125: Backlash from upgrading spiritual plants?

When Ye Wanrou heard this, she thought Gu Xiaoyue had brought her and Chen Yixuan souvenirs from the capital.

"Alright!"

She readily agreed, and within a few minutes, she appeared in the dorm with Chen Yixuan.

She immediately gave Gu Xiaoyue a big hug, "Xiao Yue, I haven't seen you in over two months, I missed you terribly!

I'm all alone in the dorm, so lonely!"

Gu Xiaoyue gently stroked her back, comforting her, "Alright, alright, I know you're lonely by yourself.

How about I apply to the principal to bring Bai Youlian back to live with you?"

Ye Wanrou immediately pulled away from Gu Xiaoyue's embrace and playfully punched her shoulders twice, "Xiao Yue, you're so mean!"

"Alright, let's talk about serious matters."

Gu Xiaoyue took out two pet beast eggs from her Yu Beast Space—they were Wu Yan's two.

"This one is a Heaven Tier Middle Grade ice-attribute, for Ye Wanrou.

This one is a Heaven Tier Top Grade light-attribute, for Chen Yixuan."

Ye Wanrou and Chen Yixuan were both pleasantly surprised, "Oh my god, Xiao Yue, you've spent so much, you even bought us pet beast eggs!"

Gu Xiaoyue shook her head, "They weren't bought.

Someone tried to kill me, but I killed them instead, and these two pet beast eggs are theirs.

You can raise these pets first, but it's best to train them in our dedicated training ground."

She then took out half a year's worth of Heaven Tier beast food and gave it to Chen Yixuan.

Ye Wanrou and Chen Yixuan looked at her with complex emotions, a mix of gratitude and worry.

Gu Xiaoyue noticed their complex emotions, "Alright, it's nothing!

Someone was jealous of me before and put out a bounty to kill me.

But the bounty was only 300,000, what kind of powerful Beastmaster do you think would take that order?

You don't need to worry, I just checked, the bounty has been withdrawn."

Ye Wanrou and Chen Yixuan exchanged glances and immediately formed a contract with the pet beasts in front of them.

Ye Wanrou was absolutely thrilled with the Heavenly Mountain Snow Fox, which had white fur and a red tail tip.

"Xiao Yue, this little fox is too beautiful! I love it so much!"

The Heaven Tier Top Grade Three-legged Golden Crow, which carried a healing skill, also made Chen Yixuan incredibly happy.

Gu Xiaoyue was infected by their joyful mood, "I told you I'd take you to this year's National Competition, don't think I'm joking!"

"No, we're working hard too!"

Ye Wanrou immediately explained, "Besides training, I'm currently spending all my time in the library, and tomorrow I'm going to schedule my intermediate Beastmaster assessment!"

Because Gu Xiaoyue had previously given Ye Wanrou a lot of qiu mu grass and lanzhi grass, her Unicorn had already matured to first-tier mid-stage, and Snowball had also advanced to first-tier early-stage.

She had undergone two body enhancements and wanted to try breaking through the intermediate Beastmaster assessment.

Gu Xiaoyue gave Ye Wanrou a thumbs-up, "I've also scheduled mine, maybe we'll even have our assessments on the same day."

The next day, Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li went to Director Wu to report their return from leave.

They hadn't taken the final exams, so they also asked Director Wu when they could take make-up exams.

Director Wu laughed heartily, "You're on the National Team, why would you need to take exams?

Exempt! Exempt!"

Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li smiled and thanked Director Wu for the arrangements, then went to Chu Li's private training ground after greeting him.

Since both Qingqing and Fire Phoenix had advanced to mature sixth-tier, Gu Xiaoyue also gave Qingqing Fire Phoenix spirit condensation dew to eat, hoping that its summoning skill skill would reach mastery soon.

Occasionally, she and Chu Li would also go watch the freshmen from the first year compete in the Freshman Ranking.

However, there weren't any particularly outstanding freshmen.

Having advanced to sophomore year, Gu Xiaoyue had no intention of competing on the Battle Strength Ranking.

The National Team's subsidy was paid monthly even without special training, so why would she bother fighting for two or three million on the Battle Strength Ranking?

Moreover, the first place on the Battle Strength Ranking was Shui Lingyu.

This way, no one would challenge her anymore, saving her a lot of trouble.

She leisurely accompanied Ye Wanrou to the library and practiced summoning skill skills with Chu Li and Shui Lingyu.

