Beast Taming: Starting From Zero
Chapter 877: Flying Conference (two in one)
So it wasn’t the Judge after all, what a waste of such a distinguished demeanor… Qiao Sang grumbled internally, then politely asked, “Then where is the Judge?”
“Xun Xun.”
Xunbao turned its tail forward, pushed its glasses with the tip of its tail, and let out a cry.
“Ya Ya.”
Ya Bao translated.
The Judge went to a meeting, and it’s unclear when he will be back.
A meeting… Qiao Sang decided to wait patiently and asked, “May I sit here for a while?”
“Xun Xun.”
Xunbao made a gesture for her to sit.
Qiao Sang understood and immediately sat on a nearby sofa.
Xunbao continued its work.
“Xiao Xunbao~”
Xiao Xunbao appeared, floated next to Xunbao, watched it operate the computer, and occasionally showed expressions of admiration like “You’re so amazing,” “You’re so great,” and “You can even do this.”
“Xun Xun~”
Xunbao was a bit embarrassed by the praise, then it thought of something, got up, went to the side, and skillfully made a few cups of tea with its tail, bringing them to the coffee table.
Seeing this, Qiao Sang said thank you.
“Xun Xun.”
Xunbao used its tail to pick up one of the cups of tea and specifically handed it to Xiao Xunbao.
“Xiao Xunbao~”
Xiao Xunbao hesitated for a moment, then extended its paw to take it.
To be honest, it didn’t really like the taste of tea.
Xunbao looked at it with a smile.
“Xiao Xunbao…”
Xiao Xunbao hesitantly brought the tea to its mouth and took a sip.
Xunbao continued to smile.
Xiao Xunbao felt the gaze, its body stiffened, and it took another sip.
It looked down, only to find that Xunbao was still smiling and looking at it.
“Xiao Xunbao!”
Xiao Xunbao gritted its teeth, drank all the tea in one go, and then showed the empty teacup to Xunbao.
“Xun Xun…”
Xunbao shook its head with a sigh.
How could one drink tea like that? What a waste.
After sighing, it returned to its desk and continued working.
Xiao Xunbao: “…”
For the rest of the time, Xiao Xunbao no longer went near Xunbao, but obediently practiced Light Wall beside its Yu Beast Master.
Qiao Sang, meanwhile, took out her phone, logged onto the official website of the Imperial Beast Academy, and once again looked at the items that could be exchanged with points.
There were many exchangeable items listed, and it was not something that could be finished casually.
Moreover, she had heard of almost none of them, and had to click in to view the details for each one.
Time passed bit by bit.
After an unknown amount of time, a faint sound of footsteps came from the corridor outside.
The footsteps grew closer, heading towards this side, and then the door was pushed open.
Qiao Sang looked up and saw a Middle-aged Man wearing a white shirt and suit pants, with silver-rimmed glasses, exuding a bureaucratic aura.
The aura is very similar… Qiao Sang couldn’t help but turn her head to glance at Xunbao’s position.
Then she stood up with a smile and greeted him:
“Hello, I am a Yu Beast Master who signed up for the Regional Competition, and I’m here to receive my assessment task.”
“Xun Xun.”
Xunbao stood up, made way, and let out a cry.
The Middle-aged Man’s first glance landed on the cups of tea on the coffee table, and a flicker of surprise passed through his eyes.
He knew that his Xunbao didn’t easily make tea for others.
The Middle-aged Man glanced at Qiao Sang, then his gaze fell upon Ya Bao and Steel Treasure, his eyes lit up, and he pushed up his glasses on his nose, saying:
“I know you. I just happened to see your Pet evolve through the window.”
The main building of the Yu Beast Center was right behind the outdoor training ground, so it was normal to be seen.
As he spoke, the Middle-aged Man looked at Steel Treasure:
“It’s good that you’re here. I just wanted to know what kind of Pet this is? It can’t even be identified by the Pet Identifier.”
Steel Treasure remained motionless, allowing itself to be scrutinized.
“It’s called Steel Sword Falcon, and it’s a Pet from Super Dormant Star,” Qiao Sang introduced.
“Super Dormant Star?” the Middle-aged Man blurted out in surprise, “How did you contract a Pet from Super Dormant Star?”
Steel Treasure stared over.
The Middle-aged Man realized his words were ambiguous, coughed, and added, “What I mean is, how did you manage to contract a Pet from Super Dormant Star?”
Even though only one word was added, the meaning was vastly different.
Qiao Sang replied, “I went to Super Dormant Star as an Interstellar Exchange Student some time ago and contracted it there.”
Interstellar Exchange Student, not everyone can exchange… Wait! Still a student? The Middle-aged Man’s expression was strange, and he couldn’t help but glance at Steel Treasure again, asking:
“What level of Pet is Steel Sword Falcon?”
“General-level,” Qiao Sang said.
