Challenged by Wei Liuyun again

The physical enhancement process brought about by the pet's maturity did not take very long. Gu Xiaoyue stopped and slowly felt the changes in her body.

Although she was significantly stronger than when she had first transmigrated, it was still not as good as her physical fitness in her previous life.

She felt a trace of disappointment; she still could not lift those dual swords.

Chu Li noticed that Gu Xiaoyue's expression was a bit off and hurriedly asked her what was wrong.

Gu Xiaoyue thought about it and decided to tell Chu Li that her companion beast, Xiao Qi, had leveled up.

However, she would certainly not tell Chu Li that he was the one struck into shock by Xiao Qi on the day of his coming-of-age ceremony.

Gu Xiaoyue calculated that this time, it took even less time for Xiao Qi to advance from Young life stage 10 to the mature stage than it did to go from Young life stage 9 to 10!

The qiu mu grass was indeed effective!

Gu Xiaoyue was a bit excited and fed qiu mu grass to Xiao Hei, Xiao Lv, Xiao Lan, and Xiao Mo as well.

"Ding—Congratulations to the host for achieving the milestone: 1 mature stage first-rank pet. Reward: 300 points!"

She had more points than she could spend now, so she exchanged them for a year's supply of Celestial Rank Beast Food and a year's supply of Devil Rank Beast Food.

Chu Li thought Gu Xiaoyue was still undergoing physical enhancement, so he obediently stayed to the side without making a sound.

Unexpectedly, in the next second, Gu Xiaoyue took out two pieces of qiu mu grass and gave them to him.

After the lanzhi grass was sold, Gu Xiaoyue had wanted to return the 90 million star coins to him.

But Chu Li firmly refused. Since the qiu mu grass was effective, she might as well help Chu Li improve his strength as well.

"Xiao Yue, why are you giving this to me? Your companion beast has reached the mature stage, but mine will still take some time."

"The qiu mu grass can be used in combination with the lanzhi grass; I have tested it myself and it works. When the Fire Phoenix and Qinglong reach the mature stage, let's go take the junior Beastmaster examination!"

Qinglong was the name of Chu Li's companion beast, the Teng Snake, which was also at Young life stage 10.

If it were just for the opening of the secret realm, they were already quite powerful.

But if it were for the Beastmaster examination, one could never be too prepared.

The Lihuo Red-Eyed Beast was only at Young life stage 9. Even after coming out of the secret realm, it probably wouldn't reach the mature stage. It would be more effective to let the Teng Snake level up sooner!

Chu Li nodded firmly, accepted the qiu mu grass, and fed it directly to the Teng Snake and Fire Phoenix.

Two and a half days passed, and Gu Xiaoyue had finished washing up and was lying on her bed in the dormitory.

Xiao Jiu and Qingqing had leveled up one after the other.

Gu Xiaoyue once again felt the changes brought about by the physical enhancement.

This time, two pets matured at the same time, so the reaction was even more intense than before, and Gu Xiaoyue was even more excited than before.

She clearly felt her meridians being cleared and her muscles and bones becoming stronger.

She sat up and used the internal energy cultivation method from her previous life, and then she was pleasantly surprised to find that her current body was even stronger than in her previous life!

She couldn't wait and ran to the training ground.

It was late, and she danced with her dual swords in the field, even executing qinggong to leap four or five meters high with ease.

Gu Xiaoyue practiced sword fighting for over an hour. This long-lost feeling of refreshment put her in a great mood, leaving her feeling exhilarated.

Little did she know that the scene of her practicing sword fighting and qinggong had been seen perfectly by someone.

It wasn't until Gu Xiaoyue put away her dual swords that the system made a sound, as if it had been afraid of disturbing her mood while she was practicing sword fighting.

"Ding—Congratulations to the host for achieving the milestone: 2 mature stage first-rank pets. Reward: 400 points!"

"Ding—Congratulations to the host for achieving the milestone: 3 mature stage first-rank pets. Reward: one heavenly crafting stone!"

The heavenly crafting stone allows a Beastmaster to skip the training process and directly possess the ability to use mature stage pets and master skills.

However, only one heavenly crafting stone can be used per skill.

