Beast Taming: I Can Evolve Infinitely-Chapter 184 - 183: Is the pet beast disgusted? (The fourth pet beast is coming!)
Songlin City.
Association Headquarters.
Assembly Hall.
"I finally scraped through the first assessment. If I hadn’t passed, I would’ve definitely gotten a thrashing from the teacher."
Zhou Yan looked at her report card and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Combat, Runes, Resource Management, Pet Feeding, Ferocious Beast Theory, and Overall, these six assessments—she only excelled in combat; the rest were just passable.
However, Zhou Yan was already quite satisfied.
Zhou Yan happily put away her report card, then turned to Bai Qiucha and the others, saying, "Cha, did you pass?"
Bai Qiucha shook her head, somewhat embarrassedly admitting, "It seems I really have no talent for runes, I’ll need to invest more time."
"Oh, don’t worry, runes are mostly handled by Qing’er and the rest; we just need to have a basic understanding."
Hearing this, Zhou Yan vigorously patted Bai Qiucha’s shoulder, then glanced at Bai Qiucha’s report card and suddenly found herself at a loss for words.
Combat—Excellent, Runes—Good, Resource Management—Excellent, Pet Feeding—Excellent, Ferocious Beast Theory—Excellent, Overall—Excellent.
You call this having no talent?
Zhou Yan’s eyes twitched slightly as she looked around, and noticed Bai Yuxiao and Gu Shan were all avoiding her gaze.
"You don’t need to look anymore, among these people besides you, the worst score is still ’Good’."
Lu Qing pushed up her glasses and said, "You should be thankful that this rune assessment was conducted by Teacher Zhang. If it had been Instructor Luo, I doubt you would have even passed."
"Qing’er, is that how you should talk about your best friend?"
Zhou Yan hung her head in dejection, clueless about how to retort, but soon she consoled herself, "Whatever, I just needed to scrape through this time. When Instructor Luo will be back is still uncertain."
"That’s not necessarily true."
Xiao Yuan pointed to the screen in the center of the assembly hall, which was displaying the scores of all participants after the first assessment.
"First place: Bai Qi, 18300."
"Second place: Xiao Yuan, 10240."
"Third place: Bai Qiucha, 9980."
"Fourth place: ..."
Xiao Yuan and Bai Qiucha’s rankings were quite normal, almost in line with their recent performances, but the first place was somewhat unexpected.
"Wasn’t Bai Qi out on an external mission with Instructor Luo? How could his score be so high?"
Zhou Yan stared blankly at the scores, clearly struggling to accept it.
"This external mission was personally approved by the chairman, so the performance will also be considered in the assessment."
Xiao Yuan smiled and said, "Before the assessment, I noticed that Bai Qi’s score was still the same as when he left. Now, with the change, it must mean Bai Qi has returned."
Pausing, Xiao Yuan continued, "So, unless something unexpected has happened, Instructor Luo has also returned."
Zhou Yan immediately waved her hand, saying, "Let’s not talk about Instructor Luo for now. Even if it was an external mission, isn’t Bai Qi’s score too high? Did he blow up some ferocious beasts or dismantle a secret realm?"
"All scores during the training period are monitored by the Six Tower Masters and all instructors, there won’t be any mistakes."
Lu Qing glanced at the screen, saying, "I’m also curious though, what exactly did Bai Qi do to get so many points?"
Zhou Yan and the others suddenly realized something, then blurted out, "Where’s Bai Qi then?"
...
Tower of Decision.
Zhao Futu listened to Luo Xiang’s report, a smile emerging on his face,
"So it’s just a sealing-type secret realm, Old Fu is probably going to be furious."
Luo Xiang shrugged, saying, "Not necessarily. Although it’s not the Emperor’s Secret Realm, the Champion Marquis’s secret realm also has significant value, and it seems like the Thirteenth Bureau’s main focus isn’t even on this realm."
"How so?"
Luo Xiang said, "As the director of the Thirteenth Bureau Special Assault Team, Yi Yu appeared only in the beginning and then wasn’t seen again. Considering his main pet, he probably discovered something else."
"Yi Yu, huh, a Destiny series pet is indeed very convenient, but the cost isn’t small."
Zhao Futu pondered for a moment, then asked, "What about our side, how did we fare?"
"I always knew this guy was a troublemaker wherever he went, but to be able to absorb the Blood of Death, his luck is really good."
Luo Xiang nodded and said, "Indeed, Bai Qi’s main pet had already grasped the Withering Power, and only with the help of the Green Dragon Scale was he spared from disaster. Otherwise, even with Mechanical Legend there, Bai Qi would have probably suffered a bit."
"So, your high praise for Bai Qi also includes a bit of hush money?"
