Chapter 818: Coordination Competition (two in one)

“Your Ice Aipalu perfectly fits the criteria for participating in the Coordination Competition,” Lamal concluded.

On Super Dormant Star, Ice Pets are already rare, and combined with their Peaceful Wave characteristic, which is like a beautiful special effect upon appearance, and the image of Ice Aipalu, just showing up would guarantee a collective pass from the judges in the first assessment stage.

“Xiao Xunbao?” Xiao Xunbao looked over with eyes full of anticipation.

What about it? What about it?

Qiao Sang helped ask, “What about Ghost Ring King?”

Lamal glanced at Xiao Xunbao: “Ghost Ring King is certainly very charming too.”

To be honest, among Qiao Sang’s four Pets, Ghost Ring King was actually the least suitable for participating in the Coordination Competition.

Although the Coordination Competition emphasizes showcasing a Pet’s charm, the popularity of Pet types has actually been similar throughout history.

Ghost-type Pets have always ranked in the top two for the most disliked Pet attribute each year.

Moreover, most Ghost-type Pet skills are gloomy and terrifying, not flashy, so the vast majority of Ghost-type Pets are eliminated in the first round.

Even though Ghost Ring King’s appearance is considered on the cuter side among Ghost-type Pets, and she genuinely found it charming, it couldn’t gain an advantage when compared to other contestants’ Pets.

This is also why Pet Coordinators rarely enter Ghost-type Pets in competitions.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xunbao became happy, took off its ring, and found a focusing monocle inside to put on.

Seeing this, Lamal let out a soft “Oh?”: “Your Ghost Ring King looks so good wearing that.”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao proudly adjusted its monocle.

“It’s a bit like those Pets who are very knowledgeable and love to learn,” Lamal continued.

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xunbao’s body stiffened slightly, and it quickly took off the monocle, putting it back into the ring.

Qiao Sang silently glanced at Xiao Xunbao.

Lamal didn’t pay much attention and continued to chat idly with Qiao Sang.

After about twenty minutes, she looked down from the sky and smiled, “We’ve arrived.”

…

The Coordination Competition venue has a building area of approximately 5500 square meters and three floors.

A metallic track spirals upwards, enveloping the building, giving it a dynamic feel.

The first two floors offer views of the interior exhibition space through glass facades, but not the third floor.

At the ticket entrance, a long queue had already formed.

Everyone was dressed very fashionably, and most of the Pets were also dressed up.

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao looked at a few fully dressed Pets passing by, took off its ring, rummaged inside, pulled out three pairs of sunglasses, and handed them to Ya Bao and the others.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao happily took the dark green triangular sunglasses and put them on its face.

“Ice Ai.”

Lu Bao poked its head out of the backpack, looked at the sunglasses, shook its head, and refused.

“Steel Slash.”

Steel Treasure took the yellow sunglasses and put them on, but after seeing the world through them, it unaccustomedly took them off and handed them back.

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao was helpless, put on the yellow sunglasses itself, and put the other pair back into the ring.

Then, it felt something inside, its eyes lit up, and it pulled out a lavender felt hat, handing it to Steel Treasure.

“Steel Slash…”

Steel Treasure stared at the hat for a moment, then took it and put it on.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao grinned, then pulled out a black towel from inside the ring and draped it behind itself.

The people around couldn’t help but cover their mouths and snicker, and some even took out their phones to take pictures.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao didn’t understand why, thinking everyone was captivated by its charm, and enthusiastically waved its paws.

Seeing this scene, Qiao Sang sighed and scanned the surroundings.

“What are you looking for?” Lamal asked.

“Are there any Pet accessory shops around here?” Qiao Sang asked.

“Yes,” Lamal nodded, “Do you want to go?”

Qiao Sang hummed, “I want to buy a cape suitable for small Pets.”

Lamal glanced at the black towel behind Ghost Ring King, instantly understood, and smiled, “I’ll take you there.”

Normally, at this time, most shops around, except for breakfast and beverage shops, would still be closed. However, today there was a large-scale Coordination Competition, so to not miss out on this wave of traffic, almost all surrounding shops were already open.

Soon, the two arrived at a Pet accessory shop.

“Ya Ya!”

“Xiao Xunbao!”

Ya Bao and Xiao Xunbao seemed very excited.

However, Ya Bao remained in its Yu Beast Master’s arms, its eyes scanning the surroundings, and its tail wagging excitedly.

Xiao Xunbao directly floated to things it was interested in, picked them up, and tried them on itself.

Qiao Sang quickly scanned the area and saw the cape section.

She picked up a black cape made of satin fabric and waved to Xiao Xunbao, “Come here.”

