Chapter 948: On the hot search again

The next day, Qiao Sang woke up, and it was already nine o'clock in the morning.

"Slept quite well, it seems everyone is busy with the preliminaries and hasn't started acting yet..."

She ate breakfast and began to turn on the TV in the room to watch the live broadcast of the Regional Tournament.

She hadn't seen half of the 400+ opponents on the marketing article list and could only understand them by watching the preliminaries.

Except for the day of the competition, contestants can enter the venue and watch the whole process on the spot. At other times, they cannot enter for free and also need tickets.

Qiao Sang couldn't buy a ticket and could only choose to watch the live broadcast.

"Tooth tooth..."

Ya Bao was watching seriously on the side.

Suddenly, the room door was knocked twice with a "Dongdong."

"Seek seek~"

The Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost floated to the room door, directly put its head through the room door to look, then retracted its head, and opened the door.

Ye Xiangting walked in from outside the door, looked at the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost faintly, and asked:

"Has the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost always opened the door like this?"

The Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost blinked its innocent big eyes, not understanding.

Qiao Sang coughed and changed the subject:

"Mom, why are you here?"

"Of course, it's to see you." Ye Xiangting put down some food she brought, sat on the sofa, and said: "Forgot to ask yesterday, since you are already a B-rank Beast Tamer, what is your fifth contracted pet beast?"

"Qing Bao," Qiao Sang called out.

"Clear clear~"

Qing Bao appeared immediately and gave Ye Xiangting a sweet smile, which was considered a greeting.

Ye Xiangting's eyes lit up and she asked:

"What is this pet beast called? It's quite cute."

"It's called Clear Wind Nini, it's a Fairy-type pet beast," Qiao Sang introduced.

"This name sounds good," Ye Xiangting said and beckoned to Qing Bao: "Come here."

"Clear clear."

Qing Bao knew this was its Beast Tamer's mother and didn't refuse. It floated over.

Before Ye Xiangting could do anything, it floated onto her knees, raised its head, and looked at her with those pure eyes, looking extremely well-behaved.

Ye Xiangting froze, looking at the pet beast with eyes as pure as the blue sky on her knees, only feeling her heart melt into a piece.

She considered herself to have seen many pet beasts, and there was no lack of cute beginner-tier pet beasts, but she had never seen one that could be this cute.

For a time, her thoughts were all on Qing Bao, and her hands touched the white clouds on Qing Bao from time to time, forgetting to speak.

Qiao Sang continued to watch the live broadcast of the Regional Tournament.

"Clear clear..."

On this side, Qing Bao had been touched for a long time, the smile on its face gradually couldn't be maintained. It turned its head to look at its Beast Tamer, only to find that its Beast Tamer was watching TV. It turned its head again, and the plea for help that hadn't been retracted just happened to meet the Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost.

"Seek seek?"

The Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost's spirit was lifted, and it felt that the opportunity to brush favor in front of the future little brother had come. It floated in front of its Beast Tamer's mother, looked at the things she brought on the coffee table, pretended to be curious, and tried to attract attention.

Ye Xiangting's attention was successfully attracted, and she explained:

"These are some things to eat, you can taste them now."

"Seek seek~"

The Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost opened the bag on the coffee table.

Qing Bao took the opportunity to turn into wind and disappear.

Ye Xiangting felt the softness on her hand disappear, froze, remembered another purpose of her coming here, and said:

"I heard that contestants living in the Beast Taming Center will be disturbed. Do you want to go to the hotel I booked? Although it is a bit far from the competition venue, it is at least quiet."

"No need," Qiao Sang refused: "Except for those hotels with very good privacy, living in other hotels is no different from the Beast Taming Center. Instead, the location is not good, and it is not convenient to go to some places."

A few days ago, she specifically learned about it. Only a very few hotels would protect customer privacy to the greatest extent, and ordinary hotels would always be broken into by various means of Beast Tamers.

And those hotels with excellent privacy had long been filled by contestants.

