Chapter 360: Lubao, Come Here

Among the staff, a woman whose uniform clearly differed from the regular employees' pulled off a Sichuan opera face-change on the spot, walking up with an enthusiastic smile:

"Hello, I'm the manager here. Please come inside to the VIP room and rest for a moment — we need to take stock of the potions that meet your requirements."

"Okay," Ye Xiangting replied numbly.

After being warmly received by the staff and seated in the VIP room, Qiao Sang expected to wait at least a few dozen minutes, but she had barely taken two sips of black tea when the manager walked in.

Several staff members carrying精致 boxes followed behind her.

The manager beamed and said: "According to your requirements, our store has a total of 7 potions that qualify. Would you like us to wrap them up now, or have them delivered straight to your home?"

7 bottles?

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment and asked: "Only 7 bottles?"

The manager's already bright eyes lit up another degree — 7 bottles and she still thought it was too few! Shamelessly wealthy! She loved it!

"Actually, there are quite a few potions suitable for Fire, Superpower, Ghost, Water, Ice, and Flying-type pet beasts, but you required the potions to be rated Grade S or above, so there aren't many." The manager explained eagerly:

"Grade S potions are scarce goods. The number of Grade S potions our store is allocated each month is always fixed at just a few bottles. If you'd like more, I can apply to the higher-ups."

Qiao Sang briefly glanced at the boxes in the staff members' hands and asked: "Are all 7 of these Grade S?"

"Yes," the manager nodded.

"What about Grade SS and Grade SSS?" Qiao Sang asked.

How does it feel like a nouveau riche who knows nothing — whatever, whoever has the money is the boss… The manager carefully worded her reply: "Potions of those two grades might only appear a few bottles a year, and they're only sold at the main store."

"And they're basically all pre-ordered by long-time customers. You can't just walk in and buy them."

"It's not just us — any other potion store would be the same. They definitely wouldn't have potions of those two grades either."

Qiao Sang understood.

Previously, her spending level had still been at the moderately well-off range, and the items she came into contact with were all things merchants put out for you to buy.

Now that the tier of items she could access had suddenly shot up, she realized that once money reached a certain amount, the things you wanted often couldn't simply be bought directly with money.

Truly rare items had mostly already been absorbed internally or given to big shots.

But she didn't really need items like that right now anyway.

Strictly speaking, given her current situation, Grade D potions were actually already completely sufficient.

Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said: "Then wrap up all the potions Grade B and above for me."

The potions were quickly tallied — a total of 212 bottles.

Then, Qiao Sang left her number and asked them to deliver energy recovery liquids of at least Grade B to her every month.

This made the manager overjoyed, and she immediately agreed that no matter where in the world, as long as one phone call, same-day delivery right to the door.

Finally, Qiao Sang had the staff member who had first received her settle the bill.

……

Qingcheng Jiayuan.

Building C, 606.

Qiao Sang went home alone. Ye Xiangting refused her daughter's company and went to the pet beast breeding store by herself.

In her words, moving the store was a big deal — renovations to handle, advertising to handle, everything had to be properly prepared. Along the way, she also wanted to look around Hanggang City for a house good enough for pet beast training and living.

Her daughter needed to rest well and prepare for the upcoming National Campus Beast-Taming League — these trivial matters she could handle alone.

Qiao Sang couldn't win against her mother, so she came back alone.

Back in her room, Qiao Sang summoned both Like Ya Bao and Lubao.

Lubao was fine, but Like Ya Bao was too large and could only float in mid-air.

"Little Xunbao, take out all the potions we bought today."

"Xun~"

Little Xunbao took off its ring and kept pulling out boxes containing potions from inside.

Before long, the boxes containing potions had filled the entire bed.

"Xun…"

Little Xunbao was still diligently pulling them out.

"That's enough, that's enough, just this many for now." Qiao Sang stopped it.

"Xun…"

Little Xunbao put the ring back on and wiped the sweat that didn't actually exist on its forehead.

"Ya?"

Like Ya Bao curiously lowered its head and stretched out a paw, wanting to pick up a box and have a look.

Qiao Sang was startled at the sight and quickly shouted: "Don't move! I'll open it for you to see!"

What a joke — with Like Ya Bao's current strength, the moment a potion was taken out, one casual squeeze and it'd be gone.

"Ya…"

Like Ya Bao listlessly retracted its paw.

This evolution is no fun at all — aside from being a bit more handsome and a bit stronger, all the other restrictions are so many…

"Once we move into the big house, everything will be fine. And this is proof that you've gotten stronger. Look at Little Xunbao and… Little Xunbao, even wanting to be like you is impossible." Qiao Sang comforted it while casually opening one of the boxes containing a potion.

"Xun…"

Little Xunbao's mouth turned down and it silently floated onto Qiao Sang's head.

It's fine — it can stay on its own beast tamer's head…

Qiao Sang spent half an hour watching the videos included with the boxes, memorizing the name and function of each potion one by one.

Damage Potion, Energy Cultivation Potion, Void Fusion Potion, Potential Enhancement Agent…

Honestly, they were basically all potions she hadn't really heard of before.

For students who had just enrolled in a beast-controlling high school, their knowledge about pet beasts was limited to a few very common or popular, widely familiar topics — everything else was a completely new field of knowledge.

Potions were no exception.

Most of the potions here were unfamiliar to Qiao Sang, but fortunately there were related videos, so she could quite intuitively understand the function of each potion.

This one, Little Xunbao, can drink it.

This one, Like Ya Bao, can drink it.

This one, Lubao… Just as Qiao Sang was deciding which potion to give to whom, the phone rang.

She glanced at the caller ID note and answered:

"Hello, Principal."

Ever since the principal had agreed that the school would cover all the costs of Like Ya Bao's energy pills, Qiao Sang had taken the initiative to ask for the principal's number, so that if one day Like Ya Bao ran out of energy pills, she could easily reach him about it…

Wang Weidou on the other end of the line said excitedly:

"I just received news — among the top three in the entire province for this National Campus Beast-Controlling League, there will be a 'Most Potential Award,' and the prize is a bottle of Grade-A Potential Enhancement Elixir!"

Grade-A Potential Enhancement Elixir? Qiao Sang glanced at the Grade-S Potential Enhancement Elixir in her own hand.

Wang Weidou continued in high spirits: "If nothing unexpected happens, this award is absolutely yours! As long as you give the Blazing Star Hound a Grade-A Potential Enhancement Elixir, making it into the national finals isn't impossible either!"

Qiao Sang said calmly: "I understand, Principal. I'll do my best."

"By the way, do you still remember that vice principal from Xiong Ding High School from yesterday?" Wang Weidou suddenly calmed down and asked.

Of course she remembered — the one with bad kidneys… Qiao Sang said, puzzled: "I remember. What about it?"

Wang Weidou said seriously: "Today he invited me to a meal and told me that Ding Yanjing from Li Tan Beast-Controlling High School — his Valley Tail Flower has already evolved into a Valley Tail Sunflower."

Qiao Sang was surprised.

Her sixth sense had actually been that accurate!

"This news should be true. That guy has some connections inside Li Tan, and you just finished treating him, so he wouldn't use this kind of news to trick people." Saying this, Wang Weidou's tone lightened again:

"But don't feel pressured either. You now have the Blazing Star Hound, and its attribute happens to counter his Valley Tail Sunflower."

"I understand, Principal," Qiao Sang said.

Then Wang Weidou gave a few more reminders.

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Sang looked at the Grade-S Potential Enhancement Elixir in her hand, turned her head, and said gently: "Lubao, come here."

"Lu."