Chapter 182 (Extra)
Richards walked quickly into the Black Market Street from outside. His face was gloomy and he looked in a bad mood.
He glanced at the shops on both sides, finally picked one and walked in.
"I want to sell a mythical beast. How much do you want?" He slapped the cashier and asked impatiently.
The shopkeeper was an old woman. She slowly raised her head and asked, "What kind of mythical beast?"
Richards had no patience at all and immediately released the black turtle.
The black turtle is normally very large, about the same size as Xia Mo's Jingjing. At this time, in order to make it easier for the owner to check, Xia Mo saw that Richards had reduced the size of the black turtle a lot.
It is now only the size of a head, lying on the container, motionless.
The old woman found a small stick, lifted the turtle's head and examined it, then checked its limbs and shell. She shook her head and said, "It's injured. I can't buy it at the original price."
Richards gritted his teeth and said, "It's just a minor injury. It will recover in a few days. If you want it to be faster, why not give it two bottles of healing potion?"
The old woman still shook her head. She put the stick aside and slowly sat back on the rattan chair: "I'm not just talking about superficial injuries."
"What's the meaning?"
The old woman pointed at the black tortoise's head, which was tucked under its shell: "Something's wrong here."
"Bullshit!" Richards cursed immediately.
After cursing, he seemed to realize that something was wrong, so he smacked his lips and softened his tone, but his face was still filled with anger. "I've carefully raised it for over ten years, feeding it well and keeping it well fed. How could it possibly have a problem with its brain? Shopkeeper, this isn't the way you're going to lower the price?"
After saying that, he picked up the black turtle and walked out.
"Swindler, you want to buy my black tortoise at a low price? Dream on!"
While cursing, he carried the black turtle to the mythical beast shop across the street.
What he didn't notice was that behind him, the old woman had an expression of pity and helplessness.
Xia Mo caught this scene, then she withdrew her gaze and followed Richards to the store opposite.
She is now driving a fraud prop, and Richards cannot recognize her, so Xia Mo struts into the store, pretending to select the big and small mythical beasts in the cages.
The shop owner greeted her first, but Xia Mo simply waved her hand and refused: "Don't bother me, I'm just looking around."
The owner responded with a smile and turned to question Richards.
Seeing the battle pet in the latter's arms, his eyes lit up instantly: "Oh, an ancient mythical beast! What a treasure!"
Richards raised his lips proudly. "Of course not! It's an adult, with the innate talent [Mobility] and a powerful skill [Water Filling]. Boss, you're such a connoisseur, name your price~"
The owner nodded repeatedly, afraid that Richards would leave.
The black tortoise was placed on the scale. The shop owner took a look at the weight and sighed, "Why is it a little light? It shouldn't be."
Richards' raised brows barely lasted a few seconds before he was immediately annoyed by the shopkeeper's words: "Isn't it normal for some cases to be mild and others to be severe? My black tortoise is perfectly healthy!"
Hearing the emotion in his words, the shop owner smiled tactfully and said, "Oh, sir, that's not what I meant. Don't worry, I definitely won't bargain down. So, how about this number?"
Richards counted the number with his five fingers and snorted softly before turning his anger into a smile: "Okay."
The shop owner was delighted and quickly directed him to the side to conduct the transaction. On Libra's side, the little black turtle was lying on the cold tray, with fear and helplessness written in Doudou's eyes.
Xia Mo felt distressed when she saw this. She pretended to walk over casually, lowered her head slightly, and whispered on its head, "There's a small hill outside the west city gate. If you can escape there, I can heal your internal injuries."
The black tortoise raised its small eyes in surprise.
Xia Mo briefly canceled her deceptive face, revealing her true identity to Xuan Turtle, and then turned on the deception again, pretending that nothing had happened.
The clever black turtle immediately understood everything in front of it.
It blinked its wet little eyes, and the next second, it mustered up its courage, suddenly jumped from the tray to the table, and then fell to the hard concrete floor with a bang.
