Chapter 1220: Sleep and wake up (two in one)

“Try it?” Qiao Sang looked at Xiao Xunbao.

“Xiao Xunbao.” Xiao Xunbao noticed her Yu Beast Master’s gaze, nodded, and indicated that it could try.

After speaking, it closed its eyes and began to communicate with the wind.

The surrounding area became windy without a breeze.

Three seconds later, Xiao Xunbao opened its eyes, blinked, and called out:

“Xiao Xunbao?”

What does a sun crystal look like?

Qiao Sang’s mouth twitched slightly. She picked up her phone from the table, searched for an image of a sun crystal, and put it in front of Xiao Xunbao, saying:

“It looks like this.”

“Xiao Xunbao.”

Xiao Xunbao looked carefully for a few moments, nodded, and then closed its eyes to continue communicating with the wind.

The sudden gust of wind swirled once and then blew out the door.

“Xiao Xunbao.”

Xiao Xunbao opened its eyes and called out, indicating that the communication was complete.

After speaking, it continued to eat its Energy Pill.

That’s it? Qiao Sang couldn’t help but mutter inwardly, but she said nothing, just focused on eating.

She didn’t hold out any hope that the wind would find the sun crystal.

However, if it could strengthen Xiao Xunbao’s communication with the wind, that would be good too.

After breakfast, Qiao Sang instructed Xiao Xunbao and Thunder Dragon not to play around and to focus on finding opponents for battles. Then, she took Ya Bao to the outdoor training ground.

Xiao Xunbao took the opportunity to cast its clone and followed Xiao Xunbao and Thunder Dragon.

“Ya Ya?”

Upon arriving at the outdoor training ground, Ya Bao showed a puzzled expression and called out, asking if they weren’t going to do missions today.

“Let’s first test if the power of your Sacred Fire has improved.” Qiao Sang finished speaking and gestured to Steel Treasure with her eyes.

Steel Treasure understood, plucking one of its feathers.

Qiao Sang took the steel-like purple feather and said:

“Burn it with Sacred Fire.”

With that, she quickly entered the yu beast codex with her consciousness, turned to the page about Ya Bao, and upgraded the proficiency of Sacred Fire to Minor Accomplishment.

By the time her consciousness returned to reality, Ya Bao had just spewed golden flames, striking the purple feather.

In an instant, the steel-like feather turned to ash.

“Holy cow, that’s so powerful…” Qiao Sang’s heart trembled slightly as she let go of her hand.

Although she had thought that a Minor Accomplishment Sacred Fire would produce a scorching sensation, injuring the target, she never expected it could directly burn the target away!

One must know that the hardness of Steel Treasure’s feathers was top-tier even among all King-level Pet body materials, yet a feather of such hardness was burned away just like that.

And this was only a Minor Accomplishment Sacred Fire…

Lu Bao, who was training, pretended to casually look over here, its pupils slightly constricted.

“Steel Chief…”

Steel Treasure looked at the spot where its feather had been, momentarily stunned.

Ya Bao was also momentarily stunned, then showed an excited expression and called out:

“Ya Ya!”

Its Sacred Fire could now have an offensive effect!

“It seems your Sacred Fire has indeed increased in proficiency.” Qiao Sang collected her thoughts and said with a smile.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao wagged its tail and called out happily, indicating that they should quickly go do missions now, as it wanted to continue practicing Sacred Fire.

“I’m afraid that won’t work.” Qiao Sang said.

“Ya Ya?”

Ya Bao showed a puzzled expression and called out, asking why.

“Because now your Sacred Fire can cause damage.” Qiao Sang patiently explained, “If you don’t control it well, you might cause harm to the target during Purification.”

“Ya Ya…”

Ya Bao instantly imagined a scenario in its mind where it purified a curse and directly burned away the cursed target.

It quickly shook its head to discard the imagined scene, showing a worried expression, and called out:

“Ya Ya?”

Then how would it practice this skill next?

Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said:

“You have to learn to control it first.”

“Ya Ya?”

Ya Bao called out, asking how to control it.

“Wait a moment.” Qiao Sang finished speaking and shouted, “Teacher!”

With a teacher from the Imperial Beast Academy nearby, she didn’t need to ponder these problems at all.

Almost two seconds after she shouted, Mi Jiala appeared out of thin air beside her, asking, “What’s wrong?”

“Ya Bao’s Sacred Fire just now produced a scorching sensation.” Qiao Sang said, “I want to ask how to control it so that it doesn’t harm others when purifying curses.”

Mi Jiala was stunned and confirmed:

“Sacred Fire has already produced a scorching sensation? Just now?”

Qiao Sang hummed, “Just now, Ya Bao used Sacred Fire to directly burn away Steel Treasure’s feather.”

