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"Xun."
Little Treasure grabbed the uninvited guest, who had already fallen asleep, with his paws, floated to the window, and tossed them out.
Then, he turned his head to look at the sleeping Yabao and shook his head with a worried expression.
<i>Without him, what would happen?</i>
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Late at night, on the street.
"Isn''t this a Steel Falcon?" A dark-skinned, bald man with unfocused eyes staggered forward and nudged the unmoving purple avian beast lying on the ground with his foot.Beside him, a drunken white young man crouched down for a closer look. The moment he got a good look, the drunkenness in his eyes instantly faded.
"It really is a Steel Falcon! And a wild one at that! Doesn''t it look like the one that was on the news recently?"
Hearing this, the bald man sobered up a bit as well.
He picked up the Steel Falcon, carefully examined it for a few seconds, and eximed in surprise,
"It really is! The news said the Steel Falcon had rotten ws, and this one''s ws are rotten!"
As a steel-type beast, the Steel Falcon naturally had unparalleled defense. <i>How many of them would have rotten ws?</i>
The moment he saw its injured ws, the bald man knew for sure, this was the very same Steel Falcon that had been wanted recently.
The white young man’s eyes lit up.
"If I remember correctly, the bounty for the Steel Falcon is 200,000, right?"
The bald man whistled.
"The government bounty is 200,000, but in the ck market, a Steel Falcon is worth much more. Its feathers alone are top-tier material."
The young man immediately understood what the bald man meant.
In official pet beast trading markets, a Steel Falcon was worth around 600,000. But that was for beasts from regted breeding bases.
Wild pet beasts were difficult to train unless they were still in eggs or were extremely rare species, making them hard to sell in legal markets.
However, the ck market didn’t care about that. Beast masters buying from the ck market weren’t necessarily looking to form a contract.
Selling a Steel Falcon in the ck market would fetch much more than the government''s 200,000 bounty.
Normally, even spotting a Steel Falcon was rare, let alone a wanted one.
<i>Why was it just lying on the street?</i> As these thoughts raced through the young man''s mind, he turned to the bald man and asked,
"How are we splitting this?"
"What do you mean, splitting?" The bald man''s expression darkened.
"I was the one who saw it first."
For a moment, their sharp gazes locked, and any sign of their previous drunkenness vanished.
Behind his back, the white young man secretly formed a hand seal.
A white star formation lit up.
At such a crucial moment, secretly summoning a pet beast, anyone with a brain could guess his intention.
"You bastard!" The bald man’s face changed drastically, and he hurriedly formed his own hand seal.
But it was already toote.
From the white star formation, a moth-like pet beast with pink ring-like patterns on its wings emerged.
"Sleep Powder!" The white young manmanded quickly.
The moth pped its wings, scattering a glowing powder toward the bald man.@@novelbin@@
Before the bald man could finish forming his seal, he copsed with a thud, sound asleep.
"And you thought you couldpete with me?" The white young man smirked disdainfully, kicked the bald man a few times, then bent down to pick up the Steel Falcon and left. ?α?????
He didn’t notice that, at that very moment, the Steel Falcon quietly opened its eyes and nced at the identity bracelet on the moth''s leg before closing them again.
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The next day.
Near noon, Qiao Sang finally woke up, yawning.
She picked up her phone to check the time, 11:41 AM.
Qiao Sang was shocked and turned to Yang Jiayi, who had just walked out of the bathroom.
"It''s almost noon, and you didn''t wake me up?"
"Officer Chen said not to disturb you." Yang Jiayi exined.
"He said you rarely get proper rest and should sleep more."
<i>How considerate..</i>. Qiao Sang thought as she put on her shoes.
"When are we leaving?"
"Whenever you''re awake, we’ll leave." Yang Jiayi replied.
After some casual chatting, Qiao Sang finished freshening up, packed away the books she had taken out yesterday, and hugged Yabao as she followed Yang Jiayi out of the room.
Their hotel, Yuanxin Hotel, was close to the airport. After a short ten-minute walk, the group arrived at Rad Airport.
Since their tickets were boughtst-minute, the four of them were seated separately.
Qiao Sang’s seatmate was a young Southeast Asian woman.
She was on a phone call.
As a beastmmaster with three high-level pet beasts, Qiao Sang could clearly hear their conversation.
"What? The Toxic Moss Moth’s identity bracelet was stolen? By who?"
"It was a wild pet beast. I saw it sleeping on the street and felt sorry for it, so I picked it up. But when I woke up, the Toxic Moss Moth''s identity bracelet was gone."
"Oh my god, can you just pick up wild pet beasts like that?"
"This was my first time picking one up… I didn’t expect this to happen."
"You''re too kind, babe. Promise me you won’t randomly pick up wild pet beasts again, okay?"
"Honey, I promise you anything. But since the Toxic Moss Moth’s identity bracelet is missing, I can''t board the ne today. You''ll have to wait for me one more day."
"Oh, sweetheart, I’ll wait for you."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
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Qiao Sang remained expressionless, pretending not to have heard anything as she silently read her book.
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Three dayster...
The ne arrived in the 3rd District.
During the day, the sun of Chaosu Star emitted a constant halo, and its dazzling rings prompted Qiao Sang to take several photos as soon as she stepped off the ne.
On the way to Sainan High School, she noticed far fewer pet beasts on the streets than in the 13th District. However, there were significantly morerge-sized ones.
Towering skyscrapers stretched into the clouds, and nearly every flying pet beast in the sky had a person riding on it.
An advertising blimp slowly drifted through a flock of flying-type pet beasts.
Compared to the 13th District, the 3rd District had a much better environment.
"Yap!"
Yabao stared excitedly out of the car window at therge pet beasts passing by.
The driver was a talkative man who hadn’t stopped chatting the entire ride.
"You guys are students at Sainan High School?" He asked.
"Don’t mind me, I was just curious. I’ve been driving around here for years, but I’ve never had a Sainan High student as a passenger."
"I''m not doubting you or anything, it''s just that most Sainan High students travel on pet beasts. I''ve never seen one take a taxi before."
"But you all do look like students from there. By the way, kid, what’s the name of that pet beast you’re holding? I''ve never seen it before."
In the car, only Qiao Sang was holding a pet beast.
Tang Yi didn’t have a lightweight miniaturization bracelet, so he kept his pet beasts stored while using public transport.
Simrly, Yang Jiayi had kept her Sagan Meow in her Beast codex to prevent it from fighting with Yabao again.
"zing Star Canine." Qiao Sang answered.
"zing Star Canine?"
The driver praised, "That’s a beautiful pet beast. It must be a rare breed, I''ve never even heard of it."
"Of course, you haven''t," Officer Chen was about to introduce the three prodigies from Dragon Nation when---
The car came to a stop.
"Sainan High School, we’re here."