Chapter 280: Welcome to the Junior Year School Team
Chapter 280: Welcome to the Junior Year School Team
The experiment was a success!
Looking at the energetic Lulu, Qiao Sang could almost hear his heart pounding.
A normal adult, like most familiars, spends about a third of their day sleeping.
With the replenishment from familiars, people can sleep less while still maintaining their energy throughout the day, but that doesn't mean they can go without sleep entirely.
Even if one reaches the 70% development of the Beastmaster Brain Domain, achieving the S-Class Beastmaster status, it doesn't mean they can go without sleep, staying up all night for 365 days straight, as some novels might suggest.
But now, a single Healing Light has made it possible to stay up for 365 days straight!
A little bit of staying up is fun, and staying up all the time is even more fun!
With Healing Light, staying up won't make you look ugly, give you headaches, or turn you bald. For those who work late and can't wake up in the morning or sleep at night, it's truly a Divine Skill among Divine Skills!
"Lulu."
Lulu observed the surroundings and, upon seeing Qiao Sang, leaped up and directly jumped into his arms.
This pulled Qiao Sang back from his thoughts to reality.
Why did you jump up? You're covered in drool! Qiao Sang silently pulled Lulu away from his chest a bit.
"Lulu."
Lulu looked at the human who had once examined her body with a cold expression, completely unaware that she was being disapproved of by her own Beastmaster.
At that moment, Liu Yao was standing there with a dazed look, unable to speak. He alternated his gaze between Glacialia and the Treasure Hunter Demon, completely losing his usual mature and steady demeanor.
"Vice Principal?" Qiao Sang called out to him.
Liu Yao snapped back to reality, looking at Qiao Sang with a complex expression, feeling a mix of envy and jealousy for the first time.
Others might not notice, but he could tell at a glance that this Treasure Hunter Demon was a heterochromatic familiar. Although the heterochromatic parts were few, it was undeniably a heterochromatic familiar.
Glacialia, a heterochromatic Treasure Hunter Demon, plus a Flame Listener—was this even a human?!
No!
This wasn't a human!
Which normal 15-year-old could have three familiars, all of which had evolved to the Intermediate stage?!
"Vice Principal?" Qiao Sang called out again.
"All three of your familiars have evolved to Intermediate", Liu Yao said in a hoarse voice.
Actually, most of the students in the school already knew that Qiao Sang's Treasure Seeker had evolved into a Treasure Hunter Demon during the Sports Meet yesterday. However, the main topic of discussion was whether the Treasure Hunter Demon could really split tiles.
Since Liu Yao wasn't at school during the Sports Meet, his information was a bit delayed, and he hadn't learned about the evolution of the Treasure Seeker right away.
"Uh-huh", Qiao Sang nodded.
Liu Yao tried to hold back but couldn't resist asking, "How do you usually train your familiars?"
Qiao Sang thought for a moment and replied, "I don't have much time to train them. I'm usually in class, and when I get home, I have homework. I mostly rely on Fangy and the others to take care of themselves. For food, I follow the recipe you gave and have custom Energy Pills made."
Liu Yao's face showed a look of disbelief.
After a long pause, he shook his head, feeling exhausted, and said, "Go back to class. Don't forget to go to Training Ground 1 after school. Laoxian, take her back."
Liu Yao didn't want to look at Qiao Sang anymore, afraid it might trigger a heart attack.
...
When the final bell rang at the end of the last class in the afternoon, everyone started packing up their things and leaving the classroom one by one.
At that moment, a girl wearing glasses, with a fair complexion and a standard student haircut, appeared at the door of Class 2-1.
"Is Qiao Sang here?"
Ever since Qiao Sang received the replenish, her hearing had improved significantly. Even in the midst of the classroom's chatter, she could clearly hear when someone mentioned her name.
She looked toward the door and saw a girl she didn't recognize.
The girl at the door, however, clearly knew Qiao Sang. Without waiting for the classmates at the door to point her out, she spotted Qiao Sang and waved with a smile.
"Who are you?" Qiao Sang asked, gathering her things and walking to the classroom door.
"I'm Xu Yixuan, from the Junior Year School Team. Teacher Sun sent me to pick you up", the girl smiled.
So it's a senior... Qiao Sang nodded. "Let's go, then."
On the way, Qiao Sang's ears suffered a bit.
Xu Yixuan appeared to be a refined and gentle person, but she was a real chatterbox. From the sophomore classroom to Training Ground 1, she didn't stop talking for a moment.
"Qiao Sang, who gave you that name? Your dad or your mom?"
"It was me..."
"You don't have to answer. Let me guess."
"..."
"In fact, during the freshmen showcase at the start of school, I wanted to challenge you, but my sixth sense told me not to, so I didn't go up."
"Did you really bond with a third familiar?"
"How did your Treasure Hunter Demon learn Tile Split?"
"Is your Flame Listener male or female? My Blazefang is male. If the genders match, maybe we could be in-laws?"
"What is your third familiar?"
"Is the Vice Principal really your relative?"
"I heard from Teacher Sun that you'll be participating in the upcoming Junior Year Division of the National School Beastmaster League. That means we'll have one more person in the Junior Year Combat Group. Do you think Teacher Sun will make us battle to determine the reserve, or maybe assign someone to the Team Combat Team as a reserve?"
Qiao Sang felt this question needed an answer. "I'm not sure..."
Xu Yixuan interrupted her again. "You don't have to answer. Let me guess."
Qiao Sang: "..."
When they reached the building marked Training Ground 1, Qiao Sang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, she was free...
This girl was almost as talkative as Tang Seng...
Qiao Sang pushed open the door and walked into Training Ground 1.
The room was dimly lit, and a virtual screen over 20 meters wide was playing the currently popular action series, The Final Beastmaster.
The anime had stunning visuals and intense fight scenes, known for making viewers feel pumped up and eager to battle.
"This is Teacher Sun's training method", Xu Yixuan explained. "We watch these action-packed battle series every now and then to boost our enthusiasm for fighting."
"Can't help it, you know. We battle every day, and except for missions, we always face the same few people at school. It gets a bit monotonous. If we didn't watch these exciting series to keep our passion for fighting alive, we'd probably end up like emotionless battle machines."
"You need to be mentally prepared. This isn't like the Second-Year Team. You'll be fighting every day."
Qiao Sang smiled and said the first complete sentence she had spoken since leaving the classroom: "I can't wait."
Xu Yixuan genuinely sighed, thinking how young this junior was.
She said it aloud too: "You're still too young."
At that moment, the virtual screen disappeared, and the lights in the training field brightened.
Sun Boyi stood where the screen had been, looking at Qiao Sang and smiling. "Welcome to the Junior Year School Team."
(End of Chapter)
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