“A Card of Fate? It doesn't say what it's for at all, but even if it's not very useful, what can I complain about for 100 magic gold coins?”
“Wait, wasn't it 100 magic gold coins? How did it become 300 magic gold coins? Where am I supposed to get 300 magic gold coins?!”
The moment Lin Ye saw the price clearly, his head buzzed.
“Then again, do I only have this one channel, daily quests, to earn magic gold coins? If so, then I'll only be able to buy discounted items my whole life, and not even every time.”
Thinking of this problem, Lin Ye immediately couldn't help but ask the system:
“System, is the daily quest the only way to get magic gold coins? Is there no other way to obtain magic gold coins?”
As soon as he finished asking his question, the system immediately gave a reply.
“In addition to daily quests, magic gold coins also have a certain chance of being produced when completing daily sign-ins and cumulative sign-ins.”
“Besides this, the host can also use real currency to exchange for magic gold coins. Please check the specific exchange rate yourself.”
Lin Ye's expression instantly changed when he heard the last sentence.
“Holy cow, why didn't you say so earlier, System.”
“The host did not ask this question before.”
“Uh... okay, I didn't ask, the problem is with me.”
Saying that, Lin Ye hurriedly explored the system interface, and soon he found the place where magic gold coins and real gold coins could be exchanged.
According to the introduction above, he only needed to take out the currency of this world, and the system would automatically assess the exchange rate.
Normally, he kept 100 yuan behind his phone case, and when he took out this 100 yuan, the system also gave an exchange rate.
The moment he saw the exchange rate clearly, he almost couldn't help but curse.
“Damn it, 100 yuan can only be exchanged for one magic gold coin, this is too much of a rip-off.”
“If I want to exchange for that flying cloak, wouldn't I have to spend 100,000 yuan? Black-hearted, absolutely black-hearted.”
“Forget it, I'm not exchanging it. I can barely afford to eat, so staying alive is more important. It seems I won't be able to buy that Card of Fate today.”
As he spoke, he gave up the idea of exchanging cash for magic gold coins.
“Oh, right, today's daily quest should have refreshed, right? Let me see what today's quest is, maybe today's quest gives more magic gold coins.”
With a hint of curiosity and expectation, he immediately clicked on the quest interface, and the next second a new daily quest appeared before him.
【Daily Quest: As a noble magician, you need to have your own magic pet. Please capture and subdue a magic pet within one day. Pet quality is not limited. Quest completion reward: 100 magic gold coins, one bottle of pet advancement potion, which can advance your magic pet after use.】
【To assist the host in completing this quest, the host is allowed to temporarily use a contract spell. The system will give a prompt when a suitable target appears.】
Lin Ye didn't even look at the quest details first, but directly looked at the quest reward.
When he saw that the quest reward was only 100 magic gold coins, his heart sank.
“It’s over, it’s over. It seems I can only miss today’s discounted item. I’m short 200 magic gold coins, which means I’m short 20,000 yuan. Even if I went out to sell myself, I wouldn’t make 20,000 in a day, would I?”
“And today's quest seems a bit different too. Magic pet? Where am I supposed to get a magic pet? Will a regular pet do?”
For a moment, Lin Ye was also a little uncertain.
“Since it has come to this, I'll sleep first. Tomorrow, I'll see if there's a way to complete this quest, and incidentally, see if I can scrape together the money. If I really can't, there's nothing I can do, and it seems I'm about to pay back my Huabei.”
Thinking of this, Lin Ye suddenly remembered the business card the girl who ran the clothing store gave him during the day.
“Perhaps performing magic at a bar is also a good option.”
While thinking about some arrangements for tomorrow, he fell into a deep sleep.
By the time he woke up the next morning, it was already past nine o'clock.
Since their military training had just ended, they hadn't been assigned classes yet. All they had to do each day was attend meetings, undergo psychological assessments, and listen to lectures.
By the afternoon, there was basically nothing to do. While his roommates were still playing games, Lin Ye walked out of the dorm by himself.
As soon as he left the dorm, he began to search around, and soon his gaze locked onto a stray dog.
He didn't know who owned this stray dog; it just wandered around their school all day.
