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Qiao Sang returned to her room. A gentle breeze blew through, fluttering a corner of the curtains.
Suddenly, a wild gale whipped up, shaking the curtains violently.
"Xun xun!"
Little Treasure teleported directly beside his Beast Tamer, letting out a loud shout.
Qiao Sang called out in a helpless tone: "Qingbao."
"Qing qing.
The wild gale vanished as Qingbao revealed herself, letting out a call with a face full of grievance.
"Xun xun!"
Hurriedly shaking his head, Little Treasure called out to signal he hadn't said anything at all. He had merely told Qingbao to practice more, or else as her opponents grew stronger and stronger, it would be easy to get eliminated, she had almost lost today!
"Qing qing..."
Incapable of controlling her facial expressions, Qingbao's face darkened once more.
At the same time, a wild gale whipped up inside the room, blowing against the windows so hard they vibrated with loud clangs.
Tingbao, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, was swept into the air with a swoosh.
Quick of eye and nimble of hand, Qiao Sang extended her hand to scoop him into her arms, calling out in a slightly stern tone: "Qingbao.
"Qing qing..."
The wind came to a halt as Qingbao put on a aggrieved expression.
Placing the still-soundly-sleeping Tingbao back onto the bed, Qiao Sang said in a tone rich with deep earnestness:
"In the later stages of a tournament, the opponents remaining on stage naturally grow stronger and stronger. Basically, all Beast Tamers and pets grow through battles, they review matches after they end and train harder on their weaknesses. What Little Treasure said actually isn't wrong, back then, Yabao and the others grew up the exact same way."
"Xun xun!"
With his Beast Tamer backing him up, Little Treasure straightened his back a bit, nodding repeatedly.
Precisely, precisely!
Qingbao glared at Little Treasure.
She naturally knew her Beast Tamer's words made sense, but coming out of Little Treasure's mouth, it felt as though he was mocking her for being too weak, making her thoroughly displeased.
"I watched the match you participated in today as soon as I came back."
Qiao Sang smiled at this point, saying: "You performed remarkably well. The opponent was an experienced Beast Tamer, so it's normal for the battle to be a bit difficult. But don't worry too much, Tingbao's tournament has concluded now, so I can accompany you to participate in your matches tomorrow."
Saying that, she stroked Qingbao's head.
"Qing qing!"
Although she had known about this already, hearing her Beast Tamer say it in person still made Qingbao display a joyful expression.
She had watched far too many of her Beast Tamer's matches and knew deep down that with her present, her win rate would increase significantly.
Furthermore, she loved the feeling of fighting side by side with her Beast Tamer.
"Qing qing."
With her battle spirit surging, Qingbao called out, indicating she was heading out to train.
With that, she shot Little Treasure a glare, transformed into wind, and vanished.
"Xun xun..."
Little Treasure breathed a sigh of relief.
Qingbao's temper was truly getting worse and worse...
He had merely offered a kind reminder, yet she actually got angry. Thank goodness his Beast Tamer was around.
Offering comfort, Qiao Sang said: "Qingbao merely inherited memories, which is why her personality undergoes slight changes compared to before. Once she finishes absorbing all her inherited memories and stabilizes, her temper should return to being good again."
"Xun xun?"
Little Treasure called out curiously.
Do memory inheritances occur every time a pet evolves?
"Yes." Qiao Sang nodded.
"Xun xun?!"
Hearing this, Little Treasure's face underwent a dramatic change, letting out a terrified shout.
Didn't that mean with every single stage Qingbao evolved in the future, her temper would grow worse and worse?!
It seemed... like... that possibility wasn't non-existent... Falling into a two-second silence, Qiao Sang offered comfort: "It won't. Memory inheritances merely affect Qingbao's personality to a certain extent, her core personality won't change completely. Don't forget how obedient Qingbao was back when we first met her."
Her tone carried a slight lack of confidence.
"Xun xun..."
A dazed expression surfaced on Little Treasure's face as he fell into memory.
Truthfully, Qingbao's temper had been far too fiery recently, to the point he almost forgot what Qingbao was like back then...
Right as Little Treasure reminisced, Qiao Sang said: "You go train as well. Your training time recently has been a bit on the short side."
"Xun xun..."
Reining in his thoughts, Little Treasure put on a weary expression unique to office workers, floating into a black hole that materialized out of thin air before vanishing from sight.
Quiet restored to the room.
Casting a glance at Tingbao, Qiao Sang sat cross-legged on her bed and began meditating.
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The sun set in the west.
It was dinner time.
At the dining table, Mikayla helped pass Tingbao's energy pellets in front of him.
Tingbao took a glance and turned his head away.
Seeing this, Qiao Sang adeptly shifted the plate containing the energy pellets to the direction he had turned his head toward.
