Chapter 1128: Shalala's Fragrance

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The True Fire Crystal was successfully secured, after all... Qiao Sang revealed a look of pleasant surprise and immediately offered flattery: "Spengami making a move really leaves no room for accidents."

"Xun xun!"

Little Treasure looked at the feather currently crystallizing, put on an admiring expression, and called out.

"Peng peng."

Spengami twitched the corner of its mouth, pushed the crystallizing feather slightly forward, and called out.

Qiao Sang received it with a solemn expression.

Mikayla smiled and said: "Let's go, head back to catch up on sleep."

"Xun xun~"

Blue light flared in Little Treasure's eyes.

The next second, the two people along with Spengami and Little Treasure vanished from where they stood.

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Villa.

The night was deep and dark.

Mikayla and Spengami returned to the second floor to catch up on sleep. Qiao Sang went back to her room, handed the fully crystallized True Fire Crystal to Little Treasure, and instructed: "Find a good spot to keep this safe. This is Yabao's future evolution item."

"Xun xun!"

Little Treasure put on a serious expression and nodded. Then he took off his ring and found a safe spot inside to place the True Fire Crystal.

Remembering something, Qiao Sang formed hand seals and summoned Yabao out.

"Yap yap..."

Under the treatment of the Beast Codex, Yabao had already regained consciousness. Half-lying on the bed, he struggled to open his eyes. When he saw the surrounding environment, he seemed to understand what had happened and struggled to get up.

"You're injured this severely, don't get up just yet." Finishing her sentence, Qiao Sang turned her gaze toward Lubao's water tank.

Just as she prepared to speak and wake Lubao up, she discovered that Lubao was already awake. Without saying a word, the gem between her brows emitted a deep blue light that shone down upon Yabao.

Within a few breaths, the deep blue light dissipated, and Yabao was instantly restored to energetic spirits, leaving no trace of injury whatsoever.

"Yap yap..."

However, in the next second, Yabao deflated.

He had lost, and he had lost miserably...

Yabao... Qiao Sang glanced at Yabao, sighed inwardly, and turned to ask Lubao: "When did you wake up?"

"Lu di."

Lubao called out: When Little Treasure woke you up. He was way too loud.

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure scratched his head in embarrassment.

Qiao Sang felt somewhat awkward as well: "Then you can go back to sleep. The Real Generation Bird came by, but everything's fine now."

Hearing this, Lubao glanced at Yabao and slowly closed her eyes.

"Yap yap..."

Yabao dropped his tail, looking deeply struck a blow.

Looking at Yabao, Qiao Sang lowered her voice and comforted him:

"The Real Generation Bird is an Emperor-level pet, a full two levels than you. The higher the levels get, let alone cross-tier challenges, even the initial and middle stages within the exact same realm have massive differences in strength. Losing to the Real Generation Bird is actually a completely normal thing."

"Yap yap..."

Yabao still wore a dejected expression, clearly not comforted by those words.

Remembering something else, Qiao Sang continued:

"The True Fire Crystal, the Real Generation Bird's feather, is already in our hands. With it, one-third of the evolution materials you need to reach the Emperor level are gathered. Once you successfully evolve into the Emperor level in the future, you'll definitely be able to beat the Real Generation Bird."

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure nodded, calling out to indicate that the True Fire Crystal was right inside his ring now.

As he spoke, he made to take off his ring and pull out the True Fire Crystal to show Big Brother Yabao.

"Yap yap..."

However, right as he was taking off the ring, Yabao called out with a dispirited expression, telling him not to take it out, he was still only at the King level, not even at the Imperial level yet, so collecting Emperor-level evolution materials was useless anyway.

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure paused his movements, looked toward his Beast Tamer, and used his eyes to convey: Big Brother Yabao seems really heartbroken...

Yeah... After replying to Little Treasure with her eyes, Qiao Sang looked at Yabao and said seriously:

"How could it be useless? This is all preparing for you to become an Emperor-level in the future. Just because you aren't an Emperor level right now doesn't mean you won't be one later. Just like how you can't defeat the Real Generation Bird right now, it doesn't mean you won't be able to defeat it in the future."

Hearing this, Yabao finally raised his head to look at his Beast Tamer.

He finally took it in... 

Seeing this, Qiao Sang felt a surge of joy inside, maintaining her serious tone on the surface as she continued: "Not all pets are born strong. You've grown stronger step by step too, haven't you? You have to believe in yourself; you can definitely become stronger than the Real Generation Bird in the future."

Pausing for a moment, she added: "Anyway, I believe in you absolutely."

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure hurriedly chimed in with a call

He believed in him too.

Yabao looked at his Beast Tamer, then looked at Little Treasure, his expression gradually turning firm as he called out:"Yap yap!"

He got it!

With that, he jumped off the bed and headed toward the door.

