Chapter 87: This Is 5 Million!

With the narrow mountain path gone, a vast stretch of green open ground appeared before Qiao Sang's eyes.

At a single glance, she spotted two wild pet beasts.

On the grass, a Lijian Sparrow was chasing a Anrong Worm.

A normal-sized Lijian Sparrow was about 14 centimeters long, but the one before her was plump and obese—clearly overfed.

It was around 25 centimeters, its body mostly a grayish-brown like grapes, its head chestnut-brown, with a single black stripe running from its head straight to the tip of its tail.

Its beak looked especially sharp and long for its body size.

Lijian Sparrows were social pet beasts; even if there weren't many on the mountain, its kin were sure to be nearby.

Qiao Sang had no intention of going up to battle these two wild pet beasts.

A flying-type pet beast that wasn't flying but instead chasing a slow-moving bug-type pet beast on the ground—and even falling behind on purpose, as if it couldn't catch up—was clearly familiar with the worm and was just playing around.

She didn't want to be the villain who interrupted others having a good time.

The Lijian Sparrow on its diet felt Qiao Sang's presence.

Seeing it was brought by the mother-and-child Cihan Rats, it paid no attention and turned back to continue its great cause of losing weight.

After crossing half the distance through this area, the Cihan Rat mother stopped.

"Cici."

It pointed at the three trees in the area that still had half their green tree fruit left and called out once.

Qiao Sang looked at the scene before her and could no longer move her feet.

This kind of tree fruit was called Baoli Fruit.

After eating one, there was no special effect—it just meant one meal could replace three.

If you were short on funds and couldn't afford to raise pet beasts, just buy Baoli Fruit; once a pet beast ate one a day, it would never want to eat anything else.

Of course, this only worked for pet beasts below the Advanced rank.

Research showed that once a pet beast reached the Advanced rank, it needed to eat three Baoli Fruits a day to be effective, and at the General rank, six.

Even so, many beast tamers still chose to buy Baoli Fruit for their pet beasts to save money.

As a ten-thousand-yuan household, Qiao Sang certainly wasn't rooted to the spot just because she saw Baoli Fruit.

She stared stiffly at the massive figure ahead, half black and half silver.

Who could tell her why there was a General-rank Silver-Tail Sea Serpent on Huangming Mountain!

Beneath the middle Baoli Fruit tree, coiled a giant serpent-type pet beast about four meters long; its front three-quarters were black, while the remaining tail end was a cold silver.

As the third-stage evolution form of the Short-Tail Serpent, Qiao Sang was no stranger to it.

The first-stage evolution of the Short-Tail Serpent was only the Long-Tail Serpent, and the second-stage could only evolve into the Silver-Tail Serpent.

But the third-stage evolution form from the Silver-Tail Serpent had two forms.

One was the Poisonous Black Python, a purely poison-type pet beast, and the other was the dual water- and poison-type Silver-Tail Sea Serpent.

The Poisonous Black Python was the normal evolution form of the Silver-Tail Serpent.

But to evolve into a Silver-Tail Sea Serpent, two conditions had to be met.

First, it had to be in the sea, and during evolution, it had to hold a Poison Dew Bead in its mouth—both were indispensable.

This absolutely should not be a pet beast appearing on Huangming Mountain!

Taking advantage of the Silver-Tail Sea Serpent's closed eyes, Qiao Sang picked up the Fire-Fang Dog, who was still curiously staring at the trees, and tiptoed back the way she came.

"Fang?"

The Fire-Fang Dog looked confused.

Weren't they supposed to go forward?

The Little Treasure Ghost on Qiao Sang's head quietly drank its milk.

It only wanted to drink milk and had no interest in the tree fruit.

The mother-and-child Cihan Rats watched Qiao Sang head in the opposite direction, froze for a moment, then followed.

Only after retreating to the side of the still-playing Lijian Sparrow and Anrong Worm did Qiao Sang feel safe.

Running into a General-rank pet beast without a beast tamer nearby on Huangming Mountain was very abnormal.

The Cihan Rats showed no unusual reaction when they saw the Silver-Tail Sea Serpent, which meant they knew of its existence.

