Shui Lingyu Meet

"Free?"

Gu Xiaoyue's first reaction was disbelief, but after a moment's thought, she understood.

Those who possess a God-Rank Pet, like herself, are either exceptionally gifted or have encountered rare opportunities.

Hualian Shopping Mall deals in rare goods, and building a good relationship with such a Beastmaster is entirely beneficial and harmless.

For now, Gu Xiaoyue did not want to expose Yinglong and Hou, so she just made a few exaggerated expressions as if she were learning about gossip and left.

Gu Xiaoyue returned to school; she wanted to confirm if Han Qiao had indeed dropped out.

She received confirmation and heard a lot of gossip.

Many people were saying that Wei Liuyun and Bai Youlian saw a God-Rank Pet egg in the secret realm.

Wei Liuyun claimed that the pet egg belonged to him, but his tone made people feel that he was a bit insane.

Everyone suspected that the two of them had suffered some kind of shock.

The school administration also came out to dispel the rumors, stating that students Wei Liuyun and Bai Youlian did not encounter any God-Rank Pet egg, but were merely attacked by a Mental Power beast.

The school leaders held a meeting and decided to send them to a sanatorium specializing in treating Mental Power trauma, and they would be brought back to Nanya Academy once they recovered.

Gu Xiaoyue guessed that the school leaders sent them away for Mental Power treatment, and it was not ruled out that their memories might be tampered with.

In any case, a God-Rank Pet can only be a myth for now and cannot be spoken of to others.

It's just that this National Competition might not see it in action.

The National Competition is held once a year, and when her God-Rank Pet is revealed, that will be the time for Nanya to shine infinitely!

Gu Xiaoyue calculated the star coins in her hand: 510 million.

She decided to give the portion of tianling fruit originally intended for Han Qiao to Ye Wanrou, and split the rest equally.

There was also that stalk of han jiang grass; she didn't know if the others had any ideas about it.

Except for the han jiang grass, she distributed all the star coins.

She kept 134 million for herself, while Chu Li, Chen Yixuan, and Fang Xiaoyu each received 102 million, and Ye Wanrou received 70 million.

Perhaps because Ye Wanrou is also a little money-grubber, she actually woke up in a daze when the notification sound of star coins arriving on her brain rang.

"Who, whose 70 million star coins have arrived?"

Chen Yixuan, who was guarding her bedside, stroked Ye Wanrou's hair and said softly, "You, my Miss Ye. Xiao Yue distributed the star coins from this trip to the secret realm, and there is also a stalk of han jiang grass. Do you want it?"

Ye Wanrou struggled to sit up, but her internal organs were still hurting severely.

She said weakly, "Just tagging along, and I got 70 million star coins. I'm really awesome—no, wait, Xiao Yue is awesome—hiss—it really hurts. What happened to me? I just remember I wanted to touch those two eggs—"

Chu Li chimed in from the side, "You still remember? You were blasted more than ten meters away by the God Rank egg and have been unconscious for a whole day and night!"

Ye Wanrou pulled a long face, "How was I supposed to know those two big gods had such big tempers? If I had known, would I have been so handsy—ouch—hiss—"

"It's good that you're awake; just rest your body for a few more days."

Gu Xiaoyue also comforted her gently, thinking about using Water Therapy on her once a day.

"But my freshman ranking—sigh, I'm afraid it's going to drop out of the top 100."

If she drops out of the top 100, the school subsidy will be gone.

Chu Li teased her, "Does Miss Ye still care about that little school subsidy? Didn't you just receive 70 million star coins? And there's still a stalk of han jiang grass left. Do you want it?"

Gu Xiaoyue had previously asked Fang Xiaoyu and Chen Yixuan, and their meaning was that their pets hadn't reached the first stage of maturity yet, so they wouldn't need it for the time being.

It would be better to use the distributed star coins to stock up on lanzhi grass or other supplies, so they didn't want the han jiang grass.

Gu Xiaoyue's intention was that since she already had a stalk of han jiang grass, she wanted to give this opportunity to Chu Li.

Now only Ye Wanrou hadn't expressed her stance.

"Of course I want the star coins. I haven't even gotten used to this 70 million yet, and I have to hold onto it for a while! Ouch—"

Ye Wanrou groaned while speaking; it was a disaster to have fallen so badly!

Chu Li immediately transferred 12 million star coins to everyone and put the han jiang grass into his Yu Beast Space.

Chu Li wanted to feed the Fire Phoenix the han jiang grass, so he pulled Gu Xiaoyue to the private training ground.

He originally wanted to upgrade the Qingluan Fire Phoenix with Gu Xiaoyue, but unexpectedly, Gu Xiaoyue told him she had already used it for Xiao Qi.

Chu Li immediately called the Chu family butler, demanding him to—immediately, right now—scour for a stalk of han jiang grass!

It's no wonder that the butlers of noble families are not ordinary people; not long after, he reported back to Chu Li that the Beastmaster Association in Hechuan City had one, but it had some flaws, which might affect the success rate.

Although the price of han jiang grass is not extremely expensive, it is not a rare treasure that can be obtained whenever one wants.

Chu Li immediately dragged Gu Xiaoyue to the Beastmaster Association.

After getting the slightly flawed han jiang grass, Chu Li gave the good one he had before to Gu Xiaoyue and used the other one himself.

Gu Xiaoyue firmly disagreed; Chu Li's talent was already at the Earth Rank, so his success rate was not as high as hers, and using a flawed one would make failure even more likely.

Chu Li couldn't win against her, so the two found an empty lounge, fed the han jiang grass to the Qingluan and Fire Phoenix, and waited for them to slowly absorb it.

This wasn't Gu Xiaoyue's first time feeding a pet han jiang grass; the last time with Xiao Qi was purely a lucky success.

This time she had a bit more experience, and because this stalk of han jiang grass had some flaws, she was even more careful with her mental intent, trying to extract the useful components from the han jiang grass.

Fine radiance was extracted from the han jiang grass and fused into the Qingluan's body. Before long, the Qingluan's body grew to nearly twice its original size!

The Qingluan also succeeded, and she looked at Chu Li with some excitement.

Chu Li was still frowning, a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, as if he was struggling with the han jiang grass.

Not long after, Chu Li also opened his eyes with high spirits; the Fire Phoenix had also successfully upgraded!

Both of their talent levels were not low, and coupled with the fact that they had previously used rare treasures like gathering spirit stones and golden scale fruits, the success was not surprising.

However, Gu Xiaoyue felt that they couldn't use similar spiritual herbs again within a short period; they couldn't always succeed, and they were bound to fail a few times!

Chu Li excitedly dragged Gu Xiaoyue to book an appointment for the Intermediate Beastmaster assessment.

Although Gu Xiaoyue felt that her strength could challenge the Advanced Beastmaster assessment, it was better to take it one step at a time for safety's sake.

The day for the freshman ranking refresh was approaching, and ever since Gu Xiaoyue and the others came out of the secret realm, no one had challenged the three of them.

Wei Liuyun, who loved to cause trouble, had also been sent away, and Gu Xiaoyue even felt a bit bored.

On the day the fifth freshman ranking was released, Gu Xiaoyue received the star coins subsidized by the school.

Shui Lingyu also sent a message, inviting Gu Xiaoyue to meet at his private training ground.

Chu Li saw it and insisted on going together, and Gu Xiaoyue could do nothing about him.

Shui Lingyu didn't say she had to meet alone, so she took Chu Li along to the appointment.