Chapter 383: Congratulations (two in one)

First on the hot search?

Qiao Sang immediately became interested.

“Let me see,” she said, putting her phone on speaker and opening Weibo.

The top trending topic read:

ChapterStrongest High School Student in History!# Chapter

Strongest? No way… Qiao Sang felt a little embarrassed and clicked in to see:

[National Campus Pet Beast League competition venue, I’d call him the strongest high school student in history!]

Below was a video, which showed the clip of her snapping her fingers and Ya Bao coordinating to use Mars Rain.

Qiao Sang watched it several times.

Not to mention, it was filmed quite well, and the uploader even added a super exciting BGM. From a third-person perspective, it indeed gave off a super cool vibe.

The comments below had already exceeded a thousand.

[Which region is this Pet from? It looks too handsome!]

[I love this sassy girl!]

[Holy cow, this is genuinely cool!]

[High school student? Bullshit! This Pet’s Mars Rain has already reached Profound Meaning! You’re telling me this is just a high school student?!]

[If you don’t have eyes, you can donate them. Didn’t you see it says National Campus Pet Beast League below the video?]

[This is the strongest? Don’t you understand the principle of Pet counter-elements? This is a fire-type Pet, right? Go check out Song Xinyue from Jichang Province in Lianpo Region; her Pet completely counters fire-types.]

[I dug a bit, Qiao Sang, 15 years old, studying first year of high school at Saint Water Middle School in Zhehai Province, Yuhua Region. Her yu beast codex has already been developed to three pages. Currently, she has one High-level Pet and two intermediate-level Pets. People from Yuhua Region should be clearer; she’s the Yu Beast Master of the Yan Ling Dog mentioned a while ago. The High-level Pet you see in the video is the evolved form of her Yan Ling Dog.]

[Holy cow, that’s impressive!]

[Oh my god! Isn’t this Qiao Sang?! I was in the same school as her in junior high. She was quite a legend in our school. She was basically at the bottom of the rankings for all three years of junior high, but she put in effort in the last few days of junior high and ended up getting into the best high school in our city.]

[15 years old? High school student? And she’s only in her first year of high school?!]

[Ah ah ah! I know her! The endangered Pet Ice Dew Qiya from our Ancient Mist Region was contracted by her!]

[Awesome, novels wouldn’t even dare to write something like this.]

[15 years old? Are you kidding me! When I was 15, I was still thinking about how to make Little Jia Dog willing to train every day…]

Just as Qiao Sang was engrossed, Xu Yixuan’s voice came from the loudspeaker:

“Interview time, how does it feel to be number one on the hot search?”

Qiao Sang smiled and said, “It feels good.”

“If this were yesterday, I wouldn’t even dare to imagine everything that’s happening today.” Xu Yixuan laughed wildly, “You actually instantly defeated Ding Yanjing, you didn’t even see how he looked then…”

“I saw it,” Qiao Sang interrupted.

Xu Yixuan: “…”

After a brief chat, the call ended.

Then, the phone rang again. Looking at it, it was Fang Sisi.

Qiao Sang answered the phone.

As soon as it connected, Fang Sisi excitedly shouted:

“Qiao Sang! You’re number one on the hot search! Holy cow! So cool! How did you come up with such a show-off move like snapping your fingers? Also, when did your Yan Ling Dog evolve? And, and, what’s the evolved form of your Yan Ling Dog called?”

Qiao Sang was silent for a moment, only answering the latter two questions:

“It evolved just the week before last, and it’s called Liao Xing Hound.”

“That name sounds great!” Fang Sisi said, “Oh, right! I’ve decided to evolve my Cotton Section Worm into a Ba Fire Butterfly. I know that even if my Cotton Section Worm evolves into a Ba Fire Butterfly, it won’t be worthy of your Liao Xing Hound, but I’ll work hard to make it evolve again! When you’re looking for a mate for Liao Xing Hound, I hope you’ll prioritize my Cotton Section Worm, considering we’ve been deskmates for so many years!”

“…”

…

“Qiao Sang, quickly look at the top hot search. That person looks so much like you!”

“Uh, that’s me…”

“…”

“Hello? Hello? Are you still there?”

…

“Qiao Sang, the strongest high school student on the hot search right now…”

“That’s me.”

“Holy cow! Really?!”

Within just a few minutes, Qiao Sang received several calls.

One after another.

Qiao Sang was getting a bit annoyed and was about to turn off her phone when it rang again.

Seeing the caller ID’s note, Qiao Sang hesitated for a moment before answering the call:

“Hello, Sister Song.”

“I saw the hot search.” Song Yuan asked with a trembling voice, “Your Yan Ling Dog evolved?”

Qiao Sang hummed in affirmation: “It evolved a few days ago. I’ve been preparing for the competition these days, so I didn’t have time to tell you.”

Song Yuan quickly said, “It’s fine, it’s fine, the competition is important.”