“Xiao Xunbao~” Xiao Xunbao’s eyes lit up when it saw what was in its Yu Beast Master’s hand, and it immediately teleported over.

Qiao Sang took off the black towel from behind Xiao Xunbao, helped it put on the black cape, admired it, and said with satisfaction, “Go look in the mirror and see if you like it.”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao chirped, and teleported to the full-length mirror.

When it saw its reflection, it immediately showed a happy expression and began to look left and right, appreciating itself from all angles.

“I see Ice Aipalu doesn’t have anything on it, aren’t you buying something for it?” Lamal leaned closer and asked.

Qiao Sang said helplessly, “It doesn’t like these things.”

Lamal heard this and didn’t say anything more.

After paying, the two walked towards the end of the queue.

Suddenly, Lamal seemed to receive a call, picked it up, and connected: “Yes, I’m at the entrance of the Coordination Competition venue.”

To prevent herself from hearing what she shouldn’t, Qiao Sang automatically blocked out the sound from that side.

After about half a minute, the call ended, and Lamal turned around, excitedly saying, “We don’t have to queue anymore! Dean Sili happens to be a judge here today, and she said she’d send someone to pick us up.”

Coordination Academy, Dean Sili Hayek… Qiao Sang couldn’t help but recall the scene when she first met Dean Sili.

“How about it, do you want to come and watch a Coordination Competition? Maybe you and your Pet will like it.”

Coordination Competition…

Invitation letter…

Qiao Sang suddenly remembered something and looked at Xiao Xunbao: “The invitation letter I gave you last time, the champagne-colored envelope-like thing, take it out and let me see.”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao took off its ring, poked its head inside to look, then pulled it out and shook its head.

None.

Qiao Sang was silent for a moment: “Take off your sunglasses and look again.”

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao took off its sunglasses and once again poked its head into the ring.

After about ten seconds, it pulled its head out, holding the champagne-colored invitation letter.

Qiao Sang took it and opened it.

She found that the location and time indeed matched today’s.

“This, Dean Sili gave it to you?” Lamal leaned closer, glanced at the contents of the invitation letter, and asked in surprise.

Qiao Sang looked at her and retorted, “So, Dean Sili asked you to call me over?”

Lamal’s expression immediately stiffened.

“There’s nothing bad about saying it, I’m already here,” Qiao Sang said.

“That’s right,” Lamal sighed, no longer pretending, “Dean Sili wanted you to watch this Coordination Competition, but she thought you might not come, so she asked me to use this as a task reward.”

She paused, then sincerely said, “The Coordination Competition is really good to watch, you’ll definitely like it, and watching it live feels completely different from watching it on TV.”

Unexpectedly, the dignified Dean of the Coordination Academy went to so much trouble to recruit me. It seems I really have a lot of talent in coordination… Qiao Sang affirmed herself internally, and was about to say that she had already decided to return to Blue Star at the end of this semester.

Just then, a Staff wearing a white uniform jogged over and asked:

“Excuse me, are you Miss Qiao Sang and Miss Lamal?”

“That’s us,” Lamal nodded.

“Dean Sili sent me,” the Staff said respectfully, “I’ll take you in now.”

After speaking, they led the way.

Under the guidance of the Staff, they went to another entrance and successfully entered the Coordination Competition venue.

“Dean Sili is waiting for you on the third floor,” the Staff said while walking onto the escalator.

Lamal looked a bit nervous, slowly exhaling.

“Why are you nervous?” Qiao Sang noticed her emotions and asked.

“This is Dean Sili Hayek,” Lamal said with reverence, “I’ve only seen her less than three times since the semester started.”

“I thought you two were very familiar,” Qiao Sang said, somewhat surprised.

Lamal looked over with a smile: “Thanks to you, I got Dean Sili’s contact information and we’ve been messaging each other for a long time.”

Saying this, she put her arm around Qiao Sang’s shoulder and said with loyalty, “So, after today’s Coordination Competition ends, I can continue to help with Flame Qilu’s Peaceful Wave resistance training until you no longer need it.”

Qiao Sang smiled, “Then thank you very much.”

Although she currently had little confidence in Ya Bao developing resistance to Peaceful Wave, it didn’t mean she had given up on this training. What if, like Steel Treasure’s initial struggles with learning clones, it might have a qualitative breakthrough later on?

Soon, the two arrived on the third floor.

“Dean Sili is waiting for you inside,” the Staff said, helping to push open the door to the main hall on the third floor.

The main color scheme was resplendent gold.

A massive ceiling ring shone brightly, illuminated by hundreds of dazzling lights around it.

Seats were arranged according to different tiers, offering various viewing angles and perspectives.

A huge stage was directly in front, with light beams constantly shining down, seemingly being adjusted.

