Villa, vacant land.

After hearing this, Qiao Sang immediately had a goal in mind: "Is it the other contestants participating in the Master Challenge?"

“It should be them,” Michaela said in a deep voice. “However, the round of 40 to 20 is not over yet, but someone has come to monitor your movements…”

As she spoke, she looked over and asked, "Which one of them do you think it could be?"

After thinking for two seconds, Josang said, "It should be the people who are only now taking me as an opponent. I think Lefebvre and Serana are the most likely candidates. Between the two, Lefebvre is more likely, after all, he has more resources to send an Emperor-level pet beast to monitor me."

Sera was born a commoner, while Lefebvre had the backing of a family. Compared to Lefebvre, the latter was more likely to summon an Emperor-level pet.

“Possibly,” Michaela said, “but I think there’s someone more likely than him.”

Qiao Sang was taken aback: "Who?"

“Gastón and Fóng Fú,” Michaela announced the two names.

Information about these two people flashed through Qiao Sang's mind instantly:

Gaston, 56 years old, a student in the Royal Class at Royal University, owns four Royal-level pet beasts. Feng Fu, 55 years old, a student in the Yuan Class at Yuanzhou University, also owns four Royal-level pet beasts. They are the only people from their respective schools who are currently participating in this year's Master Challenge.

Another student from Royal London named Ayub was originally going to participate in the competition, but he was eliminated in the previous round.

Qiao Sang gathered her thoughts and suddenly realized, "I know, their teacher wanted to come and spy on your teaching methods to see how you could produce a student like me, and then learn from them."

Upon hearing this, Michael put on an act of "you're overthinking it," saying, "That's unlikely. Teachers at this level of school each have their own unique teaching methods and don't easily copy others."

Secretly, he was pleased.

"Could it be that they're only now starting to see me as an opponent?" Qiao Sang asked, frowning.

In her opinion, if the other party wanted to collect her information, they should have sent their pet beasts long ago, instead of sending an Emperor-level pet beast to approach her only now, after she had just defeated Xia Huo.

Moreover, she remembered that neither Gaston nor Feng Fu had played in this round of the competition yet. They should be paying more attention to their current opponents. Why did they suddenly think of monitoring her at this critical juncture?

“They’ve seen you as an opponent for a long time, not just now. They’ve just seen you as an opportunity to make a name for themselves,” Michaela said. “You shut out two students from Yantian University’s Yan Class in a row. If they can beat you… they probably don’t want to beat you completely. Just getting a point or two against you would be enough to prove they’re stronger than the Yantian University students.”

It can't be that they're only aiming for a narrow victory or two, otherwise that would be too unambitious... Qiao Sang thought to himself, and said:

"Hasn't their match even started yet?"

It means they don't even know if they'll advance from this match, so why are they already thinking about playing against us in the future?

“It’s probably their teacher who’s monitoring you,” Michaela said. “None of their schools have pets with the intelligence-gathering abilities of Guilunsel, so whenever they want to learn about something they can’t get, they’ll personally go out and gather more information about you. It doesn’t conflict with preparing for the upcoming competition.”

That's true... Qiao Sang suddenly thought of something and quickly glanced in the direction where Xia Lala was. When he saw that Xia Lala was looking fresh and healthy, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then she cautiously looked around: "There shouldn't be any Emperor-level pets around right now, right?"

"Spray spray." Spray Jiamei raised her paw.

“Apart from you,” Jossan said.

Jiu Bugu silently appeared.

Qiao Sang's lips twitched, and he said, "What I meant was to come and monitor my Emperor-level pet."

Little Treasure and Qingbao looked around warily.

Even Tingbao, who was lying down to the side, raised his head and looked around.

“We’ve already talked like this, so even if we’re still here, we should take this opportunity to leave,” Michaela said, giving Penjami a wink.

Penjame's silent eyes gleamed with a blue light.

Invisible sound waves rippled outwards.

After a short while, Penjami's eyes returned to their original color. She shook her head and called out:

"Spray spray."

Xia Lala also turned her gaze away from the tree and called out:

"summer……"

Before he could finish speaking, Josang interrupted, "To be on the safe side, you'd better speak a different language at home from now on."

After listening, Xia Lala obediently nodded and called out:

"Qingqing".

