Chapter 1121: True Fire Crystal

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Shalala? Shalala?! Mikayla's pupils shrank suddenly, and she stood up abruptly. Her eyes were filled with shock and utter bewilderment as she looked in disbelief at the pet whose appearance had suddenly undergone a massive change.

Shalala!

It really was Shalala!

The legendary pet capable of bringing all life back to bloom and extending human lifespans!

This... this... Mikayla could no longer control her expression, revealing an unmistakably shocked and dumbfounded look as she turned toward Qiao Sang.

"Mo mo?!" Hearing the conversation, Dragon King also ceased its melancholy and walked over. It showed an astonished expression, staring at Shalala while letting out a call.

On Flame Star, any pet with even a slight knowledge of history had heard of Shalala, and Dragon King was no exception.

It had never imagined in its wildest dreams that its Beast Tamer's student would actually bring back Shalala!

"Xia xia."

Shalala politely gave a greeting to Dragon King.

"Mo mo..."

Dragon King froze for a moment, subconsciously straightening its posture and nodding to it.

"You... you..." Mikayla looked back and forth between Qiao Sang and Shalala, rendered speechless for a moment.

Isn't it just meeting a Phantom Beast? Teacher is acting a bit too excited... Seeing her lose her composure so rarely, Qiao Sang couldn't help saying, "Teacher, why don't you sit down first?"

Only then did Mikayla realize her own loss of composure. Taking a deep breath, she sat back down and tried her best to ask in a calm tone: "What on earth is going on? How did you end up bringing Shalala?"

As she said this, her eyes couldn't resist darting toward Shalala once more, the previous thought surfacing in her mind yet again: It really is Shalala...

Even now, she actually found it somewhat unbelievable that Shalala was right here in front of her.

"It went like this..." Qiao Sang immediately explained what happened at the gathering, detailing Shalala's request and how the Tenth Seat had asked her to take Shalala out to travel and play.

"Xia xia."

After listening, Shalala nodded, indicating that was indeed the case.

Mikayla sat like a stone statue, remaining motionless for a long time with a dazed expression. Only after quite a while did she mutter: "You mean... the Tenth Seat told Shalala to follow you out to travel and play?"

Qiao Sang gave an "Mm", and then, remembering something, added in quite an excited tone: "The Tenth Seat also said that as long as I take good care of Shalala, when I leave Flame Star, I can ask him for a favor."

The moment those words came out, Dragon King's eyes flared brightly, casting a deeply affectionate gaze over at her.

Qiao Sang felt her scalp go numb from Dragon King's look, silently shifting her eyes to avoid making direct eye contact with it.

Mikayla fell into silence, speaking no further as she slowly digested these pieces of news that were far too impactful for her.

"Teacher?" Seeing Mikayla remain quiet for so long, Qiao Sang couldn't help calling out.

As if snapping back to reality, Mikayla looked at Qiao Sang with an extremely complex expression and said, "Take good care of Shalala."

"Of course." Qiao Sang promised.

"Xia xia!"

Seeing that the human in front of it had also accepted it, Shalala showed a happy expression, jumped onto the floor, and ran over to Qingbao and the others to start playing.

Mikayla stared at Shalala's departing back, her expression lapsing into a daze once more.

"Right, there's one more thing." Qiao Sang said.

Mikayla pulled herself together, adopting an attentive posture that signaled whatever you say, I can take it.

"Of the items required for Yabao to evolve into its Emperor-level form, I only know about the Li Fire Crystal." Qiao Sang said. 

"And the Li Fire Crystal is produced by Lioyas, who is a legendary pet of Flame Star. At this gathering, I looked around and it didn't participate."

"Once we leave Flame Star, I feel there might not be any chance to obtain this item, so I want to search carefully for the Li Fire Crystal while we're still on Flame Star."

The product of a legendary pet was something with slim chances of being obtained even on the planet the pet belonged to, let alone after leaving this planet.

Only while remaining on Flame Star would she have a fighting chance to get the Li Fire Crystal.

So she was talking about this... Mikayla breathed an inexplicable sigh of relief and said, "Of course, I'll help you search for the Li Fire Crystal as well."

Pausing, she began to explain the background knowledge:

"As for the True Fire Crystal and Sun Crystal, one comes from feathers dropped by the Real Generation Bird, whenever its feathers fall off, they turn into crystals, also known as True Fire Crystals. The Sun Crystals are formed from flame-like meteorites that fall from Flame Star's sun at regular intervals, the remaining crystal residues from these meteorites are called Sun Crystals."

As expected of Teacher Mikayla, she really knows everything... Qiao Sang marveled inwardly and asked: "Is the Real Generation Bird also a pet of Flame Star?"

Since two of the three materials originated from Flame Star, she reasonably suspected the third one was as well.

