水蜜桃实验室

The old, rusty wire atop the cage was out of place in this brand-newly renovated pet store, and inside the cage was a dirty, scrawny white puppy.

It stood on just three legs, with one injured limb bent outwards and raised, looking very pitiable.

Xu Fan looked at it, not because of the dog’s appearance, but because he sensed a faint trace of Spirit Beast bloodline within the small dog.

Although the Spirit Beast bloodline in the puppy was extremely thin, it did not escape Xu Fan’s notice. In his previous life, Xu Fan had practiced the “Five Spirits Sky Absorbing Technique,” subjugated five of the top Spirit Beasts from the ancient world, and was more than familiar with the bloodlines of Spirit Beasts.

Within this puppy’s lineage was a trace of the Holy Beasts Kylin, albeit the weakest level of Spirit Beast bloodline. In a world where Spiritual Energy was so thin, encountering a pet born with a Spirit Beast bloodline was extremely rare.

“What’s the situation with this puppy?” Xu Fan asked a pet store clerk by his side.

“This puppy wasn’t bred by us, but instead was found as a stray in the wild, then sold to our store. When it first arrived, it was very beautiful, so we gave it various vaccinations and fed it lots of high-grade dog food, hoping to raise it well. But this dog has a strange temperament; it not only refuses to eat normal dog food but also constantly fights with the other dogs,” the clerk said, frowning as he looked at the puppy in the cage.

“Oh? It fights with other dogs? What was the result?” Xu Fan asked with interest.

“Don’t let its small size fool you, it has a very fierce temperament and strong fighting ability. It frequently beats other dogs so badly they’re left searching for their teeth. Its leg was injured during a fight with three German Shepherds much larger than itself. Several of our dogs, priced above ten thousand yuan, were bitten by this little dog, resulting in us compensating a fair bit of money. That’s why our store manager decided to sell the dog to a dog trader,” the clerk explained, pointing at the puppy.

“Dog trader?” Xu Fan heard and understood; those dog traders served meat shops, and if the puppy were taken away by one, it would end up as meat on someone’s dining table.

“Daddy, this puppy looks so pitiful. Can we buy it?” Tongtong, pouting, looked at Xu Fan with pleading eyes.

“Tongtong, you don’t like those pretty puppies and instead fancy this dirty one?” Xu Fan leaned close to the puppy, examined its injured hind leg, and noticed the damage wasn’t severe—it just looked rather pathetic.

“Daddy, let’s buy it! Its leg is hurt, we can fix it for him,” Tongtong pleaded with overflowing compassion, her eyes filled with sympathy and concern for the injured dog.

“Alright, if Tongtong likes it, then we’ll buy it,” Xu Fan said, nodding with a smile at Tongtong.

“Yay, thank you, Daddy!” Tongtong hugged Xu Fan’s cheeks, planted two chubby kisses, then struggled down from his embrace and scuttled over to the cage housing the puppy.

“Be careful, this dog has a fiery temperament and can bite,” the clerk immediately warned.

“No worries,” Xu Fan said with a gentle smile.

Spirit Beasts with Spirit Beast bloodlines contain higher intelligence and can clearly sense a person’s emotions.

If someone approached it with malice, it would definitely make aggressive movements, but if approached with kindness, it could feel it too.

Just as Xu Fan had expected, when Tongtong ran over to the cage, the little dog didn’t bark or shout at her but instead lay lazily on the ground, gave Tongtong a glance with a stretch of its legs, then got up and gently sniffed Tongtong, nuzzling her little hand with its head.

“Giggle, such a good little doggie,” Tongtong reached out her little hand to stroke the dog’s head, giggling from being amused by it.

“Sir? It seems your daughter and this dog get along very well. If you’d like to buy it, we can offer it to you at 20% off the market price,” the clerk said, seeing Tongtong’s interest in the dog, her eyes lighting up at the prospect of a sale.

Normally, this dog would have been sold by the pound to dog traders, but since Xu Fan wanted it, even if selling it at a 20% discount, it was still priced like a pet, which would earn them much more than selling to dog traders.

“Alright, I’ve decided to buy it. Prepare a set of pet toys and equipment for me and put it directly in the trunk of my car; I don’t need dog food,” Xu Fan told the clerk.

This dog had the bloodline of a Kylin Spirit Beast; Xu Fan planned to use the Spirit Wisdom Pill he had saved to unlock its intelligence. Once awakened, the dog could cultivate through its bloodline. Low-grade dog food would be of no use for it, so Xu Fan didn’t need to buy dog food for it.

“Sir, because this dog has a bit of a temper, we need to sign an agreement before purchase. If the dog bites or injures someone after you buy it, our pet store will not take any responsibility. If you don’t sign, we cannot sell you the dog,” the clerk remembered this crucial step and hurriedly said to Xu Fan.

“Daddy, this doggy is so nice, it definitely won’t bite anyone,” Tongtong pleaded with Xu Fan, looking pitiful on behalf of the dog.

Tongtong was afraid Xu Fan might refuse to buy the dog because of the clerk’s warning and the potential hassle. Little did she know, Xu Fan had already decided to purchase the dog.

“Okay then, bring over the contract; I’ll take the dog,” Xu Fan said, nodding with a smile at Tongtong and speaking to the clerk.

“Daddy is the best! Tongtong has a little sidekick now,” hearing Xu Fan’s words, Tongtong moved her small legs, ran to Xu Fan’s side, then with a jump, bounded into Xu Fan’s arms, and gave him a smacking kiss.

Xu Fan ruffled her adorable little head and carried her to the pet store’s front desk.

In the pet store, the liability waiver document was already printed out. Xu Fan looked at it briefly, made sure there were no issues, and swiftly signed his name on the paper.

“Hello, the original price of this dog is 8,000 yuan, but with the 20% discount, that’s 6,400 yuan. Plus the full set of pet toys and equipment you’re purchasing, that comes to a total of 7,000 yuan,” the cashier reported the bill to Xu Fan.

Xu Fan had withdrawn one million yuan. Having spent only 990,000 yuan on the car he bought today, he still had the remaining 10,000 yuan in cash, which came in handy at this moment. He pulled out the last stack of hundred-yuan bills, counted out thirty of them, and handed the rest to the cashier.

The cashier counted the money, issued Xu Fan a receipt, and directed one of the staff to bring out the cage with the puppy along with Xu Fan’s purchased pet equipment. They carried everything outside the store and loaded them into the trunk all at once.