Chapter 694: Is it an illusion?

The woman waved her hand, summoning the Pointing Money Turtle back. She lost interest in chatting and turned to leave with a displeased expression.

Although this was just an entertainment activity, the situation that occurred right after she introduced her Pet made her feel somewhat embarrassed.

Unaffected, Qiao Sang looked at Ice Kexilu.

“Whoosh.”

In the pool, an arrow formed from water shot through the air, heading for the button on Ice Kexilu’s chest.

Ice Kexilu did not dodge. It directly wrapped its tail in water and swung it forward, easily dispersing the blue arrow.

Then, a water ball came from the left.

Ice Kexilu jumped into the water, and the water ball hit the head of another Water-type Pet with a horn on its forehead.

The water ball’s power was not great; the Water-type Pet merely shook its head, completely unharmed.

At the same time, Ice Kexilu leaped out of the water, appearing in front of the Water-type Pet that had shot the water ball, and forcefully swung its tail, which was still covered in water, forward.

The Water-type Pet that had shot the water ball flew backward like a cannonball. Not only did the button on its chest light up, but it also directly fainted.

It seemed that most of the Pets playing this Aquatic High-Altitude Competition were Low-level and Mid-level Pets… Qiao Sang observed the dozens of Pets in the pool and found that, besides Ice Kexilu, no other Pet wore a miniature shrinking bracelet.

Now, Ice Kexilu wouldn’t get many Points by defeating Low-level and Mid-level Pets, but if it defeated many Pets in one round, it should accumulate quite a bit…

After about seven minutes, the Aquatic High-Altitude Competition ended.

As the only High-level Pet among the thirty Water-type Pets, Ice Kexilu unsurprisingly remained until the end.

Qiao Sang held Ice Kexilu and rejoined the long queue.

Soon, Ice Kexilu was on the field again.

Qiao Sang returned to her original seat.

Seven minutes later, she once again held Ice Kexilu and queued up.

After repeating this eleven times, tourists who had also played several times finally couldn’t hold back.

“You’ve played so many times, why are you still playing?” A blonde girl specially sat over and asked, just as a new round of Aquatic High-Altitude Competition began.

“Exactly.” A young man beside her echoed, “You’ve won so many first places, you should at least give us a chance.”

His expression was a mix of anger and timidity as he spoke.

He was angry because whether or not the first place was free didn’t matter. It was just that normally, a round of Aquatic High-Altitude Competition would take about fifteen minutes. But because the strength of the girl’s Water-type Pet had disrupted the balance, the time was forcibly cut in half.

His purpose in coming here was to train his own Pet. With half the time, but paying the same amount of money for this entertainment activity, and having done it so many times, he was fed up long ago.

He was timid because he noticed that both the Water-type Pet that had been on the field countless times and the Fire-type Pet beside the girl were wearing miniature shrinking bracelets…

Qiao Sang was unperturbed and calmly said, “Is your purpose in bringing your Pets here to play or to train?”

The people around her spoke up one after another:

“Of course, it’s for training!”

“Certainly training.”

“Who would bring a Pet here just to play?”

“Then that’s right.” Qiao Sang said indifferently, “If Pets want to achieve good training results, they must train with powerful opponents. If the opponent is about the same level as them, the training effect will be negligible.”

It seemed to make sense… The people around them showed thoughtful expressions, including the young man who had been a bit timid with his anger earlier.

Qiao Sang thought to herself, “Finally, I’ve bluffed my way through…”

After this round ended, Qiao Sang held Ice Kexilu and left the place.

She was afraid that if she went on a few more times, once those people reacted, it would cause public outrage. She wasn’t afraid of this group of people, but she did feel a bit guilty.

After all, Ice Kexilu playing this with a group of Low-level and Mid-level Water-type Pets really felt like bullying…

…

The next day, Qiao Sang’s conscience, which had risen last night, had mostly disappeared. She brought Ice Kexilu to Jiujing Amusement Park to continue playing Aquatic High-Altitude Competition.

