Chapter 19: 【Tail Regeneration】Three Million for a White-Rank Pet? What Is This, Money Laundering?

Su Qingwu was so shocked that she could not find a single word to say.

After all, even Mu Xiying, the idol in her heart, had only just reached the Innate Realm during the college entrance exam back then!

At that moment, Su Qingwu began to wonder whether Xiao Xuan had really come this time for those ten spots to go to the Imperial Capital and take part in the Hundred-Province Genius Tournament.

With the strength Xiao Xuan had shown so far, he really did have a chance to compete for one.

“So this is the gap between a genius and an ordinary person? I am still far too weak!”

Su Qingwu’s little face fell once more.

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While Xiao Xuan moved rapidly through the crowd, he was not only picking up Traits!

He was also watching to see whether any of the beast pets here had what he needed.

At last!

He stopped in front of a Frost Snow Lizard that was lying on its owner’s arm, fast asleep.

There was only one reason for that.

Among the Traits floating above the Frost Snow Lizard’s head, there just so happened to be one of the things Xiao Xuan had come to Beast Pet City for.

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【Frost Control, White】 (Can control the power of frost. Frost damage *150%)

【Tail Regeneration, White】 (Possesses powerful restorative ability and can even regrow a severed tail! However, the Trait rank is low, so it can only regrow a severed tail. It cannot regenerate other severed limbs!)

【Spiny Hide, White】 (Its tough skin can slightly increase defense.)

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Strictly speaking, lizards and geckos were of the same broad kind, but they were still somewhat different. Ordinary lizards generally could not regrow lost tails, so this one was clearly a mutant.

Its parents, or perhaps its ancestors, might have had gecko blood in them.

But none of that was the important part.

What mattered was that Xiao Xuan needed Tail Regeneration.

“I wonder whether upgrading the rank of this Trait could turn it into Limb Regeneration. If it can, then in the future I will not have to worry about losing an arm or a leg in battle.”

That was not Xiao Xuan worrying over nothing.

Along the way, he had seen many Martial Artists, and many of them were crippled. The number actually accounted for five percent of them.

In other words, one out of every twenty Martial Artists had some kind of disability.

Of course, some had only lost a finger, or were missing a small part of their body.

But some had lost entire arms or legs.

There were even some who had lost everything below the waist.

This was the reality of Martial Artists, people who fought Ferocious Beasts day in and day out!

One moment of carelessness could leave them crippled. That was why this Trait would not only greatly improve Xiao Xuan’s chances of survival, but also allow his limbs to recover. It was absolutely indispensable.

“Xiao Xuan, do you like this lizard?”

Su Qingwu descended from the air and asked curiously.

“Yes, it is not bad. I am planning to buy it.”

Xiao Xuan nodded.

“How much is your Frost Snow Lizard?”

He immediately turned to the stall owner and asked.

The stall owner was a young man.

“Three hundred thousand. No bargaining. I raised my Little Blue from childhood, feeding her with my own hands! She is my best friend, and she is very well-behaved. If it were not because my old mother is gravely ill and I desperately need money, I would never sell her!”

The young man spoke with a deeply pained look on his face.

“Three hundred thousand? Why do you not just rob someone? Thirty thousand!”

But before Xiao Xuan could say anything, Su Qingwu let out a cry and slashed the price straight across the throat.

“What the hell? I said no bargaining! Little miss, that cut is far too vicious!”

The young man’s eyes widened.

“A Second-Tier Frost Snow Lizard can only be kept as a pet. Even thirty thousand is already a high price! Are you selling or not? If not, we are leaving. And your acting is terrible.”

Su Qingwu rolled her eyes at the stall owner. Then, after saying that, she grabbed Xiao Xuan and turned to leave.

“Is that not a little too low?”

Even Xiao Xuan was a little stunned. She had cut the price from three hundred thousand all the way down to thirty thousand.

He had not expected Su Qingwu to be this ruthless.

“It is not too low. If anything, my offer was still a little on the high side. Based on my many years of bargaining experience, if I raise it to fifty thousand later, I should be able to take it.”

Su Qingwu spoke with complete confidence.

“Sold! Thirty thousand it is!”