Realizing what Yabao was about to do, Qiao Sang quickly said: "Don't go train just yet. Lubao and the others are still sleeping; the noise from your training will wake them up."

Yabao's body abruptly stiffened.

Qiao Sang said gently: "Go to sleep first, and train when you wake up tomorrow."

"Yap yap..."

Yabao turned his head, wearing an expression of  well, I guess this is the only way. With a sudden leap, he jumped back onto the bed, lay down in a comfortable posture, and closed his eyes.

Qiao Sang finally relaxed completely, extending her right hand out in front of Little Treasure with an open palm.

Little Treasure blinked his eyes, seemingly not understanding what his Beast Tamer meant.

"Phone." Qiao Sang mouthed silently.

Earlier, Little Treasure had used the phone for positioning, but he hadn't returned it to her yet.

"Xun xun..."

Wearing an expression of extreme reluctance, Little Treasure handed the phone over.

Qiao Sang plugged the phone into a charging cable by the bedside table, lay down on the bed, and closed her eyes.

The True Fire Crystal was already in hand, the remaining evolution materials for Yabao's Emperor-level evolution were now only the Li Fire Crystal and Sun Crystal...

The Imperial-level evolution path was said to involve getting close to the sun, but how to do it specifically still required experimentation...

Thinking about this seemed a bit too early. The one most likely to break through right now was Qingbao. Wondering how much longer it would take for her evolution materials to arrive...

Sleepiness washed over her. Drowsily, Qiao Sang caught a whisp of refreshing, delightful plant fragrance as she drifted off into dreamland.

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The next day, early morning.

Waking up from a sound sleep, Qiao Sang felt refreshed and invigorated. Sitting cross-legged on the bed, she habitually prepared to begin meditating.

However, in the next second, as if realizing something, she looked over to the side.

Yabao, who would normally still be sleeping at this hour, was already gone from the bed.

Qiao Sang froze for 0.1 seconds, then picked up the phone to check the time displayed on it: 7:05 AM.

Yabao actually woke up at this hour... Qiao Sang's ears twitched as she heard the continuous sounds of skill explosions coming from outside, her mood instantly turning complex.

Back in the day, no matter how much you called, Yabao wouldn't wake up. Later on, he'd wake up with a casual shout, and now, he even knows how to wake up early.

Is this what growth looks like...

Pulling her thoughts together, Qiao Sang got up, put on her shoes, and went to the open-air training field. Sure enough, she saw countless Yabaos individually training different skills.

Probably remembering last night's reminder that everyone was still sleeping, the power of the various skills Yabao was releasing was noticeably restrained.

Yabao really has grown up...

"Xun xun!"

As her thoughts flickered, Little Treasure teleported beside his Beast Tamer, letting out a tearful, loud cry.

Save me!

Qiao Sang paused: "What's wrong?"

"Xun xun!"

Little Treasure put on an aggrieved expression, complaining tearfully: Big Brother Yabao made me accompany him in training, and after training for so long, he still wants me to keep him company!

Qiao Sang amusedly said: "You're at the exact same level as Yabao now, are you still scared of accompanying him in training?"

"Xun xun!"

Little Treasure let out a pitiful, whimpering cry.

But Big Brother Yabao won't let me rest at all!

"Yap yap!"

Just as those words fell, Yabao looked over from high in the sky and called out, indicating that they had only trained for such a short while, what was there to rest about?

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure tugged at his Beast Tamer's sleeve, sniffled, and let out a piteous cry.

Look at Big Brother Yabao...

Qiao Sang said: "We went out past 3:00 AM last night, and probably got back around 4:00 AM. After that, Yabao slept, and now it's just a bit past 7:00 AM. Even if he started training right at 4:00 AM, it hasn't been training for too long."

"Yap yap."

Yabao nodded in the high sky.

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure released the sleeve, took a step back, and wore a wounded expression, as if unable to believe his Beast Tamer would utter such ruthless words.

Qiao Sang coughed and continued: "However, everyone's pretty much waking up now, and we should get breakfast ready too. Little Treasure, come to the kitchen and help me."

"Xun xun!"

Little Treasure's wounded expression vanished instantly, and he nodded repeatedly.

Alright, alright!

Seeing this, Yabao didn't say much more and went back to training by himself.

Qiao Sang walked toward the kitchen.

Little Treasure followed cheerfully behind.

From afar, Qiao Sang saw the Excellent Detective Cat bustling away in the kitchen. Pausing for a moment, she walked closer and asked: "You woke up this early?"

"You you."

The Excellent Detective Cat continued its hand movements while calling out to indicate that its schedule was always this early. "Xun xun~"

Little Treasure helped translate.

Observing the movements in the Excellent Detective Cat's hands, Qiao Sang asked: "Is there anything I can help with?"

"You you."

The Excellent Detective Cat shook its head, calling out to indicate that nothing was needed, they just needed to sit down and wait to eat.

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure translated.