It seems Sacred Fire has entered the next stage… Calm down, calm down, this is very reasonable for Qiao Sang and Ya Bao… Mi Jiala comforted herself inwardly, trying to calm her emotions, but still couldn’t help but ask:

“How have you been practicing Sacred Fire these past two days? Just purifying curses?”

“Also, having Ya Bao’s clone stay at home to practice Sacred Fire.” Qiao Sang replied.

Even if she didn’t say it, Mi Jiala knew about it.

The practice of using clones to increase skill proficiency had been researched by research institutes before, and related research reports had indeed been published. However, for an Ultra-level skill that almost became a Divine-level skill to increase proficiency after only a few days of practice was still too outrageous… Mi Jiala took a deep breath, barely suppressing the shock in her heart, and said:

“To purify curses without harming others, you can only achieve it through continuous practice, further increasing your proficiency until you have complete control.”

She paused, then continued:

“Before Ya Bao can fully control whether it’s Purification or attack, stop taking on curse-dispelling missions.”

Increase proficiency, it seems I can only keep practicing and adding Point… Qiao Sang nodded and said:

“Understood.”

After Teacher Mi Jiala left, Qiao Sang said:

“Then let’s start practicing.”

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao called out, then immediately cast hundreds of clones, spread across various locations in the outdoor training ground, spewing golden flames.

At this moment, the golden flames were no longer warm; instead, they had an unbearable scorching sensation.

The moment the flames were unleashed, the entire air became distorted.

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao, who was performing long-distance control of its clones, couldn’t help but float over to Lu Bao’s side.

“Ice Emperor.”

Lu Bao felt the suddenly rising temperature around it, frowned slightly, looked at Ya Bao in the distance, and called out.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao looked over and responded.

Afterward, the many clones of Fen Di that were spread around Lu Bao disappeared.

Lu Bao’s expression softened, and it continued to train its skills.

“Let’s go.” Qiao Sang said.

“Ya Ya?”

Ya Bao called out, asking where to go.

“Since we don’t need to do missions for now, let’s go see Xiao Xunbao and Thunder Dragon.” Qiao Sang replied.

“Xiao Xunbao.”

Xiao Xunbao, hearing this from a distance, its eyes lit up, and it quickly floated back.

If they go find them now, Xiao Xunbao must be playing.

As soon as it thought about its Yu Beast Master seeing Xiao Xunbao playing with the ‘old six’ later, the wind around Xiao Xunbao became cheerful.

…

At the same time.

On the other side, Xiao Xunbao took Thunder Dragon to the food street.

“Thunder Thunder?”

Just as Xiao Xunbao was about to happily stroll, Thunder Dragon surveyed the surroundings, showed a puzzled expression, and called out, asking why they weren’t going to the charging station.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao called out, indicating that they would play first and then find opponents for battles.

Saying that, it floated forward.

After floating a few meters, it realized Thunder Dragon hadn’t followed, so it turned back, floated back, and called out:

“Xiao Xunbao?”

What’s wrong?

“Thunder Thunder.”

Thunder Dragon showed a serious expression and called out, indicating that it thought they should accumulate 200 Point first before playing, otherwise, like yesterday, time would be too tight, and they might not be able to meet their Yu Beast Master’s requirements.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao patted its chest and called out, indicating that with its boss around, wasn’t Thunder Dragon reassured?

“Thunder Thunder.”

Thunder Dragon stared at it for a while and called out very honestly.

Not reassured.

Xiao Xunbao: “…”

“Xiao Xunbao?”

Xiao Xunbao was unwilling to give up and called out.

Are you really not going to think about it again?

“Thunder Thunder.”

Thunder Dragon called out, indicating that if it didn’t accumulate 200 Point, and they had to spend more time training when they got back, did its boss want to train?

“Xiao Xunbao!”

Xiao Xunbao was stunned for a moment and quickly shook its head.

No.

“Xiao Xunbao!”

After speaking, it added another call.

I’ll take you to battle right now.

Xiao Xunbao’s eyes glowed blue, and it took Thunder Dragon away from the spot.

…

When Qiao Sang found Xiao Xunbao and Thunder Dragon based on the sensed location, she saw Thunder Dragon fighting eight opponents alone, while Xiao Xunbao was cheering from outside the Barrier.

She had thought they would be playing at this hour, but she didn’t expect them to actually be battling… Qiao Sang was a little surprised. She walked forward and called out:

“Xiao Xunbao.”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao heard the voice, its body instinctively stiffened, then it realized what it was doing, relaxed, turned its head, and called out with a grin.

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao was a bit bewildered.

It hadn’t expected Xiao Xunbao to actually take Thunder Dragon to battle; it had thought they would go out and play for a while first…

“Did the battle just start?” Qiao Sang asked.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao nodded, spread its claws, showed a helpless expression, and called out, indicating that finding eight opponents at once was a bit difficult.

