The main gate? Liu Qijia froze, his brain failing to process the suggestion for a moment.
The first thought that popped into his head was: Just what kind of skill allows someone to walk right past the security guard's nose in broad daylight?!
One had to understand that the school gates were equipped with human-sensing devices; as soon as someone passed through, a notification would be sent to the security office.
Even if the security guard happened to be in the restroom and someone used a special method to leave the campus, the monitors on 24-hour rotating shifts would notice immediately.
These were lessons learned through the blood and tears of countless freshmen!
Yet, Great God Qiao spoke the words "take the main gate" with such nonchalance!
As expected of the powerhouse who taught a Treasure-Hunting Demon how to split tiles!
Something countless freshmen couldn't achieve, she did with such ease and grace!
Liu Qijia lay on the ground, looking up at Qiao Sang, suddenly feeling as if her silhouette had become toweringly immense!
Just then, Xiang Chengfei asked Qiao Sang, "Is it really okay for you to go through the main gate?"
"It's fine, I'm a day student," Qiao Sang replied.
Liu Qijia: "..."
...
Hongjiang District, Libo Training Hall.
As a training hall specializing in Fighting-type pets, it gathered a large number of Fighting-type pets and their beast tamers.
Unlike pets of other attributes, beast tamers could train right alongside Fighting-type pets.
In one of the rooms of the Libo Training Hall, a middle-aged man was doing a one-handed handstand, and beside him was a pet performing the exact same movement.
"Switch."
As the middle-aged man spoke, he naturally switched his weight from his right hand to his left.
"Yan yan."
The pet beside him switched to its left hand in synchronization.
In the corner, a sandy-yellow pet with a spike on its head and bandages wrapped around its wrists and ankles was trying to do a handstand, mimicking the middle-aged man in the center of the room.
It first braced itself with both hands, head touching the floor, slowly performing the handstand.
Once the two-handed handstand was complete, it slowly retracted its left hand.
Immediately after, a look of pain crossed its face.
The next second.
*Thump!*
It lost its balance and crashed straight to the ground.
"Jian..."
The pet with bandages wrapped around its limbs wore a crestfallen expression.
The commotion caught the middle-aged man's attention.
"Kid Spike-Battle, why are you in here again? Didn't I tell you? Don't practice anything right now; just get some good rest for a couple of days," the middle-aged man said, looking toward the bandaged pet while maintaining his handstand.
"Yan yan." The pet doing the handstand beside him nodded in agreement.
"Jian jian..."
The Spike-Battle kid lowered its head and pursed its lips, looking as if it were weighed down by lead, completely devoid of spirit.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man ended his handstand, walked to the table by the wall, took a few sips of water from a cup, and said to the Spike-Battle kid
"Don't be anxious. Injuries are something almost every Fighting-type pet encounters. You'll get better."
"Jian..."
The Spike-Battle kid wasn't comforted; it lowered its head and walked out the door.
"Yan yan..."
The pet still performing the one-handed handstand looked worried.
"I know," the middle-aged man sighed. "This is a mental block. Only its beast tamer coming to pick it up will fix this."
Just then, a piercing phone ring sounded.
The middle-aged man grabbed the phone from the table; the caller ID showed "Old Fang."
He pressed the answer button.
"Dad, it's me!"
...
"This is where my dad works," Liu Qijia said, pointing to a building with a "Libo Training Hall" sign. "My dad usually trains pets here; at this hour, he probably hasn't gone home yet."
As he spoke, he stepped inside.
*A beast tamer specializing in cultivating Fighting-type pets...* Qiao Sang followed behind, recalling the words Zhang Shuzhou had used to introduce Liu Qijia's father.
At that moment, the little Treasure-Hunter sitting on Qiao Sang's head suddenly twitched its nose, as if it had smelled something pleasant. With an intoxicated expression, it unconsciously floated toward a certain direction.
Liu Qijia had just entered the training hall and walked a few steps when a burly man approached and greeted him
"Isn't this Old Liu's son? Why are you here? Don't you have school today?"
Liu Qijia replied without blinking, "I don't have evening self-study. I brought my classmate here because we have some business with my dad. Uncle Fang, where is my dad?"
Uncle Fang didn't answer, but instead asked, "Your classmate? Where is your classmate?"
Liu Qijia paused, turned to look both ways, and then stared blankly.
Where was Great God Qiao?!
"Call your dad first," Uncle Fang suddenly answered the previous question. "He is here, but I don't know exactly which room he's in."
...
On the other side, Qiao Sang called out while following the little Treasure-Hunter, "Where are you going!"
She was a bit bewildered. What was wrong with the little Treasure-Hunter?
Why did it suddenly float away?
"Xun..."
The little Treasure-Hunter sniffed the air while floating in a specific direction.
Before long, it stopped by a corner of a wall.
"Xun xun!"
The little Treasure-Hunter excitedly pointed toward a pet practicing handstands in the corner.
*This guy smells great! I want to suck it!*
Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something, looking at the handstanding pet in the corner with astonishment.
*Is this Spike-Battle kid about to kick the bucket?!*
Qiao Sang recognized the pet at first glance.
Spike-Battle kid, a primary Fighting-type pet. It fights by spinning like a top, and when it rotates its body at high speeds, the spike on its head allows it to drill directly into the ground.
Its vitality is very tenacious, and it can live in almost any environment.
Logically, a Spike-Battle kid should at least be able to evolve into a medium-level pet; it shouldn't be on the verge of death at such a young age... Qiao Sang thought to herself.
But the moment she heard the little Treasure-Hunter's reaction, she immediately thought of the old lady and her Ghost-Sucking Lamp from her first mission.
Back then, the little Treasure-Hunter was the same—it wanted to suck.
What had attracted the little Treasure-Hunter then was death energy.
While Qiao Sang was lost in thought, the Spike-Battle kid performing the handstand slowly retracted its left hand, attempting a one-handed handstand with its right.
However, its right hand wobbled, unable to support it for even two seconds.
*Thump!*
The Spike-Battle kid fell.
That single movement confirmed Qiao Sang's suspicion.
One had to remember that the Spike-Battle kid was a Fighting-type pet.
For Fighting-type pets, handstands were as common as breathing; there was no way it couldn't even last two seconds.
For a moment, Qiao Sang's gaze toward the Spike-Battle kid became exceptionally complex.
*This... is still just a child!*
"Jian jian..." Seeing that it had failed again, the Spike-Battle kid slumped its head, looking utterly disheartened.
Just then, it heard a human voice.
"Lubao, give it a Healing Light."
"Lu."
Before the Spike-Battle kid could react, a strong blue light shone upon it.
"Jian jian?"
The Spike-Battle kid froze, then felt a warm sensation spreading through its entire body.
It felt as if something about it had changed.
After the blue light faded, the human who had spoken stood before it and said, "Don't worry, you're not going to die."
Spike-Battle kid: "???"