Even though Lu Yuelan was quite fond of Xiao Lan’s teleportation ability, it wasn’t enough for her to try to trick someone into giving up the generous treatment at Yongjia Supermarket just to come live with a poor nobody like her.
However, after she said that, the atmosphere suddenly turned a bit quiet. It almost made her wonder if selling beasts was actually legal on this alien planet, and that her belief in equality was instead considered abnormal.
“Teacher Lulu, what are you talking about? Xiao Lan is a robot my father bought from the Lei family. It’s just a bit outdated. If you want it, you can take it for free.”
“These days, even criminals don’t bother trafficking beasts anymore. The small profits they might gain aren’t even worth risking the lives of their entire clan. Who would be that stupid to do such thankless, harmful work?”
“Is that so? I just heard that in some places things are very chaotic, and people do such inhumane things.”
“Really?” Meng Yemo sounded doubtful. In the interstellar era, the population was extremely small, and every cub was considered a precious treasure.
Compared to beast traffickers causing severe psychological damage to cubs, leading to early death or mental breakdown and eventual corruption, the interstellar laws were extremely strict. They would rather execute the wrong person than let one slip by. Even multiple generations of their family would be tracked down by the Interstellar Alliance and executed in a brutal, step-by-step manner.
Unless the traffickers were orphans whose entire lineage had already been wiped out, or people who hated their ancestors to the bone, no one would dare engage in beast trafficking and drag their entire family into constant fear.
Hearing the white kitten’s tone of disbelief, Lu Yuelan felt a bit embarrassed. This was already the second time she had broken out in a cold sweat due to her lack of basic interstellar knowledge. She was even worried that in the next second someone would come forward to confirm the little one’s words and expose her identity as an outsider.
At present, she still did not know how outsiders like her were evaluated in the interstellar world. The less she exposed herself, the better. She still wanted to use Yongjia Supermarket to obtain a parallel card and reunite with her family.
Fortunately, things did not develop in the worst possible direction. Manager Zheng stepped forward and explained to his naive young master just how violent and exploitative the beast trafficking industry chain was.
Even though the Interstellar Alliance cracked down heavily on traffickers from the outside, there were always people driven by greed who held onto a fluke mentality, believing they were lucky enough not to get caught.
He also reminded the young master not to run away from home again in the future. If there was anything, he could come to Uncle Zheng, and Uncle Zheng would help handle it properly.
Otherwise, if he were caught by those vicious criminals, he might be killed on the spot, and even the master would not be able to save him in time.
“Uncle Zheng, what are you talking about? I didn’t run away from home. I was just hungry and came out to find something to eat.”
Meng Yemo didn’t expect Uncle Zheng to suddenly expose its past. What a bad guy. If Teacher Lulu heard about its “running away from home,” would she think it was a bad child?
It secretly glanced at Teacher Lulu. When Lu Yuelan’s gaze shifted over, it quickly looked away again, pretending to be casually observing its surroundings, acting as if it was very busy and definitely not sneaking looks at Teacher Lulu’s expression.
“Little baby~”
“Teacher Lulu, I wasn’t looking at you. I was just thinking about what else we still need to buy.”
Meng Yemo blurted out its true thoughts, immediately regretting it so much it almost wanted to bite its own tongue off. It had basically confessed without being asked, Teacher Lulu hadn’t even questioned what it was looking at just now!
“Mm-hmm, teacher believes our little Mengmeng is a good, well-behaved baby. How are you feeling now? Teacher still has another good item for you. Next time you get injured and neither teacher nor your guardian is around, you can use this to treat yourself.”
As expected, still just a baby. Lu Yuelan amusedly watched the little one’s troubled expression after it accidentally exposed itself. She reached out and took out the reward she had just received from the system for completing the treatment task, handing it to the child as a prerequisite for her deal with Uncle Zheng.
She had thought the reward would be some kind of precious medicinal potion, and was even considering whether she could use it to bargain for two parallel cards at a steep discount.
