It's more suitable for my Fire Phoenix

But where would be suitable?

The Beastmaster Association didn't seem to have a suitable place.

There were only the two of them in the lounge, but she couldn't guarantee there weren't surveillance devices, and then there was Chu Li—

Gu Xiaoyue's feelings for Chu Li were somewhat complicated.

She could feel that Chu Li liked her, but she didn't know if Chu Li liked the current her or the original owner.

They had been through a lot together, and Chu Li knew some of her secrets, but she had even more secrets that couldn't be exposed to others.

Gu Xiaoyue frowned, deliberating for a moment, and decided she still needed to return to the school and try it in Chu Li's private training ground.

Her change in expression made Chu Li couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Yue, what's wrong?"

Gu Xiaoyue hesitated for a moment, then spoke her thoughts.

"I feel my Mental Power has significantly improved, and I want to go back to school to see how many pets I can summoning skill simultaneously."

"Then let's go back now!"

Chu Li's execution was still very strong; he immediately returned to school with Gu Xiaoyue.

At the entrance of the Beastmaster Association, they met Shui Lingyu, who had just finished his assessment, and the three of them returned together.

As soon as she stepped out of the Beastmaster Association's main gate, Gu Xiaoyue felt a resentful gaze, carrying a hint of killing intent.

She knew who it was without even thinking, and Gu Xiaoyue completely ignored it.

If she actually made a move, Gu Xiaoyue would consider her capable.

The three of them returned to school together, chatting intermittently along the way, and Gu Xiaoyue could feel the tension in their words.

She ignored it and didn't understand it.

Chu Li had been like this with Chen Yixuan before, but later they got along like brothers.

Shui Lingyu's combat power was something they couldn't yet achieve, so they should focus their energy on improving their abilities.

Upon arriving at Chu Li's private training ground, Gu Xiaoyue looked at the two boys staring at her, "Can you two excuse yourselves?"

She actually saw a wronged expression on both Chu Li's and Shui Lingyu's faces at the same time—it was clear neither of them wanted to leave.

Not to mention Shui Lingyu, even Chu Li didn't know—she could summoning skill four pets to fight simultaneously.

"How about this, give me a few minutes. I need to summoning skill my pets and have a little chat with them."

Gu Xiaoyue rubbed her forehead. The two of them looked like two big dogs, accusing her with their watery eyes—that she was actually Summoning pets to whisper to them, and they couldn't listen in!

Finally, she had to promise them an hour each day this week to practice summoning skill with them.

Only then did they somewhat obediently leave, giving Gu Xiaoyue some private space.

They were still arguing as they walked, clearly dissatisfied that the other also got an hour of training time.

After confirming they had gone further away, Gu Xiaoyue sighed. Chu Li was already very clingy; she didn't understand why Shui Lingyu also wanted to practice summoning skill with him.

She steadied herself and began to summoning skill her pets—Xiao Qi, Qing Qing, Xiao Xiong, Xiao Mo—

She felt her Mental Power could still support it, so she also Summoned the Yinglong!

Five!

She could now summoning skill five pets to fight!

Looking at the Yinglong treading on auspicious clouds in the air, she couldn't help but feel guilty.

Since leaving the secret realm, she hadn't even properly named Yinglong and Hou.

However, she did have a bit of a naming problem. These God-Rank Pets, comparable to God Emperors, couldn't just be casually named Little Yellow or Little Red; that would be an insult to them.

After thinking for a long time, Gu Xiaoyue finally decided that Yinglong's name would be Junlin, and Hou's name would be Dihun.

In the future Beastmaster assessments, she could just write their names.

Gu Xiaoyue recalled them to her Yu Beast Space and left Chu Li's private training ground.

Chu Li and Shui Lingyu were staring at each other, their gazes unfriendly, as if they wanted to devour each other alive.

"What are you two doing?"

She smiled and stood between them, breaking the awkward atmosphere.

Chu Li saw her cheerful mood and, remembering she could summoning skill one more pet, he was also quite happy for her.

In the following days, Gu Xiaoyue became busy.

Besides the National Competition team training and Chu Li's and Shui Lingyu's summoning skill training, she also had to find time to study for the advanced Beastmaster assessment questions.

The theoretical assessment for advanced Beastmasters was the most difficult becauseallowMasters and above no longer needed to take theoretical assessments.

When the sixth new student ranking list was released, Gu Xiaoyue, Fang Xiaoyu, and Chu Li still firmly held the first, second, and third places.

However, there were indeed changes in the top ten, as Wei Liuyun was absent, and subsequent rankings all moved up by one position.

That was all.

After the seventh new student ranking list came out, they would depart for Kyoto City in Huazhong Province to participate in the National Competition.

It was held at Huaqing Academy every year.

Gu Xiaoyue was both nervous and excited, eagerly anticipating that day.

She wondered if the heavenly materials and earthly treasures Shui Lingyu had previously given his Fire Phoenix had played a significant role.

After only one week of training, his Fire Phoenix's summoning skill skill had advanced from low-level to mid-level.

Back then, Chu Li and Gu Xiaoyue had practiced for over half a month.

Knowing this, Shui Lingyu proudly showed off to Chu Li that his Fire Phoenix and Gu Xiaoyue's Azure Luan were a better match.

"It's only been seven days, and my Fire Phoenix skill has already reached mid-level!"

Chu Li was furious. "That's definitely because Xiao Yue's Azure Luan and my Fire Phoenix reached high-level earlier, and your Fire Phoenix just got lucky!"

Shui Lingyu smiled somewhat smugly, "Is that what you think? That's fine, as long as you're happy!"

The implication was that being stubborn was useless.

This made Chu Li so angry that he sulked by himself.

Seeing this, Gu Xiaoyue was willing to coax him, giving Chu Li a qiu mu grass.

Chu Li immediately took the qiu mu grass and went to Shui Lingyu. "Oh, what's this?"

He held the qiu mu grass in front of Shui Lingyu, swinging it for a long time before letting the Fire Phoenix eat it.

"Xiao Yue gave me this!"

Shui Lingyu's expression didn't change; he still smiled and said to Chu Li, "I thought you took care of Junior Sister Gu more, but it turns out she takes care of you more."

Then, with an 'aha' expression, he angered Chu Li again.

"This shows that we are inseparable, sharing resources! You can't envy this!"

Shui Lingyu chuckled, "There's no such thing as resource sharing in this world.

If she gives you more, she has less."

He didn't continue to argue with Chu Li, turning to train, as he was also participating in the National Competition.

Gu Xiaoyue returned to her dormitory after training; Xiao Lan had grown to the early stage of mature first-tier.

Gu Xiaoyue felt her body undergo its sixth reinforcement.

Her thoughts focused on Xiao Lan; he was now like a sixteen-year-old boy, with handsome features, silver hair, and a silver tail that had an indescribable charm.

She was still marveling at Xiao Lan's captivating beauty when Ye Wanrou returned from outside, hands behind her back, smiling mysteriously at her.

This smile sent shivers down Gu Xiaoyue's spine.

"Ye Wanrou, what's wrong? Why are you smiling so strangely?"

Ye Wanrou pulled out a half-red stick from behind her back. "Ta-da! Xiao Yue, guess what this is?"