Chapter 18 So what if it’s a bicycle, I stand up and pedal!

[Favored Animal: Chinese Pangolin]

[Rank: Cub 3rd Order (22%↑)]

[Status:

Energy is energized in full force! (Twenty hours remaining ……),

Eat well (too much energy in a short period of time, need to exercise with digestion ……)]

“Not bad, third order!”

After the little mountain-piercing armor finished eating the second piece of fire crystal, Xu Jingnian clapped his hands, very satisfied with the boost.

Sustained growth progress are all still slowly rising.

“A!”

However, the little pangolin spat out its tongue and rubbed its belly with its little paw, signaling that it just couldn’t eat any more.

Now, it had an inexhaustible energy and desperately needed to go down to the mine and dig for rocks to do so.

“Digging addiction coming on, huh?”

Xu Jingnian laughed and waved his hand, “Go on, dig up more fire crystals and come back, still, I’ll help you rest.”

The pangolin nodded.

Following suit, he waved his paw and turned to burrow into the hole in the ground, a small tail waving before disappearing.

Xu Jingnian then sat back on the bed.

[Has gone to rest.]

He then opened the House of Ore chat panel and sent a message:

Ore Vendor: “Have any of you upgraded your favored beasts? If you have, please tell me if the upgrade is big or not?”

Xu Jingnian felt that the little pangolin armor was now at the third stage of cubs, yet he couldn’t quite tell that there had been much of a change.

It feels like no upgrade at all.

Super Little Cloud: “What, are you upgrading your favored beasts, boss?”

Ore Vendor: “Pretty much, so I’m asking you guys ahead of time.”

My name is Wang Ming: “Hey boss you’re shelving this Versailles aren’t you! My Favored Beast’s growth progress is only 32% for the first stage of cubs, and your Favored Beasts are all about to be upgraded?”

Super Little Cloud: “Wang Ming, you can compare yourself to the mine boss? Laughing to death, is it possible that you’re too wasted!”

I called Wang Ming, “So how far are your favored beasts up to, and are they growing as fast as mine?”

Super Little Cloud: “33%!”

I called Wang Ming: “I don’t believe it, your favored beast is biased to be only one percent higher than mine? Dare to bet!”

Ore Vendor: “Alright, I’m asking you for information, if you keep arguing you’ll be kicked out directly!”

Xu Jingnian was also convinced.

These two people, every time they can’t say anything about the intelligence, and can’t exchange anything good, but they are first-rate at digressing.

Not as good as those who dive in!

That’s when the trusty Terminator replied.

Terminator: “Boss, you’re asking the right guy, I bet you can’t ask for real intel by going to plenary chat, only a buddy can tell you.”

See this reply.

Xu Jingnian thought it was about the same, now the whole chat is a mixed bag of fish and dragons, and no one knows who is telling the truth or not.

It’s not like you can meet each other in the Misty World anyway, and you don’t have to be afraid of being real offline when the falsehoods come out of your mouth.

So the whole chat is basically a mess, the neighborhood chat is a little better, but again, you can’t trust it.

Ore Vendor: “Yes good buddy, get your intel out, I’ll share one later.”

Terminator: “Didn’t you replace the fire crystals for me? Now that I’ve had my favored beast absorb three of them, my level has risen directly to cub fourth rank!”

My name is Wang Ming: “No dude, cub fourth rank? Is the mine boss’s fire crystal really that awesome?”

Terminator: “Of course, I’ll be the boss’s loyal customer from now on!”

Super Little Cloud: “Boss, I want to change too!”

Ore Vendor: “You two are digressing like this, delaying me from getting information, and you want to buy fire crystals?”

Super Little Cloud: “Huh? I followed what Wang Ming said, I promise, I’ll never digress from now on!”

I called Wang Ming: “Don’t ah, in the future I absolutely do not insert the boss’s mouth, has been honest, begged to let go ……”

Terminator: “I’ll come right out and say it, boss, after my favored beast was raised to the fourth rank, its battle power almost doubled!”

Ore Vendor: “Details.”

Terminator: ”I’ve watched carefully, and with each upgrade, the flames spat out by my favored beasts are enhanced.

“At first it was a mouthful of fire, then a string of fire, and now it even spits a wall of fire out!”

Is the lift that big?

Xu Jingnian looked at the reply and was a bit skeptical, the so-called favored beasts of other people’s families were no better than this.

How come he can’t see the boost in his little pangolin ……

Steel Teeth and Iron Stomach is strong, but it’s a skill awakened by an energy-inspired gem, and it’s not like it’s a boost from an upgrade.

The same goes for an energized and positive state, all brought about by energy-inspired gemstones.

Can’t see the leveling up, huh?

Xu Jingnian thought that it might be the reason why his favored beasts were ordinary creatures?

Presumably the only thing enhanced by each upgrade is the physical body.

Still starting too low.

“What happened to the promise of the same starting line? Turns out I’m driving a bike and someone else is driving a sports car right!”

Xu Jingnian sighed.

But fortunately, his gift of the Imperial Beast can help the favored beast to rest, so that the favored beast has been working part-time to surpass everyone ……

Other people’s “sports cars” are still in an early state of running out of gas, running fast, but not running.

And what about his “bike”? He just stands up and pedals!

Who can outrun him?

Xu Jingnian withdrew that drop of envy, then stood up from the bed and went to the workbench.

Pick up the blue drawing.

【Blueprints for Campfire Furnace: A furnace fueled by campfire flames, required for smelting equipment and refining ores】.

[Blueprint requirements: workbench]

[Requirements for construction: Iron*10, Fire Spirit Core*1]

“Sure enough, the less variety of materials needed, the harder it is to build instead!”

Xu Jingnian looked carefully at the blueprints.

This Fire Spirit Core, just by looking at the name, one could tell that it was definitely a transcendent resource, not something that could be simply exchanged.

Must bleed money to get it from the others.

But most of all, Xu Jingnian felt that at this stage, it would be hard for anyone to get their hands on something like this, and they couldn’t even exchange it if they wanted to.

In fact, the developmental progress of the others was actually closely related to Xu Jingnian as well.

He wanted to keep that lead over everyone else, and as long as many of the resources were owned only by himself, even if he didn’t sit on his hands, he wouldn’t at least lose money.

But with the benefits come the inevitable drawbacks.

Because the others were lagging behind Xu Jingnian in their developmental progress, it was unlikely that he would be able to trade in the high-level resources that he all wanted from the others.

“It’s hard to have your fish and eat it ……”

Xu Jingnian sighed.

He found himself sighing several times a day, blaming this hellhole.

“In that case, this Fire Spirit Core shouldn’t be able to be gotten for the time being, so let’s exchange the iron first.”

Xu Jingnian was too lazy to go to the market to exchange it himself, even if it was a fire crystal, it would be too much of a loss to only use it for iron.

The value is so high that it must be swapped around and you end up trading resources of small value for iron.

Very troublesome ……

So he opens up the Ore House chat again, ready to find a beater in the group to change it for him.

Ore Vendor: “Terminator, I’m going to trade some iron for fire crystals, is it okay if I give you one to save up first?”

Terminator: “Boss, I understand! Just leave this little thing to your loyal customers!”

Super Little Cloud: “Boss, I’m also your loyal customer, you can’t favor only one person, let me do it!”

I called Wang Ming: “And me, and me!”

Super Koyun: “Get the hell outta here!”

Ore Vendor: “……”