Chapter 1659

Chapter 644 Three Days (Part 2)

“The secret realm has opened?” Stein asked first.

Penjami had left earlier to check if the secret realm had opened.

“Penjami,”

Penjami nodded.

Stein immediately beamed with joy, waving his hand to recall his pets to his Beast Taming Manual.

Despite being students and teachers at the same school, to be honest, being around two S-rank professional beast tamers put him under considerable psychological pressure.

Moreover, this was an A-rank secret realm; with his abilities, he couldn’t act alone. Even with his seniors, he was constantly attacked by wild pets and needed protection.

Even his best skill, healing, was only a matter of Lu Bao’s Healing Light, making him feel like a useless piece of trash.

He had wanted to leave this secret realm for a long time.

Finally, we’re going out…? Qiao Sang slung his backpack over his shoulder.

Lu Bao leaped, landing precisely inside the backpack, skillfully extending its paw and unzipping it.

“Steel Power,”

Steel Treasure reminded him in his mind.

Hidden Feather.

“I’d forgotten all about it if you hadn’t mentioned it,” Josang replied in her mind as she took out the Hidden Feather from her backpack and put it on.

Suddenly, she remembered something, looked at Stein, and asked,

“Teacher, when we were outside the secret realm, I was wearing the Hidden Feather. How did you see me?”

Stein stared at her, his eyes seeming to say: What? When did you wear the Hidden Feather?

Michaela helped answer,

“The Hidden Feather has a special property: when you know someone is in a certain location, if you focus, it’s easy to detect them. They saw me, knew you were right next to me, so they clearly saw you.”

“I see,” Josang suddenly understood, feeling like she had filled in another gap in her knowledge.

Just like speaking, as long as someone wearing the Hidden Feather speaks, others clearly know that someone is speaking, so they can see the speaker.

Stein chuckled,

“So you were wearing the Hidden Feather before? I didn’t even know, and Bjorn and the others probably didn’t either.”

Josang laughed too, “I knew I was wearing the Hidden Feather, how come you could still see me?”

Just then, a black snake-like pet, its jaws wide open, suddenly burst from the ground and pounced on her.

Josang looked calmly at the suddenly appearing snake-like pet.

In an A-level secret realm, being suddenly attacked by wild pets was quite normal. Even with Emperor-level pets like Penjame and Lubao nearby, they could still be ambushed, because without any outward display of power, these wild pets had no idea how terrifying their target was.

Just as the snake-like pet was about to bite Josang, a purple blade flashed past.

The snake-like pet screamed and flew backward.

Steel Treasure flapped its wings beside its Beastmaster, its accomplishment hidden from view.

Michaela glanced at the snake-like pet that had been sent flying and crashed into a tree, unconscious, and said,

“Let’s get out of here first. The exit of Secret Realm 2 isn’t open all day.”

Stein perked up, looking ready to go.

“Okay.” Josang nodded slightly.

Just then, a loud “boom” echoed around them.

Josang turned to look in the direction of the lightning explosion and shouted,

“Xia Bao, stop training! We have to leave the secret realm!”

“Xia Xia…”

Xia Bao, his body charred black, turned around.

Josang was startled:

“You blew yourself up again?”

Lately, Xia Bao had been training to control the timing of the lightning seed explosions, but often, due to improper timing or forgetting where he had previously placed the lightning seed, he would be caught in the blast wave of the lightning.

“Xia Xia…”

Xia Bao nodded sadly.

Xia Bao wasn’t particularly talented in combat, but thankfully she was willing to train… Qiao Sang sighed inwardly and said gently,

“Hurry up and heal her, we need to leave the secret realm.”

“Xia Xia.”

Xia Bao nodded, trying to circulate her energy.

Stein formed hand seals, wanting to summon a healing pet.

But just then, Lu Bao unzipped her pants, her head suddenly popping out, the gem on her forehead shining with an icy blue light.

Xia Bao stopped.

Did she really need Healing Light for such a minor injury…? Stein lowered his hands, his heart filled with complex emotions.

As a medical school teacher, Healing Light was practically a divine skill to him, yet lately, this “divine skill” had been healing injuries he considered insignificant, just like those worthless beginner healing skills, severely impacting his worldview and senses. To be honest

, he still couldn’t quite accept it.

The icy blue light dissipated.

Xia Bao’s entire body returned to its withered state, all injuries gone.

“Xia Xia.”

Xia Bao’s eyes crinkled as she gratefully called out to Lu Bao.

“Bingluo,”

Lu Bao calmly replied, shoving its head back into its backpack and zipping it up.

