Wang Yiding rushed forward excitedly.
Ever since he saw Qiao Sang's Flame-Listening Hound and Treasure-Hunting Ghost both capable of teleportation at the opening ceremony, he had been utterly shaken to his core.
Recalling that Qiao Sang had once mentioned she was a sparring partner for the Hongying Beast Taming Battle Club, he had run over without pause after school to make an appointment.
As a result, he had managed to secure a slot right now.
"Big Shot Qiao, remember me? I'm the one whose Crowned Meow ran away from home last time, and you helped me find it," Wang Yiding said, trying to get close. "I was startled when I saw you at the opening ceremony; I didn't expect us both to be at Shengshui High School."
"I remember," Qiao Sang nodded.
It was hard to forget someone who spent money as if it were nothing.
"Shall we start the sparring now?" Qiao Sang asked.
Wang Yiding scratched his head and said sheepishly, "I didn't come to you for sparring, but because I want you to teach my Crowned Meow how to teleport."
Qiao Sang: "..."
I taught you online, and I explained it to the Crowned Meow in person, and neither ended well. Now you're coming back to learn? Are you kidding me? Qiao Sang glanced at the Crowned Meow out of the corner of her eye, just about to refuse.
Right then, Wang Yiding spoke up: "As long as it learns, money is no object!"
With a look of righteous determination, Qiao Sang said, "Then you've come to the right person. Both my Flame-Listening Hound and Treasure-Hunting Ghost can teleport; I have full confidence in teaching your Crowned Meow."
"I knew it!" Wang Yiding exclaimed in delight.
He believed in Qiao Sang a thousand percent.
Currently, Big Shot Qiao was a legendary figure at Shengshui High School. Although she was a first-year freshman like him, legends about her circulated in every corner of the campus, from the lower grades to the upper grades.
For example, she had entered a beast taming battle competition immediately after the high school entrance exams and won the championship.
In middle school, she slept every day and scored zeros on her tests, but she managed to get into Shengshui High School after a brief burst of diligence in the final few days before the exams.
As a Ghost-type pet, the Treasure-Hunting Ghost had not only learned how to break bricks under Big Shot Qiao's cultivation, but its skills could also crush every Fighting-type pet in the school. It had even boldly declared its intention to dominate the brick-breaking event at the sports meet.
Even the inscrutable Vice Principal was a relative of hers; every time she needed leave, the Vice Principal helped her arrange it.
In short, in Wang Yiding's mind, Qiao Sang was an absolutely badass existence.
Qiao Sang crouched down, looked at the Crowned Meow, and smiled, "We meet again."
"Crown!"
The Crowned Meow stared at Qiao Sang for a moment, then suddenly leaped a large step backward. Its previously lazy expression turned vigilant; it had clearly remembered who she was.
Seeing its Crowned Meow's reaction, Wang Yiding quickly reminded it, "Guan-guan, we agreed beforehand that you have to learn diligently!"
"Crown..."
The Crowned Meow's body stiffened, and it took a step forward with an expression of resignation.
Qiao Sang was somewhat surprised.
She didn't know what Wang Yiding had told the Crowned Meow to make it compromise, considering the cat had previously run away from home just to avoid practicing teleportation by farting.
Qiao Sang decided to ask. Just as she opened her mouth, "You are..."
Coincidentally, Wang Yiding asked at the same time, "Big Shot Qiao, how did you get your pets to learn teleportation? To think both of them could learn it."
Qiao Sang instantly shut her mouth.
She suddenly realized this guy didn't know her method of teaching teleportation yet.
Looking at it this way, although the Crowned Meow had heard her mention it before, it might have already forgotten...
Qiao Sang remained silent for a moment. "Exclusive secret technique. Cannot be disclosed."
"Crown..." The Crowned Meow stared at Qiao Sang vigilantly.
It hadn't forgotten that the human before it had told it the method for practicing teleportation, but its beast tamer had guaranteed that the person teaching it would absolutely not use farting to practice teleportation.
And it chose to believe its beast tamer.
"Didn't you say at the opening ceremony that if I won, you'd give me the secret technique for teleportation?" Wang Yiding chuckled.
"I understand, I won't ask. As long as you can teach Crowned Meow. Actually, my Crowned Meow has tried learning teleportation before, but the teacher at the training center I found wasn't good enough. They taught for a long time without success, which is why I thought of seeking out a big shot like you."
"By the way, Big Shot Qiao, what were you about to say just now?"
Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said, "I was just about to say that you have great vision to think of coming to me to learn teleportation."
Wang Yiding paused, momentarily unsure who Big Shot Qiao was praising...
"Wait for me a second." After saying this, Qiao Sang stepped aside, putting several meters of distance between herself and Wang Yiding.
Once she was sure the other party couldn't hear her, she called out, "Little Treasure."
"Xun~"
The little Treasure-Hunting Ghost appeared.
Qiao Sang looked at the little Treasure-Hunting Ghost and whispered, "You heard everything just now, right?"
How could she possibly teach teleportation? At most, she only knew that the little Treasure-Hunting Ghost relied on the feeling of farting to execute the teleportation. The one who actually knew how to teach was the little Treasure-Hunting Ghost.
However, if the little Treasure-Hunting Ghost could teach, it was equivalent to her being able to teach, so it didn't make much difference.
"Xun~"
The little Treasure-Hunting Ghost nodded.
Qiao Sang lowered her voice even further. "You remember that Crowned Meow, right? The one we helped train before."
"Xun."
The little Treasure-Hunting Ghost shrugged its paws.
Of course it remembered; because of that guy, its grilled sausages were gone.
"Good that you remember," Qiao Sang said earnestly. "The Crowned Meow originally ran away because it didn't want to practice teleportation by farting. When you teach it later, don't be so blunt with words like 'farting.' Be more tactful."
"For example, change it to 'abdominal gas' or 'pressure release' or something."
"Xun..."
The little Treasure-Hunting Ghost looked reluctant.
That guy was such a hassle.
"That's how work is," Qiao Sang said melancholy.
"Xun..."
The little Treasure-Hunting Ghost also looked melancholy.
Seeing this, Qiao Sang pretended to sigh. "If we don't work hard to earn money, we won't have money to buy energy pellets in the future. Then you'll just have to suffer through eating the food I make again."
"Xun xun!"
The little Treasure-Hunting Ghost panicked upon hearing this.
It immediately cried out, indicating it had no problem and could absolutely teach diligently.
Qiao Sang: "..."
Although this was her ultimate goal, thinking about how the little Treasure-Hunting Ghost reacted so strongly to eating her food still made her feel a bit mentally exhausted.
50 minutes later.
In the first row by the side of the field, Wang Yiding watched the Crowned Meow training with the Treasure-Hunting Ghost in the center of the field and suggested
"Big Shot Qiao, after we finish today, I'll go straight to the front desk and pay for a monthly package. Can you spare a bit of time every evening to come and teach? I'll pay the sparring fee, and I'll pay the teleportation tuition too."
Qiao Sang checked the time on her phone and said, "It's only been about 50 minutes, and Crowned Meow's posture for... executing teleportation is already looking the part. I don't think it will take a whole month."
Speaking of the posture for executing teleportation, Wang Yiding couldn't help but look at his Crowned Meow.
He didn't know if it was his imagination, but why did that posture look so much like... constipation?
In the center of the field.
The Crowned Meow's tail was stiff, its limbs were straining, and its face was flushed red from holding it in.
After persisting for over ten seconds, it wore an expression of defeat.
"Crown..."
"Xun xun!"
The little Treasure-Hunting Ghost was frustrated by its lack of progress.
Keep going!
How can you be so stupid!
Big Brother Tooth-Treasure learned it so quickly back then!
"Crown!"
The Crowned Meow looked up at the little Treasure-Hunting Ghost with a skeptical expression.
Can you really learn teleportation just by releasing the gas and force inside the body?
"Xun!"
The little Treasure-Hunting Ghost nodded vigorously, giving its guarantee.
That's exactly how it learned!
"Crown?"
The Crowned Meow let out a cry, raising a question.
Why must the gas and force be expelled from such an ungraceful location, and not somewhere else?
"Xun xun!"
The little Treasure-Hunting Ghost immediately circulated all the energy, gas, and force in its body to its right paw, wanting to demonstrate to the Crowned Meow that this way wouldn't work.
Who would have thought that when all the power gathered in the right paw, a thick, white energy appeared on top of it.
"Xun..."
The little Treasure-Hunting Ghost froze, feeling the power in its right paw, and subconsciously swung it toward the ground.
*Crash!*
A thin crack instantly split across the ground.
Qiao Sang, who had been watching the center of the field, widened her eyes and suddenly bolted upright from her seat.
Holy crap!
Brick breaking!!!
(End of Chapter)