Yet in the very next moment, the young stall owner’s anxious shout came from behind them.

That left both Su Qingwu and Xiao Xuan dumbfounded.

“Oh no, I offered too much!”

Su Qingwu looked deeply annoyed.

“That is already very good. If it were me, I would have bought it for the full three hundred thousand.”

Xiao Xuan just smiled.

Then he turned around, paid the money, and took the adorably vacant Frost Snow Lizard into his hands.

The lizard still had no idea that disaster was looming over it and was still asleep.

But the moment Xiao Xuan took the Frost Snow Lizard, he raised his blade and brought it down in one clean motion, casually severing its tail.

“SSS—!!”

The Frost Snow Lizard instantly let out a pained hiss.

It whipped around and tried to bite Xiao Xuan, but Xiao Xuan flicked it on the forehead and knocked it unconscious.

“We shall see whether fortune favors you. If you are lucky, you might live.”

Xiao Xuan smiled.

At the next moment, blood quickly froze over the severed wound, and the injury gradually closed up.

“What the hell, a lizard that can regrow its tail! This is actually a lizard with the Tail Regeneration Trait?”

That sight instantly made the young stall owner scream.

When the people around him heard that, they all crowded over and curiously looked in this direction.

When they saw that the Frost Snow Lizard was really beginning to regrow its tail, even though it was very slow and would need at least ten days to half a month to fully recover, the whole crowd cried out in shock.

“A treasure, a real treasure! Lizards with regenerative ability are extremely expensive! Young man, will you sell it for a hundred thousand?”

“I offer three hundred thousand!”

“You people are taking advantage of a child who does not understand the market, aren’t you? One million!”

“Tch. You say that, but are you not doing the same? The market price for this thing starts at three million! Young man, I will offer three million. I can transfer the money immediately!”

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For a time, everyone began shouting bids one after another.

Only after the price climbed to three million did the bidding finally stop.

Su Qingwu’s mouth fell open.

Three million? This lizard was actually worth three million!?

As for the young stall owner, he collapsed to the ground and threw his head back with a cry of anguish.

“Why is my life so bitter!?”

Three million was money he could not earn in several years, and it had slipped right through his fingers.

Even Xiao Xuan was a little stunned. A mere White Trait being worth that much was surprising, though it was probably because of how rare it was.

“Sorry, but this lizard has bad luck, so it cannot be sold anymore.”

Yet Xiao Xuan only shook his head helplessly.

Bad luck? What did that mean?

Everyone around him was baffled.

“BOOM!”

In the next instant, before the disbelieving eyes of those beast dealers, blazing fire suddenly burst from Xiao Xuan’s hand and instantly swallowed the Frost Snow Lizard.

The Frost Snow Lizard did not even have time to let out a scream before it was gone.

Then, in the next moment, three Traits dropped from its body.

【Death, White】【Tail Regeneration, White】【Frost Control, White】

They landed right by Xiao Xuan’s feet, and Xiao Xuan casually picked them up.

Everyone around him just stared blankly at Xiao Xuan.

Only after a long while did they all look at him with contempt.

“He looked like such a decent boy. Who would have thought he was a beast-abusing lunatic?”

“Exactly. I am going to expose him!”

“He paid for it himself. What good would exposing him do? What a waste. If I had gotten that lizard and flipped it to one of those rich people, I would have made at least ten million! No, fifty million!”

“That is right, fifty million. I was just about to offer fifty million myself!”

“Sigh, fifty million, and he just burned it away like that!”

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For a time, all the beast dealers who had failed to get the lizard started deliberately trying to mess with Xiao Xuan’s head.

“Fifty million... that is more money than anyone could spend in a lifetime, and you just burned it!”

Su Qingwu stared blankly at Xiao Xuan.

“You really think it would have sold for fifty million? They are just trying to get into my head. It is one of their usual tricks.”

Naturally, Xiao Xuan did not believe for a second that their so-called fifty million was real.

If it really were, then why had no one raised the price after it hit three million?

Could it be that they were unwilling to add just a few more million even for a forty-seven-million profit?

“But no matter what, it was worth at least three million!”

Su Qingwu still looked full of regret.