Then it cried out again:

"Qingqing".

The tree is back to normal this time.

"Xunxun..." Little Xunbao patted its chest with its paw, letting out a sigh of relief. Then it let out a shudder of fear, indicating how terrifying an Emperor-level pet beast was; it hadn't even noticed it in the tree...

"Qingqing..."

Qingbao scoffed dismissively, indicating that there was nothing to be afraid of; it would become a god someday...

It suddenly stopped here, changed the subject, and called out:

"Qingqing".

You might not have noticed, but didn't Sharara notice?

"Xia, Qingqing." Xia Lala called out with an embarrassed expression, indicating that the other party was mainly monitoring her through plants, and if it were done in another way, she definitely wouldn't have been able to detect it.

“That’s impressive.” After saying that, Qiao Sang thought of something and asked, “Guilun Sel should be able to find out who Gaston and Feng Fu’s teachers are. Once they find out, they can probably determine which school’s teachers came to monitor them by looking at their pets.”

“You don’t need to worry about these things,” Michaela said. “Their own strength is insufficient, so even if they know more, it won’t be of any use. You just need to focus on training and improving Tooth and the others. I will take care of everything else for you.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang felt a strong sense of security for no reason, and immediately said seriously, "I understand."

After she finished speaking, she looked at the little treasure hunters.

Little Treasure Hunter realized something, unconsciously took a step back, put on a fawning expression, and called out, "Treasure Hunter~"

Now that everything is alright, it went back to looking at its phone.

After saying that, it tentatively floated back a few meters.

Josan did not stop it.

Little Treasure Hunter glanced back at his Beastmaster with some uncertainty.

Judging from your expression, I can tell you thought I would let you train... Qiao Sang smiled and said, "Go ahead, you must have had a tough day in the competition, take a good rest."

"Looking around~"

Upon hearing this, Little Treasure Hunter immediately showed a happy expression and floated towards the direction of the big tree.

However, halfway there, it suddenly remembered something, changed direction, and drifted towards the villa.

"Qingqing!"

Qingbao called out, indicating that it should wait for it.

Then, Hua Feng followed.

"Bang bang bang!"

High in the sky, explosions continued to ring out, but Ya Bao and Dragon King were still engaged in fierce battle, completely unaffected.

...

The next day.

Blue Star.

Hangzhou Port City.

Firetooth Dog Breeding Shop.

"Boss! More media outlets are asking for interviews," a staff member said as they ran upstairs to the office area.

"No, no, let them go." Ye Xiangting pinched her brow, her expression slightly tired, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly as she spoke.

Her voice was a little hoarse.

I've lost count of how many batches this is.

Since Josan participated in the Masters Challenge, she has been approached by the media every day for interviews, and at first she was happy to be interviewed.

But after Josan won the match, more and more media outlets wanted to interview her, especially after yesterday's match, which made her a little annoyed by the media now.

She really didn't want to do any more interviews.

However, she was still happy to see this phenomenon, since the media wanted to interview her because her daughter had become successful.

"They said if you agree to an interview, they can promote our store for free," a staff member relayed the message.

"No need, no need, let them leave." Ye Xiangting waved her hand and said, "If they don't leave, just say I'm not here."

No sooner had he finished speaking than there was a two-beat knock on the window.

Ye Xiangting turned her head to look.

A woman wearing glasses, sitting on a plump pigeon, appeared outside the window at some point: "Ms. Ye, don't tell me you're not here. I'm from Hangzhou-Hong Kong News..."

Before he could finish speaking, Tonghuaxiao walked over, raised his wings, and with a "whoosh," pulled the curtains shut.

Suddenly, the staff member looked at the table and said in a trembling voice, "Boss..."

Ye Xiangting followed his gaze and looked down.

Suddenly, several characters appeared out of thin air on the table, written with a single stroke of water:

[Ms. Ye, excuse me, this is Global Beast Taming News...]

Before it could finish writing, Ye Xiangting said coldly, "If you bother me like this again, I'll tell my daughter when she gets back."

As soon as he finished speaking, the words written in water on the table were quickly erased by an invisible force, leaving no trace.

"My daughter's name is really working wonders now..." Ye Xiangting thought to herself, a smile involuntarily spreading across her face.