Ye Xiangting was just about to say something when she looked and found a mysterious pet beast that had never been seen before and was suspected to be Lu Bao was exuding cold air by the window, condensing armor formed by cold ice, and couldn't help but freeze. The words she wanted to say were immediately forgotten, and she asked with hesitation:

"Is this Lu Bao?"

Qiao Sang turned her head to look in the direction of her mother's gaze, said "Hmm," and then remembered something, and said casually:

"Forgot to say, Lu Bao has also evolved."

Her mother's amiable performance yesterday had already made her forget some scenes from the past.

Ye Xiangting was completely confused.

Lu Bao evolved?

Lu Bao actually evolved too?

Lu Bao used to be a General-tier pet beast. After evolving, wouldn't that be a King-tier pet beast?!

So, her daughter already has two King-tier pet beasts?!

Ye Xiangting's thoughts were suddenly confused, and emotions of astonishment, incredulity, and bewilderment filled her heart.

Her daughter, who was only 17 years old, how did she become a Beast Tamer with two King-tier pet beasts...

After a long time, so long that Qiao Sang had finished watching two matches, Ye Xiangting asked:

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Huh? Qiao Sang froze for a moment, then reacted to what her mother was talking about, and said:

"It evolved within this half year."

Ye Xiangting said faintly:

"I know, didn't you have any time to call me and tell me about this in this half year?"

No, Mom, you were so reasonable yesterday saying that I was so busy in this half year, and it's normal not to have time to call and say it. Don't you forget that already! Qiao Sang tried to recover her mother's memory from yesterday, and said:

"I was too busy in this half year, and I just came out of the secret realm after completing the task a while ago."

Ye Xiangting was silent for a while:

"Does anyone else know?"

Qiao Sang shook her head:

"Just Teacher Mi Jiala teacher and the others, I didn't post on Moments."

After speaking, she paused and asked:

"Mom, do you want to take a picture and post it on Moments?"

Hearing the conversation, Lu Bao didn't say anything, just silently dissipated the ice armor on its body.

Ye Xiangting glanced at her: "Post what post, you are participating in the Regional Tournament now, the real strength is naturally the fewer people who know, the better."

Although she hadn't participated in the Regional Tournament, she also knew that contestants were most afraid of their data being figured out before the match.

Qiao Sang froze when she heard this, and suddenly remembered that her mother didn't post on Moments about Ya Bao evolving yesterday...

Lu Bao re-condensed the ice armor.

Ye Xiangting picked up her phone, "click," and took a picture of Lu Bao.

Qiao Sang looked at her, her eyes saying: Didn't you say you wouldn't post on Moments?

Ye Xiangting understood the meaning of her daughter's eyes, put down her phone, and explained:

"I won't post it now, I'll take a picture and save it first. When you send Lu Bao to play one day, I'll post it out."

Qiao Sang: "..."

Lu Bao: "..."

Nine o'clock in the evening.

Suburbs, villa.

Qiao Sang was training in the open-air training ground.

Yu Le looked at the figure on the training ground through the floor-to-ceiling window and said with emotion:

"Sister, I didn't expect the person you invested in could become a great god in such a short time."

"I didn't expect it either..." Yu Ke also sighed.

It is true that she is optimistic about Qiao Sang's future, but she never imagined that this future would arrive so quickly.

In yesterday's match, Qiao Sang practically monopolized the trending searches.

For a rookie Beast Tamer to dominate the trending searches during the preliminaries is a situation rarely seen in past regional competitions.

"From now on, others will be training here too, so don't keep going over to disturb them," Yu Ke reminded.

"I understand," Yu Le said. "I haven't even told anyone that Qiao Sang is training at our place; otherwise, I'm afraid those guys would be coming over to visit every single day."

Yu Ke thought of something and asked, "Is the one who booked up the remaining training venues in Tian'an City recently that person from the Rong family?"

