【Congratulations, Host, on completing Beginner Task 5. Points +1.】
The system’s gentle female voice rang out right on cue the moment the fluffy, off-white crewneck little vest was finished.
This task, originally limited to one week, had been completed in just half an hour after Wei Jing unexpectedly unlocked his own personal golden finger. The efficiency was so high it moved him to tears.
Dad would never have to worry about not being able to learn to knit a sweater again!
How wonderful.
“Come here, Little Treasure. Daddy will put your new clothes on.”
Wei Jing held the fluffy little vest with satisfaction, growing more smug the more he looked at it. Look at this craftsmanship, simply perfect. And it was “handmade” by him, a new garment full of love.
“Ah.”
Hearing his name, the little dragon cub immediately dropped the ball of yarn it had been playing with and dashed over excitedly, staring at the fluffy thing in Wei Jing’s hands. The next second, it opened its mouth to spew fire, but Wei Jing quickly covered its mouth. “Be good, don’t cause trouble. This is the sweater Daddy specially made for you. Once you put it on, you won’t be a naked little cub anymore. You’ll be all fluffy and cute.”
The little dragon cub obviously couldn’t understand such a long sentence, but that didn’t stop it from rubbing its head against Wei Jing’s palm, acting obedient and clingy.
“So clingy… maybe it’s a girl?”
Muttering to himself, Wei Jing slipped the little vest onto the dragon cub. And, well, what do you know, the sweater, knitted with star power as a shortcut, fit perfectly and looked quite warm. Worn on the little orange-red creature, from a distance it looked like a fluffy little ball, absolutely adorable.
“Little Treasure, now you’re a cub with a vest. No more running around naked!”
“Ah.” The little dragon cub responded happily, apparently very satisfied with its new clothes. Proudly, it ran over to the full-length mirror, looked at its reflection, and bounced up and down with joy.
Seeing it so delighted, Wei Jing felt deeply gratified and full of accomplishment. He decided to strike while the iron was hot and knit two more sweaters for Little Treasure to wear in rotation.
But just as he stood up, the system’s voice rang out again.
【System Reminder: A random task has been activated. The host is required to take the cub on a hunting activity within three days. Depending on the completion level, the task will reward 8–88 points.】
A random task!
88 points!
The words at the very end seized all of Wei Jing’s attention. In an instant, a wave of astonishment, surprise, joy, and excitement washed over him. Eighty-eight points! Rounded up, that was almost like getting a 【Return Ticket】!
He had to complete this!
Wait, hold on, a hunting activity?
His eyes went blank, his face frozen. Was this what he thought it was?
A vague image from a nature documentary flashed through his mind, a tiger taking its cub out hunting…
Wei Jing gulped, a cold sweat forming on his back.
The Tyrannosaurus rex was the strongest species in the Handbook of Becoming a God, hands down, sitting at the very top of the food chain. And it was important to note that this Tyrannosaurus rex specifically referred to Great Master Qin.
As for Tu Shihua?
Ha. Haha.
Wei Jing didn’t want to talk about it.
He had only just summoned his star power. At this point, his strength was probably equivalent to having just one foot barely over the threshold of one star… right?
Although that was better than the original waste who couldn’t even summon star power, he was still a total newbie.
Once you stepped outside the villa’s garden domain, in the outside world, four-star powerhouses like the wild boar spirit were practically everywhere. And the people Tu Shihua had offended were almost all above four stars.
In other words, he was still pathetically weak.
Of course, given time, things would be different. But right now, what he needed most was time to improve his strength.
With a random task limited to three days and a reward of eighty-eight points, Wei Jing was beside himself with worry.
After thinking it over, he decided to play the pity card. “Hey, can’t you extend the deadline just a little? I’m so weak, helpless, and pitiful. If I go out, I can’t beat anyone…”
【Host, please read the question carefully.】 The system ruthlessly rejected his attempt at gaining sympathy.
Wei Jing analyzed it word by word again and only then noticed that “hunting activity” wasn’t specifically defined. Which meant…
“Does catching a mouse count as a hunting activity?”
The system fell silent as a mouse.
Wei Jing blinked, wondering if the system had ignored him because he forgot to say “hey.” He tried again: “Hey, does catching a mouse count as a hunting activity?”
【Host, do as you please.】 The system seemed deflated, its gentle voice tinged with resignation.
Wei Jing rubbed his chin. Do as he pleased?
That meant silent approval, right? It had to be!
“Little Treasure, come here, come here! Daddy’s taking you mouse hunting!”
The great master, who had returned from the library and was still sitting in front of the screen enjoying the show, heard this and slowly curled his lips into a faint, disdainful smile. “Mouse hunting?”
The little dragon cub, who had been preening in the mirror, heard its name and let out an “Ah,” then scurried back in front of Wei Jing. Seeing that his hands were empty, it looked a bit disappointed.
Wei Jing noticed its reaction and couldn’t help but laugh. “Kid, you think Daddy can do magic? Just pull two new sweaters out of thin air? Hahaha, how can you be this funny?”
“Ah, ah.” The little dragon cub got excited and spat out a small fireball, which accidentally landed on its fluffy little vest, scaring it so much it quickly grabbed its tail.
Wei Jing was also startled by its reaction. The fireball looked small but was far from weak. He was just lamenting that the new sweater was about to be ruined when he saw the fireball roll across the vest and, with a pop, disappear.
“Huh?” Wei Jing blinked, leaned in, and touched the fluffy vest on the little dragon cub. He had clearly seen sparks land on the sweater, but now it was perfectly fine, not a single scorch mark.
Was the yarn fireproof?
He pulled a ball of yarn out of the knitting bag with suspicion and held it up to the little dragon cub. “Little Treasure, try one more?”
Relieved that its new clothes hadn’t burned, the little dragon cub patted its chest. Then, seeing its bargain daddy holding up another ball of fluff, it tilted its head in confusion. “Ah.”
“Ah, ah.” Wei Jing made the sound effect.
The little dragon cub understood immediately. With a light flick of its tail, a small fireball shot out and landed on the ball of yarn. In the blink of an eye, the creamy-white fluff turned into a pile of black and gray ash.
Wei Jing: “…” Great. So the yarn wasn’t fireproof.
So the sweater being fireproof… was because of his star power?!
He sat cross-legged on the carpet, carefully recalling everything that had happened over the past two days. In his original definition, Tu Shihua’s body was basically described as “frail.”
But this body wasn’t afraid of fire.
The key to this must lie with himself.
Maybe, one day, he could become a top-tier powerhouse, no less than Great Master Qin?
Wei Jing daydreamed happily, but this fantasy was thoroughly shattered when he excitedly took the little dragon cub mouse hunting.
Were there mouse in the great master’s villa?
Of course not.
But the moment Wei Jing decided to go mouse hunting, suddenly there were.
The great master “kindly” had the spotted python fetch several large field mouse and placed them right under Wei Jing’s nose.
Facing mutant field mouse the size of house cats, Wei Jing excitedly grabbed the little dragon cub and ran…