After confirming that Crowned Meow was only under hypnosis, the transaction of exchanging the pet for money went smoothly.
Qiao Sangâs spirits lifted as she looked at the payment confirmation, making her more talkative.
âWhy doesnât your Crowned Meow want to practice... farting?â
This question had puzzled Qiao Sang for a long time. If it practiced farting, it could potentially learn teleportation, a foolproof skill. She couldnât understand why any pet would refuse such a beneficial technique.
Wang Yiding, holding Crowned Meow, paused.
âHow do you know about that?â
âRemember, you called me this morning?â Qiao Sang said.
âCrowned Meow went to the Hongying Beast Battle Club yesterday as my sparring partner.â
âIt was you!â Wang Yiding exclaimed.
âYou look around my age. I didnât expect youâd already be a sparring partner.â
Qiao Sang smiled but said nothing.
âBy the way, why did you hang up before I finished speaking this morning?â Wang Yiding asked.
Qiao Sang paused, then replied, âBad signal.â
Wang Yiding: ...
That excuse sounded oddly familiarâŠ
âYou still havenât told me why Crowned Meow doesnât want to practice farting.â To avoid further questioning, Qiao Sang smoothly shifted the topic back.
After all, heâd just handed her a million yuan.
If he found out she mightâve been the reason Crowned Meow ran away, heâd probably want his money back...
Wang Yiding started to feel embarrassed. If she had been a guy or a faceless internet friend, he wouldâve expressed his frustration about the whole farting practice thing.
But in front of a girl, one who looked his age and was quite attractive, discussing farting just seemed too crude...
âMaybe Crowned Meow thinks that practicing bowel movement exercises to learn teleportation is too ridiculous. I was too quick to believe online advice.â Wang Yiding explained.
Ridiculous...
Yabao, who had just learned teleportation through this method, froze.
Qiao Sang, trying to reason with him, said, âBut youâve never had it practice. How can you be sure it wonât work?â
Wang Yiding shook his head.
âHonestly, even if it could learn, it still wouldnât practice. When it ran away, I realized it would never do something so... undignified.â
Undignified...
Yabao stiffened even more.
Noticing Yabaoâs discomfort, Qiao Sang remembered he was also quite image-conscious, though sometimes a bit airheaded and didnât connect everything to his image.
Better change the subjectâŠ
âWhatâs this pet called? I donât think Iâve ever seen it before.â Qiao Sang glanced at a nearby dark blue, medium-sized bird pet and shifted the topic.
Wang Yiding hesitated briefly before answering, âItâs a pet from the Linko region called Sight Bird. It has a visual-sharing ability.â
Visual sharing?
Qiao Sang blinked and looked closely at the birdâs eyes.
Little Treasure floated over, invisible, curiously leaning in to examine it.
Sight Birdâs body stiffened; it felt an odd gaze, leaving it too scared to move.
Qiao Sang soon noticed that the birdâs pupils emitted a faint blue glow, so weak that without a close look, it seemed like the natural color of its eyes.
At the same time, 100 meters above Qiao Sangâs head in the skyâŠ
A man and a woman sat on a flying pet, each wearing listening devices. Their eyes glowed the same color as the Sight Birdâs pupils.
The man in casual attire closed his eyes, pinched his temples, and sighed, âLook at the
genius
son you raised. Answering whateverâs asked, and even what isnât. How could he be so dense?â
All sheâd asked was the petâs name, yet heâd revealed the visual-sharing ability too.
The woman with her hair in a bun, unimpressed, retorted, âOh, so heâs only my son now? When he got into Shengshui High School, were you as accomplished back in the day? If heâs dense, what does that make you?â
The man replied unhappily, âWhy bring up the past? I had to self-study back then with no resources. He, on the other hand, has 24/7 tutors and barely made it into Shengshui High School. And now, even with a contract with Crowned Meow, he didnât make the school team. Apparently, he didnât inherit any of my talent.â
The woman rolled her eyes.
âI already asked. The teamâs selections are mainly from special admissions and top-recommend students.â
âIn the official tryouts later, if he wins against a team member, heâll get in.â
The man sighed.
âIf heâs gullible enough to believe that online nonsense about farting to learn teleportation, he doesnât stand a chance against the team.â
The woman quipped, âHeâs like you. Remember when you believed that online girlfriend who said she had cancer, gave her all your savings, only to find out she was married... and a guy?â
The man coughed, embarrassed.
âWhy keep bringing up the past? That was innocence. His case is stupidity.â
The woman shot back coldly, âWang Weiye, after all youâve said, you think heâs stupid, right? Fine. Heâs my son. You can leave.â
The man: ...
Qiao Sang, unaware her casual question almost sparked a family feud.
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That night, Qiao Sang lay in bed, too excited to sleep.
She couldnât believe sheâd earned a million and that Little Treasure had learned Shadow Control, all just by going out to buy a freshining potion.
Sheâd never dared to dream of this, at most just making it to the Instellar Cup...
Qiao Sang turned, feeling satisfied as she watched Little Treasure, who was still wearing a virtual helmet and diligently learning skills late into the night.
Though Shadow Control was mastered, there were still more skill disks to explore.
Now, Little Treasure could learn whatever he wanted, and she had no intention of interfering.
If anyone ever claimed virtual helmets were just for escapism, sheâd be the first to argue.
Escapism? No, this was learning!
Fortunately, Little Treasure was unaware of Qiao Sangâs thoughts; otherwise, he would likely spend the entire night glued to the virtual helmet.
Qiao Sang watched Little Treasure for a while, then opened her phone and searched for more information on Sight Bird.
She soon found what she wanted.
>
Sight Bird
: Brown-eyed with a blue glow when using its visual-sharing ability. It can transmit its visual field to a desired recipient. The higher the level of this ability, the more people it can share visuals with simultaneously.
Brown eyes, glowing blue when activeâŠ
Qiao Sang felt a sense of validation.
No wonder she found the Sight Birdâs eyes unsettling. It seemed someone had been monitoring the million-alliance coins transaction scene through its ability.
This didnât bother Qiao Sang, though. In fact, she thought contracting a Sight Bird might be quite useful.
This kind of support ability might not be particularly valuable in battles,
but it could greatly enhance survival in a secret realmâŠ