Sure enough, Mikayla nodded: "That's right. It is an Emperor-level pet with dual Fire and Flying attributes from Flame Star's Dragon Kingdom."

It's only Emperor-level, no wonder I didn't see it in books related to rare pets on Flame Star... Hearing this, Qiao Sang instantly felt a lot more relieved.

She had just met the Tenth Seat and seen ultra-rare pets like legendary pets, Phantom Beasts, and ancient pets at the gathering. The only evolution material she had known about previously, the Li Fire Crystal, also came from the legendary pet Lioyase. 

Therefore, hearing that the True Fire Crystal was merely a product from an Emperor-level pet made the difficulty of acquiring it feel like it had plummeted.

"Then what should we do next..." Qiao Sang looked at Teacher Mikayla with expectant eyes, hoping she could offer guidance on which material to look for first.

Mikayla thought for a moment and said: "Let's head to Dragon Kingdom first. Flame Star's Dragon Kingdom is vast with abundant resources and has many fun places, we can take Shalala there for a nice trip."

Qiao Sang: ???

Noticing Qiao Sang's gaze, Mikayla cleared her throat and added: "And while we're at it, we can search for the True Fire Crystal."

Searching for the True Fire Crystal is just 'while we're at it'... Qiao Sang's expression turned peculiar.

Teacher Mikayla is treating Shalala very differently...

They chatted about the evolution paths of Yabao and the others from daytime all the way until dusk, and Mikayla showed no sign of wanting to leave the entire time.

Qiao Sang glanced at the sky outside the window and finally couldn't help saying: "Aren't you going to go get some rest?"

She remembered that Teacher Mikayla had been frozen in time by the Tenth Seat for an entire day.

Mikayla was silent for a moment, then stood up and said: "Then I'll just..."

"Xia xia?"

Before she could finish her sentence, Shalala noticed them over here, turned its head, and let out a call, asking if she was leaving.

Mikayla looked at Shalala, then abruptly changed her tune. Sizing up the room layout, she said: "I see you have a suite here, so there should be another bed. How about I just sleep here with you?"

Saying so, she took a step forward, preparing to head into the other room to sleep.

"Mo mo!"

Dragon King let out a call, indicating that it also wanted to rest here.

With that said, it flew onto the sofa, without even closing its eyes, and stared longingly at Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang: ...

By the looks of it, Teacher Mikayla and Dragon King aren't going to share a room with me from now on, are they...

"Gang qiu."

While her thoughts flickered, Gangbao called out toward Shalala's direction, indicating that they needed to rest and to keep the playing noise down.

"Xia xia..."

Shalala, who had been having a great time playing with Qingbao and the others, felt its mood dip slightly, but nodded obediently.

As an S-rank Beast Tamer, Mikayla possessed astonishing eyesight. Seeing Shalala's change in emotion clearly, she suddenly stopped in her tracks and said: "On second thought, I'll go back to my own room to rest."

After speaking, she glanced in the direction of Spengami, giving a subtle signal toward Dragon King's direction.

Spengami understood implicitly, its eyes glowing with blue light.

The next second, it vanished from the room along with Mikayla and Dragon King, who was still on the sofa looking deeply at Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang and Gangbao exchanged a tacit glance.

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The next day, clear weather.

Little Dumb Fruit opened the window, inhaled the fresh air, and put on a comfortable expression.

Outside the window, a bird-type pet about two meters tall with brightly colored feathers suddenly hovered in the air, looking over.

"Xia..." Seeing this, Shalala waved its claw, wanting to give a friendly greeting, but then remembered the advice from yesterday. It only let out a single sound before shutting its mouth, though its claw kept waving.

Suddenly, the bird-type pet with brightly colored feathers turned into a white light, diving downward right toward the direction of Little Dumb Fruit.

Little Dumb Fruit froze for a second.

Immediately after, it was pulled backward into a hug by a surge of force.

The bird-type pet with brightly colored feathers paused at the window sill to take a look, then flapped its wings and flew away as if nothing had happened.

Holding Shalala, Qiao Sang said with lingering fear: "Why were you greeting it? That's a Food-Assisting Parrot, it loves to eat fruit-type grass pets."

Shalala was stunned for a moment, then remembered the form it had transformed into, putting on a frightened expression: "Xia xia!"

What Gangbao said yesterday might actually be true... Watching Shalala's half-a-beat-slow reaction, Qiao Sang couldn't help asking: "How old are you, exactly?"

"Xia xia..."

This time Shalala didn't refuse to answer, but let out quite a shy call instead.

"Qing qing."

Qingbao floated over, let out a call, and helped translate.

She said it didn't know exactly how old it was, only knowing that currently it could only bring small areas of plants and grass back to life.

