Chapter 269: Golden Glove

How did it suddenly learn Rain Prayer… Qiao Sang froze on the spot.

With the precedent of Ya Bao and Little Xun Bao having learned high-level skills during the beginner stage, Qiao Sang wasn't exactly shocked into disbelief that Lu Bao had learned Rain Prayer.

It was just that it hadn't learned it last night, and she hadn't trained it today either, so how had Rain Prayer suddenly been mastered? This left Qiao Sang a bit bewildered.

Even if it were like in novels, some sudden enlightenment on the spot, there should still be a process of enlightenment, right? But Lu Bao had basically stayed inside the Beast Codex all day today and hadn't done anything.

Just then, Qiao Sang saw a string of data.

【Water Mist (Minor Mastery 1902/2000)+】

Qiao Sang paused. She remembered that when she checked the Beast Codex last night, the Water Mist data was 1677…

Data doesn't lie. What she couldn't figure out before suddenly clicked.

This little rascal Lu Bao had been secretly practicing on its own while everyone was asleep late at night!

Qiao Sang's awareness returned to reality, and she looked at Bingluqiya with a complicated expression.

"Lu."

Bingluqiya gave its tail a haughty flick.

Rain Prayer was nothing — it didn't need any special training to learn it.

Qiao Sang was silent for a moment. "…Impressive."

"Lu." Bingluqiya wore an utterly calm expression.

Basic operation, that's all.

Qiao Sang: "…"

Although Lu Bao had practiced desperately late at night on its own to learn Rain Prayer, it was undeniable that in terms of talent, it was absolutely top-notch.

A normal intermediate pet beast, even if it practiced for a hundred nights, wouldn't necessarily be able to learn a high-level skill.

It seemed Lu Bao's evolution had indeed brought changes in certain aspects — at the very least, its talent had grown considerably…

Qiao Sang didn't say anything more, but that night when she checked the Beast Codex, she carefully memorized every one of Bingluqiya's stats.

The next morning, the moment she woke up, Qiao Sang sent her consciousness into the Beast Codex and, sure enough, found the data had changed.

【Rain Prayer (Beginner 43/100)+】

Qiao Sang looked at the changed data and felt deeply moved. Rain Prayer was, after all, a high-level skill, and the energy consumed to perform it once was no small amount. Without any Energy Recovery Liquid, practicing over forty times in one night — that was training like its life depended on it…

……

8:30 in the morning.

Holy Water Middle School.

As a participant, Qiao Sang brought Little Xun Bao to the designated competition spot.

Several events were being held at the same time, but almost everyone on the field had crowded around the bare-handed tile-smashing venue.

"Are you saying Treasure Ghost knows the Fighting-type move Tile Smash? Is that true?"

Although the news that Qiao Sang's Treasure Eater knew Fighting-type skills had long spread throughout the school, not everyone believed the rumor.

Especially students whose contracted pet beasts were Ghost-type or Fighting-type — they refused to believe it outright.

The most incompatible type with Ghost was Fighting.

A Ghost-type pet beast knowing a Fighting-type skill felt even more absurd than a mage going in for close combat.

"What Treasure Ghost? Open your eyes and look — that's Treasure Eater!"

"…Hiss, school's only been in session for a month, and it's already evolved?"

"Compared to a Ghost-type pet beast knowing Tile Smash, evolution is nothing!"

"Why do I always feel like this news is fake? A Treasure Eater knowing Tile Smash — just think about it with your brain, it sounds impossible."

"It is pretty absurd, but the moment I think about the Treasure Eater's beast master being Qiao Sang, it doesn't feel entirely impossible."

"Let me put it this way — if Qiao Sang's Treasure Eater knows Tile Smash, then my Power Palm Crab knows Shadow Ball."

The speaker was a boy from Gao Er's year who was about to compete in bare-handed tile smashing.

"A Power Palm Crab knowing a Ghost-type skill? You must be joking," the student beside him mocked.

The boy quickly replied: "You know that's a joke too, so why did you believe it when someone said a Ghost-type pet beast knows Tile Smash?"