The staff member breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the water on the table disappear and said, "Boss, I'll go back to work now."

Ye Xiangting said, "Go ahead."

The staff left the room.

Ye Xiangting got up, went to the window, pulled back the curtains a little, and looked down.

A dense crowd of media outlets gathered downstairs, each broadcasting to their cameras.

Many passersby also gathered around, taking photos of the store and the assembled reporters.

Ye Xiangting rubbed her forehead, a smug look on her face as she sighed, "This is really a headache."

Just then, the staff member who had gone downstairs came running back up, panting, and said:

"Oh no, boss! Ah Ming just told me that a lot of Firefang Dogs are banging their heads against trees at our base!"

"What?" Ye Xiangting's expression changed.

...

A dozen minutes later.

suburbs.

The owl stopped at a base specifically for breeding fire-toothed dogs.

Ye Xiangting rolled down and quickly walked inside.

This is a breeding base specializing in Firetooth dogs. Since business has improved, people from all over the country have come specifically to buy Firetooth dogs from her.

As her business grew, she naturally purchased a private pet breeding base that happened to be for sale and built it into a dedicated pet breeding base for Firefang Dogs, making it easier to breed them.

Ye Xiangting strode into the base.

Soon, she saw more than a dozen Firefang Hounds repeatedly ramming their heads against the tree trunk.

They all looked excited and determined, and when they banged their heads against the trees, they didn't hesitate at all, as if they weren't just banging against trees, but doing something very worthwhile.

The staff members standing nearby all looked like they "didn't know what to do".

Upon seeing Ye Xiangting arrive, they immediately swarmed around her as if she were their savior:

"Boss, you've finally arrived!"

Ye Xiangting ignored them and quickly said to the Fire Fang Dogs, "Stop right now!"

"Teeth!"

One of the Firefangs barked at her before continuing to charge at the tree.

"What did it say?" Ye Xiangting asked Tong Huaxiao.

"all."

The owl let out a cry, indicating that they were training.

Ye Xiangting was taken aback: "Training?"

“Yes, boss.” A staff member next to him said with a wry smile, “Didn’t you ask us to show the Firefang Dogs the video of Josan sending out the Burning Emperor to compete in the Master Challenge to boost their racial confidence? We showed it to them, but they also saw your recent interview. You said that Josan contracted Tooth Treasure because he saw it banging its head against a tree at the pet base, and that’s when he noticed it. As soon as these Firefang Dogs saw this news, they all suddenly acted like this, and we couldn’t stop them at all.”

Ye Xiangting: "..."

...

Flaming Star.

Tanzania, villa.

At 8:30 in the morning, after finishing breakfast, Xia Lala took a watering can and watered the plants in the living room.

Suddenly, one of the potted plants swayed slightly.

"Qingqing!" Xia Lala's eyes widened, and she quickly called out, indicating that the guy was here again!

As soon as he finished speaking, another green leaf in the potted plant, which hadn't been shaking, turned yellow and withered without warning, then turned into powder and disappeared.

"Search?"

"Search?"

Little Treasure Hunter teleported to the side and looked around.

Where? Where?

"Ya Ya?" Ya Bao looked puzzled and called out, indicating that the guy was someone else.

“They’re the guys who came to find out about us,” Josang explained, then turned to Sharara and asked, “Where are they?”

"Qingqing." Xia Lala pointed at the potted plant and called out, indicating that it had left.

"It moves pretty fast." After making a comment, Qiao Sang thought of something and analyzed, "Both times it was attached to plants, so it seems to be the same pet as yesterday. It looks like it's a grass-type."

Michaela sat on the sofa, drinking her milk, and said:

"Not only Grass-type, but also Psychic-type."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Do you know which pet it is?"

Michaela laughed and said, "I not only know what kind of pet it is, but I also know whose pet it is."

"Wow, that's impressive! You found out so quickly..." Qiao Sang showed admiration and asked, "How did you know?"

“My target is the contestants from Yulianton University and Yuanzhou University,” Michaela said calmly. “As long as we find out who their teachers are, it will be easy to find out based on the methods of their respective pets.”

"So who exactly sent them?" Qiao Sang asked.

“Universe of the Primordial Chaos,” Michaela said. (End of Chapter)