Chapter 182: How about you play for a while?

Qiao Sang hadn’t even had time to mediate.

The girl next to her couldn’t help but retort when she heard Shi Gaofeng’s words, “Illusory Water Baby basically relies on its transformation ability to take on tasks. If you give me a one-star bad review, how will I take on tasks in the future?”

“Besides, weren’t you very satisfied when you saw Illusory Water Baby transform back then?”

Illusory Water Baby originally relied on its unique characteristics to take on some exclusive tasks in the task market.

If it received a bad review, its transformation ability would be questioned, and if it had to take on tasks that any Water-type Pet could do, both the remuneration and the competitive pressure would definitely be different from before.

Giving a bad review to Illusory Water Baby’s unique characteristic indeed felt like cutting off someone’s livelihood.

No wonder the other person blocked him at the school gate just to change the rating.

Qiao Sang somewhat understood her actions; after all, with her livelihood cut off, few people could endure it.

“How dare you say that! If I hadn’t seen Illusory Water Baby transform quite realistically, and you hadn’t guaranteed that Illusory Water Baby would absolutely not speak that day, would I have let you take on the task?!” Shi Gaofeng angrily said, “If you hadn’t made that guarantee, would I be so miserable now?!”

The girl’s momentum involuntarily weakened, “Even so, you can’t give a one-star bad review. This will make others question my Illusory Water Baby’s transformation ability.”

“Heh.” Shi Gaofeng sneered, “If I can get a one-star bad review, why can’t you.”

A one-star bad review, why make things difficult for a one-star bad review…

Just as Qiao Sang was quietly eating melon and silently sighing, Shi Gaofeng suddenly turned his head and asked, “Qiao Sang, you agree, right?”

The girl also looked over with pitiful eyes at the same time.

Qiao Sang was silent for two seconds, took out her phone to check the time, and suggested, “It’s 16 minutes until the assembly time. Why don’t you two talk later?”

…

Training ground.

Shi Gaofeng stood straight with his heels together and his eyes level, adopting the posture of standing at attention during military training.

“Did you hear everything I said?” Zheng Guoping asked expressionlessly.

For someone who usually gets angry and irritable at the slightest provocation, sometimes being expressionless is the most terrifying thing.

Shi Gaofeng knew this well. He straightened his posture and answered loudly:

“I heard you! Cleaning the restroom for a month, I promise I will make the restroom spotless, so that everyone feels like they are using their own restroom at home when they go!”

Qiao Sang’s mouth twitched slightly.

Zheng Guoping ignored him and turned to talk about today’s arrangements: “Your previous stage of training is almost complete. Next, you need to train to subtract from your Pet’s skills.”

Subtraction? Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment.

Zheng Guoping continued, “Sometimes, Pet battles aren’t about being as fierce as possible; strategy is important. If you encounter a Yu Beast Master of similar skill during a competition, it’s actually a battle of tactics.”

“The purpose of this training is to numb the opponent’s eyes, so they can’t detect your true strength.”

“I’m giving you one week. Everyone must practice their respective Pet’s strongest attack skill proficiency until they can freely switch its level.”

Qiao Sang immediately thought of the battle between Ya Bao and Control Scale Puppet during the Bai Xin Competition.

Control Scale Puppet had controlled its originally Great Accomplishment level Psychic to Minor Accomplishment proficiency, which was why she was willing to struggle at first.

This kind of situation is relatively common in Yu Beast competitions.

As long as it doesn’t involve violating the rules, whatever the participating contestants do is allowed.

Some Yu Beast Masters will use trash talk to break down the opponent’s mentality.

There’s even a publishing house that published “The Complete Guide to Trash Talk,” and its sales are not low.

Some Yu Beast Masters will also have their Pet pretend to be seriously injured and fall to the ground, then launch a fatal blow when the opponent lowers their guard.

These are all tactics.

What Zheng Baolong is talking about now is also a type of tactic — hiding strength.

Given that the levels of the Pets sent out are openly transparent, what can be hidden are only skill-related information to trick people.

To be honest, Qiao Sang felt she didn’t need to practice.

The school competition participants are all middle school students. She was confident she could overpower them without resorting to these tricks.

But everyone was on the same School Team; if others practiced, she couldn’t just not practice.

When it was free training time.

Qiao Sang went to the side and said to Ya Bao, “Let’s try to lower the power of Fire Fang by one level.”

Ya Bao’s most powerful attack skill was Mars Rain, but Mars Rain’s proficiency was only Beginner, so it couldn’t be lowered. It could only practice Fire Fang, which was currently its second most powerful skill.

“Ya.”

Ya Bao nodded.

The next second, two terrifying scythe-shaped flames appeared in front of Ya Bao’s two sharp teeth.

It failed… Qiao Sang fell into deep thought.

Perfected level Fire Fang and Great Accomplishment level Fire Fang had a qualitative difference.

The latter merely covered the sharp teeth with flames, while the former’s form had changed.

Upon closer thought, it seemed that for skills whose forms changed with increasing proficiency, she had never heard of them reverting to their original form when energy output was reduced.

If you don’t understand, ask the teacher… Qiao Sang quickly gave up thinking and took Ya Bao to Zheng Baolong to ask her confusion.

Zheng Guoping was stunned for a long time: “You mean Yan Ling Dog’s Fire Fang, its form has undergone a qualitative change, and you don’t know how to change it back?”

Qiao Sang nodded.