Luo Xiang gave a sheepish smile and said, "Well, it’s because the Blood of Death was accidentally released by me. If I don’t explain myself, this kid might come after me one day."
"Ha ha ha..."
Zhao Futu burst into laughter again and said, "Now I see clearly, Bai Qi is exactly like you used to be."
Luo Xiang shrugged his shoulders and said, "I am not afraid of that. After all, Bai Chuanqi has already taken Bai Qi as his disciple. If anyone gets tricked, it will be Bai Chuanqi, not me."
Zhao Futu nodded and said, "By the way, where is Bai Qi?"
Hearing Zhao Futu’s question, Luo Xiang couldn’t help but smile secretly, "This kid hasn’t even landed yet when Old Lady Fan grabbed him, insisting that he go and collect the specially gifted pet."
"Ha ha... Considering Old Lady Fan’s temperament towards humans, it’s remarkable she’s held off this long, but I remember Bai Qi only advanced to Stage Three not long ago, right?"
"Less than a month, but I guess he’s closing in on Stage Four."
Images of Bai Qi beating up Feng Ye and his group popped into Luo Xiang’s mind, making him chuckle.
Stage Three thrashing Stage Four, Bai Qiucha wasn’t this exaggerated back then, was he?
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Breeding Ground.
Bai Qi, looking dazed, was held in the hand of an ancient-dressed woman with silver hair, slowly descending from the air.
Heaven knows what he had just gone through.
He had been riding Kuangxiao back from the Emperor’s Secret Realm, and just as he entered the boundary of Songlin City, the ancient-dressed woman, whom Luo Xiang called Old Lady Fan, directly tore open the top of Kuangxiao and lifted him away.
However, Bai Qi was someone who had fooled a Legendary Giant Dragon, and soon noticed that the progress of the Evolution Egg had reached one hundred percent.
So, was this ancient-dressed woman some kind of Legendary Creature transformed?
"We’ve arrived."
Old Lady Fan, looking impatient, dropped Bai Qi onto the ground and said, "Hurry up and pick a Lord Creature and get lost. This old lady has no patience to waste on you."
Seeing Old Lady Fan’s youthful face while she still called herself an old lady, Bai Qi felt incredibly strange, but thinking about her identity as a Legendary Creature, he quickly kept his nagging thoughts to himself.
Just how many Legendary Creatures are hidden at home by the Association, to be so willing to look after the breeding grounds?
Just as Bai Qi was marveling at the Association’s wealth, Old Lady Fan suddenly kicked him from behind and said, "Dawdling, what are you doing?"
Saying so, Old Lady Fan bypassed Bai Qi and walked directly into the building in front of them.
The breeding ground was located outside the Six Tower, which from the outside looked like an ancient wooden house, but it was obviously an entrance to a secret realm.
Sure enough, as soon as Bai Qi entered the wooden house, the scene before him suddenly opened up, revealing an endless grassland with various distinct auras continually emanating from all over the grassland.
These auras were both strong and weak, ranging from servants to monarchs, and Bai Qi even sensed one or two elusive auras that, fleeting as they were, made his soul shudder involuntarily.
Regardless of their level, these creatures all lived together very harmoniously.
Bai Qi even saw a Skeletal Creature affectionately cuddling up to a Thunder Beast.
Could it be that the first Thunder Skeleton in history was about to be born?
Looking at the grassland filled with a dazzling array of pets, Bai Qi felt his spirit exhilarated, almost wanting to rush up and stroke each and every one.
These were all vivid progress...
"You little ones, those willing to go with this little guy come over, only Lord Level, the rest need not bother."
Old Lady Fan walked up to Bai Qi and shouted across the grassland.
"Uh, Old Lady Fan, is the Association’s gifting of pets this casual?"
Seeing Old Lady Fan’s action, Bai Qi couldn’t help but feel puzzled and somewhat disheartenedly asked.
"It was supposed to be preselected, but you were dilly-dallying so much that this old lady couldn’t be bothered to choose for you."
Old Lady Fan glanced at Bai Qi and said, "The scent on you is nice, there should be quite a few little ones willing to go with you."
Nice scent, are you sure you’re not picking out something to eat?
The corners of Bai Qi’s eyes twitched slightly, but thinking about how long he had indeed dragged it out, he didn’t waste anymore words, instead, he became even more expectant.
He wondered if he might encounter any Mutant Species, or he’d be fine with Ancient Species or Mythical Species as well.
As Old Lady Fan had said, it didn’t take long for numerous Lord Creatures to run up to Bai Qi.
Some ran up to Bai Qi and affectionately nuzzled him, clearly taking a liking to him, but others sniffed him and just turned away to leave.
So it seems some just weren’t interested?
Suddenly, Bai Qi somewhat understood the feelings of those pets that hadn’t been chosen by anyone.
The taste of being disliked, tsk...
