Chapter 735: Dream (Second Update for Alliance Leader Leng Huanzi)

"Oh, hello, Dean Virginia, please come in." Qiao Sang stepped aside.

Saying so, she suddenly thought of something and called out loudly: "Little Xunbao, the teacher's here!"

"Xunxun~"

The next second, Little Xunbao appeared beside Qiao Sang.

Unlike usual, it was now wearing the focusing monocle it had once avoided, a black half-height top hat on its head, a black flower held in its paw, and draped over itself was… a brown towel.

My face towel… Qiao Sang's mouth twitched. She yanked the towel off and, keeping a smile, said:

"Hurry up and go learn with the teacher."

"Xunxun…"

Little Xunbao cast a rather regretful glance at the towel.

But it quickly recalled its beast master's words and the computer, nudged its focusing monocle up with a paw, and put on an expression that said "I'm ready."

With the dean right there, Evina didn't feel comfortable teasing about how the Ghost Ring King seemed different from yesterday. Following last night's memory, she headed toward the indoor training ground.

Little Xunbao followed close behind.

Dean Virginia didn't follow along, but went to the sofa in the living room and sat down.

"Gangwei."

Gangbao had long been prepared and carried the water it had just poured in the kitchen over to the coffee table.

Dean Virginia looked at Gangbao, her gaze flickering, and asked: "Is this the evolved form of a Steel Guard Falcon?"

Wasn't she supposed to be going to see how well Evina teaches… Qiao Sang thought as she walked over and sat down on the single sofa beside her, and gave an "Mm": "It's called Steel Slash Giant Falcon."

Dean Virginia picked up the water glass, took a sip, and said: "It seems Evina's interview preparation wasn't thorough enough—she didn't even report this."

With her experience, it wasn't hard to tell that the pet beast before her hadn't just temporarily evolved, but had completely stabilized into its advanced form.

Qiao Sang instinctively began covering for Evina:

"At the time everyone was talking about Bingke Xilu evolving into Bing Ai Pa Lu, so she focused on that. I didn't bring it up myself, so she didn't know about the Steel Guard Falcon's evolution either."

"That's nothing—it just means she still needs more practice." Dean Virginia smiled faintly and changed the subject:

"I haven't seen any news about the Steel Guard Falcon evolving into the Steel Slash Giant Falcon. Does that mean you haven't gone to the Beast Center to register the information yet?"

Holy crap, I forgot… Qiao Sang cried out inwardly, her face unruffled: "Not yet, indeed. I've been a bit busy these past couple of days. I should go tomorrow."

Dean Virginia set down the water glass and suddenly brought up another matter:

"You're an exchange student, only staying at Yuliandun University for one semester. Do you know how long it took Evina last time to teach someone else's pet beast to learn Spatial Lock?"

Qiao Sang thought for a moment and guessed: "Three months?"

"No." Dean Virginia smiled: "Eleven months—nearly a year. For a pet beast wanting to learn Spatial Lock, that time is naturally nothing; it's actually fast."

"With her teaching ability, teaching a pet beast Spatial Lock within one semester is probably not possible."

Qiao Sang's expression didn't change much at this.

She had considered this possibility from the start.

At the time, she had thought: Little Xunbao's learning ability is very strong, its talent and comprehension are both high. Learning a new skill—as long as it isn't outside its primary and secondary attributes, or a super-tier skill—shouldn't be difficult.

Even if it hadn't mastered it after one semester, the training method would already be very familiar. She could just go back to Blue Star and keep practicing the same way.

At this point, Dean Virginia continued:

"But I can help you."

Qiao Sang's expression froze: "Help me with what?"

"Help your Ghost Ring King train Spatial Lock." Dean Virginia smiled warmly.

Qiao Sang was silent for a dozen seconds, then asked: "Do I have some kind of talent for news?"

Dean Virginia was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "Why would you think that?"

Qiao Sang: "…"

"I just happen to have a pet beast that knows Spatial Lock, and I know how to train it." Dean Virginia said: "People like us in news value newsworthiness highly. To prevent interview content from leaking, we usually have our pet beasts learn some skills to seal off the scene, like Spatial Lock."

"So I know very well how to effectively master Spatial Lock."

Spatial Lock can only be learned by pet beasts with the Psychic attribute. Doesn't that mean most journalism students have to contract a Psychic-type pet beast? How extravagant is that? Qiao Sang felt a bit dazed.

But on second thought, for students in other universities' journalism departments, raising a Psychic-type pet beast might be extravagant, but for students who can get into Yuliandun University, it should simply be a matter of choice.

After all, those who can enter a top-tier institution ranked in the top three of the interstellar rankings mostly received elite education from childhood, so their family backgrounds couldn't be poor.

"Why help me?" Qiao Sang asked.

Dean Virginia said frankly: "I read your interview. You said you want to participate in the Star Cup. I think the possibility is very high. I'd like the chance to get some related news from you when you participate in the Star Cup in the future."

Compared to the deans of other colleges, Dean Virginia was very clear about her own college's weaknesses.

A prodigy aiming for the Star Cup would never, under any circumstances, give up the Beast Master College to transfer to the Journalism College.

Rather than wasting time on something impossible, it was better to cash in a favor now while the other party hadn't fully grown, and争取 future cooperation opportunities.

This was the first time someone had said they thought her chances of participating in the Star Cup were very high… Qiao Sang felt a warm surge in her heart at this, and was actually a little moved.

"Are you so sure I'll definitely be able to participate?" Qiao Sang asked.

Dean Virginia answered without hesitation: "I'm sure."

"Let's exchange contact info. When you see me participating in the Star Cup, just contact me." Qiao Sang said as she took out her phone.

Dean Virginia was first stunned, then took out her phone: "Alright."

She hadn't expected Qiao Sang to be so easy to talk to…

"In the future, if you want to know any news related to Super Su Xing, you can contact me too. I won't speak for anything else, but when it comes to intelligence, I'm absolutely top-tier." Dean Virginia finished adding the contact, put away her phone, and smiled.

Just for that sentence, even if you didn't teach Little Xunbao Spatial Lock, it would have been worth it… Qiao Sang thought to herself.

That evening, Dean Virginia went into the indoor training ground to give Little Xunbao some guidance and check on its learning progress.

Ten o'clock sharp.

At the entryway.

Dean Virginia finished putting on her shoes and said, "I'll come again tomorrow."

"Okay." Qiao Sang nodded.

Huh? Before Ivana could react, she was led out the door by Dean Virginia.

……

Midnight.

Bedroom.

Qiao Sang lay on the bed with her eyes closed.

In a dream.

Qiao Sang stood wide awake in a stretch of countryside.

Vast stretches of greenery on both sides, a washed-blue sky, lazy white clouds — the scenery was as beautiful as a fairy tale.

Suddenly, a streak of Jin Guang lit up in the sky.

At the same time, an ethereal, majestic voice drifted down from the air:

"Is there anything in particular you want?"

Qiao Sang thought about it seriously and said, "I want to take part in the Star Cup."

The majestic voice from the sky fell silent for a moment, then added, "I said a thing."

Qiao Sang thought for a while and said, "The Star Cup championship trophy."

The majestic voice: "......"

The clouds in the sky seemed to freeze in place for a moment.

After a few seconds, the majestic voice rang out again: "I'll grant you one wish — anything you want, as long as it has nothing to do with the Star Cup."