CHAPTER 322: CHAPTER 281: SALARY IS PAID, LORD MOVES MOUNTAINS!_2

Although the food at the Spirit Beast Cafeteria is quite good, it still falls far short compared to the skills of Chen Mo and Tuantuan.

"Eep!?"

Upon hearing this, the Light Unicorn shivered all over, suddenly feeling like the popcorn in its hand wasn’t so tasty anymore.

Of course, deep down, it wasn’t worried at all.

It knew that its Spirit Master was a typical example of someone "hard-mouthed but soft-hearted." As long as it admitted its mistake, acted cute, and played innocent, it would certainly be forgiven.

Whenever the Light Unicorn got sassy, Chen Meng always made it train extra. But the most training it got was just half a day before it started slacking off, and Chen Meng would pretend not to notice.

Actually, the Light Unicorn’s sass was a way to make its Spirit Master face her own feelings sincerely.

As a Spiritual Beast living in close quarters with Chen Meng, it could clearly perceive that its Spirit Master was fond of Chen Mo.

Since the passing of Chen Meng’s grandparents, she had locked her emotions away, always presenting a cold exterior to the world.

It was only when she was with them that she would occasionally show her smile.

But after Chen Mo appeared, Chen Meng smiled a lot more often.

Especially at the previous Food Spirit Championship, the "Homesick Rice Dumplings" made by Chen Mo had helped her untangle the heartache from losing her grandparents in childhood.

Moreover, apart from being a bit younger, Chen Mo was quite a catch in all other respects—whether in terms of looks or strength, he was a good match for Chen Meng.

And most importantly, he was great at cooking.

So, the Light Unicorn decided to help its Spirit Master pursue the guy!

"Now Mengmeng probably already realizes her feelings, so next, we need to resolve things on Chen Mo’s end..."

The Light Unicorn thought to itself.

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Over at the Princeton University’s competitor resting area, the other four contestants and one substitute all wore pale, bitter expressions.

Hel was already the strongest in their team.

Originally, they thought that with Hel being a Master Level Spirit Master, she could sweep through the competition.

The championship of this world championship seemed within easy reach, but unexpectedly, a dark horse emerged.

The Monarch Stage Red Phoenix Butterfly was directly taken out in seconds!

Then they remembered that Chen Mo was only 18 and had just started college.

If he studied the way of Qieying Country where university spans seven years, wouldn’t he have the opportunity to compete in seven world championships!?

Thinking of this, they suddenly felt pity for their future juniors, who would have to live under the shadow of Chen Mo.

With such a Great Demon King around, other teams could only fight for second place.

The next four matches, naturally, held no suspense.

Not a single Spiritual Beast could last a round against the Wish-making White Fox.

Instant Thunder Claw, carry off the next one!

Flame Tail, carry off the next one!

...

Xiao Jiu went completely "mad with killing," seeing these almost Monarch Level Spiritual Beasts as not much different from wild monsters by the roadside...

"Bai Ze University, Chen Mo wins!"

With the referee once again announcing the result, the quarter-finals officially concluded.

No one had expected this early finals to end with Bai Ze University completely crushing the competition.

After the match, the first thing the Princeton University contestants did was to disable comments on their social media accounts.

They were genuinely shut down.

And in less than half an hour, this match shot up the trending lists of major websites domestically and internationally.

Almost all the hotspots were related to Chen Mo, such as Chen Mo winning against five competitors, the Monarch Level Red Rainbow Butterfly being defeated in seconds, and more.

Among them, the most attention was on Xiao Jiu.

A Fourth-stage Commander—looking at nearly 300 years of Spirit Master history—was an unprecedented existence.

Experts in the field of Spirit Master studies guessed that the Wish-making White Fox might be of a Totem-level species!

As a result, many Spirit Masters began cultivating white fox-type Spiritual Beasts.

In the Spirit Master world, even a Dominator Stage-level Spiritual Beast is extremely rare and out of reach for ordinary people.

However, evolving into a Wish-making White Fox with suspected totem potential only required having a white fox.

Although the evolution process was exceedingly difficult, at least there was hope.

This caused white fox-type Spiritual Beasts to be in high demand for a long time, with prices soaring by dozens of times!

Of course, this was something Chen Mo was glad to see.

The more Spirit Masters taking this route meant more "working foxes," and Xiao Jiu’s mysterious type growth level would increase even faster!

"Let’s go! We’re having a barbecue feast today!"

After the match, Chen Mo said, planning to thoroughly reward his Spiritual Beast.

Yesterday’s daily challenge, coincidentally, refreshed a blue entry for "Barbecue Master," which effectively allowed mastery of various skewer grilling techniques and made the food extremely fragrant.

He wanted to test it out.

"Sister Meng, is that ruins exploration done?"

Returning to the competitor’s area, Chen Mo naturally sat down next to Chen Meng.

"Mm, it’s finished."

Hearing Chen Mo’s question, Chen Meng was initially stunned, having almost forgotten the spontaneous fib she made earlier.

"Eep!" (Mengmeng, to watch the match, we didn’t even have breakfast. I’m hungry!)

At this moment, the Light Unicorn beside Chen Meng suddenly spoke up.

One of Chen Mo’s Spirit Master talents was Beast Language, so he naturally understood the Light Unicorn’s meaning, and he proactively invited:

"It’s almost time for dinner. Sister Meng, I’m planning to have a barbecue feast with Xiao Jiu and the others to celebrate. Would you like to join?"