Still need animal food?

As it happened, a fireball and a Wood Thorns collided in mid-air; that shout of "Watch out!" had indeed come from Chu Li.

It turned out that just as Gu Xiaoyue was turning to leave the arena, Xu Wenhan had secretly given the Golden Poison Arrow Frog a command to use Wood Thorns, launching the skill while Gu Xiaoyue's back was turned.

Even though Xu Wenhan had explicitly stated that no summoning skill was to be used, Chu Li had summoned his Fire Phoenix off-stage, ready at any moment.

In truth, she had sensed Xu Wenhan's killing intent to ambush her long ago.

Even if Chu Li hadn't acted, Xu Wenhan wouldn't have been able to hurt her.

"Xu Wenhan! When you do something like this, have you considered the consequences!" Teacher Han had almost never encountered anyone who would ambush their opponent after losing a challenge, let alone a fellow classmate!

Xu Wenhan seemed to have been blinded by impulse, and only now did he realize what he had done. "Teacher, I, I didn't mean to do that just now—"

Teacher Han raised a hand to stop Xu Wenhan's explanation. "Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, having done such a thing, I have no choice but to cancel your monthly exam results. Go report to the key class tomorrow!"

Teacher Han then turned to Gu Xiaoyue. "Gu Xiaoyue, are you satisfied with this outcome?"

"I also believe that Xu Wenhan acted on a momentary lapse in judgment, so I have no objections to Teacher Han's decision. I just hope that classmate Xu Wenhan can continue to work hard in the key class."

After speaking, Gu Xiaoyue's gaze swept over the other students. "Is there anyone else who wants to challenge me?"

The students below the stage looked at each other. Never mind the Young life stage 5 Qingluan, they didn't even have the confidence to defeat the Young life stage 3 Raging Sand Bear.

Only Gu Xiaoxing stared at Gu Xiaoyue with resentment, feeling annoyed in her heart: Why hadn't Xu Wenhan succeeded in his ambush? She would only have felt satisfied if he had hurt Gu Xiaoyue!

Seeing that no one else stood up to challenge Gu Xiaoyue, Teacher Han announced directly, "The first place for this month's monthly exam is still Gu Xiaoyue. If you want any resources, go find the principal at the principal's office tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you, Teacher."

Before graduation, there probably won't be anyone challenging her anymore, Gu Xiaoyue thought.

She had been a bit hesitant when summoning the little bear, but being able to solve the problem once and for all—letting the students see the gap in strength clearly so they wouldn't dare to cross her—was worth it.

After returning home, Gu Xiaoyue collected the system reward for this time.

It was another pet egg. She contracted it immediately, and a little mermaid appeared before her.

The upper body was a chubby little baby, while the lower body was a silver fish tail, with a silver glow covering its entire body. In its chubby hands, it clutched a deep blue bead.

【Name】: Jun Jiao

【Rank】: Immortal Tier Peak Grade

【Attribute】: Water Attribute, Mental Attribute

【Skills】: Water Control (Low Level), Water Ball (Low Level), Water Therapy (Low Level), Mermaid's Song (Low Level)

【Level】: Young life stage 1

This system is just too intelligent, Gu Xiaoyue sighed inwardly.

She had absorbed the gathering spirit stone a few days ago, which caused the Yu Beast Space to develop a sea area that hadn't existed before. Moreover, since so many of her other pets mostly had attack skills, giving her a pet capable of healing was perfect.

Since it was another Immortal Tier pet, she would ask the principal for a year's supply of Celestial Rank Beast Food, four compartments, and four mats tomorrow.

She would just keep the little mermaid in the sea area; the little bear was still squeezing into the same compartment as Xiao Hei.

Seeing how cute the little mermaid was, Gu Xiaoyue fed it a piece of lanzhi grass, pinched its little cheeks and hands, and named it—Lan Yu.

The next day, Basic Beastmaster Theory class.

Teacher Bai entered the classroom in a rush. As soon as she walked in, she asked, "I heard that one of our class students successfully absorbed a gathering spirit stone?"

The students answered dejectedly, "It's Gu Xiaoyue."

