"A conspiracy?" Qiao Sang was taken aback.
“That’s right,” Michaela said. “The Sky Dragon is still a completely extinct pet according to the data. Pet eggs with such a bloodline are extremely valuable for research and are unlikely to be given as prizes to contestants. Besides, you were only participating in a regional competition back then.”
Qiao Sang speculated, "Could it be that the official didn't know that the Little Thunder Dragon egg they provided had the bloodline of the Sky Dragon? After all, when people test the bloodline of pet eggs, they usually only test the concentration of the bloodline contained in its own species."
Just like the previous tests on Tingbao, they only tested the concentration of its bloodline as a Little Tinglong, and never tested what the other 13% of its bloodline was.
After listening, Michaela pondered, "It's not impossible... but I always feel something's not right. Pets with the bloodline of the Sky Dragon shouldn't be so easily passed down as prizes."
"If it's a conspiracy, what benefit would the person behind it gain from giving it as a prize to the contestants?" Qiao Sang asked.
She couldn't understand what kind of conspiracy would lead someone to give away a pet beast with the bloodline of an extinct species. If they wanted to maximize their profits, they should at least keep the pet beast with the bloodline of an extinct species for their own research, or wait for it to hatch so that they and the people around them could form contracts and conduct research.
Furthermore, the Central Sky Region Tournament was backed by the official authorities. At that time, she had already formed a contract with Qingbao, which the officials of the Central Sky Region should have basically known. Moreover, she had joined the National Beast Taming Bureau. As a professional beast tamer with such a bright future that she could hardly sleep at night, the officials would never harm her.
Michaela glanced at Jossan's face, which was brimming with "young and promising," then, as if struck by a thought, hesitated for a couple of seconds before slowly saying:
"It may not be of much benefit to the person behind it, but if it's a pet beast, the benefits are considerable."
"A pet?" Qiao Sang was taken aback.
“That’s right,” Michaela said. “Most pets probably want to find a promising Beastmaster for themselves or their descendants, just like the Dragon King.”
"Grind?"
Before Qiao Sang could respond, the Dragon King couldn't help but shout, as if to say, "What does this mean? Was Tingbao's pet egg given to Qiao Sang by its elders?"
Michaela nodded slightly: "I think that's possible."
"Grind it!"
The Dragon King bared his teeth and grimaced.
Damn it, if it weren't for that guy, Josan would definitely have contracted a little mill dragon from their race later. Who was it that beat him to it!
"Spray spray."
Penjami, standing to the side, patted its shoulder and barked, indicating that even without Tingbao's pet egg, there was another pet egg, so you still didn't have much of a chance.
"Grind, grind..."
The Dragon King gave a "that's true" look, then realized what he meant, shrugged, shook off Penjame's wings, gave it a disapproving look, and called out:
"Grind it!"
Tingbao, a pet beast with inherited memories, is difficult for other little dragons of its kind to compare with. Are other ordinary little Tingbaos of its kind not as good as them?
"Spray spray."
Penjami flapped its wings and cried out, indicating that no one knew.
"Grind it!"
The Dragon King glared at him angrily.
"Spray spray..."
Penjami yawned, went to the side, found a spot, and lay down.
"On Earth, the probability of it being done by a pet beast seems quite low," Qiao Sang said thoughtfully.
Aside from wild pets, most pets in the Blue Star Dragon Kingdom are contracted with Beast Tamers. Unless instructed by a Beast Tamer, pets generally wouldn't do such a thing.
Moreover, these are official prizes, which are strictly protected. Xiao Tinglong is a Dragon-type, and Dragon-types are the most conspicuous. Wherever it appears, it will definitely be discovered immediately. Unlike Ghost-type and Psychic-type pets, how could it possibly switch the prizes without anyone noticing?
Qiao Sang unconsciously voiced his thoughts.
After listening, Michaela slowly said, "When did I say that the prize was secretly switched?"
Qiao Sang paused for a moment, then immediately realized something: "You mean some pets made decisions directly about the prizes?"
“That’s right,” Michaela said. “On Blue Star, the status of pets may not be as high as that of pets on Flame Star, but there are still quite a few pets with a superior status who have decision-making power in certain aspects.”
"Pet beasts of extraordinary status..." Qiao Sang frowned, pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized, "You mean those high-level pet beasts that the beast tamers no longer have?"
Generally speaking, it is almost impossible for a pet without a beast tamer's contract to roam freely in the Dragon Kingdom of Blue Star. However, there is one exception: a pet that has been contracted by a beast tamer, but whose beast tamer has since passed away.
