Chapter 237: the power of love

Li Songhai’s eyes darted around as he said, “I think you might have some misunderstanding about me. I wasn’t following you; I was just standing there. It was your Ghost-type Pet that inexplicably used Hypnosis to knock me out.”

“Is that so?” Qiao Sang said, “According to you, your Flying-type Pet attacking me from behind was also a misunderstanding?”

Li Songhai nodded frantically upon hearing this, “It’s really all a misunderstanding. I haven’t had the Rain Chi Yan for long, and I haven’t trained it well yet, so it just used its skill randomly on the road.”

Qiao Sang gazed at Li Songhai, her dark eyes like someone watching a clown perform. After watching for a moment, she spoke, “Then what about your Steel Armor Foot Monster grabbing the Pet in my backpack later?”

Li Songhai forced himself to meet her gaze, immediately feeling the Pressure intensify.

He hadn’t expected a high school student to have such Pressure.

What he also hadn’t expected was that the Steel Armor Foot Monster still tried to grab the Water Luyana even after he had fainted.

How was he supposed to find an excuse now?

“Do you know Memory Reading?” Qiao Sang asked at this moment.

Li Songhai was stunned for a moment, “I do.”

Memory Reading, an advanced skill of Ghost-type Pets, allows them to directly read memories deep within the target’s consciousness by floating into their brain.

Although this skill is considered divine in terms of interrogating criminals, the Alliance has a rule that it is forbidden to use on humans until the Pet’s Memory Reading proficiency reaches mastery.

On one hand, it involves human rights issues like privacy.

On the other hand, Memory Reading with insufficient proficiency can very likely cause cerebral palsy, and in severe cases, even symptoms of dementia.

Li Songhai didn’t immediately understand why the young girl in front of him suddenly mentioned this; it was quite frightening.

Qiao Sang put on a friendly smile again, “If you still don’t tell the truth, I’ll have the Treasure Hunting Ghost use Memory Reading on you.”

“Xun.”

The Little Treasure Hunting Ghost grinned at the opportune moment.

Li Songhai looked up in astonishment at the Little Treasure Hunting Ghost.

“Your Pet can use Memory Reading?!” Li Songhai asked in disbelief.

This Pet clearly looked like a Beginner Pet, how could it possibly have an advanced skill!

No, Li Songhai suddenly realized something, and his nerves immediately tensed up.

If this Ghost-type Pet was really as simple as it appeared, then how could his Steel Armor Foot Monster and Rain Chi Yan have fallen?

Just as Li Songhai was half-doubting, Qiao Sang delivered the final blow.

“Little Treasure Hunting Ghost, Memory Reading.” Qiao Sang said.

“Xun~”

The Little Treasure Hunting Ghost was very cooperative, making a motion as if to float towards Li Songhai’s head.

“I’ll talk! I’ll talk!” Li Songhai shouted desperately, afraid that if he was too late, this Ghost-type Pet would really float into his brain.

Becoming brain-damaged was a small matter, but having his memories read and privacy exposed was a big deal!

Although he still didn’t quite believe that this Ghost-type Pet, which looked like a Beginner Pet, possessed an advanced skill, he dared not take that gamble.

A person can die, but they absolutely cannot suffer social death!

Heaven knows how many secrets he had from childhood that he didn’t want anyone to know.

“Little Treasure Hunting Ghost.” Qiao Sang called out in time.

The Little Treasure Hunting Ghost stopped.

Li Songhai took a deep breath, calmed himself slightly, and said, “It’s for the Pet in your backpack.”

Qiao Sang didn’t speak, just stared at him.

Li Songhai’s scalp tingled as he said, “I came from the Ancient Mist region to the Yuhua region just for it.”

Qiao Sang looked at him, still not speaking.

Li Songhai swallowed, then continued, “The Pet in your bag is called Water Luyana. In our Ancient Mist region, it’s a nearly endangered Pet. Logically, endangered Pets are protected by the Alliance, and ordinary people can’t access them, but this one is an exception.”