"Gu Xiaoyue?" Teacher Bai looked at Gu Xiaoyue. She knew Gu Xiaoyue had Human Level talent, so she had succeeded too?

"Teacher Bai, is there any trick to absorbing a gathering spirit stone? Any patterns or anything?" A student raised their hand to ask.

Teacher Bai thought for a moment and replied, "Generally speaking, the higher the talent level, the better the effect of using a gathering spirit stone.

At the same time, the improvement to Mental Power will also be better. In the history of Beastmasters, there was once a Beastmaster with Heaven Level talent who, after successfully absorbing a gathering spirit stone—the number of pets they could summon increased by two all at once!"

"Wow—" many students exclaimed in surprise.

Gu Xiaoyue understood in her heart; no wonder she could summon two more pets. It turned out it was thanks to her Immortal Tier talent.

"Teacher, I would like to ask, does a higher talent mean a higher probability of a pet increasing its rank?" Gu Xiaoyue asked, raising her hand.

"Yes, and the gap between Earth Level and Profound Level is very large." Teacher Bai explained, the implication being—why so many leaders of higher education institutions place special importance on students above Earth Level.

"Teacher, are there any rare treasures that can accelerate rank improvement?"

The students' curiosity was also piqued.

"There is—the yuanji stone. Placing it beside a pet can shorten the time taken for rank improvement. The larger it is, the longer it can be absorbed, and the more valuable it is. However, it is too difficult to encounter. Generally, where there are yuanji stones, the level of fierce beasts is very high. Alright, open your books. Today our lesson is—"

Teacher Bai stopped providing popular science to the students and began the formal lesson content.

A yuanji stone, huh?

Gu Xiaoyue calculated that she had already contracted Xiao Qi for more than two months, and Xiao Qi hadn't even increased in rank.

It should be that Xiao Qi's rank was already very high, but Qingqing hadn't increased in rank either.

She secretly made up her mind to look up more information when she had time to see where she could obtain a yuanji stone.

During the break, Gu Xiaoyue went to the principal's office to report the supplies she wanted.

Principal Liu said kindly to Gu Xiaoyue, "I heard you successfully absorbed the gathering spirit stone and can now summon two pets at the same time?"

"Yes, Principal."

"Come, come, show me your pets." The principal was so happy he couldn't close his mouth, secretly lamenting in his heart that Gu Xiaoyue's fortune was quite good; perhaps she really could take the top spot this year.

Gu Xiaoyue summoned Qingqing and the little bear, then told the principal what she wanted.

The principal showed a look of confusion. "What do you need Celestial Rank Beast Food for?"

"Qingqing and the little bear are both Heaven Level mid-grade. Maybe one day they will rise to Immortal Tier, so it's better to be prepared!"

Principal Liu was surprised in his heart; this girl's aspirations were truly high.

With Human Level talent, trying to upgrade Heaven Level pets—how many years and seasons would that take!

"Celestial Rank Beast Food needs to be pre-ordered. I'll notify you when it arrives in a few days. Next time, you should ask for some other resources."

Gu Xiaoyue scratched her head. Qingqing had the ice crystal stone, the little bear had the yellow crystal stone, and the system tasks provided lanzhi grass.

She didn't really need anything for the moment; she couldn't exactly ask the principal for crystals of other attributes.

That would only arouse more suspicion in others. She could just slowly acquire crystals of other attributes when there was an opportunity later.

Days passed by one after another, and the third month was already more than half over.

The effects of the lanzhi grass on the other pets had already worn off; only Lan Yu's still had an effect.

However, Xiao Qi, Xiao Jiu, and Qingqing had all risen to Young life stage 6. Xiao Hei was at Young life stage 5, and both the little bear and Xiao Lan were at Young life stage 4, with the difference being that the little bear was about to rise to Young life stage 5, while Xiao Lan had just risen to Young life stage 4.

Gu Xiaoyue still trained summoning skills with Chu Li every day. Chu Li also transferred two or three million to her every few days, and then she would go buy snacks for her baby pets.

She often nagged about how expensive it was to raise them, but she never held back when buying snacks.

Finally, the Fire Phoenix had also reached Young life stage 6. Gu Xiaoyue thought she should go and complete the monster-killing tasks issued by the system.