Chapter 155: Give a Five-Star Review
Chapter 155: Give a Five-Star Review
Everything happening before her eyes was too surreal.
Treasure Seeker was hypnotized by the Ghost Lantern, woke up crying, then suddenly forgave the Ghost Lantern and gave it milk. After a flurry of incomprehensible words, the Ghost Lantern gave in?
Putting aside the earlier part, the fact that the Ghost Lantern was willing to go back with her to see the Old Lady was just absurd.
A familiar that would give up its own evolution or even its life to save its Beastmaster would so easily give in?
Qiao Sang's face changed slightly.
Could it be that she had inadvertently fallen for the Ghost Lantern's trick?
Was everything that had happened just a dream or an illusion?
"Seek~"
Treasure Seeker, seeing that its Beastmaster wasn't responding, floated to her front.
Looking at its familiar's face, its mouth pouted, and its eyes turned red again.
But before it could shed a tear, Qiao Sang reached out and tapped its head.
"Does it hurt?"
Treasure Seeker: "???"
...
After a long night, Qiao Sang finally confirmed that this wasn't an illusion.
In the early hours of the morning, the Ghost Lantern recovered but didn't leave. Instead, it continued to communicate with Treasure Seeker.
Although she didn't understand what they were talking about, Qiao Sang could sense the gravity of the situation.
She knew Treasure Seeker was socially adept, but she didn't realize it was this good.
Qiao Sang turned to look at the still sleeping Fangy, feeling a mix of emotions.
No comparison, no hurt...
As dawn broke, Qiao Sang put the still sleeping Fangy back into the Beastmaster Codex and, with dark circles under her eyes, knocked on the door of room 702.
The same Aunt opened the door.
She was taken aback. "Why are you here?"
Qiao Sang, fighting the urge to yawn, said, "I'm here to turn in the mission."
Turn in the mission? The Aunt suddenly realized. "You're here to cancel the mission, right? Actually, you don't need to come here; you can do it on your mobile phone."
Qiao Sang half-closed her eyes. "No, I found the Ghost Lantern."
At that, she couldn't resist a yawn. Staying up all night was truly exhausting, especially when her mobile phone ran out of battery...
The Aunt stood there in a daze. The Ghost Lantern? Found?
Seeing no reaction from the Aunt, Qiao Sang poked her head, and the next moment, Treasure Seeker appeared and called out to the side.
Then, a familiar's figure appeared before the Aunt.
The Aunt's face turned blank.
The Patrol Department had been searching for the Ghost Lantern for days, and a teenage girl found it in less than a day?
"Ghost Lantern?" The Aunt, unsure, confirmed with the Ghost Lantern.
What if this wasn't the Old Lady's missing familiar but another one that just looked similar?
The Ghost Lantern gave her a cool look and walked straight in.
The Aunt: "...!"
It was indeed the Ghost Lantern!
Qiao Sang followed the Ghost Lantern inside.
The Ghost Lantern stopped outside the room, seeming hesitant.
"Seek." Treasure Seeker floated beside it and nodded.
The Ghost Lantern looked at it, then floated through the door, with Treasure Seeker following closely behind.
Qiao Sang, seeing this, knocked on the door. No response. She knocked again, still no response.
This time, she was smarter and didn't knock a third time. Instead, she pushed the door open.
The Old Lady was lying in bed, still asleep, with two familiars standing by her side, gazing at her.
Qiao Sang could understand the Ghost Lantern's trance, but she couldn't quite understand why Treasure Seeker was also in a trance.
Shouldn't it be drooling?
Was this a side effect of the hypnosis?
Treasure Seeker slowly overlaid the wrinkled face before it with the one from its dream, feeling a growing sense of unease.
It turned to look at Qiao Sang and vanished, reappearing on her head. It grabbed a few strands of her hair, which calmed its anxiety.
Qiao Sang, seeing this, felt relieved. She looked at the sleeping Old Lady, hesitating whether to wake her up.
At that moment, the flame within the Ghost Lantern flickered, and the Nether Crystal emerged through the lantern's shade, slowly moving above the Old Lady.
Qiao Sang froze, watching as the Nether Crystal was about to enter Old Lady's body. Her body moved faster than her mind, and she quickly stepped forward to snatch the Nether Crystal away.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed!" Qiao Sang turned to Ghost Lantern and snapped.
After all, without the Nether Crystal, Ghost Lantern wouldn't last much longer. Old Lady still had the wick inside her, and Qiao Sang couldn't understand why Ghost Lantern would want to move the Nether Crystal into Old Lady's body.
Moreover, Old Lady was human and couldn't possibly withstand it... Wait a minute...
Wick, Old Lady still had the wick inside her!
Qiao Sang suddenly remembered her conversation with the Vice Principal. The wick could only remain in a human body for a maximum of three days, yet it had been over half a month...
If the wick absorbed the Nether Crystal periodically, it might barely manage to maintain its operation.
But that would mean Ghost Lantern...
"Ghostie!"
Ghost Lantern, with a fierce expression, snatched the Nether Crystal back from Qiao Sang.
"Seek!"
Treasure Seeker spread its arms and blocked Qiao Sang's path.
Ghost Lantern paused, the fierce expression fading, and turned to move the Nether Crystal back to Old Lady's body.
Qiao Sang suddenly realized something. Without the Nether Crystal, Ghost Lantern's condition was clearly off. Was it possible that it wasn't feeding on human vital essence?
At that moment, Old Lady slowly opened her eyes.
Ghost Lantern froze, instinctively hiding the Nether Crystal and vanishing from sight.
"You're here", Old Lady said calmly, noticing the sudden presence in the room. She propped herself up, leaning against the bed, her expression peaceful.
Her demeanor was completely different from the previous day...
Qiao Sang hesitated, about to speak, when Treasure Seeker suddenly floated in front of Old Lady and started gesturing.
"Seek."
"Seek, seek."
Old Lady watched it with a gentle smile. "Yes, that child must have used Hypnosis on you."
"Dreams are activities of the subconscious. When you're in a dream, conscious activity stops, and the subconscious takes over. Normally, it shouldn't be able to control your dreams, but its Hypnosis proficiency is very high, so it must have unconsciously seeped into your dream."
"So what you saw were its experiences." Old Lady turned her head, looking into the air to the left, her cloudy eyes glistening with tears.
"I said that when I was at my end. Perhaps the child was in too much pain at the time and didn't hear, which is why it hasn't stopped."
Qiao Sang finally understood why Treasure Seeker's behavior was so strange after waking up.
Following Old Lady's gaze, Qiao Sang realized that Ghost Lantern, in its invisible form, must be in that direction. Old Lady had noticed...
Sure enough, Old Lady turned to Qiao Sang and said, "Thank you for helping me find this child. I haven't mentioned the reward because you never asked."
She opened the bedside drawer and took out a Beastmaster Emblem, tossing it to Qiao Sang. "Take this to the Beastmaster Center, and they will give you your reward."
Qiao Sang paused. "I'll return the emblem to you later."
Old Lady smiled kindly. "No need. I won't be using it anymore."
Qiao Sang fell silent. For a Beastmaster, the Beastmaster Emblem was a symbol of identity. How could it not be used unless there was no longer any need for it...
"Alright, you should go. I want to spend some time alone with Lantern God." Old Lady looked into the air to the left, her expression soft.
Qiao Sang stood still, not moving.
After a few seconds, Old Lady couldn't help but turn and say impatiently, "Why haven't you left yet?"
This was much more to her liking... Qiao Sang thought.
"Um, could you give a five-star review when the time comes?"
Old Lady: "..."
(End of Chapter)
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