“It's decided, it's you. Let's see if I can subdue you and make you my magic pet.”
With that, Lin Ye went to a nearby store and bought a sausage, then called the stray dog over.
However, even after feeding an entire sausage, there was no sound of the system announcing the completion of the quest. Evidently, the quest failed; this stray dog could not be subdued as a magic pet.
“If a dog won't work, I wonder if a cat will.”
After some thought, he went to buy another sausage, and then began searching for stray cats on campus.
Before long, he found a tabby cat senior resting in the shade of a tree.
He originally thought the cat senior would be bought over by his sausage.
However, what he never expected was that when he tore open the sausage and placed it in front of the cat senior, the cat senior didn't even bother to acknowledge him.
Not only did it ignore him, but the cat senior was also impatiently flicking its tail.
Seeing this, Lin Ye couldn't help but feel a bit confused.
“What's going on? Why won't this cat even eat sausage?”
As soon as he finished speaking, a girl's voice came from the side.
“It's already been spoiled. Now, it won't accept any food except for canned cat food and cat treats.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Ye immediately turned his head and quickly saw a gentle-looking girl standing there, holding two books.
“This cat has been in the school for three years, and many people feed it every day. It doesn't lack food at all, you can tell by its big belly.”
“Huh?” Hearing this, Lin Ye immediately looked at the belly of the tabby cat in front of him, and sure enough, it was layered with fat.
At this point, the girl spoke again.
“If you want to feed one, there's a Little Black Cat over there.”
As she spoke, she pointed to a corner not far away.
When Lin Ye followed the direction of her finger, he indeed saw a thin and small Little Black Cat huddled in a corner.
Compared to the big fat cat that was lying under the shade of the tree just now, its size was less than one-third of the big fat cat's.
Seeing that the big fat cat was unwilling to acknowledge him, Lin Ye immediately took the sausage and walked towards the Little Black Cat.
Before he even got close, the Little Black Cat entered its Spinosaurus form.
Seeing this, Lin Ye first stopped, then broke off a small piece of sausage and threw it towards the Little Black Cat.
As soon as the sausage piece landed in front of the Little Black Cat, the Little Black Cat immediately perked up its airplane ears and then used its front paw to bat the sausage. Only after realizing the sausage wouldn't attack it did it relax its guard.
Perhaps it smelled the aroma of the sausage, and it finally determined that the object in front of it was not an enemy but food.
Before long, it began to gobble it down, purring as it ate. From its appearance, it was clear that it was truly hungry.
After it finished the small piece of sausage in front of it, Lin Ye threw it a second piece, then a third.
While feeding, Lin Ye slowly approached it. At this point, the Little Black Cat was no longer as stressed as before.
Lin Ye came right up to it, and it was still just focused on eating the sausage.
While it was concentrating on eating the sausage, Lin Ye carefully reached out and stroked its small head. The little fellow still didn't react.
Seeing this, Lin Ye slowly let out a sigh of relief.
Two minutes later, the Little Black Cat finished the entire sausage.
After eating, it licked the corners of its mouth and looked at Lin Ye expectantly. The emerald green eyes no longer held their previous wariness, but rather a hint of flattery.
“Little fellow, are you still not full?”
“Let's make a deal, you be my pet, and I'll take care of your food and drink from now on. What do you think? If you think it's okay, give a meow.”
As soon as Lin Ye finished speaking, the Little Black Cat meowed.
At the same time, the system prompt sounded.
“Ding! The current creature meets the conditions for a magic pet. Do you wish to subdue it?!”
Before he could feel surprised, the Little Black Cat, which had just eaten its fill, suddenly seemed to sense something and pounced to the side.
To Lin Ye's astonishment, a crow that had just landed was pounced on by it and pinned to the ground.
Then, the Little Black Cat scurried over to him, carrying the crow in its mouth. It loosened its grip, and the crow fell to the ground.
At this point, the crow was already severely injured, flapping a few times but unable to fly.
Clearly, the Little Black Cat intended to offer this crow as a gift in return.
Just as Lin Ye was about to praise the Little Black Cat, the system prompt sounded once again.
“Ding! The current creature meets the conditions for a magic pet. Do you wish to subdue it?!”