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So it was actually to train Tingbao... Qiao Sang felt a sudden wave of admiration.
Communicating with uncontracted pets was no easy task, any misstep could easily trigger a rebellious mindset, especially with pets possessing less-than-ideal temperaments.
Professor Mikayla's approach subtly prompted Tingbao to proactively discharge lightning without making him feel like he was being commanded at all. Furthermore, she knew exactly when to stop, demonstrating a truly profound grasp of training methodologies.
It's mostly because this little Tingbao's reactions are fun... Mikayla admitted the truth to herself. On the surface, however, she maintained a completely calm, in-control demeanor as she walked toward the exit of the starport.
Qiao Sang hurriedly kept pace.
High in the sky and all across the ground outside the starport, numerous pets bearing the word Taxi pasted on their bodies were parked.
Unlike other places, nearly half of the pets here had no Beast Tamers riding on them.
Pets of various sizes used their respective languages to solicit passengers. Some even forcefully pulled passengers onto their backs, looking very much like those enthusiastic drivers clustered around high-speed railway station exits, which struck Qiao Sang as highly novel.
"Gang Qiu..."
Watching the pets casually soliciting passengers without any accompanying Beast Tamers, Gangbao similarly flashed a novel expression.
"Kuai, kuai!"
A cyan bird-type pet enthusiastically fanned its wings.
Qiao Sang offered it a polite smile.
The cyan bird-type pet's eyes suddenly flared with light, and it used its wing to point toward its back.
Qiao Sang paid it no mind, continuing to follow behind Professor Mikayla.
The cyan bird-type pet's face fell instantly.
Just then, a tourist carrying luggage passed by. The cyan bird-type pet transformed its expression in a split second, enthusiastically fanning its wings toward him.
Qiao Sang walked forward a couple of steps, catching sight of a black spider-type pet a full three meters in size casting a flirtatious wink toward her.
It was entirely pitch-black, and its body was covered in stiff, downy fur.
To think that spider-type pets here can actually come out to solicit passengers... Qiao Sang couldn't resist sizing up the pet before her eyes for a couple of beats.
It was worth noting that whether on Blue Star or Flame Star, it was virtually impossible for spider-type pets of this nature to come out to carry passengers.
First, their morphology was flawed and rather terrifying; second, they moved slowly, needing to rely on web-spinning skills to swing if they wanted to move rapidly, which made sitting on them highly unsafe, third, spider-type pets were unpopular, meaning there was simply no market for them to carry passengers.
Pets capable of coming out to transport passengers had to clear various screening processes.
This was the very first time she had witnessed a spider-type pet out soliciting passengers.
"Hei, hei."
Seeing that the other party was sizing it up, the long-furred spider-type pet turned its head to look over its own body. Then, as if grasping something, it opened its mouth and exhaled white spider silk, rapidly weaving it into a thick white silk carpet that covered its entire form.
"Hei, hei!"
Following that, it let out an enthusiastic cry toward Qiao Sang.
Witnessing this, Qiao Sang felt a stir in her heart, genuinely touched by the spider-type pet's dedicated passenger-soliciting attitude. She took a swift step forward, intending to ask Professor Mikayla to ride this spider-type pet.
Right at that moment, however, two young men beat her to it, stepping up to the spider-type pet and rattling off an address.
"Hei, hei!"
The spider-type pet instantly forgot Qiao Sang's existence, letting out an enthusiastic cry. It then exhaled white silk from its mouth, bundling the two individuals and their luggage together before gently placing them onto its back and crawling away.
Qiao Sang: ...
Suddenly, an ape-type pet wearing a floral shirt strode quickly over, letting out an enthusiastic cry: "Jian, jian."
"Gang Qiu." Gangbao's voice rang out within her mind.
It's soliciting passengers.
"No need, thank you." Qiao Sang politely declined.
"Jian, jian, jian, jian." The ape-type pet did not give up, keeping pace all along the way as it cried out.