After saying that, Song Yuan took a deep breath, suppressing her wild joy, and continued, “Tell me when you’re done with the competition. We’ll have a meal together; I have something to tell you.”

A Yu Beast Master who reached such strength at 15 years old, not to mention the future, but even now, was already famous.

Although people might forget this hot search after a while, it was foreseeable that Qiao Sang would absolutely not be limited to a mere Zhehai Province.

Meeting such a genius was her opportunity.

The current contract’s appeal was too low. No matter what method she used, she had to firmly bind herself to Qiao Sang while she hadn’t fully grown yet!

…

There are too many calls… Qiao Sang turned off her phone and took the elevator to the fifth floor.

Rui Lai Hotel.

Fifth floor.

Spiked Dragon and Control Scale Puppet were having a free battle.

Li Zonglin sat on the sofa in the rest area, took a sip of his drink, and comforted:

“Brother Ding, don’t be too sad. I’ve analyzed it carefully. That Qiao Sang is a monster. With that Mars Rain move, no one could have handled it.”

Ding Yanjing looked out the French window, silently.

“But seriously, is she really a first-year high school student? With no family background and not inheriting Pets from elders, how can a person be so monstrous?” Li Zonglin continued talking to himself.

Wang Rui gave him a look in Ding Yanjing’s direction: “Shut up.”

Li Zonglin understood instantly and quickly changed the subject: “Oh right, Brother Ding, are you still going to watch Fu Xiaodan’s match tomorrow?”

“No,” Ding Yanjing said indifferently.

“You lost the match, and now you’re giving up on love too?” Li Zonglin teased.

Ding Yanjing said, “I plan to apply to Senor Imperial University. It’ll be a long-distance relationship then, so we’re going to break up sooner or later anyway.”

Senor Imperial University is in Ziwaguo, a rather unstable place where secret realm rifts appear from time to time. This also means that most students at Senor Imperial University earn academic credits by helping to control wild Pets.

The most famous is the school’s battle department, which self-funds monthly invitations to students from the battle departments of some Top Universities around the world to compete and exchange experiences with their own students.

In terms of gaining practical combat experience alone, this school is considered one of the top-ranked among Top Universities.

Wang Rui was stunned for a moment: “Are you serious?”

Ding Yanjing glanced at him: “What do you think?”

Li Zonglin, who had been chattering non-stop, immediately fell silent. He realized that Ding Yanjing had been deeply affected by today’s match…

Wang Rui advised, “There’s no need to go that far.”

Ding Yanjing’s face was calm as he said:

“After today, I’m afraid I won’t have the chance to battle Qiao Sang again, but I’m not reconciled, and Guwei Sunflower won’t be reconciled either. Qiao Sang will definitely go to a Top University in the future. If she gets into Senor Imperial University, I might still have a chance to battle her then.”

At these words, the atmosphere became silent.

At this moment, a clear voice sounded nearby:

“No need to make it so complicated. I work part-time as a sparring partner at Hongying Pet Battle Club. If you want to battle me, just go there. Since we’ve had one match, tell them my name when you arrive, and I’ll give you a 9.9% discount.”

Ding Yanjing and the other two stiffly turned their heads at the same time, only to see the very person they had been discussing standing right beside them.

“!!!”

…

“Holy cow! Why is she here?” Li Zonglin exclaimed in shock, watching Qiao Sang walk not far away and start forming hand seals.

“You ask me, who do I ask!” Wang Rui frowned, “I remember Saint Water Middle School was supposed to be staying at Shengcheng Hotel this time.”

“Are you guys stupid?” Ever since confirming that he could indeed pay to battle Qiao Sang, Ding Yanjing had returned to his usual demeanor:

“Look at her three Pets. Her family must not lack money. For such an important competition, of course, she has to stay somewhere comfortable.”

It’s just that I won’t lack money for one year… Qiao Sang automatically blocked out the surrounding sounds, looked at the environment of the training ground on the fifth floor, and said to Ya Bao:

“This place isn’t suitable for practicing Hellfire. How about this, you practice Meditation first.”

“Ya!”

Ya Bao nodded, closed its eyes, and a faint blue light immediately appeared on its body.

Qiao Sang scanned the surrounding environment again.

Although the space was large enough, and the training equipment was sufficient, the ground was paved with special stone materials that were not easily damaged.

Despite being able to withstand some damage from attack-type skills, it was still not suitable for practicing skills with powerful destructive force.

It seems when buying a house, I need to pay attention. I can’t just buy one with a large indoor training ground; there must also be an outdoor area that isn’t afraid of damage.

“Little Qunbao, you practice Space Movement.” Qiao Sang said, taking out the blindfold she specifically bought yesterday and putting it on Little Qunbao.

After being teleported to the middle of the main road yesterday, she thought carefully. If she continued to train with Little Qunbao like this, she was afraid there was a certain chance she would die young and pass away.