I have to say, having a pet housekeeper is pretty nice... Qiao Sang marveled inwardly, said "I understand," turned back to her room, washed up simply, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to meditate.

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure stayed quietly inside the room, terrified of running outside, being spotted by Yabao, and getting dragged back into sparring practice.

Suddenly, a refreshing wave of plant fragrance drifted into her nasal cavity. Feeling her spirits lift, Little Treasure floated toward the source of the fragrance.

Then he saw Shalala sleeping inside the flowerpot by the window.

So fragrant... Little Treasure couldn't help leaning closer to sniff.

Right at that moment, Shalala woke up, slowly opening its eyes to find Little Treasure's large face leaning in close.

It froze for a second, then gave a friendly greeting: "Xia xia."

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure first responded, then leaned in for another sniff, and called out from the bottom of his heart: "Xun xun~"

You smell so good~

"Xia xia."

Shalala smiled and called out, indicating that the fragrance from its body had the effect of relieving fatigue and relaxing the body and mind for living creatures. If he liked it, he could smell it more, it was good for his body.

As it spoke, the flower bud on its neck swayed slightly.

The refreshing fragrance in the room instantly grew even denser.

Breathing in the pleasant fragrance, Qiao Sang twitched her nose and involuntarily relaxed her body and brain region capacity.

In a place where no one was watching, her brain region experienced another slight loosening.

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure took a deep breath, feeling his body and mind grow increasingly comfortable and at ease.

Suddenly, with sharp eyes, he noticed Tingbao's tail twitching beside the water tank. Knowing the little guy was about to wake up, he floated closer, grinning as he wanted to give a friendly greeting to his little junior.

Tingbao opened his eyes and was met with Little Treasure's large face leaning right in.

"Lei lei!"

Startled, Tingbao instinctively had crackling electric arcs spark across his body and lashed out fiercely forward.

Little Treasure: ...

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Half an hour later.

At the dining table.

"Lei lei..."

Tingbao rolled up a tree berry and carefully placed it onto Little Treasure's plate.

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure picked it up and ate it.

Seeing this, Tingbao set his mind at ease and peacefully went back to eating his energy pellets.

As she ate her fried egg, Qiao Sang asked: "The Real Generation Bird won't realize something's wrong and track us back here later, will it?"

After all, the location was right there in the chat history.

Mikayla took a sip of milk and said: "Rest assured, if it had realized something was wrong, it would have noticed on the spot right then, not waited until now."

Looks like even when pets reach the Emperor level, there are smart ones and not-so-smart ones... Qiao Sang's mind set at ease. Then, remembering something, she asked: "Are we searching for the Li Fire Crystal next, or the Sun Crystal?"

Mikayla pondered for a few seconds and said: "The Sun Crystal is the crystal residue left behind from meteorites dropped by Flame Star's sun at regular intervals. The news channels usually issue advance warnings for this phenomenon."

"I know that." Qiao Sang said. 

"I specifically checked, the last time this phenomenon happened was 32 years ago, and there hasn't been any broadcast of it recently."

"No broadcast means it won't happen in the near future." 

Mikayla analyzed rationally: "We can't wait for this phenomenon to occur, but we can search for Sun Crystals left behind in the past. Compared to tracking down the legendary pet Lioyas, Sun Crystals are obviously a bit easier to find."

Qiao Sang nodded in agreement: "Then we'll search for Sun Crystals first."

"Xia xia?"

Suddenly, Shalala called out.

Mikayla immediately looked toward Spengami.

"Peng peng."

Spengami swallowed the energy pellet in its mouth and called out to help translate.

It asked if you guys are looking for Lioyas for something.

Mikayla looked at Shalala, her voice dropping into a slightly coaxing tone: "We need the Li Fire Crystal, which is why we need to find it."

Pausing for a moment, she added: "The Li Fire Crystal is secreted from its eyes."

Hearing what Teacher Mikayla said, Qiao Sang immediately understood what Shalala had brought up. Her eyes lit up as she asked: "What, do you know it?"

"Xia xia."

Shalala nodded.

I saw it once before.

"Gang qiu." Gangbao helped translate in her mind.

Qiao Sang's eyes lit up even more: "Then do you have its contact info, or know where it lives?"

"Xia xia."

Shalala shook its head.

Hearing this, Qiao Sang couldn't help feeling somewhat disappointed.

"Ding-dong~"

At this moment, the doorbell rang.

The Excellent Detective Cat went to open the door.

The visitor wore a flashy, gaudy floral shirt, it was Kang Yang, whom they had just met yesterday.

Taking off his shoes, he said excitedly: "Senior! Junior! I've got news about the Real Generation Bird! According to reliable sources, it appeared last night! Right here in our area!"

Mikayla: ...

Qiao Sang: ...

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T/n: Meow. (Reviewing hard for the board exams! Let us stay focus, dear readers!!!)

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