Chapter 1663

Chapter 648 – The Opening (Part 2)

Living room.

Penjiamei appeared out of thin air with Ye Xiangting and Tonghuaxiao.

“Mom.” Qiao Sang looked at the long-unseen figure before her, a bright smile spreading across her face.

“Qiao Sang.” Ye Xiangting looked over, a motherly smile on her face.

Qiao Sang went to greet her.

Ye Xiangting walked quickly over.

It really had been a long time. She looked even younger. Mom must have missed me a lot… Qiao Sang looked at her mother, her heart filled with emotion, and quickened her pace.

Just as she was about to express her longing for her mother,

Ye Xiangting suddenly glanced at something, brushed past the approaching Qiao Sang, and went to Xia Bao, who was eating an energy meal. She exclaimed with amazement,

“This must be Xia Lala! She’s so beautiful!”

Qiao Sang: “…”

“Her name is Xia Bao, I told you.” Qiao Sang finished speaking, looked at Xia Bao, and introduced her:

“This is my mom.”

“Xia Xia.”

Xia Bao swallowed the energy pill in her mouth and greeted her obediently.

Ye Xiangting’s eyes suddenly brightened again, and she couldn’t help but reach out and hug Xia Bao tightly. “How can you be so well-behaved?”

she exclaimed, then sniffed as if she smelled something. “And you smell so good!”

“Xia Xia,”

Xia Bao said shyly, her face flushed.

A few seconds later, Ye Xiangting released her and looked at Qiao Sang, her motherly smile returning. “You’ve grown taller.”

“I have grown a little taller,” Qiao Sang replied with a bright, sunny smile.

Ye Xiangting walked over. Qiao

Sang went to meet her.

The two passed each other again.

Qiao Sang: “…”

Ye Xiangting stood before Qing Bao, her face filled with amazement.

“Qing Bao has grown even more beautiful since evolving!”

“Qing Qing,”

Qing Bao smiled ladylike grace.

Ye Xiangting looked down and suddenly noticed something. She paused, then asked,

“Why has the cloud beneath Qingbao turned black?”

Qiao Sang was now a celebrity in the interstellar world, and her pet beast was also a famous interstellar beast. Even outside of Earth, photos of her were occasionally leaked on the interstellar network. Ye Xiangting had seen photos of Qingbao after its evolution, and remembered that the cloud beneath it was white then.

That was because its anger had reached a critical point, ready to erupt during the competition… Qiao Sang explained,

“Its cloud changes color depending on its mood.”

She didn’t elaborate.

There were no barriers around, and she wasn’t sure if she would be overheard. Qingbao was now a royal-level beast, and besides Lu Bao, its characteristic, Wind Fury, was already a trump card.

“Qingqing.”

Qingbao nodded elegantly, indicating that it was just as its beast master had said.

“Does the cloud turning black mean it’s in a bad mood?” Ye Xiangting asked.

“It is bad, but not in the current mood. It’s accumulated…” Qiao Sang explained Qingbao’s situation.

On the other side, Xiao Xunbao was already chatting enthusiastically with Tong Huaxiao.

“Tonghua!”

Tonghua Owl called out admiringly, recalling Little Treasure’s competition.

“Xunxun~”

Little Treasure puffed out its chest.

“Tonghua!”

“Xunxun~”

“Tonghua! Tonghua!”

“Xunxun~”

Under Tonghua Owl’s sincere admiration, Little Treasure’s head was held higher and higher.

Suddenly, Tonghua Owl thought of something, looked around, and its gaze fell on Steel Treasure by the window. Its eyes lit up, and it flapped its wings and flew over, calling out admiringly:

“Tonghua!”

“Steel Treasure.”

Steel Treasure looked at it and calmly responded.

“Tonghua! Tonghua!”

Tonghua Owl’s expression suddenly became excited, expressing its admiration. It became more and more excited as it spoke, and its wings flapped occasionally.

It was obviously much more excited than when it had talked to Little Treasure before.

“Xunxun…”

Little Treasure sighed as it watched this scene.

Tonghua Owl liked the fourth one more…

Just as it was thinking this, it suddenly felt a gaze on it, turned its head and saw a pet it didn’t recognize.

With its milky-white feathers, its wings folded like a cape, and miniature shrinking bracelets on its paws, it still looked larger than itself despite its shrunk size.

“Xin Xin,”

the unfamiliar pet called out, looking at it.

“Xun Xun?”

Little Xun Bao looked puzzled.

“This is Faith Beast, the evolved form of Faith Beast,” Qiao Sang explained, having overheard the commotion.

