Chapter 884: Looking for Qingqingni (two in one)

“Ice Heaven Domain,” Qiao Sang said calmly.

Under the same rank, Lu Bao’s Ice Heaven Domain would definitely have a temporary invincible effect; this was the confidence brought by an Ultra-level skill.

“Ice Emperor.”

Lu Bao leaped, jumping onto her Yu Beast Master’s head, calling out calmly.

A chilling cold air descended sharply, and everything was instantly invaded by the cold, congealing into a thick layer of ice, frozen in place.

The wild Pets below remained in their spectating postures, turning into ice sculptures.

There was also a Vine Rock Giant, its head slightly raised, eyes looking upwards, maintaining its posture.

And the hundreds of rock spikes, about two meters long, suspended high in the air, now all seemed to have become works of ice art.

Only Qiao Sang and Ya Bao remained bright, unaffected.

“Dianwei…”

Dianwei worm looked at the scene before it, its mouth wide open, its expression dazed.

Although Lu Bao was already a King-level Pet, she was still in the early stage of the King-level, and this Vine Rock Giant looked very old; its internal energy should be much stronger than Lu Bao’s. Qiao Sang wondered how long it could be frozen, so she had to find the Armor Piercing as soon as possible… Qiao Sang looked at everything frozen below, pondered for a moment, and calmly said:

“Mount Tai Press.”

“Steel Sword.”

Steel Treasure heard its Yu Beast Master’s words, spread its wings, and its body slowly grew larger.

A huge shadow enveloped the area above, blocking out the light.

“Dianwei…”

Dianwei worm subconsciously looked up, its pupils constricting, its already open mouth widening even further.

Steel Treasure, having returned to its original size, flew higher into the sky, while a massive airflow swept around its body.

Its huge purple body rapidly approached the clouds.

The white clouds began to churn strangely.

Then, the purple figure, like a purple meteor, suddenly plummeted from the clouds, accelerating as it fell.

Just as Steel Treasure was about to land, Lu Bao slightly controlled her energy.

“Bang!”

Steel Treasure slammed heavily onto the frozen ground beneath the Vine Rock Giant.

The entire ground instantly shook violently.

The ice shell shattered, turning into countless splashing ice fragments.

At the same time, various wild Pets from underground were blasted out, screaming and showing expressions of terror and panic.

Even with such destruction, all the previously frozen wild Pets remained in their frozen state.

Qiao Sang’s gaze quickly scanned the various wild Pets that had been blasted out.

Soon, her gaze fell on a Pet about two meters in size, with mostly dark brown skin, a black abdomen and mouth, and two-toed claws and feet.

Dianwei worm really didn’t lie to me… Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up, and she immediately said:

“Let’s leave together with the Armor Piercing!”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao followed its Yu Beast Master’s gaze and immediately saw the Armor Piercing it had seen on the phone screen earlier.

Its eyes glowed blue, and the Armor Piercing uncontrollably flew towards the sky.

“Armor Piercing!”

Armor Piercing struggled hard, looking up.

However, before it could clearly see the figures above, its vision went black, and it disappeared from its original spot.

In the sky, the only few bright spots disappeared.

At the same time, the ice shell melted.

Hundreds of rock spikes, about two meters long, carrying residual ice, fell downwards.

…

Still high in the sky.

Qiao Sang and Ya Bao’s sudden appearance startled the surrounding Flying-type Pets.

Before Qiao Sang could clearly see what the surrounding environment was like, dozens of feather-like black blades attacked from all directions.

“Ya!”

Ya Bao’s reaction speed was extremely fast; when the black blades were still over a hundred meters away, it turned into a streak of fire and dodged into the higher clouds.

Immediately after, it opened its mouth and continuously and accurately sprayed scorching flames at several attacking bird-type Pets around it.

“Bang bang bang!”

For a moment, fire raged and flames flew.

Several mostly black bird-type Pets were hit almost instantly, screaming as they fell from the sky.

Qiao Sang scanned the surroundings, found no wild Pets, and felt relieved. Remembering the main business, she looked at the Armor Piercing, which was being controlled in the air and trembling not far away, and went straight to the point:

“Don’t be afraid, I just need your tears. As long as you give me 500 grams of tears, I’ll let you go.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Ya Bao moved its four limbs and ran towards the Armor Piercing.

A huge Pressure came over.

“Armor Piercing!”

Armor Piercing’s body trembled violently, showing a terrified expression. It remembered the earlier words and, very sensibly, puckered its mouth, trying to cry bitterly.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Seeing this, Xiao Xunbao called out to Ya Bao.

Ya Bao immediately glowed blue in its eyes, taking over control of the Armor Piercing.

Xiao Xunbao took off its ring, searched inside for a long time, took out an empty bottle, and placed it under Armor Piercing’s eyes.

“Armor Piercing!”

“Armor Piercing!”