“You’re doing well. I thought you would take Thunder Dragon to play first.” Qiao Sang said while watching Thunder Dragon’s battle.

“Xiao Xunbao!”

Xiao Xunbao showed an “how could that be” expression and called out.

It had taken Thunder Dragon to find opponents as soon as they left the house.

Qiao Sang looked at it.

Xiao Xunbao was very guilty, but it still stubbornly refused to look away.

Still has flaws… Qiao Sang smiled and said:

“I believe you.”

Xiao Xunbao silently breathed a sigh of relief.

“Thunder Thunder.”

Inside the Barrier, Thunder Dragon called out, letting several concentrated yellow electric arcs strike its body.

The moment the electric arcs concentrated on its body, dozens more electric arcs surged from it, quickly interweaving into an electric web that enveloped all the nearby Pet.

Immediately after, a yellow lightning bolt flashed on Thunder Dragon’s body, transforming into a long snake that fiercely struck the several Pet within the electric web.

“Boom!”

With a loud bang, powerful lightning energy exploded within the Lightning Web.

Several Pet cried out in agony and fell unconscious, leaving only one yellow spherical Pet frantically looking at the fallen Pet around it, seemingly unable to believe it was the only one left.

This Pet also has the Lightning Rod characteristic… With just a glance, Qiao Sang saw why this Electric-type Pet was still standing.

The same characteristic as me… Thunder Dragon also instantly analyzed.

It quickly flew above the spherical Pet, its tail glowing with a silvery-white light as it fiercely lashed downwards.

At this moment, the spherical Pet was in a state of shock and uncertainty, unable to dodge in time. It was directly struck, sent flying backward, and fell unconscious on the ground.

“Xiao Xunbao!”

Xiao Xunbao called out excitedly.

Qiao Sang smiled at the sight and was about to step forward.

“Xiao Xunbao.”

Suddenly, Xiao Xunbao called out, indicating that the sun crystal had been found.

Qiao Sang: “???”

Qiao Sang stopped, looked at Xiao Xunbao, and asked incredulously, “You really found it?”

“Xiao Xunbao.”

Xiao Xunbao nodded and called out, indicating that the wind said so.

At this moment, Qiao Sang’s heart suddenly quickened. She dropped a quick “I have something to do, I’m leaving first” and turned to leave with Xiao Xunbao.

Xiao Xunbao stared at its Yu Beast Master’s retreating back for a moment, then quickly got into character and shouted:

“Xiao Xunbao!”

Don’t you dare continue challenging eight opponents!

Ten-something minutes later, in a shop.

“Ya Ya…”

Ya Bao felt the crystal in front of it, showing a hesitant expression.

Qiao Sang looked at the red crystal priced at 998 alliance coins in front of her and fell silent.

“You truly have an eye for quality! This gem was designed by us based on the sun crystal.” The Staff enthusiastically introduced, “Look at this luster, look at this clarity, absolutely… Don’t leave! We have other gems too!”

Qiao Sang walked out of the shop, sighing.

She should have known earlier; a sun crystal wouldn’t be that easy to find.

“Ya Ya?”

Ya Bao called out, asking if they had made a mistake in their search.

Qiao Sang hummed.

“Ya Ya.”

Ya Bao showed an “I knew I wasn’t wrong” expression, glanced at Xiao Xunbao, and called out, indicating that it had found the wrong thing.

“Xiao Xunbao.”

Xiao Xunbao showed an innocent expression and called out, indicating that the wind told it everything.

As soon as it finished speaking, the wind swirled beside it, seemingly in agreement.

Qiao Sang instructed, “From now on, don’t look at any sun crystals that are for sale; they’re definitely fake.”

Although they found the wrong item, the wind did indeed find a gem that looked similar to a sun crystal, which made her rekindle hope for this method of searching.

“Xiao Xunbao.” Xiao Xunbao nodded, indicating it understood.

The wind also swirled along.

…

Time slowly passed.

In a blink of an eye, half a month later.

“Boom!”

Inside the Barrier, a yellow lightning bolt struck directly, and the last remaining Grass-type Pet screamed and fell down.

The Pet wearing the referee’s badge announced the result, and the Barrier disappeared.

A virtual panel appeared above Thunder Dragon:

【Species: Thunder Dragon】

【Level: Intermediate】

【Point: 3186】

【Rank: 655】

“Xiao Xunbao!”

Xiao Xunbao called out excitedly.

Thunder Dragon smiled and twisted its body as it flew over.

However, halfway through its flight, it suddenly showed a tired expression, yawned, then flew to the wall and called out:

“Thunder Thunder…”

It would sleep for a while and then wake up to battle.

Xiao Xunbao: “???” (End of Chapter)