Not long ago, her mother had called to tell her that Faith Beast had successfully evolved into Faith Beast.

“Xin Xin,”

Faith Beast nodded.

“Xun Xun~”

Little Xun Bao’s eyes lit up, and it floated over, calling out, indicating that it was indeed the pet.

“Xin Xin,”

Faith Beast smiled and called out.

The two quickly began chatting.

Suddenly, Faith Beast saw something and froze on the spot.

Little Xun Bao followed its gaze and saw Lu Bao, who had just come out of the room.

“Xin Xin~”

Faith Beast instantly abandoned Little Xun Bao, flapping its wings and flying to Lu Bao, calling out softly.

Little Treasure Hunter: “…”

Little Treasure Hunter sighed.

It looked at Lao Liu, and when it saw that Lao Liu was chatting with Steward Guan, it sighed heavily again.

“Where’s Ya Bao?” Ye Xiangting suddenly asked.

“Still sleeping,” Qiao Sang said.

“Sleeping?” Ye Xiangting was taken aback and asked, “What time is it? Why don’t you wake it up?”

“It’s not that I don’t want to wake it up…” Qiao Sang said, glancing at Xiao Xunbao.

Xiao Xunbao was still immersed in the sadness of having no beast to talk to, and didn’t notice the look in its beast master’s eyes.

Qiao Sang sighed and turned to look at Penjiamei.

Penjiamei understood immediately, her eyes glowing blue as she circulated her energy.

A semi-transparent barrier instantly appeared around them.

Qiao Sang gave Penjiamei a grateful look, then looked at her mother and said in a deep voice,

“Ya Bao can’t be woken up right now…”

She briefly explained that Ya Bao had eaten the Myriad Source Fruit and couldn’t wake up in time for the competition.

“What? Ya Bao can’t participate in the first round of the competition?” Ye Xiangting’s eyes widened.

Qiao Sang hummed in agreement: “Even if I didn’t compete today, it would be in the next few days. In such a short time, Ya Bao won’t wake up.”

If Ya Bao doesn’t wake up, how can they win the competition… Ye Xiangting’s mood suddenly became heavy.

Although her daughter had just become an S-rank professional beast tamer, her chances of winning were already slim. But now that Ya Bao was asleep and unable to participate in the competition, the possibility of winning was even lower…

Ye Xiangting was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled and changed the subject:

“Have you had breakfast? I brought your favorite foods, all local delicacies from our hometown.”

Losing the first round was fine; it was already impressive that her daughter could participate in such a competition at her age.

The important thing was that she was back.

“I haven’t eaten yet. What did you bring?” Qiao Sang walked over with interest.

“I brought everything you mentioned yesterday, and I also bought some of the food that Ya Bao and the others used to eat.” Ye Xiangting said, taking out the food she brought from the bag and placing it on the table.

The rich aroma of the food wafted through the air.

“Xun Xun~”

Little Xun Bao, smelling the aroma, immediately floated over excitedly, her sad expression gone.

“Xia Xia…”

Xia Bao looked at the food on the table, then at the energy pills on her plate, and sighed silently.

Qiao Sang pulled out a chair and sat down, quickly enjoying the food with Little Xun Bao and the others.

“Where’s your teacher?” Ye Xiangting suddenly remembered something and asked.

“She went out a long time ago, said she had something to do,” Qiao Sang said.

…

In a luxuriously decorated tea room.

A man with defined features, who looked to be around forty years old, sat at a wooden table, sipping tea from a ceramic cup.

Beside him, a plump, mostly pink pet was also sipping tea.

The man looked at Michaela across the table and asked,

“Did you bring what I asked for?”

Michaela took out a black box and pushed it towards him.

The man opened it, glanced at it, closed it with satisfaction, and asked,

“What do you want to purify?”

“My bad luck,” Michaela said.

From a long time ago, she knew she wasn’t very lucky. Several times, the pets she wanted to contract were always contracted by others first. In almost every competition, she would encounter a seeded player in the first round, and her relationship with her own pet always deteriorated due to certain events.

She suspected she had some bad luck, so she would perform a full-body purification before every important competition—it was her habit.

“Nothing.”

Wu Yuanwang, who had followed along, called out impatiently, implying, “What are you purifying? You’re not competing.

” “It wouldn’t be good if it affected her,” Michaela said.

Once a professional beast tamer becomes an S-rank professional beast tamer, regardless of age, they will enter the entire interstellar sphere’s view.

Older S-rank professional beast tamers generally don’t choose to participate in professional competitions, but younger S-rank professional beast tamers will.

At this time, the first competition they participate in is actually the most important. Almost all interstellar forces will analyze and evaluate a professional beast tamer based on their first competition, including the Beast Taming Alliance.

