Chapter 923

"Let's go." Seeing the Dark Eye Bird's injuries recovered, Qiao Sang didn't want to linger any longer.

She wasn't that kind-hearted herself; she just saw the Dark Eye Bird and remembered Gangbao, who was injured back when it hadn't been contracted yet.

After speaking, she turned and walked in the direction they had originally decided on.

After walking two steps, she suddenly remembered something, turned back, pointed in the direction the Anji Birds had flown earlier, and said:

"I saw your flock flying in that direction when I came."

"Dark Eye."

The Dark Eye Bird took a deep look at the human in front of it, let out a cry to express its gratitude, and then flapped its wings and flew in the direction pointed out.

"Xunxun..."

Little Xunbao floated to the side and let out a sigh-like cry, indicating that it was a pity to let it go like this; it should have been asked to help find that seed thing.

An extra mid-tier Dark Eye Bird wouldn't be of much use in this vast secret realm. To find the Lele Seed, one mainly has to rely on Guo Ruiqi. Besides, if wild pet beasts were so easy to communicate with and help, I would have saved every injured one I saw... To avoid saying what was on her mind, Qiao Sang pretended not to hear anything and proceeded along the route.

At the top of a towering tree, the Dark Eye Bird that had flown away looked down at the backs of the group as they disappeared.

The three of them shuttled through the sultry dense forest, and by tacit agreement, no one took the initiative to speak.

I don't know how much time passed, but the three of them crossed two hills, and ahead was a wide mountain col, with the field of vision suddenly opening up quite a bit.

At this time, night had fallen. Under the bright moonlight, everything was silent. A few wild pet beasts passed by in front of them, all of which hadn't been seen in the secret realm before. Qiao Sang immediately understood that she must have reached another area.

She immediately thought of something, looked at Little Xunbao, and asked: "Do you want Like Ya Bao to acknowledge you as the boss?"

Like Ya Bao, who was being vigilant about the surroundings, immediately looked over.

"Xunxun!"

Little Xunbao's heart skipped a beat, and then, feeling the gaze of Big Brother Like Ya Bao, it hurriedly waved its hands.

It had never thought of such a thing!

Like Ya Bao continued to be vigilant about the surroundings.

Very good, it seems the effect of the Truth Flower has passed... Qiao Sang felt relieved, turned to look at Guo Ruiqi, and asked:

"Do you need to rest?"

I really need to... Guo Ruiqi said weakly: "I need to..."

Although he really wanted to search for the Lele Seed without stopping, he was truly powerless.

Qiao Sang looked around and said: "Then let's just rest here."

The surroundings were all flat ground with sparse vegetation, which was a good place to rest; even if wild pet beasts suddenly appeared, they could be seen immediately.

Guo Ruiqi immediately found a spot, and without the strength to lay out a sleeping bag, he collapsed and fell asleep.

Qiao Sang looked at Xu Gehong and was just about to speak, but saw that the moment Xu Gehong's eyes met hers, she nimbly took a sleeping bag out of her bag, lay inside, and closed her eyes.

"..."

Qiao Sang walked to the side of the sleeping bag, squatted down, and said: "Don't sleep yet, I have something to say."

It's precisely because I know you want to talk that I'm sleeping... Teacher Mi Jiala closed her eyes, pretending to be very tired, and muttered vaguely:

"If there's anything, wait until I wake up..."

Qiao Sang looked at the sleeping bag in silence.

This Beast Tamer named Xu Gehong clearly hid a lot; whether it was the Tungsten Corpse Crystal or the Truth Flower, she was the first to recognize them.

Clearly, her knowledge was very rich, but could such a B-tier Beast Tamer really be so scared and incompetent under the influence of the Nightmare Aura?

And that "Pen" sound clearly wasn't made by the Stealthy Shield.

It was very much like Teacher Teacher Mi Jiala's Spraying Jia Mei.

