101: Shatter the Star Stone

Gu Xiaoyue entered her Yu Beast Space to take a look.

Xiao Qi had leveled up from the mid-stage of the fourth rank of the Mature Stage to the late stage.

Xiao Jiu had also leveled up from the mid-stage of the first rank of the Mature Stage to the late stage.

She checked her pets one by one, and almost all of them had leveled up by a small grade!

It was clearly a good thing, but why were they all acting up, restless, and even irritable, wanting to fight!

Xiao Lv, already at the mid-stage of the first rank of the Mature Stage, had coiled itself around Xiao Hei's neck.

"Stop!"

Under Gu Xiaoyue's Mental Power suppression, Xiao Lv immediately loosened its grip and released Xiao Hei's neck.

It also transformed from a green plant as thick as a bowl to the thickness of a hemp rope, lying limp on the side and twitching from time to time.

This was the first time Gu Xiaoyue had encountered such a situation, and she reviewed the past two days to see what she had put into her Yu Beast Space that could have caused them to become like this.

Xiao Qi hopped around, attracting Gu Xiaoyue's attention, and led her consciousness to the Xingchen Stone.

"Because of this?"

Gu Xiaoyue thought back to what Teacher Bai had said before: the Xingchen Stone could accelerate the growth rate of pets, but he hadn't mentioned any side effects.

She suddenly remembered that what Teacher Bai had mentioned was a fist-sized Xingchen Stone—which could increase growth speed by 10%.

Gu Xiaoyue looked at the Xingchen Stone in her Yu Beast Space, four meters wide and three meters high—was it too big?

Before Gu Xiaoyue could issue a command, Xiao Qi had already irritably launched an attack on this piece of Xingchen Stone.

Its full-power Thunderbolt Spell could only strike a few sparks from the Xingchen Stone.

There was no sign of it being damaged.

Gu Xiaoyue frowned. If even Xiao Qi couldn't shatter it, then she certainly couldn't either. She couldn't take it out of the Yu Beast Space and wander around the secret realm carrying it, could she?

Gu Xiaoyue signaled for Xiao Qi to continue attacking and even sent Qingqing over to help.

After a few strikes, the Xingchen Stone still showed no reaction.

She then had Xiao Jiu and Xiao Xiong go to help as well.

It still didn't work!

Gu Xiaoyue sensed that all the pet eggs were uncomfortable and felt anxious for them.

If it didn't work, then everyone should just go for it and attack together.

If it still didn't work—

She would leave the secret realm and go to the Beastmaster Association to see if there was any way to split the Xingchen Stone!

Attacking together, Xiao Qi and the others seemed to have made a big decision.

Twelve pets attacked the Xingchen Stone with various elemental attacks all at once.

This time, it was finally not in vain; the whole piece of Xingchen Stone was smashed into hundreds, or even thousands, of pieces of varying sizes.

Xiao Qi and the others' states improved immediately, whether because they had expended some energy or because the Xingchen Stone's energy had been dispersed.

Gu Xiaoyue heaved a sigh of relief, but immediately, the shattered pieces of the Xingchen Stone seemed to be summoned by the yuanji stone and flew towards the sky one after another.

As the Xingchen Stone fragments flew, they emitted starlight-like rays.

Until they flew completely into the sky, they really looked like a sky full of stars.

So, did the object live up to its name?

Looking at Xiao Qi and the others again, it seemed that because the distance from the Xingchen Stone had increased significantly, their restless emotions had gradually calmed down.

Gu Xiaoyue took out snacks to feed them, soothing them as she fed them.

The pets' emotions stabilized, and she also calmed down; she actually fell asleep while feeding them.

Early the next morning, Gu Xiaoyue woke up and entered her Yu Beast Space to check.

The Xingchen Stone, which had looked like stars last night, were all floating in the sky, but their light was not visible.

It must have been covered by the light of the yuanji stone.

Gu Xiaoyue thought to herself while picking out 6 bowl-sized Xingchen Stones and taking them out of the Yu Beast Space.

