Chapter 886: First sight (two in one)

“Qingqing?”

Qingqingni’s cry?

Qiao Sang’s eyes instantly widened. The shock, confusion, and suddenness made her forget to speak for a moment.

“Qingqing?”

Until that ethereal, tender voice called out again.

Qiao Sang belatedly reacted, her heart inevitably accelerating.

She turned her head, looking at the empty space behind her, and tentatively asked,

“Qingqingni?”

“Qingqing~”

The voice sounded again.

This time, the tone was completely different from before.

It was Qingqingni, alright… Realizing this, Qiao Sang’s expression was a bit dazed.

The legendary Qingqingni was found by her just like that?

Was it really that simple?

“Xiao Xunbao~”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao curiously floated towards the source of the sound, looking left and right, only to find that it couldn’t see anything.

“Steel Sword.”

At this moment, Steel Treasure called out, translating the meaning of the two previous “Qingqing” calls.

It was asking if it should wait?

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, completely not expecting that it was her own words, “wait,” that had called out to Qingqingni.

Was Qingqingni that naive?

Did it just casually respond to strangers?

Qiao Sang’s mind raced with thoughts, but on the surface, she tried to remain calm, nodding imperceptibly:

“That’s right, I was just telling you to wait.”

Steel Treasure silently glanced at its Yu Beast Master.

“Xun!”

Xiao Xunbao’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, instantly staring at Qiao Sang with an admiring gaze.

Its Yu Beast Master was so amazing, she could actually see this guy, while it couldn’t see anything at all!

“Qingqing?”

Qingqingni called out with a questioning tone.

“Steel Sword.”

Steel Treasure translated simultaneously in its mind.

It asked if there was something wrong?

Qiao Sang looked in the direction where Xiao Xunbao was, not knowing exactly where to look, so she casually stared at the spot to Xiao Xunbao’s left, and said sincerely:

“I want to see what you look like, I wonder if that’s okay?”

Qingqingni’s true form was not wind, but rather it could transform into wind and travel everywhere.

At this moment, Qingqingni had already floated beside Qiao Sang.

It looked at the human in front of it, then at the direction she was staring, tilted its head, and showed a bewildered expression.

Seeing that Qingqingni hadn’t spoken for a long time, Qiao Sang was afraid it would leave, so she quickly stated that she had no ill intentions:

“I don’t mean anything else, I just simply want to see what you look like.”

After a pause, she added, “If you could take a photo with me, that would be even better.”

“Qingqing?”

Qingqingni’s voice finally sounded again.

“Steel Sword.”

Steel Treasure translated simultaneously in its mind.

It asked what taking a photo was.

Qiao Sang: “…”

Right, Qingqingni had always been in the Secret Realm and was considered a wild Pet, so it was understandable that it didn’t know what taking a photo was… Qiao Sang only paused for a second before pulling out her phone, aiming it at Xiao Xunbao, who was still looking around, and took a photo. Then she flipped the screen over, facing forward, and said:

“Look, this is taking a photo. Simply put, it’s freezing and saving a moment.”

Qingqingni was just looking at the phone screen, but then the screen flipped, and it had to float in front of the phone screen to continue looking.

In the air in front, besides Xiao Xunbao, there was still nothing.

Qiao Sang felt a little anxious, all sorts of thoughts popping up in an instant.

Qingqingni wouldn’t have already left, would it?

Actually, it leaving seemed quite normal.

To be honest, Qingqingni speaking up because of her “wait” was already quite surprising, giving off a feeling of being overly naive…

Just like that young beast a certain blogger filmed, which had just hatched from a Pet egg; someone just making a sound would make it think it was being called, and it would wobbly go over…

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang felt a faint sense of regret again.

This was the legendary Pet, Qingqingni; how could it be like those young beasts that had just hatched from Pet eggs? She shouldn’t have said any nonsense, but instead directly had Xiao Xunbao cast Space Lockdown. Perhaps she could even force Qingqingni to reveal its true form and forcibly take a photo.

It was all because of that “Qingqing” sound that clouded her judgment…

“Qingqing~”

As thoughts flickered, a Pet appeared in front of her, about 30 centimeters in size, entirely snow-white, with a gradual transition to a pure sky-like cyan color within the white. The white antennae on either side of its head resembled two small braids, and it had a pair of incredibly pure oval-shaped cyan eyes. Its lower body was covered by fluffy white clouds.

Qiao Sang: “!!!”

Her thoughts abruptly stopped, and she felt as if her heart had been struck.

Such, such a cute Pet…

“Qingqing~”

Qingqingni curved its eyes, revealing a sweet smile.

“Steel Sword.”

Steel Treasure’s voice sounded in her mind.

It said it was willing to take a photo.