These pets fall into several categories: they either live alone, find a new beast tamer to form a contract with, are assigned to work by the government, stay with their families, or some choose to go to secret realms with lower danger levels.
Most of the pets that can remain in the clan are of high level. If a pet reaches the level of Emperor or above, it can even be worshipped by the entire clan and regarded as a pillar of stability.
These kinds of pets have a particularly high status and often have decision-making power in certain matters.
Of course, this only applies to the family it belongs to.
If a pet's family happens to have connections with the official organization, they might actually have a direct say in deciding the prizes...
Michaela nodded: "This is just one possibility that came to mind."
"If that's the case, it's nothing to me." Qiao Sang looked at the figure constantly shuttling between thunderclouds in the sky and smiled, "The other party just wants to choose a talented beast tamer for Tingbao. I should thank them for sending me Tingbao."
Michaela smiled and said nothing more.
Indeed, if it is as I guessed, both sides are satisfied with the outcome.
Although Tingbao is not a completely pureblood, its possession of the Sky Dragon bloodline gives it more potential and makes it more valuable than other pets of the Little Sky Dragon race.
...
The next day, at 2 PM.
The Sayer International Stadium was bathed in blazing sunlight.
Looking around, all you could see were the heads of people and their pets, a dark mass of black.
Even before the contestants entered the arena, the stands were already bustling with excitement and noise.
"I bet on Jossan to win this match 6-0."
"Me too. I don't even need to watch this match; I already know the result. Qiao Sang will definitely shut out Feng Fu and win."
"Feng Fu has managed to fight this far, which shows she has the ability, but it's all because she ran into Qiao Sang."
"What? I feel that Feng Fu's entry into the top ten was more due to luck. She only narrowly won the last round. If she had encountered Xia Huo and the others before, she would definitely have lost."
“Feng Fu’s Yuanzhou University is the fourth ranked university in interstellar space. Qiao Sang even shut out Xia Huo, and in the last round she shut out Gaston from Yulianton University. I don’t know how she can lose this game.”
"I don't think so. Sometimes you have to look at the attributes or characteristics of pets to see if they can counter each other. What if Feng Fu's pet happens to be a counter to the pet Qiao Sang sent out?"
"That makes sense. Did you buy Yu Cai?"
"Bought it?"
What score did you bet on?
"Qiao Sang 6:0 Feng Fu".
"..."
"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the Tanzania Sayer International Arena! This is the venue for the Masters Challenge! I am your host, Nefertis!"
"I'm the host, Aurore!"
On stage, two hosts appeared out of nowhere, dressed in formal attire.
As they appeared, enthusiastic cheers erupted from the audience, and all eyes, including those of the animals, fell upon them.
"Today's guest is! Si Donghua!" Nephthys waved her hand to the side and announced loudly.
As soon as she finished speaking, a beam of white light shot down from where she had waved her hand.
The temperature in the entire stadium suddenly dropped, and the spectators in the front row showed comfortable expressions.
When the beam of light disappeared, a pet beast about one meter in size appeared in everyone's sight. It wore a miniature shrinking bracelet, and its entire body was mostly white, even its leaves were white. It had a snowflake-shaped hair clip on its head, which looked like a flower.
"Si Donghua! Si Donghua!" The entire audience erupted in even more enthusiastic cheers, as if they had seen some extremely popular contestants.
Si Donghua is a royal-level pet with both ice and grass attributes. This combination of attributes is extremely rare not only on Yantian Star but also across the entire interstellar space. Therefore, Si Donghua is very popular on Yantian Star, where ice-type pets are already scarce.
Amid cheers from the crowd and their pets, the two hosts and guests vanished into thin air and reappeared on the commentary stage.
"This is the last match of the day! And the final match for the top ten to advance to the top five!" From the commentary booth, Auror announced passionately.
"Let's welcome the last pair of contestants for this round! Feng Fu from Yuanzhou University on Tianyuan Star, and Qiao Sang from the Beast Taming Academy of the Blue Star Empire!!!"
"Qiao Sang! Qiao Sang!"
"Feng Fu! Feng Fu!"
"Qiao Sang! Qiao Sang!"
The entire arena erupted in deafening cheers and screams. Most people and their pets were shouting Qiao Sang's name. The enthusiasm and excitement were so intense that it seemed as if they were not welcoming the contestant who was about to take the stage, but rather shouting the name of the contestant who had already won.
Amid cheers from the crowd, the platforms on both sides of the arena slowly rose from the ground, and the two contestants were already standing on their respective platforms.
