"I can turn your spiritual pets into upgradeable ones," Feng Yuqin said. Her words were like a thunderclap that sent shockwaves rippling through the air.
If someone else had said this, Zhao Yuanyuan and Dong Yaxian would surely have been skeptical.
But since they'd met Feng Yuqin, she'd never once lied to them.
So if she said it was doable, it surely was.
However, after the initial excitement, they quickly regained their composure.
"Ah... Ahqin..." Dong Yaxian hesitated for a moment before asking, "How do we go about the upgrade?"
"I can help you," Feng Yuqin replied while examining the spiritual pets' endurance.
"Will it... have any impact on you?" Zhao Yuanyuan asked tentatively. "If it does, then forget it."
Feng Yuqin looked up at Zhao Yuanyuan and gave a soft chuckle. "It won't."
Hearing this, both of them heaved a sigh of relief.
"Could the reason you transferred from Fantasy Sky Academy to Mountain and Sea Academy have something to do with your spiritual pets not being upgradeable?" Feng Yuqin's words left them stunned.
Dong Yaxian blurted out, "Ahqin, how did you know?"
"I guessed."
"You can guess so accurately. How on earth is your brain wired?" Zhao Yuanyuan was truly envious.
He wished he could have such a high IQ too.
"Actually, it's not entirely that," Feng Yuqin thought for a moment. "I know a bit about Fantasy Sky Academy. It's a place full of competition. Since your spiritual pets aren't upgradeable, you'd be excluded when forming teams..."
Zhao Yuanyuan and Dong Yaxian's eyes widened in surprise.
Feng Yuqin continued, "As you level up but your spiritual pets don't, your strengths won't match. While others have upgradeable spiritual pets, you'll have to team up with those one level lower than you. But the rewards won't match your cultivation resources. Over time, your growth will slow down, creating a vicious cycle."
They didn't know what words to use to describe their feelings at this moment.
Her analysis was exactly in line with their situation.
Their families had also proposed getting them upgradeable spiritual pets.
But their spiritual consciousness had been dragged down by their current pets.
They couldn't bear the burden of changing their spiritual pets or making a new contract.
Over the years, they'd been searching through ancient books, trying to find a way to upgrade their pets.
Sadly, they'd found nothing.
At first, they thought if things didn't work out at Fantasy Sky Academy, they could just transfer to another one.
Not many people knew the real reason.
Of course, some could guess.
But it didn't matter.
They didn't care.
"Didn't you think that even at Mountain and Sea Academy, if your spiritual pets aren't upgradeable, you might end up like ordinary disciples?" By "ordinary disciples," Feng Yuqin meant those without any family background.
Those without a family background would find it hard to obtain good resources without a stroke of luck.
Without good resources, it would be impossible to greatly improve their strength.
"We thought that if things were the same as at Fantasy Sky Academy, we'd just accept it," Dong Yaxian said.
"I thought so too. Although I've known Yaxian for a long time, our situations are similar. So we came here together, thinking that if we encountered the same problems, we could team up and look out for each other," Zhao Yuanyuan said. Although they used to argue whenever they met, when faced with danger, they were both reliable and could fight side by side.
Moreover, the Zhao and Dong families were old friends.
Apart from their bickering, they got along well.
They never expected to meet Feng Yuqin at the entrance of Mountain and Sea Academy.
Meeting Feng Yuqin was the luckiest thing that had ever happened to them.
They'd always believed this in their hearts.
"Don't worry. With me around, what happened at Fantasy Sky Academy won't happen again," Feng Yuqin said as she withdrew her spiritual consciousness and green energy. "Maybe one day when you meet students from Fantasy Sky Academy again, you'll amaze them."
"Hahaha... Really?" Zhao Yuanyuan couldn't help but burst out laughing at the thought.
They had no idea that it wouldn't be long before they met students from Fantasy Sky Academy.
"Really," Feng Yuqin waved her hand, and the formation that Mo Xuanye had set up appeared in front of them.
"This is a spiritual soul cultivation formation. Your spiritual souls have been severely affected by your spiritual pets over the years," Feng Yuqin pointed at the formation. "Take your spiritual pets in and cultivate your spiritual souls together."
"Is there really such a formation in the world?" Dong Yaxian said in disbelief.
"I've heard my family mention it before," Zhao Yuanyuan recalled. "But isn't the spiritual soul formation an ancient formation that's already lost?"
"So you're really lucky," Feng Yuqin said. "You only have one day. After that, I'll find new bodies for your spiritual pets."
They were shocked once again.
But Feng Yuqin clearly didn't want to say more.
They knew time was running out.
They were supposed to head to their next destination.
But because of their spiritual pets, they had to delay for one more day.
So they didn't ask any more questions and quickly entered the formation.
They each took their spiritual pets and began to cultivate their spiritual souls in the formation.
"Master, you're not thinking of sending me to find bodies for their spiritual pets, are you?" Little Shadow noticed Feng Yuqin's spiritual consciousness fall on him after Zhao Yuanyuan and Dong Yaxian entered the formation.
"I don't think anyone is more suitable for this task than you," Feng Yuqin said. "Both of their spiritual pets are flying types, and so are you... I can't send Xiao Jin, can I?"
"You can send Hun Bing," Little Shadow said.
"No, her bloodline can't suppress flying pets."
Although Little Shadow rarely used his aura, it was because their strengths were all decent.
But if Little Shadow really used his bloodline to suppress them, most flying pets would tremble in fear.
So it was definitely Little Shadow's job to find two flying pet bodies for Zhao Yuanyuan and the others' spiritual pets.
Seeing his master's determined look, what else could he say?
He resigned himself to his fate.
After all, his master had even taken out the spiritual soul formation for these two people.
How could he, as a spiritual pet, not do his part?
So after asking about the requirements for the spiritual pets, Feng Yuqin told him what she wanted based on the two people's personalities.
Little Shadow turned around and flew away.
Feng Yuqin asked Hun Bing to guard the formation and then went to find Mo Xuanye.
After all, the formation was a gift from Mo Xuanye.
Although he was her husband, she'd already used it for Zhao Yuanyuan and the others without asking.
She still had to report it to her husband.