1238. Chapter 1233 Absorption (Two in One)
“Hello, I’m here to redeem the prize for first place in the Pet Free Points Tournament,” Qiao Sang said as she and Tingbao’s IDs were handed over after arriving at the designated redemption window.
Flame Sky Star boasts numerous competitions, and the beastmasters and pets that come here are generally the champions, runners-up, and third-place finishers of small or medium-sized events. Therefore, redeeming the prize isn’t particularly eye-catching.
However, many passersby and their pets still looked over,
as Yabao and the others looked completely new.
After confirming their identities, the staff member led the way to a large gate. He entered a code, opened the gate, and respectfully said,
“The Thunder Dragon’s prize energy pool is inside. It’s valid for one day. I’ll let you know in 24 hours.”
Qiao Sang’s mind piqued, and she asked, “To what extent can a mid-level pet absorb the energy in this pool?”
24 hours—Lubao and Gangbao had never spent that long in the pool before.
“If the energy in the pool is fully absorbed, a mid-level pet can evolve into a high-level pet,” the staff member replied.
Qiao Sang: “…”
What? I thought it would be full of energy after such a long time. Absorbing it completely would only allow it to evolve to a higher level. This energy pool is probably diluted…
But even if the energy pool here can absorb energy from a mid-level pet to a high-level perfection, it doesn’t seem to have any effect on Tingbao.
After all, Tingbao hasn’t even completed his third molting, so he can’t make it evolve so quickly.
Qiao Sang led Tingbao inside, and the door closed.
The water, like a small swimming pool, filled the air.
Qiao Sang already had experience with pets soaking in energy pools, and he instructed them calmly,
“Once you’re in, just absorb the energy. Don’t remove the stone if you haven’t already. When you run out of energy, don’t force it; just exit.”
“Tingting,”
Tingbao nodded and called out, twisting his body and flying into the energy pool.
Qiao Sang sat down on a nearby lounge chair. Suddenly, an idea occurred to him. He pulled out his phone, opened the live streaming app, and searched for Xiao Xunbao’s newly created account.
Xiao Xunbao had just started his live stream, so there shouldn’t be many people or pets watching. He could pretend to be an online friend to boost his confidence.
At this moment, Little Xunbao was livestreaming.
When Qiao Sang clicked on it, she saw a scene where Little Xunbao’s claws glowed with a rich white light, splitting the rock in front of them in two.
“Xunxun~”
Little Xunbao called out with a grin.
The screen was filled with comments praising him.
It seemed she had been overly worried… Qiao Sang’s lips curled up unconsciously.
She hadn’t noticed when Xia Lala, resembling a fresh-faced cattail, floated to the edge of the energy pool and dipped a short toe in to feel it.
“Xia Xia…”
Xia Lala glanced at Tingbao, who was absorbing energy, and her fingertips suddenly glowed green.
The next second, the entire energy pool was filled with subtle ripples of green light.
“Tingting?”
Tingbao stared at the suddenly green energy pool, stunned for a moment, forgetting to continue absorbing.
“Ya Ya!”
Yabao, who was training his clone, noticed this and quickly called out, alerting his beastmaster.
Qiao Sang looked up, stunned for a moment as she saw green ripples emanating from the energy pool. Then, looking at Xia Lala, who had thrust her claws into the pool, she asked in surprise,
“Xia Lala, what are you doing?”
She wasn’t overly concerned, nor did she try to stop her. With Xia Lala’s class and personality, she knew she wouldn’t do anything to harm Ting Bao.
“Xia Xia,”
Xia Lala retracted her claws from the pool and called out, explaining that there were impurities in the pool, slowing down energy absorption. She was removing them so Ting Bao could absorb them faster.
“Ya Ya!”
Ya Bao called out, translating.
Removing impurities… Qiao Sang was stunned, then looked at Ting Bao.
Ting Bao, receiving a look from his beastmaster, immediately understood what she wanted him to do and continued to absorb the energy.
Energy, several times more concentrated than before, instantly surged into his body.
“Ting Ting!”
Ting Bao exclaimed with delight.
It’s really much faster!
“What kind of skill is this?” Qiao Sang asked, her eyes lighting up.
“Xia Xia,”
Xia Lala thought for a moment and called out, indicating that it could be considered purification.
It could be, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t completely purification… Qiao Sang’s mind raced, and she thought of Lu Bao’s purification skill.
Lu Bao could purify, but it only purified water. Generally speaking, any liquid contaminated by other substances would be transformed into pure water.
Even a pool of energy filled with energy would become ordinary, energy-free water after purification. This was somewhat different from the purification Xia Lala was currently talking about.
