Chapter 256: My Sparring Fee Is Also Cheap

The advanced sparring partners inside the venue had already gathered to discuss.

Those present were considered outstanding talents among beast tamers, so naturally they had no shortage of discernment.

Having three pet beasts but still wearing a student's ponytail and carrying a backpack while wandering around—probably trying to look young.

But the question is, what on earth are these three pet beasts?!

"Did the information online get published wrong? Is the Flame Hearing Dog actually an advanced pet beast instead of an intermediate one?"

"I think that's very possible!"

"Possible my ass! It's already been certified by the Alliance."

"But if the Flame Hearing Dog isn't an advanced pet beast, that doesn't make sense—it's using a whole group of Shadow Clones to practice Meteor Rain! A whole group!"

"I'm not blind, I can see that."

"Have you ever seen an intermediate pet beast that can use a group of Shadow Clones to practice high-level skills?"

The advanced sparring partner who had just said the Flame Hearing Dog was certified by the Alliance instantly shut his mouth and stopped talking.

Any beast tamer with a bit of common sense knew that Shadow Clones were basically used to confuse opponents for interference and defense, not to attack them.

Even if a pet beast learned to let its Shadow Clones perform some attack skills, it would only look scary—in reality, the skill effects produced were completely incomparable to those produced by the real body.

But the destructive power of the Meteor Rain released by the Shadow Clones before them was completely on point; the power released by the main body of a fire-type advanced pet beast felt about the same to him!

If the Flame Hearing Dog were an intermediate pet beast, then everything before their eyes would completely defy common sense.

Could the information he saw online be fake?

Just as this advanced sparring partner was beginning to doubt himself, the others were still engaged in heated discussion.

"This Flame Hearing Dog's mastery of skills is extremely high—while using Shadow Clones to cast Meteor Rain, it's also using Telekinesis. With a little skill combination, it could pull off a combo, right?"

"Fire-type plus Psychic-type... damn! I want one so badly!"

"Speaking of which, is that Treasure Ghost using Brick Break? Or am I seeing things?"

"I swear on my eyes—which have received backfeeding and exceed the international standard vision chart—that you are not seeing things!"

"Come to think of it, this is the first time I've seen a Ghost-type pet beast use a Fighting-type skill in real life."

"Not just in real life, I haven't even seen it online. The other day I saw a Clone Puppet using Vacuum Punch on Yu Yu, and I even liked it, but then I read the comments and found out the video was photoshopped."

"Then I have to recommend someone to you. There's a blogger called something 'Jiang,' and her Ghost-type pet beast is proficient in Fighting-type skills."

"You mean Steel Jiang, right? Her pet beast is called Broken Puppet, from the Lianbo region. It's inherently a dual Ghost and Fighting type, completely different from a genuine Ghost-type pet beast like the Treasure Ghost."

Zhang Jie, who had been wearing glasses and watching from the side for a long time, suddenly said: "That blue pet beast isn't from our region, is it? Does anyone know what it's called? It looks rather cute."

"Don't know." The person beside her answered: "But this kid should be the Qiao Sang everyone was talking about recently. We're all colleagues, so just go ask her in a bit."

At this moment, Li Sisong cleared his throat and said: "Let me go ask for you. I've spoken a couple of words with Qiao Sang, she recognizes me."

"No need." Zhang Jie said with a smile: "She just ran over and told me she wants to battle me, so she probably hasn't forgotten me yet. I'll go ask myself."

The two exchanged a fake smile, then tacitly turned their heads.

They both knew perfectly well that asking what that pet beast was called was just an excuse—the real purpose was to take this opportunity to build a good relationship.

Regardless of whether Qiao Sang was trying to look young by carrying a backpack, she was definitely still in school. Even if you guessed her age on the older side, looking at that face full of collagen and bean-sprout-like figure, she really didn't look like a college student no matter how you looked at her.

A Gao Zhongsheng with three pet beasts—saying she had no future would convince no one.

A little over an hour later, Qiao Sang looked at the empty bottles of energy recovery fluid on the ground and felt her heart shatter.

What were these bottles? They were money!

