Chapter 1506: The First Seat

The next morning, at 8:15 AM, Like Ya Bao slowly stirred awake, gradually opening its eyes.

Through its blurry vision, it saw its own Beast Tamer frozen in ice.

Like Ya Bao was stunned for a moment, then instantly shocked wide awake. It jumped up, letting out a roar filled with fury:

"Yaya!"

Who did this!

Then, it opened its mouth, and scorching flames instantly condensed within, preparing to spray toward its frozen Beast Tamer to help thaw her out.

"Stop it, quickly!" Feeling the intense heat nearby, Qiao Sang was startled inside her ice shell and hurriedly shouted in her mind.

She wasn't afraid of being burned by the flames; it was just that Like Ya Bao was now at the Emperor level. If it lost control even a little, the entire room, or perhaps even the whole hotel, would very likely be burned to the ground.

Gangbao, synchronized with its Beast Tamer's thoughts, was just about to intervene when Lubao let out a sound:

"Ice Saint."

It was their Beast Tamer who had asked to be frozen.

"Yaya?"

Like Ya Bao stopped unleashing its flames, wearing a blank expression as it looked at Lubao and let out a sound.

"Super Xunxun~"

"Super Xunxun~"

Before Lubao could speak again, Little Xiao Xunbao floated over, chattering away to help explain.

"Ice Saint."

Lubao nodded, indicating that was indeed the case.

"Yaya."

Like Ya Bao suddenly realized, wearing an expression that said, "So that's how it is."

"Yaya?"

Then, thinking of something, it let out a sound, asking until when she would be frozen.

"Ice Saint."

Lubao let out a sound, indicating that their Beast Tamer had said until it woke up.

"Yaya?"

Like Ya Bao wore a puzzled expression and let out a sound, asking if it wasn't awake now, so why hadn't she been thawed?

"Ice Saint."

Lubao fell silent for a moment, then let out a sound, explaining that because it had been awake the whole time, it was planning to wait until their Beast Tamer woke up to help thaw her.

Qiao Sang: "......"

I've been awake the whole time too, Lubao!

"Yaya."

Like Ya Bao once again revealed an expression of "So that's how it is."

"Tingting?"

Suddenly, Little Tingbao let out a sound, asking how they could tell if their Beast Tamer was awake if she was frozen and couldn't move.

Lubao and Like Ya Bao fell into deep thought simultaneously.

Little Tingbao, you really do have the highest IQ... Qiao Sang felt deeply moved inside.

Lubao didn't talk much, and usually, you couldn't tell, but if you knew it well enough, you would realize its IQ was actually on the same level as Like Ya Bao's.

"Tingting."

As these thoughts flashed by, Little Tingbao glanced at Like Ya Bao and let out a sound, indicating it felt their Beast Tamer must be awake, as she usually woke up earlier than Like Ya Bao.

"Super Xunxun~"

Little Xiao Xunbao nodded in agreement, indicating that was indeed correct.

"Steel Power."

At this moment, Gangbao let out a sound, indicating their Beast Tamer had actually been awake the whole time.

Like Ya Bao: "!!!"

Lubao: "......"

Lubao looked at its Beast Tamer and channeled its energy.

The next second, with a "Crack!", cracks appeared on the ice shell surrounding Qiao Sang, and it shattered completely.

"Yaya!"

Like Ya Bao hurriedly jumped to its Beast Tamer's side.

Qiao Sang suddenly opened her eyes and sat up in one motion.

"Yaya!"

Like Ya Bao wore a delighted expression and let out a sound.

"Ice Saint..."

Lubao wore an embarrassed expression.

"It's fine." Qiao Sang looked at Lubao and comforted it: "Thawing at this time is perfect. Actually, even if I had stayed frozen for a while longer, it wouldn't have been a problem."

Because of the cold surrounding her and not sleeping all night, there was still white frost on her face, making her look exceptionally pale and haggard.

Lubao said nothing, only silently lighting up the gem on its forehead, casting a deep blue glow onto its Beast Tamer.

Soon, the deep blue glow faded, the white frost on Qiao Sang's face vanished, and her complexion returned to a rosy hue.

Seeing this, Lubao finally felt a bit more comfortable inside.

Qiao Sang keenly sensed Lubao's state and pretended to sigh: "As expected, just one night of freezing time was still too short. I specifically stayed awake to feel it, but I didn't feel cold, and there was no abnormal movement in my brain domain. It seems I'll have to wait until we leave the Qi Kingdom to find time for a longer freezing session."

Didn't feel cold? Lubao's ears twitched. Its expression didn't change much, but its eyes brightened slightly, and it felt completely at ease.

Originally, it had thought its freezing skill had caused its Beast Tamer to stay awake all night; now it seemed it was its Beast Tamer who hadn't wanted to sleep.

Immediately, thinking of something, it fell into deep thought.

Frozen all night and still didn't feel cold? Was its skill that ineffective? It seemed it would have to strengthen the energy when freezing its Beast Tamer in the future...

"Super Xunxun?"

