Wu Guansheng then snapped out of his shock. He bowed to Su Ping and expressed his appreciation. “Mr. Su, the same goes for me!”

Su Ping knew that the two would be excited about it, but they were still taking it much too seriously, even more than he had expected. “Don't mention it. Remember, this is a business deal. Just think of it as regular shopping.”

The two smiled bitterly inside. Yes, it was a business deal but Su Ping had the right to pick his buyers. They were grateful that Su Ping had picked them!

“The price of the fruits…” Su Ping remembered he had not seen the price yet. He quickly transferred the two fruits from his storage s.p.a.ce to the store.

The fruits were categorized as pet food.

The price was…

Five hundred million?

Su Ping was surprised to see that the fruit was more expensive than the battle pets. Five hundred million for one fruit… Wait, was it expensive to make a person reach the legendary rank with five hundred million?

Su Ping felt he had been deeply affected by the system.

“Five hundred million per fruit,” Su Ping announced the price. This made it seem as if he would have just decided the price right then and there.

Five hundred million?

Wu Guansheng, Zhou Tianlin—as well as Venerable the Blade and Qin Duhuang who were standing nearby-were stunned by the amount.

Since when reaching a legendary rank was this cheap?

A chance to reach the legendary rank was being sold at merely five hundred million?

They believed that Su Ping had just made up the price!

This guy… Why did he have to name a price when he was practically giving out the fruits for nothing? What a proud man. “Mr. Su, just five hundred million?” Zhou Tianlin was still unable to believe it; the price came as a shock to him. It wasn't that the price was too high; it was much, much too low!

That was a real chance to reach the legendary rank. Zhou Tianlin was below the legendary rank, but he held the conviction that legendary battle pet warriors could have their way in the world. Why else would the rank be called “legendary”?

Wu Guansheng was not any less surprised than Zhou Tianlin. He felt the same thing…

“Do you think the fruit is too expensive or too cheap?” Su Ping teased them.

The question left Zhou Tianlin wide-eyed. “Too cheap, of course. Mr. Su, this fruit is precious but you're merely asking for five hundred million in exchange. I, I don't…” He found no words to express his appreciation.

“Really? I told you that the fruit has some side effects. This is just the legendary rank; if you ask me, I think five hundred million is too high. After all, those battle pets at the Void State are just around three hundred million…” Su Ping tried to comfort Zhou Tianlin.

He was telling the truth. Even a battle pet at the later stage of the Void State would only be sold at about three hundred million. It came as a great surprise to Su Ping that the fruit would be priced at five hundred million.

“Er…”

Venerable the Blade, Tang Ruyan, Xie Jinshui and everyone else was speechless. Even five hundred million was too high? Indeed, Mr. Su was an enigma that… they could never solve!

Anyway, no sane person would sell battle pets of the Void State, let alone in such an amount. No one could have gotten that many Void State battle pets to sell!

“You, go ahead and pick the battle pets. You, come with me. The fruits are over here.” Su Ping ended the discussion about the price. Since the two had agreed, he wanted to get on with the transaction and give them the fruits at once so they could start choosing battle pets.

Su Ping left Venerable the Blade and Qin Duhuang for Tang Ruyan to entertain while he ushered Zhou Tianlin and Wu Guansheng to another side where all kinds of pet food were on display.

The customers would rarely notice that side of the wall. After all, Su Ping was the most famous for pet training and the pets he sold…

“Here you go.”

Su Ping took out two s.h.i.+ning fruits from the array of various pet foods. Zhou Tianlin and Wu Guansheng were so excited that their lips were trembling. In the meantime, the two glanced over the other items. OMG. The fruit that could help them reach the legendary rank had been placed right here in a place open to the public? They were just past the counter!

Again, they felt awe-struck.

Su Ping gave each one of them a fruit and told them to pay for them first. If they ate the fruit before they paid… the system would strike them to death with the strongest lightning bolts they would ever see.

The two felt a certain weight in their hands; the fruits felt warm as if they were breathing creatures. The two were so thrilled that they would have forgotten to pay for the fruits without Su Ping reminding them; he was asking for such a small sum of money that they had barely remembered it.

