Seeing that she couldn't persuade Qiao Mei, Xu Hui could only take her to the Familiar Beast Self-Service Testing Center to check on the condition of this abandoned beast.
The self-service kiosks were very fast; in less than a minute, a notification popped up.
"The test has been completed. Please pay to view the results."
Seeing this, Qiao Mei carefully lifted Ao Cang off the familiar beast testing platform, let him wrap his arms around her neck again, and then took out the first-time voucher given by the Awakening Hall and opened the test results.
[Little Black Dragon (Primary Form ①):]
Attack value: 80
Defense value: 50
Speed value: 90
Health value: 10
Xu Hui stood beside Qiao Mei, her tightly furrowed brows relaxing slightly when she saw Ao Cang's exceptionally high attack and speed stats.
But as her health level dropped to extremely low, her brows furrowed again.
"Your health is too low, Xiao Mei. Just listen to your mother and get a different familiar!"
Qiao Mei ignored her and instead raised her red eyes to ask, "I remember that the royal family's sacred beast treatment center is free for royal family members, right?"
"That's true, but in interstellar space, there's no precedent for successfully treating a holy abandoned beast like the little black dragon, especially since its health has already dropped to ten points. Once it reaches zero, it will die! Xiao Mei, you..."
Qiao Mei interrupted Xu Hui again. Seeing that the spaceship back to the Imperial Star was about to depart, she pulled up the return ticket that Xu Hui had bought for her and said to her, "Let's go, Mother. We still have to try to know how things will turn out. Besides, you're not 100% confident that my family can be replaced, are you?"
That's true, but it's still more likely than Qiao Mei's little black dragon getting cured. However, looking at Qiao Mei's stubborn appearance that nothing could sway her, Xu Hui could guess that she still couldn't persuade her. In the end, she compromised and let Qiao Mei put the little black dragon into her familiar beast space.
"The news that you chose a Forsaken Beast as your familiar has probably spread by now. There will definitely be a lot of people watching later. Putting it away will avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble."
The familiar beast space was a completely black place, eerily quiet. Qiao Mei remembered reading in the book that Ao Cang hated the dark, and shook her head: "Since I chose him, of course I don't think he's a problem. Let's go."
Ao Cang opened his dragon eyes and glanced at the serious-looking girl. His heart was touched once again before he closed his eyes again.
......
The seats in the aircraft are usually two in a row, which is similar to the airplanes that Qiao Mei had flown in in modern times. The biggest difference is that there is a closed partition door outside the seat that can isolate everything outside, which is equivalent to a small room.
Qiao Mei took Ao Cang onto the aircraft, and unsurprisingly, they received many curious glances and even heard a lot of disapproving comments.
But she ignored them and went straight to her seat.
After Xu Hui came in and the closed partition door was shut, Qiao Mei asked her how many interstellar coins she currently had.
"You have less than five thousand interstellar coins left, what's wrong?"
"I want to try it and see if this thing will work for Ao Cang."
In the ancient China where the Dragon God lived in her previous life, legend has it that she survived by relying on people's wishes and offerings.
She could clearly sense that Ao Cang was in much better condition after signing the bond with her. The most obvious sign was that many of the dragon scales that had fallen off had grown back. She guessed that it was related to her will.
If the power of will is effective, then what about offerings?
Xu Hui had also researched Ao Cang's information on the Interstellar Encyclopedia and indeed saw some records of people offering money and food to it. After a moment of surprise, she took out all the interstellar coins from her computer bracelet.
"Then give it a try. If it works, Mom will see if she wants to switch to a job that pays better."
When Qiao Mei noticed that Xu Hui had taken out all the interstellar coins, a look of disapproval appeared in her red eyes. She only took a small portion and pushed the rest back: "I'm just testing it out first. I don't need this much. If it's useful, I'll earn money to support him myself later."
She's not the original owner of this body, so she can't live off her parents with a clear conscience.
After saying that, Qiao Mei didn't give Xu Hui a chance to say anything more. She imitated what she did in her family's Dragon God Shrine in her previous life, put her hands together, closed her eyes and silently recited that this was what she wanted to offer to Ao Cang.
But the reason for the offering—in her past life, she could pray for blessings to avert her misfortunes and seek his protection—was that in this interstellar world where her life wasn't too bad...
She opened her eyes again, her red eyes reflecting Ao Cang's weak appearance, and suddenly thought of a reason that might be appropriate.
【Lord Dragon God, I hope you recover your health soon. This is my offering to you.】
The Dragon God would grant any wish that a believer made, as long as it wasn't excessive, but this was the first time he had received a wish made specifically for him.
He opened his dragon eyes and looked at the girl surrounded by intense golden willpower. Recalling her repeated protection of him, the allure in his golden eyes deepened.
Why? He's become utterly useless in interstellar space, so why does she still believe in him so devoutly?
The Dragon God couldn't understand it for the time being, but he didn't want to reject the believer's first prayer, so he eventually accepted her offering.
Xu Hui didn't think this ancient and outdated method of offering could succeed. She was prepared to comfort Qiao Mei when, in the next moment, all the interstellar coins that were piled on the table disappeared. At the same time, a small piece of scale appeared on the little black dragon where it was missing a scale.
Hsu Hui: ?
!!
Qiao Mei opened her eyes and noticed that the small pile of money in front of her, which was worth at least a thousand interstellar coins, had disappeared. She also saw Xu Hui staring at a small piece of scale on the little black dragon with her eyes wide open like copper bells. She instantly understood something.
"This is actually useful!" Xu Hui leaned closer to examine the scale for a while, then remembered what Qiao Mei had mentioned about making money to raise the little black dragon. She opened her personal computer and sent a website to Qiao Mei.
"If it's useful, you can consider applying to an academy where you can earn a large sum of money in a short time. The Federal Academy offers the highest reward, a total of 100,000 interstellar coins, but it's also very difficult."
Only after being reminded by her did Qiao Mei remember this matter.
Only awakened individuals are qualified to enter such institutions as academies. They are dedicated to teaching systematic courses on familiars, their abilities, mechs, and related topics, much like the university she attended in China. However, while universities teach skills that can be used to make a living after graduation, academies teach skills that can help defend against interstellar monsters in the future.
Recalling Ao Cang's character design in the book and its ultimate fate, Qiao Mei looked at Xu Hui and asked, "If I remember correctly, you were once a student at the Federal Academy, right?"
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