Chapter 48: White Lotus Turns Black Lotus
【I’m exhausted, finally stabilized the emergency situation in Shanhai City. Fortunately, Tiantian’s carefully prepared beverages during this time tasted so good! Otherwise, I definitely wouldn’t have made it through this time. I hope Tiantian has developed new products. 】
Song Tiantian, of course, hasn’t developed any new products. She’s a bit slacking off now, having to record videos every day.
However, Dr. Bai has finally gathered all the ingredients for the recipe from the Pet Beast Manual. Song Tiantian can now try to prepare the recipe for the Nether Ghost Lotus.
Song Tiantian looked at the black, bubbling mass in front of her with some doubt. She was extremely meticulous with every step, as these materials were too precious; selling each one wouldn’t even cover the cost.
But since the finished product was like this, Song Tiantian could only bravely serve it to White Lotus.
Fortunately, there wasn’t any particularly strange odor, just that the appearance was too unsightly.
Song Tiantian tried it, dripping one drop onto a small blade of grass. The grass instantly withered.
She felt a little uneasy.
But those raw materials were priceless, worth hundreds of millions!
Many of them couldn’t be found on the market.
“White Lotus, you try it first. Just take a little sip, don’t drink too much.”
“It’s okay, Tiantian, I believe in you.”
White Lotus sensed a familiar aura, the aura of home.
It eagerly jumped in, using its root tendrils to absorb the black mass.
This substance was toxic to other pet beasts and humans, but for it, there was no toxicity at all.
Then Song Tiantian watched as White Lotus gradually turned into a black lotus, as if it had been corrupted.
She quickly fetched a basin of clean water, planning to have White Lotus wash up as soon as it sobered up.
She was afraid that White Lotus would beat her up if it saw its appearance after waking up.
Her current status at the Pet Beast Center was largely thanks to White Lotus. White Lotus could speak well for her when Dr. Bai was angry, and it could also freely handle some of Dr. Bai’s potions, possessing significant authority.
Most importantly, Dr. Bai was often in closed-door cultivation for research, making White Lotus the boss at the Pet Beast Center.
When White Lotus spoke, even the most powerful Six-star Beast Tamer had to listen.
It was also because of White Lotus that Song Tiantian knew the Pet Beast Center was the safest place in all of Qingshan City, with a Five-star Beast Tamer guarding it.
“Song Tiantian, where’s my ice cream!”
The Doctor’s voice came from outside the door.
Song Tiantian immediately ran over and found the Doctor drinking fruit tea.
“Doctor, didn’t I prepare fruit tea for you? That big pot is enough for a normal person for three days.”
“You made new Beast Food for White Lotus, but what about me! I’m a living person, just drinking tea, and I don’t even have any ice cream.”
“Doctor, I mainly research Pet Beast Food, I don’t really research things for humans…”
Song Tiantian felt Dr. Bai’s threatening gaze, and her voice grew softer.
“Doctor, I made some braised meat. I killed a fierce beast yesterday, and the Law Enforcement Officer gave it to me.”
The meat was delivered by Father Song early in the morning, with the reason being that Song Tiantian had killed those two fierce beasts, so she deserved the best cut of meat.
Father Song also sent a lot of spices.
So Song Tiantian made some braised meat.
Song Tiantian thought Dr. Bai wouldn’t eat it.
Because she had always seen Dr. Bai eating vegetarian and never eating meat.
“Bring the meat over for me to try. This fruit tea is also finished, and get me another bottle of flower tea!”
“Doctor, how many days has it been since you last ate?”
Having finished such a large bottle, Song Tiantian felt that Dr. Bai was truly hungry.
After speaking, Song Tiantian immediately slipped away, knowing Dr. Bai wouldn’t answer her.
Perhaps out of guilt, Song Tiantian even made an exquisite presentation, scattering flower petals around the edge of the braised meat.
Song Tiantian reheated the braised meat and drizzled it with chili oil she had mixed herself.
“Doctor, please try it. Freshly heated braised meat and hot flower tea. You just drank so much cold fruit tea, eating something hot now will make your stomach feel more comfortable!”
“What’s going on with White Lotus? Why did it turn black!”
“Doctor, I’m innocent! I don’t know why it’s like this either. I think it’ll be fine if it just takes a few more clean water baths!”
“You’re innocent? I haven’t even asked you if you did it, and you’re already claiming innocence. I remember you brought in a lot of poisonous spiritual plants, highly toxic ones, and Six-star spiritual plants. What did you do with them?”
“Doctor, when I was young, I met an old Taoist priest who gave me a book. It recorded a fierce beast called the Nether Ghost Lotus. When I saw it, it looked exactly like Venerable White Lotus! It said that mixing these spiritual plants would greatly increase the Nether Ghost Lotus’s strength.”
“Where is that book?”
“My mom sold it as scrap. I just thought it was for fun back then. I didn’t expect that after coming to the Pet Beast Center, I found these ingredients really existed, so I wanted to try.”
“So you used my pet beast for drug testing?”
“Doctor! I also want to help you!”
Song Tiantian’s voice was exceptionally quiet. She was a little scared, afraid that if something bad happened to White Lotus.
“Make me another ice cream, and I’ll forgive you.”
“Doctor, White Lotus definitely succeeded in evolving, right!”
Song Tiantian’s reaction was not slow at all.
If something had truly gone wrong, Dr. Bai would not have had this attitude.
He wouldn’t have let her off so easily.
“I looked at the recipe you gave me, and the combination is very reasonable. Those poisonous spiritual plants had wonderful chemical reactions when mixed. This recipe is very good, perfect, and bold, not like a novice’s work.”
“Perhaps that traveling old Taoist priest thought I had extraordinary talent, or perhaps he wanted to cultivate me from a young age and gave me that book. My luck has always been pretty good.”
“That’s true. If you weren’t lucky, you wouldn’t have met me on your first day at the Pet Beast Center.”
“Of course. I’ve always been very grateful to have met a benefactor like you, Doctor.”
“Then you should treat me better. Do you put half as much effort into me as you do White Lotus?”
“Doctor, what are you saying? I advertise for your Pet Beast Center for free every day, and I promote new products. Am I not treating you well?
As an employee, every day I think about how to make my boss earn more money.
Doctor, if you feel lonely, cold, or bored, you can find a nanny to take care of your meals.
After all, I am a young person with noble ideals.”
“Are you saying that serving you tea and water every day is a hardship for you?”
Dr. Bai asked Song Tiantian faintly, lowering his eyebrows.
Of course, it was a hardship. She was a talent.
But Song Tiantian didn’t dare to say this directly.
The author wrote this book later. The concept for this book took two to three months to develop. Several previous books failed, as you can see, some with tens of thousands of words.
Then, with full confidence, I wrote an opening. After the first editor didn’t reply for seven days, the author assumed the editor had rejected it and submitted it to another editor. That editor also didn’t think much of it. Since both editors felt it wasn’t good, the author decided the opening was flawed and completely rewrote it. Then it was signed.
A month passed. The first editor might have been too busy before and hadn’t read it. Now that she finally had time, she read my book and thought it was good enough to sign. The author was too afraid of failure. The current PK system is too terrifying; there’s been no income for months. I thought having two books would allow me to participate in PK more times. If one failed, the other might do well. I didn’t expect two books with different word counts to be on the same recommendation slot, which is quite awkward. I also wrote the wrong name.
The author will definitely check carefully in the future. The main reason is that the plots and pacing of the two books are completely different. You can compare them; only the settings are the same.