Ding

Ding.

He heard the alerts coming from his phone. Su Ping then looked at the balance of his account

-five hundred million per person. That amounted to five million energy points. At the moment he had ten million energy points in total.

That was enough to update the store from level 2 to level 3 ten times over!

But the store was already at level 3. He would need one hundred million energy points to get the store to level 4!

The amount of energy points required to get the store to level 4 from level 3 was much higher. Su Ping complained inwardly. But he also supposed that the store would experience a great change with the upgrade! Selling the two fruits alone wasn't enough to earn him enough energy points to upgrade the store. However, the Void State battle pets were being sold at about three hundred million each, i.e. three million energy points. Selling ten battle pets would earn him thirty million energy points. He could collect enough energy points with the sale of about thirty battle pets; if he could sell all forty of them, he would have more than enough to upgrade the store!

What a rewarding trip.

But it had also been an exhausting trip. Su Ping was acting as if he were fine, but signing and canceling contracts with forty battle pets one by one had taken a toll on his spirit.

He could revive in the cultivation sites, but the tiredness of his spirit would not be erased unless he died because of spiritual strikes. However, for the tiredness that came with continuously signing and cancelling contracts, it wasn't something that he could get rid of with revivals.

Zhou Tianlin scratched his head. He asked gingerly, “Well… Mr. Su, how do we consume this?”

Wu Guansheng gave Su Ping the same look… He did not know, either.

Su Ping came back from the math he was doing. He smiled at the two. “Just eat it. This is a kind of fruit, so eat it as you would a fruit.”

Is that it?

But since Su Ping said so, it must be the truth. What a simple way…

A family head that could influence an entire base city and a senior healer at the peak of the t.i.tled rank were holding each s.h.i.+ning fruit like the little match girl held with the last match she had. They carefully and gently… took a bite of the fruit. Somehow, Su Ping felt that view was offending to his eyes.

Plop, plop, plop!

A BGM from 'Chūka Ichiban!' would be the best for this moment. The two opened their eyes as if they would have just had an epiphany. The scent from the fruits was mild and the pulp was soft.

What made them lose themselves in the taste of the fruit was that the pulp would melt in their mouths. The pulp turned into pure and profound astral powers that surged into their bodies, spreading across all the cells. It was as if their bodies were a pile of firewood that had just been ignited!

Boiling!

Thrilled and intoxicated by the taste, the two abandoned all manners and quickly finished the fruits. Still, they made sure not to miss a single drop of juice. The fruit had no pits inside. They finished the rest of the fruit, including the small twig that remained of the fruit.

Su Ping wanted to tell them that the twigs had no effect whatsoever, but he held back the urge since the two seemed to be enjoying the fruits immensely. After all, t.i.tled battle pet warriors would easily digest those twigs.

Suddenly, their clothes were ripped open!

Soon after, after they ate up the fruits, Zhou Tianlin and Wu Guansheng suddenly felt a strong gush of astral powers inside them. Their clothes were blown up and their momentum was rising. Their astral powers were growing; there was a sense of vastness being integrated to their bodies. To grow from the t.i.tled rank to the Ocean State… Astral powers would not only grow in quant.i.ty, but also become purer.

To make a simple a.n.a.logy, if the astral powers of a warrior at the t.i.tled rank was a hundred, then the astral powers of another at the Ocean State would be ten thousand. Added to that, the ten thousand worth of astral powers would be more powerful than a million worth of t.i.tled-rank astral powers!

Vast and profound, compressed and pure, that was why the warriors at the Ocean State could easily overwhelm t.i.tled rankers.

The former didn't have to use any skills; astral powers alone would be enough to crush someone at the t.i.tled rank!

That was the strength of the legendary rank!

Qin Duhuang and Venerable the Blade—who were at the moment looking at the battle pets

—felt something. Surprised, they s.h.i.+fted their attention to the new sources of energy. They turned around, only to see that there were two people catching up to their rank… the legendary rank!

Venerable the Blade and Qin Duhuang hurried over.

Tang Ruyan and Xie Jinshui went after them as well.

