Chapter 37

Morning.

When Cao Yan returned to his boat at the Magic Metropolis’s harbor, he looked at the trainer assistant in his hand and touched it with his finger. It lit up and began to transform, expanding on both sides like a liquid. It finally became a man’s bracelet and settled on Cao Yan’s wrist.

After activating the trainer assistant, its functions also appeared.

A small screen flashed on the back of Cao Yan’s hand. It was similar to the screen interface, just a lot smaller.

The other side of the bracelet sprung open, and a triangular metal object resembling a drone popped out.

On the assistant’s screen were the words: “Spiritual connection between the user and demon pet detected. Location of demon pet locked. Do you want to activate the auxiliary gadget to obtain a direct connection with your demon pet?”

Cao Yan chose “yes”, and a little light lit up at the front of the metal drone that had popped out from the bracelet. The light blinked, and the drone flew off.

He noticed that the location of the drone was indicated on the assistant’s screen. It was flying towards the Everlasting Forest at an incredible speed.

After a while, Eggy appeared on the small screen on Cao Yan’s hand.

The drone even had a videography function.

Eggy was addicted to catching its prey by surprise and hitting it until it became unconscious. It was eyeing its new game at that moment and was hiding by a large hole in a tree. Just as it was about to move, the little drone flying towards it all of a sudden gave it a fright.

What was that?

Just as Eggy was about to attack the little drone, it received Cao Yan’s message that this was a gift from its owner.

Cao Yan thought to himself: This trainer assistant is like a tool that helps me video call Eggy anytime, anywhere.

He could check what Eggy was doing whenever he wanted, helping them forge a stronger connection.

“Would you like to load your demon pet’s data into statistics for a more straightforward way of its condition?”

Cao Yan selected “yes”, and the words on the assistant’s screen changed once again: “Building the demon pet database. Converting demon pet data into statistics. Information uploaded.”

[Nickname] Eggy

[Species] Arthropod with four pairs of legs and a pair of eyes. Arachnid. Other information: ???

[Attributes] Dark, Shadow

[Current Level] Subordinate level (Stage 2, 91% to the next stage)

[Habit] Killing, Cold-blooded (has hidden cuteness that only its owner can see)

[Skills] Ambush with its web, hiding in the shadows (other skills have yet to be unlocked)

[Current Level Key Points] Predatory demon in nature, evolves quickly

[Best Way To Evolve] Information to be unlocked with points

Hah, the only difference in the trainer assistant’s information was the percentage left to stage three.

“Please take note that the statistics are only for reference. Demon pets are living things, after all, and the statistics might not be very accurate. Therefore, the demon pet stage should only be taken as reference.” The words appeared on the assistant’s screen.

Cao Yan nodded.

Far away, Eggy was very unhappy. It looked askance at the little drone suspended in the air above it. Where’s my privacy? Why are you following me around?

It waved its limb in an attempt to knock the little drone off the sky. To its surprise, the little drone dodged, as though it could sense Eggy’s movements, and landed on one of its limbs. It then transformed into a hoop, just like Cao Yan’s bracelet.

Cao Yan watched the live broadcast of Eggy’s “duel” with the little drone through the assistant’s screen and was thrilled.

He watched Eggy for a while before switching the trainer assistant off. The screen disappeared, and the assistant became just like any other regular bracelet.

What was worth mentioning was, the trainer assistant was a black technology provided by the fake system, so no one could actually see the assistant screen, including the little drone beside Eggy, just like how no one could see or hear the fake system.

Cao Yan entered Magic Metropolis and headed to his shop early in the morning. The little sparrow, Han Muyu, and the male sales assistant, Ping Chuan, had just arrived at work.

Wang Li had been sleeping in the shop for the past two days, so she was also there.

“How’s business?” Cao Yan asked the moment he stepped into the shop.

The little sparrow chirped noisily, “Everything is fine, except that we do not have enough demon beasts to sell in the shop. We didn’t have a lot of them left to begin with. After selling a few of them over the past few days, we are really short. Some of the customers could not get the demon beasts they wanted, affecting our sales pretty badly.”

Cao Yan nodded. He glanced at Wang Li and went upstairs.

Wang Li got the hint and followed him as the two went upstairs together.

The little sparrow watched Wang Li leave with Cao Yan and scuttled behind them. All the while, she exchanged meaningful glances with Han Muyu. It was obvious what they were thinking: Boss hasn’t seen the vixen for two days, and the moment they meet, they’re going upstairs?

The two pricked their ears up to listen to any sounds of movement.

On the second floor.

Cao Yan took out his gains from the forest. Adding the five demon beasts required to complete the mission, there were a total of 12 demon balls, all containing demon beasts.

He not only let the spaceship extract the genes of the five mission demon beasts, but he also contributed the genes of the other beasts he had captured.

In the end, all 12 demon beasts had their genes refined.

“You caught all of these in the forest?” Wang Li asked curiously as she brushed her hair aside.

“These are good quality demon beasts. We could use them to replenish the stocks in the shop.” Cao Yan picked up one of the demon balls. “Let me add some finishing touches, and you can bring these demon balls downstairs.”

“Oh,” Wang Li replied softly.

She was wearing something similar to a skirt suit. It had a waist-slimming effect, accentuating her tiny waist, full chest, and hips even more. Although she was wearing the Makeup Earrings, she was still stunning.

What Cao Yan meant by finishing touches was to categorize the demon beasts. The beasts had different attributes, and therefore, they should be placed in different attributive demon balls.

When he captured them, Cao Yan did not split them up in such detail. However, there was a need to do so now to make it more convenient to sell them.

Cao Yan looked at the demon ball in his hand and picked up the demon bone pen he bought from the association. After thinking for a while, he used his spiritual energy as he started adding symbols on the demon ball’s surface.

From what Cao Yan understood, the symbols in cryptography were just like the magic words in a spell. As long as one got the words right, one would be able to call upon and use the energy of the different elements.

The same went for demon balls. If the symbols were correct, the attributive elements could be successfully drawn out and inserted into the demon ball.

As Cao Yan’s pen landed on the demon ball, the symbols started forming and engraving on the ball’s surface. They slowly seeped into the ball, adding an invisible layer of patterns on the demon ball.

Then, the patterns started glowing. The ball heated up as the power of the element seeped into it.

Wang Li let out a soft gasp. This was her first time watching a person in a supernatural occupation work; it felt incredible.

On the first floor.

The little sparrow and Han Muyu, who were listening intently, squinted at the same time. Ah… Both of them had heard the soft gasp. What could the boss and vixen be doing upstairs? Besides, the vixen was liberal enough to moan so shamelessly.

“Are you adding things to the demon ball?” asked Wang Li.

“Mm. There is a demon egg waiting to hatch in this demon ball. I’m using symbols that can summon the fire element to increase the temperature within the demon ball. It will imitate the birthing environment, making it easy to hatch.”

Cao Yan explained briefly. Just as he was done and was about to pick up another demon ball, the trainer assistant on his wrist vibrated softly. A notification popped out: “Your demon pet, Eggy, has killed a stage-two forest boa. Percentage left to the next stage: 89%”