87: Beast Taming Treasure Edge Stone

Yang Zheming was shocked to discover that from start to finish, he had been strangling himself!

"Heh, does it feel good to be controlled by a hallucination?"

Gu Xiaoyue looked at him coldly. It wasn't that she hadn't summoned a pet—she had summoned Xiao Mo.

While Yang Zheming was surprised that she could share skills, and while he was too shocked to pay attention to anything else, Xiao Mo used a hallucinogenic skill, causing Yang Zheming to hallucinate.

The words from Xiao Yun were actually spoken by Gu Xiaoyue.

She used the voice of Xiao Yun within the hallucination to force Yang Zheming to reveal everything.

The audience below the stage were all witnesses!

The whistle ending the match sounded, and Gu Xiaoyue had firmly secured the championship of the National Competition individual tournament!

The audience below cheered, not only to congratulate Gu Xiaoyue on taking first place in the nation, but also for the thrill of exposing Yang Zheming's crimes in the sunlight!

She glanced at Yang Zheming, who was still kneeling on the ground. Malicious reporting might only result in a warning.

But because it was related to the kidnapping of Xiao Yun, his results in the National Competition would definitely be voided.

However, Gu Xiaoyue still needed to find Director Yu. If he said that using hallucinations on the arena to make Yang Zheming confess wasn't acceptable, she would then submit the video she recorded yesterday.

When she arrived at Director Yu's office, Director Zhang from Huaqing was already there, asking if Yang Zheming's actions would affect Huaqing's results in the National Competition.

As expected, when faced with the school's results, the erring Yang Zheming would become a discarded pawn, just like Xiao Yun.

This had nothing to do with Gu Xiaoyue; she only wanted to know if Director Yu would deal with Yang Zheming severely.

Fortunately, when Gu Xiaoyue presented all the evidence to Director Yu, he canceled Yang Zheming's results in the National Competition without a second word.

As for Huaqing's team competition, because Yang Zheming did not participate in the finals, their results were barely preserved.

Gu Xiaoyue thought that Coach Huo must have put in some effort behind the scenes; he wouldn't let the results of Lv Hao and Su Anxi go to waste.

In the end, the results for the National Competition individual tournament were: second place went to Chu Li, and third place to He Zhichen.

It could be considered a happy ending for everyone.

With everything settled, Gu Xiaoyue returned to her dormitory to wait for the next day's awards ceremony.

"Ding—Host task detected as complete. Do you wish to claim the reward?"

The system seemed to be urging Gu Xiaoyue to claim the reward quickly.

She clicked claim unhurriedly, thinking it was probably a reward like a Golden Herb.

To her surprise—

A round stone, about three meters in diameter and radiating intense light, appeared in her Yu Beast Space.

What is this?

A yuanji stone!

The legendary Yu Beast treasure—the yuanji stone, which could improve a pet's grade and also had the effect of strengthening a pet's physique.

Teacher Bai had said before that the bigger it was, the more valuable it was. This one of Gu Xiaoyue's was probably worth tens of billions of star coins!

Gu Xiaoyue swept her consciousness over it, but she couldn't even look directly at the yuanji stone; its light was too intense!

While she was still struggling with how to use it, she saw that the yuanji stone seemed to have a trajectory of its own, flying directly up into the sky of Gu Xiaoyue's Yu Beast Space.

A, a sun?

The yuanji stone rose into the air, as if it had become the sun of Gu Xiaoyue's Yu Beast Space.

Originally, her Yu Beast Space was synchronized with the time outside and was also divided into day and night.

Now, under the radiance of the yuanji stone, her Yu Beast Space seemed to have brightened up a bit more.

Gu Xiaoyue's pets were all jumping with joy, and even the tianling tree seemed to shake its body slightly, with three tianling fruits ripening immediately!

In the evening, Gu Xiaoyue called Chu Li, Ye Wanrou, Chen Yixuan, Lin Zhiyi, and Ye Junhe over.

"Everyone put in effort during Ye Wanrou's kidnapping this time, so I've prepared some small gifts for everyone."

Gu Xiaoyue took out a heavenly crafting stone and a tianling fruit and handed them to Chu Li.