“It ran out of a secret realm rift a few months ago.” At this point, Li Songhai’s expression changed slightly. He hesitated for a moment before continuing:

“I also received this mission on the dark web.”

Qiao Sang: “!!!”

Qiao Sang remained outwardly calm, but her heart was in turmoil, filled with exclamations of “Holy crap.”

It turned out he didn’t want to contract Water Luyana himself!

Doesn’t that mean there are others who know about Water Luyana’s existence!

Li Songhai, fearing that the young girl in front of him didn’t know what the dark web was, explained:

“The dark web is an encrypted network built on top of the existing internet. Anything can be traded there. A few months ago, someone posted a mission to find Water Luyana, giving the exact last known location of Water Luyana. At that time, besides me, several others took on this mission.”

Qiao Sang tried her best to maintain her current expression.

Goodness, there were actually several other people.

Seeing that the young girl in front of him still wasn’t speaking, Li Songhai’s scalp tingled.

He had said so much, why was she not reacting at all?

Li Songhai braced himself and continued, “I was also lucky at the time and happened to discover Water Luyana’s whereabouts, so I followed it all the way here.”

“Don’t worry, no one else knows Water Luyana is here besides me. I won’t tell anyone else.”

Qiao Sang breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing this and decided to proceed with her original plan.

“Is the Water Luyana you’re talking about this one?” Qiao Sang turned and opened her backpack, taking out the “Water Luyana.”

The “Water Luyana’s” round eyes looked at Li Songhai, with an innocent expression.

Why did she take out the Water Luyana? Wasn’t she afraid he’d just snatch it? Well, he couldn’t snatch it now… Li Songhai’s expression was a bit dejected as he said, “It’s it.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Songhai’s eyes suddenly widened.

He saw the “Water Luyana” in front of him begin to melt, then slowly reform into a Pet with a large head, shiny black eyes, light blue horns on either side of its head, a short tail, and slippery blue skin all over its body.

Li Songhai was completely dumbfounded.

This, this wasn’t Water Luyana at all!

Qiao Sang said, “This is an Illusory Water Baby. It can transform into other Pets’ appearances. It’s not the Water Luyana you’re looking for at all.”

“Huan Huan.”

The Illusory Water Baby cried out, then its body melted and reformed into a Treasure Hunting Ghost, and then melted again, forming a small version of the Yan Ling Dog.

Li Songhai watched the scene before him with his mouth agape, as if petrified. After several seconds of stunned silence, he murmured, “Why did it turn into Water Luyana’s appearance?”

Qiao Sang calmly said, “Some time ago, I saw someone discussing Water Luyana on a forum, so I searched online. I thought it was quite cute, so I had the Illusory Water Baby transform into it.”

“Oh, right.” Qiao Sang said casually, “I remember that person saw it on a street called Shuwu Street in Gongcheng.”

Gongcheng? Shuwu Street? Ancient Mist region?!

Li Songhai: “!!!”

Upon returning home, Qiao Sang immediately went to her room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began Meditation.

She hadn’t expected that more than one person knew about Water Luyana’s existence, which made her feel a sense of crisis.

The most important thing now was to quickly develop her brain region, allow the yu beast codex to gain another page, and contract Water Luyana as soon as possible to avoid any further accidents.

In the courtyard.

Yabao was demonstrating Flame Charge to Water Luyana.

Flames enveloped Yabao’s entire body, then it charged towards a stone about 50 centimeters in size.

“Bang!”

With a loud bang, the stone instantly shattered into pieces.

“Ya.”

Yabao stopped, turned, and nodded to Water Luyana.

“Lulu!”

Water Luyana felt a surge of power within its heart as it watched Yabao nod to it.

It regulated the energy within its body, and water currents emerged from its tail.

The next second, the water currents surged up, completely enveloping Water Luyana’s entire body.