Chapter 19

Losing to Xia Muqing again, and to her new contracted profound beast, Liu Pan felt ashamed and angry, and couldn't even watch the rest of the game.

He returned home fuming with rage. Since no one was around, Liu Pan vented his anger on the little green snake. "It's all your fault! You can't even beat a carp, and I spent 300,000 star coins on you. You're worthless!"

The green and blue snake hung its head, coiled its tail into a small circle, and spit out its tongue gently.

"Hiss, hiss."

Liu Pan became even more furious: "What did you say? You said I shouldn't use drugs to accelerate your evolution?"

"Bullshit! You can't beat her even after you evolve, and you were useless before you evolved!"

"How dare you talk back? I'm giving you face, right? You piece of shit, if you have the guts, why don't you win for once? Have you ever won?"

"waste!"

Liu Pan slammed the table hard, making the surface of the table snap loudly. A stack of homework papers on the corner of the table was shaken and scattered, landing on the ground with a clatter.

The homework papers fell on the drooping head and tail of the Green Snake, covering it in a pile of white papers that looked like falling snow.

Liu Pan stared at the curled up little green snake and suddenly said coldly, "I want to change to another mysterious beast."

The green and blue snake suddenly raised its head, and there seemed to be a flash of blood in its slender pupils.

"Even the Gale Hound is stronger than you... The Gale Hound from last time actually had a rare trait. Damn, that poor bastard Xia Muqing got it for free."

Liu Pan muttered casually, completely ignoring the little green snake's flickering eyes: "No, I have to find a way to buy a more powerful one--"

“Ding Dong!”

The doorbell rang, and Liu Pan walked to open the door impatiently: "Who is it?"

Outside the door, two men in uniform raised their hands to hold the crack in the door, looking at Liu Pan with slightly cold eyes, then looking over his shoulder at the curled up Green Jade Snake in the room.

"We are law enforcement officers from the Contracted Mystical Beast Protection Association. Someone reported you today, alleging that you abused a mysterious beast. Come with us."

Liu Pan: “……?”

Liu Pan was shocked and angry, and shouted loudly: "Nonsense, do you have any evidence?"

The man in uniform raised his hand.

A video was playing on the phone, showing Liu Pan beating the Green Jade Snake.

Liu Pan: “!!!”

…

Although the Contracted Mystical Beast Protection Committee may sound ordinary, in this world, it is an authoritative organization with real law enforcement power.

After Liu Pan was taken away by law enforcement officers, he wanted to bite the Green Jade Snake to death and say that it was all a misunderstanding, but he didn't expect that this time, the Green Jade Snake did not stand on his side.

Under the confession of the little green snake, everything Liu Pan did to the mysterious beast was exposed. The subdued man even followed the guidance of the little green snake and found potions in the Liu family that could catalyze the mysterious beast's early evolution and clear the spiritual contract. These two potions are contraband and will cause irreparable damage to the mysterious beast. Therefore, the Beastmaster Association has already included them in the control list and strictly prohibits civilians from using them at will.

As a result, Liu's father was also implicated.

Because the source of this thing is not formal. After all, it is not allowed to be bought and sold in the market. It was obtained by Liu's father through transactions in some gray area.

The two were in trouble, and the Liu family reacted quickly, immediately putting out a large amount of money to manage the relationship. However, they never expected that the financial offensive that had always been successful would not be of any use this time.

After asking around, the Liu family got a piece of gossip: it was said that a senior leader in S City had inquired about the matter and ordered a thorough investigation.

Liu family: “…”

When Liu Pan learned all this, he was practically mad. He couldn't understand why he had offended the high-ranking officials by beating a small green snake.

Is the big boss so free that he has to ask about such a small matter?

But then, he didn't even have the energy to complain, because his luck was bad and misfortunes never come alone. A wave of "cleansing" suddenly broke out in the education system, focusing on cases of financial bribery and buying and selling of subject quotas.