Was this Xia Lala’s unique ability, or would Lu Bao possess such an ability once she reached ultimate proficiency in purification?
Various thoughts flashed through Qiao Sang’s mind.
However, she quickly realized that the purification ability Xia Lala was referring to wasn’t the same as Lu Bao’s.
After all, the Xia Lala of today wasn’t the Xia Lala of a century ago. It was a newborn, barely born, and it was impossible for her to possess a highly proficient purification skill.
It seems that I can only ask Teacher Mikaela what this skill is… Qiao Sang gathered her thoughts, looked at Xia Lala, and said sincerely:
“Thank you.”
“Xia Xia.”
Xia Lala blushed, feeling a little embarrassed, and called out to show that it was nothing.
“That’s nothing.” Qiao Sang smiled: “Do you want to eat anything? I’ll buy it for you tonight.”
“Xia Xia.”
Xia Lala thought for a moment and called out sweetly, indicating that it didn’t want to eat, it wanted to buy some flowers and plants.
“Buy!” Qiao Sang said proudly: “Let’s go to the planting base later and tell me anything you like.”
After this period of time together, she knew that Xia Lala preferred flowers and plants with roots to the brightly trimmed flowers in the flower shop.
“Xia Xia.”
Xia Lala’s eyes curved and she showed a sweet smile.
“Ya Ya!”
At that moment, Yabao looked at the energy pool and cried out.
Qiao Sang followed suit and saw that the surrounding water was swirling towards Tingbao, with the water at its center.
Simultaneously, the color of the energy pool faded at a noticeable rate.
As the energy surged into Tingbao’s body, his scales shimmered slightly.
The rate of energy absorption had increased dramatically… Qiao Sang was slightly startled.
Although she had only come into contact with the energy pool twice before, she had a pretty good understanding of its operation.
Lower-level pets absorb energy more slowly.
At Tingbao’s level, he shouldn’t have sucked the entire energy pool into a vortex.
Thinking this way, she didn’t interrupt.
Tingbao was focused on absorbing, his expression even showing a hint of enjoyment, clearly on track.
Time passed.
After about an hour, the water in the energy pool had completely cleared.
Suddenly, the Immutable Stone flickered white.
Qiao Sang, perceptive, glanced up to see Tingbao swaying back and forth in the energy pool, drowsy and ready to collapse at any moment.
“Tingting…” Tingbao called out sleepily, looking at his Beastmaster, indicating he could no longer absorb the energy.
Then, he stirred, attempting to fly toward his Beastmaster.
However, as he advanced, a sleepiness even stronger than before overtook him, a wave of laziness coursing through his body.
Unable to hold on any longer, Tingbao closed his eyes and collapsed peacefully.
Qiao Sang, quick-witted, waved his hand, reclaiming him from the Beastmaster’s Book.
“Ya Ya?”
Yabao cried out, a puzzled expression on his face.
Was Tingbao about to shed his skin again?
“Probably,” Qiao Sang suppressed her excitement and nodded.
Tingbao had experienced shed skin twice, and Teacher Jacqueline had come twice. She had also read books on the subject, and now she had a good understanding of pet shed skin.
Pet shed skin represents growth.
Over time, when it reaches a certain stage of development, it will shed its skin.
After undergoing some kind of physical and mental training, it will shed its skin.
When its energy reaches a certain level, it will shed its skin as well.
The immutable stone Tingbao had just been wearing lit up, indicating that it had absorbed energy to its peak. With so much energy accumulated at once, it was entirely possible that the conditions for molting had been reached.
“Let’s go, let’s go back quickly,” Qiao Sang said, picking up Xia Lala, who looked like Xian Xian Pu, and walked towards the main door, opening it.
Ya Bao followed.
As the room storing the energy pool, all creatures entering and leaving were monitored in real time.
Qiao Sang had only taken a few steps when the voice she had just heard echoed behind her:
“Miss Qiao, why are you out? Is there anything you need?”
Qiao Sang looked and saw it was the staff member who had brought her in.
The staff member was puzzled. The rewards from the energy pool were already quite valuable among the prizes in many competitions. Generally speaking, beastmasters would stay by their pet’s side while it was soaking in the energy pool, fearing that something might go wrong.
But the Beastmaster in front of him remembered that his Thunder Dragon had only been inside not long, seemingly less than two hours.
“No need, Thunder Dragon has already absorbed all the energy,” Qiao Sang said, turning and leaving gracefully.
Absorbed? The staff member was stunned.
Their first reaction was: a pet with both dragon and lightning attributes could only absorb energy for such a short time.
