1237. Chapter 1232: The Power of Bonding Increased? (Two-in-One)
It’s over. I might not be able to claim this prize… Qiao Sang’s heart sank.
“I understand,”
he said, and he hung up.
Just then, his phone vibrated with a message:
[Dear contestant Tingbao, congratulations on winning first place in this Pet Beast Free Points Tournament. Please bring your ID bracelet to the Event Prize Redemption Center at 101 Quanyi Street within seven calendar days to redeem your prize. If you arrive after seven calendar days, your prize will be forfeited.]
Yantian Star boasts numerous tournaments, both large and small, many of which are organized by pet organizations.
Pets organizing competitions, in order to appear legitimate, need to register and enlist human assistance in various procedures.
Many competitions lack fixed venues and in-person awards ceremonies. This requires an official platform for award redemption that Beastmasters and pets can trust.
Thus, the Event Prize Redemption Center was created.
It specializes in redeeming prizes for winners of large, medium, and small competitions without fixed venues.
Seeing Qiao Sang’s expression change, Mikaela asked,
“What’s wrong?”
“Tingbao must soak in the Energy Pool within a week, otherwise the prize will be forfeited.” Qiao Sang put down his phone and sighed.
“Tingting,”
Tingbao, who had heard this nearby, stopped eating his energy pills and meowed, indicating that he would soak now.
“No,” Qiao Sang said, “You haven’t molted yet for the third time.”
“Tingting?”
Tingbao meowed, a puzzled look on his face.
Must he molt for the third time before soaking in the Energy Pool?
Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, as if that wasn’t necessarily the case…
Mikaela continued, eating her sandwich,
“The Energy Pool reward for the Pet Free Points Battle is simply energy that allows a mid-level Pet to evolve directly to a high-level one. However, some Pets require other conditions to reach a high-level level. Just let Thunder Dragon soak in the Energy Pool. Its next stage of evolution requires a million volts of energy to temper its body. It won’t evolve by soaking in the Energy Pool alone.”
No, with the cheat code, as long as the energy is sufficient, it can evolve… Qiao Sang thought to herself.
But she wasn’t as worried as before.
Just as Teacher Mikaela said, the reward from the Energy Pool is simply enough to allow a mid-level pet to evolve directly to a high-level one. So, as long as Tingbao wears the Immutable Stone, this reward won’t be wasted, and the current level of energy can be replenished.
“I see,” Qiao Sang said, feigning a sudden realization.
“Steel Chieftain?”
At this moment, Gangbao’s voice echoed in her mind.
What is a Goldfinger?
“!!!”
“Did you hear what I just thought?” Qiao Sang’s heart surged with anxiety.
“Steel Chieftain?”
Gangbao glanced at his beastmaster in surprise, then responded mentally. “
We have a bond. I know what you’re thinking. Isn’t that normal?”
No, not at all. You couldn’t sense anything about the Goldfinger before… Qiao Sang’s heartbeat quickened.
She didn’t feel her privacy was being intruded upon by Gangbao’s sudden ability to sense her thoughts about the Goldfinger. On the contrary, she felt a surge of excitement.
Since Gangbao could sense things it previously couldn’t, didn’t that mean the bond between them was growing stronger?
Steel Treasure sensed his Beastmaster’s thoughts and paused for a moment, a warm feeling welling up within him.
Then, a thought struck him, and he called out in his mind:
“Steel Chief?”
Since our bond is growing, could we block out our inner thoughts?
Qiao Sang, with a thought in mind, said,
“We can try.”
Then, she began to control her thoughts: “Steel Treasure is really smart.”
Steel Treasure didn’t respond.
Seeing this, Qiao Sang felt a change in her heart, and continued to probe, “Steel Treasure, can you still hear what I’m thinking?”
Steel Treasure didn’t respond.
Qiao Sang was overjoyed.
Great! The bond between her and Steel Treasure had finally evolved to the point where they could block out their inner thoughts! God knows sometimes, sitting on Steel Treasure’s body was so stiff she dared not let too many thoughts enter her mind.
“Steel Chief.”
Just as he was thinking, Steel Treasure’s voice echoed in his mind.
He could hear it.
Qiao Sang: “…”
Qiao Sang began to eat in silence.
Steel Treasure, expressionless, ate his energy pills.
…
After breakfast, Tingbao subconsciously put on a face full of energy and prepared to set off.
It immediately realized the competition was over, thought for a moment, and chose to lie down beside its beastmaster.
