Chapter 11: Shengshui Middle School

Qiao Sang was heartbroken.

Is this why you suddenly attacked the TV?

She lifted Fire Fang Dog’s head, ready to give it a good lecture.

“Click.” The door opened.

Qiao Sang slowly turned her head, forcing a stiff smile, “Mom, you’re back.”

“Coo!”

Fat Home Dove immediately went to its mother, rubbing against her affectionately.

Her mother looked at the chaotic living room, silent for a few seconds, then turned to Qiao Sang and kindly asked, “Do you have anything to say?”

Qiao Sang immediately held up Fire Fang Dog in front of herself, “It did it all!”

Fire Fang Dog blinked its innocent, big eyes.

Her mother looked at Fire Fang Dog for a moment and said, “It’ll be deducted from your allowance.”

Qiao Sang looked at her resentfully.

“Do you have any objections?” her mother asked.

“No,” Qiao Sang replied against her conscience.

Her monthly allowance was only 1000 alliance coins, and the TV cost at least 4000 alliance coins. Losing four months of allowance in one go, of course she had objections.

“I went to your school,” her mother said, walking over and sitting on a single armchair nearby. Fat Home Dove followed her.

“Is something wrong?” Qiao Sang asked.

Fang Sisi had mentioned this in her message.

Her mother didn’t answer the question, but instead asked, “Is there any high school you want to attend?”

Qiao Sang was slightly stunned. After thinking for a moment, she said, “Hanggang Sixth Beast Taming Middle School.”

Hanggang Sixth Beast Taming Middle School wasn’t ranked sixth among middle schools in Hanggang City; it just had that name. Its strength ranked as average among all 1 beast taming high schools in Hanggang City.

Choosing this school was purely because it was close to home.

If it were based on Qiao Sang’s previous grades, she definitely wouldn’t have been able to get into such a school. However, now that she had self-awakened, she could try through special enrollment.

Her mother took out an enrollment brochure from her bag and placed it in front of Qiao Sang. “I think you can try to get into this school.”

Qiao Sang picked it up and looked, her eye twitching.

“Hanggang Saint Water Middle School?”

Her mother replied calmly, “Yes.”

“Mom, aren’t you overestimating me?” Qiao Sang said helplessly.

She placed the enrollment brochure she was holding onto the coffee table.

Saint Water Middle School, ranked first among 108 beast taming high schools in Hanggang City, and second in the entire Zhehai Province. Its admission rate was as high as 98.73%, making it one of the top-tier prestigious schools.

Students who could get into this school were naturally the cream of the crop in Hanggang City.

If there were still half a year until the high school entrance exam, Qiao Sang would be willing to work hard. But including today, there were only 19 days left until the exam, making it absolutely impossible to get in.

Given that, why waste time taking the special enrollment exam for this school?

Qiao Sang didn’t understand. Even if she had self-awakened, wasn’t her mother’s expectation of her overly unrealistic?

Her mother looked at Qiao Sang calmly and said, “You sign up. You don’t have to get in. As long as you try your best, I won’t deduct your allowance.”

Qiao Sang picked up the enrollment brochure from the coffee table and said, “What allowance? I just want to give it a try.”

Her mother’s mouth twitched. “Then go register online now.”

“Alrighty!” Qiao Sang picked up Fire Fang Dog and left.

Ye Xiangting watched her daughter’s retreating figure, a smile flashing in her eyes, but then her expression darkened as she recalled what had happened at school that afternoon.

…

Qiao Sang went to her room, opened her computer, and registered for both Hanggang Sixth Beast Taming Middle School and Saint Water Middle School.

These two schools differed greatly in ranking, and their special enrollment requirements were also different.

Qiao Sang mainly looked at the self-awakened special enrollment section.

Hanggang Sixth Beast Taming Middle School’s conditions were relatively simple: upload proof of self-awakening online, and after approval, a score reduction would be granted based on the degree of brain domain development.

Developing 5% of the brain domain could reduce the minimum score by 100 Points on the Hanggang high school entrance exam, and 6% would reduce it by 200 Points.

For example, last year’s minimum score in Hanggang City was 332. If Qiao Sang could develop 6% of her brain domain, she would only need to score 132 Points on the high school entrance exam to be specially admitted.

Based on Qiao Sang’s current grades, this shouldn’t be a problem.

As for Saint Water Middle School, it was a bit more complicated. Only five self-awakened special enrollment students would be admitted. After registration and review, a Pet battle would be held at a designated time and place.

Students who passed from second to fifth place needed to score 50 Points higher than the minimum high school entrance exam score to be admitted.

The first-place student had a slightly relaxed condition; they only needed to score the minimum high school entrance exam score for Hanggang City.

Although self-awakened individuals were one in a million, if you considered everyone in the entire Zhehai Province, there were still 40 to 50 of them each year.

Excluding those who were guaranteed admission or chose special enrollment at other schools, Saint Water Middle School still had a dozen or so self-awakened applicants each year. After all, it was the top-ranked school in Hanggang City, so it had that prestige.

Qiao Sang looked and saw that Saint Water Middle School’s special enrollment exam was on June 10th, one week before the high school entrance exam, which was in 12 days.

Pet battles, huh.

Qiao Sang pondered for a while. Those participating in special enrollment were all people who had just self-awakened this year, and their Pets were all Beginner Pets. She had contracted a fire-type Pet, so she wasn’t without an advantage.

Recalling Fire Fang Dog, Qiao Sang was slightly stunned, then her consciousness entered the yu beast codex.

[Name: Fire Fang Dog]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Level: Beginner (115/1000) +]

[Skills: Bite (Beginner 73/100) +, Ram (Proficient 135/500) +, Fire Fang (Beginner 2/100) +, Spark (Beginner 3/100)]

[Point: 0]

Qiao Sang withdrew her consciousness and looked at Fire Fang Dog with a strange expression.

You got a Spark skill just from watching TV and being scared?!

Is it worth 4000 alliance coins for a skill?

Actually, it’s quite worth it…

A Pet’s potential is limited. You can’t tell a Pet’s aptitude just by its appearance. Pets with good aptitude learn skills and re-awaken much faster than ordinary Pets.

If one was unlucky enough to contract a Pet with mediocre aptitude, it might take a year to learn even one skill.

Qiao Sang looked at Fire Fang Dog, deep in thought.

Her Fire Fang Dog had good aptitude. Should she take it to watch a horror movie next time?

Fire Fang Dog shivered involuntarily. Why did it suddenly feel a bit cold?

…

…

22:12 PM.

The night was deep, and all sounds were still.

Qiao Sang lay on the bed, hands propped under her head, her eyes gleaming with eagerness. After tossing and turning for a long time, she sat up again, looking at Fire Fang Dog, who was still energetic beside her.

Fire Fang Dog had been stared at for a long time, looking confused.

“Woof?”

Qiao Sang whispered softly, “I don’t blame you for what happened this morning. Do you want to watch TV again?”

Fire Fang Dog remembered what happened in the morning and knew it had made a mistake; the things inside wouldn’t actually come out.

“Woof.”

It nodded, indicating it wanted to watch.

Qiao Sang picked up her phone from beside the bed, searched for the hottest horror movie, and placed it in front of Fire Fang Dog.

Fire Fang Dog watched intently.

In a forest surrounded by dense fog, a girl in white was walking. Through her perspective, a faint black shadow could be seen floating in the air…

Qiao Sang didn’t watch along. Her right hand was on the phone, observing Fire Fang Dog’s reaction, ready to pull away at any moment.