Little Xiao Xunbao remembered the main task and let out a sound, asking when they would go find that human named Zhou Jing.

Qiao Sang had already planned it out and said:

"We'll go after breakfast."

Forty minutes later.

In a high-end residential area in the city center, on the 24th floor, in the living room, Zhou Jing and the Yanluo Beast sat side by side in front of a vanity with their eyes closed, while two makeup artists were styling them.

Suddenly, two small, black, identical-looking pet beasts appeared out of thin air in front of the two makeup artists, their eyes glowing with purple light, and they grinned.

Without any preparation, the two makeup artists closed their eyes, fell backward with a "thud," and passed out.

Zhou Jing and the Yanluo Beast were startled and opened their eyes simultaneously.

"Yanluo!"

The Yanluo Beast looked at the pet beasts that had appeared out of thin air, immediately jumped back a step, wore an angry expression, and assumed a stance ready to attack at any moment.

However, the next second, Little Xiao Xunbao looked at it with its purple-glowing eyes.

"Yanluo..."

The Yanluo Beast's angry expression instantly turned into one of drowsiness, and then it closed its eyes, fell to the ground, and similarly fell into a deep sleep.

Zhou Jing: "!!!"

"Who are you?" Zhou Jing's pupils shrank, his face changed drastically, and he forced down the fear in his heart as he looked at the pet beast he had never seen before.

His Yanluo Beast was already at the late King level; to be able to make it fall so easily, the pet beast in front of him had to be at least at the Emperor level!

Why would an Emperor-level pet beast come looking for him?

A stalker fan?

That shouldn't be it; an Emperor-level pet beast shouldn't do something so lacking in status.

Could it be that one of his rivals had spent a huge sum to have an Emperor-level pet beast interfere with him?

But he had just finished the competition, and he had no plans to participate in any other competitions in the near future...

Suddenly, thinking of something, Zhou Jing felt a chill in his heart.

He had recently been rumored to be one of the candidates for the First Seat's upcoming summons; could it be that someone didn't want him to receive the First Seat's summons, so they sent an Emperor-level pet beast...

Which bastard was it...

Just as Zhou Jing was recalling all his past rivals in his mind, the two identical pet beasts in front of him suddenly merged into one.

Immediately after, a crisp voice rang out in the room:

"I've come to make a deal with you."

There was someone else?! Zhou Jing gave a start and turned his head to look toward the sound.

He saw a young girl with exquisite features, who looked only in her teens, and several other pet beasts he had never seen before, sitting on the sofa, looking at him calmly.

Zhou Jing's face turned pale bit by bit.

In this society, the most frightening thing wasn't encountering a Beast Tamer who looked experienced, but those Beast Tamers who looked very young but had many pet beasts around them, because such Beast Tamers were the true old monsters, truly unfathomable.

The girl in front of him was clearly the latter.

Zhou Jing suppressed his fear, took a deep breath, and said: "Whatever reward the other party is giving you, I can double it, as long as you don't hurt me and the Yanluo Beast."

Qiao Sang: "???"

"Steel Power."

Gangbao silently glanced at its Beast Tamer, thinking to itself, look, you've made someone misunderstand.

Qiao Sang pretended not to hear Gangbao and said calmly:

"I'm just here to make a deal with you."

"What deal?" Zhou Jing asked cautiously.

"I want the Yang Vortex Crystal on the Yanluo Beast." Qiao Sang went straight to the point: "Whatever you want, I can give it to you."

Pausing, she added: "Or if you or the people around you have any terminal illnesses, I can help treat them."

If you really could take out anything for me, you wouldn't be asking me for the Yang Vortex Crystal... Hearing this, Zhou Jing couldn't help but complain internally, but more than that, he felt relieved.

Originally, he had thought the other party wanted more; fortunately, they only wanted the Yang Vortex Crystal...

Although he was very reluctant inside, Zhou Jing still said: "I can give you the Yang Vortex Crystal directly."

Only when the strength of both sides is equal can there be a true deal; when the strength is unequal, there can be no equal deal at all. He just wanted the other party to leave quickly now.

"Give it to me directly?" Qiao Sang's eyes lit up, and she really wanted to agree immediately, but her conscience felt a bit uneasy. She remained silent for a long while, then said with a serious expression:

"I won't take yours for nothing. What is it that you want?"

Seeing that the other party seemed to really want to make a deal, Zhou Jing felt a stir, took a deep breath, and said:

"I want you to take me out of the Qi Kingdom."

"Leave the Qi Kingdom?" Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment.

"Yes." Zhou Jing nodded vigorously, his expression serious: "I want to leave the Qi Kingdom."

Qiao Sang frowned and asked: "Can't you leave the Qi Kingdom yourself?"

Zhou Jing smiled bitterly: "You must not be from our Qi Kingdom. People and pet beasts here basically cannot leave the Qi Kingdom, especially high-level coordinators like us."

"Why?" Qiao Sang asked, puzzled.

Zhou Jing was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't know. The higher-ups manage this aspect very strictly."