So it’s General-level, that scared him, he thought a student had cultivated a King-level Pet… The Middle-aged Man unconsciously let out a sigh of relief, sat down at the desk, and said with a smile:
“Just now, when I saw Steel Sword Falcon evolve, I saw its size and aura, and I thought it was a King-level Pet.”
“It’s just a bit larger than an ordinary General-level Pet,” Qiao Sang said, handing over her ID card and pet tamer badge.
“It’s not just the size, but also the aura. It doesn’t resemble an ordinary General-level Pet, otherwise I wouldn’t have misjudged,” the Middle-aged Man said while placing the ID card and pet tamer badge on the scanner.
Information instantly appeared on the screen.
He first looked at Steel Sword Falcon’s data, but when he found there was no Steel Sword Falcon, only Steel Slash Giant Falcon, he asked, “Did you not modify the information after your Pet evolved?”
Qiao Sang hummed, “Steel Sword Falcon is a Pet from Super Dormant Star, so modifying the information takes a lot of time. I wanted to come over and pick up the task first.”
The Middle-aged Man smiled and said, “I was just in a meeting, you…”
His voice abruptly stopped.
16 years old?
Ice Emperor Ram, King-level Pet?
The Middle-aged Man leaned forward, somewhat doubting his own eyes.
When he found that the information displayed on the data was still the same, he was silent for a moment, took off his glasses, casually grabbed Xunbao’s tail from the side, wiped the lenses, then put them back on, and looked for the third time.
The information remained unchanged.
During the inspection, Xunbao quietly moved away.
The Middle-aged Man sat in his seat, staring at the information in front of him, dazed for a long time, and then confirmed:
“You’re only 16 years old?”
Some people do modify the age on their ID cards, but at most they only change it by one or two years. However, even if the person in front of him had their age reduced by two years, possessing such strength would be unbelievably exaggerated, almost beyond reality.
Qiao Sang said, “I’ll be 17 soon.”
The Middle-aged Man: “…”
The office suddenly fell silent.
After about ten seconds, the Middle-aged Man slowly exhaled and began to search for a task.
Soon, he made a decision:
“Tomorrow, the Flight Tournament will begin. They hope to send Yu Beast Masters with at least General-level Flying-type Pets for on-site protection. You will go to the site to manage order, prevent Yu Beast Masters who are not participating in the Flight Tournament from accidentally entering the airspace, and maintain order. If there are no mistakes, the task will be considered complete.”
Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment: “That simple?”
The Middle-aged Man said, “If you don’t like this task, then I…”
“I like it!” Qiao Sang quickly interrupted, “This task is quite good.”
For an assessment task, she naturally hoped it would be as simple and quick to complete as possible.
The Middle-aged Man said nothing more, clicked confirm on the task, handed back the ID card and pet tamer badge, and added, “The Flight Tournament will be held for three days, and you will be responsible for all three days.”
Qiao Sang took the ID card and pet tamer badge, and asked, “Is it just me, or…?”
“There are others.” The Middle-aged Man chuckled, “This is a Flight Tournament, how can one person be responsible for order?”
I see, the Flight Tournament is tomorrow, how could they only find a suitable Yu Beast Master to maintain order the day before? It must be that I’m not essential, nor am I superfluous. This Judge is a good person, arranging such an easy task… Qiao Sang said seriously:
“I will complete the task smoothly.”
After speaking, she hugged Ya Bao and turned to leave.
The Middle-aged Man looked at Qiao Sang’s departing back and sincerely sighed, “The younger generation nowadays has truly produced a genius rarely seen in ten thousand years…”
As he spoke, he turned to Xunbao:
“Make me a cup of tea.”
“Xun Xun.”
Xunbao, while tidying up the tea set on the coffee table, let out a cry, indicating it was busy and that he should make it himself.
The Middle-aged Man: “…”
…
Yu Beast Hall.
Qiao Sang was queuing at window 32 with Ya Bao in her arms, her thoughts unconsciously drifting away.
This task could be completed in three days, so counting today, she would be here for four days.
Could it be that her brain region would break through the chasm in just four days… Qiao Sang felt her brain region and yu beast codex, but there was still no change.
Could it be that I will come to Yongtian City again in the future?
Is the predicted time not recent, but in the future?
After all, she was a Yu Beast Master, and whenever she passed through a certain place, she would most likely go to the local Yu Beast Center.
She had to participate in the Regional Competition in the central region and would be staying here for a considerable amount of time. It wasn’t impossible for her to visit Yongtian City again…
All sorts of thoughts flashed through her mind.
As her thoughts flickered, the Staff’s voice sounded: “Next.”
Qiao Sang stepped forward and handed over her ID card:
“I want to modify my Pet’s information.”
The Staff took the ID card: “What Pet information would you like to modify?”
“My Steel Slash Giant Falcon has evolved, and I need to change it to Steel Sword Falcon,” Qiao Sang said.
