Chapter 79

As soon as he entered the market, Xiao Ming heard a crowd of people gathered around a dog stall, making a commotion. A young couple, holding a sick dog, was surrounded by seven or eight dog dealers. The dealers were cursing and shoving them.

"How can you be so unreasonable!" the husband shouted.

"Reasonable—reasonable your mother!" the short, fat dealer who sold them the dog said: "What evidence do you have to say this dog is the one I sold you? Are you here to cause trouble?"

"This dog is clearly the one we bought from you last week. Why won't you admit it once we leave the store!" the wife, on the verge of tears, said: "I didn't ask if there was a problem, and you even patted your chest and said to come back if there was an issue."

"Bought from me? Buy your damn. Show me the evidence, the receipt? When you buy something, you get a receipt, right?"

Where would there be a receipt when buying something at a pet market? The dog dealers were taking advantage of this.

As soon as the short, fat dealer spoke, the other dealers started to stir up trouble.

At this moment, the husband saw the market manager nearby and quickly called him over, explaining the situation. The manager simply held out his hand: "Where's the receipt?"

The young couple was stunned.

The manager slowly said: "If you have a receipt, we will definitely handle it seriously if he sold you a sick dog. But without a receipt, it's hard to deal with. If you buy clothes at a mall and want a refund, don't you need a receipt? Isn't that the rule?"

Xiao Hai sneered.

When he was a child, his grandfather and parents often brought him here. He knew long ago that the market manager and the dog dealers were in cahoots. Sometimes, when customers insisted on a receipt or invoice, the manager would even mediate.

Of course, their monthly cigarette and alcohol money was always covered by these dog dealers.

Faced with the dealers who were all smiles and promises when selling but became unreasonable and denied everything when problems arose, and a clearly biased manager, the young couple had no choice. The wife was in tears, and the husband, helpless, could only pull her away. At this moment, the group of dealers behind them burst into laughter.

"Wait, let me take a look."

Xiao Hai stood in front of the young couple, ignoring their stunned looks, and examined the puppy. The puppy was only two months old. He touched it, and the puppy's nose was abnormally dry, while a normal dog's nose should be moist. Its temperature was very high, and it smelled of a foul odor.

Without asking, it was definitely parvovirus, and judging by the puppy's severe lethargy, sunken eyes, and messy fur, it was clearly in the late stages.

The dealers gave their dogs various drugs that could temporarily suppress the virus but not cure it. Once the owners bought them, parvovirus would quickly develop, and the terrifying part was that once it developed, the dog wouldn't last more than three days.

"How long has it been sick?" Xiao Hai asked.

"It got sick the day before yesterday, and we've been treating it for two days with no improvement," the wife said, tears in her eyes: "So pitiful."

Two days? This puppy was doomed. The best way to alleviate its suffering was to give it an intravenous air injection, euthanasia.

Xiao Hai decided to try. He asked the young couple how much they paid, and he knew they had been overcharged, paying five hundred.

This was an Akita, but in the dealers' mouths, it was described as "Hachiko," a loyal dog, which was actually just a Japanese street dog. It was only pretty and liked because of its neat fur. The price should be no more than two hundred.

He took out five hundred yuan: "Sell it to me."

The young couple was stunned. Even a layman could see the puppy was in bad shape, but this person wanted to buy it?

"I like pets, especially dogs. I'll try to save it," Xiao Hai said.

"Oh, that's it, then we don't want money. We just want it to be saved," the young couple decided after a brief discussion, gave the puppy to Xiao Hai, and hurriedly left, vowing never to return.

"Xiao Hai, why are you buying this sick puppy? It's almost dead, so pitiful," Deng Mengmeng and Xu Yunqi said simultaneously.

They couldn't bear to see the puppy die in front of them; it would make them sad for weeks.

Xiao Hai didn't say anything, stroked the puppy's fur, and secretly infused a stream of spiritual energy into its body.

He wasn't sure if he could save the puppy, just trying.

But what he infused into the puppy was the spiritual energy of the Dragon Spirit Pearl, the most powerful spiritual energy in the world!

The puppy immediately sensed something, whimpered pitifully, and struggled to lift its head, its eyes full of the will to live.

No one wants to die, not even a dog.

Seeing the puppy's spirit revived, Xiao Hai infused another stream of spiritual energy. This puppy was the only one in the world to receive two streams of spiritual energy from the Great King.

The power of the Dragon Spirit Pearl exceeded Xiao Hai's imagination. In just two minutes, the puppy's eyes regained their luster. When he touched its nose, it was already moist!

As long as a dog's nose is moist, it's healthy!