Seeing that it was shifted by his Beast Tamer, Tingbao lowered his head to begin eating.
Mikayla: ...
Sitting down at the dining table, she took a glance at her completely motionless phone screen, picked up her chopsticks, and asked in a casual manner: "If you threw a fit or had a falling-out with your pet, what would you do?"
Qiao Sang blanked out for a moment: "Is the Dragon King still angry?"
"No."
Mikayla stated without blushing or her heart skipping a beat: "I'm asking you."
"Just coax it."
Qiao Sang said while picking up food with her chopsticks: "Yabao and the rest all have pretty good tempers and basically don't throw fits. When something actually comes up, as long as I reason with them, they can listen and absorb it."
I shouldn't have asked you... Mikayla shoveled food into her mouth expressionlessly.
Qiao Sang asked: "Didn't you say the Dragon King would seek you out when it needs money, Teacher? Has it still not sought you out?"
Mikayla: ...
"When will the reward for winning the Contract Synergy Tournament arrive?" Mikayla clumsily shifted the topic.
Looks like the Dragon King still hasn't paid attention to Teacher... Qiao Sang marveled internally, answering: "They said the expense receipts related to Tingbao must be kept each month, and only after verifying that the money was spent on raising Tingbao will they reimburse the funds, reimbursing once a month after verification."
Truth be told, she found it quite troublesome.
Hearing this, Mikayla stated calmly: "Wait a bit and I'll prepare a list of materials Tingbao needs. Go purchase them, and buy higher-grade ones as much as possible."
She wasn't a Breeder, but she similarly possessed a Dragon-type pet raised since youth; she still possessed some knowledge regarding resources needed by Low-level Dragon-type pets.
Eating his energy pellets, Little Tingbao raised his head, casting a slightly surprised glance at Mikayla.
"Understood." Qiao Sang nodded.
She had been busy preparing for matches, training, and meditating all this time. She hadn't gone out to purchase the Electric-related foods Teacher Jacqueline mentioned last time, this time happened to be the perfect opportunity to buy them together.
After finishing dinner and clearing the table, Qiao Sang pulled out her phone, set the location for a nearby pet materials specialty store, and handed it to Little Treasure.
Then, she noticed Little Tingbao staring at her continuously, unable to refrain from asking: "Aren't you going out to train?"
"Lei lei?"
Tingbao let out a call.
Feeling she had understood his meaning, Qiao Sang didn't wait for a translation, speaking directly: "Once I buy back the items you need, I'll begin meditating."
Tingbao blinked his eyes, not understanding why his Beast Tamer suddenly brought this up.
"Xun xun~"
At this moment, setting down the phone, Little Treasure assisted with the translation.
The sixth child says his tournament is already over, why does he still need to train?
Ah? You actually meant that... Qiao Sang blanked out for a moment, saying: "To grow stronger, training isn't just during tournament periods, of course you have to train normally as well."
No wonder after today's match ended, Tingbao slept as soon as he returned. She had thought he was too tired from the match, never expecting he thought the tournament was over so he didn't need to train anymore.
She suddenly realized Tingbao probably didn't possess a proactive, diligent personality like Yabao, Lubao, and Gangbao...
"Lei lei."
Tingbao nodded his head, turning around to crawl toward the open-air training field.
Although he didn't possess a diligent personality, fortunately he could listen to reason... Qiao Sang breathed a subtle sigh of relief, turning her head to say: "Let's go."
"Xun xun~"
Little Treasure nodded his head, and blue light gleamed in his eyes as he departed the spot with his Beast Tamer.
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The next morning.
Waking up, Qiao Sang meditated for an hour before carrying out a brief wash-up and eating breakfast.
After confirming everything was packed up, Mikayla nodded to Spengami.
Blue light gleamed in Spengami's eyes, directly teleporting Qiao Sang, Yabao, the rest, and Mikayla away from the spot.
Hasman, Quanman Stadium.
At this moment, crowds surged like woven threads. Numerous people and pets gathered outside the venue, while pedestrians and pets shuttled through the public activity area. Some entered nearby restaurants, some purchased food and cheer gear at small stalls, some posed for photos, and some queued up at the entrance for ticket checks.
Looking left and right, Qiao Sang brought Yabao and the others toward the dedicated contestant channel.
Suddenly, someone shouted: "It's the Qinyin Fairy!"
The moment those words were uttered, Qiao Sang instantly felt the surrounding gazes gather over.
"Qing qing."
Qingbao offered a sweet smile toward the passerby who had just called out.
"Ah! So cute!" The passerby instantly screamed in excitement.
A wave of commotion broke out among the surrounding crowd.
"It really is the Qinyin Fairy! Seeing it up close is truly so cute!"
"Is that person beside it its Beast Tamer?"
"I heard the Qinyin Fairy is a pet from Blue Star. Could its Beast Tamer be someone from Blue Star as well?"
