This was Flame Sky Star's Phantom Beast, Shalala?! The three of them immediately perked up, their gazes turning eager as they looked over.
Although they had seen quite a few rare pet beasts as instructors at the Imperial Beast Taming Academy, this was their first time seeing a Phantom Beast.
"Shalala can communicate with plants?" Lao Fei was the first to react and asked.
Qiao Sang gave a nod. "Xia Bao has the ability to communicate with plants. This Secret Realm is full of plants, so with their help, we should be able to find out where the Myriad Source Fruit is very quickly."
"Does it work even on plants that aren't native to Flame Sky Star?" Bjorn immediately asked.
This... Qiao Sang fell silent for 0.1 seconds, then seemed to think of something and nodded slightly.
"Yes. It communicated with plants when it was on Tianyuan Star."
"That's truly an incredible ability." Lao Fei sighed.
Bjorn could not help saying, "If this ability were put to use in our School of Journalism..."
Before he could finish, Mikala interrupted with a smile.
"Let Xia Bao get started."
Bjorn keenly sensed that Senior Mikala did not like what he had been about to say, and he immediately shut up.
"Xia Bao."
Qiao Sang nodded at Xia Bao.
"Xia Xia."
Xia Bao let out a sweet cry, then rushed downward, happily flying back and forth above the flower-covered clearing.
One small Grass Type pet beast after another emerged from within, their heads turning as they followed Xia Bao's movements.
Every flower and blade of grass swayed without wind.
The scene looked beautiful and soothing.
"It really doesn't look like an A-Rank Secret Realm." Qiao Sang looked below and sighed.
"The more beautiful a place is in a Secret Realm, the more terrifying