Chapter 323: home advantage

Ten boxes of A-grade Energy Recovery Liquid, S-grade items, a Dragon-type Pet Beast egg—this luck is simply defying the heavens!

Qiao Sang had to admit that for a split second, she was successfully inspired to buy a lottery ticket.

Forget about a Dragon-type Pet Beast egg, even ten boxes of A-grade Energy Recovery Liquid would be great!

Heaven knows that during this period, for training Mars Rain, Ya Bao drank Energy Recovery Liquid like water every day, directly causing the most important digit in her bank card balance to shrink again.

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang couldn’t help but sigh for the nth time: raising Pets is truly too expensive!

This is only the expense before Ya Bao and the others evolve into High-level Pets. If all three of them evolve, how could she afford to raise them?

Maybe I should try buying a lottery ticket too? What if I win? Realizing what she was thinking, Qiao Sang quickly shook her head, trying to shake off this terrifying thought.

No! Intellectual tax! This is all intellectual tax for the poor!

This is different from when she used to bet on the Interstellar Cup. In the Interstellar Cup, as long as you could analyze some patterns, the chances of successful betting were very high, but lottery tickets relied purely on luck, and the chance of winning was almost 0.

Calm down!

Once the news about Yan Ling Dog and the Superpower System is seen by everyone, she won’t have to worry about not being able to afford Ya Bao and the others anymore!

Various thoughts flashed through Qiao Sang’s mind. Once her urge to buy a lottery ticket subsided a bit, she asked, “The person who won the lottery three times must be famous locally, right?”

Xu Yixuan thought for a moment and said, “I’m not sure. This kind of news usually only uses a pseudonym and mentions the big prize they won. I only remember him being called Mr. Zhang.”

Hong Rao Town.

A middle-aged man wearing glasses, with slightly curly hair and a rather refined appearance, was riding a bicycle. In the front basket of the bike were fresh fruits and vegetables he had just bought from the market.

Passing by a small shop, an old man sitting at the entrance enjoying the cool air enthusiastically called out, “Rongtang, you’re going to cook for that kid from Old Wu’s family again!”

The middle-aged man slowed down his bicycle, turned his head, and smiled, “Yes, it’s almost mealtime, isn’t it?”

Seeing that the other party didn’t stop, the old man didn’t say anything more.

After the bicycle rode far away, an old woman came out of the small shop, looked in the direction where the bicycle disappeared, and sighed, “This Zhang Rongtang is really a good person. Since he came here, he’s been cooking for that child from Old Wu’s family for over two years, hasn’t he?”

The old man also couldn’t help but sigh, “Speaking of which, that child is quite pitiful. Fortunately, he has someone taking care of him now.”

“What’s so pitiful? He’s a Yu Beast Master, after all, and even went to a Yu Beast High School.” The old woman’s tone changed, and she said, “But it’s also strange, why is Zhang Rongtang so good to that child, Wu Chang? Even a biological father wouldn’t be much better.”

“Maybe it’s a fated connection.” The old man seemed to recall something and slowly said, “Good people also have their quirks. Zhang Rongtang buys several lottery tickets every time he comes back from Old Wu’s house. I’ve seen it many times.”

“Lottery tickets, how much does one cost? People earn their own money and can spend it however they like.” The old woman felt this was not an issue at all.

The old man was silent for a while, then tentatively said, “Then can I buy a few too?”

The old woman immediately roared angrily, “You wouldn’t dare!”

The old man: “…”

“Oh, right.” The old man changed the subject, “I saw that the town suddenly underwent several days of environmental cleaning, and the sheds that were put up were all torn down. What’s going on?”

The old woman, after all, was an old woman, and her information channels were much more informed than the old man’s: “I heard it’s the National Campus Pet Beast League. Many schools and leaders will be coming here.”

The old man was stunned for a moment: “Where will they compete?”

“Where else could it be?” The old woman said, “Huicheng Beast High School.”

4:56 PM.

Hong Rao Yu Beast Center was already packed with people, and vehicles were almost blocking the entrance and exit roads.

For a town, it was an incredibly proud thing for students from dozens of Yu Beast High Schools across the province to come there to participate in a competition.

Out of so many school venues, they chose theirs.

What did this indicate? It indicated the government’s recognition of their environment and order!

Normally, students from Huicheng Beast High School were like treasures in their town. Now, with so many students from Yu Beast High Schools coming, the townspeople couldn’t wait to come and watch the excitement and broaden their horizons.

Even though they all maintained their decorum and didn’t cause any disturbances, when there were too many people, the order became a bit chaotic.

Traffic police had to go to the scene to direct traffic.

“Do you think students from Saint Water Middle School will come?” a girl in the crowd asked.

Hong Rao Town was in Shanglong County, and Shanglong County was under the jurisdiction of Hanggang City. Whenever people here thought of Yu Beast High Schools, the first and best high school that came to mind was Saint Water Middle School in Hanggang City.

“That looks like Saint Water Middle School’s uniform!” a boy next to her exclaimed excitedly, pointing at a few students who were being checked at the entrance of the Yu Beast Center.

At the entrance, a Staff member checked Sun Boyi and Qiao Sang’s information cards before letting them in.

There weren’t many hotels and inns in Hong Rao Town. For the sake of the town’s appearance, all contestants participating had to stay at the Hong Rao Yu Beast Center.

The Yu Beast Center in the town was not large, and the number of contestants almost filled all the accommodation rooms in the entire Yu Beast Center.

Fortunately, the government had made reservations with the Yu Beast Center in advance, so all contestants coming here could stay.

On the way to the accommodation area, Qiao Sang couldn’t help but ask, “Isn’t the competition tomorrow? Why are there so many people outside today?”

She knew that the National Campus Pet Beast League became more popular in its later stages, but this was only the provincial group stage, and it wasn’t even the day of the competition or the competition venue. Qiao Sang was a bit confused as to why there were so many people gathered outside.

“You’ll get used to it.” He Datao chuckled, “It’s always like this when competitions are held at schools in counties and towns; people are more enthusiastic.”

“It’s still considered good now.” Xu Yixuan added, “During the competition, students from Huicheng Beast High School will probably all come, and their parents can also enter. You’ll see how lively it is then.”

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, then remembered something and asked with a confident tone, “There should be a contestant from Huicheng Beast High School in our assigned group, right?”

“Yes, there is, but it seems there’s only one.” Xu Yixuan took out her phone, looked through it, and said, “His name is Wu Chang, and he’s a male.”

“I bet the entire venue will be cheering for this Wu Chang then.” He Datao interjected, “Speaking of which, this guy is really lucky. If there are no surprises, those who are assigned to compete at their own school usually get to advance.”

Qiao Sang understood.

This was the so-called home-field advantage.

The Yu Beast Center had rooms for one, two, and four people.

Qiao Sang and Xu Yixuan stayed in a double room.

“Ya!” Ya Bao, who had just been summoned not long ago, walked around the room boredly twice, then looked out the window, and finally walked to the bed where his Yu Beast Master was lying, bit the blanket with his mouth, and pulled it down.

“Ya Ya!”

Let’s go play!