124: Crazy Gu Xiaoyue

Shui Lingyu's expression drastically changed the moment he heard Chu Li say they had been attacked.

He immediately pulled Gu Xiaoyue over and examined her from head to toe, checking if she was injured.

"I'm fine, Senior.

The assassins were too low-ranked; Chu Li and I counter-killed them. After all, it was only a 300,000 star coins bounty; how could a powerful assassin be interested in that?"

Gu Xiaoyue explained the situation with a hint of self-mockery. Shui Lingyu still scrutinized her for a long time before finally letting go of her hand.

That night, the Heavenly Mountain Snow Fox's pet beast egg actually ascended from Earth Tier Peak Grade to Heaven Tier Middle Grade.

Gu Xiaoyue speculated that Wu Yan had already nurtured it to the point of almost ascending, and coincidentally, her Yu Beast Space still had yuanji stone.

Thus, in just half a day, it ascended to Heaven Tier.

She then looked at the immortal-rank pet egg that she had taken from the Xiao Family auction.

If it remained in the Yu Beast Space like this, it would eventually ascend to Immortal Tier.

This was the Immortal Rank Pet White Gaze spoke of, but the timeline doesn't match.

From then on, Gu Xiaoyue focused on special training at the base.

After Xiao Lu, Little Bear, and Xiao Lan woke up, Gu Xiaoyue only allowed Xiao Lan to use Water Therapy on Xiao Qi before feeding them all Golden Herb.

Coach Huo sent three more plants. Little Mo Bifang woke up and was also fed Golden Herb by her.

Yinglong and Hou were the same.

More than a week passed, and Xiao Jiu and Qingqing ascended to Mature Stage Four.

They waited two more days until Chu Li's Fire Phoenix also ascended to Mature Stage Four.

Qingqing, Fire Phoenix, and Xiao Jiu were all fed Huanpo Lotus together.

During this period, Gu Xiaoyue almost frantically fed her pets spiritual plants and immortal herbs.

After more than two months of special training, all of her pets had at least two major rank increases.

Xiao Qi—Mature Stage Seven Early Phase, but due to the forced battle last time, he has not woken up yet.

Xiao Jiu, Qingqing—Mature Stage Six Early Phase.

Little Bear, Xiao Hei, Xiao Lan, Xiao Lu, Little Mo—Mature Stage Three Late Phase.

Bifang—Mature Stage Three Early Phase.

Yinglong and Hou—Mature Stage Four Early Phase.

A few days ago, Gu Xiaoyue had just fed them Huanpo Lotus, and upon waking, they were precisely at Mature Stage Five Early Phase.

All the Huanpo Lotus from previous system achievement rewards had been used, and she even exchanged 1 with points.

When Xiao Jiu and Qingqing reached Mature Stage Six, the system gave another achievement reward, totaling 10,500 points.

She then exchanged for 3 years of God Rank beast feed, 3 Huanpo Lotus, 2 shaping flower, and 2 heavenly crafting stone.

She still had over 5,000 points.

"Xiao Qi has been sleeping for too long. Is he really not fundamentally injured?"

Gu Xiaoyue sighed, asking Xiao Lan with great worry.

Xiao Qi said he would only sleep for a few more days when he coughed up blood, but it has been over a month now!

Xiao Lan shook his head, somewhat at a loss. He felt that the previous force had not fundamentally injured Xiao Qi.

Otherwise, Gu Xiaoyue's body would probably also feel unwell.

Although he used Water Therapy on Xiao Qi every day, he just wouldn't wake up.

Gu Xiaoyue's Yu Beast Space still contained one Golden Herb and one han jiang grass.

She felt she had been too crazy recently; her pets' ranks had indeed increased significantly.

However, due to their dormancy, their skill ranks remained stagnant.

She would not feed them spiritual plants for a short time; training their skills was also very necessary.

Before their departure, Coach Huo called Gu Xiaoyue to his office again.

"There's really no Golden Herb left, but there's still one han jiang grass. Here, take it."

Gu Xiaoyue now only had Xiao Lu at Young life stage 9; her other pets no longer needed Golden Herb.