"Qiao Sang! Qiao Sang!"
At that moment, the audience members calling out Qiao Sang's name completely drowned out the voices calling out Feng Fu's name.
"Inch by inch! Inch by inch!"
In the VIP room, Cunzhupa stood on the open balcony and excitedly shouted twice as he looked at the scene.
Little treasure hunt! Little treasure hunt!
"Ahem." Li Chaoyuan stood next to it, coughed lightly, and said, "This is Feng Fu's competition."
He paused, then added, "And according to the divination, Josan probably won't send out the Lord of the Underworld in the first game."
Since Cunzhupa was discovered, Qiaosang and her teacher have become much more cautious and changed their training location. Later, they found a new spot, but because of the existence of the Mirror Realm, they couldn't get close at all.
He had to find another way, having his divination master perform divination on the order of the pets sent by Josang. Although the accuracy rate wasn't 100%, it was still quite high.
The results showed that there was a 95% chance that the Ring Lord would not appear in the first game.
Upon hearing this, Cunzhupa instantly calmed down.
I almost forgot that Feng Fu is the one I should be supporting...
...
at the same time.
Another VIP room.
"Xiaxia!"
"Xiaxia!"
Xia Lala stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, shouting excitedly.
Michaela, sipping his coffee leisurely, chuckled:
"In terms of strength, Feng Fu in this match is about the same as Gaston in the last match, or even slightly weaker, so don't worry, Qiao Sang will definitely win this match."
"Xiaxia." Xia Lala nodded and called out, indicating that she was of course relieved.
As he spoke, he turned to the floor-to-ceiling window, waved his light stick, and shouted excitedly:
"Xiaxia!"
"Xiaxia!"
"Qiao Sang and Feng Fu have summoned the Burning Emperor and the Cautious Swimming Water Lion respectively!" the commentator announced loudly from the commentary booth.
At this point, the first game had officially begun.
"Xiaxia!"
"Xiaxia!"
Xia Lala shouted excitedly.
Michael glanced at the Water Lion, then turned and sat down on the sofa, leisurely taking a sip of coffee.
"Spray?"
Penjami called out, "Aren't you going to watch the game?"
“There’s nothing to see.” Michaela put down her coffee, forked a piece of cantaloupe and stuffed it into her mouth, saying, “After watching so many matches, I have an accurate understanding of Josang’s strength. She will definitely win against Feng Fu.”
"Spray?"
Penjamei cried out, indicating that Feng Fu's teacher had once sent a pet beast to monitor them, and wondered if the teacher had found out about something.
"So what if they find out?" Michaela said indifferently. "Given the difference in their strength, even if all of Josang's pet's skills and characteristics were known, the other party still couldn't win against absolute power."
"Spray spray."
Penjami gave a "that's true" look, exclaimed, went to the sofa, lay down, and closed her eyes.
The competition is in full swing.
Michaela was leisurely enjoying himself in the VIP room, occasionally eating snacks and fruits, drinking beverages and coffee, and occasionally scrolling through his phone. He would look up at the TV screen in front of him that was broadcasting live, while Penjami was sleeping beside him, looking completely at peace with the world.
"Xiaxia!"
"Xiaxia!"
"Grind it!"
Only the occasional excited cheers from Xia Lala and the Dragon King indicated that the competition was still in full swing.
Time passed slowly.
After some time, my phone, which was on the sofa, suddenly vibrated.
Michael picked it up and saw it was a group message from one of Tiban's old buddies:
Our school has produced an extraordinary genius; they advanced to the final five with a score of 6-0.
Michaela listened to the commotion outside, glanced at the ongoing battle on the television, laughed, and typed to send:
The game isn't over yet.
[Feng Fu's four royal-level pets have all been defeated; it's obvious to everyone that Qiao Sang has won another clean sweep.]
Michaela remembered Thunder, who had recently evolved, and sent a message:
It's not certain until the very last moment.
As soon as these words were spoken, people in the group started chiming in:
You actually don't have any faith in your own students.
[Qiao Sang is already so outstanding, what more do you want?]
If you don't believe in her potential, then let me teach her.
[Does the dean know you don't think highly of Qiao Sang?]
Michaela: "???"
No, what's wrong with these people? Why doesn't she think highly of Qiao Sang?
Just as the group chat was in full swing, a black snake-like pet, several meters long, suddenly collapsed on the field.
"Qingqing..."
Qingbao, with blackened lips, stood beside it, holding a giant pink hammer and panting heavily. (End of Chapter)
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