So, so cute… Qiao Sang’s heart was struck by another arrow.

“Xun!”

Xiao Xunbao floated beside Qingqingni, curiously examining it.

So this is what you look like.

“Qingqing~”

Qingqingni smiled sweetly at Xiao Xunbao.

Xiao Xunbao was stunned for a moment, then grinned back with a smile.

Qiao Sang took a deep breath, steadied her excited emotions, picked up her phone, and aimed it at herself and Qingqingni.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao moved into the frame.

Just then, an unusual Typhoon stirred up.

“Qingqing…”

Qingqingni looked up, but then quickly lowered its head, looking at the camera.

“It’s done, take a look, isn’t it beautiful!” Qiao Sang turned the phone screen towards Qingqingni and shared.

“Qingqing.”

Qingqingni showed an apologetic expression, called out, and then transformed into wind, disappearing from sight.

Why did it just leave… Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, and a feeling of melancholy inexplicably welled up in her heart.

“Steel Sword.”

Steel Treasure called out, indicating that it had said it had something else to do and left first.

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao was also a bit melancholic.

It left, but why didn’t it even look at the photo…

Immediately, Xiao Xunbao thought of something, floated to the side of the phone screen, and began to admire the photo of itself, its Yu Beast Master, and Qingqingni.

“Steel Sword?”

Steel Treasure saw its Yu Beast Master looking somewhat lost and called out, indicating that the mission was complete, Qingqingni had been found, so what should they do next?

Qiao Sang was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, “What do you two think of Qingqingni?”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao was the first to answer.

It’s pretty good, seems to have a good personality, and its smile is very pretty too.

“Steel Sword?”

Steel Treasure called out, indicating, “You want it to be our companion?”

He who knows me, is Steel Treasure!

Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up as she looked at Steel Treasure and began to gush: “Don’t you think Qingqingni is very cute? We just met, and it not only smiled at us but also agreed to take a photo, not at all like those wild…”

When she reached this Point, she noticed Steel Treasure quietly staring at her, paused, and then continued:

“Not at all like those wild Pets that are so individualistic and constantly vigilant. I think it will get along very well with us.”

Honestly, before seeing Qingqingni, she hadn’t even thought of contracting it.

After all, how could a legendary Pet be so easily contracted? Just thinking about contracting a legendary Pet felt unrealistic.

Even movies and TV shows wouldn’t dare to let the protagonist do such a thing, for fear of audiences saying it’s detached from reality, illogical, and pure nonsense.

But Qingqingni’s appearance directly hit her aesthetic sweet spot.

Then she remembered that Qingqingni happened to be a Fairy-type, which she didn’t have.

Fairy-type Pets, the bane of dragons, completely ignoring dragon-type damage, plus their rarity and generally exceptionally beautiful appearance, have always been a favored type among Yu Beast Masters.

It’s just that because Fairy-type Pets are not numerous and are too rare, not many Yu Beast Masters contract them.

Although Qingqingni was a legendary Pet, it was still a Beginner Pet.

More importantly, Qingqingni’s evolution limit was God-level.

And she, coincidentally, had just developed a blank contract page.

Beginner, Fairy-type, evolution limit, God-level, such a good personality, and so cute—such a Pet perfectly fit her contract standards, even far exceeding her original expectations.

Although it was a legendary Pet, hadn’t someone successfully contracted one before?

Since others could do it, why couldn’t she?

The more Qiao Sang thought about it, the more it made sense.

The key to the 16th Secret Realm, the Qingfeng Compass, the new Yu Beast page developed before the Secret Realm opened.

All of this, wasn’t it all just reminding her that she could set her sights on Qingqingni?

“Xun!”

Xiao Xunbao’s eyes lit up, and it called out, indicating that it agreed to have that guy as a companion.

That guy named Qingqingni seemed easy to trick, maybe it could become its second little brother!

“Steel Sword.”

Steel Treasure called out calmly, indicating that there was a Typhoon just now, which might have been Qingqingni’s elder, and it might not let them take Qingqingni away.

Qiao Sang was silent for a moment.

Indeed, she had also noticed that sudden Typhoon.

That Qingqingni had innocent eyes, giving off the feeling of Xiao Xunbao when it was just born, clearly a young beast.

Someone had contracted Qingqingni in the Secret Realm before, which meant there wasn’t just one Qingqingni in the 16th Secret Realm.

An elder, huh, she wondered what level it had evolved to…

“Steel Sword?”

Steel Treasure saw its Yu Beast Master not speaking for a moment and called out, indicating, “Should we go after it now?”

Qiao Sang picked up the Qingfeng Compass, her gaze firm, and said,

“Chase!”

Whether or not they could successfully contract it was beside the Point; at least they had to try!

