Chapter 776: The Little Boss Begins

Contracting nine pet beasts requires developing the brain domain to 90%… Wasn’t Teacher Pirite trusting her too much?

After all, in the entire interstellar world, barely anyone could develop their brain domain to such an extent…

Qiao Sang’s expression was complicated. She replied with an “OK” gesture, then began playing the first instructional video.

“First, interlace all ten fingers. Then, raise the pinky fingers of both hands and press them together. At the same time, connect your brain domain and link to the two pet beasts you wish to summon. Next, hook the pinky, ring, and middle fingers together. Align the thumbs and index fingers vertically, then press your palms together. Finally, lay your hands flat… Remember, during the later hand signs, you must not sever the brain domain connection with your pet beasts…”

Following the video’s demonstration, Qiao Sang carefully practiced the hand signs.

Very soon, two equally sized orange-yellow star arrays lit up on the floor.

“Yap…”

Yabao vanished from the bed and appeared inside the star array, still sound asleep.

“Gang Slice.”

Gangbao stood calmly, gazing at her Beast Tamer, her eyes seeming to say:

Why did you summon me?

Huh, so it’s this easy…

Qiao Sang felt delighted inwardly but kept a composed face and coughed lightly.

“Nothing, I was just testing the hand sign. You can continue with your training.”

After hearing this, Gangbao prepared to return to the outdoor training ground. But then she suddenly recalled something, stopped, turned back, and called out.

“Gang Slice?”

Wait… are we going to keep practicing?

“Mhm.” Qiao Sang nodded.

Though she succeeded on her first try, she still needed to reinforce her practice. Besides, there were seven more hand signs left to learn.

Even if she couldn’t immediately tell whether her hand signs for summoning four or more pets were precise, at the very least, she wanted to familiarize herself with the gestures first.

“Gang Slice…”

Gangbao gave her Beast Tamer a long, resigned glance and called out again, indicating she wouldn’t leave, just to avoid being summoned back later.

Fair enough…

Qiao Sang replied, “Then stay here.”

Saying that, she resumed practicing the hand signs.

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2:00 a.m.

“Xun xun…”

Little Treasure floated to his Beast Tamer’s side. After confirming that she was really asleep, he quietly stretched out his paw and grabbed the phone on the bedside table.

But just as his paw touched the phone, Qiao Sang turned over in her sleep.

Little Treasure shuddered and instantly turned invisible.

Tick, tick…

The clock on the desk kept ticking steadily.

“Xun xun…”

Five seconds later, after confirming that his Beast Tamer wasn’t waking up, Little Treasure reappeared and let out a relieved sigh.

He picked up the phone.

Then, he vanished from the room.

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On the quiet, empty streets, a mechanical-type pet beast in uniform slowly flew by on patrol.

In a deep alley it passed, several ghost-type pet beasts huddled together, intently staring at a phone screen.

The screen was playing the recording of Little Treasure's battle against Bimo Fox during the finals of the Beast Tamer Star Tournament.

The moment Bimo Fox collapsed and the referee blew the whistle, Little Treasure shut off the phone, puffing out his chest proudly.

“Jie jie…”

“Lian lian…”

“Gui gui…”

The ghost-type pet beasts immediately looked up at Little Treasure with gazes full of admiration.

“Xun xun?”

Basking in their admiration, Little Treasure let out a proud cry, asking:

So, doesn’t my strength qualify me to be your boss?

“Jie jie!”

“Lian lian!”

“Gui gui!”

All the ghost-type pet beasts nodded enthusiastically.

“Xun xun~”

Little Treasure was elated, almost bursting into laughter.

Recruiting underlings was ridiculously easy!

“Gui gui!”

At that moment, a roughly one-meter-tall, deep-purple ghost-type pet beast with only one large eye let out an angry cry, reporting that another group had been bullying them lately!

“Jie jie!”

“Lian lian!”

The other two ghost-type pet beasts nodded furiously.

They all stared at Little Treasure with hopeful expressions, clearly begging for him to stand up for them.

“Xun xun?!”

Upon hearing this and sensing their pleading gazes, Little Treasure immediately showed a shocked expression as if saying,

What?! Someone dares to bully my underlings?!

“Gui gui!”

“Gui gui!”

The one-eyed ghost-type pet beast angrily began explaining.

The bully was also a "boss," and recently it had been relying on its underlings to harass them at night, demanding their emotional energy.

With emotional energy strictly regulated by humans now, they barely collected a little each day, sometimes none at all.

How could they just hand it over for free?

That was outright robbery!

“Jie jie!”

“Lian lian!”

The other two ghost-type pet beasts kept nodding furiously.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure couldn’t take it anymore and immediately cried out, saying:

Take me to find them right now!

“Gui gui!”

“Jie jie!”

“Lian lian!”