She handed a tianling fruit and two pieces of qiu mu grass to Lin Zhiyi.

For Chen Yixuan, there was a light crystal and a piece of qiu mu grass.

Finally, for Ye Junhe, there was a wind crystal and a piece of qiu mu grass.

"Chu Li and Lin Zhiyi put in the most effort, so you two are not allowed to find fault with me!"

Lin Zhiyi felt a bit embarrassed. "I didn't really do anything; you're being too polite, Xiao Yue."

Gu Xiaoyue smiled and told her to accept it. "If you treat me as a friend, then accept it! That's exactly what you said last year when you asked me to accept the little bear!"

Lin Zhiyi's face turned slightly red. Of course, she still remembered the scene at the auction house during Gu Xiaoyue's birthday.

Ye Junhe and Chen Yixuan refused to accept them; they both felt that putting in effort for Ye Wanrou was the right thing to do, and these gifts shouldn't be accepted.

"If it were only because Ye Wanrou was kidnapped, then you naturally should have helped. But this matter started because of me; if they hadn't wanted to force me to withdraw from the competition, Ye Wanrou wouldn't have been kidnapped. These small gifts are not just compensation; I hope even more that we can all grow stronger together and protect everything we want to protect!"

She forcefully made Chen Yixuan and Ye Junhe put the materials away.

Beside them, Ye Wanrou was already sobbing uncontrollably. "This is all my fault. If I had been a little stronger, I wouldn't have, I wouldn't have—"

Gu Xiaoyue rubbed her hair. "Silly girl, they were targeting us. If I weren't a contestant, they would have come directly for me. You were purely implicated by me, but wanting to become stronger is the right thing to do."

After speaking, she took out another tianling fruit, two pieces of lanzhi grass, and two pieces of qiu mu grass and stuffed them into Ye Wanrou's arms.

"Feed the lanzhi grass and qiu mu grass to your pets. As for the tianling fruit, if you don't need it for now, you can sell it to exchange for the resources you need. Let me know whenever you want more!"

Gu Xiaoyue winked at Ye Wanrou slyly, and Ye Wanrou immediately realized—

"The tianling tree in the secret realm, was it you—"

Gu Xiaoyue smiled without saying a word, nodding as an admission.

Ye Wanrou broke into a smile through her tears. "Xiao Yue, you are too amazing!"

"So, hurry up and get stronger, Ye Wanrou!"

Under Gu Xiaoyue's encouraging gaze, Ye Wanrou nodded heavily.

Early the next morning, Gu Xiaoyue put on the little dress—the one Ye Wanrou had given her, which they had agreed she would wear when receiving her award at the National Competition.

Chu Li, Fang Xiaoyu, Zhuang Yanxin, and the others were also dressed formally, preparing for the start of the awards ceremony.

Under the sunlight, a red carpet was laid out on the awards stage, and Gu Xiaoyue felt a bit unreal as she stepped onto it.

More than a year ago, when she had just transmigrated, she was still a trash with twelve attributes.

Now, she had actually ascended to the top of the freshman group in the National Competition!

The cheers of the students around her made her excited and thrilled.

When Coach Huo presented the trophy and reward items to Gu Xiaoyue, she was even thinking that she had to become even stronger, even stronger!

During the individual tournament awards, Gu Xiaoyue saw Shui Lingyu—he was the first place in the sophomore individual tournament!

Shui Lingyu greeted Gu Xiaoyue with a smile and told her that he would also be going to the Lianxin Waterfall tomorrow.

The reward of the Lianxin Waterfall was only for the team competition, where the top three could go.

Although Shui Lingyu's team did not make it into the top three, because he was first in the individual tournament, Coach Huo had specifically secured a two-day qualification for him at the Lianxin Waterfall.

Of course, this qualification was secured as a member of the National Team!

Gu Xiaoyue nodded and also congratulated him on being able to join the National Team.

However, perhaps because of Xiao Yun, she felt a certain distance from Shui Lingyu.

After the awards ceremony ended, the National Competition officials announced that there would be a large social dance party in the evening, and the top ten from each competition group were required to attend!

A social event? A dance party? Gu Xiaoyue was dumbfounded. Had there been one before?