Because the noise was so loud, the shop owner and Richards who were doing business on the other end looked over at the same time.
"Oh my black turtle!!!" The owner panicked and ran out shouting.
Richards was also startled and followed closely behind.
But he didn't dare shout like the shopkeeper, because he was afraid of attracting people from the black market street, which would then make the street a mess. If a pickpocket came and took his black turtle away, he would have nowhere to cry!
The two NPCs started a chase on the street.
The players who didn't know what was going on didn't dare to move forward rashly, for fear of offending the NPCs in the black market street, so they all looked aside and stepped aside.
This move actually made it easier for the two of them to catch up.
"...Hurry, hurry up, we'll catch him soon!"
The shopkeeper shouted breathlessly, and Richards followed behind him with equal breathlessness.
Seeing the black turtle right in front of him, the owner hunched over and was about to pounce forward when suddenly, a huge stuffed animal appeared in front of them!
The shop owner cried out and bumped into the car head-on. Richards couldn't dodge in time and was hit from behind.
The two men were knocked unconscious, and a circle of bird effects representing dizziness appeared above their heads, which was very appropriate.
"Jingjing, come back."
Seeing that he had successfully stopped the two men, Xia Mo immediately recalled his pet. His sharp golden eyes glared at the two men, then he pushed off the ground with all four limbs, leaped onto the roof of the building like a gust of wind, and quickly disappeared.
It came and went so quickly that no one at the scene could see clearly what the huge monster was.
The shop owner and Richards also just came out of their dizziness. They both looked up, paused for a second, and then cried out at the same time: "Where's the black turtle?!"
Black Turtle? The Black Turtle naturally took advantage of the chaos to escape.
It used the fastest speed in its life, stretched out its limbs, and rushed out of the black market street like a hot wheel, and then rushed out of the city of Lolock that it feared.
It was not until it escaped to the corner of the hillside outside the west city gate that it stopped to rest, panting.
Perhaps fearing that it had failed to escape, it took a few breaths, then suddenly turned its head to look back, staring carefully at the city gate for a long time. Finding that no one was chasing it from inside the city, it completely relaxed and tiredly crawled under a big tree to rest.
"Looks like you've made your decision."
A familiar voice suddenly appeared in its ears, and it stood up suddenly.
She saw a human being, without disguise, slowly walking towards her.
The black turtle watched her approach silently, then it turned over and turned itself upside down, exposing its soft belly.
This action means that the animal is defenseless, and it can also be understood that it has let down its guard against her.
Xia Mo walked over, squatted down, looked at the bloody wounds on the black turtle's belly and four claws, and frowned.
Seeing it again, she was still shocked by the scene.
No matter how Richards tortured the loyal black turtle, it always stood in front of him and protected him from the wind and rain.
However, Richards only wanted to use the black turtle to make money for him. If he failed to make money, he would beat it to vent his anger. Over the years, even though it had better physical fitness than ordinary war pets, it suffered from a lot of diseases.
Among these diseases, there are skin injuries that can be cured with special medicines, and there are also psychological injuries that can only be healed with careful care and love.
This is what the old woman on Black Market Street meant. Unfortunately, Richards, who was only interested in money, did not appreciate it.
Xia Mo took out the special healing potion and bandages for combat pets that he had prepared in his backpack long ago, wrapped the bandages around the bloody limbs, and let the pet drink the potion itself.
Soon, the bloodstains under the black turtle's skin slowly disappeared, and the cracked wounds were all healed.
A golden message suddenly appeared in front of her.
[The mythical beast Black Turtle invites you to a contract. Do you agree?]
Xia Mo raised his eyebrows, [Agree]
The light enveloped her and the black turtle at the same time. After a few seconds, the light symbolizing the contract faded, the panel refreshed, and Xia Mo saw its attributes.
I've been updating daily for 5 months straight without a break, I'm about to vomit blood... I'll take a day off tomorrow, and my darlings, I'll be watching for updates the day after tomorrow! ~
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