The experiment was a success!
Looking at the energetic Lubao, Qiao Sang felt as if she could hear her own heart pounding violently.
Normal adults and most pets spend about a third of their day sleeping.
Although the feedback from pets shortens a person's sleep time while ensuring their energy for the entire day, it doesn't mean that not sleeping at all is feasible.
Even if a Beast Tamer's brain development reached 70%, attaining the realm of an S-class Beast Tamer, they wouldn't be like those written in some novels—reaching a certain stage of cultivation where they no longer need sleep and can stay awake 24/7, 365 days a year.
But now, a single move of Healing Light had made staying up for 365 consecutive days a reality!
Staying up late is great for a moment, but staying up forever is great forever!
With Healing Light, staying up late wouldn't make you ugly, wouldn't give you headaches, and wouldn't leave you bald. For people who work overtime, can't wake up during the day, and can't sleep at night, this was simply the ultimate divine skill among divine skills!
"Lu."
Lubao observed the surrounding environment, and upon seeing Qiao Sang, leaped up and jumped directly into her arms.
This pulled Qiao Sang back to reality from her thoughts.
Why did you jump up? You're covered in drool right now! Qiao Sang silently pushed Lubao a little further away from her chest.
"Lu."
Lubao looked at the human who had once examined its body with a cold, aloof expression, completely unaware that it was being shunned by its own Beast Tamer.
At this moment, Liu Yao stood there with a blank expression, speechless. He looked back and forth between Ice Lugia and the Treasure Demon, losing all of his usual mature and steady demeanor.
"Vice Principal?" Qiao Sang called out to him.
Liu Yao snapped back to his senses and looked at Qiao Sang with a complex expression, feeling a surge of envy and jealousy for the first time in his heart.
Others might not notice, but he could tell at a glance that this Treasure Demon was a variant pet. Although the variant parts weren't many, it firmly fell within the category of variant pets.
An Ice Lugia, a variant Treasure Demon, plus a Flame Listening Hound—is this person even human?!
No!
This is not human!
What normal fifteen-year-old child has three pets!
And all of them have evolved to the Intermediate stage!
"Vice Principal?" Qiao Sang called again.
"All three of your pets are Intermediate," Liu Yao said in a hoarse voice.
Actually, most of the students in the school already knew that Qiao Sang's Treasure Ghost had evolved into a Treasure Demon during yesterday's sports meet, but most of the discussions were still about the fact that the Treasure Demon could actually break bricks.
Additionally, Liu Yao hadn't been at school during the sports meet, so his information was a bit lagged, and he hadn't known immediately that the Treasure Ghost had evolved.
"Mm," Qiao Sang nodded.
Liu Yao tried to hold it in, but he couldn't. He asked, "How do you usually cultivate your pets?"
Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said, "I don't have much time for cultivation. I'm usually in class, and I have homework when I get back. I basically rely on Yabao and the others to be self-disciplined. As for food, I use the customized energy pellets based on the formula you gave me."
Liu Yao's face wore an expression of questioning his entire existence.
After a long while, he waved his hand, feeling mentally exhausted. "Go back to class. Don't forget to go to Training Ground No. 1 after school. Old Xian, escort her back."
Having said that, Liu Yao didn't want to look in Qiao Sang's direction anymore; he was afraid he'd have a heart attack.
...
When the bell for the last period of the afternoon rang, everyone packed their things and filed out of the classroom.
At that moment, a girl wearing glasses, with a fair complexion and a standard student haircut, appeared at the door of Class 1, Grade 10.
"Is Qiao Sang here?"
Ever since receiving the feedback, Qiao Sang's hearing had improved significantly. Even though the classroom was filled with the sound of talking, she could clearly hear when someone mentioned her name.
She looked toward the door and found that she didn't recognize this person.
The girl standing at the door clearly recognized Qiao Sang. Before the students at the door could point her out, she spotted Qiao Sang and waved with a smile.
"Who are you?" Qiao Sang asked as she finished packing and walked to the door.
"My name is Xu Yixuan, from the Grade 12 school team. Teacher Sun asked me to pick you up," the girl smiled.
So she's a senior... Qiao Sang nodded. "Then let's go."
Along the way, Qiao Sang's ears suffered greatly.
Xu Yixuan looked refined and spoke gently, but she was a genuine chatterbox. From Class 1, Grade 10 to Training Ground No. 1, she didn't shut her mouth once.
"Qiao Sang, who gave you that name? Your dad or your mom?"
"It was me—"
"You don't have to answer, let me guess."
"..."
"Actually, during the freshman strength demonstration at the start of the term, I wanted to go up and challenge you, but my sixth sense told me not to, so I didn't."
"Did you really contract a third pet?"
"How did your Treasure Demon learn to break bricks?"
"Is your Flame Listening Hound male or female? My Blazing Hound is male. If the genders are compatible, how about we make them relatives?"
"What is your third pet?"
"Are you and the Vice Principal really relatives?"
"I heard from Teacher Sun that you're going to participate in the upcoming national campus beast-taming league for the Grade 12 bracket. In that case, our Grade 12 battle group will have one extra person. Do you think Teacher Sun will just have us battle it out, and the loser becomes a substitute, or goes to the team battle group as a substitute?"
Qiao Sang felt that this question needed an answer, so she spoke up, "I'm not su—"
Xu Yixuan interrupted again: "You don't have to answer me, let me guess."
Qiao Sang: "..."
When she saw the building marked as Training Ground No. 1, Qiao Sang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally liberated...
This person is practically a Tang Sanzang...
Qiao Sang pushed the door open and entered Training Ground No. 1.
The surroundings were dim, and on a virtual giant screen over 20 meters wide in front of her, the currently trending hot-blooded battle anime *The End-Game Beast Tamer Boy* was playing.
The anime had exquisite art, a burning budget, and amazing fight scenes.
It was famous for making viewers feel their blood boil, leaving them with an irresistible urge to have a battle immediately.
"This is Teacher Sun's training method," Xu Yixuan explained. "Every few days, we watch some hot-blooded battle anime to increase our passion for fighting."
"It can't be helped. We battle every day. Except for when we can find different opponents during missions, we're just fighting the same few people in school all the time. It's become a bit numb. If we didn't watch hot-blooded anime to boost our passion, I'm afraid we'd have become emotionless battle machines long ago."
"You have to be mentally prepared. This is different from the Grade 11 school team; you have to fight every day."
Qiao Sang smiled and spoke the first complete sentence since leaving the classroom: "That's exactly what I want."
Xu Yixuan sighed sincerely; this junior was still too young.
Thinking this, she said it out loud: "You're still too young."
At that moment, the virtual giant screen disappeared, and the lights in the training ground flared up.
Sun Boyi stood where the virtual screen had been, looking at Qiao Sang with a smile. "Welcome to the Grade 12 school team."