Lubo, lying on the ground, opened its eyes and looked up.
"Come, drink this," Qiao Sang said, opening a potion in her hand.
The moment she saw the Potential Enhancement Potion, she decided to give it to Lubo.
As the saying goes: supplement whatever is lacking.
It wasn't that she felt Lubo's potential was lacking, but rather that compared to Yabao and Little Xunbao, Lubo was more suited for it.
"Lu."
Lubo didn't ask what it was. It stood up, walked over, and leaned in to sniff it.
Finding the smell tolerable, it took the bottle with its paw, sat half-way on the ground, held it up, and drank it all in one gulp.
"How do you feel?" Qiao Sang asked expectantly.
This was a potion appraised as S-rank!
If she didn't have that unlimited credit card, she estimated she would have had to work herself to death for half her life to save up enough to afford a single bottle.
"Lu."
Lubo placed the empty bottle on the ground, flicked its tail, turned back to its original spot, lay down, and closed its eyes, indicating it felt nothing.
How could there be no feeling? This was an S-rank Potential Enhancement Potion; could it be expired...? Qiao Sang bent over to pick up the empty bottle and checked the expiration date.
It wasn't expired...
"Lu..."
Just then, Lubo suddenly snapped its eyes open, wearing a bewildered expression.
It felt as if various parts of its body were starting to feel... off.
Actually, it felt quite comfortable...
Qiao Sang turned to look and saw a thin layer of blue light emanating from Lubo's entire body. Subsequently, its body began to slowly grow larger within the blue light.
After an unknown amount of time, once the blue light dissipated, Lubo's original body length of about 40 centimeters had increased to around 60 centimeters.
"Xun!"
Little Xunbao's eyes widened instantly upon seeing the suddenly enlarged Lubo. Then, as if remembering something, it floated in front of its Beast Tamer, stared at the empty bottle for a moment, and then stared at its Beast Tamer.
"Xun..."
Although becoming larger meant it could no longer sit on its Beast Tamer's head, it still really wanted to try...
Good grief, it grew that much all at once... Qiao Sang didn't notice Little Xunbao's actions; instead, she fell into thought while looking at the enlarged Lubo.
Potential Enhancement Potion—she remembered that the effect of this potion was to improve a pet's constitution, expanding the range of energy values it could withstand.
Depending on the effect of the constitutional improvement, there would be a certain increase in body size, more or less.
It seemed the effect of the S-rank Potential Enhancement Potion was too potent, causing Lubo to grow so noticeably.
It was a pity there was no energy tester at home; otherwise, she could add the points and see what Lubo's current limit was.
However, based solely on the data in the Beast Codex, she should be able to see some changes...
Thinking of this, Qiao Sang closed her eyes, and her consciousness quickly entered the Beast Codex.
【Name: Ice Lugia】 【Attribute: Water, Ice】 【Level: Intermediate (9755/10000)+】
9755?!
Qiao Sang was completely bewildered.
Holy crap, when she checked late last night, this value was only 3013, and now it's 9755?!
Is the effect of an S-rank Potential Enhancement Potion this ridiculous?! It increased by over 6000 all at once?!
Previously, when she had spent lavishly to buy items like Fire Condensing Beads for Yabao and Little Xunbao, the daily increase was only 5 points. She had never seen an increase in the four-digit range.
This was too exaggerated!
With the points Lubo had accumulated now, if she added them, it could evolve directly.
Then again, wasn't this thing supposed to enhance potential? Why did the energy increase so much?
Qiao Sang's consciousness exited the Beast Codex; she wished she could immediately buy an energy tester to check Lubo's specific current condition.
But as she stood up, she suddenly remembered that for the sake of buying a house, she had given the Black Gold Card to her mother...
Qiao Sang sat back down.
Better wait until her mother returns...
When she goes to school tomorrow, she'll ask the vice-principal what exactly is going on...
"Xun..."
Little Xunbao was still staring.
Only then did Qiao Sang finally notice Little Xunbao.
"You want to drink some too?" Qiao Sang asked, realizing.
"Xun xun!" Little Xunbao nodded vigorously.
"But there was only one bottle, it's gone," Qiao Sang said.
"Xun..." Little Xunbao's head drooped, showing a crestfallen expression.
Seeing this, Qiao Sang glanced at the empty bottle, then held it up tentatively: "There's still one drop in here. How about you try mixing it with water?"
"Xun xun!"
Hearing this, Little Xunbao's spirits lifted. It immediately took the bottle containing the last drop of Potential Enhancement Potion and happily floated toward the kitchen.
Qiao Sang: "..."
"Lu."
On the other side, Lubo felt its own changes. It was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked to the full-length mirror to take a look.
With just one glance, it disinterestedly turned around, returned to its original spot, and closed its eyes to lie down again.
Boring. Compared to Yabao, it was still so small.
...
7:12 PM.
At the dining table.
Her mother glanced to the side and said hesitantly, "Why does it feel like Lubo has grown quite a bit?"
"I bought a lot of potions today; it drank a bottle of Potential Enhancement Potion and became like this," Qiao Sang said. "By the way, Mom, did you go see the houses this afternoon?"
"Ya!"
Yabao, who was eating energy pellets in the living room, pricked up its ears and instantly stopped its movements, looking over with an expectant expression.
Ye Xiangting paused and spoke: "There are some, but I can't buy them."
Qiao Sang was stunned: "Why?"
Were there houses in Hanggang City that couldn't be bought even with an unlimited credit card?
"Ya?"
Yabao wore the same confused expression as its Beast Tamer.
Ye Xiangting said helplessly
"The housing development I'm interested in has a purchase requirement; the buyer must be at least a C-rank talent."
"Ya?" Yabao tilted its head.
What is a C-rank talent? Isn't its Beast Tamer one?
This... Qiao Sang was somewhat surprised.
She had seen housing developments with purchase requirements on the internet, but most of them mentioned mainstream cities like the Imperial Capital or Luojing.
C-rank talent referred to people who had passed the C-rank certification in fields such as Beast Tamers, Breeders, Coordinators, Pharmacists, Item Masters, and so on.
In mainstream cities, buying a house wasn't just about having money; one also had to meet the purchase requirements.
Aside from residency issues and purchase limits, the requirements for prime locations were even stricter.
Usually, the buyer's profession had to have reached a certain rank.
Some of these requirements were so absurdly strict that they wouldn't sell to anyone below an A-rank talent.
Yet, often the developments with the most absurd qualifications were the ones that sold the fastest.
Just imagine the terror of a residential area where every single resident was an A-rank talent.
Qiao Sang hadn't realized that Hanggang City also had this type of housing.
Seeing that her daughter hadn't spoken for a while, Ye Xiangting placed a piece of meat in her bowl and said in a relaxed tone, "It's fine. I'll look at other developments tomorrow. Now that I have this card, why would I worry about not finding a suitable house?"
That's true... Qiao Sang picked up the meat in her bowl and took a bite, saying, "Mom, while you're at it tomorrow, please buy an energy tester for me."
"Okay," Ye Xiangting agreed with a smile.
...
(End of Chapter)