn’t seem to apply very well to humans.

Gritting his teeth and remembering Chang Guiheng’s showing-off, Luo Chen saw the property deed on the cashier counter and instantly decided to reduce the number of times he would show off back to him next time by one.

Money might not move others, but it was still very effective for Luo Chen.