Chapter 1292: Chapter 922: Cave Rat and Leaf Stone (Two-in-One)

"Let’s go." Seeing the Dark Eye Bird’s injuries have healed, Qiao Sang was unwilling to linger any longer.

Not that she was particularly kind, she just remembered the time when Gangbao was injured before they had a contract.

With that, she turned and walked in the direction she had originally decided on.

After a couple of steps, she suddenly remembered something, turned back, and pointed in the direction where the Dark Ji Birds had flown earlier, and said:

"I saw your flock flying that way when I came."

"Dark Eye."

The Dark Eye Bird gave a deep glance at the human in front of it, chirped as a gesture of thanks, then flapped its wings and flew in the indicated direction.

"Xun Xun..."

Little Treasure Hunter drifted over, sighing as it chirped, expressing that it was a pity to let it go just like that; it should have been made to help find that seed.

Having one more intermediate Dark Eye Bird in this vast Secret Realm wouldn’t make much of a difference; to find the Lele Seed, they mainly had to rely on Guo Ruiqi. Besides, if it were that easy to communicate with wild Pet Beasts for help, she would have saved every injured one she came across... To avoid expressing what was on her mind, Qiao Sang acted as if she hadn’t heard anything and continued along the route.

At the top of a towering tree, the Dark Eye Bird that had flown off earlier lowered its head, watching the group disappear into the distance.

...

The three of them trudged through the stifling dense forest, wordlessly, yet harmoniously.

Unaware of how much time had passed, they had crossed two hills, and ahead lay a vast mountain hollow, immediately broadening their view.

By this time, night had fallen, and under the bright moonlight, all was silent, a few wild Pet Beasts passed by, ones they had not seen before in the Secret Realm, and Qiao Sang instantly understood she must have reached a new area.

She suddenly thought of something, looked at Little Treasure Hunter, and asked, "Do you want Yaobao to recognize you as the leader?"

Yaobao, who was on alert, immediately looked over.

"Xun Xun!"

Little Treasure Hunter was first startled in its heart, and then, feeling Yaobao’s gaze, quickly waved its hand.

It had never considered such a thing!

Yaobao continued to stay on alert.

Good, it seems the effect of the Truth Flower has worn off... Qiao Sang felt relieved, then turned to Guo Ruiqi and asked:

"Do you need a rest?"

In desperate need... Guo Ruiqi weakly replied, "Yes..."

Although he wanted nothing more than to continue searching for the Lele Seed nonstop, he simply lacked the strength.

Qiao Sang glanced around and said, "Then let’s rest here."

The area was all flat land with sparse vegetation, making it a good place to rest, as any wild Pet Beasts would be seen immediately if they suddenly appeared.

Guo Ruiqi immediately found a spot, too exhausted to set up a sleeping bag, and fell asleep.

Qiao Sang looked towards Xu Gehong, about to speak, only to see Xu Gehong make eye contact with her, swiftly pull out a sleeping bag from his bag, and slip inside, closing his eyes.

"..."

Qiao Sang squatted down next to the sleeping bag and said, "Don’t sleep yet, I have something to say."

It’s because I know you want to talk that I’m pretending to sleep... Mikaela mumbled with her eyes closed, pretending to be very tired, and muttered drowsily:

"Talk when I wake up..."

Qiao Sang silently looked at the sleeping bag.

This Beast Tamer named Xu Gehong was clearly hiding a lot, whether it was the Tungsten Corpse Crystal or the Truth Flower, she was the first to recognize them.

She clearly had extensive knowledge, but would such a B-level Beastmaster really be so panicking and helpless under the influence of Nightmare Energy?

And that sound "Pen," clearly wasn’t made by the Hidden Shield.

It sounded very much like Mikaela’s Pen Jiami.

Honestly, if she hadn’t seen Xu Gehong’s Red Star Array at the time of departure, she would really suspect the person in front of her is Mikaela herself.

But no matter how skilled a Beast Tamer is, they can’t change the color of the Star Array.

Qiao Sang stared at the sleeping bag for a while, then sat cross-legged.

Suddenly, about a kilometer ahead, a rodent Pet Beast primarily yellow in color emerged from the ground.

Cave Rat, Ground Type Basic-level Pet Beast, likes burrowing, often poking its head out from underground, friendly nature... Qiao Sang’s mind recalled the data about the Pet Beast before her as she reached into her pocket and offered the snacks Yaobao and the others usually liked to eat.

"Cave Rat!"

The Cave Rat was so frightened it ducked back into its hole.

About two seconds later, it cautiously poked its head out again.

Qiao Sang extended the candy in her hand a bit further.

"Cave Rat?"

The Cave Rat stretched out a paw and pointed at itself.

Qiao Sang nodded.

"Cave Rat..."

The Cave Rat hesitated for a moment, took the candy, and rapidly ducked back into its hole.