Qiao Sang paid it no attention.
"Jian, jian." After following for a distance of roughly five meters, the ape-type pet abruptly scooped up Tingbao, who was slowly shifting along the ground, placed him onto its shoulder, and strode quickly toward the street side.
"Lei, lei?"
Tingbao looked completely dumbfounded.
Qiao Sang: !!!
"Yap, yap!"
Staring at the retreating silhouette of the ape-type pet, Yabao flashed an angry expression, the fiery wings on both sides of his body abruptly expanding by a full size.
Simultaneously, the ape-type pet ground to a halt by the street side, its size slowly expanding until it reached a height of roughly three meters.
"Lei, lei!"
Standing at such a height, Tingbao looked around with considerable excitement, hopping up and down happily a couple of times.
"Jian, jian!"
The ape-type pet enthusiastically waved its hand toward Qiao Sang.
"Yap, yap..."
Yabao seemed to grasp something, and the fiery wings on his body reverted to their original state.
No, do the pets on Flame Star seriously solicit passengers like this? Where is its Beast Tamer? Do they just not care at all... Watching Tingbao hopping in the distance and the enthusiastically waving ape-type pet, Qiao Sang breathed a sigh of relief while simultaneously feeling unable to resist venting internally.
Mikayla smiled and said, "Let's just ride this Shoulder Ape King."
Saying this, she approached the Shoulder Ape King.
"Jian, jian."
The Shoulder Ape King bent its waist, enthusiastically spreading its palm open.
Mikayla stepped onto its palm.
The Shoulder Ape King brought her up to its shoulder, then looked toward Qiao Sang.
Qiao Sang fell silent for a brief moment, but ultimately walked over anyway.
After the Shoulder Ape King had brought Yabao and the others up onto its shoulders one by one, it let out a cry: "Jian, jian?"
Mikayla required no translation at all, speaking up: "The Beast Center in the city center."
"Jian, jian!"
The Shoulder Ape King let out a cry and, without even utilizing navigation, directly strode forward both swiftly and steadily.
"Why did you choose the Shoulder Ape King to ride?" Qiao Sang asked in a lowered voice.
Mikayla stated, "This is your first time coming to Flame Star, and you haven't had a good look around yet. The Shoulder Ape King isn't fast, but its endurance is excellent, it won't feel tired even if it walks for a full day and night. Its shoulders are also broad and thick, making for a comfortable seat. We can sit on its shoulders and slowly appreciate Flame Star's scenery."
"Riding these bipedal pets carries another advantage: You can have it stop at any time without fearing that it will take up street space. You can just consider it hiring a full-time driver for the day."
If that's the case, it really is quite excellent... Qiao Sang's impression of the Shoulder Ape King shifted instantly.
Then, recalling something, she inquired: "I noticed just now that many pets don't have Beast Tamers accompanying them."
Mikayla explained, "It's like that on Flame Star. Most pets move about on their own. Furthermore, on Flame Star, humans and wild pets coexist. Many wild pets come out to look for jobs by themselves. Most of the pets you saw earlier without Beast Tamers by their side are wild pets."
Wild pets? Qiao Sang blanked out for a moment, looking toward the Shoulder Ape King.
"Gang Qiu..."
Gangbao listened, completely dazed.
Mikayla continued, "Both contracted pets and wild pets here wear identity bracelets. Contracted pets wear white ones, while wild pets wear black ones to distinguish between them."
Qiao Sang instinctively looked toward the Shoulder Ape King's claw.
Sure enough, it was wearing a black bracelet.
It really is a wild pet... Qiao Sang thought of something else, asking in a lowered voice: "Then what's the deal with the Shoulder Ape King's lightweight miniature bracelet?"
On Blue Star and Flame Star, unless wild pets relied on stealing, it was impossible for them to acquire lightweight miniature bracelets.
