Chapter 245: My Shui Lu Ya Na Is a Bit Old

Five minutes later, watching Like Ya Bao and Little Xunbao eating Energy Pills with satisfied faces, Qiao Sang gained a whole new understanding of her cooking skills.

Class 1, Grade 10.

In class, Qiao Sang no longer buried her head taking notes like before.

She found her mind had become exceptionally clear; even without paying close attention, everything the teacher said was imprinted in her mind and remembered.

It felt rather like transforming from a hardworking, diligent academic slacker into a high-IQ academic slacker.

When the break came, Jin Feifan munched on a soybean stick and said enviously: I wish I could take leave to go do missions too, but Teacher Qin still won't let us, saying we have to wait until Gao Er.

Qiao Sang said: You can wait until break time and go to the Beastmaster Center on your own to take one.

Jin Feifan sighed: Where would I find the time? During breaks I have to do homework, and after that I have to practice coordination with Lu Liangye and the others, and once that's done it's straight back to school.

Qiao Sang consoled him: Doing missions means dealing with people. With your social anxiety, you'd probably go once and never want to do it again.

Jin Feifan swallowed the soybean stick in his mouth, leaned in, and said: The mission itself is secondary; the mission reward is what matters. Yesterday someone on the forum posted that after finishing a mission, the reward the quest-giver gave was a ticket to next year's Regional Tournament.

A ticket to the Regional Tournament?!

Qiao Sang was fiercely envious.

Although the Regional Tournament happens every year, the spectacle is extraordinary; when it's held, almost everyone frantically scrambles for tickets, and they sell out in an instant every time.

One could say tickets are incredibly hard to come by.

By five minutes before tickets go on sale, over a hundred million people will preemptively turn off their phones' Wi-Fi, switch to mobile data, clear background apps, and focus on the official ticketing page, all just to watch the countdown on the red button at the bottom hit zero.

Some extremists even had their pet beasts cut off the power supply to nearby streets so they could grab tickets.

Rather than calling it ticket-grabbing, it's more like a battle.

And tickets that drove countless people to such frenzy were just given away like that!

Damn it!

Why hadn't she run into such good fortune!

Qiao Sang instantly understood Jin Feifan's feelings and wished she could go take on eighty or a hundred missions right now.

Aren't phones not allowed at school? How did you get on the forum? Qiao Sang suddenly asked.

Jin Feifan glanced around, then said in a low voice: Fang Lu from our class contracted a pet beast called Black Black Mud; a lot of us keep our phones with her.

Qiao Sang, who had only encountered Black Black Mud in a secret room during summer break, understood instantly.

Black Black Mud's special trait was an independent space that could even swallow Like Ya Bao whole, let alone a phone.

5:54 PM.

In the spacious, minimalist Vice Principal's office, Liu Yao was clack-clack-clacking away at his keyboard, writing a research paper.

Now that this year's school team had someone capable of defeating Li Tan and winning the championship, he no longer needed to devote so much energy to the school team and could spare time for what he wanted to do.

Dong.

A knock sounded at that moment.

Liu Yao didn't look up, kept typing, and said: Come in.

Qiao Sang pushed the door open and walked in, greeting him: Vice Principal.

What brings you here? Liu Yao looked up, seeming to think of something, raised an eyebrow, and said: If you want to take a long leave, a phone call would do.

The way he said it made her almost want to ask for one on the spot... Qiao Sang got straight to the point: I contracted another pet beast. I'd like to ask you to take a look and help me work out a training plan.

.... What?

What did you say?

You contracted another pet beast?!

Liu Yao couldn't be bothered with the research paper still being written on his computer; he slapped both hands on the keyboard and pushed himself up, his voice unsteady: Your Beastmaster Codex has a third page now?!

Mm. Qiao Sang nodded.

Liu Yao's breathing suddenly quickened.

A third page of the

Beastmaster Codex—20% brain domain—had actually been unlocked by a 15-year-old Gao Zhongsheng!

The higher the brain domain, the harder it is to develop.

Don't look at the difference between 19% and 20% brain domain as just 1%; nearly 50% of beastmasters in the world are stuck at this very hurdle!