Hearing this, Qiao Sang thought to herself that Shalala really was remarkably young.

Last night, she had specially looked up information about Shalala again.

Phantom Beasts were born with wondrous abilities, but not all Phantom Beasts could perfectly utilize their abilities right after birth. Phantom Beasts didn't need to specifically seek out natural treasures to enhance themselves, as long as they stayed alive for a long time, their innate abilities would grow stronger.

If a Phantom Beast forcibly used certain abilities before fully growing up, side effects would occur, it would either fall into a deep sleep, revert into an egg or cocoon form to await the next revival, or dissipate directly into heaven and earth.

Granted, the latter was quite extreme, but it had indeed been documented in books before.

In short, the longer a Phantom Beast lived, the stronger its innate abilities became.

Shalala could currently only revive plants within a small area, which was worlds apart from the legendary ability to revive all living things. That was enough to show its age was pitifully young.

"If you're in the form of a Little Dumb Fruit from now on, stay far away from Food-Assisting Parrots." Qiao Sang gathered his thoughts and instructed.

"Xia xia."

Shalala nodded seriously.

"Lei lei..."

Tingbao watched from the side as his Beast Tamer held another pet, feeling a bit uncomfortable.

If he remembered correctly, this pet named Shalala hadn't been contracted yet...

Thinking of this, he wiggled his body, climbed up onto his Beast Tamer's neck, and asserted his presence.

However, Shalala didn't notice this scene. It had already jumped onto the floor, come over to another window sill, inhaled the fresh air, and begun admiring the scenery.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door.

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure teleported beside the door. After poking his entire head out to take a look, he pulled the door open.

"Mo mo!"

Dragon King greeted while impatiently walking inside.

Following closely behind were Mikayla and Spengami.

As soon as she entered, Mikayla's gaze locked onto Shalala.

Qiao Sang turned her head, slightly surprised: "Why didn't you just teleport in directly this time?"

One had to know that Teacher Mikayla hadn't knocked on a door in a long time, basically appearing directly inside the room every time.

Mikayla spoke truthfully: "Shalala isn't familiar with me yet. I was afraid appearing directly would startle it."

You're overthinking it, it didn't even bat an eye when seeing the Tenth Seat... Qiao Sang complained in her mind, then asked: "Are we heading out right now?"

"Of course we eat breakfast first." Mikayla said. 

"Let's go, I've already found a pretty good breakfast place."

Qiao Sang: ...

Wait, we were on Qinggu Island for a whole week and I never saw you go out of your way to find a place to eat...

Qiao Sang then remembered something, looked at Shalala, and sighed in her heart: Looks like our quality of life is going to improve quite a bit from now on.

She could tell that Teacher Mikayla really liked Shalala. Back when Mikayla first met Qingbao, she hadn't set up so many precautions.

After packing up their things, going out for breakfast, and stopping by the Beast Center to register a wild pet ID bracelet for the Little Dumb Fruit that Shalala had transformed into, Qiao Sang and Teacher Mikayla took Yabao and the others to the Pet Airport.

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One day later.

Dragon Kingdom.

The Rampart Night Hawk landed smoothly and opened its mouth. Qiao Sang walked out from inside its mouth together with Yabao and the others.

What met her eyes were mostly familiar Eastern faces, and for a moment, a sense of familiarity and warmth welled up in her heart.

Shalala looked around at everything with novelty.

"Are we going to the Beast Center now?" Qiao Sang asked.

"No." 

Mikayla pulled out her phone and said, "There are too many people and pets at the Beast Center, it's a bit noisy. Besides, Shalala is suitable for living in a place with plants and flowers. I've already found a villa with a garden, we'll go there."

Qiao Sang: ...

"Qing qing."

Hearing the conversation, Qingbao recalled her past experiences and felt lingering fear, letting out a call to express her hope that there wouldn't be stinky fellows living next door.

"Mo mo."

Dragon King enthusiastically helped translate.

After translating, it looked at Qiao Sang with burning eyes.

Mikayla was silent for a moment, then said: "Haven't you already undergone stench endurance training? If there are neighbors like that, it will be good for you to continue training in that area."

Qingbao: ...

Seeing gusts of wind starting to stir around Qingbao, Qiao Sang changed the subject and asked: "Are we heading back to Elephant Kingdom later?"

"Depends on the situation." Mikayla said. 

"Currently, the most important thing is still finding the three evolution materials for Blazing Divine Lion first."

I thought you were going to say the most important thing was taking Shalala out to travel and play... Qiao Sang thought for a bit and said: "How about we directly post a quest to search for the True Fire Crystal?"

Mikayla nodded slightly: "You can try, but I suggest we go directly to the Real Generation Bird to make a deal."

Qiao Sang: ???

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