Chapter 520 - Chapter 520: Chapter 512: The Exorbitant Gold-Biting Rat (2/2)

After deciding to buy beast pets, the three began looking for suitable ones at street stalls as well as inside shops.

Qin Niu, after asking for prices and making comparisons, found that the beast pets sold at street stalls were cheap but of poor quality.

The shops had both good and bad quality, and those with outstanding potential were basically sold at sky-high prices.

A fox with a trace of Green Fox Bloodline was sold for as high as fifty thousand Silver Money.

It was simply exorbitantly priced.

Moreover, the bloodline of that Green Fox was not pure, belonging to a hybrid among the subspecies.

The Green Hill Fox Tribe was indeed famous in the world of beast pets.

After all, the strongest Green Fox once easily slaughtered many True Immortals.

“Over there, it looks like they’re all selling rats!”

Xiao Qing, with her sharp eyes, pointed towards a street on the left and shouted.

Qin Niu turned his head to look, and sure enough.

The cages were filled with all types of rats, the largest being the size of a dog.

The three walked over.

“Do you three wish to buy rats? Here are bamboo rats, Mole Rats, Rock Rats…”

The shop assistant greeted the three warmly.

In the cages displayed outside the shop, all sorts of rats were a sight to behold.

There were even rats specially raised in the water, as big as a child, looking like gibbons with long hooks on their claws.

“Won’t these rats drown in the water?”

Xiao Qing asked curiously.

“Don’t underestimate them, these are called Water Otters, and those over there are River Beavers, specializing in building dams in the rivers. The ones about the size of a child here are otters. If you are swimming in the water and they discover you, they will silently dive under your feet and then pull on your feet forcefully to drag you under. In the water, they are extremely powerful and agile. Many people who drowned were killed by them.

These rats are all specialized for living in water, and their swimming skills are outstanding,”

the shop assistant explained in detail the special features of these aquatic rats.

“Why do the cages for those small rats, need such thick iron bars?”

Xiao Qing pointed at another cage and asked.

“These rats are called Rock Rats, they have another name, called Rock-Biting Rats. Don’t be fooled by their size; their teeth are very sharp. Some of the more formidable ones can gnaw through iron bars this thick in just a few bites.

To keep them locked up, these cages are specially processed.

Moreover, all the rats sold here have been carefully selected, and we guarantee each one is of top quality. If you raise them and find that their potential is very poor, we offer returns,”

the shop assistant added.

These shops had one thing in common, they all highly valued honesty.

Usually, the sale of beast pets came with no responsibility for the seller after the transaction, yet these shops dared to offer a quality guarantee service, promising a full return if there were any problems.

“Master, I would like to buy a Rock Rat to raise, may I?”

Xiao Qing looked at Qin Niu.

“Of course, you can. Pick the best one for yourself,” Qin Niu replied.

“Boss, how much for one Rock Rat?”

After getting permission, Xiao Qing didn’t rush to make a purchase but first asked for the price.

Her address to the shop assistant was interesting; she directly called him “Boss” instead of “Assistant.”

“The ones in this cage are two Silver Money each. The ones in separate cages over there have different prices. For example, this one sells for eight thousand Silver Money,”

the assistant announced an astonishing price.

Rats of the same size, these sold for only two Silver Money each, yet that one was priced at eight thousand, which was four thousand times more expensive.

“That’s so expensive, what’s the difference?”

“Of course there’s a difference! This one has been appraised by an authoritative Appraiser and comes with a certificate. It has the Gold Biter Mouse Bloodline, and although its level is still very low now, it can bite through iron bars as if it’s playing.”

The shop assistant picked up a long iron bar next to him, thick as a chopstick, and inserted it into the cage.

Crunch, crunch.

The Rock Rat gnawed it in half in just two bites.