After finishing the morning of study, Qiao Yang rushed to the training ground with Xiao Hei and Xiao Chi in the afternoon.

Before the warm-up was finished, Qiao Yang felt dry all over, and the hot sweat kept flowing. Although winter has passed, the weather in early spring is not necessarily warm.

It seems that it is because of the reason for the new contract with the Fire Cloud Cat, the Fire Cloud Cat with the fire element attribute gives the demon tamer a certain amount of cold-resistant physique strengthening, Qiao Yang said secretly in his heart. With the training with Xiao Hei during this time, Qiao Yang's physical fitness has improved amazingly, there are already slightly swollen muscles in his arms, and although his body is still lean, he is no longer the weak and impenetrable teenager he used to be.

In the training ground, from time to time, there will be demon trainers who stop to discuss Qiao Yang who is focusing on training with a butterfly and a cat, or he himself doesn't know it, now his name has spread in the association, and everyone knows that the association's beast breeding department has a genius boy who can cultivate mutant beasts in two hours.

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After staying in the training ground for a long time, it was already late at night when Qiao Yang returned home.

The corridor was dark and gloomy, with only sporadic street lights shining through the windows at the staircase, reflected on the staircase, and the beams were dim, but not so bad that they couldn't see the road clearly.

Qiao Yang stepped lightly on the stairs, went up to the door of his house, tiptoed out the key, and returned home late at night, Qiao Yang didn't dare to make too much noise, for fear of disturbing the neighborhood to rest.

In the dark corridor, he groped for the keyhole by feeling, and after a sound of solitation, Qiao Yang opened the old security door, and to his surprise, his mother didn't sleep.

The TV was replaying the local Jincheng Radio news, but it was silent, and Qiao's mother was sitting on the sofa in a daze, obviously not paying attention to the TV.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he came back to his senses, put out a smile, looked at Qiao Yang with a tired face at the door, and found that there was another cat-type demon beast next to his son's legs, and a trace of imperceptible complex emotions flashed in Qiao's mother's eyes.

Qiao Yang, who had been in the training ground for a day, was very tired, and did not notice his mother's abnormality, and said, "Mom, why don't you sleep so late, you don't have to wait for me." ”

Qiao's mother got up and walked over, took Qiao Yang's hand and said softly: "It's okay, Mom is idle, Xiaoyang is not hungry, I still have fish soup hot in the pot." ”

Qiao Yang, who wanted to refuse, saw Xiao Chi on the side of his legs, and when he heard the word fish, his excited eyes lit up, and he rubbed his trouser legs frantically. Qiao Yang was helpless, and after thinking about it carefully, it was true that since the winter vacation, the dietary problems have basically been dealt with by the association, and he has not tasted his mother's craftsmanship for a long time, and his mouth is indeed a little hungry for a while, so he agreed: "Okay, the fish soup made by my mother is the best." ”

Qiao's mother touched Qiao Yang's head with a smile, said "It's just your kid's mouth", and went to the kitchen to cook the fish soup in the pot.

Qiao Yang sat on the sofa, Xiao Hei naturally flew up from his shoulder, flew around the coffee table in front of the sofa, chose the most spacious empty place, and landed straight.

Xiao Chi lay prone on Qiao Yang's lap and played a cat-shaped hand warmer, this is what he learned from Xiao Hei, and it is his new job!

The sofa is soft and comfortable, Qiao Yang, who has been tired for a day, closes his eyes and enjoys it as soon as he sits down, and can't help moaning: "Watching TV while petting the cat, life is complete~"

Immediately found out, why was the TV muted, with doubts, Qiao Yang found the remote control and pressed the volume switch.

"Applejack's potion has been successfully made, and the dead leaf toad has changed significantly after drinking the potion, and the scene has entered a big climax......

On the TV, a beautiful female voice was broadcasting the news, it turned out to be a replay of the news of the fight with Applejack this morning, Qiao Yang suddenly felt embarrassed, it was the first time he was on TV when he was so big, and he didn't know if he was on camera......

Qiao Yang was messing around thinking about some things that he didn't have, and Qiao's mother had already brought in the soup.

A large bowl of fish soup is placed on the coffee table, the soup is milky white and thick, the green onion is bright and green, and the aroma is overflowing, which looks appetizing.

Xiao Hei was crawling restlessly back and forth on the coffee table, looking very impatient, Qiao Yang was a little surprised, "Butterflies can still drink soup?"

As if he heard the doubts in Qiao Yang's tone, Xiao Hei's tentacles swung down and stuck to the sides of his abdomen, and his anthropomorphic forked waist was full of expression, looking straightforward.

Qiao Yang had no choice but to go and take two more small bowls, put fish soup on them, and give them to Xiao Hei and Xiao Chi respectively.

Xiao Chi squatted on the ground and was fluffy, waiting quietly, waiting for the bowl of fish soup that belonged to it to be brought to him, and then he licked it in small bites, looking very well-behaved.

After serving the two little ancestors, Qiao Yang finally got free, served himself a big bowl, blew the hot air, took a bite of fish soup, his lips and teeth were full of fresh fragrance, and Qiao Yang's face was full of satisfaction.

Qiao's mother sat on the side, looked at her son with great satisfaction and said, "Xiaoyang is famous today, my mother has seen you on TV." ”

Qiao Yang didn't care, "It's just an ordinary beast breeding competition, Mom, don't laugh at me." ”

"This is the demon beast you cultivated today, the TV said that it was a mutated ice cloud cat, this look is really pleasing to people. ”

As if sensing that someone was talking about herself, Xiao Chi stopped his mouth movements, raised his head and crooked his neck and screamed timidly, which made Qiao's mother smile even more.

Qiao Yang smiled: "Yes, Xiao Chi was picked up in the association yesterday, and it was abandoned. It is also thanks to its own struggle that the mutation was successful. ”

Listening to Qiao Yang's words, Qiao's mother half-squinted her eyes, her expression flashed with a hint of remembrance, and she said softly: "Little Black...... Xiao Chi, the one who is close to Zhu is red and the one who is close to the ink is black, this style of naming the demon beast is exactly the same as your dead ghost father. ”

Qiao Yang was a little surprised, Qiao's mother rarely talked about her father on weekdays, and Qiao Yang's memory of his father was also very vague in his mind, he only knew that in the previous life, his father was an archaeologist, and when he was very young, he participated in the study of an ancient ruin, but unfortunately the ruins collapsed, and his father was killed.

Qiao's mother recalled her deceased husband, her expression was a little sad, and she looked at her son again, her eyes full of complicated looks.

In the end, as if she had made up her mind, Qiao's mother got up and walked to the bedroom, rummaged for a while, took out a wooden box, and handed it to Qiao Yang.

"Is this ......?" The box is simple and simple, with no fancy decorations, and it has been stained with dust due to its age. Qiao Yang was full of suspicions, he had never seen this wooden box before.

"This is your father's relic. With that, Qiao's mother opened the box, and the contents were revealed—an egg the size of a fist!

The body of the egg is a dilapidated gray, and the intricate black patterns are dotted on it, which seems to be some kind of totem, and just looking at it, it makes people faintly palpitate.