Chapter 331: Is This a Beast Master?

"We're here." Wu Chang suddenly said, looking down.

Like Ya Bao was still happily walking through the air.

Ever since its energy had increased and it realized that at ultra-high altitude it wouldn't run out of energy and fall for a while, it had grown to love the feeling of walking through the sky.

"Stop, stop, stop, we're already here!" Qiao Sang had no choice but to pat Like Ya Bao on the back and say.

"Ya!" Like Ya Bao came to a sudden stop.

"This is a cemetery?" Qiao Sang turned her head to look down and said hesitantly.

"Mm." Wu Chang said apologetically: "It stays here all the time and never goes out. No matter how I talk to it, it refuses to go anywhere else. I couldn't do anything about it either."

"I understand, social anxiety." Qiao Sang said.

While they were talking, the two had already reached the ground.

It had to be said, looking from the sky and looking inside a graveyard gave very different feelings.

The sky was already dark now, with xenon lamps hanging on both sides, emitting a white-yellow halo of light.

She had no idea what the cemetery management department was thinking. The graveyard already gave people a creepy feeling, and they still liked to use this kind of low color temperature, yellowish visual effect lighting.

A cold wind blew past, and Qiao Sang couldn't help crossing her arms around her school uniform.

"Ya..."

Like Ya Bao's whole body tensed up, its expression wary as it looked around.

"Don't worry, there are no ghosts here." Sensing Like Ya Bao's state, Qiao Sang stroked its fur to soothe it.

Although Like Ya Bao had experienced horror escape rooms before and its courage in creepy, terrifying atmospheres had grown considerably, it was only compared to before; it hadn't reached the point where it could grin in this kind of atmosphere.

"Ya..."

Under her beast master's stroking, Like Ya Bao's body gradually relaxed.

"Xunxun!" Just then, Little Xunbao suddenly appeared, making a scary face with its paws while hanging upside down in front of Like Ya Bao.

"Ya!"

Like Ya Bao was startled, and directly slapped down hard with one paw.

"Xun!"

Little Xunbao screamed as it was slapped to the ground, rolling several times.

Qiao Sang: "..."

This is what they call a bratty kid... Qiao Sang, mentally exhausted, walked over and picked up Little Xunbao.

"Xun!"

"Xunxun!"

Little Xunbao, in Qiao Sang's arms, had teary eyes and cried loudly, while still pointing at Like Ya Bao and accusing it.

It was just playing around! And that big paw actually came down on it!

"Ya!"

Like Ya Bao tilted its head up, snorted through its nose, and showed a dissatisfied expression.

This is what happens when you scare it!

"Xunxun!"

Little Xunbao buried its head in Qiao Sang's arms and cried even louder.

Wu Chang watched this scene, paused to choose his words, and said: "Your Yanling Dog and Xunbao Yao are both very energetic..."

No need to force the compliment... Qiao Sang was just about to speak, but just then, the surrounding lights seemed to have an unstable circuit and flickered a few times.

Little Xunbao stopped crying.

"Ya..."

Like Ya Bao's body, which had originally relaxed after Little Xunbao's antics, immediately tensed up again.

In the interplay of light and dark, a middle-aged man wearing glasses, with slightly curly hair and a refined face that seemed somewhat eerie under this lighting atmosphere, suddenly appeared beside a tombstone.

"Holy crap!"

"Yaya!"

Qiao Sang and Like Ya Bao were so startled they simultaneously jumped back a big step.

"Xun..."

Little Xunbao showed an "I can't even watch this" expression.

My beast master and big brother Like Ya Bao are both such scaredy-cats...

"Uncle Zhang!" Wu Chang said happily to the middle-aged man.

Along with his voice, the xenon lamps also resumed their power supply at this moment.

"Ya..."

Like Ya Bao relaxed.

Suddenly, its eyes met Little Xunbao's.

Like Ya Bao's body first stiffened, then it puffed out its chest, trying hard to maintain its usual big brother appearance.

That scared me to death... After confirming the other party was a living person, Qiao Sang breathed a sigh of relief, pretended nothing had happened, walked up and asked curiously: "This is your uncle?"

"He's Uncle Zhang, the uncle I told you about who treats me well and wanted to introduce to it." Wu Chang said.

Qiao Sang glanced at the approaching middle-aged man and asked in a low voice: "Why does your uncle come here so late at night?"

Generally speaking, normal people visiting relatives or sweeping graves would do it in the morning or afternoon when there's still sun. Who would come visit at night?

Wu Chang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't know either."

At this moment, the middle-aged man had already arrived in front of them.

"Wu Chang, you're indeed here." Zhang Rongtang revealed a slight smile and said: "I made food and waited for you, but you never came home. I thought you might be here, so I came to check."

After saying that, he looked toward the girl beside him.

When he caught sight of the ghost-type pet beast in her arms, Zhang Rongtang's eyes flickered for a moment, and he asked, "And this is?"

"This is Qiao Sang, here for the competition." Wu Chang introduced.

Zhang Rongtang naturally knew that over the past two days, many students from other beast-contracting high schools had come to town for the competition.

He just hadn't expected that in the span of a day or two, Wu Chang had already made friends with a kid from another school and even brought her here…

Qiao Sang politely said, "Hello, Uncle."

"Hello there." Zhang Rongtang smiled and said, "What a pretty little girl. Uncle's made dinner, why don't you come eat with us?"

"No need, I've already eaten." Qiao Sang declined.

"Ya?"

Ya Bao walked over from behind, looking at her own beast contractor with a bewildered expression.

Already eaten?

How come she didn't know about that?

Zhang Rongtang looked at the red-and-white pet beast that had appeared, his pupils suddenly contracting. He had been about to say something, but then his gaze shifted to the ghost-type pet beast. He paused, kept his smile on, and said, "Well then, I won't disturb you two. Wu Chang, come home early, or the food won't taste good anymore."

"Okay, Uncle Zhang." Wu Chang nodded.

After Zhang Rongtang walked off into the distance, Qiao Sang looked at his sesame-seed-sized retreating back and remarked with feeling, "Your uncle is really good to you."

From what Wu Chang had just said, it wasn't hard to tell that this uncle probably wasn't his actual relative.

A person with no blood relation or connection, not only cooking for him, but coming all the way to the cemetery just because he was late getting home… wait… Qiao Sang suddenly thought of something and asked, "Didn't you bring your phone?"

"I did." Wu Chang pulled his phone out of his pocket.

"Didn't he call you?" Qiao Sang continued asking.

Wu Chang was stunned for a moment, picked up his phone to look at it, and shook his head. "No."

Qiao Sang raised an eyebrow.

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't he have called first?

"Maybe Uncle Zhang didn't bring his phone on him." Wu Chang caught the meaning behind Qiao Sang's question and explained, "He usually doesn't carry his phone. Sometimes I can't get a hold of him for ages either."

Qiao Sang said nothing more.

Originally, this uncle was just a minor interlude. She had come here to see that pet beast that could multiply a person's luck.

If at first it was only a guess, then what Wu Chang had said in the sky had confirmed her suspicion.

The two of them arrived in front of a tombstone.

Wu Chang lowered his voice and called out to the air around him, "Yun Yun! Yun Yun!"

The surroundings were utterly silent, no movement at all.

Qiao Sang stood in front of the tombstone, looked toward the spot where she had been startled into stopping earlier, and suddenly realized that the place where that uncle had originally been standing was exactly where she was now.

She suddenly asked a completely unrelated question:

"That Uncle Zhang, is he a beast contractor?"