Chapter 789: Trust

Whenever news about a phantom beast spread, there would always be people trying to capture it, this didn’t surprise Qiao Sang.

After all, ultra-rare beasts had always been the ultimate pursuit of beast tamers.

She had once encountered a Qiyun Lajia, and it was only because few people knew about it that a mere C-rank beast tamer like herself even had a shot.

Qiao Sang pondered for a moment as if she had thought of something.

“Can we ask wild beasts for information?”

Teacher Pirite didn’t want to follow their original plan of directly seeking intelligence from trading spots about Adinishi to avoid drawing the attention of those groups also looking for it.

Once they were targeted, even if they were lucky enough to find Adinishi, those groups would definitely stir up trouble, and things would spiral out of control.

So it was best to gather information without attracting attention.

And if they wanted to do that, the first thing Qiao Sang thought of was wild beasts.

Especially after last night’s experience, she felt it was entirely possible to communicate with wild beasts properly.

Pirite sighed.

“I guess we’ll have to go with that.”

Honestly, he felt communicating with wild beasts was quite difficult, not because of language barriers, but because different species had different levels of intelligence.

Some beasts had intelligence equivalent to a few months old human baby, even if they answered, you couldn’t tell whether their info was accurate, and you might end up following false leads and wasting time.

Others were cunning, practically demonic, deliberately giving false info to toy with humans.

If this were on Blue Star, he could at least check the beasts’ data to roughly judge which ones were more trustworthy.

But when it came to Chaosu Star’s beasts, his knowledge was limited.

Still, at this point, this was indeed their best option for gathering information…

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Five hours later.

In an alley off the street, Qiao Sang showed a picture on her phone to a light green, three-tailed mouse-like beast and asked: “Have you seen this anywhere?”

The three-tailed mouse beast glanced at the picture but stayed silent.

Qiao Sang got the hint and took out the bread she had prepared.

“Tail-tail.”

The mouse beast accepted the bread, showing an expression like “I remember now.”

After going through countless scams in the past five hours, Qiao Sang remained unfazed and asked, “Where?”

“Tail-tail.”

The mouse beast pointed to the left, indicating it was in that direction.

Then, it grabbed the bread and was about to leave.

“Wait.” Qiao Sang called out.

The mouse beast turned around, giving her a “What now?” look.

“You’ve been cursed.” Qiao Sang said calmly.

“If you lied, you’ll have bad luck for quite some time. Are you sure you saw it in that direction?”

“Kekekeke…”

As she finished speaking, Little Treasure appeared out of nowhere with an evil grin.

“Tail-tail!”

The mouse beast froze, its tails stiffening as it panicked and let out a cry.

“Yap yap.”

Yabao translated simultaneously.

This guy admitted it hadn’t seen the beast at all, it just said it randomly.

As expected…

Qiao Sang, unfazed, waved her hand wearily.

“Go on. There’s no curse.”

“Tail-tail…”

The mouse beast clutched its bread tightly, and seeing that Qiao Sang wasn’t asking for it back, it turned and ran off at high speed, using Quick Attack to dash up the wall and disappearing into the alley.

Little Treasure wiped off his villainous grin and vanished again, hiding his achievements.

Just then, Pirite walked in.

Famu Moth stood at the alley entrance, carrying large bags filled with instruments and food.

“Did you get any leads?” Pirite asked.

Qiao Sang sighed.

“No.”

“That’s normal.” Pirite said.

“Since we’ve gotten nowhere, let’s just return to last night’s spot and have those good-voiced wild beasts keep singing.”

The 30th District was enormous, Qiao Sang felt doubtful about this method and asked, “Isn’t there a beast skill that works like surveillance, allowing us to directly monitor every corner of the 30th District?”

Wait!

Her eyes lit up suddenly.

“How about we look for a Wraith Vine Lord!”

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Beast Tamer Center.

Luxury Suite.

“All the beast tamers who accepted the task have arrived.” A brown-haired young man reported respectfully.

An old man leaned back on a plush sofa, glancing at the twenty-plus beast tamers in front of him without saying a word.

Beside him, a handsome black-haired youth spoke slowly: “Summon all your Wraith Vine Lords.”

The twenty-plus beast tamers simultaneously formed hand seals.

