128: Failed the assessment

Gu Xiaoyue entered the beast simulator. Five seconds later, three mature, early-stage Tier 7 Shadow Snow Wolves were spawned.

She summoned Xiao Qi and Yinglong. "Take it easy on them."

No sooner had she finished her instruction than Xiao Qi and Yinglong unleashed their skills, instantly killing the three Shadow Snow Wolves.

Gu Xiaoyue's face darkened, and she couldn't help but get angry. "I told you to take it easy!"

She was forcibly teleported out of the beast simulator. The Beast Association system displayed: Assessment Failed!

Gu Xiaoyue was speechless. She was even mocked after coming out.

She stared at the man. "I killed the beasts instantly!"

Now it was the man with black-framed glasses who exploded. "Impossible, absolutely impossible. I think you just couldn't beat them and teleported out! You little girl, not even twenty years old, how could you possibly one-shot a mature Tier 7 beast!"

Gu Xiaoyue rolled her eyes helplessly. Was she a magnet for trouble?

The man had nothing better to do than ask her rank, and when she answered, she got mocked.

Whatever.

Just destroy it all.

She was feeling very irritable now. After preparing for over a month, she had failed just like that.

If she had summoned Hou, she might even suspect that Hou did it on purpose.

But she had summoned Xiao Qi and Yinglong!

She sighed, but it wouldn't be appropriate to ask Qin Shao to arrange it again.

Gu Xiaoyue returned to the waiting area to adjust her mood, waiting for Ye Wanrou and Chen Yixuan to finish their assessments so they could return to school together.

Chu Li sat next to her and comforted her: "We'll make another appointment in a while. I'll book a quasi-legendary one."

Chu Li's subordinate had just sent him a message saying he received two Golden Herbs and two han jiang grasses.

At the same time, he complained that Golden Herbs were too hard to acquire on the market recently, and he didn't know who had driven the price up to 160 million per stalk.

The Teng Snake was at the late stage of mature Tier 2, and the Lihuo Red-Eyed Beast was at the early stage of mature Tier 2.

By providing them with spiritual plants, if luck was on their side, Chu Li would just have enough qualifications to sign up for the quasi-legendary assessment.

Gu Xiaoyue nodded. She was considering whether to book a quasi-legendary assessment directly.

After thinking about it for a while, she canceled that idea.

Facing high-tier beasts, she also needed to use high-tier pets in battle.

What if she accidentally killed the beast again? Then she would have to book another one!

Shui Lingyu sent a message asking about Gu Xiaoyue's assessment.

She replied simply, "Failed."

Before long, Shui Lingyu's comforting message arrived, cheering her up and asking her to participate in the assessment together next time.

Gu Xiaoyue replied to him, saying she would book another one in a while before returning to school.

Ye Wanrou and Chen Yixuan's practical assessments were passed quite easily, since they were only at the intermediate level.

The man with black-framed glasses didn't pass again and would have to wait for the next time.

Chu Li sneered at him, "Instead of staring at others, you'd be better off training your pets properly!"

The man with black-framed glasses glared at Chu Li. He knew Chu Li was talking about him, but he didn't dare to act out and had to leave dejectedly.

Before returning to school, Gu Xiaoyue found Qin Shao to book another Beastmaster assessment.

Qin Shao also agreed to arrange it for her as soon as possible, but the number of people taking the legendary-level exam was limited, so she needed to wait patiently.

Gu Xiaoyue felt a bit dejected. After returning to the dormitory, her consciousness entered her Yu Beast Space.

She found Hou in the attribute jewelry box, with half its body buried in the box, rummaging through it.

"What's going on?"

She asked subconsciously.

Hearing her, Hou pulled its body out of the box.

"Woman, you are too biased! Clearly, one beast can wear four pieces of different jewelry, but you only gave us one. Yet that fish has two!"

Gu Xiaoyue was stunned. She thought attribute jewelry could only add one layer of attributes.

