Chapter 394: four regions

On the way home, Qiao Sang hummed a song, feeling good.

Not having to worry about money felt incredibly refreshing.

After calling her mother to tell her the house had been bought, Qiao Sang looked at Xiao Xunbao with high expectations and said, “You need to practice Space Movement well.”

She was very satisfied with the house’s size, privacy, and supporting facilities, but as her mother said, it was too far from the school.

However, it was fortunate that Xiao Xunbao could use Space Movement. As long as this skill reached a certain level of proficiency, distance would no longer be an issue… Qiao Sang envisioned a beautiful future in her heart.

“Xun!”

Xiao Xunbao heard her Yu Beast Master’s words and immediately floated to the side, calling out, indicating to stop for a moment.

“What’s wrong?” Qiao Sang stopped and asked.

“Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao didn’t answer immediately. Instead, it covered its mouth and chuckled mischievously, then took off its ring, rummaged inside, and pulled out an ant.

Qiao Sang and Ya looked at the ant in Xiao Xunbao’s paw, puzzled.

The ant, having no idea what it had been through, remained motionless on Xiao Xunbao’s paw, looking completely at its mercy.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao showed an expression of “watch this,” then raised a short toe on its other paw and tapped the ant. Immediately, the ant disappeared without a trace.

“Ya!” Ya’s eyes widened.

Qiao Sang was first stunned, then realized something. Her consciousness entered the yu beast codex, and her gaze fixed on a certain line:

[Space Movement (Proficient 288/500) +]

288… Qiao Sang’s heart rate inevitably quickened.

Because Xiao Xunbao and Ice Dew Qiya usually trained late at night, her habit of checking the yu beast codex every day had changed to once before bed and once after waking up.

She clearly remembered that when she checked this morning, Xiao Xunbao’s Space Movement data should have only been 287.

Qiao Sang pondered. So, what Xiao Xunbao had just performed on the ant was Space Movement.

Good heavens, why hadn’t she thought of it before… This skill didn’t necessarily require the Pet performing it to move along; it could individually transfer other living beings or objects through space.

If that were the case, training efficiency could increase exponentially!

Xiao Xunbao is amazing, to even think of this… Qiao Sang’s consciousness exited the yu beast codex, and she praised Xiao Xunbao, saying, “Smart!”

“Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao showed an expression of “this is nothing.”

“How did you think of using it like this?” Qiao Sang asked.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao called out, explaining that it discovered it while playing with ants out of boredom at night.

“Ya!”

Before Qiao Sang could say anything, Ya, in her arms, showed an excited expression, indicating that it wanted to play too.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao nodded and immediately floated over, ready to place its paw on Ya.

You’re not playing; you’re being played… Qiao Sang quickly held Ya and took a step back, stopping it:

“No, Xiao Xunbao’s Space Movement can’t precisely pinpoint locations yet. What if you get transferred to some corner and can’t come back?”

“Ya!”

Ya’s body stiffened when it heard its Yu Beast Master’s words, and it quickly shook its head frantically.

Can’t come back? That won’t do!

It’s not playing anymore!

“Xun…”

“Xun!”

Xiao Xunbao awkwardly retracted its paw, then patted its chest, promising that it would quickly master it and then take Big Brother Ya to play.

“Ya.”

Ya thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

…

Chang’an Road.

Tianjingyuan 1705.

Xiao Xunbao, for once, floated to the courtyard immediately upon returning home and began its Space Movement training.

Ya and Ice Dew Qiya were as diligent as ever.

Qiao Sang sat on the living room sofa, watching the three little ones training in the courtyard with great satisfaction.

After watching for a while, she picked up her phone, which showed 99+ messages.

Qiao Sang opened it; most were congratulatory messages, which she replied to one by one.

At this moment, the topmost new message box changed to the third-year School Team group.

As a member of the third-year School Team, Qiao Sang immediately clicked to view it.

[Xu Yixuan: This is too unlucky! Our Yuhua region is actually grouped with four regions for this regional competition!]

[He Datao: I’m fearless, not being in the regional competition.]

[Zhang Dezhou: It’s just four regions competing together, what’s there to be afraid of? And here you were always bragging about going to the National Competition.]

[Xu Yixuan: You said it yourself, it was just bragging.]

[Zhang Dezhou: …]

[He Datao: You guys are going to the Ancient Mist region for the competition, right? The Ancient Mist region, I really want to go.]

[Xu Yixuan: I heard that the Ancient Mist region wasn’t originally assigned to compete with us this time, but the people there strongly demanded to compete with our Yuhua region. Later, I don’t know how, but the Ancient Mist region actually joined.]

[He Datao: It wouldn’t be for Qiao Dashen’s Ice Dew Qiya, would it?]

[Xu Yixuan: Congratulations, you got it right! I specifically checked the news from the Ancient Mist region; it said over a million people signed a joint letter demanding that this regional competition be held in the Ancient Mist region, all for the sake of seeing Ice Dew Qiya.]

[Zhang Dezhou: It’s just Ice Dew Qiya, is it really that exaggerated?]

[He Datao: Imagine Ice Dew Qiya as our Garem here.]

Garem, an endangered Pet in the Yuhua region.

[Zhang Dezhou: Good heavens, I understand instantly…]

So, it wasn’t a coincidence that this regional competition was held in the Ancient Mist region… Qiao Sang suddenly felt immense pressure.

She scrolled up through the chat history and typed a message:

[Are we competing with four regions? Besides the Ancient Mist region, what are the other two regions?]

[He Datao: Qiao Dashen has surfaced!]

[Zhang Dezhou: Qiao Pervert! Oh no! Qiao Dashen!]

[Xu Yixuan: There are also the Lianke region and the Xi Lv region. I just received the news. Sun Teacher should announce it tomorrow.]

[He Datao: Xu Yixuan’s family has almost half of its members working in the government, so she gets this kind of news faster. It should be true.]

So Xu Yixuan was a second-generation official… By the way, what kind of Pets did the Lianke region and Xi Lv region have again… Qiao Sang opened her search engine and looked up information on these two regions.

…

Soon, it was time for school.

Qiao Sang arrived at school.

There were seven days between the end of the Provincial Competition and the start of the regional competition. However, since the competition venue was the Ancient Mist region, to avoid competing immediately after arriving without enough rest, contestants from other regions would arrive a few days early.

Tomorrow was the day of departure. Logically, contestants who could participate in the regional competition didn’t need to attend classes today, but Qiao Sang considered her cultural score and came anyway.

She had expected to be surrounded by everyone like last time, but she was surprised to find that not only was she not surrounded, but no one even approached her.

Everyone looked from afar, clearly excited, but no one came close.

Class 1, Grade 1.

When Qiao Sang stepped into the classroom, everyone fell silent. The effect was even more potent than the homeroom teacher.