If it weren't for the urgent need to level up, she wouldn't want to use spiritual plants for accelerated growth.

She responded indifferently, "Thank you, Coach Huo. I have enough; I don't need it anymore."

Coach Huo transferred her previous 2 billion star coins back to her.

Gu Xiaoyue was a bit surprised. Even if she was Coach Huo's favorite student, it wouldn't make sense for him to just give her 7 Golden Herb and 2 han jiang grass for free, would it?

She looked at Coach Huo with a puzzled expression.

"It's like this, for this National Competition—"

Coach Huo seemed a bit awkward, "The officials want to use Soul Exchange Fruit, hua yu fruit, and Xisui Spring Water as rewards. Do you still have any?"

"I still have some, but not much.

How much does Coach need?"

Coach Huo opened his notebook, "Let me see—I told Wu Yan to collect materials, and it's been over a month, and he's disappeared!

I have to do everything myself!"

Upon hearing Wu Yan's name, Gu Xiaoyue's heart sank. If it weren't for him, Xiao Qi wouldn't still be in slumber!

She clenched her fists, remaining silent.

"Two Soul Exchange Fruit, five hua yu fruit, and 100 milliliters of Xisui Spring Water.

Do you have these?"

Coach Huo pointed at the noted items and quantities of supplies needed in his notebook.

Gu Xiaoyue nodded, "These total 2.1 billion. Coach Huo really needs to transfer star coins to me."

She placed the supplies Coach Huo requested in front of him.

"You little brat, you calculate so fast! I'll transfer another 900 million to you. The Golden Herb wasn't bought cheaply before, otherwise I could give you more!"

As Coach Huo spoke, the star coins had already arrived in her account.

Gu Xiaoyue bowed deeply to him, "Thank you for your care these past two months."

"Alright, go back to Nanya and keep working hard.

I'm still optimistic about you in this year's National Competition!"

After bidding farewell to Coach Huo, Gu Xiaoyue, Chu Li, and Shui Lingyu boarded the Albatross bound for Hechuan.

Although He Zhichen was reluctant to part with Gu Xiaoyue, he had to return to Chongbei.

Before boarding the Albatross, Xiao Han sent Gu Xiaoyue a message.

Since she left the National Team special training base, the shadow guards had begun protecting her.

As soon as she landed in Hechuan, she immediately went to the Beastmaster Association.

Gu Xiaoyue found Qin Shao and scheduled an assessment for Legendary Beastmaster.

She directly skipped the quasi-legendary level assessment; since her strength was sufficient for the legendary level, why waste time with another appointment?

Chu Li knew she was powerful now, but Shui Lingyu was somewhat shocked.

He only knew that Gu Xiaoyue had one Mature Stage Five pet, and the rest were merely Mature Stage Three.

The Legendary Beastmaster assessment required facing three Mature Stage Seven ferocious beasts.

The strict requirement for a Beastmaster's pets was that they needed at least three pets at Mature Stage Five Mid Phase to even register.

When did Xiao Yue get three pets at Mature Stage Five Mid Phase?

Qin Shao received Gu Xiaoyue and directly stated that her cousin had instructed her and her father to fully cooperate with Gu Xiaoyue.

She was also surprised by Gu Xiaoyue's growth rate.

In less than a year, she had gone from Primary Beast Master to scheduling a Legendary Beastmaster assessment.

Since it was clear that Xiao Han had placed her bet on Gu Xiaoyue, she had to cooperate to the best of her abilities.

She also checked her bounty order and found that it had been revoked.

It was probably delisted because too much time had passed without anyone verifying it.

Gu Xiaoyue planned to check again in a few days. Upon returning to her dormitory in Nanya, Ye Wanrou was not there.

She called Ye Wanrou, who sounded extremely excited on the other end: "Xiao Yue, oh my goodness, you're back! I missed you so much!"

Ye Wanrou screamed excitedly, and warnings from other students could be heard from her side: "Student, please keep your voice down!"

Gu Xiaoyue guessed that Ye Wanrou was probably in the library—she had truly changed a lot!

"You and Chen Yixuan come to the dorm, I have something for you."