Chapter 695: What a miserable person

The next day.

It was the first day of school at Yu Liandun University.

Various Pets, large enough to carry several or even dozens of people, appeared in the sky or on the ground.

During this time, Flying-type Pets continuously swooped down and stopped by the roadside.

“Ya! Ya!”

High in the sky, Yabao excitedly looked left and right.

This one is so strong!

That one looks like it’s really good at fighting too!

Qiao Sang sat on Yabao. Although she couldn’t see its facial expression, she knew what it was thinking by the way its head kept turning around.

“There will be plenty of opportunities to compete against strong opponents later. Don’t look anymore for now. Let’s hurry to the freshman area first, so we don’t end up being late,” Qiao Sang said, patting Yabao.

“Ya!”

Yabao barked, indicating it understood, then flapped its wings forcefully, accelerating.

A week ago, Qiao Sang had already familiarized herself with the general layout of Royal Union Dun University during her reconnaissance.

She didn’t spend much time and soon arrived at her destination.

The Freshman Welcome Center was an eight-story visual arts building.

Inside the building, each floor was staggered, creating many outdoor terraces.

Yabao landed on the ground, and after Qiao Sang dismounted, its body slowly shrank.

Qiao Sang went to the huge hall on the second floor.

It was already about two-thirds full of new students.

At the front of the stage, there were nine armchairs, on which sat nine middle-aged and elderly people with varying skin and hair colors, clearly advanced in age.

Following the signs, Qiao Sang went to the area designated for the Beast Taming Department.

She held Yabao and found a random seat.

The eyes of the surrounding people fell on Yabao, but quickly moved away.

Qiao Sang scanned the room and found that while not many people were holding Pets like her, it wasn’t completely unheard of.

At this moment, a girl sitting nearby, who looked about 18 years old, with long blonde hair and azure eyes, leaned over and greeted her:

“Hello, my name is Lailali.”

Qiao Sang glanced at her: “My name is Qiao Sang.”

“Which planet are you from?” Lailali asked.

“It seems everyone has already assumed that people holding Pets are not from Super Dormant Star…” Qiao Sang inwardly grumbled, but outwardly smiled: “Blue Star.”

“Blue Star, huh…” Lailali said with emotion: “I’ve always wanted to go to Blue Star to experience the secret realms, but unfortunately, I haven’t had the chance.”

“You will in the future,” Qiao Sang said.

The two chatted for a few sentences, then Lailali suddenly thought of something and asked:

“Which dorm area are you staying in?”

“I’m not sure,” Qiao Sang explained: “I applied to live off-campus, and I haven’t been to the dorms yet.”

Lailali looked surprised: “You can get approval to live off-campus so quickly?”

Just as Qiao Sang was about to explain that she was an exchange student, Lailali continued:

“I heard that a remarkable new student has arrived this year, and she was assigned to the special zone in her first year.”

Qiao Sang asked curiously:

“Special zone?”

Before Lailali could answer, a brown-haired boy with a few freckles on his face, sitting on the other side, leaned over and said:

“You don’t live on campus, so you don’t know. The dormitory areas of Royal Union Dun University are divided into three sections: the elementary zone, the advanced zone, and the special zone.”

“Like us, who are just starting as first-years, we basically live in the elementary zone. The advanced zone is where the upperclassmen live.”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Qiao Sang, deliberately leaving a pause.

“And the special zone?” Qiao Sang cooperated and asked.

Before the boy could speak, Lailali said indifferently: “The special zone is where only the top hundred students of each department can live. For our Beast Taming Department, the top hundred are all determined by actual combat. To be assigned to the special zone as a first-year is said to be unprecedented.”

“Then your information is wrong,” the brown-haired boy raised his voice slightly and retorted:

“Royal Union Dun University has had five instances of first-year students being assigned directly to the special zone upon entering school. Those people were geniuses among geniuses, and their names can still be found in the Beast Tamer Alliance. You know Zakaton, right? He was one of them…”

Lailali interrupted:

“I’m talking about it being unprecedented in the Beast Taming Department.”

The brown-haired boy immediately fell silent.

“Who is that first-year student who was assigned to the special zone?” Qiao Sang asked, interested.

“I don’t know,” Lailali shook her head.

The brown-haired boy gossiped: “I heard that the fifth-year senior who was originally ranked 100th went to the special zone dorm yesterday to find that new student, wanting to initiate a battle to reclaim the room, but the new student wasn’t there at all.”

Battle? Qiao Sang immediately became sensitive and asked: “As long as you win, you can get the dorm back?”

“Of course,” the brown-haired boy waved his hand: “We are the Beast Taming Department. What we compete on is combat power. The top hundred are just the hundred people who are best at combat, right? As long as you defeat one of them, you can move into the special zone.”

Hearing this, Qiao Sang thought for a moment and asked:

“Then wouldn’t many people want to battle that new student?”

Lailali’s face was filled with fighting spirit: “Who told this person to move into the special zone as soon as she arrived? We are all first-years, why can’t we? We are all about the same age. I don’t believe this person is that much better than me. I will challenge her sooner or later!”

The brown-haired boy glanced at her and reminded:

“Then you need to register first. Everyone who wants to challenge the top hundred list must register, and the battle results will only be effective under the Teacher’s notarization.”

What a miserable person, targeted by the entire Beast Taming Department as soon as she entered university… Qiao Sang sympathized with this person for two seconds in her heart, then asked: “Where do I register? I want to go too.”

She wasn’t interested in living in the special zone, but according to their description, this new student who moved into the special zone should be the strongest among the first-year students.

So strong that even without having battled any of the top hundred in the Beast Taming Department, the school allowed this person to live in the special zone.

She really wanted to compete with someone like that.

“I don’t know about that,” the brown-haired boy said: “But we can ask the counselor later.”

…

At the same time.

Several Teachers in the Beast Taming Department area were discussing in low voices, looking at Qiao Sang’s location:

“Is she Qiao Sang?”

“It’s her, she looks just like the profile.”

“I admit that reaching this level at 16 is very talented, but isn’t it too exaggerated to let her directly into the special zone? Which student living in the special zone hasn’t come up step by step through battles?”

At this moment, a serious-looking middle-aged man in his 40s next to them said indifferently:

“That was a request from the Imperial Beast Academy.”

The surroundings immediately fell silent, followed by a Teacher’s dissatisfied voice:

“They made a request, and we have to agree?”

The middle-aged man said in a deep voice: “Don’t forget, we also have exchange students at the Imperial Beast Academy.”

A round-faced Teacher next to them, seeing that the atmosphere was still a bit subtle, quickly tried to smooth things over:

“Actually, moving directly into the special zone upon entering school isn’t necessarily a good thing. All the students in the Beast Taming Department will probably view her as a competitor. She probably won’t have an easy time this coming semester.”

The middle-aged man calmly said: “That’s also a form of tempering for her.”

The formerly dissatisfied Teacher chuckled: “Using all our Beast Taming Department students to temper her?”

The Teacher stopped trying to smooth things over upon hearing this.

She knew that this Teacher, named Brennan, previously had a student he particularly favored and wanted to keep for graduate studies, but that student turned around and chose the Imperial Beast Academy, even leaving behind the remark, “I just chose better.”

From then on, this Teacher was stimulated and has always regarded the Imperial Beast Academy as a competitor.

Although there is indeed a competitive relationship between the two Top Universities, they are very good at maintaining appearances. Only this Teacher Brennan doesn’t even bother with appearances.