Before, Like Ya Bao used at most one bottle a day, but now—great—in just two hours she'd used a full eight bottles!

Just as Qiao Sang was heartbroken over the empty bottles covering the ground, a crisp voice sounded beside her: "Impressive, training three pet beasts at the same time—ordinary beast tamers couldn't do it."

Qiao Sang turned her head and saw it was the advanced sparring partner who had a business card, with the Ice Swing Bear beside her.

"Really?" Qiao Sang said, puzzled: "Isn't this a very simple thing?"

In Qiao Sang's view, as long as the pet beasts were self-disciplined enough and you told them what to train, you basically didn't have to worry about anything after that—the pet beasts would practice on their own. Was that hard?

It wasn't hard!

Zhang Jie: "......"

To avoid dying of frustration, Zhang Jie decisively decided to change the subject. She pointed at the light blue pet beast whose species name she didn't know and asked: "By the way, what's this pet beast of yours called?"

"Lu Lu Lu." Qiao Sang answered.

"That's a pretty nice name. It shouldn't be a pet beast from our region, right?" Zhang Jie continued asking.

"It's from the Ancient Mist region."

"No wonder I don't recognize it..." Zhang Jie felt the conversation had hit another dead end.

She glanced sideways and spotted the Flame Hearing Dog, as if remembering something, and said with a smile: "I've pretty much finished my training too. I wonder if you're still interested in having a battle with me now."

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, then turned her head to look in Like Ya Bao's direction.

She saw that Like Ya Bao seemed to have lost interest in the Ice Swing Bear, and was instead focused on playing a bottle-tossing game with the little Treasure Ghost.

The little Treasure Ghost grabbed the enlarged ring with its claws and held it in front of its body, floating around constantly changing positions.

Like Ya Bao used Telekinesis to control the empty bottles, trying to toss them into the ring in front of the little Treasure Ghost.

"Lu Lu Lu!"

Lu Lu Lu was on the sidelines cheering them on—and naturally, there was no need to say who she was cheering for.

Qiao Sang turned to Zhang Jie, shook her head, and said: "No, I need to head home soon."

"Then when do you have time next? You can tell me anytime, I'm basically always at the club." Zhang Jie said with a smile.

Qiao Sang thought for a moment and asked: "Do you want to battle me too?"

"Of course." Zhang Jie answered without hesitation: "Just from your training earlier, one can tell your strength is extraordinary."

Qiao Sang scratched her head, embarrassed: "Well, in that case, if you still want to battle before 9 PM tomorrow night, just set up a time with me. My sparring fee is also cheap—1000 Alliance coins per hour. We're all colleagues, so I'll give you a 10% discount, that's 900 for you."

Zhang Jie: "???"

Qiao Sang came out of the training area and walked to the club entrance, then suddenly thought of something and turned back to the front desk to ask, "Does the club have business cards prepared for me?"

The new front desk Young Lady was momentarily stunned, then shook her head and said, "Only senior sparring partners have dedicated business cards here."

Blatantly differential treatment... Qiao Sang turned around helplessly, ready to leave.

Just then, the new front desk Young Lady kindly reminded her, "If you want business cards, you can go out and find an advertising company to make them, but you'll have to pay for it yourself."

Qiao Sang: "... Thanks."

10:30 PM.

Qiao Sang finished washing up, walked into her room, closed the door, lay down on the bed, and as usual began reading the Beast Codex.

【Meteor Rain (Minor Mastery 675/2000)+】

Although Like Ya Bao today drank the Energy Recovery Liquid like it was water, the effect was remarkably significant—Meteor Rain had been practiced straight to the Minor Mastery level.

An advanced skill going from Beginner to Minor Mastery in half a day—no one would believe it if told.

Of course, besides the golden finger, this was also inseparable from the power of money.

The earlier heartache over the Energy Recovery Liquid instantly vanished without a trace.

Qiao Sang flipped happily to the page on the Little Treasure Ghost.

The next moment, her gaze abruptly stopped before a piece of information.

【Hypnosis (Profound Meaning/)+】

PS: Thanks to Boss Ningningning for the tip!