Astral Pet Store (WN)
chapter-262

Joanna opened her eyes. The first thing that leaped into her eyes was a flourishing forest.

At the same time, in the depths of her mind, the connection between her and her original self tightened.

In a remote place far, far away, someone opened her crystal-clear eyes all of a sudden.

“Is she here…?” she murmured.

At the same time, in this boundless, thriving forest, the beautiful girl’s eyes were kindling in excitement. Having returned to this familiar environment, she felt all of her bodily cells had been activated and the energy inside of her was surging.

It was as if she could finally drink water after enduring thirst for a long time.

She felt better than ever before. That was the world she belonged to.

The air in that crappy store was terrible, awful!

“I am back…” Joanna mumbled. In a blink, she had transferred to the world she belonged to from Su Ping’s store. She had yet to give a thorough observation to her surroundings, yet she was sure that she was in the Divinity.

She remembered the swirl. A glint of doubt rose in her eyes.

She had thought that she would go back to the Divinity in some particular way, generating quite a stir. However, it was just like what she had experienced when they had teleported to that low-rank world.

Could it be that for the mysterious being hiding behind Su Ping, entering the Divinity was no different from entering other remote worlds?

Joanna could not bring herself to believe this.

This was the Divinity.

This was where many other races of other small worlds went to worship.

This was the center of the universe, not a place to be held as equal to the other common worlds.

“Can you let your true self come and pick us up?” She heard Su Ping’s voice.

Joanna turned around, only to see Su Ping as calm as ever. Grumpily, she sneered. “My true self cannot leave the place where she is. Besides, it is this body that has signed the contract with you, My true self is not obligated to work for you!”

Su Ping was surprised to see that she knew

this.

He decided that he would have to work extra hard to deceive her if needs be in the future.

“Wait here. My true self has informed a Major God who will arrive in no time.” Joanna found a rock and sat down.

“A Major God?”

Su Ping curled his lips.

The name sounded awesome. No wonder Joanna was powerful, even her minions were Major Gods.

“Anyways, how do you categorize the different realms in the Divinity? Is your true self at a rank higher than the Major Gods? Higher than that is the Superior God?” Su Ping was curious.

Joanna frowned but she worked up the patience to answer, “We are born to be gods. Usually, adult gods with pure blood are at the True God Realm, which is where I am now. Higher than that are the Celestial Gods, God Warriors, Major Gods, Gods of Rules, and the Superior Gods!”

Su Ping counted it. In total, from the True God Realm to Superior God Realm, there were six realms.

Joanna had exhibited powers of the legendary level. That was to say, there were at least five realms higher than the legendary level.

Besides, Joanna only mentioned the situation in the Demigod Burial. In the Archean Divinity, it was likely that not even Superior Gods could be considered powerful. There could be other, mightier beings.

That is to say, I have just begun my journey.

Pure-blood gods are in the True God Realm upon reaching adulthood. Then, I have worked so hard till now and I am still weaker than an adult god with pure blood that has done nothing?

Wait a minute…

Su Ping was in deep thought.

He suddenly asked Joanna, “Your true self is formidable. According to you, this reincarnated version of you should not be this vulnerable. You are about to reach adulthood. Shouldn’t you be as good as a pure-blood god?”

Joanna was annoyed to feel Su Ping’s odd and inquisitive look. “I am cultivating my mind. Get it? Mind! If I were training my combat strength, I would have breached the Major God Realm!”

Su Ping stared at her as she panted in anger. “No, I do not understand.” He shook his head.

He honestly did not understand. “Hmm, you foolish mortal being. It is only natural that you do not understand.” Joanna looked away.

Su Ping no longer badgered her about her combat strength. He had other questions. “Have you prepared the training grounds?”

“Hmm.”

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The silence did not last long; the air around them felt strange.

Su Ping felt chills and a sense of danger rising from nowhere. The next second, he witnessed as space collapsed in front of him. From inside walked out a tall and slender young man. He looked as handsome as if he were a statue.

Su Ping squinted.

He picked a sense of strength From this golden-haired young man, more powerful than any beast king.

That being said, Su Ping did not hurry to kill himself.

The golden-hair young man cast a gentle look at Joanna. He bowed, with one arm across his chest, and saluted her, “Your highness. I am here to pick you up.” Joanna stood up. “Mmm,” she said. She glanced at Su Ping who remained composed. Displeased, Joanna snorted.

She wanted to see Su Ping scared out of his wits but failed to attain her wishes.

Taking advantage of the fact that he would not die for real, he indeed was not afraid of anything

“He is my guest. Bring him along,” Joanna said, coldly.

