Chapter 17: Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Sequential Type: Sleepy Night Cloud_1
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If asked who is most familiar to the librarian of Jinghai High School for Beast Masters among these three batches of students,
Fang Mu would undoubtedly be the answer.
The librarian is a kind-eyed old woman.
Her hair is gray, her body slender, but her back is ramrod straight.
Age spots lightly mark her cheekbones and dimples,
imbuing her with an elegant grace accumulated over the years.
On most days, this old woman's favorite activity is to stroke a big fat black cat in her arms.
This fat cat is not afraid of people at all.
However, whenever someone tries to touch the cat, it will show its claws distinctly.
The message it conveys is very clear,
"If you dare touch me, I'll scratch you!"
The reason why the old woman was so familiar with Fang Mu was not because of any scholarly achievements Fang Mu had in school,
but because Fang Mu frequently visited the library.
After seeing Fang Mu, the librarian placed the black cat on a table nearby and smiled at him,
"Little Fang Mu, you've come to read books again?"
Fang Mu handed over his student card and said,
"Granny Silver, later I'd like to catch up on some missing classes with a classmate here."
"Can you arrange a study room for me?"
Upon hearing this, the old woman took a register nearby, looked at it and asked,
"The classmate you're going to study with, is it Little Walnut?"
"She has already requested a study room."
"If you two are together, you can just go to study room A317 to find her."
Fang Mu raised an eyebrow, feeling somewhat puzzled.
Hu Tao was very keen on taking practical combat classes.
Hu Tao's Guardian Beast took an aggressive, close-range combat approach,
For such Guardian Beasts, the best way to enhance combat capability was through enduring numerous battles.
Fang Mu checked his phone; it was five twenty.
He was not only not late but had arrived forty minutes early.
Fang Mu thought he would have to read for at least half an hour before Hu Tao showed up.
As Fang Mu took back his student card from Granny Silver and was about to head to A317 study room,
he saw the black cat humanely staring at the jar of dried fish snack on the table.
Then skillfully, it used its two little paws to unscrew the tight lid.
Before the big black cat could open the jar lid, a pair of slender hands covered in age spots reached over the top of the jar to stop the cat's actions.
Then, the old woman scooped up the black cat and continued to stroke it.
Fang Mu, out of curiosity, unconsciously used his Eye of Omniscience to explore the black cat.
[Beast Name]: Sleepy Night Black Cloud
[Beast Species]: ???
[Beast Level]: ???
[Beast Element]: ???
[Beast Potential]: ???
[Beast Quality]: ???
Skill: ???
Exclusive Trait: ???
Evolutionary Path: ???
After this investigation, Fang Mu's figure, which was about to move forward, stiffened slightly.
Then he continued as usual towards the study room Hu Tao had reserved.
His Destiny Beast, Fool's Shadow's Innate Divine Ability, Eye of Omniscience, could not investigate beings beyond five ranks above itself.
Currently, Fool's Shadow is at the Copper Level, following which are Silver Stage, Golden Stage, Platinum Tier, and Diamond Rank.
Beyond Diamond Rank is a different level of life.
Fang Mu had once heard his older sister, Fang Qin, talk about it.
The commander of the Jinghai Army possessed a Sequence Beast among his Guardian Beasts.
The Sequence Beasts refer to all types of Guardian Beasts that have broken through the Diamond Rank and undergone a transformation in their life level.
A Sequence Beast can carve out its unique sequence.
Then, starting from Sequence Nine, it continuously ascends.
That the Fool's Shadow couldn't probe this black cat named Sleepy Night Cloud meant that the cat must be a Sequence Beast.
This was Fang Mu's first time witnessing a Sequence Beast in person.
No, it shouldn't be said as the first time!
During his previous visits to the Library, Fang Mu had seen Sleepy Night Cloud.
He just didn't realize that a Sequence Beast was right beside him.
Fang Mu had thought Silver Shade was just an ordinary person.
From the rank of Sleepy Night Cloud, Fang Mu could infer that Silver Shade had to be at least a Five Point Star warrior.
No wonder the School had emphasized during the safety exercise to seek shelter in the Library, Martial Arts Arena, or Grand Hall during emergencies like beast attacks on the city or a Dimensional Rift incident.
It seems probable that both the Martial Arts Arena and Grand Hall also have powerhouses of strength comparable to Silver Shade.
When Fang Mu was leaving, he pretended to casually glance towards Silver Shade and Sleepy Night Cloud.
Fang Mu noticed that using the Eye of Omniscience to probe Sleepy Night Cloud had not alerted Silver Shade or Sleepy Night Cloud.
This indicated that neither Sleepy Night Cloud nor Silver Shade had noticed.
This subsequently reassured Fang Mu when using the Eye of Omniscience to investigate higher rank Guardian Beasts, without feeling burdened.
Arriving at the door of study room A317, Fang Mu found that it wasn't closed.
He walked in to see Hu Tao writing a paper with her right hand.
Seemingly stumped by a difficult question, Hu Tao unconsciously attempted to scratch her head with her left hand.
This action inadvertently pulled at her bandaged left arm, causing her to involuntarily inhale sharply from the pain.
Her eyes even began to redden.
Fang Mu hastily entered and asked Hu Tao,
"Did you get injured during the practical combat class in the Martial Arts Arena this afternoon?"
"Teacher Wei is probably still in the School Infirmary."
Upon seeing Fang Mu, Hu Tao quickly set down her pen, pouted and said,
"I was a bit too reckless in today's combat class, allowing the Iron-winged Sparrow to charge too far forward."
"That resulted in the Iron Guts Berserk Bear slapping my arm as it passed by."
"Teacher Wei has already treated me."
"It's just that while surface wounds are easy to heal, injuries to muscles and bones need time to recuperate."
During the conversation, Hu Tao's expression turned somewhat regretful.
Being injured, she feared she could only watch from the sidelines during practical combat classes for a month.
Upon hearing this, Fang Mu directly took out a Blood Nourishing Honey Date he had just bought from Dinghai Mall from his Mirror Turtle Pendant.
Fang Mu then understood why Hu Tao's pale face looked familiar.
The color matched that of his own face after bloodletting.
The Iron Guts Berserk Bear's claws were two to three centimeters long.
Such claw length is trivial for Guardian Beasts but can cause enormous damage to the fragile Beast Masters.
The claws tore through skin and muscle,
Even though Hu Tao was rushed to the School Infirmary as quickly as possible, she still lost at least a thousand milliliters of blood.
A Silver Stage Blood Nourishing Honey Date was enough to improve Hu Tao's condition.
After consuming it, Hu Tao quickly replenished her depleted Qi and Blood.
There was no need for a week's recuperation.
Hu Tao was a good friend Fang Mu made in high school and had helped him out quite a bit.
Fang Mu naturally wasn't stingy towards Hu Tao.
There's an old saying, "Injuries to muscles and bones take a hundred days to heal," but that adage only applied to the past life.
In this life, with the medical treatment from Healing Guardian Beasts, even fragmented muscles and bones could heal without amputation.
If Teacher Wei's Twinkling Bell Orchid was not just a Silver Stage but a Golden Stage Guardian Beast,
then Hu Tao wouldn't need to recuperate for thirty to forty days.
Just seven to eight days would suffice for her complete recovery.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone