Under the water, Mingxi’s eyes snapped open.

This is... a Soul Key?

The second Soul Key.

She had a second awakening?

She must have gotten up too quickly!

The guide didn’t say that soaking in the Lei Chi could make a Beast Tamer awaken directly, did it?

“...Plurururururu...”

It’s over.

Too excited for a moment, she didn’t close her mouth tightly and followed in Golden Yuanbao’s footsteps.

Mingxi quickly recalled Golden Yuanbao to her Pet Space and relaxed her body, allowing the buoyancy to lift her up.

She didn’t expect another surprise waiting for her above.

It turned out that just as Mingxi awakened her second Soul Key, Golden Yuanbao, who had been accumulating power above, successfully released a complete Thunderstorm.

As soon as Mingxi poked her head out of the water, a demonic purple thunder flower as big as a washbasin came for a face-to-face kill.

Mingxi: “...”

The person passed away peacefully.

“Lei Lei.”

The excited Golden Yuanbao finally realized it had almost accidentally injured its own Beast Master, and quickly withdrew the Thunderstorm, rescuing Mingxi, who was almost on her way to the morgue.

“Lei Lei!”

“Lei Lei!”

Xiao Ye succeeded.

Xiao Ye learned Thunderstorm!

Its wings flapped, splashing water, and flowers bloomed in its bright red blood agate eyes, looking especially beautiful.

Mingxi opened her mouth, and a small mushroom cloud drifted out leisurely, quickly dispersed by the omnipresent lightning.

Like a ninety-year-old old woman, she trembled and shivered, raising her weak arm, and lovingly stroked its wet head with a face full of affection.

“I knew you could do it.”

This ‘Kaiselu’ was simply a miracle drug.

Not only did Golden Yuanbao successfully learn Thunderstorm, but she also benefited greatly.

“Ring ring ring...”

Just as the person and beast were shedding tears like mushrooms, a crisp bell sound came from not far away.

Looking over, they saw a bronze bell on the head of that Bell Bell.

As its body swayed, the bell sound spread cheerfully.

Time was up.

Mingxi had no intention of lingering for a few more minutes; she directly put Golden Yuanbao into her Pet Space and, with a relaxed expression, stepped out of this Lei Chi, which had brought her and Golden Yuanbao endless opportunities.

...

...“Aren’t you staying here for a night?”

The front desk looked at the girl who had just come out of the Lei Chi and seemed ready to leave.

Was it her illusion?

She always felt that this Xiao Guniang had changed somehow.

It wasn’t that her appearance had changed very obviously, but rather that she had gained an indescribable aura.

And her eyes seemed to have become brighter and sharper, even making people a little afraid to meet her gaze.

The front desk, after working at the Mountain Villa for some time, could roughly judge the tempering effect of the Lei Chi.

The lower the Beast Tamers level, and the longer they persisted in the Lei Chi, the better the tempering effect.

But to be honest, very few F-level Beast Masters could last a full hour.

Most would scream “I’m not soaking anymore!” “You can kill me, but I’m not soaking anymore!” after soaking for half an hour and stumble out of the Lei Chi.

Even if they were soaking in No. 65 Lei Chi.

Although this young Beast Master named Mingxi was soaking in No. 13 Lei Chi, because the Lei Chi’s energy had been heavily depleted before, its energy level was actually not much different from No. 65.

This was why the front desk recommended No. 13 Lei Chi to Mingxi.

If it were a normal No. 13 Lei Chi, even if Mingxi wanted to soak, she wouldn’t have agreed.

She was afraid she would be electrocuted before even entering the pool.

Looking at the young Beast Master’s current state, she must have soaked for a full hour, and her gains were not small.

The front desk guessed that her physical fitness level might have already upgraded.

Truly, the younger generation is formidable.

So young, yet with this willpower alone, she surpassed too many people.

Mingxi shook her head: “No, I have something to do tomorrow morning and must arrive in Han Ning City before eight o’clock, so I have to catch the train now.”

She thanked the front desk again.

This time, she really owed it to this front desk sister; if she hadn’t recommended No. 13 Lei Chi, the Time Realm would definitely not have been able to collect the overflow energy.

Perhaps she wouldn’t have awakened her second Soul Key so quickly either.

And Golden Yuanbao...

In short, the front desk sister’s contribution was indispensable.

Verbal thanks, though pale, were effective and free.

Her moral character was not as noble as Shao Dingding’s mother and daughter; a token gesture was enough.

Leaving Thunder Pool Mountain Villa, Mingxi rushed to the train station without stopping.

Sitting on the express train to Han Ning City, Mingxi finally had time to calm down and observe the newly awakened Soul Key.

Inside the quiet Pet Space, the familiar hairpin-sword shape floated at the center of the pyramid.

It looked extremely exquisite, noble, colorful, and magnificent.

Mingxi’s mouth twitched fiercely, and she took a deep breath.

Having had one experience, without needing to test it, Mingxi knew that what she had awakened was another Phantom Color Key.

In the ethereal, she also had a feeling that all the keys she would awaken in the future would be Phantom Color Keys.

A 0.003% chance of appearance, how did it become 100% for her?

Could it be that she had poked the Phantom Color Key’s den in her previous life?

Never mind, no matter what, Phantom Color Keys were much more valuable than ordinary keys.

The problem she needed to consider now was whether to immediately use the Phantom Color Key for a summoning contract, or wait until she came out of the Mystic Ground and obtained enough star coins to purchase a Transcendent creature before performing a normal contract?

The former was mainly about zero cost and high risk.

The latter was high investment and low risk.

But the return on investment was actually not very clear.

Don’t think that because Golden Yuanbao’s attitude has always been good, doing whatever it’s told, eating whatever it’s given, training diligently and painstakingly, competing fiercely, and showing no signs of rebellion, that the Phantom Color Key contract is actually quite good.

Naive!

Mingxi had never figured out what it was truly thinking or what little schemes it was plotting.

To give a simple example, Golden Yuanbao never said where it came from, or what it was experiencing when it was summoned to Mingxi’s side.

Had Mingxi not asked?

Of course not.

She had probed several times, either directly or subtly, but each time it had been evaded.

What you keep in mind will eventually resonate.

What is hidden will surely be plotted in the dark.

Mingxi never felt that she had completely subdued Golden Yuanbao.

At most, it recognized her as its Beast Master out of consideration for the Time Realm.

And even that was probably only temporary.

So, the saying “Phantom Color Key has risks, contract with caution” is not just idle talk.

Therefore, Mingxi was not sure if she wanted to touch this minefield again for the time being.

Let her ponder for a few days.

The matter of contracting a second pet beast could not be implemented immediately, so Mingxi’s mood quickly calmed down.

Traveling day and night, she finally arrived at the Han Ning City Workers’ {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} Stadium before 8 AM.

She found the Changheng Group Staff Member and successfully completed the check-in and information verification.

After doing all this, Mingxi finally let out a sigh of relief and slumped into a chair.