"It's him," Yu Le gossiped. "I guess it's his first time participating in the regional competition and he wants to get a good result, so he did this. It's a pity that no one else knows; everyone online is saying that there are too many people in the regional competition and training venues are impossible to book. Still, even if that person from the Rong family didn't do it, someone else would have, so it's not that strange."

Although she is young, the environment she is in is complex, and she can always learn about the ins and outs of large-scale competitions from others.

"Should we tell Qiao Sang about this?" Yu Le asked.

"No need," Yu Ke said without a second thought. "The most important thing for her right now is the competition; there's no need to disturb her with these matters."

During their conversation, Qiao Sang finished arranging the sparring session for Like Ya Bao, Lubao, Xiaoxunbao, and Gangbao, and came to the side to watch.

"Qingqing?"

At this moment, Qingbao appeared and let out a cry, indicating: doesn't it need to train?

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment and quickly said, "Of course you need to train. You should practice Fairy Wind first."

"Qingqing..."

Qingbao did not leave immediately but let out a low-spirited cry, indicating: is it true that I no longer have a chance to enter the arena?

This... Qiao Sang hesitated, not answering immediately.

The regional competition is a tournament gathering the strongest youths under forty in the region. The contestants at the very least send out high-tier pet beasts. Qingbao is a mid-tier pet beast, so naturally, it is not suitable for the arena; otherwise, it would just be giving away points.

Qiao Sang saw that Qingbao wanted to enter the arena, organized her thoughts, and said tactfully:

"That's not necessarily true. This competition will be held for quite a long time. If you can become stronger during this period..."

The meaning was: if you can evolve, you can enter the arena.

"Qingqing?"

Qingbao's eyes first lit up, and then it revealed a confused expression.

What counts as becoming stronger?

Do I really have to be this explicit... Qiao Sang steeled her heart and said the truth:

"Wait until you evolve."

"Qingqing..."

Qingbao instantly wilted. Having lived in the secret realm for so long, it knew how difficult it was to evolve.

It seems I won't be able to compete...

Qingbao was shrouded in a low-pressure atmosphere as it floated to the side, preparing to start training the Fairy Wind its Beast Tamer mentioned.

"Wait!" Qiao Sang saw Qingbao's somewhat dejected back and, unable to bear it, called out.

"Qingqing?"

Qingbao turned its head.

Qiao Sang coughed and said:

"Actually, wanting to evolve in a short period of time isn't very difficult."

"Qingqing?"

Qingbao's eyes lit up, and it quickly floated over, staring at its Beast Tamer with eyes full of expectation.

"Are you afraid of hard work?" Qiao Sang asked.

"Qingqing." Qingbao shook its head.

"Good, then from now on, spend 10 hours every day training your skills," Qiao Sang said. "Plus two hours of sparring."

She has a cheat; as long as she has enough points, she can completely allow Qingbao to evolve into a high-tier pet beast in a short time.

Back then, Like Ya Bao and the others also relied on points to evolve into high-tier pet beasts within a few months.

The current competition only requires sending out three pet beasts, and she already has enough with Like Ya Bao and the others, so she never had the idea of letting Qingbao accumulate points through battle and adding them directly for evolution.

This is how it is when a Beast Tamer has many pet beasts; unless the previously contracted pet beasts have exhausted their talent and are progressing slowly, it is difficult to spare the mental energy to spend more time on the later-contracted pet beasts.

Qiao Sang originally didn't plan to let Qingbao enter the arena in the regional competition, but since Qingbao expressed the desire to do so, she naturally wanted to find a way to fulfill it.

Previously, when they were in the secret realm, Qingbao cooperated with Gangbao to use skills to harvest wild pet beasts, accumulating quite a lot of points, which was already completely enough to evolve directly to high-tier.

It's just that it's not enough for a perfect evolution yet. Firstly, the skill proficiency hasn't reached the realm of profound truth, and secondly, the evolution materials haven't been delivered from the Central Hollow region yet.

"Qingqing?"

Qingbao revealed a confused expression.

Can I evolve quickly just like this?

In its impression, wanting to evolve always required eating various materials containing energy.

"Do you trust me?" Qiao Sang asked.

"Qingqing."

Qingbao stared at its Beast Tamer for two seconds and nodded.

If it didn't trust her, it wouldn't have come out of the secret realm in the first place.

"If you trust me, then train," Qiao Sang said solemnly.

"Qingqing."

Qingbao stared at its Beast Tamer for another two seconds, then turned its head to start training.

"Wait!" Qiao Sang called it back again.

Qingbao turned its head.

"Don't train Fairy Wind anymore," Qiao Sang said. "Train Tailwind."

Tailwind is currently the skill Qingbao has the highest proficiency in and can reach the realm of profound truth the fastest.

"Qingqing."

This time, Qingbao didn't ask why; it nodded, turned into wind, and began training.

I wonder when the materials for Qingbao's evolution will be delivered... Qiao Sang thought to herself as she watched the direction in which Qingbao disappeared.

Suddenly, the phone in her pocket vibrated.

Qiao Sang took it out and saw it was a call from her mother.

She picked it up and answered. Before she could speak, her mother's voice, excited to the point of trembling, came through the speaker:

"Qing, Qingbao, is Qingfeng Nini a legendary pet beast?"

She finally found out... Qiao Sang said "Mm": "Mom, how did you know?"

The other end of the phone went quiet instantly.

After a few seconds, her mother's voice finally sounded again:

"I saw it on the trending searches. You child, contracting a legendary pet beast is such a big deal, yet you didn't even tell me..."

It's on the trending searches again... Qiao Sang collected her thoughts and said:

"Qingbao is still only mid-tier; it's still a long way from its legendary divine-tier form."

Even if it's a long way from the divine-tier form, it's still a legendary pet beast... Ye Xiangting felt that her daughter was humble-bragging.

Her heart was both proud and complex, having a feeling of "how could I have given birth to such a genius."

Qiao Sang chatted with her mother for a few sentences, hung up the phone, and opened the trending searches.

#Qiao Sang, Qingqingni#

#Qiao Sang definitely contracted Qingqingni in Secret Realm No. 16#

Two trending searches about her and Qingbao were particularly conspicuous among the many regional competition-related searches, and they occupied the first and third spots.

Qiao Sang opened the third-ranked trending search:

【I, a Spirit Pattern Master who was lucky enough to enter Secret Realm No. 16 this year, everyone knows that there is a Qingqingni in Secret Realm No. 16. I went specifically for Qingqingni, and even formed a group with companions who were also looking for Qingqingni.】

【Qingqingni, a legendary pet beast, even if I couldn't contract it, seeing it would be good.】

【It was with this mindset that I met Qiao Sang.】

【That's right, it's that strongest dark horse in history from the regional competition!】

【When I saw her in the secret realm, I thought she was an old hag who just looked young, and my companions and I didn't dare to make a move. I didn't expect her to be really this young!】

【Of course, it's a good thing we didn't make a move...】

【Although she is young, she is a B-tier Beast Tamer, who could have thought of that.】

【I met her three times in the secret realm at that time; speaking of which, it was quite a coincidence. Now that I think about it, maybe Qingqingni was already contracted by her at that time!】

【There was a teammate in our team who could sense special wind, and we saw Qiao Sang in the direction of all three senses. We should have thought of it then...】

【Now that I think about it, I have ten thousand regrets! What a great opportunity to get her contact information!】

【I'm digressing... Later, when I came out of the secret realm, I saw the news that Qingqingni appeared in major Beast Taming Centers. There were photos at that time, and I immediately recognized her as the one I met three times in the secret realm, but I only knew her appearance then, not her name.】

【Yesterday, when I watched the regional competition, I immediately recognized that she was exactly the same Beast Tamer I saw in the secret realm and the one everyone secretly photographed with Qingqingni.】

【I dare to guarantee with my personality that she is the Beast Tamer who contracted Qingqingni.】

【Additionally, I'll give you a piece of news: she has a ghost-type pet beast that can perform spatial movement.】