The Staff lowered his head and operated for a moment, then looked up in surprise, his tone unusually respectful:
“Please wait a moment.”
Immediately after, he turned around, walking quickly and shouting, “Supervisor!”
As dusk fell, it wasn’t until evening that Qiao Sang finally returned to her room with the tired Steel Treasure.
Although Blue Star has many advantages over Super Dormant Star, it must be said that in terms of Yu Beast Center efficiency, Super Dormant Star is still stronger.
Just to modify some information, it actually took a whole afternoon, with wave after wave of people being called in. Even after work hours, they were still on the phone, discussing various things. It was far more exaggerated than when Ya Bao evolved into Flame Qilu on Super Dormant Star…
“Steel Sword…”
Steel Treasure looked tired, and it was rare for it to lie down on the sofa to rest immediately upon returning to the room.
It felt that being examined and discussed by humans was much more tiring than training.
“Xiao Xunbao~”
Seeing this, Xiao Xunbao quickly took off its ring, pulled out a bottle of milk, and handed it to Steel Treasure.
It only had this one little brother now, so it couldn’t let him get too tired.
“Steel Sword.”
Steel Treasure was stunned for a moment, stood up from the sofa, extended its wing to take it, and let out a cry, indicating thanks.
“Xiao Xunbao~”
Xiao Xunbao patted Steel Treasure’s head, showing an expression of “Why are you being polite with me?”
You’re my little brother, who else would I take care of if not you?
Steel Treasure: “…”
“Dong dong.”
Suddenly, a knock on the door sounded, followed by Teacher Mi Jiala’s voice: “It’s me.”
Qiao Sang was too lazy to get up and looked at Xiao Xunbao.
Before she even spoke, Xiao Xunbao understood its Yu Beast Master’s meaning, and its eyes glowed blue.
The room door opened.
Mi Jiala pushed the door and walked in.
Her first glance went to the motionless, seemingly quiet Ya Bao, and she said with a complex expression, “You’ve been training all this time, aren’t you tired?”
Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, followed Teacher Mi Jiala’s gaze, and instantly understood something, asking:
“Ya Bao, are you still training on the field?”
“Ya.”
The long period of training caused Ya Bao to nod without much enthusiasm.
Why didn’t it ask for energy recovery potions… Qiao Sang felt both heartache and self-reproach.
In order for Steel Treasure to evolve better, it had already dispelled all its clones before taking the shrinking potion, and her attention was entirely on Steel Treasure at the time.
Later, when taking on the task, she was thinking about her brain region breakthrough.
And then, she was busy with Steel Treasure’s information modification, completely failing to notice that Ya Bao had been training with its clones the entire time.
A whole afternoon plus the midday period; previously, with this intensity of training skills using multiple clones, it would need to take an energy recovery potion every few tens of minutes.
But this time, Ya Bao hadn’t taken any, nor had it mentioned it.
She hadn’t noticed at all…
Qiao Sang sighed inwardly and said, “Rest for a bit. Drink a few bottles of energy recovery potion before continuing to train.”
She understood that with Ya Bao’s current desire to become stronger, it would be absolutely impossible for her to tell Ya Bao to rest directly and not train.
“Ya.”
Ya Bao nodded.
“Xiao Xunbao~”
Xiao Xunbao, who had heard the conversation from the side, timely took off its ring, grabbed a few bottles of energy recovery liquid, and handed them to Ya Bao.
“Ya.”
Ya Bao took them, held them in its paws, and drank them in big gulps.
No, Flame Qilu has been training nonstop for so long, and you’re still letting it train? There aren’t any important major competitions coming up in the short term. It seems Qiao Sang’s training method is quite strict… No, that’s not right, besides Flame Qilu, the other Pets don’t seem to train like this… Mi Jiala collected her thoughts, remembered the main business, and asked:
“What’s your task?”
“To maintain order at the Flight Tournament for three days,” Qiao Sang said.
Mi Jiala nodded slightly after listening.
This task has no difficulty, only takes three days, and during this period, she can also admire the various Flying-type Pets. For Qiao Sang at this age, it allows for learning while observing. It seems the Judge here has a good impression of Qiao Sang and gave her such a task… Mi Jiala said:
“Alright, then you should rest early. I won’t accompany you when you do the task. Contact me when you complete the task. If you have any questions not related to the task during this period, you can come find me.”
“Understood.” Qiao Sang nodded.
Mi Jiala turned and left the room.
…
The next day, early morning.
Qiao Sang simply washed up, picked up Ya Bao, and prepared to leave for the Flight Tournament.
“Ya!”
Ya Bao cried out, indicating to wait.
Qiao Sang stopped.
The next second, a hundred small Flame Qilu appeared almost simultaneously, one after another, darting out the door.
Qiao Sang: “…”
Ya Bao rolled up, even she was scared.
Congratulations in advance to the table tennis men’s team for winning the championship!