"It's so great to see the Qinyin Fairy! Yesterday when I saw the Qinyin Fairy on the verge of losing, I didn't even dare keep watching."
Having only participated in a few days of matches, your popularity is actually this high... Qiao Sang cast a slightly surprised glance at Qingbao.
Flame Star was the planet that coexisted most peacefully with pets, possessing a unique social structure. Coupled with the fact that champions of past Interstellar Cups hailed from here, if people from the other three planets had a chance at interstellar travel, Flame Star was their top choice.
Here, people and pets from other planets were not particularly rare. Thus, when Tingbao participated in the tournament back then and his identity was recognized by everyone, it was merely reported briefly without causing exceptionally widespread attention.
Back when she appeared on Flame Star with Qingbao, her ears had heard others using pet identifiers to scan Qingbao and the rest.
Some failed to identify her, while those that did merely identified Qingbao as a High-level Fairy-type pet from Blue Star, without stating her status as a legendary pet.
Blinking her pure eyes, Qingbao looked as though she was saying: Isn't it only natural for my popularity to be high?
That's true too. After all, a pet this adorable is rare to come by... Looking at Qingbao's soft, cute appearance, Qiao Sang felt that setting aside her identity as a legendary pet, being popular was thoroughly reasonable.
Reining in her thoughts, she entered the contestant channel under a sea of gazes.
Quanman Stadium was massive in scale, leaving ample seating for both Beast Tamers and pets in the contestant area. With a batch eliminated over previous rounds, plenty of vacant seats remained.
After three rounds, the organizers permitted contestants to bring a relative along, so Qiao Sang sat together with Mikayla.
Just as she sat down, Qiao Sang smelled a familiar foul stench. Turning her head, sure enough, she spotted the long-unseen Meichouni at the very back.
Meichouni was currently chatting with a pet beside it, paying her no mind.
A gust of wind whipped up inexplicably. With a darkened face, Qingbao poked Little Treasure.
Understanding implicitly, Little Treasure took off his ring and pulled out a tissue from within.
Accepting it, Qingbao tore the tissue into two halves, adeptly stuffing them into her nostrils.
Once all this was done, her facial expression restored to normal, and the surrounding wind vanished simultaneously.
"Yap yap..."
Holding his breath, Yabao let out a bark.
"Xun xun~"
Little Treasure pulled another tissue from his ring.
Emulating Qingbao, Yabao tore the tissue into two halves, stuffing them into his nostrils.
Extending her paw, Lubao silently zipped up the backpack.
"Mo mo!"
Suddenly, a familiar voice echoed over.
Looking in the direction of the sound, Qiao Sang spotted the shiny Moda Power Dragon that wanted to form a contract with her, alongside a Moda Ao Dragon.
Waving her hand with a smile, she considered it a greeting.
"Lei lei..."
Looking at the Moda Power Dragon, Little Tingbao displayed an unfriendly expression, rows of yellow electrical arcs surfacing across his body.
Qiao Sang pulled out an Electric Sweet Fruit purchased last night and stuffed it into his mouth.
Blanking out for a moment, the electrical arcs on Little Tingbao vanished as he wrapped his tail around the Electric Sweet Fruit, beginning to munch on it.
"Mo mo?" Looking at the human a short distance away, the Moda Ao Dragon displayed a puzzled expression, letting out a call.
"Mo mo."
The Moda Power Dragon called out, indicating she was that human it wanted to contract with.
With that, its expression grew emotional.
To think it would encounter her here, it wondered if this was fate.
Furrowing its brows, the Moda Ao Dragon hadn't known what the human the leader wanted everyone to contract looked like since it was competing outside back then. Upon returning, it received the news that the Little Moda Dragon and Moda Power Dragon had been rejected by that human.
It had originally planned to bring the Moda Power Dragon over to watch its match to forget that human earlier, never expecting to run into her here, what terrible luck.
"Mo mo."
The Moda Ao Dragon called out, indicating: Stop thinking about that human, don't forget the purpose of me bringing you over.
"Mo mo..."
Casting a glance at Little Tingbao munching on the berry, the Moda Power Dragon called out in low spirits.
Holding her phone, Mikayla sent messages: I saw the Moda Power Dragon again. There's a Moda Ao Dragon beside it, is it from your clan as well?]
[What a coincidence, to run into it at two completely different tournaments.]
[When do you have time? We can talk.]
The Dragon King offered zero response.
Sighing internally, Mikayla tucked away her phone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the live venue of the Ultimate High-level Pet Championship!"
The female host wearing a professional skirt sat in the commentary area, speaking loudly into the microphone: "Today's match will be commentated by renowned professional Beast Tamer Mr. Leonard, the champion of the 100th Ultimate High-level Pet Championship, Pseudo-Crying Ghost, and myself!"
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