Chapter 953: Request leave

Chapter 948: Back on the Hot Search (Two-in-One)

The next day, Qiao Sang woke up to find it was already nine in the morning.

“I slept very well. It seems everyone is busy with the preliminaries and hasn’t started acting yet…”

After breakfast, she turned on the TV in her room to watch the live broadcast of the Regional Competition.

She had seen almost half of her 400-plus opponents on marketing accounts, but for the rest, she could only learn about them by watching the preliminaries.

Aside from the day of their own competition, contestants could watch the entire event live, but at other times, they could not enter for free and still needed tickets.

Qiao Sang couldn’t get tickets, so she could only watch the live broadcast.

“Ya Ya…”

Ya Bao watched intently beside her.

Suddenly, there were two “thump-thump” knocks on the door.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao floated to the door, poked its head directly through it to look, then pulled its head back and opened the door.

Ye Xiangting walked in from outside, giving Xiao Xunbao a deep look, and asked:

“Has Xiao Xunbao always opened doors like this?”

Xiao Xunbao blinked its innocent big eyes, looking confused.

Qiao Sang coughed, changing the subject:

“Mom, why are you here?”

“Of course, to see you.” Ye Xiangting put down some food she had brought, sat on the sofa, and said: “I forgot to ask yesterday, since you’re already a B-level Beast Tamer, what’s your fifth contracted Pet?”

“Qing Bao.” Qiao Sang called out.

“Qing Qing~”

Qing Bao immediately appeared, smiling sweetly at Ye Xiangting as a greeting.

Ye Xiangting’s eyes lit up, and she asked:

“What’s this Pet called? It’s so cute.”

“It’s called Qingfeng Ni Ni, it’s a Fairy-type Pet.” Qiao Sang introduced.

“That’s a nice name.” Ye Xiangting said, waving to Qing Bao: “Come here.”

“Qing Qing.”

Qing Bao knew this was its Yu Beast Master’s mother, so it didn’t refuse and floated over.

Before Ye Xiangting could do anything, it floated onto her lap, looking up with its pure eyes, appearing incredibly well-behaved.

Ye Xiangting was stunned, looking at the Pet on her lap with eyes as pure as the blue sky, feeling her heart melt.

She considered herself to have seen many Pets, and there were indeed many cute Beginner Pets, but never had one been this cute.

For a moment, her thoughts were entirely on Qing Bao, her hand constantly stroking the white clouds on Qing Bao’s body, forgetting to speak.

Qiao Sang continued watching the live broadcast of the Regional Competition.

“Qing Qing…”

After being stroked for a long time, Qing Bao’s smile gradually faltered. It turned to look at its Yu Beast Master, only to find her watching TV. It turned back, and its unretracted pleading gaze happened to meet Xiao Xunbao’s.

“Xiao Xunbao?”

Xiao Xunbao’s spirits lifted, sensing an opportunity to gain favor with its future little brother. It floated in front of its Yu Beast Master’s mother, looking at the items she brought on the coffee table, feigning curiosity in an attempt to attract attention.

Ye Xiangting’s attention was successfully drawn, and she explained:

“These are some snacks, you can try them now.”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao opened the bag on the coffee table.

Qing Bao took the opportunity to disappear with Wind Transformation.

Ye Xiangting felt the softness on her hand disappear, paused, and remembered her other purpose for coming here, saying:

“I heard that contestants staying at the Yu Beast Center get disturbed. Do you want to stay at the hotel I booked? Although it’s a bit far from the competition venue, at least it’s quiet.”

“No need.” Qiao Sang refused: “Except for those hotels with excellent privacy, staying in other hotels is no different from the Yu Beast Center, and the location isn’t good, making it inconvenient to go to certain places.”

She had specifically looked into it a few days ago. Only a very few hotels would protect client privacy to the greatest extent. Ordinary hotels would always be breached by various methods of Yu Beast Masters.

And those hotels with excellent privacy were already fully booked by contestants.