The ghost-type pet beasts showed excited expressions and instantly floated ahead to lead the way.

On the empty streets, the ghost-type pet beasts surrounded Little Treasure, heading determinedly toward their target.

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7:05 a.m.

Qiao Sang woke up naturally, habitually grabbing her phone to check the time. Then she glanced toward her desk and noticed that Little Treasure wasn’t playing on the computer today.

Not playing today?

Qiao Sang muttered internally. She got up, did a quick wash-up, and walked to the living room.

At first glance, she saw Little Treasure gulping down energy recovery liquid while frantically devouring a pile of prepared energy pills.

“What did you do last night to get this hungry?” Qiao Sang asked as she pulled out a chair to sit down.

“Xun xun…”

Little Treasure looked up and let out a muffled response, his mouth stuffed with energy pills, making his words unclear.

But Qiao Sang still understood.

“Recruiting underlings is that exhausting?” Qiao Sang casually commented.

“Xun xun…”

Little Treasure swallowed his mouthful of energy pills and let out a sigh.

More tiring than expected.

“So? Did you actually recruit any?” Qiao Sang asked again.

“Xun xun~”

At this, Little Treasure instantly perked up, proudly responding with a cry:

Of course!

He actually recruited underlings?

Qiao Sang was briefly stunned.

Then something came to mind. She entered her consciousness into the Beast Codex and quickly flipped to Little Treasure's page, her gaze lowering.

【Fifth Trait: Aura of Intimidation】

【Grade: C (120/1000), Status: Active】

【Description: Intimidates opponents, allowing it to emit the aura of a ruler.】

Holy crap, he really recruited underlings…

Qiao Sang was instantly overjoyed.

Data didn’t lie, Little Treasure's 'Aura of Intimidation' hadn’t changed in the past few days. She had checked it before going to bed yesterday, no change then either.

But now, the value had jumped to 120.

Though it didn’t seem like much, it was clearly a step forward, proof that this training method worked!

Qiao Sang’s consciousness returned to reality. She looked at Little Treasure with deep satisfaction.

She had thought that without her supervision, Little Treasure might get distracted by new things outside and forget his goal, but he had truly focused on training his Aura of Intimidation.

It seemed Little Treasure was far more self-disciplined than she had imagined.

If he remained this disciplined for a while longer, she wouldn’t mind buying him a phone later.

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Forty minutes later.

With Little Treasure's spatial shift ability, Qiao Sang arrived at the classroom.

The moment she appeared,

pop!

Colorful streamers flew everywhere.

“Congratulations on winning the championship!”

All her classmates shouted in unison.

Qiao Sang was briefly stunned, then felt deeply touched.

She had just opened her mouth to say something when a classmate impatiently spoke up first: “We all watched your match yesterday, it was incredible!”

“Yeah! Fire Qilu can actually use Lava Purgatory! You were hiding it too well!”

“How did you even train that? I heard that’s an super-tier skill!”

“And Ghost Ring King, it was amazing!”

“Now that you’ve won the championship, have you decided which pet to send to the Energy Pool?”

“Energy Pool?” Qiao Sang looked at the classmate who said that.

“You don’t know?” That classmate looked surprised, noticing the confusion in her eyes.

“What’s the Energy Pool?” Qiao Sang asked.

“It’s a place where pet beasts can absorb energy through immersion.” Another classmate explained.

“There’s only one Energy Pool in 1st District, and its slots are said to be extremely limited each year. It allows pet beasts to safely boost their energy without side effects. However, pets above the King rank are banned from entering because they’d drain the entire pool instantly.”

“That’s right.” Another student added.

“Didn’t you receive a ring as part of your prize yesterday? Besides being a symbol of honor, it also grants you access to the Energy Pool.”

Since Qiao Sang wasn’t from Chaosu Star, most of her classmates weren’t surprised that she didn’t know about the ring’s significance or the Energy Pool.

Though they all coveted the Energy Pool, it wasn’t an absolute necessity.

After all, the main benefit of the Energy Pool was to help pet beasts rapidly absorb energy, pushing them from early to late stages, essentially compressing the time needed for growth.

Of course, that was the best-case scenario.

Not all pet beasts would reach late stages after soaking in it, most would only absorb as much as they could handle at their current level.

But for pet beasts, the key lay in perfect evolution.

Sometimes, the growth process itself was crucial for achieving that.

Ring… Energy Pool…

Qiao Sang was stunned.

She really had no idea!

No one had ever mentioned this to her!

Yesterday, she had carefully examined the ring adorned with a pet beast pattern and noticed her name engraved inside.

She had thought it was merely an honorary prize!

“Where is the Energy Pool?” Qiao Sang pondered for a moment and asked.

“No idea.” The girl beside her shook her head.

“But the officials will definitely contact you, or you can just reach out to them directly.”