Lu Wu had no idea what was happening.
Pang Duddu was unexpectedly way more popular in his house than he was.
Let's not even talk about Lu Haikong, who could transform from a loving father to a harsh one in the blink of an eye when comparing between him and Pang Duddu.
Even Lu Wu's sister, Lu Ni, especially liked Pang Duddu.
He didn't know if it was because Pang Duddu had more flesh and was more comfortable to hug or what, but every time Pang Duddu came over, this girl would betray him, constantly trying to snuggle into her arms.
Even Li Ruyu particularly pampered Pang Duddu; every time she came over, Li Ruyu would prepare a table full of delicious food for her and try to coax her into eating.
Saying things like, "You're too skinny," "It's good to be chubby," and "Being able to eat is a blessing," such shameless words made Lu Wu suspect that this girl was chubby because she was fed by his mom.
In short, whenever this girl came over, Lu Wu's status would plummet straight down, and he could only squat by the side and serve as a tea-pouring tool for Pang Duddu.
You could say that fate had finally taken a temporary turn.
Of course, Lu Wu had gotten used to this situation. After all, whether it was in his previous memories or the past month since he crossed over, this girl had been coming over frequently,
So Lu Wu adapted very well, and after pouring tea for Pang Duddu, he conveniently helped Pang Duddu carry her family's pig over.
One reason was to make it more convenient for Pang Duddu to cuddle his sister, another was to start preparing to elevate Pang Duddu.
Lu Wu did have a bit of conscience!
It was agreed that he would elevate before flying, and now that Little Skeleton had started advancing, it was about time for him to put this pig on the schedule as well.
Hugging the pig, Lu Wu found a place to start his research.
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Name: Mini Pig
Power: 0 stars
Quality: Ordinary (upgradable)
Attribute: No Attribute Bias
State: Healthy (Lazy)
Skill: Awakening (97%)
Weakness: No obvious weakness
Description: Give up. Besides eating, it's not interested in anything.
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Looking at the pig's attributes, Lu Wu fell into deep thought.
His Golden Finger was limited; the quality improvement plan had to be tried before it could appear on the attribute panel, just like the "Little Skeleton's Training Manual" previously.
Or like the Rope Firefly Grass with Li Kai; Li Kai used it, and he could directly deduce it and then it could appear on the attribute panel.
And for Mini Pig, which hadn't used any improvement plans, even if Lu Wu had rough ideas in his mind, the plan couldn't possibly appear on the attribute panel.
This meant that Lu Wu needed to experiment with this pig before he could improve it.
This was particularly inconvenient!
But this wasn't a major issue.
Lu Wu already had a fairly complete set of plans in his mind. He now just needed to simplify this plan to the most basic form and then try it out a bit to make it appear on the attribute panel, after which he could modify the plan that appeared on the panel.
"But although there is a plan, I really don't have much confidence in getting this pig ready.
After all, a Summon Beast Cultivator isn't a deity. If this pig really couldn't make it, I wouldn't be able to turn stones into gold either!
Besides, even if it could be done, the money spent would be exorbitant. Mm, luckily there's a sucker!"
Muttering a few words, Lu Wu began to get busy. He pinned the pig on his legs as a table, took out pen and paper, and started to sketch and write out the plan for cultivating the pig.
This was no easy task. The simplified plan had to be somewhat effective for the pig but also couldn't have side effects. This was a great test for Lu Wu, and the system couldn't help him in this aspect, so Lu Wu had to carefully deliberate repeatedly by himself.
Therefore, Lu Wu busied himself for an hour or two and didn't stop even when it was almost mealtime.
"What are you doing? It's time to eat!"
Lu Haikong never missed a chance to repay Lu Wu, the ungrateful brat, for stealing his private stash and tattling on him. He came over and slapped Lu Wu on the head, grabbing the notebook that Lu Wu had been working on for an hour or two.
At one look, Lu Haikong's eyebrows shot up: "Brat! Are you planning to extend your evil clutches towards Dudu, using their Tuantuan as a guinea pig?
No way, I absolutely won't allow you to do this. With your half-baked skills, experimenting with Little Skeleton is one thing, but if you mess with Tuantuan and something happens to it, I'll break your legs!"
Lu Wu held his head, looking at Lu Haikong.
He doubted that the old man already knew he was pretending.
Listening to what he said, Lu Wu suspected that in the old man's eyes, his status was lower than that of a pig.
Lu Wu didn't bother to explain anything to him, there was no point; even if he claimed to be awesome, the old man wouldn't believe him. He'd wait a bit until Little Skeleton advanced, then he would use Little Skeleton's quality to smack the old man's face.
But Lu Haikong didn't insist too much; slapping him once for fun was enough.
However, while eating, he kept reminding Pang Duddu to be wary of Lu Wu, not let him trick her into selling herself, and not give the pig to Lu Wu.
To this, Lu Wu only rolled his eyes internally and said nothing more.
There wasn't much to say anyway. Regarding Pang Duddu, Lu Wu was very confident; even if the old man talked himself hoarse, it would be useless. If Lu Wu wanted to sell her, he'd just say the word.
Plus, Lu Wu was quite confident that even if he sold the girl, she would help Lu Wu count the money, afraid of others shortchanging him.
Lu Haikong obviously sensed this and so he turned the verbal attack, began saying various bad things about Lu Wu, attempting to damage his image.
Lu Wu didn't care at all, remained unfazed, but Pang Duddu got anxious.
She constantly wanted to defend Lu Wu but couldn't get a word in edgewise and didn't dare to talk back loudly to Lu Haikong. In the end, she was so anxious that her face turned red, and she couldn't even eat properly, taking ten minutes to finish two big bowls of rice.
Li Ruyu, feeling distressed, immediately kicked Lu Haikong under the table, which made the old man quiet down. This meal could finally be eaten in peace.
After eating, Lu Wu was about to go back to continue working on the unfinished plan, but just as he stood up, he suddenly felt a cool sensation flowing up from his head.
At that moment, Lu Wu's head buzzed, and by the time he recaptured his senses, he found that his vision had suddenly become clearer.
However, he quickly realized that this clarity was an illusion caused by a sudden increase in spiritual power; this illusion would soon fade. The important point was that its appearance meant that their Little Skeleton should have completed its quality improvement!
Realizing this, Lu Wu rushed to his room…