Unexpectedly, what she pulled out was a small pine tree no bigger than her palm. Lu Yuelan was completely dumbfounded. What kind of medical reward package was this? It was just an ornamental potted plant.
How was she supposed to use this to build goodwill and negotiate with Uncle Zheng?
Of course, that was only Lu Yuelan’s own thinking. She did not notice that aside from her own confusion and frustration, everyone else’s eyes were filled with intense excitement.
Uncle Zheng even misinterpreted her expression of annoyance as regret, thinking she had acted impulsively and was now trying to take the item back. He immediately lost his composure, snatching the lush green pine pot from Lu Yuelan’s arms and stuffing it into the young master’s hands.
Noticing Lu Yuelan’s surprised gaze, Zheng Wen coughed lightly and signaled Xiao Lan behind him to bring out more valuable items, hoping to complete the transaction as soon as possible so he could secure the goods for himself.
“This is the Dragon Scale Heart, a dragon scale from an imperial-grade golden dragon. It can protect the user from attacks by any creature below imperial level. And this is the Brilliant Pearl, formed from a mermaid’s tears. Although it cannot compare to the effect of the item in Miss Lulu’s hands in terms of mental power healing, it has extremely strong restorative effects on serious injuries and external wounds…”
Watching Uncle Zheng’s eagerness to close the deal, and hearing his repeated mention of “healing mental power,” Lu Yuelan immediately understood.
Could it be that the mental guidance she had just used on the little one had been so effective that it caught Manager Zheng’s attention?
And since she had just mentioned giving the child a good item to use in case of future injury, Manager Zheng had mistakenly assumed that the pine tree itself was some kind of miraculous healing treasure for the young master.
That was hard to even evaluate. If she were a bit more ruthless, she could have simply gone along with it and traded this useless decorative plant as if it were a priceless treasure.
“Miss Lulu, what do you think? If it’s not good enough, I still have other items here, you can pick whichever you like.”
He was far too enthusiastic.
Lu Yuelan shifted her gaze to the pine tree and examined it carefully with her “True Sight” from top to bottom. The result confirmed that it was indeed just an aesthetically pleasing ornamental pine, no pinecones, not even edible ones. Its practical value was almost zero.
The feedback from the True Sight indicated that once this ornamental pine bore fruit, its fruit could help suppress mental power rampage. However, it also clearly stated that the probability of it bearing fruit was virtually zero, and it would require a large amount of rare natural treasures just to create a minuscule chance of fruition.
Out of conscience, Lu Yuelan still weakly said, “This thing is only suitable for viewing. I can’t guarantee that it will ever bear fruit.”
The probability of it bearing fruit was too low, so low that it was practically equivalent to never bearing fruit at all. If the other party insisted on a pine tree that could 100% produce pinecones, Lu Yuelan could only painfully refuse their goodwill and take the item back.
A one-time deal versus a long-term deal, Lu Yuelan wasn’t stupid. She knew which one was more worthwhile.
“It’s fine. As long as the young master likes it, that’s enough.”
Hearing that Lu Yuelan did not intend to take back the gifted treasure, Manager Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled and said it was no problem at all, he could accept it.
“It’s just an ornamental pine tree, with no additional effects. Are you sure you still want to spend that much to buy it?”
Lu Yuelan looked at the various valuable items Manager Zheng had laid out, then looked back at her own pine tree, apart from being lush and green, it had no special properties at all, and repeated her question with uncertainty.
As for the fact that its fruit might be able to suppress mental power rampage regardless of rank, the probability was far too low. Lu Yuelan did not believe they would be willing to invest heavily in cultivating it. The time required was too long, and the losses and benefits were completely disproportionate. No competent businessman would make such a decision, at least she wouldn’t be that foolish.
“If Miss Lulu is still worried, we can sign a contract. Once the goods are handed over, no responsibility will be taken afterward.”
“Then do your items come with after-sales service?”