C10 CHAPTER10

When the Snow Leopard was summoned, it let out a roar, announcing its presence. Blake confirmed this was indeed a formidable creature:

"Species: Snow Leopard."

"Grade: Bronze."

"Level: Ten stars."

"A ten-star beast!"

Emotion and surprise overwhelmed him. He had come to kill boredom and ended up discovering a treasure.

"Thank you very much, Boss. Your store is undoubtedly top-notch, better than all the others in the central district."

"Strike while the iron is hot," Sam thought.

"Haha, the truth is, these products are the last of what I have. There were better things, but I've sold them. Although... I still have a product that's not easy to get, and it's currently on sale."

He said this as he grabbed one of the walnuts and handed it to the young buyer.

Staring at the walnut, Blake wondered what was so special about it. "I mean, walnuts are rare and expensive, but not worth bragging about," he thought, looking up again and waiting for the Boss to explain.

"You see, this is not a simple walnut. It's a natural product that can increase your genetic level. I guarantee the results are surprising."

With a serious face and calm demeanor, he continued his pitch.

"And as I told you, the sale price is only 100,000 coins. Although that's a lot, I also have experience pills for 10,000 coins. After consuming one, you'll immediately level up."

"...Give me one of each, Boss."

These simple words almost made Sam jump for joy. He had collected 106,000 coins from this client, all going to his account. No doubt he had found a valuable customer.

Obtaining both products, Blake looked at them. If this was as real and unbelievable as the battle pet summon card, then he was the one who had found a valuable opportunity.

Without wasting any more time, he swallowed the experience pill. A few minutes later, he found he had indeed leveled up and was now at seven stars awakened.

Then he cracked the nut and ate the contents, immediately feeling a hot energy coursing through his body.

When Sam approached to offer him the genetic measurement device, Blake shook his head.

"No need, I can feel your products are genuine. Thank you very much, Boss. You can be sure I'll return to your store again." With these words, he left with his battle pets.

When night fell and the shop was closed, Sam happily counted his earnings. "The commission from the shop sales is almost $70,000, and the total from the walnuts is $200,000..."

With $270,000 in total, even after spending tens of thousands to level up and buy more supplies, it was a good day. Seeing his profit, he felt not only joy but also some fear; his strength wasn't enough to protect his assets.

"System, open twenty sets of level-1 pill supply channels 10 times in a row, and five level-1 battle pet supply channels, 10 times in a row too."

"Ding! Deducting 2,000 coins, obtained:"

"180 level-1 pills!"

"20 level-2 experience pills!"

"Ding! Deducting 2,500 coins, obtained:"

"45 Dark Iron-grade Battle Pet summon-cards!"

"5 Bronze-grade Battle Pet summon-cards!"

"I want to buy 12 level-2 experience pills," he said, immediately swallowing the first pill on the counter.

"Ding! Deducting 108,000 coins!"

"Ding! By consuming a level-2 experience pill, the host advances to nine stars awakened!"

"The coins didn't matter; the important thing was to strengthen his forces," Sam thought.

"Ding! By consuming a level-2 experience pill, the host leveled up to ten stars awakened..."

"Ding! The host leveled up to a 1-star Evolved!"

Almost an hour later, after taking 12 pills in a row, Sam wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Only someone with such a powerful system could level up at this rate," he said quietly, feeling the new strength in his body.

...

In a certain place in the central area.

At the Vaughn family residence, all the young disciples were gathered; today was the day to test their cultivation progress. In the past, Blake, the successor to the current leader, was always judged by the family elders, who wanted him to abandon his title. The reason was that his genes were common, and his cultivation was slow, making his future as a leader seem bleak.

However, this time Blake was calm, smiling at everyone, and even respectful to the elders. Unlike before, he had advanced to the seven stars and also... he had consumed a miraculous walnut.

When it was his turn to test his cultivation level:

"Blake Vaughn - 7 Stars Awakened."

To the disbelief of the elders, Blake smiled. "Haha, it's good to see that my hard work is paying off, isn't it, elders?"

"Hmmph! It's about time you leveled up. It would be a shame if someone with so many resources didn't."

Unlike the clan elders, the patriarch of the Vaughn family, Joren Vaughn, was pleased to see his son's progress.

Hoping to crush Blake's hopes, the elder proceeded with the talent test. Everyone knew how mediocre the patriarch's son was, with his low-grade D talent.

"Blake Vaughn - Natural Genes: grade..."

The elder in charge of the test suddenly looked shocked. When he glanced up and saw everyone's faces, especially Blake's, the words slipped out.

"Grade B?"