Ye Xiangting was about to say something when she glanced over and saw a mysterious Pet she had never seen before, possibly Lu Bao, radiating cold air by the window and condensing an Ice Armor. She couldn’t help but freeze, instantly forgetting what she was about to say, and asked hesitantly:

“Is that Lu Bao?”

Qiao Sang turned and looked in the direction of her mother’s gaze, “Hmm”-ed, then remembered something and casually said:

“I forgot to mention, Lu Bao has also evolved.”

Her mother’s consistently amiable demeanor yesterday had made her forget some past scenes.

Ye Xiangting was utterly bewildered.

Lu Bao evolved?

Lu Bao actually evolved too?!

Lu Bao used to be a General-level Pet. After evolving, wouldn’t it be a King-level Pet?!

So, her daughter already had two King-level Pets?!

Ye Xiangting’s thoughts instantly became chaotic, filled with astonishment, disbelief, and confusion.

How could her daughter, who was only 17 years old, become a Yu Beast Master with two King-level Pets…

After a long while, so long that Qiao Sang had finished watching two matches, Ye Xiangting finally asked:

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

Huh? Qiao Sang was stunned, then realized what her mother was talking about, and said:

“It evolved within the past six months.”

Ye Xiangting said faintly:

“I know, but didn’t you have any time in the past six months to call and tell me about this?”

No, Mom, yesterday you were so understanding, saying I was so busy these past six months that it was normal not to have time to call. Have you forgotten already?! Qiao Sang tried to remind her mother of yesterday’s memory, saying:

“I’ve been too busy these past six months. I only just came out of a Secret Realm after completing a mission a while ago.”

Ye Xiangting was silent for a moment:

“Does anyone else know?”

Qiao Sang shook her head:

“Only Teacher Mi Jiala and them. I haven’t posted it on my moments.”

After speaking, she paused and asked:

“Mom, do you want to take a picture and post it on your moments?”

Hearing the conversation, Lu Bao said nothing, but quietly dispelled the Ice Armor on its body.

Ye Xiangting glanced at her: “Post what? You’re participating in the Regional Competition now, the less people know your true strength, the better.”

Although she had never participated in the Regional Competition, she knew that contestants feared nothing more than having their information thoroughly exposed before the competition.

Qiao Sang was stunned by her words, suddenly remembering that her mother hadn’t posted about Ya Bao’s evolution yesterday…

Lu Bao re-condensed its Ice Armor.

Ye Xiangting picked up her phone, and with a “click,” took a picture of Lu Bao.

Qiao Sang looked at her, her eyes asking: Didn’t you say you wouldn’t post it on your moments?

Ye Xiangting understood her daughter’s gaze, put down her phone, and explained:

“I’m not posting it now. I’ll take the picture and save it. When you send Lu Bao into a match someday, I’ll post it then.”

Qiao Sang: “…”

Lu Bao: “…”

…

Nine PM.

Suburban villa.

Qiao Sang was training at the outdoor training ground.

Yu Le looked at the figure on the training ground through the French windows, sighing with emotion:

“Sis, I never thought the person you invested in could become such a master in such a short time.”

“I didn’t expect it either…” Yu Ke also sighed.

She was optimistic about Qiao Sang’s future, it was true, but she never thought this future would arrive so quickly.

In yesterday’s competition, Qiao Sang practically dominated the hot search.

A rookie Yu Beast Master topping the hot search in the preliminaries was a rare occurrence in past Regional Competitions.

“Now that others are training here with us, don’t keep going over and disturbing them.” Yu Ke reminded.

“I understand.” Yu Le said: “I haven’t even told anyone that Qiao Sang is training at our house, otherwise those guys would probably be coming over to visit every day.”

Yu Ke thought of something and asked: “The one who recently booked all the remaining training venues in Tian’an City, is it that person from the Rong family?”

“It was him,” Yu Le gossiped. “He probably wanted to get a good result in his first Regional Competition, so he did this. It’s a pity no one else knows. Everyone online says it’s because there are too many people at the Regional Competition and training grounds are impossible to book. But even if that Rong family member didn’t do it, someone else would have, so it’s not surprising.”

