Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
There was no one around for the whole morning. Zhou Ji moved a recliner and laid down at the door. While he was revising the content of the Na Yuan Technique, he watched his daughter play by the door.
The couple who opened the clothing store next door had an eight or nine-year-old son, who was nowhere to be found. Little White was still curled up at the door, basking in the sun lazily like Zhou Ji.
There were not many people on the street, but Zhou Ji clearly noticed that the patrols of the guards had increased. In half the morning, three teams of medium-sized floating shuttles had already passed by. These medium-sized floating shuttles were all marked with the city guards’ marks.
Xiao Rui followed the mutt named Little White and ran back and forth on the street until she was so tired that she was panting slightly. Only then did she run to the small bench next to Zhou Ji’s recliner and sit down obediently. She listened to the noises coming and going on the street and listened to the rustling sound of Zhou Ji’s pen landing on the notebook. Little White was also obediently lying at Xiao Rui’s feet, sticking out its tongue and looking around.
Looking at his daughter and the little dog, Zhou Ji smiled. After tidying up, he walked into the clothing store at the side.
“Mr. Zhou, why are you here? Are you here to buy clothes for your daughter?” The person who spoke was a middle-aged woman. She was very short, and her eyes were filled with shrewdness.
“Good morning, Ms. Wang.” Zhou Ji smiled gently. “We’ll be moving out in a few days. I see that Xiao Rui has a good relationship with your Little White, so I’m looking for you to see if you can sell it to us.”
Ms. Wang glanced at the dirty dog, and the disgust in her eyes quickly disappeared, she then smiled and said, “Oh, Little Zhou, what are you saying? Our Little White has accompanied Little Yong for a year. The relationship between the two of them is very good. If Little Yong knows that we sold his dog, he will lose his temper when he comes back.”
“50% crystals. If it doesn’t work, you can keep it for yourself.”
Zhou Ji curled his lips. ‘Close? Sometimes he would beat and scold them. Now that Little White saw your Little Yong, it would probably run away with its tail between its legs.’
“When we bought it back then…”
Hearing that Ms. Wang still wanted to bargain, Zhou Ji turned around and left without saying anything more. In the outer city, this kind of pet dog, even if it had the best bloodline, was only sold for one crystal.
“Sigh, Little Zhou, the price is negotiable…” Ms. Wang saw that Zhou Ji was about to turn around and leave, so she quickly changed her words. “You see, I’m used to bargaining. I see that Little White and your daughter are getting along well, so it’s cheaper. I’ll just charge you 50% of the Crystal.”
Hearing that, Zhou Ji stopped.
“Ms. Wang, why didn’t you say so earlier? The main reason is that I think my daughter likes it. Do you think I should just use the jade token to transfer it to you directly?”
As he spoke, Zhou Ji had already used his mind to send the order to transfer the money into the jade token. The reason for the payment was “To buy a dog.”.
Ms. Wang wanted to say more, but seeing that Zhou Ji was so straightforward, she had no choice but to take out the jade token and use her mind to activate it. The jade token automatically activated the scanning function and scanned Little White’s entire body.
When the two jade tokens collided, Zhou Ji could use his mind to see that his account balance in the jade token had decreased by 0.5, leaving only 2,897.3. He had saved some money in the past three years. Of course, this amount of money was still two or three times smaller than the amount needed to purchase the Foundation Establishment qualification.
“Did daddy buy Little White?”
Actually, when Zhou Ji walked to the clothing store, Xiao Rui had already noticed that she was waiting at the entrance of the store with Little White. When she heard Zhou Ji come out, she spoke hopefully.
“Yes, it’s done. From now on, Little White will be in our family.” Zhou Ji nodded and smiled. “But we have to take Little White back first and give it a bath.”
He had actually wanted to do this for a long time. Whitey was barking, but in fact, the Little White dog had turned into a little brown dog within a year. Its whole body was dirty, and black and white unknown things were clumping on its fur. Only his daughter couldn’t see it. Every time they finished playing, Zhou Ji would carefully wash his daughter’s hands.
“Yes! Daddy is great!”
Xiao Rui happily picked up the dog that was still confused by her feet. This poor little guy still didn’t know what had happened.
Zhou Ji looked at his daughter’s actions and was speechless.
