Chapter 266: Rain

Watching Shui Lu Ya Na run off without a trace of sadness, Qiao Sang fell into deep confusion.

Failed again?

Where was the problem?

After thinking for a long time, Qiao Sang suddenly realized that the problem to solve now was not how to make Shui Lu Ya Na suffer a heart-wrenching breakup, but how to make it break up at all…

……

Time passed, second by second.

Soon, night fell.

By evening, Shui Lu Ya Na still hadn't broken up.

Qiao Sang held a pair of scissors and said to Ya Bao with an extremely heavy heart: "I've thought it through. The fundamental reason Shui Lu Ya Na likes you is simply that you're too handsome. As long as your image changes just a little, Shui Lu Ya Na is sure to break up with you."

"Xun…" Little Xun Bao nodded in full agreement at the side.

"Ya ya!"

Ya Bao looked at the scissors with tears in its eyes and shook its head desperately.

"Don't be afraid, the fur will grow back quickly." Qiao Sang said gently, slowly approaching with the scissors.

"Ya ya!"

Ya Bao retreated step by step.

Until it was cornered against the wall, and the scissors were about to fall on its body, Ya Bao's eyes brimmed with tears as it showed a look of despair.

Shui Lu Ya Na's breakup had nothing to do with its fur!

Would shaving its fur make it any less handsome?!

……

At the same time.

In the courtyard.

Shui Lu Ya Na wore a serious expression, trying bit by bit to condense the water mist.

Before long, the water mist dissipated.

"Lu Lu…" Shui Lu Ya Na showed a dejected expression.

"What are you practicing?" Yang Du walked up and said with a smile: "Maybe I can help you."

Most people who took on missions had an unwritten rule: during the mission, aside from matters related to the mission, they would not interfere in other aspects of the mission issuer's life.

So during this period, Yang Du basically stayed in his room once he came back and didn't come out.

But the mission issuer said today might be the last day of the mission, so Yang Du couldn't sit still any longer.

Shui Lu Ya Na looked at the human in front of it, flicked its tail, its dejected expression turning to arrogance, and turned to leave.

"I guess you're trying to condense the energy of water mist." Yang Du said.

He was, after all, a B-rank beast master, and he still had the necessary eye for beast mastery.

"Lu Lu."

Shui Lu Ya Na stopped, turned its head back, its face wary.

Yang Du smiled: "You don't have to be so guarded against me. I just want to help you. After today I might be leaving."

"Ze ze." The Deep Sea Ze Monster at the side nodded, indicating that its beast master really was a good person.

"If you don't trust me, I can have Da Dou help you." Yang Du pointed at the Deep Sea Ze Monster and said: "It also knows water mist, and it understands most water-type skills pretty well."

"Ze ze." The Deep Sea Ze Monster nodded again.

"Lu Lu?"

Shui Lu Ya Na's deep eyes looked toward the Deep Sea Ze Monster.

Can it summon rain?

"Ze ze." The Deep Sea Ze Monster nodded.

Although Yang Du couldn't understand what Shui Lu Ya Na meant, he could understand his own pet beast's answer. He smiled confidently: "Summoning rain — it learned that nine years ago."

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"Lu Lu…"

Nine years ago?!

Shui Lu Ya Na showed a shocked expression — the time it took to learn summoning rain was longer than its own age!

Yang Du seemed to think of something and suddenly said: "Today's almost over, and I still don't know when your beast master is going to make it rain."

"Lu Lu?"

Shui Lu Ya Na looked at the human in front of it in confusion.

Apparently the question in Shui Lu Ya Na's eyes was too obvious. Without the Deep Sea Ze Monster translating, Yang Du understood what it meant, and he explained:

"Summoning rain — I took on a mission for it. The request was to guarantee it could rain at any time, but I've been here so long and it hasn't rained once. Today your beast master said it's the last day, but it's already dark and still no rain. I don't know what's going on."

Saying this, he recalled the scenes from today and added: "Your beast master seemed a bit strange today, and there were also the Yan Listening Dog and the Treasure Seeking Yao."

Yang Du realized he'd gone off topic and laughed: "Let's not talk about that. If you want to learn summoning rain, you can also have Da Dou teach you. Once you learn it in the future, if your beast master still wants rain at any time, there'll be no need to specifically post a mission for it."

"Lu Lu…"

Shui Lu Ya Na showed a puzzled expression.

Why would it want it to be able to rain at any time?

Shui Lu Ya Na was not slow-witted. On the contrary, it was very sensitive to certain things — the slightest hint of movement was enough for it to notice.

This was also the main reason Shui Lu Ya Na had been able to escape from the Ancient Mist Region to the Yu Hua Region without being caught.

Rain at any time…

Rain?

It's raining…

It's raining!

Dead memories suddenly came flooding back, and Shui Lu Ya Na's eyes snapped wide open.

"If you want to get stronger, the most effective way is to evolve. I've looked into it — if you want to evolve, you have to taste the feeling of heartbreak on a rainy day. The surge of emotional power that wells up inside you is what can drive your evolution."

"So I showed you these videos to find out what type of pet beast you like."

"How about this one?"

"Then what about this one?"

"Ya?"

The memory froze the moment Ya Bao's head poked in close.

Shui Lu Ya Na's body swayed.

Ya Bao! It was an actor! From the very start it had come to trick her feelings! Everything was fake!

"Lu Lu Lu!!!"

Along with a heart-wrenching cry, a white light enveloped Shui Lu Ya Na's entire body.

Yang Du stood rooted to the spot, jaw slack, completely dumbfounded: "Holy crap! What's going on?!"

Evolution light?

It evolved just from chatting?!

Does that even make sense?! Is that scientific?!

"Qiao Sang! Qiao Sang!" Yang Du came to his senses and hurriedly ran inside, shouting at the top of his lungs.

"What is it?" Qiao Sang heard the noise, stopped what she was doing, opened the door, and asked.

"Ya…" Ya Bao let out a breath of relief behind them.

"Shui Lu Ya Na evolved! Go take a look, quick!" Yang Du said excitedly.

"Evolved?!" Qiao Sang's expression went blank for a moment, then her eyes suddenly went wide and she bolted toward the courtyard.

As she ran, she didn't forget to shout: "Rain! Make it rain, now! Rain right now!"

"Okay! Okay!" Yang Du didn't know why, but he had always known that his job was to make it rain.

He didn't run toward the courtyard, but stayed where he was and entered the Beast Codex with his consciousness.

"Ze…"

The Deep Sea Ze Monster that had been staying in the courtyard seemed to sense something, raised its head, and called out once.

Inky black clouds instantly appeared in the sky, and in an instant raindrops came pouring down crazily, striking the ground with a steady "pat pat" sound.

When Qiao Sang reached the courtyard, all she saw was pouring rain and the white light slowly fading away.

It really evolved… Looking at Shui Lu Ya Na enveloped in white light in the courtyard, Qiao Sang felt an intensely unreal sensation inside.

She couldn't figure it out — she had experimented the entire day, tried every method she could think of, yet none of it had made Shui Lu Ya Na evolve.

She had just done nothing, sitting around in her room, and Shui Lu Ya Na had evolved anyway. Why?

Qiao Sang didn't dwell on this question for long, because the white light before her eyes faded away…