Honestly, if she hadn't seen Xu Gehong's red star array when they set off, she would really suspect that the person in front of her was Teacher Teacher Mi Jiala herself.

But no matter how powerful a Beast Tamer is, it's impossible to change the color of a star array.

Qiao Sang stared at the sleeping bag for a while and sat down cross-legged.

Suddenly, just one centimeter from the ground in front, a mouse-type pet beast that was mostly yellow all over drilled out.

Burrowing Mouse, a beginner-tier ground-element pet beast, likes to dig holes, often sticks its head out from the ground, and has a friendly personality... Qiao Sang's mind flashed with the data on the pet beast in front of her, and she took out the snacks that Like Ya Bao and the others usually liked to eat from her pocket and handed them over.

"Burrowing!"

The Burrowing Mouse was so scared it drilled back into the hole.

After about two seconds, it carefully stuck its head out again.

Qiao Sang handed the candy in her hand forward.

"Burrowing?"

The Burrowing Mouse extended its claw and pointed at itself.

Qiao Sang nodded.

"Burrowing..."

The Burrowing Mouse hesitated for a moment, took the candy, and quickly drilled back into the hole.

Qiao Sang's ear twitched, and she heard a faint "crunch crunch" chewing sound from beneath the ground.

"Burrowing!"

Once the sound disappeared, the Burrowing Mouse drilled out of the ground with bright eyes.

The personality is indeed very friendly... Qiao Sang smiled and said: "Do you want to eat more?"

"Burrowing!"

The Burrowing Mouse nodded repeatedly.

"How about you accompany me and help me scout the path underground, and I'll give you something to eat every day?" Qiao Sang tempted it.

As she spoke, she took out another candy and handed it over.

"Burrowing!"

The Burrowing Mouse stared at the candy and swallowed its saliva, then nodded, took the candy, and didn't even drill underground, just started gnawing on it right in front of her.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang showed a satisfied smile.

Gangbao and Sleepy Bird can be responsible for the movements above, Like Ya Bao and Little Xunbao can be vigilant about the surroundings, but only the pet beasts underground can't be seen, and unless they get close, movements can't be detected, making it hard to guard against. Now that there is a Burrowing Mouse that likes to dig holes and can move underground, the journey ahead should be much safer...

"Xunxun~"

Little Xunbao witnessed this scene and showed an admiring expression.

Qiao Sang gave it a "keep a low profile" look.

"Qingqing?"

Qingbao let out a cry from the side, indicating why not let that black guy from the daytime help too?

Because it's low-level and a flying-type pet beast, it's not very useful... Qiao Sang understood that Qingbao was talking about the Dark Eye Bird and explained: "That's a dark-element pet beast; it doesn't have a friendly personality like the Burrowing Mouse. Dealing with it is risky, but it won't be with the Burrowing Mouse."

She said this specifically for the Burrowing Mouse to hear.

"Burrowing!"

Sure enough, after hearing this, the Burrowing Mouse showed an expression of "to think someone understands me so well," and immediately patted its chest to indicate that it would definitely scout the path well.

"Burrowing."

After a pause, it added that as long as it was given good food.

"Xunxun~"

Little Xunbao translated synchronously.

It feels so good that the effect of the Truth Flower has passed... Qiao Sang showed a satisfied expression again.

"Yaya..."

Like Ya Bao was struggling to keep its eyelids open on the side, not daring to sleep.

The Grave Corpse Spirit incident made it realize that this secret realm was far more dangerous than it had imagined.

In the blink of an eye, it was daytime, and the temperature soared.

"Let's go." Seeing that Xu Gehong and Guo Ruiqi were both awake, Qiao Sang got up and said.

"Burrowing!"

The Burrowing Mouse drilled out from underground, let out a cry, and then drilled back into the hole.

Teacher Mi Jiala wasn't surprised.

She hadn't fallen asleep yet when Qiao Sang made the deal with the Burrowing Mouse last night, and she had heard the entire conversation.

