Chapter 7: All That Effort for Nothing

Just at this moment, a Guangming Nüshen Die radiating a holy white light appeared in mid-air.

Its butterfly wings were about two meters high when spread, and its large, water-blue eyes were filled with compassion for all living things.

With every flap of its wings, it scattered milky-white scales.

Its wings were covered in beautiful golden patterns.

On its head, it wore a noble crown encrusted with jewels; this was a prop specifically customized for a Pet Beast, capable of amplifying the Pet Beast's strength.

"Guangming Nüshen Die, use Guard of the Goddess of Light."

"Then use Forgiveness of the Goddess of Light."

The command came from Zhang Lingxue; she had just walked out of the Secret Realm and, seeing her student being sniped, was instantly furious.

The Guangming Nüshen Die flapped its wings violently, and two milky-white rings of light surrounded Ye Bai and Li Weiyang.

At this moment, a fiery red bullet slammed into the light screen, which wobbled before returning to calm.

As for the Diamond Armor Ant that had fallen to the ground, the Thousand-Change Silkworm sat on it with its bottom, and the Thousand-Change Silkworm even wiggled its bottom on purpose, crushing the Diamond Armor Ant into pieces.

Although the mouthparts of this Diamond Armor Ant were as hard as a drill bit, its body joints were quite fragile; with a little force, it was easy for the head and body to separate.

After Killer Z saw Ye Bai and Li Weiyang encircled by a layer of light screen, she immediately realized she had missed the best opportunity to attack.

She gritted her teeth and waved her hand, sending the Bullet Ant, which had white smoke rising from its mouth, back into the Pet Beast Space within her body.

Killer Z understood that she had missed the best moment for the kill, and her position was likely exposed as well; now, the best policy was to Depart.

At this time, hurried footsteps could already be heard at the entrance; the people responsible for guarding Li Weiyang had already caught up.

"Consider yourself lucky."

She muttered, and a pair of wings as thin as a cicada's emerged from her back; like a fairy descending into the mortal world, she jumped down from the top floor.

A group of men in black watched Killer Z leap down and nimbly weave through the traffic below; the leader of the men in black shouted, "Pursue! We must catch up, otherwise it will be hard to give the academy an explanation."

"Immediately protect Li Weiyang and escort her to the Imperial Capital."

The Guangming Nüshen Die emitted two beams of white light from its antennae.

The gentle white light fell upon Ye Bai and Li Weiyang.

Ye Bai instantly felt a warm current of air spread throughout his entire body.

He felt as if he were soaking in a hot spring, and the injuries on his body recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Moreover, the bloodstains on his body had all disappeared.

Wait, the bloodstains had all disappeared!!!

Ye Bai looked at the towel in his hand that had been covered in blood; it had actually become as clean as new.

((‖)) It was cleaner than even the ones bought from a store.

Where was the blood!

Where had the blood of Li Weiyang gone, which he had risked his life to obtain?

At this moment, a team of men in black surrounded Li Weiyang, and Li Weiyang was taken away as if she were the moon surrounded by stars.

Li Weiyang gave Ye Bai a deep look, then resolutely turned and Departed.

Just as Ye Bai was about to leave, he was stopped by the men in black nearby; these men in black were all wearing suits and sunglasses.

On their suits was a badge depicting a person in a black robe looking up at the endless starry sky.

This was a special operations organization similar to the Dragon Group, named the Night Watcher; they had come here specifically to escort Li Weiyang to the Imperial Capital University.

It was just unclear why the Night Watcher had not appeared when Li Weiyang was ambushed earlier.

"Sorry, excuse us."

The lead Night Watcher waved his hand, and a large space appeared; with a bang, a super-large Shar Pei dog crawled out from the space.

It stuck out its tongue and sniffed at Ye Bai.

This Pet Beast shook its head directly at the lead man in black.

The man in black nodded, and his subordinates cleared a path, signaling for Ye Bai to leave.

At this time, Zhang Lingxue walked over.

"Stop looking; she awakened the Insight Eye, a rare A Ji Tianfu, and has already locked in a top-tier academy ahead of time."

"Those are the people who came to pick her up; are you envious?"

"Although the Insight Eye is an auxiliary talent and provides no help in battle, it can see the hidden evolution routes of Pet Beasts; she is destined to pursue advanced studies in the future and head toward the direction of research."

Class Teacher Zhang Lingxue walked over and patted Ye Bai on the shoulder.

"Do you want me, your teacher, to tell you the process of how the Baibian Can evolved into the Guangming Nüshen Die?"

"If you can research another evolution route for the Baibian Can, you won't just earn the title of Intermediate Researcher, you'll also be able to lock in those top-tier academies in advance."

"My Guangming Nüshen Die has improved a bit recently and has comprehended the skill of Purification."

"That is how the blood on your body was purified away."

"Aren't you touched!"

"The teacher is doing this for your own good; to prevent anyone from collecting Li Weiyang's blood and using curse-type abilities, the bloodstains left on the ground must be cleared."

Zhang Lingxue paused and continued: "The Yan Country Alliance has a population of over a billion, and those who can awaken the Insight Eye are even rarer than phoenix feathers and unicorn horns; every single one of them is protected as a priority."

"You saved Li Weiyang this time, so the Yan Country Alliance will likely send you a gift of great value as well."

After some explanation, Ye Bai understood that even if the Guangming Nüshen Die had not purified the surrounding bloodstains, the Night Watcher would have taken action.

It was destined that he would not be able to obtain Li Weiyang's blood through improper means.

Ye Bai pushed his cheek with the tip of his tongue and revealed a helpless smile; he had been busy for nothing.

He just didn't have that kind of luck.

After returning to school, Zhang Lingxue announced something to everyone.

"By the way, students, I am announcing one thing: we were originally going to distribute the supply crates today, but because of what just happened, the students are still shaken, so the school has notified us that it is changed to tomorrow."

After hearing this, everyone left the venue one after another.

Ye Bai also returned to his cozy home, a two-story house leaning against the street, located in an urban village.

A sign with the five large characters for Fangyuan Breeding House hung on the house, but after being weathered by wind and rain, the dot above "Fang" had faded, and the sign had become Wanyuan Breeding House.

At this moment, a large, fat, gray-skinned chinchilla heard the noise and pulled open the shutter, revealing a simple and honest expression toward Ye Bai.

It had once encountered an accident and nearly died, but Ye Bai picked it up and brought it back, and from then on, it became a member of Fangyuan Breeding House.

Ye Bai named this chinchilla Dahui.

Dahui was skilled at doing housework; the entire Fangyuan Breeding House was kept in perfect order by Dahui, and its cooking was also quite good.

It was just that Dahui had a very serious shortcoming, which was that from time to time, it would pick up abandoned Pet Beasts and bring them back to Fangyuan Breeding House.

Seeing Ye Bai return, Dahui felt a bit guilty, its gaze flickering evasively as it used its massive body to block Ye Bai's view.

Ye Bai rubbed his forehead; he could guess with his eyes closed that Dahui had once again picked up some abandoned Pet Beast and brought it back to the Breeding House.

(End of this chapter)