At noon, Zhou Ji cooked a beef brisket to celebrate the new family members joining. His daughter was so happy that she even ate a small bowl of rice. Little White, who had washed up and turned back into “Little White”, finally enjoyed the benefits of not having to rummage through the garbage and being able to go to bed. It was also thanks to the help of a magical spell like the Washing Spell. Otherwise, Zhou Ji would not have agreed even if his daughter cried today.
After settling down his daughter who was taking a nap, Zhou Ji finally found the time. He hung a sign at the entrance of the shop saying that he had something to do. Then, he closed the shop door and took out three fist-sized bags from a secret compartment.
The storage bag… Judging from the sign, it was made by Wanfang Trading Company. Looking at the sign on the top, one could guess that the space inside should be one cubic meter.
As far as Zhou Ji knew, Wanfang trading company seemed to be doing a lot of business, boasting about several star clusters. However, the shop with their name could only be found in the city. It was said that the magic spell shop outside the city was theirs, but there was no basis for it.
The examination of the shop selling magic was much stricter than that of common spells. Currently, there was only one shop in the outer city, and it was next to the mercenary shop. Only those who had obtained the mercenary qualification had the right to buy the cultivation magic. Mercenaries could also be considered a special profession. The main reason for their appearance was that the planet’s managers did not have enough control over the planet.
The main reason was that other than the large gathering points of spirit energy that were fixed on the planet, there were also many scattered small spots. The large ones were a few hundred square meters, while the small ones were a few square meters. This kind of place was completely useless to the planet’s management. If they went to deal with it, they would not be able to make ends meet. No matter what, there would be wild beasts in the mountains or those desolate bandits occupying the place.
These existences had little pressure on the security of the city, but they posed a great threat to the traffic between the cities. This was also the necessity of the existence of the mercenary profession. They would form a group to complete some protection missions or clear out tasks to make a living.
A cubic storage bag was the smallest storage bag. However, as Zhou Ji knew, such a large storage bag was enough to take away half of his family’s assets. Ordinary people would not need this thing at all.
There was no complicated operation method for this thing. The first step was to open the pocket, the second step was to reach in, and the third step was to dig out.
It was like a dimensional pocket of a round-handed, big-eared, blue civet cat. If there was an emergency, they could only touch it one by one. In the storage bag, other than some crystals and books, there were also some items contained in small bottles. Zhou Ji did not understand them, so he could only take them out one by one.
However, the more he dug, the more shocked he became.
The three storage bags were basically full. Other than the last one that contained some miscellaneous items, the rest were all crystals, cultivation techniques, and small bottles of pills!
Zhou Ji took out all of them and counted. Just the spiritual crystals alone were more than two thousand pieces, instantly doubling Zhou Ji’s assets. Just the specks of spiritual light on top of it dazzled Zhou Ji’s eyes!
Not daring to put more, Zhou Ji hurriedly used the two empty storage pouches to stuff all the spiritual crystals in. Only then did he have time to look at the remaining items on the table.
First of all, the small bottles on the table were almost all made of jade. Some of them had labels on them, like “Essence Recovery Powder” or “Essence Storage Pill”. Some of them did not have any labels at all. Zhou Ji did not dare to touch these unknown things. He could only put them in a corner and slowly think about how to use them in the future.
As for the remaining cultivation techniques, there were more than ninety cultivation techniques and more than seventy commonly used cultivation techniques. Although they were all low-level cultivation techniques, they still satisfied Zhou Ji. These were all things that he had never seen before, he could slowly study them in the future.
Among the remaining miscellaneous items, other than the five pellets that had been used to attack that person last night, the rest were all of little value. These pellets were actually made of pure metal, and there was nothing magical about them.
There was also a booklet in the miscellaneous items that had the words “Element Gathering Formation” written on it. Zhou Ji had never encountered this thing before, so he did not know what it was exactly.
Looking at the time, Zhou Ji put the rest of the cultivation technique into his storage bag, then picked up the element gathering formation and slowly closed his eyes. No matter what it was, just by looking at its name, he knew it was a kind of formation to gather spiritual essence. Zhou Ji had never come into contact with this thing before, so it was probably controlled. He just hoped that this thing could be recognized by his own cultivation technique editor..