The student beside him said seriously: "That's Qiao Sang's Ghost-type pet beast. How can you compare yourself to her? The day you research a brand-new evolution for a pet beast, defeat over two hundred people in a row without a single loss, and have someone from the police station come over specifically to give you a banner — when that day comes, forget your Power Palm Crab knowing Shadow Ball, I'd even believe it if you said your Power Palm Crab knows Flamethrower."

Boy: "…"

Completely impossible to argue back…

"Xun…"

Little Xun Bao stood in position at the designated spot, flexing its claws repeatedly, looking eager to get started.

"Yongli."

At that moment, the competing Yongli Monkey on the left let out a mocking call.

Little Xun Bao turned its head to look, and saw a big guy several times its own height.

"Yongli."

Seeing the little runt beside it looking over, the Yongli Monkey immediately flexed its well-developed biceps.

"Xun…"

Little Xun Bao looked at the other's height and muscles, then lowered its head to look at its own short arms and short legs. Its mouth turned down, and it immediately wilted, a dejected expression on its face.

"Little Xun Bao! Come on!" Qiao Sang, standing to one side, noticed Little Xun Bao's mood was off and quickly shouted: "Cheer up! Think about your Golden Glove!"

"Yaya!"

Ya Bao shouted its encouragement with all its might.

"Xun!"

Little Xun Bao's eyes immediately filled with fighting spirit once more.

"Haha, Qiao Sang, I don't know what you were thinking, actually entering a ghost-type pet beast in a bare-handed tile-smashing event — this isn't a battle." Just then, a solidly-built boy beside Qiao Sang said with a grin: "I wonder if beating you in this event would get me a teleportation technique manual."

Before Qiao Sang could answer, the classmates who had come to cheer her on couldn't hold back.

"In your dreams!"

"Qiao Sang, that guy is Liu Qijia from Class Nine. His dad is a beast master who specializes in raising fighting-type pet beasts. Don't agree to him just like that!"

"You've gone crazy craving that manual! If you've got the guts, win it in a real battle on actual skill!"

"So what if she agrees? You think Qiao Sang would actually lose?"

While the surrounding classmates were all chiming in, Qiao Sang spoke up: "If you win, giving you the technique manual wouldn't be out of the question."

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The surrounding classmates instantly fell silent.

If Qiao Sang said it like that, then she definitely could win!

Liu Qijia was dumbfounded. I was just saying it off the cuff — you actually agreed?!

This is basically a freebie!

"Are you serious?" Liu Qijia asked, a little uncertain.

"Of course." Qiao Sang nodded.

Upon hearing the definite answer, Liu Qijia was overjoyed. A teleportation technique manual — this was a teleportation technique manual! Once he got his hands on it, he could flip it for a quick sale, and that would cover at least three years of resources for his Mighty Monkey!

He never once considered the possibility that he might lose.

"But I have one more condition." Qiao Sang said.

"Name it!" Liu Qijia said, straightening up.

Qiao Sang said: "You know your odds of winning are pretty high. If we just bet that you win and I give you the manual, it wouldn't be fair. How about this — if I win, you give me something too."

Liu Qijia asked, completely unconcerned: "What do you want?"

That's more like it. He knew it — there was no such thing as a free lunch.

Qiao Sang smiled: "How about the Golden Glove?"

"Deal!" Liu Qijia agreed without hesitation.

Compared to a teleportation technique manual, betting the Golden Glove was nothing.

Jin Feifan, who had been quiet the whole time, saw the matter settled just like that and leaned over to Qiao Sang, worried: "Are you really sure there's no problem?"

"No problem." Qiao Sang smiled. "Didn't you hear people say yesterday? My Treasure Hunting Demon has a very good chance of winning. Even against Gao San's, it'd be an instant crush."

Jin Feifan: "......"

The tiles were already arranged in front of the thirteen competing pet beasts. As the first round of screening, ten stacked tiles were placed in front of each competing pet beast.

"Begin!"

The teacher serving as referee blew the whistle to start the match.

Nearly everyone's eyes in the venue focused on the third one from the left — a Treasure Hunting Demon that seemed malnourished and had dyed fur.

"Seek!"