He had actually saved the puppy!

As soon as the connection with the puppy's mind was established, the puppy immediately said: "Thank you, Great King, for saving my life."

"Xiao Hai, this... this puppy is different, right?" Xu Yunqi, even though she didn't know much about dogs, could see the puppy was much more energetic.

"Misdiagnosis, misdiagnosis," Xiao Hai said with a smile: "Everyone thought it was parvovirus, but it was just a cold. I stroked it, and it recovered."

Deng Mengmeng and Xu Yunqi didn't know if it was true, but they figured Xiao Hai was probably right.

"You didn't even tell them, look at that woman's teary eyes," Deng Mengmeng rolled her eyes: "You got a free dog."

That was a bit unfair to Xiao Hai, who had no confidence in saving the puppy at the time.

Xu Yunqi, however, was excited: "Give it a name, look how cute it is."

She... she actually asked Xiao Hai to name it...

"Xiao Ba," Xiao Hai blurted out: "I have a Xiao Qi, so this one will be Xiao Ba."

Xu Yunqi regretted her words as soon as she said them. Look at the names Xiao Hai gave the animals on his farm.

"Fine, Xiao Ba it is," Xu Yunqi reluctantly accepted the name: "The puppy is saved, let's go for a walk."

A walk? Xiao Hai still had things to do. He handed Xiao Ba to Xu Yunqi: "You go ahead, I have a stomachache. I'll find you later."

"Lazybones," Xu Yunqi said with a huff.

But the sound of Xiao Ba in her arms immediately drew all their attention to the cute puppy...

...

"Boss, do you have any good dogs?" Xiao Hai approached the short, fat dealer's stall.

Seeing a customer, the short, fat dealer quickly stood up and offered a cigarette: "We have plenty of good dogs, have a smoke."

"Ah, no thanks," Xiao Hai looked at the cages with dogs: "I want a big dog, money is no object."

A big spender, a big spender. The short, fat dealer was delighted: "We have big dogs, some expensive. See this, a Tibetan Mastiff, a purebred. To be honest, I picked this one last month, originally for myself, but seeing how much you love dogs, I'll part with it."

"A Tibetan Mastiff," Xiao Hai glanced at it and knew it wasn't a purebred, at least not for three generations. He didn't say more, just acted very interested: "A good dog, but I heard Tibetan Mastiffs only recognize one owner in their lifetime?"

"That's for adult Tibetan Mastiffs. This one is only two months old. Take it home and raise it well, and it will recognize you," the short, fat dealer said quickly.

Two months? It was over a year old. You're fooling who? Xiao Hai acted very interested: "How much?"

"Selling a purebred Tibetan Mastiff for a hundred thousand or two is normal, right?" The short, fat dealer's eyes twinkled: "But I love dogs, not for profit. If I meet someone who loves dogs and is a good match, I'd give it away for free. So, I'll give you the cost price, twenty thousand. I bought it for that much, and I can't lose money, right? I even paid for its food. Do you know how much a dog eats in a day?"

Seeing Xiao Hai didn't immediately respond, the short, fat dealer added: "This is a genuine purebred Tibetan Mastiff from the Tibetan region!"

The more he talked, the more ridiculous it became. If it were a genuine purebred Tibetan Mastiff, it would cost hundreds of thousands.

"Deal, I'll take it."

The short, fat dealer was overjoyed at Xiao Hai's response. Xiao Hai then said: "Let me take a look first."

"Sure, sure," the short, fat dealer opened the cage.

"Command all things in the world to obey me." Xiao Hai sent out a thread of consciousness: "Bite him!"

The cage door opened...

The Tibetan Mastiff, which was actually a mixed breed, silently rushed out and bit the short, fat dealer's hand.

"Ouch!" The short, fat dealer screamed in pain.

This Tibetan Mastiff, a mixed breed, was not aggressive, but it viciously bit the short, fat dealer and wouldn't let go.

The short, fat dealer screamed for help in pain. Xiao Hai quietly opened the other two cages. Instantly, a German Shepherd and a Golden Retriever, following the Great King's command, bit the short, fat dealer's left and right legs.

"Help! Help!" The short, fat dealer screamed.

The other dealers, who were all in cahoots, rushed over with dog catchers and wooden sticks when they saw what was happening.

Their arrival only made things worse.

Xiao Hai sent out one command after another, and all the dogs in the market received the Great King's order.

The dogs in the cages jumped out, some biting the dealers, others using their paws to open the cages of the larger dogs. In an instant, the market was filled with dogs in a frenzy!

The market was in chaos, complete chaos!

The dogs had rebelled!