At this time, there weren’t many people in the main hall. Qiao Sang immediately saw five people sitting in the front row closest to the stage, one of whom was Dean Sili.

Lamal took another deep breath.

Qiao Sang strode forward.

Lamal quickly followed.

Dean Sili heard the movement and turned, seeing the people she wanted to see, and smiled, “You’re here.”

“Dean Sili.”

Qiao Sang and Lamal greeted her simultaneously.

“Who are these two?” a red-haired, blue-eyed middle-aged woman sitting at the judge’s table turned and asked.

“They are students from my school,” Dean Sili said with a smile.

“Isn’t this Qiao Sang? The champion of this year’s Beastmaster Star Tournament,” another handsome middle-aged man wearing golden glasses and a black suit turned and said in surprise.

The other two judges turned towards them, showing friendly smiles.

Although Qiao Sang was not from the coordination world, the fact that her General-level Pet possessed an Ultra-level skill was almost known to anyone who followed the news.

Qiao Sang quickly returned a smile.

“It’s her,” Dean Sili said, pointing to the two seats behind them: “You two sit in these two seats. The competition is about to start, I need to verify the contestants’ information first.”

With that, she turned back to seriously look at the资料 in her hand.

After Qiao Sang sat down, she lowered her voice and asked, “Five judges? That many? I thought there were usually three.”

Lamal also replied in an extremely low voice, “Coordination Competitions always have five judges. You must have been watching smaller-scale Coordination Competitions.”

Indeed, she hadn’t watched many Coordination Competitions, and they were mostly on TV. Later, she got busy and didn’t even watch TV… Qiao Sang asked, “Besides Dean Sili, who are the others?”

Lamal immediately began to introduce them: “The red-haired one, who is strikingly beautiful, is the president of the First District Coordination Center, she’s an official. The man wearing glasses is an expert from the breeding world.”

“Coordination Competitions assess a Pet’s charm, its fur, its condition, whether it has taken any illicit substances, so an expert from the breeding world needs to be present.”

“The lady in the silk gown is the champion of the last Global Glamour Competition.”

“The last one, with white hair, is a Pet Coordination training master. When he was young, he won championships in all the Coordination Competitions he participated in, and he has also trained many excellent Pet Coordinators.”

They’re all big shots, it seems… Qiao Sang sighed inwardly.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man turned to observe Ya Bao, Xiao Xunbao, and Steel Treasure, and smiled, “Your Pets are all very well-trained.”

“Thank you,” Qiao Sang accepted the compliment.

“Are you here because you’re interested in the Coordination Competition?” the middle-aged man then asked.

Dean Sili didn’t turn her head, but her movements paused.

With so many big shots from the coordination world here, can I say I’m not interested?… Qiao Sang complained inwardly, but on the surface, she said seriously:

“Of course, watching a Coordination Competition is a visual feast.”

Dean Sili continued to flip through the资料 in her hand.

“If you’re interested, you can try participating,” the middle-aged man said enthusiastically: “I think your Flame Qilu, Ice Aipalu, and Steel Slash Giant Falcon are all very suitable.”

“Xiao Xunbao?”

Xiao Xunbao pointed to itself with its paw.

Did he forget it?

“Especially the Steel Slash Giant Falcon,” the middle-aged man’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he excitedly added, “The Steel Slash Giant Falcon is a brand new form on Super Dormant Star, but because it’s a bond evolution, and its Beginner form is Little Steel Falcon, many people, even if they’re tempted, still don’t dare to contract and train it.”

“But if the Steel Slash Giant Falcon participates in the Coordination Competition and allows more people to see its charm, I believe more people will be willing to contract the Little Steel Falcon species in the future.”

“Steel Slash…” Steel Treasure’s eyes flickered with unusual emotion.

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment.

Honestly, regarding the Coordination Competition, everyone thought she was suitable because of Ya Bao and Lu Bao. Few people would directly tell her that Steel Treasure was the most suitable.

Indeed, Ya Bao and Lu Bao are Pets from Blue Star, even if they participated in the Coordination Competition and showcased their charm, people would at most discuss them for a while.

But if Steel Treasure successfully showcased its charm, it could allow more people to see this species.

She only let Steel Treasure participate once in the last Beastmaster Star Tournament…

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang said seriously, “I will consider it.”

The middle-aged man turned back with satisfaction.

Dean Sili pushed a bottle of unopened drink over: “Are you thirsty? Do you want some?”

The middle-aged man was flattered, quickly took it, and thanked her.

【Do you want to participate?】 Qiao Sang asked in her mind.

【Steel Slash.】 Steel Treasure quickly responded.

It needed to think.

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao looked at the human who had sat back down, then at its Yu Beast Master, its cheeks slowly puffing out.