“You…”

Zhou Tianlin and Wu Guansheng's tops had been ripped to pieces, revealing their masculine chests, while their pants remained intact. Qin Duhuang narrowed his eyes. There was no Heaven's Test looming above them. However, the two had indeed reached the legendary rank!

Venerable the Blade saw that as well. He was surprised. He knew that Su Ping wouldn't have joked about the fruits' capabilities, but to actually witness how Su Ping helped two people to reach the legendary rank was still astonis.h.i.+ng

Xie Jinshui and Tang Ruyan were stunned as well as envious. They didn't even try to hide the fact that they were jealous. They had to be. If Su Ping would have given them the chance, they would have also reached the legendary rank!

But Tang Ruyan quickly comforted herself. She was the head of the Tang family. She would reach the legendary rank by herself sooner or later! Xie Jinshui, while feeling disappointed, began to calm himself down as well. Whoever Su Ping picked, it would be good for them in any case. Xie Jinshui thought that he was on good terms with Su Ping, but he had to accept the fact that Su Ping had closer friends.

Wu Guansheng and Zhou Tianlin opened their eyes. They felt the flow of profound astral powers and how their senses had been heightened. They were so excited that they were beside themselves.

“Congratulations!”

“Congratulations, you two! We have two more legendary battle pet warriors! Haha!”

Venerable the Blade and Qin Duhuang approached them with bright smiles. Su Ping had the means to easily promote two warriors to the legendary rank, yet he always claimed that he was still at the t.i.tled rank. No one would believe that! Venerable the Blade and Qin Duhuang sensed that Su Ping was at the t.i.tled rank, but they didn't trust their senses.

Wu and Zhou came back to their senses. They knew that they had indeed reached the legendary rank.

The two noticed that, just like Venerable the Blade and Qin Duhuang, their astral powers were extraordinary, profound and compressed. They were at the legendary rank!

Zhou Tianlin turned around and bowed to Su Ping again. “Thank you, Mr. Su!” He sounded sincere.

Wu Guansheng bowed to Su Ping as well, “Thank you, Mr. Su!”

Su Ping helped them up. “I told you that this is just a business deal and you have already thanked me before. All right now, you have become Ocean State legendary battle pet warriors. If you have any questions, ask those two in your own time. Now, go ahead and pick your battle pets.”

At the mention of the battle pets, Venerable the Blade and Qin Duhuang cupped their fists at Zhou and Wu and hurried back to the display room. Zhou and Wu had also reached the legendary rank, meaning that they were also going to compete for the battle pets as well. They had to hurry up. Wu Guansheng and Zhou Tianlin said more words of appreciation to Su Ping and dashed into the display room. Having just reached the legendary rank, the two ran so fast that they could hardly stop.

Su Ping went back to the display room with Xie Jinshui and Tang Ruyan. He patted Xie Jinshui's shoulder and said, “Xie, go and pick some battle pets at the Ocean State. Buy anything that you like. You have good potential; I hope you can reach the legendary rank by yourself in the future. Best of luck.”

Xie Jinshui thought that Su Ping was merely comforting him but the sincere look in his eyes had proved him wrong. Xie Jinshui was baffled. Good potential? Why didn't I see it? He wasn't that talented when compared to Venerable the Blade. He was already in his forties but he was still at the t.i.tled rank. He wasn't confident that he could reach the legendary rank.

But Su Ping had just said he had good potential. Maybe that was true?

Xie Jinshui shook his head. He decided not to think about that. The priority was to get over the crisis.

Since Su Ping did not comfort her, Tang Ruyan pouted, “I will reach the legendary rank!” Su Ping rolled his eyes and said grumpily, “You should aim higher. Your goal should be to reach the Star Rank, okay? You will have to deal with more and more powerful customers. A legendary rank girl is not good enough to be my employee. Focus on your cultivation when you have time. Don't go and fool around.”

Tang Ruyan glared at him, “Are you out of your mind? The legendary rank is not a high aim? The Star Rank? Are you kidding me? You can say that but I don't have the courage to think that!”

“Never mind. Set up a small goal for yourself. Hurry up and get to the legendary rank,” Su Ping said. She wouldn't work harder if he didn't push her a little bit.