The True Young Master Saves the Soul Pet World by Eating Melons – CH14

Chapter 14: Lu Taiping’s Treasure-Seeking Mouse

Lu Taiping felt deeply aggrieved, but no matter how aggrieved he was, he still had to climb up on his own.

There was no helping it. According to the assessment rules—which were sometimes lax and sometimes strict—borrowing someone else’s mount on flat ground counted as slacking off, and you could only do it at most three times.

But asking someone else’s soul pet for help while climbing a cliff counted as cheating, and that wasn’t allowed even once.

Fortunately, Lu Taiping had a wind attribute constitution, so his body was relatively light. Climbing this cliff shouldn’t be a problem—he’d just be slower than the other three.

If that was the case, would he end up dragging the team down?

Lu Taiping had already realized that in their current four-person squad, he was the weakest. He didn’t seem to play much of a role either.

That wasn’t good. If this continued, he might have to consider leaving the team.

Just then, Lu Taiping heard Si Er’s inner thoughts.

Yu Beixuan’s mission seems to include finding Stone Fruit, right?

It’s a very special earth-attribute spiritual fruit that usually grows inside rocks—extremely hard to find.

I wonder if Yu Beixuan can sense it.

If he can’t, then we’ll have to rely on Lu Taiping.

Although Lu can’t dig out Stone Fruit himself, besides the Bixi Turtle he also contracted a Treasure-Seeking Mouse. It should be able to accurately locate the Stone Fruit.

Lu Taiping was stunned. He immediately took out the little white mouse he kept and stared at it.

No way. This little white mouse—cute but seemingly useless—was actually a Treasure-Seeking Mouse?

He had always thought it was just an ordinary white mouse. To save on rations, he often let it sleep in the soul pet space.

How many fortunes had he missed out on?!

Yu Beixuan and Si Xu lowered their heads, saw Lu Taiping’s reaction, and felt speechless. This guy really seemed completely unaware of what he had contracted.

Speaking of which, Lu Taiping’s contract with the Treasure-Seeking Mouse was incredibly dramatic.
It was basically coincidence knocking on coincidence’s door—coincidence all the way home.
It was a sunny afternoon, the kind perfect for daydreaming.
Under the same sky, in the same forest, Lu Taiping and the Treasure-Seeking Mouse both took a lovely nap.
One slept under a tree’s shade, the other inside a tree hollow. Both slept soundly and had sweet dreams.
Lu Taiping dreamed he met his destined beast, so he extended his soul power.
The mouse dreamed it met its destined master, so it extended its soul power too.
By sheer coincidence, their soul powers collided, resonated, and they completed the soul pet contract in their sleep.
Unfortunately, this Treasure-Seeking Mouse was mixed-blood. It looked no different from an ordinary white mouse, so Lu Taiping treated it as such.
Sigh. Every time Lu Taiping got lost and happened to pass by spiritual plants, the mouse had played a part.
It sensed treasure nearby and wanted to check it out. Influenced subconsciously, Lu Taiping wandered over—only to tragically encounter the two disaster-star male leads.
Sigh, but the mouse didn’t mean it. It just instinctively senses good things.

Si Er, who was climbing the fastest, didn’t notice the complicated expressions of the three below. If he hadn’t occasionally looked back, their jaws might have dropped to the ground.

Lu Taiping never imagined that the little white mouse he’d accidentally contracted was actually a Treasure-Seeking Mouse—or that it had inadvertently led him into so many pitfalls.

That explained why every time he got lost, he somehow ended up at the nests of fierce beasts.

Although he always gained something in the end, the fright was real, and the danger was real too. Thankfully, his Bixi Turtle had thick enough defenses to keep him alive.

The other two were equally shocked. Someone had actually contracted a soul pet in their dreams—and it was a Treasure-Seeking Mouse?

With that kind of setup, shouldn’t he be Heaven’s favored child?

Yet here, he was just a background character meant to take the fall for the protagonists.

Yu Beixuan and Si Xu began to feel that this world was truly dangerous.

