Chapter 97: Targeting the Poison‑type Gem, Bulbasaur Appears!

Lin Mo strode forward and quickly reached the back of the shop.

A pitch-black fossil the size of a person.

It was simply placed in the corner of the wall.

"What's the price for this raw stone?"

Lin Mo glanced sideways at Xiao Fang.

"500,000!"

Xiao Fang smiled at the corner of her mouth and said directly, "Do you like it, customer?"

"Like it? Naturally I like it a lot!"

But these words naturally couldn't be said directly to Xiao Fang.

"Here!"

Lin Mo directly took out his bank card and handed it to Xiao Fang.

"All right!"

For such a straightforward card‑swiping boss like Lin Mo, Xiao Fang naturally liked him very much.

After the card was swiped, Xiao Fang leaned close to Lin Mo and whispered, "Do you need the Dissolving Liquid to dissolve this fossil?"

"Mm!"

Lin Mo nodded.

The fossil is too big; relying on just one person's strength.

is still too naïve.

"Come on!"

With the Dissolving Liquid poured, a whole person‑sized fossil appeared.

In an instant it turned into a pool of pitch‑black liquid.

Thick black smoke kept billowing out from it.

A pale yellow fruit.

It appeared right before Lin Mo.

Upon seeing the fruit, a hint of joy flashed in Lin Mo's eyes.

He quickly took it out.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the Earth Fruit!"

Seeing Lin Mo holding the Earth Fruit, Xiao Fang behind him widened her eyes, full of surprise.

Obviously, she hadn't expected it either.

Lin Mo had obtained another tree fruit once again.

"The boss's luck is great!"

Immediately, Xiao Fang stepped forward to congratulate.

Lin Mo's mouth curled slightly as he held the pale yellow apple, feeling very satisfied.

"Boss, do you want to look at any other fossils?"

Xiao Fang beside him looked at Lin Mo and asked.

Lin Mo gazed at the Earth Fruit in his hand, then glanced at the fiery looks of the nearby trainers.

"Let's take these two!"

Lin Mo casually picked two small fossils.

Of course, these two fossils contained nothing inside.

He did this just to tell everyone he had merely gotten lucky and obtained the Earth Fruit.

One can't just keep picking at random and always get the Earth Fruit.

As expected.

As the two basins of Dissolving Liquid were poured.

The two hard fossils instantly turned into a pool of black liquid mixed with a strong foul smell.

"What a pity!"

Xiao Fang showed disappointment and couldn't help saying, "There's nothing inside either fossil."

Lin Mo's expression remained normal, with no trace of disappointment; instead he laughed, "Looks like my good luck has run out!"

"Forget it, it's getting late—time to go home!"

Lin Mo shook his head and turned away directly.

Compared to the Superpower Tree Fruit, the Earth Fruit's value is much lower.

Along the way he didn't notice anyone following.

However, cautious Lin Mo didn't go straight home but went to the neighboring old residential area.

He walked a loop around the estate and climbed out through the broken fence.

Vegetable market.

"Come, let's slaughter a duck!"

These days Lin Mo hadn't bought vegetables, so he simply packed a duck to bring back, saving Xu Qiqi from being too busy and allowing one less dish to cook.

"Ka‑cha!"

He pushed the door open and entered.

Hearing the noise, Xu Qiqi quickly came forward, took slippers from the shoe rack, handed them to Lin Mo, and then walked behind him.

He took off his backpack.

Feeling Xu Qiqi's behavior, Lin Mo's heart warmed up.

Lin Mo opened their mouth, but for a moment didn't know what to say.

"Oh, you bought vegetables!"

Taking the vegetables from Lin Mo's hand, Xu Qiqi was quite happy: "The ducks at the entrance of my residential area are hard to eat; I don't know how this duck tastes!"

Gazing at Xu Qiqi's back, Lin Mo took a deep breath and said: "Make fewer dishes, just the two of us!"

"When growing, you should eat more vegetables, make nutrition more balanced!"

Xu Qiqi bit their lip and said softly: "Or is it that my dishes don't suit your taste?"

"Then tell me what vegetables you like, I'll go learn."

"Eh!"

Seeing Xu Qiqi's misunderstanding, Lin Mo waved their hands repeatedly and laughed: "That's not it; I'm just afraid you'll be too tired!"

This is not Lin Mo lying.

Every day, besides doing chores, Xu Qiqi also has to cultivate the Little Spirit.

At night Xu Qiqi also has to stay up late making Energy Cubes.

Although Lin Mo considers their training extremely arduous, Xu Qiqi is just as diligent.

"I'm used to it!"

Xu Qiqi gave a gentle smile: "For people like us who have no one to rely on, if we don't work harder ourselves, who else can we rely on?"

"Ah!"

Lin Mo stepped forward and lightly patted Xu Qiqi's shoulder, taking a deep breath.

Although Lin Mo really wanted to tell Xu Qiqi that they could be Xu Qiqi's reliance,

But Lin Mo is merely an Elite Level trainer, after all.

In this society, even a casually encountered Spirit Guard is of Elite Level.

As for students graduating from the Spirit Academy, their strength is also at Elite Level or above.

Some outstanding students have even reached the strength of a quasi-Heavenly King.

Just relying on oneself, it seems one still lacks the confidence to say such words.

"You've worked hard!"

Despite thousands of words, Lin Mo could only end with a feeble expression of concern.

"How could there be!"

Xu Qiqi's bright childlike eyes stared fixedly at Lin Mo's eyes, their vermilion lips slightly pursed.

A faint fresh fragrance wafted over.

"Thank you!"

After speaking, Xu Qiqi ran straight back to the kitchen and placed the slaughtered duck on the camphor board.

"Phew!"

As Xu Qiqi left, Lin Mo felt as if their strength had been drained, and they shook their head.

"Da Ge Yi, Hu Hu, come!"

Lin Mo waved at the Da Ge Yi by the corner and came alone to the courtyard.

The Da Ge Yi stepped with its tiny legs and crawled up to Lin Mo.

Its big eyes stared straight at Lin Mo.

An instinct from the Little Spirit told the Da Ge Yi that Lin Mo had something good on them.

"Little guy!"

Lin Mo didn't hide it, directly taking out an Earth Fruit from their bosom and handing it to the Da Ge Yi.

"Here!"

Looking at the pale yellow Earth Fruit, the Da Ge Yi showed delight.

It directly opened its mouth, about to bite down.

"Don't rush!"

Lin Mo gently patted the Da Ge Yi's head, then directly placed the Earth Fruit from their hand onto Hu Hu's back.

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

Accompanied by the buzzing sounds, strands of pale yellow mist instantly coiled around Hu Hu.

Drop by drop of clear yellow liquid slowly flowed from Hu Hu's back.

Seeing this, Lin Mo quickly took out a glass.

"Drip! Drip!"

Drop by drop of yellow Earth Fruit juice continually fell into the glass.

A strong exotic fragrance continually emanated from the glass.

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