She had given Xiao Lan an extra piece because it looked good on her; she was purely doing it for aesthetic reasons.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know. You all should find jewelry that suits your attributes and wear it."

"Don't know, don't know, what do you even know, woman? Also, why is there only jewelry? What about weapons?"

Hou asked casually while trying on pieces of jewelry one by one.

Gu Xiaoyue scratched her head, "Do pets need weapons too? I've never heard a teacher mention that."

Hou snorted through its nose, "Of course. They add much more combat power than jewelry! You haven't heard of it? That's because there are barely any God-Rank Pets in this world, so who would tell you these things?!"

"Only God-Rank Pets know about weapons?"

"That's not it," Yinglong also came over to pick out jewelry, "Pets with awakened intelligence above the Immortal Tier and Mad Demon Tier all know. It's just that pet weapons belong to ancient artifacts, which are rare in the world and hard to come by."

Gu Xiaoyue curled her lips. Hou was asking her for one; it was just making things difficult for her.

She felt exhausted. It would have been better not to feed Hou the hua yu fruit.

Now that it could speak human language, it knew only to roast her every day.

She asked Xiao Qi to help the other pets equip their four pieces of jewelry, while she continued to practice sharing the Ice Flame skill.

She had been practicing for a week, but the progress was only at 17%. The heavenly crafting stone was still better.

However, having relied on the heavenly crafting stone for so long, she wanted to try the process of practicing on her own.

After practicing for more than 3 hours, Gu Xiaoyue exhaled a breath of turbid air and decided to rest for a while.

She checked her brain and saw that Gu Yu had called her twice.

She dialed back. Gu Yu asked her in a conflicted tone if she knew about the pressure the Gu Family was currently facing.

"I know."

Gu Xiaoyue didn't hide it and asked Gu Yu in return, "Dad, do you know that the old man Gu went to the Chu Family to propose a marriage for me without authorization?"

"Huh? This—"

Clearly, Gu Yu didn't know the truth. She didn't know if it was Gu Yongze or Gu Qi who found Gu Yu and added fuel to the fire while saying something to him.

"But the Gu Family is, after all—"

Gu Yu gritted his teeth and continued, "Your grandfather has already agreed that after getting through this crisis, he will give 60% of the shares to Xiao Yang. Why don't you consider—"

Only Gu Yu would believe such an absurd statement.

"I know the Gus are in trouble, and I have already asked friends for help. It's just that it won't be in the open, after all, the power suppressing the Gu Family is too strong. Dad, don't worry, the Gus will definitely be fine."

It was all an excuse anyway. As for what would happen to the Gu Corporation in the end, they would talk about it then.

If Gu Yongze were truly sincere, why didn't he split the shares immediately?

Gu Yu felt reassured, "Good, then I can rest easy."

In the end, he just wouldn't watch the Gus go bankrupt, and he wouldn't abandon Gu Yongze's safety.

Gu Xiaoyue hung up the phone and sent a message to Xiao Han.

"It's been two months, is Xiao Mingyan still pushing hard?"

Before long, Xiao Han replied.

"A spent force."

At that moment, Gu Xiaoyue knew what to do.

"The plan remains unchanged."

Then she would proceed as they had previously discussed. She wanted to see if, after getting past this hurdle, Gu Yongze would distribute the shares.

Let Gu Yu see clearly too that whether it was him or Gu Xiaoyue, they were just pawns calculated and manipulated by Gu Yongze.

The next day was a day off, and Gu Xiaoyue accompanied Mu Qingning to the supermarket for shopping.

"Xiao Yang loves this cheese stick so much, I'll buy more for him."

Mu Qingning said while putting several bags of cheese sticks into the shopping cart.

"Mom, don't feed my brother too much. This kind of supplementary food should be eaten in moderation."

Gu Xiaoyue suggested to Mu Qingning with a light smile, her peripheral vision catching a glimpse of the person she was looking for.

Nowhere to be found after a diligent search, yet here she was. She stepped forward and grabbed the person by the collar.