During the process, she encountered some tourists she had seen last night. Everyone smiled and nodded as if nothing had happened.

However, two hours later, no one was smiling anymore.

Seeing the increasingly dark faces of the people around, yet all appearing dared not to speak, Qiao Sang checked the time and took Ice Kexilu away.

On the third day, Qiao Sang brought Ice Kexilu here as usual.

The familiar tourists from the first two days didn’t even bother with pleasantries anymore. Their faces darkened, and they kept their distance.

On the fourth day, the Staff responsible for tying equipment onto the Water-type Pets also began to look at Qiao Sang and Ice Kexilu with complex expressions.

On the fifth day, as Qiao Sang finished queuing with Ice Kexilu and sat down at the viewing stand, a newspaper very coincidentally floated to her front.

Even in a developed place like First District, they still used newspapers… Out of curiosity, Qiao Sang casually grabbed it and looked down. She saw the news headline “# ChapterUnknown Water-type Pet Bullying Incident Discovered at Jiujing Amusement Park# Chapter” occupying the main section, making it hard not to notice.

Below it was a photo of a Pet’s back taken from a super far distance.

Qiao Sang recognized it as Ice Kexilu at a glance.

Everything was done according to the rules, so how did it become bullying… Qiao Sang frowned slightly.

Just then, she suddenly sensed something and turned her head, seeing a Pet that was almost entirely silver-white, with a square body shape, looking a bit like a small printer.

“Baobao…”

The silver-white Pet saw Qiao Sang’s gaze, its body stiffened, and it turned its head to bury itself in its Yu Beast Master’s arms.

Baobao Cass, a Mid-level Mechanical-type Pet, can automatically generate related paper content based on the fluctuations of the human brain. Because of its characteristics, it is deeply loved by a wide range of literature enthusiasts… Information about the silver-white Pet flashed through Qiao Sang’s mind. She then thought of something, looked up, and recognized that the person intimately interacting with Baobao Cass was precisely the young man who had voiced his opinion to her on the first day.

The man silently shifted his gaze, not daring to meet hers.

Goodness, it seems this newspaper was deliberately put out by this person for me to see… After realizing this, Qiao Sang casually placed the newspaper aside.

For her, quickly accumulating Points for Ice Kexilu and helping it improve its mindset was the most important thing.

By the sixth day, Ice Kexilu’s appetite had recovered and was even better than before.

At the dining table, Liu Yao couldn’t help but exclaim upon seeing this:

“You really have a talent for being a Trainer. For a Pet as… as Ice Kexilu…”

Since Ice Kexilu was right there, Liu Yao swallowed what he originally wanted to say and changed his words, “You can adjust the state of such a unique Pet so quickly.”

Are personality and state related…? Qiao Sang felt a flicker of doubt in her heart, but on the surface, she smiled and said:

“That’s because I’m its Yu Beast Master.”

Liu Yao said earnestly, “Not all Yu Beast Masters understand their Pets. Believe me, you truly have the talent of a Trainer.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang joked, “Then why don’t I minor in the Training Department?”

Liu Yao was stunned, a rare look of struggle on his face:

“It’s better not to make a decision so quickly. Your Beast Taming talent is the highest I’ve ever seen, and now you’re in the Beast Taming Department. You should spend all your time and energy on Beast Taming.”

If Qiao Sang had said this six months ago, he would have wholeheartedly agreed.

But Qiao Sang’s progress was simply too incredible. In just half a year, her brain domain reached 39%, not to mention both Liao Xing Hound and Ghost Ring Spirit evolved to General-level. He really couldn’t bring himself to tell such a Beast Taming prodigy to divert some of her energy to another major.

Even if she had talent in that major.

I was just saying, don’t take it so seriously… Qiao Sang saw the Vice Principal’s expression, opened her mouth, and finally chose to quietly eat her rice, not speaking her mind.