As the youngest S-rank professional beast tamer in interstellar history, Qiao Sang doesn’t need to specifically participate in competitions to enter the view of these interstellar forces, but her first competition after becoming an S-rank professional beast tamer is still crucial for her. At

this age, and in a competition she’s participating in so soon after becoming an S-rank professional beast tamer, especially a competition of the Interstellar Beast Taming Championship level, she’s certain that as long as Qiao Sang survives three rounds, no, two rounds…

If she could survive until the second round and advance to the third round, she could then approach the Dragon Kingdom’s National Defense Bureau to request participation in the Interstellar Cup. The Bureau would definitely be willing to nominate Qiao Sang for the tournament.

After all, even if the nomination wasn’t approved, it would still be a favor to Qiao Sang.

She had discussed this plan with Qiao Sang, but only mentioned aiming for a top-three finish in the Interstellar Beast Taming Championship.

This year’s tournament included three participants from the previous Interstellar Cup, making a top-three finish impossible for Qiao Sang. However, with good luck, and avoiding being assigned to a team with two or three Emperor-level pets, her combat talent made advancing to the third round a possibility, in her opinion.

Unfortunately, right at the crucial moment of the competition, Ya Bao fell into a deep sleep.

Frankly, Ya Bao’s prolonged sleep made her wonder if it was due to her bad luck.

After all, when someone’s bad luck reaches a certain point, it affects those around them and their pets.

Therefore, she considered purifying herself.

If Ya Bao doesn’t wake up in the first round, that’s fine, but it’s unacceptable that Qiao Sang, after finally advancing, also doesn’t wake up in the second round.

Ideally, after purifying himself, Qiao Sang would be the last to participate in the first round of the competition.

That way, the competition would be a few days later.

With Qiao Sang’s consistently good luck, plus the bad luck he purified, Ya Bao might wake up on the day of the competition.

Thinking of this, Michaela felt even more certain that purifying himself was the right decision.

Wu Yuan wanted to know who his Beastmaster was referring to as “she,” and immediately fell silent.

His Beastmaster’s luck wasn’t very good; it was necessary to purify himself, otherwise it wouldn’t be good if it affected Qiao Sang’s competition.

…

Hotel room.

Qiao Sang and Xiao Xunbao were full and satisfied.

“Xunxun…”

Little Xunbao patted its round belly and let out a burp.

“Xiaxia…”

Xiabao in battle form looked at the empty plate in front of it, revealing a “finally finished eating” expression.

Then, a green glow emanated from its body, and it transformed into its normal form.

“The opening ceremony is about to start, when do we go?” Ye Xiangting looked at the time on her phone and asked.

“I’ll ask the teacher when he’ll be back.” Qiao Sang said, picking up her phone.

But just then, she heard a noise and looked towards the door.

The door opened.

Michaela and Wuyou walked in.

“Mom, Qiao Sang.” Michaela wasn’t surprised to see Ye Xiangting at the hotel. She nodded slightly in greeting and then looked at Qiao Sang, saying,

“We should get going.”

……

“Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the Zhitia region, the Floating Spirit Arena! The Interstellar Beast Taming Championship!” In the center of the vast arena, a host in a black dress and exquisite makeup announced loudly into the microphone:

“I am Tao Jia, the host of this year’s Interstellar Beast Taming Championship!”

“I am Chen Zhuo.” A man dressed in black beside her spoke in a magnetic voice into the microphone.

As they finished speaking, the entire arena suddenly went dark.

Although it was still daytime, the sky outside the arena was pitch black.

Then, countless eerie green will-o’-the-wisps suddenly appeared in every corner of the arena.

In the audience, a child tried to touch them, and the parent next to him quickly slapped his hand away.

The entire arena exuded a cold and eerie atmosphere.

Most of the audience wasn’t afraid; instead, they were excited, taking out their phones to take photos and videos.

This kind of opening was something you couldn’t experience in other arenas—a unique feature of the Zhitia region.

Soon, all the eerie green will-o’-the-wisps converged towards the center of the arena, forming a gigantic beast hundreds of meters tall, mostly eerie green, oval-shaped, with round eyes, and black mist gathering around its head, resembling a beast wearing a black top hat.

The gigantic beast removed its black top hat and threw it upwards.

The hat rapidly enlarged, falling downwards and completely obscuring its gigantic body.

The colossal top hat landed on the ground and then dissipated into black mist.

A small, eerie green beast, only about a meter tall, emerged from within, holding a microphone.

“Lili.”

As it spoke, the darkness dissipated.

Dawn broke.