Chapter 271: Failed, Next One

Seeing Shi Gaofeng reminded Qiao Sang of the appointment to go to the Beast Center.

Taking the beast master level assessment is something almost every beast master does.

Even if their future goal isn't to be a professional beast master, at the F-rank rookie beast master stage, as long as they meet the conditions to register for the E-rank beast master assessment, basically every beast master can't resist giving it a try.

It's not that becoming an E-rank beast master is all that impressive, but the perks the Alliance gives are just too tempting.

Beast master ranks aren't decided by national policy, but unified by the Alliance, and are recognized in every country and even on other planets.

As long as a beast master's rank reaches E-rank, they can enjoy a ten percent discount on any paid service at any Beast Center across the entire interstellar space.

You have to know that Beast Centers are spread all over the interstellar space, and as long as you're a beast master, you inevitably have to deal with Beast Centers.

Pet medical care, checkups, beast master brain domain testing, material grade testing, food and beverage services, accommodation services, and so on at Beast Centers are all places where beast masters commonly need to spend money.

This sum of money adds up to quite a considerable expense over a year.

With the money saved from the ten percent discount, putting down a down payment on a house in a third-tier city isn't impossible.

"Are you planning to go to the Beast Center for the assessment now?" Qiao Sang asked immediately.

Shi Gaofeng walked closer and chuckled: "Smart, I've been waiting for you for ages. You don't have anything else to do next, right?"

Qiao Sang shook her head: "No."

Compared to the E-rank beast master qualification certificate, the upcoming competition events weren't quite as appealing.

"Then let's go now." Shi Gaofeng said.

Qiao Sang naturally nodded and said okay.

During the sports meet, the school was in an open state, and students could come and go freely. This was also the main reason Shi Gaofeng chose the sports meet period to take the beast master assessment.

Qiao Sang sat on Like Ya Bao's back, while Shi Gaofeng used an electric skateboard to get around.

The two chatted casually along the way.

"When did your Treasure Ghost evolve into Treasure Demon?" Shi Gaofeng asked.

His tone was a little sour. Qiao Sang already had a Flame Hearing Dog, and he hadn't expected that just one month into the semester, her Treasure Ghost could evolve into a Treasure Demon so quickly.

It was simply inhuman.

"Just last week." Qiao Sang answered.

Although she usually went to the training grounds after school, she didn't stay long. Little Treasure liked to turn invisible, so basically it was Like Ya Bao doing the training.

After the last group chat she had gone invisible, and later when the mission ended, Shi Gaofeng and the others' phones couldn't be brought to school, so naturally she hadn't known in advance about the Treasure Ghost evolving into a Treasure Demon.

Shi Gaofeng glanced around and saw no one, then looked at Qiao Sang and asked in a lowered voice: "Be honest with me, did your Treasure Demon absorb some kind of strange energy?"

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment: "Strange energy?"

Shi Gaofeng lowered his voice again: "Like life energy, that sort of thing."

Qiao Sang: "……"

"How is that possible, that's illegal." Qiao Sang said speechlessly.

Shi Gaofeng pouted, not quite believing it.

Ghost-type pets wanting to evolve and grow quickly basically all rely on absorbing energy. If it wasn't absorbing some energy that the state prohibits, how could it evolve so quickly?

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Besides, it was also very strange that a Ghost-type pet learned a Fighting-type skill.

However, he had once seen a piece of news online about a Ghost-type pet that, after absorbing the life energy of a Sleeping Scorpion, had its daily sleep time change from two hours to nine hours.

He felt that Qiao Sang's Treasure Demon was very likely also because it had absorbed the life energy of a Fighting-type pet, and was influenced by it to learn Brick Break.

Shi Gaofeng glanced at Qiao Sang, feeling that this speculation still couldn't be casually told to others.

Little Treasure, invisible, sat leisurely on its beast master's head watching the scenery around, completely unaware that its reputation had almost been harmed.

……

Beast Center.

The beast master level assessment registration area was packed with people.

These days, as long as beast masters met the registration conditions, they would all want to try the assessment. Among them, the group of F-rank beast masters taking the E-rank beast master assessment was the largest.

But even so, Qiao Sang and Shi Gaofeng, wearing Holy Water Middle School uniforms, were still particularly conspicuous.

After all, their age was right there, standing out among a group of people who were almost all adults.

Especially Qiao Sang, for no particular reason, just because Like Ya Bao was accompanying her.

Although the popularity of the Flame Hearing Dog had already dropped quite a bit, seeing a Flame Hearing Dog in real life was still everyone's first time.

A boy who looked about 18 years old, standing behind Qiao Sang in line, was frantically taking sneaky photos with his phone.

Like Ya Bao's ears twitched, and it turned its head to look.

The boy got a fright and quickly put down his phone.

Having experienced being surrounded and photographed before, Like Ya Bao glanced at the human's phone in front of it and immediately understood what the sound just now was about.

Like Ya Bao turned its head back and silently puffed out its chest.

"Ya…"

Another one attracted by its handsomeness, how troublesome……

The beast masters in front, queuing to register for the assessment, finished registering one by one and headed to the assessment venue inside.

When it was almost Shi Gaofeng's turn to register, he suddenly turned his head and said: "Qiao Sang, don't be nervous. With your ability, there shouldn't be any problem."

You're the one who's nervous… Qiao Sang looked at Shi Gaofeng's forehead, which was already sweating from nervousness, and tactfully didn't call him out.

She nodded and said: "I also think there won't be any problem."

Shi Gaofeng: "……"

The assessment isn't free, you have to pay.

It's not much, 500 Alliance coins per time. This is also to prevent some people from registering for no reason, wasting human resources and time.

Pay the fee, register, fill out the application form—the whole sequence of steps was very simple.

By the time Qiao Sang entered the examination grounds, she noticed several dozen people seated around the perimeter, including Seeing Shi Gaofeng, all beast tamers who had just finished registering and were waiting to be tested.

At one end of the examination grounds, two examiners sat at a long table looking at computers; in the middle of the grounds, one examiner was conducting a battle examination, and a Monitor Eye floated in mid-air, monitoring the entire process.

Qiao Sang came over and sat down next to Seeing Shi Gaofeng.

Seeing Shi Gaofeng instinctively glanced at Qiao Sang, only to find her face perfectly calm, not a trace of nervousness.

Logically speaking, someone taking their first examination would either be excited or nervous, but Qiao Sang simply refused to show any expression at all.

Seeing Shi Gaofeng was somewhat impressed, and couldn't help sighing inwardly—truly worthy of being the freak practically the whole school calls a monster…

Seeing Qiao Sang staring at the examiner in the middle, Seeing Shi Gaofeng said quietly, "If we happen to get this examiner when it's our turn, we'll definitely pass."

"I looked into today's examiners beforehand. The one testing right now is famously soft-hearted—out of ten people he tests, basically nine pass."

The moment the words fell, the Force-Headed Duck on the field struck with a jet water gun and sent the Fat Pigeon crashing to the ground.

"Fail. Next," said the very examiner Seeing Shi Gaofeng had just praised as soft-hearted.

PS: There's still one more chapter coming a little later, I'll definitely make it up to you. Strongly recommend everyone read it when you wake up tomorrow morning…