Although she was young, her environment was complex, and she always learned about the ins and outs of major competitions from others.

“Should we tell Qiao Sang about this?” Yu Le asked.

“No need,” Yu Ke said without thinking. “Her most important thing right now is the competition. We don’t need to bother her with these things.”

During their conversation, Qiao Sang arranged the sparring matches for Ya Bao and Lu Bao, as well as Xiao Xunbao and Steel Treasure, and then came to the side to watch.

“Qingqing?”

At this moment, Qing Bao appeared and called out, indicating if it didn’t need to train.

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment and quickly said, “Of course you need to train. You should practice Fairy Wind first.”

“Qingqing…”

Qing Bao did not leave, but instead called out dejectedly, indicating that it might not have a chance to enter the arena.

This… Qiao Sang hesitated, not answering immediately.

The Regional Competition gathered the strongest youths under forty in the region. The weakest contestants would send out High-level Pets. Qing Bao was an Intermediate Pet, so it naturally wasn’t suitable for the arena, otherwise it would just be giving away Point.

Qiao Sang saw that Qing Bao wanted to enter the arena, organized her words, and tactfully said:

“That’s not entirely true. This competition will last for quite a long time. If you can become stronger during this period…”

The meaning was that if it could evolve, it could enter the arena.

“Qingqing?”

Qing Bao’s eyes first lit up, and then it showed a confused expression.

How can it be considered stronger?

Do I have to say it so clearly?… Qiao Sang steeled her heart and truthfully said:

“When you evolve.”

“Qingqing…”

Qing Bao instantly wilted. Having lived in the Secret Realm for so long, it knew how difficult evolution was.

It seems there will be no competition…

Enveloped by a low pressure, Qing Bao drifted to the side, ready to begin training the Fairy Wind that its Yu Beast Master mentioned.

“Wait!” Qiao Sang saw Qing Bao’s somewhat dejected back and couldn’t bear it, so she called out.

“Qingqing?”

Qing Bao turned its head.

Qiao Sang coughed and said:

“Actually, evolving in a short period isn’t that difficult.”

“Qingqing?”

Qing Bao’s eyes lit up, and it quickly floated over, staring at its Yu Beast Master with expectant eyes.

“Are you afraid of hardship?” Qiao Sang asked.

“Qingqing.” Qing Bao shook its head.

“Good, then from now on, you’ll spend 10 hours a day training your skills,” Qiao Sang said. “Plus two hours of combat.”

She had a Gold Finger. As long as she had enough Point, she could completely allow Qing Bao to evolve into a High-level Pet in a short amount of time.

Back then, Ya Bao and the others also relied on Point to evolve into High-level Pets within a few months.

The current competition only required sending out three Pets, and she had Ya Bao and the others, which was completely sufficient. So, she had never considered letting Qing Bao accumulate Point through combat and directly adding to its evolution.

This is how it is when a Yu Beast Master has many Pets. Unless the previously contracted Pets have exhausted their talent and are progressing slowly, it’s difficult to allocate more time to the Pets contracted later.

Qiao Sang originally didn’t intend for Qing Bao to participate in the Regional Competition, but since Qing Bao expressed its desire to participate, she naturally wanted to find a way to fulfill it.

Earlier in the Secret Realm, Qing Bao and Steel Treasure cooperated to use their skills, harvesting wild Pets and accumulating a lot of Point, which was already completely enough for it to directly evolve into a High-level Pet.

However, it was not enough for a perfect evolution. First, the proficiency of its skills had not reached Profound Meaning, and second, the evolution materials from the empty area had not yet been delivered.

“Qingqing?”

Qing Bao showed a confused expression.

Can it evolve quickly this way?

In its impression, to evolve, one had to eat various materials containing energy.

“Do you believe me?” Qiao Sang asked.

“Qingqing.”

Qing Bao stared at its Yu Beast Master for two seconds, then nodded.

If it didn’t believe her, it wouldn’t have come out of the Secret Realm in the first place.

