Chapter 426: eyeball fish

Jiang Xiu suddenly realized he was wrong.

The girl in front of him contracting Ice Kexilu was an accident, but Liao Xing Hound and Treasure Hunting Fairy were not.

How could a family that could contract such talented Pets and cultivate them to this extent in such a short time possibly lack money!

Born of extraordinary origins, his vision would naturally be high, so it was no wonder he didn’t care for the warm water stone…

Speaking of which, what else did he have in his backpack… Jiang Xiu silently reached into his backpack and fumbled around.

“Aren’t you going to pick it up?” Qiao Sang asked again when Professor Jiang didn’t move or speak for a long time.

Jiang Xiu was silent for a moment, then called out, “Haizi.”

Sea Salt Lizard showed a speechless expression, sped up towards where the warm water stone had sunk, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Soon, a stream of water gushed out from a blue circular spot on the back of the Sea Salt Lizard.

When the water flow dispersed, the warm water stone appeared there.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang asked with interest, “Is this a skill or a characteristic?”

Jiang Xiu put the warm water stone back into his backpack while explaining:

“This is a storage characteristic, considered the lowest level of its kind. My Sea Salt Lizard can store a small amount of things inside its body, which can be stored and transferred through its mouth and this circular spot. However, the storage time is very short; if it stays inside the body for more than five minutes, it will be digested.”

It’s an eye-opener… Qiao Sang thought to herself.

…

In the following time, every minute, some materials suitable for Pets could be seen.

Jiang Xiu’s backpack was constantly taking things out and putting things in, in such a cycle, it never flattened.

“There seems to be something there…” Jiang Xiu said numbly.

He felt as if he was an NPC in a game, constantly repeating the same actions and words.

Qiao Sang looked in the direction and her eyes suddenly lit up: “Is that dark nether crystal?”

Jiang Xiu’s spirits lifted when he saw Qiao Sang looking interested. He pretended to examine it carefully, then said with a confident tone:

“It’s dark nether crystal!”

“Professor, aren’t you going to pick it up?” Qiao Sang asked.

Jiang Xiu waved his hand and said in an indifferent tone, “I’m not interested in dark nether crystal. If you want it, I’ll have Sea Salt Lizard pick it up for you.”

Professor Jiang is truly an eccentric person. He’s interested in warm water stones worth about a thousand, but not in dark nether crystals worth at least tens of thousands… Qiao Sang secretly marveled and said:

“I’ll just let Lu Bao pick it up.”

As Qiao Sang finished speaking, Lu Bao ‘swished’ and sped up, arriving at the spot where the dark nether crystal had fallen. Just as it extended its claw to pick it up, it suddenly saw a dark red orb several times larger than the dark nether crystal next to it.

“Ice Ke.”

Lu Bao placed one claw on the dark nether crystal and another claw on the dark red orb, intending to pick up both.

But when it lifted its claw, the dark red orb didn’t budge.

“Ice Ke!”

Lu Bao increased its strength.

“Zhu Zhu!”

Suddenly, a roar sounded close by, and the dark red orb began to shake.

Below the orb, a pair of dark red eyes suddenly opened.

After seeing Lu Bao’s appearance, the dark red eyes’ originally irritable and fierce gaze momentarily froze.

“Oh no, it’s the King-level Pet Bao Yanzhu Fish!” Jiang Xiu exclaimed, “Quick, make Ice Kexilu come back!”

King-level Pet?! Qiao Sang’s heart tightened, and she quickly waved her hand, summoning Lu Bao back into the yu beast codex.

“Zhu Zhu!!!”

The very next second after Lu Bao was summoned back, Bao Yanzhu Fish let out a roar a hundred times more furious than before.

The water rippled, and a large Pet, almost entirely dark blue, with protruding eyes and a dark red orb on its forehead and another on its tail, appeared within Qiao Sang’s line of sight.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao looked at Bao Yanzhu Fish with an excited expression, wishing it could immediately go and challenge it to a fight.

Why does it want to fight everything powerful it sees? This is a King-level Pet, we can’t beat it… Qiao Sang’s mouth twitched as she noticed Ya Bao’s excitement, and she said, “This is in the water, are you sure you want to go out and fight?”

“Ya…”

Ya Bao’s body stiffened, and it obediently stayed in its Yu Beast Master’s arms without moving.

Damn it, it really still hates water!

Jiang Xiu’s face was solemn as he said, “The most troublesome one in this sea area is this Bao Yanzhu Fish. I didn’t expect to encounter it right away.”