Then came their second reaction: It came out so quickly, so there must still be a lot of energy left in the energy pool?
The thought made the staff member’s heart beat faster, and their expression became slightly excited. Glancing around, seeing no one and no pets, they quickly headed towards the energy pool.
As a platform for prizes from various competitions, there’s still a lot of value here.
For example, some prizes can’t be carried around and must be used immediately.
If they can’t be used up and can’t be taken away, the Beastmaster might try to find a way to distribute them, but most pets simply leave, and the remaining prizes are divided among the staff.
The energy pool is one such prize.
It’s a rare prize, only appearing once every few years.
Although the energy pool was only for mid-level pets, he happened to have one!
The staff member, filled with excitement, pushed open the door to the energy pool like a thief.
Despite the implicit rules, he wanted to keep it to himself, not share it with anyone else.
But when he saw the energy pool inside, he was stunned.
What was going on? Why was the energy pool as clear as water?
Isn’t this the appearance of all the energy being absorbed?
…
Villa, living room.
“Teacher, is Tingbao about to shed his skin again?” Qiao Sang asked.
Mikaela withdrew her hand from her inspection, stood up, and nodded slightly. “Yes.”
Absorbing large amounts of energy would shorten the time it takes for a dragon-type pet to shed its skin, forcing it to enter the molting phase earlier. This was common sense, so she wasn’t as surprised as she had been the previous two times.
Then, she pulled out her phone and expertly contacted Jacqueline.
After the message was sent, Mikaela casually asked, “When did you take Thunder Dragon to the energy pool today?”
“Just an hour ago,” Qiao Sang said.
Mikaela was stunned for a moment. “The Thunder Dragon only soaked in the energy pool for an hour?”
Qiao Sang hummed, then suddenly thought of something and said,
“On its own, Thunder Dragon doesn’t absorb energy that quickly in the energy pool. But after Xia Lala helped remove impurities from the pool, its absorption rate suddenly increased significantly.”
Mikaela was stunned again, looking at Xia Lala in astonishment. “Removal of impurities?” “
Xia Xia,” Xia Lala nodded.
“What kind of skill is this?” Qiao Sang asked curiously. “Xia Lala said it could be considered purification, but I always feel like there’s something different about it.”
Mikaela was silent for a long time, then looked at Xia Lala with a complicated expression and said,
“Absorption.”
“Absorption?” Qiao Sang was stunned.
An intermediate Grass-type skill, Absorption?
Xia Lala looked over.
“It’s not the mid-level skill absorption that everyone knows, but a more rare absorption.” Mikala said in a deep voice: “Although it is also called absorption, its function is completely different from the absorption that can absorb other people’s energy. This kind of absorption absorbs harmful substances.”
“Harmful substances?” Qiao Sang thought of something, and suddenly looked at Xia Lala anxiously, and said worriedly:
“Will absorbing these substances cause any harm to Xia Lala?”
“Xia Xia.”
Xia Lala was stunned when she saw the human in front of her who was worried about her. Her eyes curved and she smiled and called out.
Don’t worry, it won’t.
“Ya Ya.” Ya Bao called out from the side to help translate.
It said no.
Qiao Sang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it.
As long as it doesn’t cause any harm to the body, that’s good.
Mikala didn’t understand what Xia Lala said, and Peng Jiamei and Dragon King didn’t help translate. They said in a calm voice:
“This absorption skill, capable of absorbing harmful substances, has been designated a super-level skill by the Alliance. It can absorb harmful substances from any object, such as low-level potions. Most potions are low-level, either due to insufficient purity or impurities. Using the absorption skill to absorb these harmful substances will elevate the potion’s overall level.”
Qiao Sang’s expression changed slightly upon hearing this, instantly understanding why this skill was designated super-level.
Potions are expensive, and each higher level can see the price multiply several times.
Mikaela continued, “The human body also contains harmful substances, and this absorption skill can completely absorb them.”
Qiao Sang glanced at Xia Lala upon hearing this.
Xia Lala happened to be looking over.
Their eyes met, each catching a glimpse of eagerness.
Qiao Sang sat cross-legged on the ground and said with a hint of excitement,
“Hurry, help me absorb it.”
“Xia Xia,” Xia Lala shared the same thought and immediately extended her claws, ready to touch.
Mikaela’s eyelids twitched, and she stopped him, saying,
“Wait, I’m not finished yet!”
Qiao Sang and Xia Lala looked over at the same time.
Mikaela slowly exhaled, and said seriously,
“Research shows that pets that possess the Super-level Absorption skill and have used it repeatedly generally have a shorter lifespan than pets of the same species.” (End of this chapter)