A faint green light emanated from Xia Bao, before it reverted to its normal form.

Immediately afterward, it teleported to its Beastmaster’s side, its claws closing together. With a graceful spin, it vanished, and a flower with golden petals suddenly appeared.

Qiao Sang caught the flower and slipped it into his pocket.

Since Xia Bao’s mimicry reached S-rank, it had become increasingly adept at disguising itself as ordinary flowers and plants. It no longer looked like a normal flower or plant, unlike before when the disguised flower was its own size, requiring it to bury its feet in the ground or cross its legs in a flowerpot to appear shorter. Now,

it could not only transform into the size of ordinary flowers and plants, but the color of its petals could also be disguised according to its thoughts. Besides gold, it could also transform into blue, purple, and other colors that matched its own attributes.

“Let’s go,” Michaela said.

“Penpen,”

Penjiamei nodded, its eyes glowing blue.

The next second, the group of figures disappeared from their spot.

…

The exit of the secret realm.

Several figures slowly emerged.

A moment of silence fell, followed by excited whispers from those at the exit:

“That looks like Qiao Sang’s Little Treasure Hunter!”

“It is Little Treasure Hunter!”

“Little Treasure Hunter? Where’s Qiao Sang! Is Qiao Sang here?!”

Hearing the surrounding voices, Qing Bao silently appeared, exuding elegance.

A brief silence followed, then a clamor arose:

“Feng, Feng…”

“Feng Xiaoyun!”

“Qiao Sang has a Feng Xiaoyun! Qiao Sang is here!”

It seemed everyone recognized Little Treasure Hunter and its companions much faster, even though this wasn’t the Zhitia region, nor the Central Hollow region… Seeing more and more people and pets looking over, Qiao Sang remembered Yin Yin Yu’s trait and quickly said,

“Let’s leave here first.”

“Xun…”

Before Little Treasure Hunter’s eyes could even glow blue, Penjia Mei had already activated her energy, disappearing with her group.

…

High in the sky, Qiao Sang and the others appeared, suspended in mid-air.

Qingbao glanced around, noticing no one and no pets nearby, and there were no cheers or screams. It gave a “bored” look and vanished in a flash.

“It seems the list of participants for the Interstellar Beast Taming Championship has already been announced,” Michaela said.

Upon hearing this, Josang’s first thought was: with only a few days until the official start of the competition, it must have been announced long ago.

His second thought followed: no wonder everyone recognized Xiao Xunbao and the others so quickly, even though they weren’t in the Zhitia or Mid-Space regions; they knew he was participating…

As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Stein said,

“Senior, Josang, I’ll be going now. There are some things at school that I need to go back to handle as soon as possible.”

He paused, then added,

“I’ve recorded the relevant data on Xia Bao’s evolution. I’ll take it to the school’s breeders when I get back and have them make energy pills and send them over as soon as possible.”

“At least find an S-rank breeder to make them,” Michaela instructed.

Stein didn’t hesitate at all, saying,

“I know. I plan to ask Professor Yone from the Beast Taming Academy to help make them.”

Professor Yone was an S-rank pet breeder and also an honorary mentor at the Beast Taming Academy.

In his view, even if Sharara wasn’t Josang’s pet, and even if she only evolved to the General level, she was perfectly capable of having an S-rank breeder help her make energy pills.

Upon hearing this name, Michaela’s gaze towards Stein became much more pleasing, and she said,

“I’ll have Meimei see you off.”

Stein’s eyes lit up at this, and he quickly said,

“Thank you, senior.”

Michaela took out her phone and started locating her.

Josang said goodbye, “Goodbye, teacher.”

Stein looked over, his gaze falling on the backpack behind her, his expression becoming complicated. He hesitated for a moment, then finally said,

“Josang, if you ever…”

Penjia Mei frowned at Stein’s expression, and before he could finish speaking, she activated her energy, taking him away into the air.

Qiao Sang: “???”

Qiao Sang paused for a moment, then looked at Teacher Michaela:

“Didn’t we not show the navigation to Mei Mei yet?”

Michaela was silent for two seconds, then said:

“Maybe Mei Mei is too familiar with the school, she knows the exact coordinates without navigation.”

As she spoke, she operated her phone to change the navigation target: “Let’s go back to the hotel first.”

……

One minute later.

Zhitia region.

Hotel.

A group of figures appeared out of thin air in the suite’s living room.

“Xun Xun~”

The blue light in Xiao Xun Bao’s eyes disappeared, and it called out, indicating that the destination had been reached~

Lu Bao unzipped its bag and jumped out.