Fang Xiaoyu and Zhuang Yanxin also often trained with them.

A week after returning to Nanya, Yinglong and Hou awoke from their slumber, successfully advancing to mature fifth-tier early-stage.

Gu Xiaoyue took out a shaping flower and changed the forms of Xiao Jiu, Yinglong, and Hou.

Xiao Jiu was a man dressed in a dark robe, with fair skin and a height of 1.9 meters.

With a pair of red eyes and black hair like a waterfall, his fangs made Xiao Jiu appear both handsome and demonic.

Yinglong was a girl, and Gu Xiaoyue transformed her into a beautiful woman with long golden wavy hair and sky-blue eyes.

She wore a golden long dress, with slender golden dragon horns, and her colorful wings, half the size of her body, were also retained.

Yinglong's curvaceous figure made even Gu Xiaoyue, with her indifferent nature, unable to help but take a few extra glances.

She transformed Hou into a two-meter-tall muscular man with light red skin.

He had short fiery red hair, golden eyes, and wore a dual-shouldered crimson gold armor that perfectly exposed his eight-pack abs.

Regarding Yinglong and Hou's levels, Gu Xiaoyue had them consume hua yu fruit, wanting to hear them speak.

"Woman, bring another Huanpo Lotus, I want to upgrade!"

Hou said to Gu Xiaoyue with a hint of disdain.

"Mm, I want one too."

Yinglong's voice was gentle and soft, making it impossible for anyone to imagine that she was a domineering God-Rank Pet.

Gu Xiaoyue furrowed her brows, looking at their skills, "You have too many skills, and some are still intermediate. Are you in such a hurry to upgrade?"

Yinglong and Hou had only trained for less than a year in Gu Xiaoyue's Yu Beast Space.

Moreover, they had multiple attributes and many skills.

Yinglong had 9 skills, and Hou had 8, with 3 of their skills not yet advanced to high-level.

"We can upgrade skills later, if you have Huanpo Lotus, just give it to us!"

Hou's words were fiery and domineering, making Gu Xiaoyue cross her arms and stare intently at him, fuming.

Xiao Jiu stood in front of Gu Xiaoyue, also glaring at Hou with an unfriendly expression.

"You little Immortal Tier thing, get out of the way!"

Hou pushed Xiao Jiu aside and extended his hand towards Gu Xiaoyue, "Hurry up and give it to me!"

Gu Xiaoyue didn't know what to do; Hou was already so disrespectful to her at just mature fifth-tier, so wouldn't he rebel if he reached mature sixth-tier?

Yinglong also chimed in, "We can practice skills slowly later, if you have Huanpo Lotus, just give it to us."

Although her words were gentle, they carried an undeniable tone.

Gu Xiaoyue felt like an emperor being forced to abdicate; had the backlash from using spirit plants for upgrades come so quickly?

"It's okay, you can give it to them."

Xiao Qi, who had been sleeping for a long time, had woken up at some point and spoke to Gu Xiaoyue from within the Yu Beast Space.

"But they—"

Gu Xiaoyue was incredibly conflicted, like a bullied child who had finally found their adult.

"They just want to become stronger now, there's no malice.

Hou has always been like that, he couldn't speak without transforming, that's just how he is, you just didn't know."

Gu Xiaoyue lowered her gaze, perhaps her desire to become stronger had influenced her pet beasts.

Since Xiao Qi said it was fine, then she would give it to them.

She exchanged two Huanpo Lotuses with her points and gave them to Yinglong and Hou, then recalled them to her Yu Beast Space.

Yinglong and Hou also ate, continuing to sleep and absorb energy.

Gu Xiaoyue looked at Xiao Jiu; his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and his blood-red eyes showed worry.

She raised her hand and stroked Xiao Jiu's head, "It's okay, they're just eager to upgrade.

When I have more points, I'll exchange another Huanpo Lotus for you."

Xiao Jiu pursed his thin lips, nodded slightly, and was also recalled to the Yu Beast Space.

Xiao Qi waking up brought Gu Xiaoyue a lot of peace of mind; she hadn't expected him to have advanced to mature seventh-tier mid-stage after sleeping for so long.

Gu Xiaoyue felt confident about the Legendary Beastmaster assessment!

She continued to wait for the notification from the Beastmaster Association.

But she never expected that even while accompanying Ye Wanrou to the library, someone would come to challenge her—

"Gu Xiaoyue, I want to challenge you!"