A few days passed in the blink of an eye. After Zhao Huai's careful nurturing, the myna could finally fly around freely.
It was no wonder he favored this bird so much; Zhao Huai had his own calculations in mind.
He had dug it out of the talent market, after all, and it was even a gold-devouring bird.
No matter what, this bird had to be useful for something, right? His wife had taken her younger sister out for a stroll, so Zhao Huai spent the whole morning teasing the bird. Whenever the pawnshop was quiet, he taught the myna a few phrases. "Come on, say 'vigorous as a tiger.'"
"Vigorous as a tiger."
Perhaps because it had been well fed, the myna's pronunciation was far more accurate than before, and its voice was much louder too.
"Say 'covering a thousand miles in a day.'"
The myna tilted its head and fell silent again.
Zhao Huai was rather speechless. In a threatening tone, he said, "Damn your granny, you've swallowed so many of my spirit stones. If you don't behave, I'll toss you in a pot and stew you!"
"Damn your granny! Damn your granny!"
The myna's shout was absolutely perfect.
"Fine, so you're a foul-mouthed bird, huh?" Zhao Huai laughed in exasperation, thoroughly convinced. He gave it a thumbs-up.
Then, in an instant, the myna spread its wings and flew straight out of the pawnshop with a flutter.
"It ran off?"
Zhao Huai watched it fly toward the other side of the street, utterly surprised.
But before long, the bird returned.
When it came back, it had a Glass Twin Fish Jade clamped in its beak. Mud and withered grass still clung to it, as though it had just been dug out of the earth.
"Well, you can do