Liu Pan, who spent a lot of money to squeeze into the Beast Taming Department: "..."

…

When Xia Muqing learned about this, Liu Pan had already dropped out of school.

Their family could no longer make a living in S City, so they had to pay a large fine, and then go through the procedures overnight to move back to their hometown.

Even so, they still face trial by the committee and will soon bear legal responsibility for bribery.

Xia Muqing was a little curious.

She originally just wanted to teach Liu Pan a lesson, and preferably save the Qingbi Ming Snake from suffering, but she didn't expect the effect to be so good that all the dirty deeds of the Liu family were exposed in one breath.

After thinking about it, Xia Muqing sent a message to Lu Wenshen.

"Did you invite that big leader from the city to help?"

Lu Wenzhen quickly replied: "Yes, it's my dad."

Xia Muqing gave a thumbs-up emoji in return, and said with heartfelt emotion: "Master Lu is so righteous, thank you so much!"

Lu Wenshen: "You're welcome. I can't stand that guy either."

"If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door. Their family did something bad and couldn't stand the investigation. This is what they deserve."

"By the way, is your Swifthound about to evolve?"

Xia Muqing: "Yeah, almost there."

Just a day ago, the little hurricane dog finally used the "big wind blow".

The howling gale covered the entire venue, and the azure current was like a surging wave, drowning everything, crushing everything, and swallowing everything. Its momentum was simply unmatched.

Xia Muqing was extremely satisfied with being able to practice her skills to this level in an unevolved state.

"Have you gathered all the evolutionary materials?" Lu Wenzhen asked. "If you're still missing something, I have connections and can help you find it."

Xia Muqing smiled and said, "Thank you, no thanks, I've almost collected them all."

Sister Zhu had already prepared some common materials for her. Xu Ling, upon hearing that the little hurricane dog had reached a bottleneck, also bought her a lot of materials.

What Xia Muqing lacked now were top-grade materials, but those materials were hard to come by and extremely expensive, definitely not something she could afford right now. So after much thought, Xia Muqing decided she couldn't force it; ordinary materials would suffice.

Anyway, Xiaofeng is talented.

"I plan to let Xiaofeng adjust his condition and accumulate energy, and then try to evolve in three days." Xia Muqing said, "What about your Yuntu beast? Is it almost there?"

Lu Wenzhen responded, then suddenly lowered his voice: "Here's a suggestion for you. Don't rush to evolve yet. Wait seven days."

Xia Muqing: “……?”

Why?

Lu Wenzhen said softly, "Don't ask, it's a good thing anyway."

Xia Muqing thought for a moment: "Okay, thank you for the news."

"Bye, I'll treat you to dinner when I'm free."

Lu Wenzhen: "Wait, don't hang up yet, there's something else!"

"You usually leave your mysterious beasts at the training grounds during class... right?"

…

Lu Wenzhen has a strong background and knows a lot of information that Xia Muqing cannot access. He said he would have to wait until 7 days, so there must be a reason.

So Xia Muqing spent another 7 days practicing skills with the little hurricane dog and the koi fish, and also used her spare time to try out the combination of the two in combat.

The result...

It cannot be said that there is no tacit understanding, but there is not much either.

The characteristics of the little koi always make the little hurricane's moves weird. The little hurricane uses its characteristics and speed advantage to jump around, but always leaves the little koi behind.

Later, after Xia Muqing's reminder, it finally realized that it had to keep its little brother with it, so it "woofed"...

Put it in his mouth.

In the end, the little koi was very angry and spit out a long string of bubbles, accusing the little hurricane dog of smearing its saliva on it.

Xia Muqing: "..."

It seems that although these two mysterious beasts are very powerful, they are not suitable for fighting together.

Things were different over at Xu Ling's place. Ming Yue Ying and Ye Jing Zhi were getting along incredibly well, becoming inseparable after just a few days. Now when Xu Ling went out, Ming Yue Ying didn't perch on her shoulders anymore. Instead, Ye Jing Zhi stretched out a vine and lifted Ming Yue Ying high up on a branch.

