Chapter 229: Watching Evolution

On the way home, Qiao Sang sat on Yaobao's back, took a sip of her iced milk tea, and let out a satisfied sigh.

Going to school didn't tire her body, but her spirit was worn down.

Especially sitting among a pile of academic prodigies, with every teacher paying her extra attention in every class — it was truly hard to endure.

It felt less like one teacher and a group of students in the classroom, and more like one student and a group of teachers.

Luckily, the energy values measured for Yaobao and Little Xunbao Ghost gave her great comfort.

Qiao Sang sipped her milk tea, in a very good mood.

Based on the current situation, defeating the major beast-taming high schools in Zhehai Province, taking first place in the whole province, advancing to the regional tournament, and earning the qualification to participate in the finals — she wouldn't dare say it was a sure thing, but it was at least a ninety-percent certainty.

At that moment, the phone in her pocket buzzed.

It was a call from Song Yuan.

Qiao Sang swiped to answer and called out, "Sister Song."

Song Yuan's tone was light and cheerful: "The photos from Yaobao's last shoot are all out, and we've also written the captions. We'll send them to you in a bit — remember to post them on Super Weibo."

"Okay," Qiao Sang replied.

"By the way, are you living at school now?" Song Yuan asked.

Qiao Sang was taken aback for a moment. "No, why?"

"You didn't take the new sunglasses with you that day. I'll mail them to you when the time comes," Song Yuan said with a smile.

"Sure, but I don't live at school. I'll send you my address in a bit," Qiao Sang answered.

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The call had just ended, and before Qiao Sang could even take a sip of her milk tea, her phone buzzed again.

Qiao Sang picked up her phone and glanced at it, somewhat surprised.

It was actually Bai Yunmiao.

"Why are you suddenly calling me?" Qiao Sang asked after answering.

The two did chat from time to time, but only online. This was the first time Bai Yunmiao had ever called her.

Bai Yunmiao's voice came through the phone, so excited she was nearly shrieking:

"Qiao Genius! Are you free right now! My Sajin Vine is about to evolve! Do you want to come see it!"

Qiao Sang instinctively held the phone a little farther away.

After Bai Yunmiao finished speaking, Qiao Sang put the phone back to her ear and said, "Of course I'll come! Send me your address, I'll head over right now."

Pet beast evolution is a big deal for beast tamers. If a pet beast evolved unexpectedly, that would be one thing.

But if, through resources, you knew when it would evolve, most beast tamers would make the appropriate preparations in advance.

Notifying every friend and family member, recording the entire evolution process — that was standard procedure. The more extravagant ones would even bathe and burn incense before the pet beast's evolution, to show how seriously they took it.

Even if it wasn't their own pet beast, no beast tamer would be uninterested in a pet beast's evolution.

The supernatural phenomenon of pet beast evolution had always been a hot topic of discussion across the entire Alliance.

If Yaobao's situation last time hadn't been so special, Qiao Sang probably would have recorded the whole thing too.

"I've already sent you my location! Hurry up!"

"Got it."

After hanging up, Qiao Sang opened the chat app and tapped on the location Bai Yunmiao had sent.

【No. 341 Nanhe Street, Nanli Park】

……

At the same time.

"Why hasn't that little liar shown up yet…"

On a road one had to pass through to get from Shengshui Middle School to Tianjing Yuan, Li Songhai hid in an alley on the left side, constantly peering outward.

This area was already on the outskirts of the city, usually with few people, and there weren't any entertainment facilities around.

Now more than an hour had passed since the normal end-of-work time. Those who should have gone home had gone home, and those who should have gone out to have fun had gone out to have fun — there was simply no one passing by.

Li Songhai had been here for a full three hours, all for the sake of ambushing Qiao Sang.

He never imagined that he, a堂堂 D-rank beast tamer, would be led around by the nose by a little girl who hadn't even finished growing.

Just thinking about how he had kindly warned her that there was a ghost-type pet beast in the house, Li Songhai wished he could give himself a slap.

Stupid!

Way too stupid!

To believe whatever other people said!

That little liar was probably laughing at him behind his back!

No wonder she wasn't scared at all when she heard about the ghost-type pet beast — turns out it was hers!

They say the more beautiful a woman is, the better she is at lying — who would have thought girls were the same way!

Li Songhai had originally wanted to charge straight in and teach that little girl a lesson, but in the end, the temptation of Shui Lu Yana won out.

Although he held back his impulse, he was so angry last night that he couldn't sleep. At a little past 6 in the morning, he had Shui Tinworm go keep an eye on when that little girl would go out, and along the way look for Shui Lu Yana's location.

But Shui Tinworm came back and told him that Shui Lu Yana had gone out together with the little girl in her backpack.

This made Li Songhai have to be on guard.

That Shui Lu Yana was actually willing to be that close to a human…

He wasn't worried that the little girl had contracted Shui Lu Yana — she already had two pet beasts, and at her age, there was no way she could have a third page in her Beast Taming Tome.

But Shui Lu Yana going out was also an opportunity. After all, Tianjing Yuan was a residential area — if a fight broke out, the commotion would be too loud and easily noticed by others.

Li Songhai had checked — the only school nearby was Shengshui Middle School, so on the way back she would definitely pass through here.

So he had hurried here before school let out, and squatted here until now.

"What time is it already, and you're still not back."

While muttering, Li Songhai slapped himself across the face with a sharp *smack*.

Looking at the nth blood-smeared dead mosquito in his hand, Li Songhai cursed under his breath: "Dammit, if you don't show up soon, I'm gonna get sucked into anemia!"

……

Nanli Park.

Bai Yunmiao set up the camera and gave Jin Teng a solemn nod.

After a brief exchange of glances with her beast master, Jin Teng placed the Evolution Stone it was holding in its claw against its own forehead.

Immediately the Evolution Stone glowed green, and the next second, an intense white evolution light instantly enveloped Jin Teng's body.

When the white light faded, a pet beast appeared in the park — green floral ornaments on its head, green eyes to match, and pink leaves all over its body like a grass skirt.

Qiao Sang's eyes lit up. Although she had once watched Yaobao evolve, no matter how many times she saw a pet beast evolve, she always found it amazing!

Yaobao wore the exact same expression as Qiao Sang, except it was thinking about something else entirely.

"Ya!"

Yaobao turned its head and barked excitedly at its beast master.

It wanted to have a battle with that guy!

Good lord, after fighting so long yesterday it still wants to battle today… Qiao Sang smiled. "Hold on, let me go ask."

"Xun…"

Little Xunbaogui stood off to the side, watching with an envious look.

It wanted to evolve too…

Bai Yunmiao ran over excitedly and threw her arms around Sweet Knot Vine, nuzzling it.

"I thought your Jin Teng evolved a month ago — I didn't expect you were only just now giving it the Evolution Stone." Qiao Sang walked up and laughed.

Jin Teng grows vine tendrils on its head; generally, once the tendrils reach 6 centimeters, a Grass-type Evolution Stone can be used to evolve it into Sweet Knot Vine.

She remembered the Jin Teng she'd seen at the Baixin Competition last time — the tendrils on its head had already grown past 5 centimeters.

PS: Thanks to boss vicky~ for the tip!