Looking at the long list of skills her pets had, Gu Xiaoyue felt a bit conflicted.

What made her want to cry was that she had many pets and many skills!

What made her laugh was that her system could give her heavenly crafting stones!

It was a long road ahead!

She had better upgrade their skills while leveling up the pets.

There were still over 90 drops of spirit condensation dew in the Yu Beast Space, so she should use them all on them first.

Without overthinking it, she gave each pet two drops.

Then Gu Xiaoyue arranged for specific skills to be upgraded for each of them.

She was now desperate for Xiao Hei to reach the mature stage quickly, and then to master the "Stealth" skill.

That way, she would truly have a life-saving skill.

Gu Xiaoyue was indeed powerful among her peers now.

But there is always someone better, and experts stronger than her were everywhere.

One could never be sure that someone wouldn't want her life for all sorts of absurd reasons!

Better safe than sorry—

Gu Xiaoyue had thought that no one would challenge her again until the release of the fourth freshman ranking list.

Unsurprisingly, something unexpected was about to happen.

On the day before the freshman ranking list was released, Wei Liuyun came to challenge Gu Xiaoyue again.

He was currently third on the freshman ranking list, having previously lost a challenge to Fang Xiaoyu.

In fact, there wasn't much difference in strength between the two; it was just that Fang Xiaoyu had more combat experience, and he had simply been outplayed by one move.

Today, he came to find Gu Xiaoyue full of confidence; he was determined to win!

Gu Xiaoyue accepted his challenge, and the two arrived at the arena.

Seeing his confident appearance, Gu Xiaoyue mocked him, "Why aren't you calling people over to watch today?"

Wei Liuyun felt a bit embarrassed; he indeed hadn't thought about calling anyone.

Gu Xiaoyue continued to taunt him, "I thought you were sure of yourself when you came to challenge me, but it turns out you just wanted to have a friendly match with me!

That makes sense, if you lose, you can just pretend it was for fun, and no one will know."

These words made Wei Liuyun's face turn bright red. He had no choice but to send a message in the Xingyuan group chat, saying that he was challenging Gu Xiaoyue.

This time, he only said that he was challenging her again; he didn't tell the students to go around calling people.

However, the students didn't disappoint Gu Xiaoyue; quite a few of them came rushing over.

The referee asked if they could begin, and only when there were enough onlookers did Gu Xiaoyue say they could start.

"Before we start, I want to forbid Gu Xiaoyue from using the skill that summons the Fire Phoenix master!" Wei Liuyun said.

The referee asked for Gu Xiaoyue's thoughts.

Gu Xiaoyue agreed.

Just when everyone thought it was about to start, Wei Liuyun spoke again, "Then, for the sake of fairness, I think Gu Xiaoyue should only summon one pet to fight against me!"

The audience was in an uproar—

It was Gu Xiaoyue's own ability that she could summon two pets.

Wei Liuyun wouldn't let her use her skills, and wouldn't let her summon two pets; he wanted all the advantages for himself!

Gu Xiaoyue understood; no wonder Wei Liuyun didn't want many students to watch at the beginning.

His calculations were so blatant that the beads of his abacus were practically hitting her in the face!

Some students who had originally looked down on Gu Xiaoyue for exploiting rule loopholes were now switching sides.

"Wei Liuyun, that's enough, why don't you just let Gu Xiaoyue stand there and let you beat her up!"

Wei Liuyun heard this but ignored it. He just took a deep breath and asked Gu Xiaoyue, "Do you dare? If you don't dare, just admit defeat!"

Many students in the audience gasped; was this a powerhouse with Immortal Tier talent?

This behavior was truly disgraceful!

Just when everyone thought Gu Xiaoyue would refuse, Gu Xiaoyue agreed!

Wei Liuyun revealed a triumphant smile.

The referee's whistle blew, and he immediately drew a summoning circle to summon his pet.

The Young life stage 10 Darkwing Thunderhorn Lion was much larger than when it was at stage 9, looking quite imposing as it stood there.

Wei Liuyun seemed to have victory in his grasp, "It's not too late for you to admit defeat now; don't wait until your pet gets hurt and delays your treasure hunt in the secret realm!"

Gu Xiaoyue gave a contemptuous smile, "Is that it?"