Guo Ruiqi was stunned when he saw the Burrowing Mouse drill out, and then seeing it drill back in, he just assumed it was a pet beast that happened to drill out of the ground and didn't pay too much attention.

However, when he saw this Burrowing Mouse drill out on the road ahead every few minutes, turn its head, and cry "Burrowing," "Burrowing," he finally realized something was wrong.

"Senior Qiao, what is this Burrowing Mouse?" Guo Ruiqi probed.

"I met it last night, and from now on it will be with us to help scout the path," Qiao Sang said.

Upon hearing this, Guo Ruiqi was stunned, and then showed an "I've learned something" expression.

So it turns out that in a secret realm, you can also find wild pet beasts to help.

But I'm afraid only powerful Beast Tamers would dare to do such a thing...

Time flies like a shuttle, cold and warmth alternate.

Time passed bit by bit.

The search locations ranged from mountain cols to dense forests, to caves, valleys, through continuous mountain ridges, and then to the bottom of steep cliffs, none of which had any traces of the Lele Seed.

Qiao Sang's heart also cooled down bit by bit.

"How much time has passed already?" Teacher Mi Jiala issued an order to let the Sleepy Bird finish off a few attacking flying-type pet beasts and then asked.

Qiao Sang said without thinking: "43 days."

She had been counting the time.

Qiao Sang let out a silent sigh of relief.

"The mission I posted only said to team up and enter the secret realm to help; it didn't say anything about time."

The implication was not to think that you could demand extra pay just because you stayed in the secret realm for a long time.

Teacher Mi Jiala's mouth twitched, and she said:

"I didn't mean that."

It's good that you didn't... Qiao Sang didn't like her very much now.

43 days!

A full 43 days!

Basically, it was all the Sleepy Bird making moves!

The only time she used other pet beasts was when they encountered a flock of hundreds of high-tier pet beasts, a dozen or so general-tier pet beasts, and one king-tier pet beast, and she was forced to let that pet beast called "Pen" participate in the battle while invisible.

Just when she occasionally felt that having this teammate was no different from not having one, the other party would recognize some rare resources and pet beasts she didn't know, so she wouldn't miss certain things and remain ignorant.

Overall, the other party's contribution level was far lower than her expectations, giving her a feeling of dragging two people along.

"Don't you have other urgent things to do outside?" Teacher Mi Jiala asked casually, pretending to be indifferent.

"I do." Qiao Sang sighed in her heart and said: "But the most important thing right now is still to find the Lele Seed."

If she couldn't find the Lele Seed, her mission would be equivalent to not being completed, and if she couldn't complete the mission, she couldn't participate in the regional competition. Let alone subsequent arrangements, the previous half a year of work would have been in vain.

"Qingqing..."

At this moment, Qiao Sang saw Qingbao turning into wind to scout the path from time to time in mid-air, paused, and took back her previous words.

Actually, even if the mission wasn't completed in the end and she couldn't participate in the regional competition, it wouldn't be in vain; at least she contracted Qingqingni...

"Burrowing!"

About ten meters ahead, the Burrowing Mouse drilled out of the ground, turned its head, and let out a cry, indicating that the road ahead was safe.

"Ya!"

Like Ya Bao translated synchronously.

"Did you sense anything?" Qiao Sang looked at Guo Ruiqi on the side and asked.

Guo Ruiqi shook his head: "No."

Compared to 43 days ago, he was much darker and looked much more steady.

This can't go on like this. Whether I should say it or not, Xu Gehong's words did make her feel the urgency of time... Qiao Sang thought while moving forward.

Suddenly, she thought of something and asked:

"Do you think the Lele Seed is free to move after being caught in here?"

Teacher Mi Jiala thought for a while and said: "If the one that caught it was a Dull-Headed Swallow, then it should be free."

Guo Ruiqi asked with expectant eyes: "Senior Qiao, have you thought of something?"

Qiao Sang said: "I just think that if the Lele Seed is free to move, it might be attracted by some item."