In Xu Ling's words: "I always feel like a third party."

During the challenge that day, Xu Ling quickly won three games in a row, becoming the third person after Lu Wenshen to secure a spot in the competition. This was also beyond the expectations of Teacher Ni and the other students, as Xu Ling had placed fourth in the subject-based exam.

On the other hand, Jiang Li and Peng Li were in a tough fight under the challenge of a group of students. Although they won the first two games, they lost the third game to different opponents.

Teacher Ni did not give the results on the spot, but said that the competition video would be sent to experts for review, and eventually two people would be selected from the four to join the competition team. This made Jiang Li and Peng Li panic these days, fearing that their places would be replaced.

In the blink of an eye, 7 days have passed.

On Saturday morning, Xia Muqing had just gotten up when she received a call from Teacher Ni.

"Don't leave S City for the next few days," she said. "The city has applied for a temporary pass for you to enter the alternate dimension to train profound beasts. The specific time will be announced later."

"Isn't your Swift Dog about to evolve? Remember to bring all the materials. Evolving in the alien space will be of great benefit to the mysterious beast."

Xia Muqing: “……!”

Xia Muqing was overjoyed.

So the opportunity Lu Wenzhen was talking about was entering another dimension?

Xia Muqing had been interested in the alien space for a long time, but Blue Star had very strict management on entry and exit of the alien space. She thought she would have to wait until she went to college to have this opportunity, but she didn't expect to have the opportunity to go in and take a look now.

Teacher Ni also said, "The city has invested a lot of money. The contestants in previous years didn't have this advantage. You must cherish this opportunity!"

Xia Muqing nodded repeatedly.

In fact, Xia Muqing felt that this opportunity was largely fought for by Lu Wenzhen's father in order to provide the Yuntu beast with a more perfect evolutionary environment, and they were just taking advantage of it.

"It's not bad to get a ride, it's always a good thing."

Xia Muqing picked up the little hurricane dog and rubbed its warm little head: "Xiaofeng, get ready, you are going to evolve."

“Ouch!”

The little zipper hummed contentedly and nudged her with its wet nose.

Come on, it's ready!

Xia Muqing had long since told it that its evolutionary process would be different from that of other hurricane dogs. The little hurricane dog had complete trust in its beastmaster and was eagerly anticipating its upcoming first-level evolutionary form.

The little koi fish beside it was wagging its tail and blowing out bubbles.

"Gurgle gurgle."

Evolution is good, it also wants to evolve.

After it evolves, will it turn into a dragon, like the mighty and majestic dragon in the video?

"Don't worry, you still need to train for a while longer," Xia Muqing stroked the little koi's scales. "Evolution is no small matter. You don't want to become like the Azure Dark Snake, do you?"

Little Koi: “…”

Thinking of the miserable little green snake, the little koi fish was still frightened and shook its tail.

"You have to concentrate during training to increase your chances of evolving successfully." Xia Muqing took the opportunity to persuade him earnestly, "I heard that small Xuan beasts who like to sneakily watch anime during training will become restless and more likely to become villains when they evolve."

Little Koi: “???”

"Gurgle!"

The little koi pouted angrily, and its first reaction was that the little hurricane dog had told on them.

Otherwise, how could it be exposed that it borrowed Yuntu Beast's phone to secretly watch videos in the training ground while Xia Muqing was in class?

The little hurricane dog had a dazed look on his face.

It didn't pay any attention to what the little koi was doing.

It only does one thing in the training room, which is training, training non-stop.

Only training and becoming stronger are the true meaning of dog life!

"Okay, that's not what Xiaofeng said," Xia Muqing said with a smile, "When you borrowed Yuntu Beast's phone, didn't you ever think that Yuntu Beast also has an owner?"

Little Koi: “…”