Chapter 361: House-Buying Conditions

Lubao, lying on the ground, opened her eyes and glanced up.

"Here, drink this." Qiao Sang opened the potion in her hand and said.

She had taken one look at the Potential Boost Potion and decided to give it to Lubao.

How does the saying go? Fix whatever's lacking.

Though she didn't actually think Lubao's potential was lacking—she just felt that compared to Like Ya Bao and Little Xunbao, Lubao was a better fit.

"Lulu."

Lubao didn't ask what it was. She got up, walked over, and leaned in to sniff it.

Finding the smell not unpleasant, she took it with her paw, half-sat on the ground, held it up, and drank it down in one go.

"How does it feel?" Qiao Sang asked expectantly.

This was a potion appraised as S-rank!

Without that unlimited card, barring any surprises, she figured she'd have to bust her hump for most of her life and save up a bit before she'd be willing to buy a single bottle.

"Lulu."

Lubao set the empty bottle on the ground, gave her tail a swish, turned back to her original spot, lay down, and closed her eyes—indicating she felt nothing.

How could she feel nothing? This was an S-rank Potential Boost Potion—could it have expired...? Qiao Sang bent down, picked up the empty bottle, and checked the expiration date on it.

It hadn't expired...

"Lulu..."

Just then, Lubao suddenly opened her eyes, a bewildered expression on her face.

Because she felt that something seemed off in various places throughout her body.

And strangely comfortable at that...

Qiao Sang turned to look and saw a thin layer of blue light rising over Lubao's entire body. Immediately after, her body slowly grew larger within the blue light.

After who knew how long, when the blue light faded, Lubao's original body length of around 40 centimeters had become roughly 60 centimeters.

"Xun!"

Little Xunbao stared wide-eyed at Lubao, who had suddenly grown bigger. Then, as if thinking of something, she floated over to her own beast master, stared at the empty bottle for a while, then stared at her own beast master.

"Xun..."

Although being bigger meant she could no longer sit on her beast master's head, she still really wanted to try...

Good lord, she got so much bigger all at once... Qiao Sang didn't notice Little Xunbao's movements. Instead, she stared at the now-larger Lubao, lost in her own thoughts.

The Potential Boost Potion—she remembered its effect was to improve a pet beast's constitution, expanding the range of energy values it could withstand.

Depending on how much the constitution improved, there would be a certain increase in body size, more or less.

It seemed the S-rank Potential Boost Potion's effect was so powerful that it caused such an obvious increase in Lubao's size.

Too bad there was no energy testing device at home—otherwise, adding the points would let her see what Lubao's current limit was.

But based solely on the data in the Beastmaster Codex, she should be able to see some changes...

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang closed her eyes, and her consciousness quickly entered the Beastmaster Codex.

【Name: Ice Lulu Chia】

【Attribute: Water, Ice】

【Level: Intermediate (9755/)+】

9755?!

Qiao Sang's face went blank.

Holy crap—when she checked late last night, this number was only 3013. Now it's 9755?!

The effect of an S-rank Potential Boost Potion is this outrageous?! It jumped by over 6000 just like that?!

Back when she was flush with cash and bought items like the Fire Condensing Bead for Like Ya Bao and Little Xunbao, the daily point gain was only 5. When had she ever seen a four-digit increase?

This was way too exaggerated!

With the points Lubao had saved up now, if she added them, she could evolve directly.

Speaking of which, wasn't this thing supposed to boost potential? Why did the energy go up so much along with it?

Qiao Sang's consciousness exited the Beastmaster Codex. She was dying to go buy an energy testing device right away to check Lubao's current specific condition.

But the moment she stood up, she suddenly remembered that for the house purchase, she had given her Black Gold Card to her mother...

Qiao Sang sat back down.

She'd better wait until her mother came back...

She'd stop by the school tomorrow to ask the vice principal what exactly was going on...

"Xun..."

Little Xunbao was still staring.

Only then did Qiao Sang finally notice Little Xunbao.

"You want some too?" Qiao Sang realized and asked.

"Xunxun!" Little Xunbao nodded vigorously.

"But there's only one bottle, and it's already gone." Qiao Sang said.

"Xun..." Little Xunbao's head drooped, a dejected expression on her face.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang glanced at the empty bottle, then held it up and试探ly said, "There's still one drop left in here. Want to try diluting it with water?"

"Xunxun!"

Hearing this, Little Xunbao's spirits lifted. She immediately took the bottle with the last drop of Potential Boost Potion and happily floated off to the kitchen.

Qiao Sang: "..."

"Lulu."

Meanwhile, Lubao sensed the change in herself. She froze for a beat, then got up and walked over to the full-length mirror for a look.

One glance was all it took — she lost interest, turned her head back, returned to her original spot, closed her eyes, and lay down again.

Boring. Compared to Like Ya Bao, she was still just as small.

……

7:12 PM.

At the dining table.

Her mother glanced to the side and said hesitantly, "Why does Lubao seem so much bigger?"

"Didn't we buy a lot of potions today? She drank a bottle of Potential Boost Potion and ended up like this," Qiao Sang said. "Oh right, Mom, did you go look at the house this afternoon?"

"Ya!"

Like Ya Bao, who had been eating Energy Pills in the living room, pricked up her ears, instantly stopped what she was doing, and looked over with an expectant expression.

Ye Xiangting paused, then said, "There is one, but I can't buy it."

Qiao Sang was taken aback. "Why?"

Was there really a house in Hanggang City that an Unlimited Card couldn't buy?

"Ya?"

Like Ya Bao wore the exact same puzzled expression as her beastmaster.

Ye Xiangting said helplessly:

"The development I had my eye on has a purchase requirement — you have to be at least a C-rank talent to buy there."

"Ya?" Like Ya Bao tilted her head.

What was a C-rank talent? Wasn't her beastmaster one?

This… Qiao Sang was a little surprised.

She had seen developments with purchase requirements like this online before, but most of them were in mainstream cities like the Imperial Capital or Luojing.

C-rank talents referred to beastmasters, breeders, coordinators, potion masters, 道具 masters, and so on — anyone whose professional rank assessment had passed C-rank.

In mainstream cities, buying a home wasn't just a matter of having money — you also had to meet the purchase requirements.

Beyond household registration issues and purchase restrictions, developments in good locations had even stricter purchase requirements.

Usually, the buyer's profession had to have reached a certain rank.

And some developments had purchase requirements so outrageous they were hair-raising — they wouldn't sell to anyone below A-rank.

But oddly enough, it was precisely these developments with the most outrageous purchase qualifications that sold the fastest.

A residential community where every single resident was an A-rank talent — just thinking about it was terrifying.

Qiao Sang had never imagined Hanggang City would have this kind of development too.

Seeing her daughter silent for a long while, Ye Xiangting picked up a piece of meat and put it in her bowl, saying in a light tone, "It's fine. I'll go look at some other developments tomorrow. With this card, what's there to worry about? We won't have any trouble finding a house that suits us."

True enough… Qiao Sang picked up the meat in her bowl and took a bite, saying, "Mom, while you're out tomorrow, help me pick up an Energy Tester, will you?"

"Sure." Ye Xiangting agreed with a smile.

……