The flower in Qiao Sang’s pocket also jumped to the ground, its leaves trembled, and it transformed into Xia Bao’s appearance.

Qing Bao appeared next to Xia Bao, hugged it tightly, buried its head in its neck, took a deep breath, and showed an intoxicated expression.

Xia Bao looked helpless, but did not stop it.

Gang Bao flapped its wings and came to the window, looking out.

Qiao Sang formed a hand seal, and two dazzling and gorgeous star arrays lit up at the same time.

Before long, the sleeping Ya Bao and Ting Bao appeared in their respective star arrays.

During this time, Ting Bao had been battling wild beasts in the secret realm. Perhaps because its gaze was too arrogant and disdainful, the wild beasts attacked it exceptionally fiercely, making it far more likely to be ambushed than Xia Bao and the others. Even when it stayed quietly, it was easily attacked. If it went out alone, it would inevitably be seriously injured in no time. Therefore, Qiao Sang often recalled it to the Beast Taming Manual when it was injured or didn’t need training.

“Ting Ting…”

Ting Bao looked around, twisted its body, and found an empty spot to lie down.

Qiao Sang picked up the sleeping Ya Bao and carried it into the room, gently placing it on the bed and covering it with a blanket.

She wondered when Ya Bao would wake up…

In a flash of thought, Xiao Xun Bao appeared out of thin air beside her, glanced at the sleeping Ya Bao on the bed, and called out:

“Xun Xun?”

What if Brother Ya Bao didn’t wake up during the competition?

Qiao Sang looked at it and joked,

“Then you can’t lose. Otherwise, if you lose the match, you won’t be able to play again, and how will you absorb white energy?”

“Xunxun!”

Little Xunbao was stunned at first, then its face paled in shock.

What should it do? Big Brother Ya Bao can’t not wake up!

After saying that, it thought of something and called out,

“Xunxun!”

Maybe it should wake Big Brother Ya Bao up!

After saying that, it stuck out its tongue.

Qiao Sang glanced at it indifferently.

“Xunxun…”

Little Xunbao withdrew its tongue with a wronged look.

“You have to believe in your own strength,” Qiao Sang said earnestly. “Imagine you perform exceptionally well, winning multiple matches and advancing to the next round. Wouldn’t that allow you to absorb even more white energy?”

Little Xunbao imagined its winning streak, the cheering crowd, and the endless flow of white energy rushing towards it, and couldn’t help but grin foolishly.

It seemed its imagination was quite successful… Qiao Sang suppressed the urge to laugh and continued earnestly,

“But the most important thing is that you win. There are still a few days before the official competition. You need to seize the time to absorb white energy and improve your strength. You wasted a lot of time absorbing white energy in the secret realm before; you should make up for it.”

“Xunxun!”

Little Xunbao’s expression suddenly turned serious, and it called out, then immediately began sensing energy on the spot.

Soon, wisps of white energy floated into its body from all directions.

Why does it feel like it absorbs far less white energy than when Little Xunbao first arrived in the Zhitia region…? Qiao Sang pondered for a moment, but quickly gathered its thoughts and left the room.

In the living room, Michaela was already seated on the sofa, watching TV.

The television screen was broadcasting the news:

“Only three days remain until the official start of this year’s Interstellar Beast Taming Championship. As the countdown begins, tourists from various countries and even planets are flocking to the Zhitia region, causing a surge in tourist activity.”

“In the coming days, the Zhitia region will experience a peak in visitor numbers. Officials remind tourists that the Zhitia region is friendly to Ghost-type pets. Please plan your travel routes accordingly, watch the competition responsibly, and do not attack any Ghost-type pets that suddenly appear; they may simply be lost…”

“Only three days left,” Josan remarked, sitting down on the sofa and watching the news.

“Are you nervous?” Michaela asked.

Qiao Sang pondered for a moment, then answered honestly, “A little, after all, Ya Bao hasn’t woken up yet.”

“The most important thing in the S-rank professional beast tamer competition is the battle between Emperor-level pets,” Michaela said. “As long as Lu Bao wins her battle against an Emperor-level pet, your victory is practically guaranteed.”

Qiao Sang asked ,

“What if the opponent has two or three Emperor-level pets?”

Before anyone could answer, she laughed,

“It’s unlikely I’ll encounter an opponent with three Emperor-level pets. That’s a championship-contending setup. I shouldn’t be that unlucky as to encounter such an opponent in the first round.”

Michaela remained silent, feeling a strange pang of sadness.

Wu Yuanwang glanced at his own beast tamer.