Could it be because the First Seat is here, so they don't want people from the Qi Kingdom to go out and talk nonsense? That shouldn't be it; with the First Seat's prestige, as long as a clear directive was issued in the Qi Kingdom, people shouldn't talk nonsense when they go out... Chaotic thoughts flashed through Qiao Sang's mind, mixed with confusion.

She always felt that the Qi Kingdom might still be hiding some things she didn't know about.

Qiao Sang collected her thoughts, didn't agree immediately, and instead asked:

"Do you have an Ice Glass Fruit?"

Ah? Zhou Jing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "No."

Qiao Sang asked again: "I heard you might be summoned by the First Seat next. Don't you want to leave after seeing the First Seat?"

Zhou Jing was silent for a long time, then said with some hesitation but full of expectation: "I don't know if the First Seat will summon me. Can you wait until it's confirmed whether the First Seat will summon me before taking me away?"

As expected, it was possible to get the First Seat's summons... Qiao Sang said without hesitation: "Of course."

If the other party could see the First Seat, she could also get some information about the First Seat from them.

After all, it was the highest management existence in the Beast Taming Alliance; saying she wasn't curious would definitely be a lie.

Zhou Jing was somewhat pleasantly surprised that the big shot in front of him was so easy to talk to. Immediately, remembering something, he walked to the Yanluo Beast's side, removed the Yang Vortex Crystal, and handed it over: "You can take it now."

Qiao Sang glanced at the red crystal in front of her, didn't take it immediately, and instead said:

"Before making the deal with you, I want to confirm one thing first."

"What thing?" Zhou Jing asked hurriedly.

"I want to try whether you can leave the Qi Kingdom now." After Qiao Sang finished speaking, she looked at Little Xiao Xunbao and said: "Take him out and try."

Zhou Jing: "!!!"

"Super Xunxun~"

Almost the moment it disappeared, above the Qi Kingdom, the entire space trembled slightly, and a blue glow collided with an invisible barrier, causing it to ripple like weak water waves.

"Super Xunxun..."

Little Xiao Xunbao appeared under the barrier with Zhou Jing, shook its head, which was a bit dizzy from the collision, and then its eyes glowed blue, and it disappeared again.

At the same time, in a palace shrouded in thick fog, on the throne at the end, a pet beast wearing a wide purple robe slowly opened its eyes, revealing a pair of deep blue pupils.

Below the throne, a group of pet beasts of various shapes, all of them gorgeous, were performing to their heart's content.

The pet beast in the purple robe didn't look at the performing pet beasts, but looked forward, its eyes glowing blue.

Immediately after, a scene appeared out of thin air in front of it; it was exactly the scene of Little Xiao Xunbao taking Zhou Jing to collide with the barrier in the sky earlier.

In the high-end residential area in the city center, on the 24th floor.

"Super Xunxun..."

Little Xiao Xunbao appeared out of thin air with Zhou Jing and shook its head.

Even space movement can't get out... Qiao Sang's heart sank, and she felt it was tricky.

The Qi Kingdom's management of personnel entry and exit was clearly much stricter than she had imagined...

Just as she was thinking, Zhou Jing asked cautiously: "Senior, is this deal still on?"

He saw that he had just failed to leave the border.

"Of course it is." Qiao Sang said.

Zhou Jing's face showed joy, and he hurriedly handed over the Yang Vortex Crystal in his hand again.

Qiao Sang took the Yang Vortex Crystal and asked:

"When will the First Seat confirm the summons?"

With the Qi Kingdom's entry and exit management so strict, she still wanted to leave within the specified time.

Space movement couldn't get out, but it wasn't that she couldn't try other methods, such as letting the other party enter Little Xiao Xunbao's ring.

Zhou Jing thought for a while and said: "It's uncertain. This mainly depends on the First Seat's mood, but not long after the Coordination Competition ends, the First Seat will select coordinators or pet beasts for summons."

"I can only wait for you for six days." Qiao Sang said: "If the First Seat hasn't arranged a summons within six days, I'll have to go."

Zhou Jing was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said: "I'll go with you then."

Compared to not knowing whether he could see the First Seat, he still hoped more to walk out of the Qi Kingdom.

"That's good." Qiao Sang said, handing the Yang Vortex Crystal to Little Xiao Xunbao.

Just at this moment, a crack appeared out of thin air between the two, and a claw wearing a gem ring reached out from it. On its middle finger hung an exquisitely carved golden spherical object.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Jing's brain "buzzed," his lips parted slightly, his expression froze, and he was stunned on the spot.

After a long while, he took the golden spherical object with trembling hands.

"What is this?" Qiao Sang asked.

A red glow of excitement surged on Zhou Jing's face, and he said with a trembling voice: "This, this is the First Seat's proof of summons..."

"Super Xunxun~"

Little Xiao Xunbao immediately leaned close to the golden spherical object, looking at it curiously.

Qiao Sang: "!!!"

This, this was summoned just like that? Qiao Sang was shocked beyond measure.

The claw that had reached out from the crack didn't retract, but moved its middle finger.