The Ancient Jade is Gone

Chapter 9: The Ancient Jade Is Gone

At this moment, Ye Bai's eyes rivaled a certain wave's red-eye disease.

But those blood-red eyes returned to normal after a few seconds, becoming deep, dark pupils.

He habitually touched the ancient jade on his chest—that heirloom of the Ye Family.

Damn it, where the hell did my huge ancient jade go?

The rope holding the ancient jade was as thick as a hemp stalk; it normally couldn't have been stolen.

Combined with the strangeness in his eyes, Ye Bai easily connected the dots: that heart-shaped ancient jade was the legendary Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart.

Though he didn't know what level of treasure this was, Ye Bai guessed it was at least Legendary or above.

This overwhelming fortune had finally fallen on him after all.

Ye Bai's heart pounded wildly. At that moment, he felt a chill surge from his chest toward his eyes.

The soreness in his eyes from using Eye of Insight vanished in an instant.

"No wonder," he murmured. "I said Li Weiyang was so cautious when using Eye of Insight."

"This must be like that wave of ninjas—using the eyes too much leads to blindness."

"It probably comes down to Pupil Power and replenishing Pupil Power."

"But the Yan Country Alliance has awakened Eye of Insight before; they should have countermeasures."

"Although the Eye of Insight talent is very rare, I heard that Imperial Capital University's principal, Duan Tao, awakened this talent."

"He's been researching it for years, so he should have developed medicine to relieve eye discomfort."

Ye Bai muttered to himself.

He looked at the Lightning Cat in the cardboard box, curled up in a corner, trembling.

Its fur clung tightly to its body, still covered with clear amniotic fluid, its eyes not even open yet.

"This Lightning Cat, I'll temporarily leave it at the Breeding House for fostering."

"Da Hui, even though this Lightning Cat was abandoned, it doesn't have any major issues. We can find a suitable Pet Beast Master to adopt it."

"When I did the physical check on the Lightning Cat earlier, I already uploaded its data."

"If a Pet Beast Master sees it and comes to adopt it, you mustn't be sad."

After hearing Ye Bai's words, Da Hui became visibly dejected. He held the Lightning Cat in his palm as if cradling a rare treasure.

Picking up pet beasts and bringing them back to the Breeding House had become his instinct, and he especially loved fluffy things.

This Lightning Cat was probably Da Hui's favorite.

Seeing Da Hui like this, Ye Bai's heart softened. He patted Da Hui on the shoulder.

"Da Hui, don't worry. We'll find it a home."

"My judgment of people won't fail."

"Oh, by the way, let me introduce you—this is my newly contracted partner, the Thousand Changes Silkworm."

White as jade, one-meter-tall Thousand Changes Silkworm emerged from Ye Bai's Pet Beast Space.

"Thousand Changes Silkworm, this is Da Hui. I treat him like family. The rest are the pet beasts in the shop."

Ye Bai had never planned to hide the Thousand Changes Silkworm's existence from the start; otherwise, he might later be labeled some scheming boy.

Still, Ye Bai subconsciously used Eye of Insight on the Thousand Changes Silkworm.

[Pet Beast Name: Thousand Changes Silkworm]
[Level: lv2 (First Order Level 2)]
[Skills: Ram, Silk Spit, Harden]
[Evolution Path: Myriad Changes Silkworm ???]

"Strange. The Thousand Changes Silkworm evolves into the Myriad Changes Silkworm? My god."

"Even the Lightning Cat has two evolution paths."

"A pet beast this rare has such a single evolution path? That can't be right!"

"It can't be right!"

"Did I get a neutered version of Eye of Insight? No, the Information System revealed it's a copied Eye of Insight. Logically, it should be a hundred percent copy."

"I'll go check the library later to find out exactly what kind of talent Eye of Insight is."

"What its limitations are, so I don't get misled by rumors."

Ye Bai had only heard others talk about how amazing the Eye of Insight talent was; now it seemed just so-so.

Not as impressive as his Information System, which even knew the principal was bald.

The Thousand Changes Silkworm, summoned from Ye Bai's Pet Beast Space, had slept its fill and was full of energy. It looked around at the surrounding pet beasts like a curious baby.

Before long, the Thousand Changes Silkworm had made friends with the other pet beasts. It was like it had Social Bullshitting Syndrome. Da Hui smiled warmly at the Thousand Changes Silkworm—he loved the lively atmosphere of the Breeding House.

Ye Bai took a laid-back approach to selling—every pet beast in his shop had been registered, and their flaws were clearly stated.

He believed that a pet beast and its master had to be fated to meet; otherwise, he wouldn't let the beast leave.

The most commonly sold pet beast in Ye Bai's shop was the Sunflower, a Wood-type plant pet beast that looked like an oversized sunflower.

It only needed some water and sunlight to survive, making it an incredibly easy plant pet beast to raise.

One of the ingredients for the Berserk Potion Ye Bai sold was Sunflower leaves.

At the same time, Sunflower nectar was a relatively precious tonic.

In Ye Bai's courtyard, there was also a Sunflower as large as a millstone.

It was the only Second Order pet beast in the shop, and all the Sunflowers there were bred from it.

That night.

Just past midnight.

Ye Bai saw lines of text appear on his panel.

Daily Intelligence Update.

[1. According to scientific research, placing a Sunstone at the base of a Sunflower has a certain probability of causing it to evolve into a Sunflower King. The higher the quality of the Sunstone, the greater the chance of the Sunflower King appearing.]

[2. At 5:45 PM today, at Lottery Welfare Station No. 24785, the only 10-yuan scratch card in stock won a million-yuan prize.]

[3. The Gray Night Chinchilla has an evolution path. According to scientific research, it requires Thunder-type Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, such as a Lightning Core or Source of Thunder, to evolve into a Thunder Chinchilla.]

[4. A peak Third Order Pig Dragon in Jiaying City plans to undergo a Flood Dragon Migration in three months, activating its Dragon Bloodline to advance to a Fourth Order Flood Dragon.]

[5. The Dragon Soaring Auction House will auction a piece of ore; someone cut a palm-sized Sun Crystal from the scrap material.]

So the Information System refreshed at midnight every day.

Ye Bai's focus lingered on the second and third items.

The former could solve his current financial woes, while the latter could address Da Hui's evolution problem.

For some unknown reason, Da Hui had become increasingly lethargic, now sleeping about twelve hours a day.

Even the Medical Device couldn't find anything wrong with Da Hui.

But Ye Bai had a nagging feeling something was off. Recalling that Da Hui had escaped from some private research institute, he suspected the pet beast's body was failing.

Some pet beasts, when nearing the end of their lives, would sleep more to reduce their energy consumption.

Da Hui was family to Ye Bai, someone he lived with day in and day out. He didn't want to watch Da Hui's health deteriorate.

That was why Ye Bai had been so determined to obtain the Eye of Insight talent—he wanted to understand what was happening inside Da Hui's body.

However, Ye Bai's Eye of Insight didn't work on Da Hui. In his vision, Da Hui was nothing but a blur of Mist—he couldn't see anything at all.

And his eyes felt as if they had been burned by intense light, plunging him into temporary blindness before recovering after a long while.

He wondered if the Fifth Order treasure, the Seed of Life, could change Da Hui's current condition.

When Sacred Mountain Middle School selected Resource Boxes, they started with the top student. Since he was first place last semester, he would be the first to pick, giving him an extremely high chance of getting Resource Box No. 38.