Therefore, until she could ensure Little Qunbao accurately located coordinates, it had to practice by itself.

Practicing with eyes covered was a trick she came up with.

Once the eyes are covered, without visual interference, the sensitivity of other senses will increase.

The map presented in the mind using mental power will be more precise and detailed.

Plus, without vision, psychologically, it will be more cautious, and then it won’t dare to casually move to distant places when using Space Movement.

Even if something goes wrong, with the two-way positioning necklace worn, it should be quickly found again.

“Xun~”

After the blindfold was put on Little Qunbao, it stretched out its short claws and curiously touched its blindfold.

“Feel with your mental power,” Qiao Sang guided.

“Xun~”

Little Qunbao put down its short claws and activated its mental power.

In an instant, the surrounding terrain map appeared in its mind like a 3D stereoscopic image.

At this moment, Little Qunbao heard its Yu Beast Master’s voice:

“Once you’ve accurately positioned yourself, use Space Movement.”

“Xun…”

It couldn’t see now, what if it moved too far away… Little Qunbao began to position itself with extreme caution.

One second later, Little Qunbao vanished from its original spot.

“Xun~”

Little Qunbao took off its blindfold, wanting to see where it had moved to.

But as soon as it took it off, it saw its Yu Beast Master’s face.

“Xun?!”

Little Qunbao showed a shocked expression.

It failed?!

“No,” Qiao Sang said, her mouth twitching, “You successfully moved… uh, about a dozen centimeters to the left.”

“Xun…”

Little Qunbao stroked its chest with its paw, letting out a sigh of relief.

It scared it to death, it thought the move hadn’t come out…

She knew it would be cautious once its eyes were covered, but she didn’t realize it would be this cautious… Qiao Sang inwardly complained a bit, then said gently, “You can continue practicing like this for now.”

“Xun~”

Little Qunbao obediently put the blindfold back on.

After arranging Little Qunbao, Qiao Sang looked at Lu Bao, who was quietly staring at her from the side. Suddenly remembering its evolution conditions, she hesitated for a moment and asked:

“Do you want to watch a comedy?”

Lu Bao: “???”

…

Over the next few days, the competition proceeded in an orderly manner.

Everyone prayed not to be matched against Qiao Sang.

Having witnessed the strength of Liao Xing Hound, everyone knew that as long as their name was paired with Qiao Sang’s, it meant they could pack up and go home.

On the sixth day of the elimination rounds, only nine contestants remained.

Due to the number of people, one person had to be given a bye in this round.

In such situations, the person to receive the bye is chosen based on a multi-faceted consideration of their performance in the preliminary, group, and elimination rounds, as well as the attributes of their Pets and the contestant’s own skill level.

After extensive discussion and decision-making, Qiao Sang was directly named as the recipient of the bye for this round.

To this, no one raised any objections.

…

Kai Nan Pet Beast Battle Arena.

Player area.

The vast area now only had nine people seated.

Qiao Sang sat in the first row, with Ya Bao excitedly watching the match on the field beside her.

“Who do you think will win?” Xu Yixuan leaned in and asked.

Qiao Sang didn’t answer directly but instead asked Ya Bao, “Who do you think will win?”

“Ya…”

Ya Bao looked at the two Pets currently battling on the field, showing a thoughtful expression.

Then, it pointed very confidently at the Poison Tail Moth in mid-air.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang said to Xu Yixuan, “In this match, Wang Rui’s Control Scale Puppet will win.”

Ya Bao: “???”

Xu Yixuan: “???”

No, you answer if you answer, but why did you ask Liao Xing Hound beforehand? And even if you asked, why did you specifically tell it a different answer… Xu Yixuan was a bit speechless by Qiao Sang’s actions and was about to ask.

Just then, the Control Scale Puppet on the field, enduring the poisoned state, defeated the Poison Tail Moth with an Illusion Ray.

“qu!”

The whistle blew, and the referee announced, “Li Tan Royal Pet High School, Wang Rui wins!”

Ya Bao: “!!!”

Xu Yixuan: “!!!”

Ya Bao’s reverse jinxing power is still as strong as ever… Qiao Sang mused internally.

The battles proceeded very quickly, with all eight contestants finishing their matches in one morning.

Although they already knew who had advanced, the process still had to be followed.

A man with a large flying squirrel perched on his shoulder walked into the center of the arena, holding the paper list of qualifiers, and announced loudly:

“The contestants advancing to the next round of the competition are: Wang Rui from Li Tan Royal Pet High School, Li Zonglin from Li Tan Royal Pet High School, Xu Yixuan from Saint Water Middle School, Huang Kaijun from Lianyu Royal Pet Affiliated Middle School, and Qiao Sang from Saint Water Middle School.”

“Congratulations to you all.”

PS: Sorry, a little late!