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âGood morning, Boss Xu!â
Early the next day, as soon as Xu Ran arrived at the square in front of the Beast Master Association, he ran into someone he knew.
âGood morning.â Xu Ran glanced at Su Xiaoxiao, who had a vibrant and bright smile on her face, âAre you also participating in this exchange?â
âYeah!â Su Xiaoxiao nodded enthusiastically, holding Gu Lingâs hand, and after looking around, she lowered her voice, âActually, Iâm here because of connections!â
âMy family and Gu Lingâs family are old friends, so Uncle Gu brought me along to broaden my horizons.â Su Xiaoxiao chuckled, âHappens to be during the holidays!â
âIt doesnât matter, Iâm just going to have a look.â Gu Ling wrapped her arm around Su Xiaoxiaoâs, her face carrying a smile of faint helplessness, âThis exchange has been converted to a challenge, I donât know if they will be grouped by the stages of the Pet Beasts.â
âIf not, my presence will just be for show.â
On this point, her contract power hadnât reached the second stage just like Su Xiaoxiao, so there wasnât much difference between them.
âMy father said, Boss Xu, you have already broken through the third stage?â Gu Ling glanced at Ziyun, who was following after Xu Ran, showing a look of envy, âThat was fast!â
âAbit of a fluke.â Xu Ran replied nonchalantly, âAnyway, are there other people coming?â
âYes.â Gu Ling nodded, âThereâs alsoâ¦â
Before she could finish speaking, a voice came from far away on the other side.
âGood morning, everyone!â
As the voice fell, a colossal white figure rushed towards them at an alarming speed.
âWoof-â
The Frost Dust Wolf, eight meters long and standing as tall as a two-story building, howled towards the sky, showing signs of an Elite Stage power fluctuation, and its eyes filled with a sense of pride.
However, when it spotted the tiny, saucer-faced Cancan behind Xu Ran, it immediately retreated its tail, cut off its lengthened howl, and the entire dog⦠ah, no, the wolf started behaving obediently.
âDid everyone have breakfast yet?â Xu Jiujiu, with a large backpack on her back and two big bags of hot steamed buns in her hand, greeted the three with a grin, âI bought them from the breakfast shop downstairs of my house!â
âThankyou, weâve already eaten.â Gu Ling and Su Xiaoxiao politely declined.
âIâll take a couple of buns.â Xu Ran, amusedby Xu Jiujiuâs down-to-earth demeanor, grabbed a couple of meat buns, âBroke through the Elite Stage?â Three days ago, Xu Jiujiu suddenly brought the Frost Dust Wolf, whom she had been fostering, back home. Xu Ran had then suspected that she might break through.
âThatâs right!â Xu Jiujiu puffed out her lean chest, âThe exchange is imminent, and I canât let other city Beast Masters look down on us!â
With a flash of light, the Frost Dust Wolf disappeared on the spot.
They were going to ride on Gu Wuâs Pet Beast to Xieyun City. The space was limited, so larger Pet Beasts could only be summoned once they reached the destination.
âMy second Pet Beast is not weak. Boss Xu, weâll have a chance to challenge each other againâ¦â Xu Jiujiu began boasting, but upon noticing Ziyun behind Xu Ran, her voice abruptly stopped mid-sentence, âYouâ¦â
âYou?!â
âOh, you missed it when you came to pick up the Frost Dust Wolf last time. Ziyun was training.â Xu Ran chuckled at the sight of Xu Jiujiuâs shock, suddenly feeling a twinge of sadistic pleasure, âIâve already reached the third stage. Try to keep up.â
âYou.,.1â¦â Xu Jiujiu was at a loss for words. Irritated, she bit into a bun that sheâd pulled out of the bag, muttering under her breath.
âToo slick! Absolutely slick!â
âYou guys finally got here.â Lyu Guang, walking alone, approached the four. âWant some?â Xu Jiujiu, taking another intimidating bite of the bun, didnât forget to offer the bag to Lyu Guang.
âSure.â Lyu Guang casually took two buns, then looked at Xu Ran, âI heard from A Ji, youâve reached the Leadership Stage.â
âUhm.â Xu Ran nodded, the image of A Jiâs noisy figure causing a corner of his mouth to twitch involuntarily.
A Ji was the student at Bamboo Leaf Martial Arts Pavilion who had misunderstood him when he had visited. After visiting the Foster Shop once, heâ d never been able to go back.
A few days ago, he came by and saw that Ziyun had reached the Leadership Level. After his Combat Bear Apprentice had been washed and groomed, he left rather hurriedly.
Concerning the fact that Lyu Guang knew about his breakthrough, Xu Ran was not surprised.
âImpressive, Iâll catchup to you soon.â Lyu Guang nodded seriously without mentioning the mishap of almost tripping himself up when he first found out, then focused on eating his buns.
After finishing two quickly, he turned to Xu Jiujiu, âCan I have two more?â
âYou really can eat.â Xu Jiujiu looked at Lyu Guang admiringly.
âMartial artists need a lot of food.â Lyu Guang casually picked up two more buns, his expression calm.
A short while later.
âTwo more?â
âImpressive!â Xu Jiujiu couldnât help but rub Lyu Guangâs still flat stomach and gave him a thumbs up, âYou can even eat more than me!â
Watching this somewhat absurd conversation between the two, Xu Ran and Gu Ling started to show some strange expressions. Su Xiaoxiaoâs mouth hung open slightly, looking curiously at Lyu Guangâs stomach from time to time, seemingly intrigued by his appetite.
âYouâre all here.â
The amused voice of Gu Wu came from inside the Beast Master Association headquarters.
As he stepped out, three young men and one woman followed close behind.
âLet me introduce you.â When he reached the group of five, Gu Wu introduced the four people behind him, âJiang Ruming, Cui Yongsheng, Shi Songnian, Mou Mengdan.â