Qiao Sang hesitated, “Isn’t this a Water-type wild Pet exchange event? Shouldn’t we go up and communicate with it?”

Jiang Xiu said, “I need to ensure your safety right now, so it’s not very convenient. Communicating with this Bao Yanzhu Fish can easily lead to conflict.”

“Members who came here for the event before have interacted with it. It’s the type that has a very strong sense of territory and will attack without a word.”

Indeed, if we fight in the water, once the bubbles on Sea Salt Lizard burst, we’ll probably be done for… Qiao Sang asked, “So should we leave now?”

“We can’t move yet. If we move, Bao Yanzhu Fish will very likely target us,” Jiang Xiu said.

Qiao Sang was silent for a moment, then said with some hesitation:

“If we don’t want Bao Yanzhu Fish to target us, shouldn’t we first make the light on Sea Salt Lizard’s body go out?”

The green light emitted from Sea Salt Lizard’s body was like a big green light bulb; it would be hard not to be targeted!

Jiang Xiu: “…”

Sea Salt Lizard also realized something, and the green light on its body slowly dimmed.

At this moment, Bao Yanzhu Fish’s eyes shifted, and it suddenly darted from dozens of meters away to in front of Sea Salt Lizard.

“Zhu Zhu!”

Bao Yanzhu Fish let out a loud cry.

“Oh no, run!” Jiang Xiu’s face instantly turned grim.

If it were just him, it would be fine. He had received multiple backfeeds, and his physique had long surpassed ordinary people’s. He could hold his breath for a considerable amount of time in deep water, and it would be fine even if the bubbles burst when Sea Salt Lizard fought Bao Yanzhu Fish.

But Qiao Sang couldn’t.

He absolutely couldn’t let Qiao Sang get into trouble!

Sea Salt Lizard changed direction, flicked its tail, and a surge of energy rushed to its tail. The water waves behind it immediately swirled, and it swam a hundred meters away in an instant.

“Zhu Zhu!”

Bao Yanzhu Fish chased after them, calling out.

“Xiao Xunbao!”

Xiao Xunbao, lying against the inner wall of the bubble, looked at the Bao Yanzhu Fish behind them, calling out excitedly, indicating to run faster, the other party was catching up!

Aren’t you a little too excited… Qiao Sang complained in her heart, turning her head to look at the relentlessly pursuing Bao Yanzhu Fish.

After staring for a while, she hesitated:

“Professor Jiang, Bao Yanzhu Fish doesn’t seem to be trying to attack.”

“How is that possible?” Jiang Xiu said, “Its expression and cries just now were clearly signs of anger.”

Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said, “But it’s a King-level Pet. If it wanted to attack, it could launch an offensive from this distance. But it hasn’t used any skills; it’s just chasing us. If it were truly angry enough to attack, wouldn’t this situation be a bit unreasonable?”

There is indeed some truth to that… Jiang Xiu pondered for a few seconds and said:

“What do you want to say?”

“Maybe it has something it wants to say.” Qiao Sang suggested, “Do you want to communicate with it?”

“No!” Jiang Xiu refused without thinking, “It’s too dangerous.”

Qiao Sang smiled: “We can communicate from a distance.”

Distance communication? Jiang Xiu didn’t react for a moment.

Qiao Sang turned to look at Xiao Xunbao and said, “Xiao Xunbao, I remember there was an amplifying tool among the items I bought last time. Can you find it?”

“Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao took off its ring, rummaged inside, and quickly pulled out a wireless microphone that looked like a lollipop.

“Ask it why it’s chasing us,” Qiao Sang said.

Xiao Xunbao nodded, then turned on the microphone’s switch and tested the volume by calling out “Xiao Xunbao” twice.

The sound was so loud that it echoed in the water for quite a while.

Jiang Xiu was truly shocked.

What kind of crazy move is this!

“Zhu Zhu!”

Bao Yanzhu Fish was startled by the sound.

“Xiao Xunbao!”

At this moment, Xiao Xunbao finally put the microphone to its mouth and seriously called out, asking the question its Yu Beast Master wanted to ask.

“Zhu Zhu!”

Bao Yanzhu Fish was stunned for a moment, then continued to chase while calling out with a shy expression.

“What did it say?” Qiao Sang asked.

“Ya Ya!”

Before Xiao Xunbao could speak, Ya Bao had already begun to translate.

That guy is asking if we saw a very beautiful creature just now.