Chapter 237: The Ace of Underachievers

With Little Treasure Ghost's translation, Qiao Sang learned two things.

First, Shuilu Yana likes Like Ya Bao.

Second, Shuilu Yana is willing to form a contract.

Qiao Sang froze on the spot; these two facts kept echoing in her mind, leaving her heart unable to settle for a long time.

Like Ya Bao, it's still a child!

Shuilu Yana actually, actually is willing to form a contract for Like Ya Bao's sake!

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang felt deep regret — why hadn't she practiced meditation sooner? If she had started earlier, the third page of the Beast Codex might already be in her hands by now!

And to think a national-treasure-class pet beast said it was willing, yet she had no way to form a contract with it!

After a long silence, Qiao Sang solemnly said to Shuilu Yana, "Wait for me a little longer."

"Lu Lu Lu~"

Shuilu Yana glanced at Like Ya Bao, then called out with a bashful expression, indicating she had no problem.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang said with a drifting gaze, "Like Ya Bao, you two... should get along well from now on."

"Ya!"

Like Ya Bao wagged his tail and called out, his eyes especially pure and clear.

He understood — from now on this old pet beast would also stay by his beast master's side, just like Little Treasure.

After spending time together these past days, and the fact that Shuilu Yana had just healed him not long ago, combined with Shuilu Yana's age, Like Ya Bao no longer held his previous prejudice against her.

"Xun!"

Little Treasure Ghost called out, asserting his presence.

"Mm, and Little Treasure too." Qiao Sang added.

Arriving at the courtyard, Shuilu Yana demonstrated the Water Jet she had just learned.

Qiao Sang's attention was split — her eyes watched Shuilu Yana, but half her mind was on another matter: looking at Shuilu Yana, she couldn't shake the feeling that Shuilu Yana had forgotten she once told her that only heartbreak could trigger her evolution.

Should she remind her?

But then again, if Shuilu Yana was already prepared for heartbreak in advance, would the heartbreak even go smoothly when the time came...

Just as Qiao Sang was pondering, Shuilu Yana lost control of her momentum midair, her trajectory suddenly plunging downward. Just as she was about to hit the ground, Like Ya Bao teleported and caught her on his back.

"Lu Lu Lu..."

Shuilu Yana opened her eyes, saw she was on Like Ya Bao's back, and her expression turned shy.

"Ya!"

Like Ya Bao called out, indicating this was what he should do.

He firmly remembered his beast master's words — from now on he had to get along well with Shuilu Yana.

Since they would all be companions from now on, naturally he couldn't just watch Shuilu Yana plant her head into the ground like before.

Qiao Sang witnessed the entire scene from the side.

She had only suspected before that Shuilu Yana had forgotten her own evolution condition; now she could be one hundred percent certain — she had definitely forgotten...

Shuilu Yana jumped down from Like Ya Bao's back.

Qiao Sang stepped forward and analyzed, "Not bad, Water Jet is nearly complete — the only shortcoming is a slight lack of energy control."

Regarding Shuilu Yana suddenly learning an intermediate skill of above-average difficulty, Qiao Sang was only surprised for a moment at the start.

After all, Like Ya Bao and Little Treasure learned skills as if they were playing, and both had mastered advanced skills at the beginner stage. She had, in a sense, been thoroughly battered by such shocks and had already built up very strong mental fortitude.

Although Qiao Sang's mind had just been wandering through all sorts of random thoughts, the rest of her attention had been on Shuilu Yana's Water Jet demonstration.

Not being able to adjust the direction of Water Jet well came down to insufficient energy control.

"Lu Lu Lu?"

Shuilu Yana asked — then what should she do?

"Just one word: practice." Qiao Sang said with a smile.

A pet beast's strength cannot be separated from long periods of tempering, but that doesn't mean there are no shortcuts — and that shortcut is resources.

Qiao Sang was different — besides resources, she had another shortcut: the golden finger.

It's just that she couldn't form a contract with Shuilu Yana right now; otherwise, as long as she successfully performed Water Jet once, there would be no need to worry about poor control of Water Jet ever again.

"Lu Lu Lu!" Shuilu Yana nodded and immediately turned around to train her Water Jet.

Actually, her desire to become stronger was no longer that intense now — after all, the person who had been chasing her had left, and she had found herself a beast master.

Having a beast master meant no one would chase her and force a contract on her; this was actually one of the reasons she was willing to form a contract.

But Like Ya Bao was so hardworking, training all day long — she definitely preferred the version of herself that worked hard!

Thinking this, Shuilu Yana's expression hardened with resolve, and she threw herself into training at full capacity.

The next morning.

Qiao Sang walked into the classroom, reached her seat, and immediately began meditating.

This time she wasn't influenced by her surroundings — she wanted to meditate of her own volition.

The urgent priority now was to quickly get the Beast Codex to have a third page; once it did, many things could be solved at once.

First, with the third page, Shuilu Yana could be contracted, and even if others came knocking, there would be no further impact.

Second, Shuilu Yana's evolution could be arranged sooner. After all, Shuilu Yana had agreed to the contract for Like Ya Bao's sake — if she were made to suffer heartbreak before the contract was formed, she would probably just flood the little house, flick her tail, and leave without taking a single cloud with her.

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Given Shuilu Yana's previous temperament, this possibility was very high.

Lastly, the progress of learning skills could be accelerated. With the golden finger, even if Shuilu Yana's aptitude didn't allow her to learn new skills quickly, her existing skills could all be trained to the level of mastery.

When Qiao Sang finished meditating, Jin Feifan beside her glanced at the watch on her wrist — there were still 5 minutes before first period. She turned her head and asked softly, "Did you get your matter resolved?"

"Resolved." Qiao Sang said with a smile.

After taking leave yesterday, Jin Feifan had sent a message to ask about it, but Qiao Sang didn't mention she had a fever, only saying something had come up.

"That's good." Jin Feifan seemed to think of something and smiled: "Oh right, we were supposed to pick the class representatives for the sports meet yesterday, but since you weren't there, our whole class agreed to postpone it until today."

Qiao Sang: "......"

She understood. Every sports meet, the ones who fought for the class were basically the poor students.

And she was the fighter jet among the poor students.

"Our school's sports meet is held this early? Isn't it just the start of the semester?" Qiao Sang asked.

"I heard it starts at the end of September, but the candidates can be picked first. If we know what events there are earlier, we can start practicing sooner too." Jin Feifan said.

Qiao Sang indicated she understood. The Beast Taming High School's sports meet was different from ordinary high schools — most events were participated in by pet beasts, and individual events also required the cooperation of beast tamers and pet beasts to carry out.

For the first-year high school students who had all only recently become beast tamers, even if they understood these events, they basically hadn't practiced any of them, so they had to prepare in advance.

"Is there any event you want to participate in?" Jin Feifan asked.