Chapter 369: eve of knockout rounds

Kai Nan City is not far from Hanggang City, about 160 kilometers away, which takes two hours by highway.

The accommodation had already been booked at Shengcheng Hotel, near Kai Nan Pet Beast Battle Arena.

This hotel’s name has a good meaning, it’s close enough to Kai Nan Pet Beast Battle Arena, and the price is reasonable, so much so that for the next period of time, it was almost entirely booked by schools coming for the competition.

The school bus stopped at an intersection 100 meters away from Shengcheng Hotel.

Xu Yixuan half-opened her eyes, looked out the car window, and drowsily asked, “Why did we stop here?”

Qiao Sang got up and said, “I’m getting off here.”

This time, Xu Yixuan was fully awake: “Why are you getting off here?”

“I don’t want my Pet to stay in the yu beast codex all the time, so I found a hotel with a bigger room to stay in,” Qiao Sang replied before getting off the bus.

Liu Yao got up and followed behind.

Xu Yixuan was stunned for a long time, and it was only when the car restarted that she came back to her senses and looked at He Datao, who was sitting next to her, realizing, “So, if you’re not satisfied with the accommodation, you can change it! You should have said so earlier. When I competed the past two years, I was a bit annoyed with the places the school arranged. Not only were the rooms small, but sometimes the hotels we stayed in didn’t even have training grounds for Pets.”

“What do you think if I suggest to Sun Teacher now that we change hotels?”

He Datao glanced at her: “If any of your Pets evolve now, I think Sun Teacher would agree.”

Xu Yixuan: “…”

…

When she got off the bus, Qiao Sang was surprised to find that the Vice Principal had also followed her out.

“Vice Principal, are you taking me to the hotel?” Qiao Sang asked, confused.

Liu Yao was stunned for a moment: “Otherwise?”

I’m already how old, why would I still need to be taken… Qiao Sang scratched her head and said awkwardly, “I can go by myself, you don’t need to take me.”

Liu Yao paused, then asked, “If you go by yourself, who will pay?”

Qiao Sang froze: “You’re going to pay for me?”

Liu Yao smiled and replied, “To be precise, the school will pay.”

All expenses during the competition period should, by rights, be requested from parents, but Saint Water Middle School has a deep foundation and receives a lot of government funding, so they bear this cost without any pressure.

Qiao Sang thought for a moment and did not refuse. For her, paying with the black gold card or the school paying made no difference.

…

Rui Lai Hotel.

“What? 770,000?” Liu Yao was a bit stunned.

“Yes, sir, this young lady booked our presidential suite,” the Staff maintained a polite smile.

Presidential suite? Liu Yao suddenly turned to look at Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang showed her big white teeth.

Liu Yao: “…”

“I’ll pay myself,” seeing that the Vice Principal didn’t make a move to pay for a moment, Qiao Sang said very perceptively.

As she spoke, she began to take out her card.

The price of this room, if she didn’t have an unlimited black gold card, she would absolutely not stay here.

“No need,” Liu Yao reacted and stopped her, “I said the school would pay, so the school will pay.”

770,000 was not much to him, but he was unsure how that amount would be for the school, but who cares, anyway, that was Wang Weidou’s business.

Thinking of this, Liu Yao readily took out his card.

At the same time, Wang Weidou’s right eyelid twitched. He didn’t pay it any mind and continued to smile as he spoke to the man in front of him:

“So Li Tan Royal Pet High School went to stay at Rui Lai Hotel, that’s a real shame, I originally wanted to communicate with their Principal Huang.”

…

Rui Lai Hotel.

Top floor.

Presidential suite.

Qiao Sang looked with satisfaction at the luxuriously decorated, over 500 square meter flat.

Standing by the huge floor-to-ceiling window, she could see the entire Kai Nan Pet Beast Battle Arena.

After admiring the scenery outside, Qiao Sang made a hand seal and summoned her Pet.

“Ya!”

As soon as her Pet came out, it immediately ran around excitedly upon seeing the surrounding environment.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Infected by her Pet’s excitement, Xiao Xunbao happily appeared and floated around behind her Pet.

“Ya Ya!”

After running a circle, her Pet stopped excitedly in front of its Yu Beast Master, wagging its tail wildly and letting out a cry.

Is this the house you bought!

Qiao Sang’s gaze was drawn to her Pet’s tail.

Because the rooms her Pet stayed in recently were too small, every time it was summoned out, it would basically float into the air immediately, so she only now realized that her Pet’s long, large tail wasn’t touching the ground but was suspended in the air.

That’s good, otherwise, washing its tail every day would take forever… Qiao Sang nodded, secretly satisfied.

“Ya Ya!” Seeing that its Yu Beast Master wasn’t speaking, her Pet wagged its tail and cried out again.

Qiao Sang came back to her senses and replied, “I haven’t bought a house yet, this is a hotel, we’ll only stay for a few days and then leave.”

“Ya…”

Her Pet immediately showed a disappointed expression.

So it’s not a house you bought…

Seeing this, Qiao Sang comforted it, “Don’t worry, the house we buy in the future will definitely be bigger than this one.”

“Ya Ya?”

Her Pet tilted its head. Are we not buying it now because I’m not a C-level Beastmaster?

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, not expecting her Pet to remember that.

As a Yu Beast Master, how could she lose face in front of her own Pet… Qiao Sang coughed lightly and said, “Being a C-level Beastmaster requires an assessment, and we have competitions this period, so how would we have time to go take it?”

“Ya Ya!”

Her Pet believed its Yu Beast Master’s words without a doubt, wagging its tail and happily crying out.

Then we’ll take the assessment after the competition!

Qiao Sang: “…”

I got away with it…

Taking the assessment is impossible. After the competition, at most, she would take the D-level Beastmaster assessment. Among the assessment requirements for a C-level Beastmaster, the most important one is that the Yu Beast Master must have a General-level Pet.

After all, the assessment content is battles between General-level Pets.

Her Pet had just evolved and was still far from being a General-level Pet.

Qiao Sang was silent for two seconds, then finally decided to tell the truth: “This assessment has a requirement; you have to evolve one more time before you can take it.”

“Ya Ya!”

Her Pet was stunned for a moment, then let out a spirited cry.

Then I’ll evolve!

Qiao Sang: “…”

…

The tension brought by the knockout rounds was completely different from the preliminary and group stages.

Almost all high schools that advanced to the knockout rounds spent high prices to hire Trainers to accompany them.

Li Tan Royal Pet High School even hired professional Pet masseurs.

It was already dark.

In room 2607 on the 26th floor of Rui Lai Hotel, Guwei Sunflower and other Pets were comfortably closing their eyes, enjoying the massage service.

“I can’t figure it out, why did your Guwei Flower evolve so quickly,” a boy with skin fairer than most girls said with emotion, looking at Guwei Sunflower.

They all entered school together and trained together, and the resources he spent were no less than Ding Yanjing’s, so why hadn’t his Pet evolved to High Level?

Ding Yanjing was playing on his phone on the sofa, saying without looking up, “What’s there to not figure out? It’s a matter of talent.”

Wang Rui, who had been mostly silent, couldn’t stand his pretentious act and spoke up, “Speaking of talent, Qiao Sang from Saint Water Middle School is truly amazing. If she were in our same year, I’m afraid there wouldn’t be much left for you.”

Ding Yanjing paused at the remark, looked up at Wang Rui, and chuckled:

“Yes, what a pity she insisted on competing in our third-year division.”