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After bidding farewell to the leaders of Jintian City, Spengami set the coordinates, and the three of them directly teleported back to the accommodation area of the Beast Taming Center.
“Teacher, which city are we going to next?” Qiao Sang asked.
“No rush.”
While swiping her Beast Tamer badge to open her room, Mikayla said, “Come in first, we need to talk.”
Saying that, she was the first to step inside.
It’s probably about Qingqing Ni… Hugging Yabao, Qiao Sang followed her in and asked,
“Teacher, where did you go yesterday?”
“The 46th secret realm.” Mikayla sat down on the sofa, her expression extremely complicated as she looked at Qiao Sang.
“Flauda just arrived not long ago. He wanted to know more about the Dragon Nation’s pet beasts, so I brought him inside to take a look.”
Flauda turned toward her, surprised.
“Wasn’t it that you overheard someone at the Beast Hall talking about a pure-blood pet beast egg appearing in the 46th secret realm, and wanted to check it out yourself?”
Mikayla: …
So it was actually for me… Qiao Sang quickly said, “Teacher, I’ve already contracted Qingqing Ni. There’s no need to investigate pure-blood pet beasts anymore.”
Mikayla took a deep breath, silently giving Flauda a sideways glance.
“I know.”
What did I say wrong…? Flauda thought, utterly baffled.
“How exactly did you contract Qingqing Ni?” Mikayla finally asked the question that had been weighing on her for so long.
Earlier at the dining table, someone had brought this up, but Qiao Sang had brushed it off casually, saying she just happened to run into it, asked Qingqing Ni if it wanted to form a contract, and it agreed.
That kind of answer could fool outsiders, but anyone with half a brain knew it couldn’t possibly be so simple.
Flauda also turned his head toward Qiao Sang.
To be honest, he was very curious too.
“It’s like this… back then, I actually bid for an item called the Qingqingni Compass at the auction…” Qiao Sang carefully organized her words and gave a general recounting of what happened, though she deliberately left out the part about Qingfeng Yunren.
From today’s events, she realized that people’s obsession with legendary pet beasts went far beyond what she imagined.
Especially those from the Central Hollow Region, who, without any hesitation, volunteered to bear the cost of raising Qingqing Ni, even offering up an SS-grade Fairy Heart right away.
If they said they had no ulterior motives, simply because Qingqing Ni was the legendary beast of their region, she wouldn’t believe it.
Still, there was one truth they hadn’t lied about: They genuinely wanted Qingqing Ni to receive the best nurturing possible, and to reach the highest realm.
The allure of a legendary beast was immense, especially when that beast was not yet fully grown, and still at a stage where some might forcibly form a contract.
If she openly mentioned that there was also a Qingfeng Yunren inside the secret realm, even those from the Imperial Beast University would find the temptation hard to resist.
Even if they didn’t contract it, they would surely try to take it away for research
She didn’t want to gamble on that.
After she finished speaking, the room fell silent. Ten seconds later, Mikayla’s voice came out slightly hoarse:
“So… you used the Qingqingni Compass to find Qingqing Ni, then called out ‘Wait,’ and it appeared. The second time, you both ran toward each other. You asked if it wanted to form a contract, it asked what a contract was, you explained, and then it agreed?”
Qiao Sang nodded.
“That’s right. That’s how it happened.”
If Qingfeng Yunren hadn’t appeared later, she really would have contracted Qingqing Ni exactly at that moment.
Flauda listened quietly, his expression distant.
The room sank into silence once again.
Mikayla didn’t want to believe contracting a legendary beast could be so simple, but with the Qingqingni Compass, the whole story at least seemed somewhat reasonable.
And besides… her student was already someone far beyond common sense.
For someone abnormal to do something abnormal, it should be considered normal, right? Mikayla tried to convince herself.
After a long while, she remembered the main purpose.
“This time, Teacher Flauda came to help prepare energy pills for Ice Emperor Ram and Steel Sword Falcon. Let them both out for him to take a look.”
She paused, then added:
“And let Qingqing Ni be checked too. Although the Central Hollow officials said they’d send a breeding family who once specialized in preparing energy pills for Qingqing Ni, that family’s lineage is separated by who-knows-how-many generations from the ones that actually did it.”
“Teacher Flauda has been an S-rank breeder for over twenty years. Even if he’s never raised Qingqing Ni before, once he examines it, he’ll quickly be able to develop the most suitable energy pills.”
“Of course, no need to refuse the breeder that Central Hollow will send. Let Qingqing Ni try both formulas, whichever works better, we’ll use that one.”
I was thinking the same… Qiao Sang was just about to summon Lubao.
At that moment, the half-open zipper of her backpack shifted. Lubao hopped out, stopping right in front of Flauda.
“Lu Di.”
With a light swish of her tail, she gave a look of “You can check now,” then closed its eyes and lay down.
So she had been listening all along… Qiao Sang glanced at Gangbao, realizing she was already silently standing beside Flauda, waiting.
Perfect. I don’t even need to say anything… Qiao Sang formed hand seals, summoning Qingbao.
Earlier at the hotel, when a crowd had gathered around Qingbao, it smiled at everyone at first. But later, though it was still smiling, a sudden strong wind began swirling through the private room.
At that moment, she immediately realized Qingbao was getting impatient, so she recalled it into her Beast Codex.
Now, a dazzling crimson star array lit up in the room.
Flauda’s eyes, which had just regained clarity, turned hazy again.
It had only been about two months since he last saw Qiao Sang, but in that time, her Ice Aipalu had evolved into Ice Emperor Ram, her Steel-Slash Giant Falcon had fully bond-evolved into Steel Sword Falcon, her brain domain had broken through to 50%, and she had contracted the legendary beast Qingqing Ni.
All of this had happened in just two months…
Too terrifying…
Seeing Flauda still unmoving, Mikayla called out: “Flauda?”
“Ah, sorry, I was just lost in thought.” Flauda came back to himself and began examining Lubao.
Within the star array, Qingqing Ni was sleeping soundly.
How could a legendary beast be allowed to sleep on the floor…? Mikayla instinctively bent down to lift it into her arms.
“So, which city are we going to next?” Qiao Sang asked again.
Mikayla had already planned it out.
“Tiangao City.”
Tiangao City was one of the more unique cities of the Central Hollow Region, most of its architecture was built high up in the sky, including even the Beast Taming Center.
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