“Xunxun~”
Little Xunbao floated over and barked ingratiatingly at its beastmaster, signaling that it was ready for training.
Then, it spread its paws.
It meant it wanted a phone.
“Go buy one,” Qiao Sang said, picking up his phone and searching for a nearby phone store. He then placed the address in front of Little Xunbao and said, “Let’s go there.”
“Xunxun!”
Little Xunbao’s eyes flashed blue with impatience as he led his beastmaster away.
“Tingting…”
Tingbao’s expression was displeased at his beastmaster’s sudden disappearance.
“Qingqing?”
Qingbao, who was about to leave for the open-air training ground, floated over and barked, asking if he wanted to train together.
“Tingting,”
Tingbao called out without hesitation. “
I’ve already finished the competition, why am I still training so hard?
Or am I just diligent…” Qingbao said nothing, floating briskly towards the open-air training ground.
About ten minutes later, Qiao Sang and Xiao Xunbao suddenly returned to the living room
.
Little Xunbao couldn’t let go of his new phone, so he drifted over to the sofa and immediately downloaded all sorts of apps.
Qiao Sang looked at Tingbao, who was still in the living room, and asked,
“Aren’t you going to practice?”
“Tingting?”
Tingbao was stunned for a moment, then called out.
Wasn’t the competition over?
Qiao Sang’s mouth twitched, and he said, “We still have to train
even if there’s no competition.” He had thought that after this competition, Tingbao had found a goal and could roll on his own, but he hadn’t expected that once the competition was over, he would revert to his old ways.
“Tingting.”
Tingbao gave a look of “OK then,” and without resistance, twisted his body and flew towards the open-air training ground.
Qiao Sang watched his back and suddenly thought of something.
In the past, Tingbao had always loved to stick to Lubao to cool off, even when he was training, he would stay near Lubao to train. But since participating in this competition, he had spent less and less time with Lubao.
Remember, the cooling hairpin you gave it has an expiration date after opening… Qiao Sang recalled the feeling she had with Tingbao earlier, turned to look at Little Xunbao, and asked,
“Has Tingbao’s hairpin stopped cooling?”
“Xunxun~”
Little Xunbao called out, fiddling with his phone as he recalled the past.
It seemed like a while ago.
Qiao Sang felt a surge of relief at this.
Although Tingbao still hadn’t developed the habit of training without being told after the competition, it seemed his heat intolerance had improved.
She gathered her thoughts and reminded Little Xunbao, “Remember not to show off skills you haven’t used in competition during training.” Then, sensing Qingbao’s location, she headed towards the open-air training ground.
Tingbao’s competition was over, and now they had to focus on finding the Sun Crystal.
…
By the time Little Xunbao finished downloading the various apps and floated to the open-air training ground with his phone, Qiao Sang had already left the villa with Xia Lala, Yabao, and Qingbao, following the wind.
“Xunxun~”
“Xunxun~”
Little Xunbao opened the livestreaming app and enthusiastically greeted the netizens who had joined.
They left messages asking to see Tingbao.
Since yesterday’s livestream, Little Xunbao had garnered quite a few followers, all of whom were following him for Tingbao.
“Xunxun~”
Little Xunbao wasn’t upset. He floated over to Tingbao’s side, pointed the camera at him, and called out.
“Tingting.”
Tingbao turned and called out to his phone, then continued training.
Little Xunbao floated to a nearby open space, held up his phone, and pointed it at himself.
He glanced at the messages. Everyone was asking to see Tingbao again.
Little Xunbao looked a little displeased at the barrage of comments, pouting, but he quickly managed his expression and enthusiastically called out,
“Xunxun~”
Then he used his avatar, floated within the camera’s view, and began training diligently.
People don’t like him because they don’t know him yet. Once they get to know him, they’ll definitely like him.
Little Xunbao thought as he trained even harder.
…
Two hours later, Qiao Sang returned to the villa.
“Qingqing…”
Qingbao sighed. He hadn’t expected the sun crystal he’d found to be fake.
The wind swirled low in the sky.
“It’s okay,” Qiao Sang consoled him. “There are just too many fakes on the market. We’ll keep searching, and there’s hope.”
“Qingqing.”
Qingbao nodded, then thought of something, his expression brightening as he barked.
He could already control his clones from a distance.
He had already completed this training some time ago, but his own beastmasters were busy with Tingbao’s competition, so he kept it to himself.
“Really? That’s great,” Qiao Sang said pleasantly. “From now on, when we’re out, you can leave your clones at home and train.”
