Chapter 36: Who Could Possibly Fail to Get In?

Breeder.

A miraculous profession where, by the sound, one could supposedly tell how long a pet beast had gone without defecating.

As long as you passed the Breeder exam, even at F-rank, the moment you registered with a regional Breeder Association, a sizable annual breeding fund would land in your personal account.

Literally making money lying down.

If one out of a hundred beast tamers might be a Breeder, then one out of ten thousand Breeders might not even be A-rank.

Qiao Sang's eyes lit up — this was her first time meeting an A-rank Breeder.

"Good afternoon, Vice Principal." After greeting him, Qiao Sang turned Fire Tooth Dog's head toward Liu Yao. "Fire Tooth Dog, come say hello to the Vice Principal."

"Fang."

Fire Tooth Dog gave a very polite bark.

A smile flashed in Liu Yao's eyes, but before he could speak, Qiao Sang had already asked curiously, "Vice Principal, do you know how long it's been since my Fire Tooth Dog last had a number two?"

"Good." Sun Boyi nodded in agreement. "Then the final match will be Qiao Sang versus Li Yang."

This answer stunned everyone — you could actually tell that from the sound?

"The results of this exam will be posted on Holy Water Middle School's official website in a couple of days. Bring your transcripts with you on the day your high school entrance exam scores come out and report to our school. If your scores don't meet the requirements, the spots will be filled in order by other specially recruited students."

Qiao Sang got a fright.

She could understand!

Fire Tooth Dog also noticed Long-Ear Cat's state.

However, on the ninth day, after Number Two Female Guest's Swift Horn Deer ate Number One Male Guest's nutritional meal, it suffered nonstop abdominal pain and kept wailing.

Now another one?!

He also wanted to forfeit. The goal of placing in the top three through special recruitment had already been achieved. This girl named Qiao Sang and her Fire Tooth Dog were too ferocious — even Lu Liangye wasn't her match. He felt he couldn't win, but giving up without even fighting felt too cowardly…

Fire Tooth Dog split directly into two, running in circles around Short-Tail Snake at a distance of about five meters, quickly giving the impression of nothing but a single afterimage.

Although it didn't understand what critical point, vitality grass, or precursor meant, it was never wrong to be grateful when its tamer told it to be.

Turning her head, she saw Long-Ear Cat curled up, front paws covering its face, tears streaming down its cheeks, looking as if the pain were tearing its heart out.

Originally, after Qiao Sang finished her match with Zheng Yining, the loser — Zheng Yining — would face Li Yang.

This couldn't have been because it beat her into tears, could it?!

At this moment, Qiao Sang and Fire Tooth Dog were thinking exactly the same thing.

What kind of newbie beast tamer level was this? Even those high schoolers already attending beast-taming middle schools were probably only about this good!

"I want to forfeit," Zheng Yining answered.

Zheng Pingguo beside them couldn't help but laugh out loud, finally stopping only under Liu Yao's stare.

Liu Yao explained, "If I'm not mistaken, Fire Tooth Dog is currently in a state close to a critical point — somewhat like a precursor to skill awakening. It should be a speed-related skill. Vitality grass, heat-soothing powder — these are all materials that can activate fire-type energy. Soaking in them for half a month might break through this critical point early."

Breeders judging how long a pet beast had gone without defecating by the frequency of its cries was a recent meme online.

When everyone was blaming Number One Male Guest, Number Three Male Guest, who had a low presence all along, finally spoke.

Liu Yao, the old academic, didn't know this meme, but Zheng Pingguo had watched that dating show with his wife.

"Teacher, with Long-Ear Cat in this state, it probably can't continue the next match," Zheng Yining said to Sun Boyi beside her.

Number Three Male Guest instantly rose to become the most popular male guest, surrounded every day by female guests wanting him to listen to their pet beasts' cries.

This is a genius Fire Tooth Dog!

On a certain dating variety show, Number Three Male Guest was a Breeder. Because of his quiet personality, average looks compared to the other male guests, and a ghost-type pet beast that nobody liked, he was given the cold shoulder — for eight whole days, no female guest chose him.

Li Yang was full of regret. If he'd known the result would be this miserable, he might as well have found an excuse to forfeit!

Li Yang: "…"

The match begins—

As the afterimages formed, sparks kept spraying out.

She was already one of the five specially recruited spots — there was no need to keep competing. Besides, with Qiao Sang here, she couldn't take first place anyway. She didn't think Qiao Sang would lose to Li Yang.

Guidance from an A-rank Breeder wasn't something just anyone could hear.

Qiao Sang felt a little guilty. She went over to Zheng Yining and asked timidly, "What's wrong with Long-Ear Cat?"

"Are you forfeiting?" Sun Boyi asked.

Qiao Sang: "…"

Fire Tooth Dog decisively barked once.

Qiao Sang was shocked. In just over ten days, Fire Tooth Dog had already learned both Spark and Shadow Clone.

Zheng Yining turned to look at her and said with a bitter smile, "It has a bit of a cleanliness obsession. When it woke up and found itself being licked by Shé Shé, it ended up like this."

This clearly wasn't figured out from the frequency of cries — Number Three Male Guest had simply had his ghost-type pet beast sneak into the girls' rooms to eavesdrop on their conversations.

After announcing the results, Sun Boyi gathered the top five.

"Ear-yi!!!"

"Qiao Sang wins."

Li Yang's pet beast was a Short-Tail Snake — its needle tail was venomous, its teeth were venomous, and even the blood in its body was venomous.

Liu Yao: "…"

Qiao Sang excitedly looked at Fire Tooth Dog and said, "Come on, Fire Tooth Dog, hurry up and thank the Vice Principal."

Lu Liangye watched from the side, quite satisfied — by comparison, he didn't look quite so pathetic himself.

Qiao Sang had only heard the meme and hadn't watched the dating show, so she didn't know the specifics and thought it was real. She was a little disappointed now, but didn't show it, and asked another question: "If Fire Tooth Dog soaks in those for half a month, what would the effect be?"

Qiao Sang made a quick assessment, and a strategy formed in her mind.

Number Two Female Guest asked how he knew the exact time. Number Three Male Guest answered: by the frequency of the cries.

"It's because it hasn't relieved itself in over twenty days — it's blocked up. Give it a Tongtong Fruit and it'll be fine."

Now that Zheng Yining has directly forfeited, Qiao Sang is matched against Li Yang.

"Fang!"

"Hahahahahaha…"

After the Swift Horn Deer ate Chen Tongtong's fruit, it was indeed lively and energetic again.

……

Fire Fang Dog breathed a sigh of relief — as long as it wasn't the one who did it.

As a typical researcher, where would Liu Yao have ever seen any dating variety shows.

The Short-Tailed Snake's vision was thrown into a spin by the constantly shifting positions of the two Fire Fang Dogs; in that brief moment of dizziness it was struck by several streams of flame — it could be said that without even moving, it was taken down cleanly and decisively.

Female Guest Number Two was dumbfounded, because her Swift Horn Deer really hadn't resolved its physiological issue for twenty-three days.

He looked at Fire Fang Dog and said helplessly, "I don't know."

Liu Yao opened his mouth to say something more, when suddenly a hysterical wail came from the Long-Eared Cat beside him.

The examinee who had been eliminated in the first round but hadn't yet left got excited — did this mean he still had hope!

The next second he wilted again. As long as he passed the special recruitment exam, forget first place — even the last four places only required a score fifty points higher than the lowest middle school entrance exam score.

With such low scores, who could possibly fail?

Sigh…

(End of chapter)