Chapter 13 Someone is Looking for You

"By the way, Thigh..." Fang Sisi wanted to say something more.

"Can you not call me Thigh?" Qiao Sang directly interrupted her.

"Then should I call you Beautiful Thigh?" Fang Sisi asked.

Qiao Sang: "..."

Under Qiao Sang's death glare, Fang Sisi finally changed her words, "Qiao Sang, have you already contracted a pet beast?"

No newly awakened Beast Master can resist the temptation to contract a pet beast right away.

Qiao Sang nodded without denying it.

"Then you..."

Fang Sisi was about to ask more when the voices in the classroom suddenly went silent.

Looking up, she saw that the homeroom teacher had arrived...

In the next second, Fang Sisi's face turned pale.

Oh no, oh no, she hadn't finished copying her homework!

"Five minutes later, we'll gather on the playground," the homeroom teacher said, glancing in Qiao Sang's direction.

All 4,000 students and over 300 teachers of Wencheng Junior High School gathered on the playground, forming a dense crowd.

"Why is the whole school here?" Fang Sisi, standing at the back, poked Qiao Sang with her finger.

"I don't know," Qiao Sang replied.

Junior three students, being in the final sprint stage, rarely joined the morning assemblies with the junior one and two students. Even if the school required a gathering, there were always one or two classes that were exceptions.

Qiao Sang looked up at the stage and noticed that the principal, vice-principal, and the head of the education department, along with all the school's top officials, were present. This was a grand scene rarely seen at regular morning assemblies.

Principal Chen Yongfeng was giving a speech with the usual old words. Every morning assembly, he repeated the same few sentences without any new ideas.

Qiao Sang was bored and didn't pay attention to what was being said on the stage.

After about ten minutes, a thunderous applause echoed in her ears, and Qiao Sang subconsciously clapped along.

A petite figure walked from the junior three section to the stage.

"Respected teachers, dear students, hello. I am Dai Shushu from Class 9, Junior 3, and I am honored..."

Qiao Sang had thought it was just a regular morning assembly, but it turned out to be a personal commendation for Dai Shushu.

Qiao Sang had never interacted with Dai Shushu, but with so much discussion around her, she knew a bit about her.

Dai Shushu came from a poor family and was the only one receiving the school's scholarship. She had been the top student in her grade for three years and was later admitted to the Beast Master High School through autonomous awakening, a typical example of a motivational figure.

"What's the point of being admitted if her family can't afford a pet beast?" a boy standing to her right sneered.

"Neither of her parents are Beast Masters, I wonder how they produced an autonomously awakened Beast Master," someone else commented.

Qiao Sang was somewhat surprised. With the development of the Beast Master society, humans had long realized that the children of two Beast Masters had a higher chance of being Beast Masters themselves.

The higher the level of the Beast Master, the more likely they were to have a child with high talent.

Conversely, the probability of a child becoming a Beast Master when both parents were ordinary people was only 2%.

If the birth of a Beast Master from ordinary parents was rare, the occurrence of an autonomously awakened individual was almost nonexistent.

Qiao Sang became interested and listened intently to the speech.

"This time, being admitted to Shengshui High School is not only due to my own efforts but also the support of my teachers..."

Qiao Sang's eyelashes twitched.

They were both autonomously awakened, and with Shengshui High School mentioned, it was hard for Qiao Sang not to compare herself to Dai Shushu.

After the comparison, she felt a bit depressed and lost interest in the rest of the speech.

Back in the classroom, Qiao Sang focused on her books.

As a junior high school student nearing the high school entrance exam, they had already finished all the required courses and were mainly reviewing and doing practice tests.

"3,000 years ago, a disaster struck, with earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanic eruptions causing global destruction. Which Beast Master stopped this catastrophe?"

"A. Chen Jiading"

"B. Sen Xiaoman"

"C. Wang Wenyu"

"D. Wang Yao"

Qiao Sang had seen many such historical questions in the past few days. The disaster 3,000 years ago was not a natural disaster but a man-made one.

Wang Yao used his pet beast to create the disaster, and as an SS-level Beast Master, he had the ability to alter nature.

As the number of awakenings in the Beast Master Codex increased, Beast Masters would receive certain benefits from their pet beasts when they reached the D level, affecting their lifespan and physical condition.

The benefits increased with higher levels.

Unless directly attacked, it was difficult to be harmed by the aftermath.

Wang Yao, with his SS-level Beast Master physique, broke through the alliance's encirclement and killed 223 Beast Masters, including 11 S-level Beast Masters, in the siege.

An S-level Beast Master required at least a century of effort, and the alliance suffered heavy losses.

Later, SS-level Beast Master Wang Wenyu returned from the Yantian Star and subdued Wang Yao, but five of his pet beasts, who had always accompanied him, died in the battle.

Wang Wenyu then withdrew from the world.

It was easy to choose D for this question if you weren't careful.

This question had appeared in the last mock exam, and Qiao Sang had chosen D not because she hadn't read the question carefully but because of the "three long, one short" rule.

She looked at the question and changed her answer from last time.

"Qiao Sang, someone is looking for you," a girl sitting by the door called out.

Qiao Sang looked up and saw a girl in a faded school uniform smiling at her from the doorway.

"It's Dai Shushu, when did you get to know her?" Fang Sisi asked in surprise.

Dai Shushu was a school celebrity, naturally drawing the attention of the classmates, who all turned their heads to look.

"I don't know her," Qiao Sang was also puzzled.

She walked out.

"What do you want?" Qiao Sang asked, puzzled.

She was sure her predecessor had no connection with Dai Shushu. One was a top student, the other a poor student, and they were in different classes. With graduation approaching, she couldn't think of why Dai Shushu would be looking for her.

"I'm here to apologize on behalf of my mother," Dai Shushu said.

She had a delicate appearance, and due to malnutrition, she looked frail, as if she would be blown away by the wind.

"What for?" Qiao Sang raised an eyebrow.

"Didn't your mother tell you? Last Friday, my mother said some unpleasant things to your mother. There were teachers around, so I couldn't interject. Is your mother okay?" Dai Shushu said softly.

Qiao Sang was silent for a moment and asked, "What did your mother say?"

Dai Shushu looked apologetic, "Just some harsh words. My mother didn't mean it, and your mother also said some things." She paused, "The teachers saw they were about to fight and asked your mother to leave. I felt bad about it."

Qiao Sang said expressionlessly, "The teachers asked my mother to leave, what does that have to do with you?"

Dai Shushu smoothed her hair, "If it weren't for me, the teachers wouldn't have asked your mother to leave."

"I see," Qiao Sang said again, "What did your mother say?"

Dai Shushu lowered her head. She was already shorter than Qiao Sang, and with her head down, her expression was hidden.

"My mother said that your poor grades were because you lacked a father's discipline, and that you only awakened by luck. She also said that your mother being so fierce was why she got divorced."

She looked up, appearing innocent, "So, did you really awaken autonomously?"