Qingbao was taken aback, feeling that this wasn’t the original intention of training remote clones. However, seeing his beastmaster’s delight, he feigned amusement and nodded.
“Qingqing~”
“Without further delay, let’s begin practicing this right away,” Qiao Sang said. “Use as many clones as you can now. Go to the training grounds and train, and your main body will do other things.”
The clones were all unleashed… Qingbao’s smile grew forced.
Immediately, he summoned over a hundred clones, which transformed into wind and blew toward the open-air training ground.
“Ya Ya!”
Yabao ran out,
followed by Qiao Sang.
Arriving at the training ground, she saw her pets training, and felt a surge of joy.
Then a thought struck her. She looked at Qingbao and instructed,
“Thunderstorm will be your primary training skill from now on. You definitely can’t use so many clones simultaneously. You can reduce the number of clones until you have enough energy to use them.”
“Practicing this skill will definitely drain your energy quickly. If you run low, go ask Xiaoxunbao for energy recovery fluid.”
“Qingqing,”
Qingbao nodded.
Then, instinctively, he looked in Xiaoxunbao’s direction.
He saw Xiaoxunbao diligently controlling the Dark Shadow, training with it, seemingly not playing around like usual. He was stunned.
Was this still the Xiaoxunbao he knew…
…
Noon, 11:30.
Living room.
“Time for dinner!” Qiao Sang called.
Soon, Yabao and the others came running in, happily arriving at their respective energy meals.
Tingbao even rolled up the energy meal with his tail and moved it next to his beastmaster.
Michaela hadn’t returned for lunch.
Without the sight of that annoying creature, Tingbao’s mood was noticeably better than it had been at breakfast.
“Xunxun…”
Little Xunbao, usually one of the first or two to arrive at the table, was the last to arrive.
He hung his head, looking rather listless.
“What’s wrong?” Qiao Sang asked, noticing.
“Xunxun…”
Little Xunbao sighed and barked, indicating that no one seemed to enjoy watching him train; they all wanted to watch Laoliu.
Watching me? Tingbao raised his head.
At this rate, not only would he not be collecting all the positive emotional energy, but he’d probably be collecting a lot of negative energy first… Qiao Sang pondered for a moment, then suggested,
“Why don’t you open a new livestream account?”
“Xunxun?”
Little Xunbao was stunned for a moment, then barked.
Why?
“Because everyone who follows you originally wanted to see Tingbao,” Qiao Sang analyzed. “If you open another one, the people and pets who follow you will follow you just because you’re you.”
“Xunxun~”
Little Xunbao’s eyes lit up, and he picked up his phone, which he had just set aside, and prepared to open a new account.
“Let’s eat first,” Qiao Sang said.
“Xunxun~”
Having solved the problem in his heart, little Xunbao was in a good mood. He obediently put down his phone and ate energy pills in big mouthfuls.
After eating, little Xunbao couldn’t wait to pick up his phone and prepare to register a new account.
Qiao Sang had just finished eating and remembered something, and said:
“Take out the Unchanging Stone first.”
“Xunxun~”
Little Xunbao didn’t want to put down his phone, and called out without raising his head.
Then, a Night Ring King that looked exactly like it appeared beside him.
The substitute turned around, raised its claws, helped little Xunbao take off the ring on its body, made it bigger, and drilled its head into it.
Not long after, it drilled out of the ring and handed over the Unchanging Stone.
Qiao Sang: “…”
Wow, has the substitute been used to this extent… Qiao Sang took the Unchanging Stone, turned to look at Tingbao who was still eating the energy meal, and said:
“Wait until you finish eating, we will go to get the prize in the afternoon.”
“Tingting…”
Tingbao nodded as he ate an energy pill.
…
Two o’clock in the afternoon.
Tournament Prize Exchange Center.
Qiao Sang, Yabao, and the others appeared out of thin air at the gate.
“Xunxun~”
Little Xunbao was about to take out his phone to broadcast live, but then he remembered what his beastmaster had said, put the phone down, turned around and called out:
“Xunxun~”
He wanted to go back to training.
I see you don’t want to go back to training, but to go back to broadcast live… Qiao Sang complained inwardly and said:
“Go.”
“Xunxun~”
Little Xunbao’s eyes flashed blue, and he disappeared on the spot.
Qiao Sang, holding Xia Lala, who looked like Xianxianpu, walked into the gate of the Tournament Prize Exchange Center with Yabao and Tingbao. (End of this chapter)