…

After dinner, Qiao Sang returned to her room and began to Meditate cross-legged.

“Ice Ke?”

Ice Kexilu waited for a long time and, seeing that its Yu Beast Master didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving, couldn’t help but call out.

Are we still going today?

Qiao Sang opened her eyes and said:

“Not today. Tomorrow is the start of school, and I heard there’s an assessment. We need to be in our best state when we go.”

“Ice Ke.”

Ice Kexilu nodded, indicating understanding, then turned and jumped into the water tank.

Just then, her phone vibrated.

Qiao Sang picked up the phone beside her, checked the caller ID, and answered.

“Hello, Mom, why are you calling me?”

“I want to discuss something with you.” Her mother’s voice came from the speaker.

“What is it?” Qiao Sang asked.

Ye Xiangting organized her words and said, “It’s like this, you bought two villas in Qinglu Courtyard, didn’t you? Someone offered 8 million more than the original price for Villa 16, where we live. Do you want to sell it to him?”

Qiao Sang was stunned and blurted out, “Is this person stupid? They want to buy it for 8 million more than the original price?”

The area she bought was in the suburbs, and it was a villa. Houses not in good locations nowadays rarely have financial value; let alone increasing in price, it’s hard to sell them off.

She hadn’t expected someone to have too much money and spend 8 million more than the original house price to buy it.

Isn’t that just a big spender?

Ye Xiangting laughed, her tone slightly proud:

“Now that you’re a student of the Imperial Beast Academy, let alone the house you lived in, people are even offering a high price to buy your textbooks from when you were in school.”

Qiao Sang: “…”

To be honest, she really hadn’t expected that entering the Imperial Beast Academy could even serve as a means of increasing the value of a house.

Qiao Sang then thought of something and asked uneasily, “You didn’t sell it to anyone else, did you?”

Ye Xiangting knew what her daughter was asking and laughed, “Don’t worry, your old textbooks, with all that stuff you wrote in them, I’d be too embarrassed to sell them even if people wanted to buy them.”

“That’s good…” Qiao Sang felt relieved upon hearing this.

“Do you want to sell Villa 16?” Ye Xiangting asked.

“Whatever, if you want to sell it, then sell it.” Qiao Sang said indifferently.

She had previously considered the future size of her Pets, so she also bought Villa 17. Now with the miniature shrinking bracelet, selling Villa 16 still left Villa 17, which was completely enough to live in.

Ye Xiangting paused upon hearing this, then stated her idea:

“I do want to sell it. With the money from the sale, I want to gather a bit more and buy you a house near the Imperial Beast Academy. You’re in the Beast Taming Department, and you’ll be there for five years, so having a house will be convenient. I heard that many Beast Taming Department students basically live outside during university.”

Qiao Sang was stunned, then giggled and said:

“Mom, we probably don’t have the qualifications to buy a house there.”

Ye Xiangting smiled faintly:

“I’ve already inquired. As long as you’re a student of the Imperial Beast Academy, you can buy one, even if you’re not from Blue Star.”

Qiao Sang: “!!!”

“Then I want a large area, preferably with an outdoor training ground!” Qiao Sang’s face lit up with joy, and she quickly stated her requirements.

“Okay, what other requirements do you have for the house? Tell me everything.” Ye Xiangting smiled while taking out paper and pen, ready to record.

Inside the room, Qiao Sang excitedly spoke her requirements into the phone.

Steel Treasure, who was currently training Iron Wall, looked at its Yu Beast Master, unconsciously infected, and a smile flickered in its eyes.

“Steel Guard.”

Suddenly, Steel Treasure sensed something and looked down at its stomach.

It felt as if the energy within its body had just boiled for a moment.

But the feeling came and went quickly, as if it had never appeared.

“Steel Guard?”

Steel Treasure showed a hesitant expression.

Was it an illusion? (End of this chapter)