Steel Treasure flapped its wings and immediately flew in the direction they had come from.

…

Five hours later.

In the high sky.

Lu Bao woke up, burrowed out of the backpack, and immediately cast a Healing Light on Qiao Sang and Steel Treasure.

Then, it surveyed the surrounding environment, and finding no danger, burrowed back into the backpack.

“Bingdi?”

Afterwards, Lu Bao burrowed out of the backpack again, jumped onto its Yu Beast Master’s head, and after carefully surveying the surroundings once more, it called out, indicating, “Isn’t this the way back?”

Qiao Sang was a bit surprised: “You’ve been in the backpack all this time, and you still remember the way?”

“Bingdi.”

Lu Bao patiently replied.

Xiao Xunbao had been to this place when it moved earlier, and it just happened to pop out and take a look, so it remembered.

Qiao Sang looked down upon hearing this.

Below, the trees in the valley looked unusually bizarre, like giant leeches, soaring into the clouds.

The surrounding mist was indeed very impressive.

“I’m currently chasing Qingqingni; it’s heading in this direction.” Qiao Sang glanced at the Qingfeng Compass and answered Lu Bao’s previous question.

It was strange that even though Qingqingni was a Beginner Pet, and she hadn’t started chasing much later, Steel Treasure, being a General-level Pet, just couldn’t catch up.

One had to know that five hours had already passed…

Suddenly, a strong-smelling poisonous gas blew up from below.

“Steel Sword.”

Steel Treasure instantly became alert, flapped its wings, and ascended to an even higher altitude.

Qiao Sang collected her thoughts and looked down.

Above the trees that soared into the clouds, three incredibly long snake-like Pets, mostly purple in color and extremely ferocious-looking, had appeared at some Point.

They held themselves up, staring with cold eyes.

Poisonous Boa, a General-level Poison-type Pet, likes to hide in dense vegetation, waiting for prey to enter its attack range before spraying poisonous gas. It has a strong territorial sense and dislikes unfamiliar creatures appearing in its territory… Qiao Sang’s mind recalled the information on the snake-like Pets below, and she said:

“Wing Blade.”

Steel Treasure, without a word, spread its wings, then its body swayed slightly, not immediately casting Wing Blade.

At the same time, Qiao Sang felt a slight pain within her body.

The next second, a faint blue light enveloped Steel Treasure, as well as Qiao Sang and Ya Bao on Steel Treasure’s back.

“Steel Sword!”

Within the faint blue light, Steel Treasure steadied itself, and its wings flapped downwards with force.

Feathers, glowing purple and resembling sharp blades, rained down like a Typhoon, furiously attacking downwards.

The three Poisonous Boas, seeing the situation was wrong, quickly jumped down from the treetops.

Countless purple blades fell into the eerie valley.

Soon, the miserable cries of various Pets rang out one after another.

The purple blades swirled upwards and reinserted themselves into Steel Treasure’s body.

Qiao Sang glanced at the Qingfeng Compass and said,

“Continue on our way.”

As soon as her voice fell, a commotion came from the valley below.

Immediately after, flocks and flocks of bird-type Pets, mostly black and purple, flew into the high sky, fiercely lunging towards Steel Treasure!

Their numbers were so vast that they momentarily covered most of the valley below!

Qiao Sang was stunned at first, then her heart involuntarily quickened.

So many Points!

“Ya Bao! Wake up quickly!” Qiao Sang instinctively shouted.

“Ya ya…”

Ya Bao opened its eyes, and when it saw the flocks of bird-type Pets flying towards them, its spirits lifted, and it instantly sobered up.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao teleported to a higher position, its body slowly growing larger, then it opened its mouth and spat out a terrifyingly energetic crimson Energy Ball upwards.

“Steel Sword.”

Steel Treasure’s wings flapped downwards with force again.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Hundreds of eerie green ghost fires, emanating a chilling aura, appeared out of thin air in front of Xiao Xunbao.

“Bingdi.”

Lu Bao opened its mouth, and the air instantly filled with a Water Mist thick enough to obscure the vision of all attacking Flying-type bird Pets.

The vast white Water Mist blocked the bird Pets’ vision, and at the same time, their bodies became heavy.

In a state of panic, a rain of fire, purple blades, and eerie green ghost fires poured down.

“Bang bang bang!”

Amidst deafening explosions, screams rang out continuously.

After an unknown amount of time, the Water Mist dissipated, and bird Pets fell like black rain into the valley.

If they didn’t encounter particularly powerful Pets, the Secret Realm was actually a good place to farm Points… Qiao Sang thought, picked up the Qingfeng Compass to look, and then was stunned.

Why wasn’t the Qingfeng Compass turning anymore?!