However, Armor Piercing howled dryly for a long time, but no tears fell out.

“Armor Piercing…”

After about three minutes of dry howling, Armor Piercing got tired and showed a wronged expression.

It couldn’t cry…

Indeed, not every Pet is like Xiao Xunbao, whose tears can fall on command… Qiao Sang’s thoughts shifted, remembering the Chan Chan Stones of the Super Dormant Star, and she looked at Xiao Xunbao, asking:

“Do you still have the chili peppers you gave to the Chan Chan Stones?”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao shook its head.

Before leaving, they were all left for the Chan Chan Stones.

No more chili peppers… Qiao Sang pondered for a moment and thought of three plans:

First, find something spicy. The resources here are abundant, so it shouldn’t be difficult to find spicy edible materials.

Second, find a Pet with a tear-inducing skill, such as a Grass-type Pet’s tear powder, or a Poison-type Pet’s tear gas.

Third, have Xiao Xunbao hypnotize the Armor Piercing and control it to have some frightening dreams.

Among these three plans, Xiao Xunbao’s hypnosis plan could be tried immediately…

“Dianwei!”

“Dianwei!”

Just as Qiao Sang was about to have Xiao Xunbao perform hypnosis, Dianwei worm jumped out and urgently called out to the Armor Piercing.

Isn’t it just crying!

Work hard, you can do it!

“Armor Piercing?”

Armor Piercing was startled when it saw Dianwei worm.

Why are you here?

“Dianwei…”

Dianwei worm’s body stiffened, and it turned its head, rather embarrassed, to avoid Armor Piercing’s gaze.

“Armor Piercing?!”

Seeing Dianwei worm’s appearance, Armor Piercing thought of something and showed an expression of disbelief.

Did you bring these terrifying guys to find me?!

“Dianwei…”

Dianwei worm continued to avoid its gaze.

Armor Piercing understood.

The next second, its mouth puckered, tears instantly gathered in its eyes, and it began to sob softly and sincerely.

“Armor Piercing…”

“Armor Piercing…”

Armor Piercing’s expression was as if its heart had been broken, and large tears fell one after another.

“Xun!”

Xiao Xunbao, who had already withdrawn the empty bottle, quickly picked it up again to catch them.

It’s crying already? What did Dianwei worm say to it? Qiao Sang was secretly delighted, suppressing the urge to gossip, and her gaze fell on the empty bottle.

The size of this bottle, if filled, would surely be enough for 500 grams…

As thoughts flickered, one bottle was quickly filled.

Armor Piercing’s tears were still falling.

Qiao Sang couldn’t bear to waste them and said:

“Keep collecting.”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao quickly put the collected bottle into the ring and took out two more empty bottles from the ring.

Because its arms were too short, Xiao Xunbao used its three-dimensional Dark Shadow Control to place one of the empty bottles under Armor Piercing’s other eye.

Two empty bottles simultaneously caught the tears.

After continuously filling nine bottles, Armor Piercing stopped crying.

“Armor Piercing…”

Armor Piercing sniffed, and called out dejectedly, indicating if it could leave now?

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao translated while putting the bottles into the ring.

“Wait.” Qiao Sang said, looking at Xiao Xunbao: “Give it five bottles of sweet syrup.”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao obeyed.

“Armor Piercing?”

Armor Piercing showed a confused expression.

What is this?

“Try it.” Qiao Sang said.

The lid of the sweet syrup was controlled to open, and an irresistible sweet scent instantly wafted out.

“Armor Piercing…”

Armor Piercing finally couldn’t resist the temptation and stuck out its tongue to lick it.

“Armor Piercing!”

Just that one lick made its eyes light up and its mood instantly soared.

“This is your reward.” Qiao Sang smiled.

“Armor Piercing!”

Armor Piercing immediately forgot that it was forced to come, showing an excited expression, and then looked at Dianwei worm.

So you brought me here for good food, why didn’t you say so earlier!

Dianwei worm: “…”

“Let it go down.” Qiao Sang said.

“Ya!”

Ya Bao controlled the Armor Piercing to descend to the flat ground below.

“Armor Piercing!”

Armor Piercing screamed at the top of its lungs.

Is there any more food! It can still cry!

Xiao Xunbao did not translate this time.

Armor Piercing landed safely on the ground.

“Dianwei…”

Seeing this, Dianwei worm cautiously called out, indicating if it could also leave?

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao translated.

Qiao Sang glanced at Dianwei worm, but didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she looked at Xiao Xunbao: “Take out your phone.”

“Xiao Xunbao?!”

Xiao Xunbao’s body suddenly stiffened, and it quickly shook its head frantically.

What phone?

It has no phone!

Qiao Sang said unhurriedly: “When you were on Super Dormant Star, you used my phone to log into a shopping app and bought a phone.”

She paused, then added: “There’s a purchase record on it.”

A bolt from the blue!

