Beast taming, starting from zero point

As she spoke, her expression grew serious:

"I hope we can run into each other in the Master Challenge."

Qiao Sang said, "I hope so too."

As soon as she finished, a staff member walked over and said respectfully:

"Candidate Qiao Sang, the previous candidates have finished their checks. I’m here to guide you."

"Then I’ll be going first." Qiao Sang gave Xia Huo a slight nod, picked up Shalala, stood up, and left the lounge following behind the staff member.

The chatter quieted for a moment, and almost everyone’s gaze followed her.

Only when Qiao Sang’s figure completely disappeared did someone finally fail to hold back and say:

"I heard this candidate named Qiao Sang is only eighteen. For real?"

Even though everyone present was an A-Level Professional Beast Tamer, there were still differences between A-level Beast Tamers—for example, in their ability to gather information.

The person next to him sneered:

"You don’t ask when she’s right here, and now that she’s gone you suddenly have questions?"

The one who spoke first snapped, "You—!"

Lafeid suddenly cut in, "Has Serana been here yet?"

The person who was speaking fell silent at once.

"Not yet," someone answered.

Lafeid said nothing more.

Everyone exchanged looks, then quickly switched topics and went back to chatting happily.

Xia Huo glanced around the room, found it rather boring, pulled her gaze back, and walked out of the lounge.

In her eyes, even if some of these people were currently stronger than she was, none of them would be her opponents in the future.

Right now, among all the contestants, the only one she was interested in was Qiao Sang.

...

The next day, early morning.

Qiao Sang did a simple wash-up and changed into the outfit she thought looked the best.

Xun Xun floated in front of the bathroom mirror, diligently brushing its teeth.

Qingbao stood beside it, practicing its smile at the mirror, head tilting back and forth nonstop, trying to find its best angle.

"Ya Ya?"

"Ya Ya?"

Yaobao looked at the pile of sunglasses laid out on the bed, excitedly asking its Beast Tamer which one looked the coolest.

As it spoke, it tried on each pair of sunglasses one by one.

Qiao Sang looked through them all and offered a suggestion: "Go with the red ones."

"Ya Ya!"

Yaobao immediately put the red sunglasses on its face.

Gangbao was off to the side, wiping down its feathers with a special care solution.

"Ting Ting?"

Tingbao watched this scene with a puzzled look, turned to the only one not busy—Lubao—and called out, basically asking why everyone was acting so weird.

"Ice Saint."

Lubao thought for a moment and gave a call.

Probably because it’s competition time.

"Ting Ting?"

Tingbao was still confused.

Do you have to dress up for a match?

"Ice Saint."

Lubao mulled it over and gave an answer.

A lot of Beast Tamers and Pet Beasts doll themselves up before a match.

It still remembered back when they were competing on Chao Su Star, their Beast Tamer even took them in for pet-beauty treatments.

"Ting Ting..."

Tingbao showed an "Oh, so that’s how it is" expression.

It stayed quiet for two seconds, then wriggled its body and flew over next to Gangbao, calling out:

"Ting Ting."

Gangbao looked at it, then handed over the care solution and a disposable wipe.

Tingbao took them, poured the solution onto the wipe, and started carefully wiping down its own body.

"Xiaxia..."

Shalala watched from the side and suddenly felt it should pretty itself up too. It couldn’t help grabbing the water jug and pouring water over its own head.

Mikaela walked in, and this was exactly what she saw.

She froze for a second, then understood, and said with a smile, "Tonight the main event is still the opening ceremony. According to the usual routine for the Master Challenge, if the opening ceremony is held at night, only one group of contestants will go on stage to start, to push the opening atmosphere to the max."

Which meant they wouldn’t be appearing tonight.

The contestant groupings were random, but which group came out first was something the system could arrange.

Generally speaking, the first group to appear was made up of candidates with higher popularity on the current star.

Yaobao didn’t understand any of that.

Lubao didn’t care.

Gangbao and Tingbao just kept rubbing themselves down with the care solution.

"Xun Xun~"

Xun Xun understood. Still brushing its teeth, it floated out of the bathroom and called out.

But there would be a full interstellar live broadcast.

As long as there was even one shot with it in the frame, it had to make sure its on-camera moment was flawless!

After saying that, Xun Xun kept brushing its teeth as it floated back into the bathroom.

Interstellar live broadcast... In the bathroom, Qingbao, which had just stopped moving, heard this and once again lifted the curve of its lips, practicing its smile.

Qiao Sang tied up her hair as she said, "I know, but this is the first time for me and Yaobao and the others to take part in a competition this big."