Guo Ruiqi's range for sensing the Lele Seed is about a hundred meters, and the distance for the Lele Seed to sense its Beast Tamer is the same, but what if it's not based on the sensing between Beast Tamer and pet beast, but based on other items?

Thinking of this, she stopped, looked at Little Xunbao, and asked:

"I remember buying a bunch of evolution stones when I was stocking up last time; is there a Leaf Stone among them?"

The Leaf Stone has an absolute attraction to grass-element pet beasts, even if this grass-element pet beast is still far from the level of needing to evolve.

"Xunxun~"

Little Xunbao let out a cry, indicating it would check.

Immediately, it took off its ring, made it larger, and stuck its head inside.

"Xunxun!"

After about half a minute, Little Xunbao took out a green crystal, let out an excited cry, and indicated it had found it.

Teacher Mi Jiala understood: "Are you planning to use the Leaf Stone to attract grass-element pet beasts over?"

Qiao Sang said "Mm": "The attraction of the Leaf Stone to the Lele Seed should exceed a hundred meters."

Guo Ruiqi was stunned at first, then ecstatic.

In this way, wouldn't the hope of finding the Lele Seed be much greater!

Truly worthy of being Senior Qiao, to be able to think of such a brilliant move!

Teacher Mi Jiala pondered for a moment and said: "But if a grass-element pet beast that is about to evolve encounters the Leaf Stone first, the Leaf Stone will be absorbed."

Guo Ruiqi's ecstatic expression vanished, turning into worry.

What should be done about this...

Qiao Sang had already thought of this point, looked up at Gangbao hovering above, and said:

"Split this Leaf Stone."

"Steel Sword."

Gangbao didn't ask why either; it flapped its wings, and a feather condensed with purple light immediately struck like a blade, directly splitting the Leaf Stone in two.

This, this... Guo Ruiqi was dumbfounded.

Qiao Sang said slowly: "A broken Leaf Stone can no longer be absorbed by grass-element pet beasts."

Teacher Mi Jiala nodded slightly: "Not only that, the energy contained inside can still attract grass-element pet beasts."

After a pause, she added:

"It's just a pity for this Leaf Stone."

Guo Ruiqi finally understood what was going on and immediately said:

"After I get out, I will definitely buy a Leaf Stone to return to you!"

"Everything will be discussed after finding the Lele Seed." After Qiao Sang finished speaking, she placed the two halves of the Leaf Stone on the ground and called out:

"Qingbao."

"Qingqing."

Qingbao appeared.

Qiao Sang said:

"Spread the energy of this Leaf Stone to the surroundings."

The energy of a complete Leaf Stone is relatively introverted, but for a Leaf Stone that has just been split in two, its cut surface will continuously leak energy outward. As time passes, the energy inside will be lost, and its effect will become smaller and smaller.

"Qingqing~"

Qingbao let out a cry, then turned into wind and hovered above the two halves of the Leaf Stone, and then gradually expanded the wind.

The green energy continued to drift outward with the wind.

"Like Ya Bao, become smaller," Qiao Sang said.

"Ya!"

Like Ya Bao let out a cry, then slowly became smaller.

Qiao Sang picked up Like Ya Bao and looked at Little Xunbao: "Go to the tree."

"Xunxun~"

Little Xunbao's eyes glowed blue.

The next second, the group arrived on the branch of a giant tree nearby.

Not long after, grass-element pet beasts walked toward this side one after another.

Guo Ruiqi stared fixedly, fearing he would miss the Lele Seed.

Soon, more and more grass-element pet beasts gathered, but there was no sign of the Lele Seed.

Qiao Sang watched the movements below, thinking to herself, if only Qingbao could let the wind blow to a farther place...

Standing on this giant tree, the view was vast, and it wasn't hard to estimate that the farthest distance of the wild pet beasts attracted here was only about 500 meters.

If Qingbao could let the wind blow the green energy farther...

Speaking of which, the time for Qingbao's evolution seems to be tonight...