Beast Taming: Starting From Zero Chapter 936: Tianan City

"She evolved a month or two ago." Qiao Sang said modestly.

"I stayed in the secret realm a bit longer this time."

Mikayla naturally knew the specific time frame of Qingbao’s evolution. Her exaggerated reaction was merely to demonstrate that she was completely unaware of what had happened inside the secret realm.

"Yap yap!"

Just as she was about to say something, Yabao emerged from the bathroom with his head held high, looking as if he were waiting for a round of applause.

Mikayla looked at Yabao, remained silent for a second, and put on a stunned expression, followed by a look of disbelief: "Fire Qilu evolved too?!"

After completing the act, she couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed. It wasn't the shame of acting itself, but rather the feeling that her performance was a bit too flamboyant.

"Yap yap!"

Yabao gave a proud little nod.

Mikayla put on an expression of listening intently.

After chattering for a while, Qiao Sang's mouth felt dry. She got up to grab a bottle of water.

Mikayla pretended to be deep in thought and said, "So, the evolution path for Fire Qilu involves the Molten Flame Seed?"

Qiao Sang shared her opinion: "It's not certain yet. Yabao charged out of the underground and evolved under the sunlight. It might have something to do with the sun as well."

The location predicted by Adinishi must have deep meaning. Furthermore, the three new skills Yabao gained after evolving are all related to the sun, making it hard for her not to link his evolution conditions to sunlight.

However, she couldn't mention the skills. After all, she had just said Yabao evolved the day they left the secret realm; there was no way she should have had time to know which skills he had awakened, let alone know about three of them.

After speaking, she suddenly remembered that she should probably inform the Vice Principal about Yabao's evolution...

Indeed, if Fire Qilu evolved because of the Molten Flame Seed, there is a high probability he would have completed the evolution within the magma or upon rushing out of it. If it was because of the sun, his behavior of rushing out from underground makes sense. After all, when a pet reaches the threshold of energy evolution, they are attracted to evolution items and try to get close... Mikayla fell into contemplation. ȒäＮòＢΕ𝒮

This time, her reaction was genuine.

A few seconds later, Mikayla gathered her thoughts and smiled.

"It's good that Fire Qilu evolved successfully. His evolution path was unknown, and I was always worried. Now that both Qingbao and Yabao have evolved, I'll have the people from the Imperial Beast University come over again to adjust their energy pills based on their new conditions."

Qiao Sang immediately replied, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Teacher."

"It's what I should do." Mikayla said.

"But before that, we need to head to Tianan City."

Qiao Sang nodded. "I understand."

Tianan City was the city where the Regional Championships were officially held.

"Then get some rest early. We leave tomorrow." Mikayla instructed before turning to leave.

As her hand rested on the doorknob, she suddenly remembered something and turned to ask, "Have you thought of a name for Fire Qilu's evolved form?"

Qiao Sang answered, "Blazing Divine Lion."

Mikayla pushed the door open and left.

Qiao Sang looked at the closed door, thoughtful.

"Gang Zhan?" Gangbao let out a cry, asking what was wrong.

As she had mentioned, she couldn't sync with every single thought of her Beast Master. For example, right now, she didn't know what Qiao Sang was thinking.

Qiao Sang said seriously, "I always feel like Teacher is acting a bit strange."

"Gang Zhan?"

Gangbao showed a puzzled expression.

Qiao Sang shook her head. "Nothing, maybe I'm overthinking it."

She couldn't exactly say that she felt Mikayla's reaction to Yabao's evolution was too calm, as if she had accepted it too quickly, which prevented Qiao Sang from properly showing off, leaving her feeling a bit unsatisfied.

Gangbao: ...

Qiao Sang stopped thinking about it, pulled out her phone, and dialed the Vice Principal's number. She had to tell him about Yabao's evolution regardless, to avoid another situation where data wasn't collected before he evolved again.

The ringtone sounded for a few seconds before the call was picked up. The Vice Principal's resonant voice came through the speaker: "Hello, Qiao Sang?"

Qiao Sang started with small talk: "Vice Principal, you went to the predicted location. Did you gain anything?"

"No." Liu Yao said calmly.

"Maybe the time hasn't come yet."

After a pause, he asked, "Why did you call so suddenly? Is something wrong?"

Since she had officially joined the campus Beast Master league and no longer needed him to help request leaves of absence, Qiao Sang rarely contacted him proactively.

Qiao Sang cleared her throat and said, "Yabao has evolved."

The other end of the line suddenly went silent.