But this Silver-Tail Sea Serpent absolutely could not be a wild pet beast.

Setting aside whether there was a Poison Dew Bead item, just the condition of being in the sea—not to mention Huangming Mountain, the entire city of Hanggang had no sea.

She hadn't had time to think it through earlier, but now recalling the Silver-Tail Sea Serpent's appearance, it was truly strange.

Its black face didn't reveal much, but the silver tail portion of its lower body had three very deep wounds that hadn't been treated and were festering.

Anyone who could evolve a Short-Tail Serpent into a Silver-Tail Sea Serpent was definitely not poor enough to afford treatment.

Even if one were temporarily strapped for cash, this was a General-rank pet beast—a normal person would take out a loan to find a way to heal it.

And there was no beast tamer beside it.

Abnormal.

Very abnormal.

Countless thoughts flooded Qiao Sang's mind in an instant.

After a moment of thought, she took out her phone and chose to call the Patrol Department.

Two seconds later, Qiao Sang's face darkened.

There was no signal…

Although Huangming Mountain was a mountain, it wasn't the kind of desolate, 无人烟 place; people occasionally came to hike, watch the sunrise, and exercise.

Ye Jingwen had even posted on her social media while climbing the mountain before.

She thought for a while, then picked up her phone again and called the police station.

Two seconds later, Qiao Sang panicked.

Why couldn't she get through to the police station either?!

You have to understand, normally even without cell signal you can still call the police, because emergency calls get top priority in transmission.

The signal here had been deliberately jammed — Qiao Sang reached that conclusion immediately.

A wounded Silver-Tailed Sea Serpent appearing out of nowhere with no beast master by its side, plus a jammed signal — these two abnormal things together made Qiao Sang sense danger.

She wanted to go down the mountain.

"Ci?"

At that moment, the Magnetic Ferret's mother beside her called out in confusion.

Still a little curious, Qiao Sang asked, "Have you ever seen that Silver-Tailed Sea Serpent's beast master?"

"Ci." The Magnetic Ferret's mother shook her head.

Qiao Sang had nothing else to ask.

Just as she turned to head down the mountain, the Magnetic Ferret she had saved pointed in the direction to the left.

"Ci ci."

"You know?" Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment.

"Ci."

The Magnetic Ferret nodded.

It had seen him when it snuck out to meet its sweetheart.

Although Qiao Sang was very curious about what kind of person the Silver-Tailed Sea Serpent's beast master was, and why he had brought it into the mountains without treating its wounds, there were too many things that didn't add up.

She decided it was best to leave first.

"I'm leaving now, I don't want the tree fruits. I hope we get the chance to meet again." Qiao Sang said to the mother and child Magnetic Ferrets.

After saying that, Qiao Sang hugged Fire-Fang Dog and pushed aside the bushes she had come through.

When she came out, she saw the mother and child Magnetic Ferrets blinking at her.

Qiao Sang froze for a long moment, then gave an awkward laugh and quickly pushed aside the bushes behind her.

What appeared before her was still the mother and child Magnetic Ferrets.

"Ci?"

"Ci?"

The mother and child Magnetic Ferrets tilted their heads in the same direction at the same time.

Ghost hitting a wall!

Qiao Sang was thoroughly panicked.

"Fang!"

Fire-Fang Dog jumped down from Qiao Sang's arms and warily looked around.

Qiao Sang forced herself to calm down.

In this world, anything strange that happened was caused by extraordinary creatures.

No matter whether the scene she was encountering now was an illusion cast by a Psychic-type pet beast, a mirror space, or the dreamscape and ghost-wall of a Ghost-type pet beast, any of them could do it.

There was still a Psychic-type or Ghost-type pet beast of no low level on this mountain.

One that could cast a skill of this level absolutely could not be a wild pet beast appearing in a rural town.

"Where is that Silver-Tailed Sea Serpent's beast master? Take me there." Qiao Sang said.

"Ci."

The Magnetic Ferret sensed Qiao Sang's seriousness and straightened up its attitude as well.

Seven minutes later.

Qiao Sang hid behind a tree, staring in shock at the colorless man lying on the grass with his eyes closed.

Holy shit!

That's five million!