Chapter 346: Not a Normal Evolution?

"What prize?" Hè Dàtāo asked casually from the side.

"Let me see." Xu Yixuan scrolled her finger down the screen, then stopped and said, "Holy cow, it's a one-year unlimited card."

With the changes of the times, lottery tickets have also undergone reforms in different periods.

To boost people's desire to buy lottery tickets, the top three prizes of each issue are now randomly swapped out, and there's always one prize that stimulates the buying urge of a certain group.

Although the target audience is mostly beast masters, the proportion of ordinary people isn't small either; occasionally a house in the Imperial Capital or a one-month interstellar trip will be among the prizes.

Pet beast-related stuff can only be cashed out by ordinary people if they don't need it themselves, but things like houses, free trips to other planets, and unlimited cards are always a huge draw.

When these kinds of things are prizes, the prize pool amount can multiply several times over.

"The people in this town are way too lucky!" Hè Dàtāo said, green with envy. "Do you think it's a feng shui thing? We're already here, how about we go buy one too?"

Xu Yixuan thought about it, felt that the people in this town did seem to have pretty good luck—Wu Chang being a case in point—and agreed: "Sure."

After saying that, she looked at Qiao Sang and asked, "Coming with us?"

Qiao Sang refused righteously: "I won't go. Ya Bao just evolved, I still need to go back and do an analysis of its current strength."

Actually, the day she arrived, when she went out with Ya Bao, she'd had a sudden whim to navigate to the lottery shop's location, and it was in the exact opposite direction from the beast center, quite a distance.

That day she'd managed to hold back the urge to buy a ticket anyway, and now that Ya Bao had evolved, who still cared about lottery tickets?

She couldn't win anyway.

Here we go again… Xu Yixuan snickered: "Then I won't go either. When we get back, show me Yan Lingquan's evolved form."

Hè Dàtāo looked over, smiling brightly: "I won't go either. Seeing Yan Lingquan's evolved form is more important. I can't even imagine what Yan Lingquan can evolve into without a reference."

The two exchanged a look of perfect tacit understanding. They'd already said that much—surely the joke couldn't go any further.

Before Qiao Sang could answer, a familiar voice cut in: "What are you guys talking about?"

Xu Yixuan and Hè Dàtāo instantly shut their mouths.

Teacher Sun was deadly serious; they didn't want to crack jokes in front of him.

Both had the same thought and said nothing.

At this moment, Qiao Sang looked up at the approaching Sun Boyi and said, "Nothing, they just want to see Yan Lingquan's evolved form when we get back."

Xu Yixuan: "!

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Hè Dàtāo: "!

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Sun Boyi: "???"

Wang Weidou, who was listening with pricked ears not far away: "?!

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"Lu."

Lu Bao wore a cool, aloof expression as it stayed quietly in its beast master's arms.

So annoying. That guy Ya Bao just evolved, big deal—it could do that too.

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9:29 PM.

Hong Rao Beast Center, Room 1203.

The small double room was now packed with six people, plus Ya Bao, whose body had grown to over three meters.

"Ya…"

Ya Bao lay half-sprawled on the floor and yawned.

These people had been staring at it for ages, weren't they tired of looking yet? It was about to get sleepy from all the attention.

In the endless silence, Liu Yao, who had rushed over after receiving the call, examined Ya Bao for a long time with slightly trembling hands, then said in a hoarse voice, "After evolution, the attribute of the supernatural power in its body has increased significantly compared to before."

After saying this, he paused, looked at Qiao Sang, and explained, "I'm not talking about energy, but proportion."

Qiao Sang nodded: "I know. I'm not the academic failure I used to be."

Wang Weidou looked at Qiao Sang. His expression barely seemed to change, but inside he was screaming wildly: Someone like you isn't just no longer an academic failure! Even if you were academic ash, our school would still enshrine you!

He barely held himself back from shouting this out loud.

There were still so many people around. He was the principal.

He had to keep his composure.

"You just said it now has a Moonlight Power characteristic?" Liu Yao asked.

Qiao Sang gave an "Mm."

Sun Boyi couldn't hold back, and asked in an equally hoarse, puzzled voice, "Isn't Moonlight Power a Fairy-type characteristic?"

"By all rights, that's correct." After answering, Liu Yao paused, looked at Qiao Sang, and hesitantly asked, "After Yan Lingquan evolved, did you notice if it has any Fairy-type skills?"

Xu Yixuan and Hè Dàtāo, whose minds had gone blank for a long time, felt their little hearts skip a beat at this question.

Fai—Fairy-type?

No way, right?

Th—this is just too much!

Qiao Sang shook her head: "No."

Hearing this, Xu Yixuan and Hè Dàtāo simultaneously let out a long breath of relief, feeling like they'd come back to life…

Just then, they looked again at the extraordinary creature on the floor, radiating a noble aura all over, clearly no intermediate pet beast.

Wh—what kind of genius could contract three pet beasts at fifteen, and have one of them evolve into an advanced pet beast… Xu Yixuan and Hè Dàtāo instantly felt terrible again.

No matter how many times they looked at this pet beast, it felt unreal.

Can the gap between people really be this huge?!

Liu Yao thought for a moment and said, "If it doesn't have a Fairy-type attribute, then it might have encountered some special situation during evolution that met a certain special evolution condition, giving it a characteristic that didn't originally belong to it."

Sun Boyi was stunned, and then his usually serious face was filled with shock: "You mean to say that if Yanling Hound had evolved normally, its original evolved form shouldn't be this?!"

What does that mean? Tooth Treasure's form isn't a normal evolution? Qiao Sang's eyes went wide.

Liu Yao was silent for a few seconds, then said, "This is only my speculation. There are no other examples of Yanling Hound evolution yet, so I can't make any guarantees."

Other examples of Yanling Hound evolution — there isn't even a single example of a Fire Tooth Dog evolving into a Yanling Hound yet… Wang Weidou silently complained to himself.

"Can you tell me what kind of environment and circumstances the Yanling Hound evolved under?" Liu Yao looked at Qiao Sang, his gaze terrifyingly gentle.

Qiao Sang recalled, "It was at night, on a patch of wasteland. It evolved through fighting."

Liu Yao's research mania flared up again, and he was just about to ask in detail when Wang Weidou spoke up:

"There's no point asking so much right now. We haven't even figured out how a Fire Tooth Dog evolves into a Yanling Hound yet. If you're done with the examination, let's discuss the rest after the competition is over and we're back at school."

"The Energy Balls still need to be made tonight according to the formula and delivered over. The kids have competitions tomorrow too, and we've been here for several hours. It's time to let them get some proper rest."

"Alright then." Liu Yao looked at Qiao Sang, his tone instantly softening: "I'll wait until after your competition to chat in detail back at school."

Having a detailed chat about Tooth Treasure's situation with an A-rank Breeder was naturally exactly what Qiao Sang wanted, but right now she had a question she cared about more.

Qiao Sang took a deep breath, first said "Okay" to the Vice Principal, then nervously looked at the Principal and asked, "Principal, are the Energy Balls being made on an expedited basis? How much will that cost?"

Wang Weidou was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Don't worry about the money. The school's covering it."

At that moment, he seemed to radiate the glow of money all around him.

Qiao Sang: "!

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