Zheng Guoping took a deep breath, suppressing the shock surging in his heart and the strong urge to curse, and tried to speak in a normal tone: “Let Yan Ling Dog use Fire Fang for me to see.”

For Fire Fang to change form, it must at least reach Perfected proficiency. For a 15-year-old child’s Pet to reach this level, isn’t that absurd?!

“Ya Bao.” Qiao Sang turned to look at Ya Bao.

“Ya.”

Ya Bao instantly understood its Yu Beast Master’s meaning. It quickly condensed two scythe-shaped flames with energy.

The crimson, violent flame energy almost blinded Zheng Guoping.

Qiao Sang asked, “Teacher, what should I do now?”

Zheng Guoping was completely dumbfounded. It really, really was Perfected level Fire Fang…

The only skill his Pet had achieved Perfected proficiency was a Beginner skill. He remembered clearly that on the day it broke through to Perfected level, his son had just turned one year old…

Zheng Guoping looked dazed. How old was Qiao Sang again…

“Teacher? Teacher Zheng?” Qiao Sang called out twice.

Zheng Guoping came back to his senses and finally found his voice after a long time: “You don’t need to practice. Skills that have undergone a qualitative change in form generally cannot revert.”

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment: “Then what should I do now?”

Zheng Guoping was silent for a few seconds, then said, “Why don’t you play for a bit.”

Qiao Sang: “???”

…

6:16 PM.

Tianjingyuan, Building 1075.

Qiao Sang said to Ya Bao, “Next, you should spend some time every day learning Teleportation from Xiao Xunbao. I believe you’ll learn it very quickly.”

Qiao Sang wasn’t worried at all about whether Ya Bao could learn Teleportation. If it could even learn the High Level skill Mars Rain, why would it be afraid of not learning Teleportation?

“Ya!” Ya Bao was also full of confidence.

The next second, Ya Bao tilted its head.

“Ya?”

What is Teleportation?

Qiao Sang: “…”

You don’t even know what Teleportation is, where does this confidence come from?!

Qiao Sang turned her head and said, “Xiao Xunbao, demonstrate it.”

“Xun~”

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost nodded, then it disappeared into thin air and reappeared on the ceiling, then disappeared again and reappeared on the sofa.

“This is Teleportation.” Qiao Sang explained in simple terms, “Do you remember that time you fought Control Scale Puppet? It kept disappearing and reappearing in other places, that was because of Teleportation.”

“If you learn it, you can be like it too.”

“Ya!”

Ya Bao’s expression instantly became serious.

In fact, Ya Bao already knew the function of this skill when Little Treasure Hunting Ghost performed Teleportation, but its Yu Beast Master’s words deepened its determination to learn Teleportation.

Qiao Sang was very pleased. Ya Bao had never given her any trouble when it came to training.

“Xiao Xunbao, I’ll leave it to you then.” Qiao Sang said, looking at Little Treasure Hunting Ghost.

“Xun~”

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost patted its chest, looking like it had everything under control.

…

Qiao Sang returned to her room and started reading.

Although she wanted to win the National Campus Pet Beast League to gain qualification to enter Top Universities, she still had to study.

After all, even if she was confident she could win, it’s better to be safe than sorry…

To be on the safe side, she definitely had to prepare for both, and her academic scores couldn’t fall behind either.

After reading for half an hour, Qiao Sang got up and went to the living room to check on Ya Bao’s training progress.

As soon as she entered the living room, what caught her eye was Ya Bao gritting its teeth, straining its limbs, and its expression twisted.

“Xun!”

“Xun!”

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost cheered from the side.

Qiao Sang’s right eyelid twitched, and she had a bad feeling.

This Xiao Xunbao wouldn’t be teaching Ya Bao how to fart, would it… Qiao Sang took a deep breath, and said softly, “What are you two doing?”

“Ya!”

Ya Bao strained and let out a cry.

It was almost learning it!

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost floated in front of its Yu Beast Master, seeking praise.

… Qiao Sang couldn’t help but rub her forehead and said helplessly, “Ya Bao, stop for a moment.”

“Ya!”

Ya Bao’s limbs trembled slightly.

It was almost there!

Qiao Sang: “…”

That sounds like it’s about to fart…

“Xiao Xunbao?”

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost blinked, its eyes showing confusion.

Aren’t we learning Teleportation? It’s almost learned, why stop?

Don’t be angry, don’t be angry, the child is still young and doesn’t know any better… Qiao Sang silently recited this, then looked up and said earnestly:

“Did you forget? I told you before that you didn’t learn Teleportation by farting, and besides, you tried it later, and it has nothing to do with farting at all.”

“Just teach Ya Bao the feeling of Teleportation and how to use the energy in its body.”

“Xun…”

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost tilted its head.

But that’s how it learned Teleportation…

She was wrong. She shouldn’t have let Xiao Xunbao teach Ya Bao Teleportation. It was only a little over a month old, what could it understand? It seemed that the matter of Teleportation had to be put aside for now… Qiao Sang deeply reflected on herself.

“Let’s talk about Teleportation later. You two…”

Qiao Sang’s voice stopped abruptly. She looked at Ya Bao, who had suddenly disappeared from in front of her and appeared by the mirror. Her body instantly completely stiffened, and after a long time, she couldn’t utter a complete sentence: “Ya… Ya…”

“Ya!”

Ya Bao cried out excitedly.

The next second, it appeared out of thin air in front of Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang: “!!!”

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