Everyone was eating breakfast when Ye Wanrou saw Gu Xiaoyue come out of the tent holding several stones.

She still had noodles hanging from her mouth, "Xiao Yue, what are you holding?"

Gu Xiaoyue laughed, "Hurry up and slurp the noodles in your mouth; don't spit them out in a moment."

Ye Wanrou didn't understand, so she slurped the noodles in her mouth and swallowed them with a smack.

Fang Xiaoyu didn't pay much attention and picked up his cup to drink water.

"This is the Xingchen Stone I got for everyone."

Xingchen Stone?

When Fang Xiaoyu heard this, he spat out a mouthful of water.

Chen Yixuan and Zhuang Yanxin were both stunned on the spot.

"What is the Xingchen Stone?"

Ye Wanrou blinked her big eyes and asked Gu Xiaoyue.

"I told you to study more. You don't even know what the Xingchen Stone is; will you pass the Beastmaster exam in the future?"

Chu Li walked to Gu Xiaoyue's side naturally, not forgetting to tease Ye Wanrou a bit.

Chen Yixuan came to Ye Wanrou, who was pouting, and explained the use of the Xingchen Stone to her.

Shui Lingyu asked, "Junior sister, what about this Xingchen Stone of yours?"

"When we first entered the secret realm, we fell into a herd of ferocious beasts. I felt something was wrong.

So many ferocious beasts have different living habits; some are solitary, and some are gregarious, but they gathered together.

There must be something nearby attracting them.

I used my Mental Power to detect a piece of Xingchen Stone and put it into my Yu Beast Space.

I split it up last night, and this is for you."

Ye Wanrou hugged Gu Xiaoyue's waist, "Xiao Yue, you are too, too amazing!"

Gu Xiaoyue handed out the Xingchen Stones to everyone one by one, and Fang Xiaoyu's eyes turned red.

If this piece were sold, it could sell for at least several hundred million star coins.

He could definitely not afford it himself; it was all thanks to Gu Xiaoyue!

Fang Xiaoyu even began to understand why some people would give so much for their friends, even their lives.

Those who haven't experienced it won't understand their camaraderie like that of comrades-in-arms!

After washing up, Gu Xiaoyue hurried to eat breakfast. Today, everyone didn't disturb her sleep again.

She was the last one to get up again.

Although she had distributed the Xingchen Stones to everyone, she didn't want to hold everyone back from setting off.

After Gu Xiaoyue finished eating, they started wandering around the secret realm again, but of course, the further they walked, the further they were from the nest of the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast.

Wandering in the secret realm for three days, Gu Xiaoyue and the others didn't encounter any rare treasures, just killing some ferocious beasts.

Unexpectedly, they met Sun Jian and Zhao Huaiyao on the way; the two of them glared at Gu Xiaoyue with resentment.

Gu Xiaoyue ignored them, but she didn't see Xiang Quan's figure.

Sun Jian and Zhao Huaiyao had also changed to following other seniors, who treated them as lackeys and ordered them around at will.

Gu Xiaoyue didn't pity them; it was they themselves who had squeezed their heads to enter the secret realm.

But Sun Jian and Zhao Huaiyao had no strength to protect themselves, and living under someone else's roof was their choice.

Gu Xiaoyue was not a saint and only cared about continuing to treasure hunt in the secret realm with Chu Li and the others.

Two days later, Gu Xiaoyue and the others had just finished killing two Mature Stage fourth-rank ferocious beasts.

She hadn't taken a few steps when Gu Xiaoyue's lower leg was instantly pulled underground by a vine.

Chu Li, Shui Lingyu, and the others watched helplessly as Gu Xiaoyue was pulled underground.

Chu Li ran over, but the hole where Gu Xiaoyue had been standing had also disappeared.

He summoned the Fire Phoenix to summon Gu Xiaoyue, but there was no response.

Could it be that Xiao Yue was already out of the distance for the Fire Phoenix's summons from him?

As for Gu Xiaoyue, she was pulled underground by the vine.

After careful observation, she found that this place was actually a place like an underground treasure trove.

A clear voice appeared, "My wife is in your hands."