A few seconds later, Liu Yao pulled back his stunned expression and tried his best to steady his voice to confirm: "You said Fire Qilu evolved?"

Qiao Sang gave an affirmative "Mm" and immediately recounted the vivid description she had given to Mikayla.

Liu Yao was dazed again.

This time, he was dazed for a long while.

So long that Qiao Sang thought the phone signal had dropped. Finally, Liu Yao spoke with a trembling voice, "Where are you now? I'm coming to find you immediately!"

"I'm in Tianli City in the Central Hollow Region. I'm going to Tianan City tomorrow. You should come find me directly in Tianan City." Qiao Sang said.

Liu Yao was startled. "Why are you in the Central Hollow Region?"

"I followed the teacher from the Imperial Beast University out for training." Qiao Sang explained.

"She brought me to participate in the Regional Championships here. The secret realm I mentioned was where I had to complete my final task."

After speaking, she thought of something and her eyes lit up.

"Oh, right! The Regional Championships will officially start in a few days. Since you're coming, you can watch my matches."

Liu Yao fell silent for the third time. He never expected Qiao Sang to go and participate in a Regional Championship, and in the Central Hollow Region at that.

Before he could say anything, Qiao Sang continued excitedly, "I have to say, Adinishi's predictions are truly accurate. Not only was Yabao's predicted evolution location exactly the same, but Lubao's was too."

"Wait!" Liu Yao didn't quite understand.

"What do you mean Lubao was too?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, Lubao has evolved as well." Qiao Sang said with a smile.

"She evolved several months earlier than Yabao."

Dead silence.

Liu Yao's mind felt a bit hazy.

Liu Yao asked in a dazed voice, "How did Lubao evolve?"

"It was like this..." Qiao Sang rambled through the story of Lubao's evolution.

Liu Yao remained silent for a few seconds, trying his best to digest the news, and said, "I understand. Wait for me, I'll buy a ticket to Tianan City right now."

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The next day, 3:00 PM. At the airport, on the plane to Tianan City.

Qiao Sang opened her phone to check the trending searches.

[Leaked List of Regional Championship Contestants]

[Yang Yuanhang has arrived in Tianan City]

[Shocking! Breezewing Nini spotted in Tianlie City!]

[Tianan City hotel prices surge]

[Live shots of the "sea of people" in Tianan City]

[Insane! Scalpers mark up Regional Championship preliminary tickets by over 10,000!]

Among the trending searches about the Regional Championships and Tianan City, the one about Breezewing Nini was particularly eye-catching.

Qiao Sang sighed inwardly and clicked on the leaked list.

With the Regional Championships approaching, lists of participants circulated online every day. However, according to the accuracy rates of previous years, at most 70% of the names were correct.

Qiao Sang scanned it briefly and found that her name was still missing.

Just as she was thinking this, the flight attendant's sweet voice came over the loudspeaker: "The plane is about to take off. To ensure the safety of all passengers, please make sure your mobile phones and all electronic devices are turned off or in flight mode..."

Hearing the announcement, Qiao Sang turned on flight mode.

Mikayla, with her eyes closed next to her, said calmly, "In the next few days, try your best to understand what Blazing Divine Lion's newly awakened skills are. It would be best if you can have him master them and release them smoothly."

Qiao Sang felt a bit mischievous and asked, "What if he awakened a Super-tier skill? Should he master that too?"

Mikayla: ...

Mikayla's mouth twitched. She really wanted to scoff twice, but then she remembered that three of Qiao Sang's pets had awakened Super-tier skills upon evolution. The probability of Fire Qilu awakening a Super-tier skill after evolving into a King-level pet wasn't zero. She held it back and said, "Then that naturally won't be necessary."

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An hour and a half later. Tianan City Airport.

Tianan City is the central city of the Central Hollow Region and is known as the safest city in the country. Since being named Tianan City, no spatial cracks have ever appeared here, giving it an extremely high safety rating.

As soon as Qiao Sang got off the plane, she immediately summoned Yabao and the others.

Stepping out of the airport, the exterior was packed with a dark mass of people and pets. They had all specifically come for the Regional Championships, including many tourists from other regions and foreign nationals.

"Yap yap!"

Yabao jumped down from his Beast Master's arms, wanting to grow larger.

Qiao Sang saw his intention and stopped him.

"No need."

"Yap yap?"

Yabao showed a puzzled expression.

"Look at that." Qiao Sang pointed to a sign by the road.

"Yap?"

Yabao tilted his head.

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure balled his paw into a fist, coughed toward his mouth, and gave a cry in the manner of an old scholar, explaining that the sign meant pets over seven meters tall were prohibited.

