Astral Pet Store (WN)

Chapter 152 Su Ping the Scammer

Since the answer was pretty much straightforward and simple, Su Ping made sure his answer was just as brief.

[To ensure a quick win, there are three steps to take.]

(First, tell the Corpse Dancer to use Dark Mist to cover the battlefield, then use Deadly Roar and Death Hymn to disrupt the lion’s spirit.]

[Next, use Soul Incursion to get the lion when its mind is vulnerable, so you can control its movements.]

(The last step? Tell your Corpse Dancer to waltz up ahead and punch the lion in the face.)

Su Ping sent that message and sipped some water. The third step was unnecessary since most people would see what they had to do when their opponent was no longer moving. Though he still explained, just in case.

Meanwhile, Xie Yuexuan didn’t know whether she should get angry or laugh after that ridiculous “lesson”.

The “quick win” part made the answer even worse, as if the speaker knew several different methods to win at a slower pace.

She remained patient while reading the response. When she reached the end of the message, she was 100% sure that this “teacher” actually knew nothing.

Those steps were wrong!

Death Hymn was indeed a standard skill known by Corpse Dancers. It was a spiritual attack intended to obscure the minds of average enemies. But a Limbo Lion was not an average enemy. The hymn wouldn’t work.

Soul Incursion was the Corpse Dancer’s main trick, of course Xie Yuexuan knew about it. She also knew that this skill couldn’t be used lightly because it would have the opposite effect if the enemy’s spirit was more powerful. In the worst case, the Corpse Dancer would die if its own attack backfired.

As for the last step… She felt as if she was being mocked at.

The fight should be basically over if Soul Incursion somehow worked. Even idiots knew how to finish off an immobile enemy.

(That question was… Well, 500,000 should be enough,] Su Ping said his price, a little uncertain about it. Even if he liked money that sounded a bit too much for an “idiotic question.”

But he couldn’t set his price too low either, as it would potentially ruin the market. He was a “titled battle pet warrior teacher” after all.

Xie Yuexuan was about to report Su Ping, but she almost threw her mouse at the floor when looking at the “payment request.”

I’m doing this guy a favor by not pointing out his terrible fraud already. And yet he’s asking for money??

The price was fine as long as her problem was solved. She was even willing to pay double. But paying a scammer? Not in her life!

She moved up her sleeves to engage in a keyboard fight.

[Five hundred thousand. Isn’t that a bit cheap?]

Su Ping raised an eyebrow, though he didn’t find it necessary to go back on his own offer.

[It’s fine. Consider it my service for our first time. I’ll return to my usual pricing when we meet next time.]

Well to hell with you then! This guy’s so stupid that he can’t even read a joke! Xie Yuexuan clenched her teeth. There won’t be a next time, loser!

(Come on, I don’t want to disappoint such a brilliant teacher! i’ll pay you 5 million!]

Five million?? Su Ping went agape. Was I underestimating my service? Or… was that actually a very important question? [Uh, if you say so.) Su Ping “gave in.” Xie Yuexuan laughed at that.

He actually believed it! Seriously!

Ahem.

[Right, send me your phone number now.]

Phone number? Not a bank account?

Su Ping still complied since they were talking about five million. He thought the payer wanted to be extra cautious.

Xie Yuexuan saw Su Ping’s message and immediately dialed the number, while still snickering.

Beep… Su Ping picked up his phone and saw the caller’s number displayed in asterisks. Though this wasn’t a problem since rich families all knew how to hide their privacy.

“Hello?”

“EAT DOGSHIT YOU ABSOLUTE FU*KING—”

The caller spent a few minutes unloading a bunch of curses, laughing madly, and then hanging up. Su Ping lowered his phone, dismayed.

What was that? Someone got the wrong number?

He shook his head and continued reading the online chat.

[Screw you and go to hell, dumbass!]

That was the student’s last message. Her portrait was grayed out, so she either went offline or had blacklisted him.

Su Ping just realized he had been fooled. He did his job just fine, and this was how he got paid in the end?

“Fu*k. Don’t let me find out who you are…”

Irritated, he closed the site and turned away. It seemed “online teaching” had way more problems than he thought.

Maybe this is because I haven’t been reviewed yet? But can’t that student go and try to see whether my suggestions work? Useless fool.

He took several deep breaths to calm down. He had decided to give up being an online teacher. He had many more means to find money anyway.

“That felt good!” Xie Yuexuan dropped her phone and laughed on her bed. “This is how you deal with stinky online scammers! And he can’t even do a thing to me!”

A moment later, she got off bed and found the report page to do the unfinished job, so this “scammer” wouldn’t continue annoying other people. Her phone rang as soon as she closed the page. She wondered if that scammer was calling her back, but dropped that thought since that was impossible when she had a privacy protection set up. That service cost her family a lot every month.

She read the number on display and quickly adopted a more serious attitude. “Eh, hello, teacher.”

“Yuexuan? Did you finish my assignment yet?”

“I—I’m working on it. I’m doing good!”

“Good. Send me the result in three days.”

“Of course, teach.”

“I’m confident in you. Don’t let me down, all right?”

Xie Yuexuan ended the call as she slumped back down on the floor. Finishing the task in three days was pretty much impossible. She had spent days inside a battle simulation unit and never once did she succeed.

The assignment was a rather tough one.

A Limbo Lion was of the fire-type, which was naturally at an advantage against Undead-type Astral Pets. Fire didn’t work as well as holy power when attacking the Undead, though it was still effective.

She even used the simulation system in opposite ways by controlling a Limbo Lion to fight a hostile Corpse Dancer. But no matter how she tried, the lion would always emerge victorious.

She had received such a difficult assignment for homework just because her teacher had high hopes for her. But… she was stuck.

She went back to her bed and moaned.

Su Ping cultivated his astral power in the shop while at the same time he was thinking of other ways to broaden his source of income.

The clock had struck 5 in the afternoon, which meant that the students from the Phoenix Peak Academy would begin to arrive soon. It was also time for most common employees to leave their companies and start their afterwork activities.

As the street outside grew busier, several familiar faces soon showed up at Su Ping’s shop.

“Sir!”

It was Zhang Baoxing who crossed the “finishing line” first that day. He expected the shop to be packed with people soon, so he sneaked out of his last lesson halfway just to get there sooner.