chapter 13

Inside the room, as Su Lingyue looked curiously at the natural hot spring-like structure present in the room, it seemed like some kind of dug-up pool that was surrounded by stones as its border though at the moment it was dried up and didn't have any water. As she shifted her gaze at Su Ping, she saw him looking intently at the pool but she didn't know that he was looking at the notification he just got from the system.

[Quest: Protect the store's reputation complete]

[Receive reward?]

[Yes/No]

"Yes"

[Reward: One Free chance to go to any Cultivation plane with an unlimited number of deaths for seven days]

Su Ping looked at the messages and then looked at the pool. It was time to complete another quest.

[ (Chaos spirit pool for incubation ) is currently at level one, every incubation will import 0.0000001 units of chaos aura. Note, the higher the amount of chaos aura the better are the chances for incubation of higher-level pets.]

Chaos aura, he knew what it was from the novel, it was simply the most potent energy that gave birth to all other energies. If one had to divide the energy into levels the astral power would be at the bottom the most water-downed form, then spirit power which is six times more potent, then deity aura with its special characteristics of the structure and eight times potency, then divine power with its special characteristics of endowment and 10 times potency, then would come chaos energy. By upgrading the pool he would be able to increase the pet's bloodline quality which means easier progress in training strong pets.

The only requirement to upgrade the pool was energy points, how much doesn't matter since that depends on the system and he doesn't plan to use it much either since in his eyes that's a waste of points the only reason he will upgrade it later is to hatch the path beast.

"Activate the chaos spirit pool and don't use the free chance"

[-10 energy points]

The pool that looked like some dry spring suddenly began glowing, startling Su Lingyue.

*churr*

The sound of something scraping with the floor drew her bewildered gaze towards the edge of the chaos spirit pool as a Little Skeleton, white in color with 0.2 meters in height crawled out. The Skeleton used great effort as it climbed past the edge then fell apart dropping to the ground in pieces.

"Brother, this?" asked Su Ling Yue as she turned to Su Ping.

"Hm?"

"It's a low-level Pet from the Demon family"

"I know that much, b-b-but there was nothing in that hole and then there was that light, then suddenly this?"

"Ah.."

"Don't worry you will understand everything in a bit"

"You just keep stalling again and again, if don't want to tell me then that's fine," said Su Lingyue with a pout that she didn't realize she supported. After crying her heart out and getting Su Ping's immediate support she had subconsciously became a lot closer to him. Although not to the point of consciously expressing herself completely but still a lot more relaxed than before.

"I just want to explain everything at once instead of part by part, so wait a bit more," said Su Ping with a chuckle as he saw his sister's pouting expression.

"What are you laughing at, huh?"

"Nothing, hahaha, let's go" increased Su Ping's laughter as he picked the now reassembled Little Skeleton in his arms and went to the nursery room to pick up the Moon chasing Hound.

[Quest completed: Breed your own pet]

[Receive Reward]

[Yes/No]

"Yes"

[Reward: Random battle Pet Warrior Skill]

[Skill Book Chaos Astral Star Chart has been sent to the System storage]

"Oh?"

'That was quick' thought SU Ping as he looked at the Little Skeleton in his arms.

'System is reward and other things really random' asked Su Ping with a smile despite knowing the answer.

[Yes, it is random]

'Then my Luck must be quite good' replied Su Ping as he Proceeded to make a Contract with the Little Skeleton.

Although it has a low-level bloodline, Su Ping has his own plan for it, now that it appeared, he doesn't plan to abandon it.

"Little guy, you will be my pet from now on," Su Ping said to the Little Skeleton who was staring at him with its hollowed eye holes.

"What are you talking about, it is just a low-level Pet" immediately came Su Lingyue's voice who was following behind him.

"Don't worry I have my own plans"

[Does the Host want to purchase an Antiquity Pet contract?]

"Buy it" accepted Su Ping as knew that it was a special contract method that unlike normal ones would allow him to call back his pets within a specific range as long as his pet was not constrained or sealed.

[- 100 energy points]

As soon as the notification sounded, some complicated mark started emerging in his mind, imprinted in his mind stroke by stroke, it seemed some kind of collection of runes that he had seen in many manhwa's in his previous life. The contract used his blood as a medium instead of astral powers and if broke his contract with his pet he would be weakened for three days just like a normal contract.

Proceeding according to the contract he bit his finger and slowly made the mark of contract on Little Skeleton with his blood, Once the mark was complete it disappeared, absorbed in the bones of Little Skeleton.

In the next moment, Su Ping felt a peculiar connection, when he focused on it, it felt quite venerable, like he was just imagining it but he could feel some confusion and affection from it. Feeling someone's else emotion in the head? Heart? It was a bizarre experience for Su Ping. Little Skeleton looked up at SU Ping, puzzled. At the moment it was like a newborn and everything was a new and unknown to him, feeling the safety in Su Ping's arms, it looked at him blankly as it further moved in his embrace.

Patting its little head he turned to Su Lingyue and called the system in his mind to provide three temporary pet contracts.

"Call out snowball," said Su Ping as a golden light shined in the Pet room and three scrolls suddenly appeared in Su Ping's hand.

Su Lingyue looked at Su Ping but seeing him just Staring at her, she sighed and summoned Snowball, As soon as it was summoned, Su Ping used all the temporary contracts and established a connection with Su Lingyue, Snowball, and Moon Chasing Hound.

"You wanted answers right?, Then be prepared you will get them soon" Said Su Ping to Su Lingyue as he took them all to a cultivation site.

Later that night, Su Ping and Su Lingyue returned home, they didn't talk much. Su Ping had already answered all of Su Lingyue's questions and knew she would need her space to digest everything, Although they spent seven days in the cultivation site but they weren't really in the situation to let their thoughts wander.

After having dinner both siblings retired to their rooms, in her room Su Lingyue sat on her bed blankly looking at the assortment of things Su Ping left her, in her mind she replayed everything that happened until now, and she got all her answers but it was hard for her to come to terms with everything.

When she asked Su Ping how could he accept all this so easily, he gave her a single answer, 'It doesn't matter whether this a scheme of someone, luck or anything, we don't have the strength to do anything about it, so instead of worrying it is better to use this opportunity to gain as much strength as possible so that we won't be helpless in the future'.

A chuckle escaped her lips as she thought about how her once good-for-nothing brother who couldn't even awaken as a warrior could cope better with the situation than her who was got used to feeling superior.

Determination flashed through her eyes as she made up her mind to do everything she could to increase her strength, there was no way she could stand and watch something untoward happening to her family. With her mind made up, she focused on the things placed on her bed.

In the seven days, she spent in the cultivation site with Su Ping her snowball already reached Rank 6 with its battle power nearing mid-Rank 9, from what her brother said the system judged her Snowball as an average Pet, it could have advanced more but her own battle warrior Rank held it back which she is going to rectify now, according to Su Ping the first 9 ranks are just an accumulation of energy and if she used everything in front of her she could easily reach Rank 9 and even surpass it and reach legendry, though he has forbidden her from breaking through past rank 9 as her current cultivation technique is way too poor quality and breaking through with it would only make her a bellow average individual. Her brother said that he would be able to provide her with top tire techniques later, She has decided to believe him and stand by his side so will heed his advice.

Author's note- Sorry for such a long delay guys, It was one thing after another...first teacher's day then Janmashtami, got too busy with the shop, and the rest of my free time was spent reading and relaxing.

Any way enjoy the chapter

Adios