Xiao Xunbao seemed to be hit hard and took a step back.

What?

There’s a purchase record for buying things?!

Qiao Sang wanted to laugh at Xiao Xunbao’s reaction.

Back on Super Dormant Star, there was a period when she set up password-free payment, and Xiao Xunbao would occasionally use her phone to buy all sorts of random things.

At that time, she was using an unlimited card, so she didn’t pay much attention.

Later, she saw the record of a phone purchase, thinking that Xiao Xunbao couldn’t buy a phone card and couldn’t access various platforms that required account registration and login, so she didn’t bother with it.

Anyway, it was absolutely impossible for Xiao Xunbao to openly play with the phone it bought in front of her.

The reality was as she expected.

During that time, she was busy every day, and almost all night she was out helping people cure incurable diseases, so Xiao Xunbao had even less time to play with the phone behind her back.

She could actually continue to turn a blind eye, but there was no choice; her phone was broken now, so she could only use the one Xiao Xunbao bought.

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Under her Yu Beast Master’s gaze, Xiao Xunbao sadly took off its ring and pulled out the phone from inside.

Qiao Sang took the phone, turned it on, and checked the battery: 87%.

It seems it was charged last night too… Qiao Sang handed the phone to Dianwei worm and said:

“What I said still counts. As long as you help me charge it, I can provide you with sweet syrup every day, the same thing you ate before.”

“Dianwei…”

Dianwei worm looked at the phone in front of it, a little hesitant.

It was afraid of overcharging the phone again…

But then, it remembered the taste of the sweet syrup in its mouth, and ultimately couldn’t resist the temptation, nodding its head.

“Xiao Xunbao…”

When Dianwei worm inserted its antenna into the phone’s charging port again, Xiao Xunbao watched the entire process intently from the side.

Dianwei worm had the experience of its previous failure, so it would definitely be more cautious. As long as I don’t suddenly touch it again, there shouldn’t be any problem. This mission was completed very smoothly, in less than a day. The 16th Secret Realm wasn’t as dangerous as imagined; it seems that as long as you’re high in the sky, the danger level drops sharply… Qiao Sang was in a great mood, remembering her other purpose for coming in, and looked at Xiao Xunbao, saying: “Take out the Qingfeng Compass.”

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao stared at Dianwei worm, absentmindedly pulling out the Qingfeng Compass.

Qiao Sang took the Qingfeng Compass.

This Qingfeng Compass looked very old.

It was silver, designed with three rings, marked with various directions, and its outer glass cover was blurry. Overall, it was no bigger than a palm.

She remembered the item description said that the compass would start to rotate as it got closer to Qingqing Ni, as long as the approximate distance was within ten kilometers.

The direction pointed by the middle needle was Qingqing Ni’s current direction.

Qiao Sang held the Qingfeng Compass and began to point it in various directions, trying almost every one, but the three rings showed no reaction.

It seems the current distance from Qingqing Ni is beyond ten kilometers… Qiao Sang quickly made a decision: “Xiao Xunbao, perform a long-distance Space Movement directly.”

“Xiao Xunbao.”

Xiao Xunbao didn’t immediately perform Space Movement as before, but instead called out to Dianwei worm with a serious expression, indicating to stop charging for now.

“Dianwei…”

Dianwei worm stopped charging.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao took back the phone, and after seeing it was intact, breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did its eyes glow blue, and it began to perform Space Movement.

Soon, Qiao Sang and Ya Bao disappeared into the sky.

The vegetation in the 16th Secret Realm was overly lush, with various wild Pets moving and hiding below, making it difficult to traverse from the ground.

But fortunately, the Flying-type wild Pets in the sky openly exposed their figures. Qiao Sang moved along the way and didn’t encounter many particularly fierce wild Flying-type Pets attacking her. Occasionally, a few would initiate an attack, but they were quickly defeated by Ya Bao’s attacks.

Besides the wild Pets in the sky, she also didn’t encounter many Spirit Mark Masters who had entered the Secret Realm.

This showed that the 16th Secret Realm was still very vast.

Xiao Xunbao moved for a long time without much rest, and every time it moved to a new location, Qiao Sang would take out the Qingfeng Compass to check.

She didn’t know exactly how long they had been moving, but then a majestic cold air suddenly descended, as if spring had instantly turned into deep winter.

Below, it was a world of ice and snow, with all kinds of vegetation covered in a thick layer of snow.

I actually didn’t feel particularly cold… Qiao Sang was a little surprised.

Logically speaking, in such weather, it wouldn’t be excessive for her to wear thermal underwear, long johns, and a down jacket, but now she only felt the temperature was a few degrees lower than before… Could it be the feedback from Lu Bao’s evolution…

Qiao Sang pondered, and as usual, picked up the Qingfeng Compass to look at it.

She saw that the three rings, which had previously shown no reaction, now rotated ever so slightly. (End of chapter)