Chapter 42: High School Entrance Examination Results

For her second pet, Qiao Sang preferred a plant-type or water-type pet that could learn healing skills.

If a team had a healer, its safety coefficient would skyrocket.

It would also give people the confidence to venture deeper into the wilderness where extraordinary creatures resided.

However, most pets with healing skills were pre-booked by medical institutions, making it difficult for ordinary Beast Tamers to secure an appointment on the open market.

Qiao Sang was in no hurry; this was merely her current thought.

The matter of the pet egg could be set aside for now; the priority was the cultivation of the Fire Fang Dog.

Having accepted the fact that the Beast Manual had awakened again, Qiao Sang finally understood why her strength had suddenly increased significantly.

The enhancement of the Beast Manual within a Tamer's brain region, along with the evolution of their pets, could provide a certain level of feedback to the Tamer themselves.

Based on the timeline, the changes in her brain region must have occurred during the period she spent sleeping after returning from her high school entrance exams.

After analyzing this, Qiao Sang's mood settled. She looked at the sleeping Fire Fang Dog and pulled a few tissues from the nightstand to wipe its drool.

...

...

In the Beast Taming Society, only five days had passed before the entrance exam results were released. This efficiency was twice as fast as the Education Bureau of her previous life.

Candidates could directly query their scores by entering their admission ticket number on the official WeChat account of the Hanggang Education Admissions and Examination Bureau.

As soon as this news broke, every candidate who had just finished the exams immediately pulled out their admission tickets and phones.

Qingcheng Jiayuan.

Building C, Unit 606.

Qiao Sang stared at the score on her phone, speechless for three seconds.

Her mother, unable to hold back from the side, asked anxiously, "What did you get?"

Today was the day the results were released, so Ye Xiangting had specifically pushed her work aside to stay home.

"Mom, I have something to tell you. Don't get excited," Qiao Sang said, looking up seriously.

"I won't get excited. Just say it," her mother replied loudly.

"I got into Shengshui Middle School," Qiao Sang smiled.

"Huh?" Ye Xiangting was stunned.

"I said I got into Shengshui Middle School," Qiao Sang repeated.

"Shengshui Middle School..." Her mother murmured, looking at her daughter with a somewhat dazed expression. She asked, "What was your score?"

"Ya, ya, ya!"

The Fire Fang Dog looked at the phone in Qiao Sang's arms and answered.

Qiao Sang smiled and patted the Fire Fang Dog, saying, "359 points. It's all thanks to Fire Fang Dog. I took first place in the special recruitment for Shengshui Middle School last time, so I only need to meet the minimum passing score for the entrance exam to get in."

If she hadn't placed first in the special recruitment exam, Qiao Sang would have needed to score 50 points higher than the minimum passing line.

"Ya~"

The Fire Fang Dog let out an embarrassed cry.

The minimum passing score for this year's entrance exam had been announced by the Education Bureau last night; it was 329, which was 3 points lower than last year.

Qiao Sang had scored a full 30 points higher than the minimum.

Shengshui Middle School...

First place in special recruitment...

359 points...

Ye Xiangting was dizzy from this bombshell news. She snatched her daughter's phone and pulled it close to look.

Even though it was just a few simple numbers, Ye Xiangting had to read them four or five times before she was certain.

It really was 359 points...

Qiao Sang waited for a long time for her mother to praise her, but in the next second, she saw her mother toss the phone back to her with a *whoosh* and pull out her own phone to start dialing.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Qiao Sang asked.

"Telling your grandparents the good news!" her mother said excitedly.

Qiao Sang: "..."

Indeed, this news should be shared with her grandparents to make them happy.

18 minutes later.

"Mom, didn't you finish telling Grandpa and Grandma? Who else are you calling?"

"Your eldest uncle."

"..."

25 minutes later.

"Sister-in-law, how is Lichuan doing lately? It's nothing, just catching up..."

36 minutes later.

"Brother-in-law, is my sister nearby? It's nothing, my daughter just finished her exams. She did okay, just average, barely passed the minimum line. High school, you know, brother-in-law, you aren't from Hanggang, do you know Shengshui Middle School?"

An hour later, her mother was still on the phone.

"Mom, I'm going to school first," Qiao Sang said, holding the Fire Fang Dog.

The report cards were also being distributed today, and the group chat had announced the time for students to go.

"Oh, no, no, my daughter isn't as capable as your Jiajia. I heard Jiajia is always in the top three of the class, while my daughter is basically in the bottom three. This time she only just made it into Shengshui Middle School."

Her mother didn't even look up, waving her hand to signal that she could leave.

Qiao Sang: "..."

...

Wencheng Junior High, Class 3-7.

The gathering place for academic underachievers.

"How were your results?"

"Are you my friend?"

"What's wrong?"

"As boys, we have three things we don't ask about when making friends: we don't ask about grades, we don't ask about background, and we don't ask about parents. Especially not grades," Guo Linze said seriously.

"...I'm not your friend, I'm the person sitting in front of you. So, what did you score?" Fang Sisi retorted.

Guo Linze: "..."

He didn't want to answer the question. His eyes darted around and landed on Qiao Sang walking in while holding a Fire Fang Dog.

"Holy crap! A Fire Fang Dog! Qiao Sang, you've got guts!" Guo Linze shouted.

Currently, students whose brain regions had successfully awakened had already contracted pets, so Qiao Sang had brought the Fire Fang Dog into school quite openly.

She thought that since everyone was contracting pets now, it wouldn't attract too much attention, but she had underestimated the charm of Fire-type pets.

From the moment she entered the school gate, nine out of ten people turned to look at the Fire Fang Dog in Qiao Sang's arms; the one who didn't look was nearsighted and wasn't wearing glasses.

"You're not bad either, you contracted a Short-Tailed Snake," Qiao Sang said, looking at the snake coiled around Guo Linze's head.

Although the Short-Tailed Snake was one of the choices for rookie Tamers, because it was a Poison-type, its popularity was consistently the lowest among the five recommended pets for beginners.

Generally, those who contracted it were more daring rookie Tamers.

"That's still not comparable to you," Guo Linze said sincerely.

While the Short-Tailed Snake was a Poison-type, it had a gentle temperament as long as the Tamer was careful, but a Fire Fang Dog might accidentally snap at its Tamer at any moment.

Qiao Sang smiled without saying anything. Just as she sat down, she noticed Fang Sisi was almost sitting in the seat next to her.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Sang asked, puzzled.

"Nothing," Fang Sisi said, trembling.

"Ya!"

The Fire Fang Dog recognized Fang Sisi and gave her a friendly greeting.

Fang Sisi froze for a moment, then slowly slid her chair back.

Seeing that the Fire Fang Dog was staying obediently in Qiao Sang's arms, Fang Sisi sighed deeply and said, "I get it now. It's not that the Fire Fang Dog is well-behaved, it's that it's *your* Fire Fang Dog."

Qiao Sang looked at the Silkworm she was holding and had already guessed what happened. With a hint of a smile, she asked, "Why? Didn't you say last time you were going to contract a Fire Fang Dog too? Why did it turn into a Silkworm?"

Fang Sisi gave Qiao Sang a resentful look and said, "When I first entered the Fire Fang Dog base, I almost lost my hair. I finally picked out a quiet one to contract, but as soon as I touched its head, it sprayed a spark at me. My new skirt was ruined just like that."

Qiao Sang fell silent for a moment before saying, "Maybe the Fire Fang Dog you found wasn't quiet enough."

Fang Sisi said gloomily, "It was quiet enough. Out of all the Fire Fang Dogs, it was the only one sleeping."

Qiao Sang: "..."

(End of Chapter)