The luxurious suite of the Beast Tamer Center was large enough that even after all the Wraith Vine Lords appeared, it didn’t feel crowded.

The black-haired youth pushed a photo on the coffee table toward them.

“Find the beast in this picture. Whoever finds it first can settle in the Upper Tenth District.”

Upon hearing this, the beast tamers became excited as if injected with adrenaline, rushing out with their Wraith Vine Lords to deploy as many Wraith Eyes as possible.

Once they were gone, the old man on the sofa said indifferently: “Still too few. Go catch some wild Wraith Vine Lords too.”

“Yes.” The brown-haired young man nodded respectfully and left the room.

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Pirit sighed.

“All the beast tamers with Wraith Vine Lords in the 30th District have already accepted the same task.”

Qiao Sang froze.

“Those people looking for Adinishi?”

Pirit grunted in acknowledgment.

Qiao Sang was still unwilling to give up.

“What if there are a few beast tamers with Wraith Vine Lords who didn’t accept the task?”

Pirite glanced at her.

“The rewards for this task are very generous. No beast tamer from the Lower Districts would refuse it.”

“How do you know all this so clearly?” Qiao Sang asked.

Hearing this, Pirite chuckled.

“Our school has the fastest information-gathering mechanical beasts. You’ll understand once you go back.”

Qiao Sang instantly recalled the mechanical claw that had handed her the acceptance letter back then.

Since Teacher Pirite had confirmed the info, Qiao Sang stopped questioning it.

The two of them returned to last night’s ruins.

Unlike last night, the place wasn’t filled with sleeping beasts.

The chilly breeze blew through the ruins, swaying the green weeds between the rubble.

It was eerily quiet. Only an occasional wild beast flew by overhead.

Seeing this, Pirite let out a heavy sigh.

“I told you, they all think this place is unsafe after last night.”

As a mentor, he felt he should stick to his judgment. Though Qiao Sang was highly talented, she was still young and lacked enough experience interacting with wild beasts outside…

I didn’t even do anything last night. Did they really have to flee?

Qiao Sang felt a little down as she recalled how happy the beasts had looked singing and dancing last night.

“Qinglie?”

Suddenly, a voice rang out.

Qiao Sang looked over and saw a Qinglie Licker walk out from behind a crumbling wall.

“Gang Slice.”

Gangbao’s eyes flickered upon seeing the Qinglie Licker, and it took the initiative to translate.

It was asking if there was food today.

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment but then nodded firmly.

“Of course!”

“Qinglie!”

The Qinglie Licker let out a sharp, piercing call.

Invisible sound waves spread through the air.

In the next second, a snake-like beast slithered out from the ground.

Then another, and another…

Beasts emerged from the bushes, dense forests, ground, and even the sky, more and more wild beasts gathered around.

This…

Pirite stared blankly at the sea of beasts filling the area, unable to believe his eyes.

They’re all from last night… and even some new ones…

Qiao Sang couldn’t help smiling brightly and shouted loudly: “Let’s begin!”

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The speaker was set up.

The equipment was ready.

The food was prepared.

The beasts sang joyfully, danced happily, and munched on snacks.

“They actually trust you this much…” Pirite felt mixed emotions and even forgot to focus on observing.

“It’s their trust in us.” Qiao Sang said with a smile.

Their trust in us…

Pirite fell silent.

He felt he hadn’t done anything to earn such trust from the wild beasts…

“Duo-xi…”

At that moment, a Dosidola approached Qiao Sang, seemingly summoning all its courage to call out.

“Yap yap.”

Yabao translated immediately.

This one said the food given this morning had been stolen by a bad guy, and it was asking if it could have a bit more today.

“Yap yap!”

After translating, Yabao was furious, sympathizing deeply.

Stealing food? Outrageous!

Qiao Sang recognized this Dosidola, it was the last one to leave this morning. She picked up a bag of bread from the pile and handed it over.

“Of course. You can eat your fill before singing.”

“Duo-xi!”

Dosidola took the bread, its eyes curving into crescents.

Instead of leaving, it sat right beside Qiao Sang, tearing open the bread package and munching away.

Qiao Sang sat cross-legged, listening to the singing and watching the beasts dance.

Suddenly, she thought of something, pulled out her phone, opened the photo of Adinishi, and showed it to Dosidola.

“Have you seen this anywhere?”