Chapter 21

Conditions You Can't Refuse

Meng Yanqing's enthusiastic invitation made Su Wanrou and the other two think that she had taken the wrong medicine.

Inviting Xue Youyou to join the team is already a huge favor; there's no need to be so humble.

Just yesterday, Xie Jianchun, who was kicked out of the first team and was the eighth seat, took the initiative to join the second team, but was coldly rejected by Meng Yanqing.

Su Wanrou shook her head inwardly, thinking that the captain was really acting impulsively.

With the league season just around the corner, the first team quietly poached Shen Yanqiu, the sixth-place player, and left Xie Jianchun, who had been replaced, to their second team.

She knew Meng Yanqing was angry, and she could understand that Meng Yanqing didn't want to accept secondhand goods that others didn't want.

But there are quite a few students in the academy whose strength is second only to the tenth seat and who have a good reputation. Just pick one to add to the team.

Who would have thought that Meng Yanqing would go crazy and end up choosing the weakest and most beautiful first-year student as a "vase" (a derogatory term for a pretty but useless girl)?

Even so, it would have been better to have agreed to Xie Jianchun joining the team a few days ago and swallowed this bitter pill.

However, Xue Youyou's answer was even more insane.

Xue Youyou crossed one arm over her chest, made a flirtatious hair-flipping gesture, and said emotionlessly, "Not interested."

The succinct refusal left Su Wanrou and the other two dumbfounded.

There are even pastry chefs?!

Meng Yanqing immediately became anxious: "Apart from my grandmother, I, Meng Yanqing, have never asked anyone else for help. Today, I am willing to make an exception for you."

"Youyou, I need you. I sincerely hope you can lend me a hand!"

Xue Youyou remained unmoved, spat lightly, and sneered, "Is your sincerity just biting me for a minute in front of the team members?"

Hearing this, Meng Yanqing was stunned for a moment.

In that instant, even though the two were very close, she had a premonition that she was about to lose something important.

Perhaps this is what is called a genius's intuition, a stroke of genius. This proud and arrogant green-haired loli did something that shocked everyone.

Under the astonished gazes of Su Wanrou and the other two.

She actually knelt down, hugging Xue Youyou's white-stockinged legs, tears streaming down her face, "I was wrong, Youyou, please forgive me!"

"Please, please, I really want you to join the reserve team so we can compete for the league championship together!"

"Being able to stand on the league stage has been my dream since I was a child!"

"..."

Meng Yanqing's kneeling posture was exceptionally practiced, and coupled with her tearful expression, she was so pitiful that it evoked pity in people.

In this situation, Su Wanrou could only say, "These two brilliant strategists should just lock each other up already."

However, Su Wanrou and the other two only saw the dramatic kneeling on the surface, unaware that Meng Yanqing was truly targeting Xue Youyou's character.

Indeed, just as Meng Yanqing had thought, Xue Youyou's heart had softened under her naked sincerity.

To be more precise, I was smitten.

Xue Youyou never expected that Meng Yanqing would secretly write something on the back of her knee—

An orange skill card with an ice element.

That's so unfair! Nobody can stand it!

She was no longer the naive girl who had just transmigrated, and naturally understood the value that an orange skill card represented in this world.

Tears welled up and started to stream down my face.

"Captain, please rise." Xue Youyou's expression changed in an instant, and she gently helped Meng Yanqing up: "As the saying goes, a scholar will die for one who understands him, and will not hesitate to go through fire and water."

Watching the two of them struggle for so long, and then end up in a disgusting display of affection, Su Wanrou and the other two all changed their expressions slightly, as if they had just eaten a piece of chocolate-flavored shit.

The girl with the black scorpion braid couldn't help but mutter, "Two lunatics..."

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Soon, under Meng Yanqing's organization, the five people introduced themselves one by one.

Meng Yanqing spoke first: "Meng Yanqing, the main battle pet is the fully evolved pet beast Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus, which is currently the team's damage dealer."

Xue Youyou nodded slightly.

She had fought against Meng Yanqing before, and although neither of them used their full strength, they had a certain understanding of each other.

It must be admitted that Meng Yanqing's Thousand-Leaf Immortal-Slaying Lotus is indeed very well cultivated, and it is definitely qualified as a damage dealer.