The golden-hair young man turned around and looked at Su Ping in surprise. He didn’t expect that this low-life mortal human being was Joanna’s guest. How odd.

Stunned as he was, the young man did not ask questions. He just said yes politely. Su Ping felt some force envelop him, pulling him to this golden-hair young man. Next thing he knew, he smelled some flowery fragrance that came from this godly youth.

This Major God was not a boy toy, was he?

Su Ping stared at the young man weirdly.

The world of green shifted. By the time Su Ping opened his eyes again, he found himself in the vast blue sky. The next second, the view changed again and Su Pingfound himself on a mountain.

“Is this flash teleportation? The distance is far…” Su Ping was astonished. Flash teleportation was considered as one of the secret skills. Relying on this skill, the Lightning Rat was able to battle against seventh-rank beasts. However, flash teleportation was used as a means of traveling by this golden-hair young man. The distance each flash teleportation could take them was further than Su Ping’s wildest imagination.

A few minutes later.

They arrived in a luxurious castle.

Some maids and guards stood in a row outside the castle that was towering and magnificent.

“This is not your residence, is it?” Su Ping took a look and asked Joanna.

Joanna answered readily, “Of course, it is.”

“Aren’t we going to a place to train the pets?” Su Ping frowned. He didn’t have time to rest and waste time there.

“This is the place,” Joanna answered as she made her way into the castle. “I have a spring here. Once the humble pets you brought bathe in it, their bloodlines will be changed and bettered, as well as their intelligence and power of understanding.

“To double their combat strength is easy. First, let the pets better their constitution here. Then, I will have someone send them to the cruelest arena here. In the arena, even a chicken can evolve to have sharp claws and fangs. The only outcome of not evolving and growing will be death!”

Su Ping was dumbstruck.

He had a delightful realization.

Well, if he went to other cultivation planes, he would have to train the pets by himself.

But here, with Joanna as the mole… no, the partner, given her elevated status, he wouldn’t have to train the pets in person.

Besides, he could make the best of the resources here aside from having the pets trained.

“Well, considering your identity here, I suppose getting some divine crystals from the Void Bugs should not be a problem for you, right?” Su Ping’s eyes glowed as he asked Joanna.

Joanna’s expressions changed.

The golden-hair young man pulled a long face and glared at Su Ping as well.

Su Ping was baffled to sense the killing intent from this Major God. He noticed there was something off with Joanna as well. All of a sudden, Su Ping understood that he might have said the wrong things. “Divine crystals are taboo!”

Joanna went on in a somber tone, “The Void Bugs eat gods and that is how divine crystals come into being. Do you even know that?”

“Eh…” Su Ping wanted to say ‘yes, I do’.

But judging by the looks on her face, he knew that she would fly into a rage if he had actually said so.

“Well then, when you kill the Void Bugs… how, how do you deal with the divine crystals inside of them?” Su Ping cleared his throat. He tried to get his answer from another angle.

Coldly, Joanna replied, “Those divine crystals will be delivered to the world tree which is the foundation of the Divinity. It is all thanks to the roots of the world tree that the Divinity has not been torn apart by the void and collapsed after countless years. The roots of the world tree united all the earth in the Divinity. The divine crystals can nurture the world tree and slow down its decay.”

World tree?

In his mind, Su Ping pictured a giant tree that stood in the Divinity.

Here was something he was curious about. The world tree needed divine crystals. Wouldn’t that mean that for the Divinity, the Void Bugs could help transform divine crystals?

But since it was a sensitive subject, Su Ping decided to ask her about this after they went back to the store.

“Augu, you may leave now,” Joanna said to the golden-hair young man.

He nodded and darted yet another look at Su Ping, only this time, displeased. However, since Su Ping was Joanna’s guest, the young man turned around and left without saying anything.

Joanna waved her servants away and said to Su Ping, “Divine crystals represent pain in the Divinity.”

“I didn’t know that. Besides, people die in every world. It is just you are gods. But it’s the same thing. Now that death is inevitable you might just as well make the best of it. You are doing so by feeding the divine crystals to the world tree as nutrients, aren’t you?” Su Ping stated.

Joanna frowned.

“The world tree is significant to the Divinity. Feeding the world tree is our obligation.” “The world tree must need a huge amount of divine crystals, right? I don’t need that many. Just give me some. I got my hands on some divine crystals when I hunted down the Void Bugs. My pets consumed the divine crystals. Don’t tell me you haven’t sensed any divine energy in my pets.” Su Ping curled his lips. Previously, he should not have talked about the taboo divine crystals in front of the Major God. But at the moment, Joanna and he were alone. He would never believe that the Divinity would die just because he wanted some divine crystals.