Qiao Sang nodded. "Correct."

Before coming to Tianan City, she had specifically looked into the local rules. Tianan City forbids large pets from appearing on the streets or in the high altitude. Because large pets could accidentally injure pedestrians with a simple step or tail flick, as the safest city in the country, Tianan City naturally wanted to prevent such occurrences.

Originally, Tianan City prohibited pets over six meters tall, but this policy faced collective protests from local Beast Masters. General-level pets are typically around six meters tall, and many are slightly over.

Most Beast Masters only have one pet in their lifetime; after finally training it to the General-level, and since lightweight miniature bracelets can't be applied for immediately, they couldn't be expected to go without their pets for long periods.

By the time a pet reaches King-level, this concern disappears, as a King-level pet will definitely have a lightweight miniature bracelet. Therefore, the regulation for pets prohibited on streets and in the air was changed from six meters to seven meters.

Yabao sighed. Just then, a pet about eight meters tall passed before them.

"Yap yap?"

Yabao was stunned and quickly let out a cry.

"That requires a fine." Qiao Sang explained patiently.

If a pet exceeds the size limit, the Beast Master is fined 1,000 Alliance Coins. The whistleblower can claim the full 1,000 coins. Rules are rules, but not all Beast Masters follow them. As one of the most prosperous cities in the Central Hollow Region, there are many wealthy and influential Beast Masters who don't care about a thousand or two.

Someone once came to Tianan City and earned enough to buy a house in the city center just by reporting over-sized pets; that incident even made it to the trending searches.

"Yap yap..."

Yabao wore a look of

"Get on." Mikayla's voice sounded nearby.

Qiao Sang turned and saw that she was already sitting on a rented flying-type pet.

... Qiao Sang leaned over to pick up Yabao and boarded the rented pet Mikayla had called.

"Is that everyone?" The middle-aged man in front asked.

"That's all." Qiao Sang said.

"Let's go."

As the man spoke, the grey flying pet, about three meters tall with the word stuck on its body, flapped its wings and flew into the sky.

"Are you here to watch the Regional Championships?" The man started chatting.

Before Qiao Sang could answer, Mikayla gave a simple "Mm."

"Did you get tickets?" The man asked.

"Got them." Mikayla said.

A bit of relief flashed through Qiao Sang's heart.

"That's great." The man said enviously.

"When tickets went on sale, my whole family tried but none of us could grab one."

"Next time, you can have a Machine-type pet that operates on the network help you grab them." Mikayla suggested.

The man was startled.

"I'll try that next time." He then thought of something else and changed the subject.

"Are you going to the Beast Master Center? Planning to stay there?"

Qiao Sang responded, "That's right."

Unless booked well in advance, staying at a local Beast Master Center during the Regional Championships is impossible. However, for contestants, it’s just a matter of showing their qualification.

"If you ask me, you should stay at a hotel like the Yuyuan. You might even bump into some participating Beast Masters." The man said.

Qiao Sang asked casually, "Don't the participating Beast Masters stay at the Beast Master Center?"

The man laughed loudly.

"Which Beast Master participating in the Regional Championships would stay at the Beast Master Center?" After a pause, he added, "Except for those greenhorns who are participating for the first time and have no experience at all."

Qiao Sang: ...

"Why?" Mikayla asked.

"Don't you usually follow the Regional Championships?" The man took on a gossiping expression.

"If a contestant stays at the Beast Master Center, how could they get any rest? Setting aside the fans, if their opponents find out they're staying at the center, you can bet they won't get a single good night's sleep."

"Last year, a Beast Master participating for the first time stayed at the Beast Master Center. He won during the preliminaries and got noticed. Guess what happened?"

Qiao Sang perked up her ears and asked in cooperation, "What happened?"

"Somehow, the people in the rooms to his left and right were replaced. That night, both rooms threw parties until dawn, so he didn't sleep a wink."

The man said. After seeing the two passengers silent with surprise, he felt satisfied and continued, "I heard the Beast Master complained to the staff in the middle of the night, but when the staff came up, they found the passengers in both rooms were sleeping and there was no party."

"But that Beast Master insisted it was a setup. After being bothered all night, he didn't sleep well and lost his match the next day."

The man summarized, "So, any Beast Master with a bit of common sense who has done their homework won't stay at the Beast Master Center during the competition."

Qiao Sang: ...

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T/n: I was update chapters yesterday night when I realized my data's all gone😭 It doesn't help me too that province internet connection here is slow😞