The next person to introduce herself was Su Wanrou, who had led Xue Youyou to the right place.

Although she didn't like Xue Youyou, Su Wanrou, with her good upbringing, wouldn't embarrass her. That's why Meng Yanqing had Su Wanrou pick up Xue Youyou before.

Su Wanrou's voice was as gentle as when she first met Xue Youyou: "Su Wanrou, a second-year student, whose main battle pet is the fully evolved Dreamweaver Fox. She is skilled at using illusions to control enemies and currently serves as the team's controller."

It's actually a Dream Weaver Fox! That's a very rare pet.

Upon hearing this, Xue Youyou's eyes lit up: "A rare dual-attribute pet beast of the Moonlight and Psychic types, its juvenile form is the Moonshadow Fox, and its mature form is the Illusion Moon Fox, right?"

"That's right..."

Su Wanrou was surprised; she hadn't expected Xue Youyou to be able to recite the evolution path of the Dream Weaver Fox without hesitation.

It's important to know that the Moonshadow Fox is not a common pet. The Dreamweaver Fox is the most mysterious of its many evolutionary paths, and it is not even recorded in the "Pet Encyclopedia".

Xue Youyou was able to answer instantly; her knowledge alone is probably unmatched by many in Lanzhi Academy.

Su Wanrou's admission surprised the others, because even her teammates didn't know the evolution path of the Dream Weaver Fox.

Seeing that Xue Youyou had started showing off as soon as she entered, and that she had actually succeeded, the girl with the black scorpion braid next to her was immediately annoyed. She felt that Xue Youyou had just gotten lucky and happened to guess correctly, so she decided to teach her a lesson.

"Cui Yelan, a second-year student, the ninth seat in the academy, whose main battle pet is the fully-level pet beast Zombie Feather Master, responsible for reconnaissance and assassination."

"If you're really capable, then tell me the evolution path of the Death Knell Feather Master."

Cui Yelan was confident that Xue Youyou would not be able to give a clear answer, because this was her family's ancestral evolutionary path. Not only was it not recorded in the "Encyclopedia of Pets," but even searching through all the ancient books in the library would not yield any clues.

Surprisingly, Meng Yanqing did not stop Cui Yelan's provocative actions.

On one hand, she was also very curious about this. She really wanted to know the answer to the question of what kind of pet beast Cui Yelan's Death Bell Feather Master evolved from.

On the other hand, it was of course out of the competitive spirit of a genius beast tamer, wanting to see if Xue Youyou could answer the question.

Meeting Cui Yelan's provocative gaze, Xue Youyou was no fool and could naturally see Cui Yelan's contempt and harassment towards her.

However, since Xue Youyou was only doing her job for money, and had agreed to Meng Yanqing's request to form a team, taming the troublemakers in the team was also part of her job.

Under the watchful eyes of the four, Xue Youyou's lips curled slightly as she calmly replied, "In its juvenile form, it is the common shadow-type pet, the Nightingale, which evolves into the biological species, the Ghost-Eyed Owl."

"After the Ghost Owl reaches level 30, it can evolve into the Cursed type Deathstroke Owl by killing at least 3 Psychic-type Pokémon at midnight and consuming their cores."

After Xue Youyou finished speaking, the other three turned their attention to Cui Yelan, just wanting to hear the main character's evaluation, only to find that the main character was already dumbfounded.

"You...you...it's enough to just state the evolutionary chain, why did you have to reveal the evolutionary conditions too!" Cui Yelan was on the verge of tears, feeling as if Xue Youyou had stripped off his ancestral underwear and was now showing it to everyone.

Seeing Xue Youyou's mocking gaze, Cui Yelan knew that this hateful woman must have done it on purpose.

Meng Yanqing patted Cui Yelan on the shoulder to comfort her: "Don't worry, Yelan, we're all teammates. We definitely won't tell anyone about your family's secret."

She wasn't sure if it would get out, but she would definitely write it down first when she got home.

Add the following sentence: This is based on observations of wild pet animals by Meng Yanqing, the 17th generation descendant of the Meng family. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Following closely behind, Su Wanrou and the girl with long, light blue hair also expressed that they would never tell anyone, putting Cui Yelan at ease.