Chapter 320: Child of Fortune

Qiao Sang, who had been scrolling on her phone, only thought for a moment before nimbly hopping out of bed, putting on her shoes, and saying readily, "Alright, let's go!"

"Ya!"

Ya Bao revealed an excited expression, blue light glinting in its eyes as it looked toward the window. The window was instantly controlled open.

Qiao Sang flipped herself onto Ya Bao's back, turned her head, and said to Xu Yixuan, "I'm just going out for a bit. I'll be back before dinner."

"Ya!"

The moment its beast tamer finished speaking, Ya Bao couldn't wait and leaped out the window.

A gust of wind blew in, and the curtains swayed slightly.

Xu Yixuan stared in shock at the direction outside the window.

Can't you use the door?! You have to jump out the window!

That show-off move was way too smooth!

Xu Yixuan suddenly thought of something, formed a hand seal with both hands, and summoned her Burning Fire Dog.

"Want to go out and play?" Xu Yixuan said expectantly.

"Fire."

The Burning Fire Dog glanced at her, then closed its eyes and lay back down.

Play?

Childish.

Xu Yixuan: "..."

Sitting on a pet beast and feeling flight — compared to this, riding an airplane or anything like that was absolutely pathetic.

Qiao Sang sat on Ya Bao's back, enjoying the scenery below.

The wind was strong.

"A bit slower."

"Ya!"

She couldn't see the scenery below clearly.

"A bit lower."

"Ya!"

This was the joy of flying with a beast tamer — you could freely adjust speed and altitude, letting anyone feel the romance of flight!

Just based on this one flying skill alone, if she didn't consider becoming a professional beast tamer and lived a more ordinary life, food and drink for the rest of her days would definitely be no problem... Qiao Sang was gazing contentedly downward when she was suddenly drawn to a certain scene.

She saw a boy walking side by side with a dark-blue, medium-small bird-type pet beast.

She realized she didn't recognize this dark-blue bird-type pet beast.

But that wasn't the most important thing. What mattered was that this boy had to bend down every few steps, and judging by his movements, it didn't look like he was tying his shoelaces — it looked like he was picking something up.

She hadn't expected there to still be a beast tamer who loved protecting the environment so much these days, how rare... Qiao Sang finished sighing and didn't think much of it, but when she saw clearly what the other person was picking up, she froze on the spot.

"Ya Bao, slow down a bit!" Qiao Sang patted Ya Bao's back and said.

"Ya!"

Ya Bao slowed down again.

Qiao Sang narrowed her eyes, her gaze focusing on the boy's hand. Good lord, it was all coins!

So after all that bending down, he wasn't picking up trash — he was picking up money!

Qiao Sang was green with envy. What insane luck — in less than half a minute, he'd actually picked up so much money!

Just then, the boy bent down again.

This time, he picked up a hundred-yuan bill with a red background and the Alliance emblem printed on it.

Qiao Sang: "!

If just now it had been envy, now it was shock.

Qiao Sang stared blankly at the spot where the boy had just picked up the money.

Was she blind?

Had she just been blind?!

A hundred-yuan bill!

That was a hundred-yuan bill!

Such a big hundred-yuan bill lying on the ground, and she hadn't noticed it at all?!

For a moment, Qiao Sang developed serious doubts about her own eyesight.

Fortunately, she didn't doubt herself for long before pulling herself together again.

Well, people — there were always the lucky ones and the unlucky ones!

Speaking honestly, her own luck wasn't bad either; otherwise she wouldn't have her current Little Xunbao and Lu Bao.

After comforting herself, Qiao Sang stopped looking at this ridiculously lucky guy. Instead, she cast a casual glance and set her sights on a small high-rise not far away.

On one of its balconies, a man and a woman were arguing — they appeared to be having a fight.

Thanks to the feedback, Qiao Sang's eyesight was much better than before, and she could actually make out the movements of the two people.

She saw the two argue for a while, then the man, exasperated, took off his hair — uh... his wig — and pulled out a 20-yuan Alliance bill from inside, placing it in front of the woman.

The woman took the money, gave a cold snort, and with a casual flick of her hand, the money flew off with the wind.

Qiao Sang instinctively shifted her gaze to the money.

The money drifted down from the balcony onto a big tree, and just then a bird flew over, snatched the money in its beak, and took off.

After flying for a distance, a bird considerably larger than it swooped toward it, spread its wings, and let out a cry.

The bird holding the coin in its beak flinched in fright, and the moment it opened its mouth, the coin dropped.

Just as the coin was about to hit the ground, a car sped past at just the right moment, and the wind blew the coin, sending it drifting another stretch.

When the coin finally landed, it happened to fall right at the feet of a person, who bent down and picked it up.

Qiao Sang's gaze moved upward, settling on the person who had picked up the coin.

The next second, her whole mood soured.

What the hell!

Not this guy again!

The next morning, early.

Huicheng Beast-Taming High School was a hubbub of voices, the noise never letting up.

Just as Xu Yixuan had said, the spectator stands of the competition venue, as well as the surrounding open spaces and corridors, were almost completely packed with students and parents of Huicheng Beast-Taming High School.

"Which schools are competing today?"

"I heard there's a livestream going on — do you think they might film me?"

"This is outrageous! I set my alarm for 7:30 to get here, and there's still no seat for me in the stands!"

"I looked into it last night — the beast tamer from Holy Water Middle School who has the Flame-Ear Hound is competing at our school!"

"More than that — the entire Holy Water High School team is here!"

"And also, I heard Liu Zeru from Xiong Ding High School is coming to our place too!"

"Damn, does that mean everyone coming to our school this time is a total badass?! Then what about our school's Wu Chang?!"

"No, no, there are still plenty of lower-ranked schools. Besides, half the participants advance this time, right? With that guy Wu Chang's luck, he's a sure thing!"

The front row of the spectator stands.

"Qiao Sang, what's wrong with you? You've been spacing out on and off ever since you got back yesterday." Xu Yixuan asked.

"It's nothing..." Qiao Sang paused, then asked: "Do you believe in 'children of fortune'?"

"Of course." Xu Yixuan spread her hands and said: "There are always some people in this world who are favored by the heavens and are different from ordinary people — aren't you one of them?"

"No." Qiao Sang explained: "The 'child of fortune' I mean is the kind who takes two steps and picks up money, who can pick up money four or five times in half a minute, where the money just flies right to them."

Xu Yixuan thought for a moment, then said seriously: "I actually do know one."

Qiao Sang turned her head to look at her and took a deep breath: "Who?"

"The protagonist in the movie *The Fall of Kalis*." Xu Yixuan answered.

Qiao Sang: "..."

When it came to the main competition stage, every battle arena had to be randomly transformed.

Although Huicheng Beast-Taming High School was just a town school, last year, for reasons unknown, the government allocated a special grant to renovate its venue, making it one of the few schools in Hanggang City capable of freely transforming its arena.

This was also the most important reason Huicheng Beast-Taming High School had been chosen as the competition venue this year.