“If you believe me, then practice,” Qiao Sang said seriously.

“Qingqing.”

Qing Bao stared at its Yu Beast Master for another two seconds, then turned and prepared to begin training.

“Wait!” Qiao Sang called out to it again.

Qing Bao turned its head.

“Don’t train Fairy Wind anymore,” Qiao Sang said. “Train Favorable Wind.”

Favorable Wind was currently Qing Bao’s most proficient move, and it could reach Profound Meaning the fastest.

“Qingqing.”

Qing Bao didn’t ask why this time. It nodded, turned into Wind Transformation, and began training.

I wonder when Qing Bao’s evolution materials will be delivered… Qiao Sang thought to herself, looking at the direction where Qing Bao disappeared.

Suddenly, her phone vibrated in her pocket.

Qiao Sang took it out and saw that it was her mother calling.

She picked up and answered. Before she could speak, her mother’s voice, excited and slightly trembling, came from the speaker:

“Qing, Qing Bao, is Qingqing Ni a legendary Pet?”

She finally knows… Qiao Sang hummed, “Mom, how did you know?”

The other end of the phone immediately fell silent.

After a few seconds, her mother’s voice finally sounded again:

“I saw it on the trending topics. You, child, you’re so amazing for having contracted a legendary Pet, and you didn’t even tell me about such an important matter…”

It’s on the trending topics again… Qiao Sang gathered her thoughts and said:

“Qing Bao is only Intermediate level. It’s still far from its legendary Divine-level form.”

Even if it’s far from its Divine-level form, it’s still a legendary Pet… Ye Xiangting felt that her daughter was being humble.

She felt both proud and complex inside, having a feeling of “How could I have given birth to such a genius?”

Qiao Sang chatted with her mother for a few minutes, then hung up the phone and opened the trending topics.

ChapterQiao Sang, Qingqing Ni# Chapter

ChapterQiao Sang definitely contracted Qingqing Ni in the 16th Secret Realm# Chapter

Two trending topics about her and Qing Bao were particularly conspicuous among the many trending topics related to the Regional Competition, occupying the first and third spots.

Qiao Sang opened the third-ranked trending topic:

[I, a Spirit Mark Master who was lucky enough to enter the 16th Secret Realm this year, everyone knows that Qingqing Ni is in the 16th Secret Realm. I went there specifically for Qingqing Ni, and even formed a group of companions who were also looking for Qingqing Ni.]

[Qingqing Ni, a legendary Pet. Even if you can’t contract it, it’s good to just see it.]

[It was with this mindset that I met Qiao Sang.]

[That’s right, it’s the strongest dark horse in the history of the Regional Competition!]

[When I saw her in the Secret Realm, I thought she was an old hag who just looked young, and my companions and I didn’t dare to make a move. I didn’t expect her to be so young!]

[Of course, it’s a good thing we didn’t make a move…]

[Although she’s young, she’s a B-level Beast Tamer. Who would have thought?]

[I met her three times in the Secret Realm back then. It’s quite a coincidence when you think about it. Now that I think about it, maybe Qingqing Ni was contracted by her back then!]

[We had a teammate in our team who could sense special winds. The direction of the three senses all led to Qiao Sang. We should have thought of it then…]

[Now that I think about it, I regret it a million times! What a great opportunity to add contact information!]

[Getting off-topic… Later, when I came out of the Secret Realm, I saw news of Qingqing Ni appearing in various Yu Beast Centers. There were photos at that time, and I immediately recognized her as the one I saw three times in the Secret Realm. It’s just that at that time, I only knew her appearance, not her name.]

[Yesterday, when I watched the Regional Competition, I immediately recognized that she was exactly the same as the one I saw in the Secret Realm and the Yu Beast Master of Qingqing Ni that everyone secretly photographed.]

[I can guarantee with my character that she is the Yu Beast Master who contracted Qingqing Ni.]

[Also, here’s a piece of news for you: she has a Ghost-type Pet that can use Space Movement.]