To qualify for a top-tier academy assessment through beastmaster battles, on one hand you must at least get first place in the province for the National Campus Beastmaster League; on the other, you must pass the D-rank Beastmaster examination.

Over all these years of the National Campus Beastmaster League, it wasn't that there hadn't been people who got first in the province but couldn't get into a top academy.

Even more outrageous, there were people who won first in the province three times in a row and still couldn't get into a top academy.

The ultimate reason was that their Beastmaster Codex hadn't developed a third page.

Logically speaking, with the skill of a province-first beastmaster battler, passing the D-rank Beastmaster exam would be a piece of cake.

But the problem was they didn't even qualify to take the exam.

A D-rank beastmaster could enter a secret realm, and more importantly, could receive feedback from pet beasts.

E-rank beastmasters, however, were strictly forbidden from approaching secret realms, and their lifespan was no different from ordinary people's.

That was the gap!

At 15, logically speaking, developing the brain domain to over 10% was already the absolute limit.

Yet Qiao Sang had developed it to 20% not long after the school term started!

This girl was simply born for beastmastering!

For a moment, Liu Yao looked at Qiao Sang the way one would look at some ultra-rare pet beast.

Qiao Sang's scalp tingled under that burning gaze.

Fortunately, Liu Yao quickly noticed his loss of composure, hurriedly reined in his expression, coughed once, and said: Summon your pet beast, let me take a look.

Okay. Seeing the Vice Principal agree, Qiao Sang hurriedly formed hand seals with both hands.

Under the green star array, Lu Luya'na appeared in the office just like that.

Lu Lu Lu.

Lu Luya'na glanced to the side, saw that Ya Bao wasn't there, and half-sat on the ground, elegantly lifting her front paw to lick it.

What's this? Liu Yao walked closer, squinting as he looked at the light blue beast before him.

He felt the beast looked familiar, but for the moment he just couldn't call up its name.

It's a Lu Luya'na — didn't you know? Qiao Sang said, surprised.

In her impression, the Vice Principal was like a browser — he should know everything.

Lu Luya'na... Liu Yao quickly searched for this species name in his mind.

Very quickly, he froze completely. Then, that usually composed face was filled with shock — even learning that Qiao Sang had developed the third page of the Beast Codex hadn't caused such a violent emotional upheaval.

Liu Yao felt his brain had crashed and couldn't keep up.

A Lu Luya'na — an endangered beast with fewer than a hundred alive worldwide, and an endangered beast from the Ancient Mist Region too! Why would it appear here!

And — and Qiao Sang even contracted it!

!

What kind of fantastical movie plot is this!

Lu Luya'na... Liu Yao was deeply captivated by the beast before him, and unconsciously squatted down, reaching out to try and pet it.

... There was no beast tamer in the world who could remain unmoved before such a precious endangered beast.

Unless they didn't recognize it.

Lu Lu Lu.

Lu Luya'na showed a haughty expression, flicked her tail, and slapped the hand that was about to touch her aside.

Ahem. Seeing this, Qiao Sang quickly fake-coughed and said: This is the breeder I told you about this morning — he wants to check on your condition.

Lu Lu Lu......

Lu Luya'na's tail went stiff and rigid.

It's alright, being cautious is normal. Liu Yao smiled and reached out again to touch Lu Luya'na.

This time, Lu Luya'na didn't refuse.

Seeing the Vice Principal

petting for a long time without saying anything, Qiao Sang asked: Is Lu Luya'na's physical condition not very good?

Having a breeder examine a beast was like going to a hospital to see a doctor — the most worrying thing was when they examined for a long time without speaking.

Why would you think that? Liu Yao asked back instead of answering.

Good lord, so this is what a Lu Luya'na feels like — cool and icy to the touch, so comfortable......

Qiao Sang hesitated, then said: My Lu Luya'na is a bit old, so I was wondering if her physical condition might not be good because of her age.

Lu Luya'na:???

Lu Luya'na showed an expression of disbelief.

Her, seven months old, old?

Liu Yao was stunned: How could that be? Your Lu Luya'na looks less than a year old.

Qiao Sang:???

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