At that moment, Si Er glanced down and quickly noticed the little white mouse in Lu Taiping’s hand.

His eyes lit up, and he feigned ignorance. “That little white mouse in Lu Taiping’s hand is so cute! Is it a Treasure-Seeking Mouse?”

Whether Lu Taiping thinks it is or not, we’ve got to let it try!
Otherwise how long will it take us to find the Stone Fruit?
The Ten Thousand Beasts Continent is a magical place. Resources that increase soul power are abundant, but items that increase spiritual power carry baleful energy, so everyone cultivates the soul.
But most rocks and soil here block soul detection, so no one can see what’s inside stones.
Without a Treasure-Seeking Mouse, many good things are impossible to find.

Lu Taiping originally wanted to play dumb, but considering he was already climbing slower than the others, he couldn’t afford to waste more time.

So he played dumb—but not entirely.

“I don’t know whether it’s a Treasure-Seeking Mouse,” he said. “It looks pretty ordinary, but I contracted it while daydreaming. I think it must be extraordinary!”

“Really?” Si Er looked surprised.

I didn’t expect Lu Taiping to already think it was extraordinary. In the novel, how did he never figure it out?
It wasn’t until after he died—when the Treasure-Seeking Mouse’s body was torn apart and fell at his feet—that the two male leads discovered it.
They even regretted it. If they’d known Lu Taiping had a Treasure-Seeking Mouse, they would’ve snatched it first before killing him.

Lu Taiping: !!!

What kind of protagonists were these? Their mindset was seriously unhealthy.

If he ever got the chance, he’d definitely mess with them a little.

But now wasn’t the time. The mission came first.

Lu Taiping lifted the little white mouse and smiled. “So I’ve decided—let my Xiao Bai try first.”

“Maybe it can find the Stone Fruit.”

He placed the mouse against the cliff wall.

“Xiao Bai, do you recognize Stone Fruit?”

“Squeak, squeak.”

The mouse nodded its tiny head.

“Can you find it and dig it out?”

“Squeak!”

No problem.

Sensing the message from Xiao Bai, Lu Taiping beamed and couldn’t resist kissing it.

“Xiao Bai, you’re amazing. I need fifteen Stone Fruit right now.”

“You only have to give me fifteen. After that, however many you dig up are yours.”

“Squeak!”

Xiao Bai was thrilled. With two excited squeaks, it burrowed straight into the rock face.

Lu Taiping was dumbfounded; he hadn’t expected it to move so fast.

After staring blankly at the cliff for a moment, he asked, “What now? Should I just stand here and wait?”

Si Er smiled. “No need. Just keep climbing with us.”

“As long as Xiao Bai is your soul pet, it can accurately sense your position. Once it finishes, it’ll come find you.”

“Got it. Then let’s keep climbing.”

Lu Taiping nodded happily, eagerly anticipating Xiao Bai’s performance.

Just thinking about having contracted a Treasure-Seeking Mouse made him climb noticeably faster.

About ten minutes later, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse popped out of the rock wall.

“Squeak!”

After circling once on the rock face and spotting Lu Taiping, it dashed toward him at top speed and rubbed its fluffy head against his cheek.

“Master, Master! Xiao Bai exceeded the mission!”

“I picked twenty-five Stone Fruit!”

Actually, it had found thirty—but secretly ate five. Now it was a little stronger and could clearly convey its emotions and thoughts.

When it had first contracted with Lu Taiping, it had struggled even to communicate, which was why Lu Taiping had practically shelved it.

But Xiao Bai felt that even if it had clearly conveyed its identity back then, Lu Taiping wouldn’t have believed it.

After all, other Treasure-Seeking Mice were golden. Only it was white.

Even its own clan hadn’t believed it was a Treasure-Seeking Mouse, casting it out shortly after birth and leaving it to fend for itself.

After being contracted, Xiao Bai had actually been very happy.

Even if its master didn’t recognize its worth.
Even if the name he gave it wasn’t great.
Even if following him meant eating only five meals in three days.

At least it no longer had to wander homeless or struggle alone for food.

And that was already more than enough.

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