The Shoulder Ape King was an High-level pet, roughly three meters in size. Even if it weren't a wild pet, it wouldn't meet the criteria to purchase a lightweight miniature bracelet. Yet it genuinely possessed one, when it approached her earlier, it had been in its minimized form.
"On Flame Star, whether they are contracted pets or wild pets, they can purchase lightweight miniature bracelets on their own." Mikayla explained.
"There's no rule stating that their size must reach a certain threshold before they can buy one either."
"Xun, xun!"
Hearing this, Little Treasure's eyes flared with sudden light.
Qiao Sang blanked out for a moment, quickly understanding that this was due to the status of pets being higher than on other planets, as well as the sheer volume of wild pets.
During her time on Chaosu Star, she had known a few classmates from Flame Star and possessed a general understanding of the situation here.
Unlike Blue Star, there were no secret realms here, nor was it like Chaosu Star where wild pets were specifically driven into the lower three districts to live separately from the majority of humans.
Here, humans and pets achieved a true sense of coexistence. Wild pets actively operated within society, capable of processing identities and purchasing anything.
Some wild pets even held high-ranking professional positions, and wild pets could even independently organize large-scale tournament activities for other wild pets to register and participate in.
Winning wild pets would garner everyone's attention, and people would scramble to form contracts with them.
The winning wild pets would then state their requirements, and only individuals meeting those criteria would approach the wild pet to let it choose whether or not to form a contract.
When Beast Tamers organized Beast Battle tournaments, wild pets would also enter to spectate. If they encountered someone who caught their fancy, they would find ways to recommend themselves, wishing to form a contract.
Qiao Sang used to think it sounded incredible when she heard about it before, but now that she was witnessing more of it, she found this manner of interaction on Flame Star to be quite nice.
After all, this way, strong Beast Tamers and strong pets could encounter one another, embarking on a mutual journey to grow stronger hand-in-hand.
Furthermore, under a relationship of coexistence, Beast Tamers possessed numerous choices. It wasn't like Blue Star, where one could only visit pet bases or breeding shops to search for pets, it was worth noting that Beast Tamers from ordinary families simply had no access to rare pets.
Nor was it like Chaosu Star, where the relationship with pets was so strained that even if one visited the lower three districts to search for rare wild pets, they would all hide from humans.
"Jian, jian." While she was mulling this over, the Shoulder Ape King pointed toward a circular building in the distance and let out a cry.
"Yap, yap!"
Yabao helped translate with an excited expression.
It says there's a battle tournament being held here recently, and you guys can go take a look.
Just as Qiao Sang was about to speak, the Shoulder Ape King pointed toward another high-rise skyscraper and let out a cry: "Jian, jian."
"Yap, yap!"
Yabao grew increasingly excited.
This guy says there's a tournament here too!
"Are they all Beast Battle tournaments?" Qiao Sang inquired.
"Jian, jian." The Shoulder Ape King nodded its head.
During the remainder of the journey, the Shoulder Ape King pointed toward nearby buildings and let out a cry almost every few kilometers, indicating that there was a tournament inside.
Yabao's expression grew more and more excited, looking for all the world as though he couldn't wait to go inside and compete in a match right away.
Qiao Sang finally couldn't resist stating, "How can there be so many tournaments?"
"Jian, jian?" The Shoulder Ape King flashed a puzzled expression.
Are there a lot?
Mikayla if laughed and explained, "On Flame Star, the most prevalent thing is Beast Battles. Whether it's humans or wild pets, they will organize battle tournaments every few days. There are also many television programs that are entirely related to Beast Battles."
"No wonder nearly every single Interstellar Cup champion is a Beast Tamer from Flame Star. In this kind of environment, even if someone isn't developing toward becoming a professional Beast Tamer, they're probably familiar with some battle methods." Qiao Sang remarked with emotion.
Mikayla pondered for a few seconds, stating slowly: "Flame Star is indeed the most suitable place for professional Beast Tamers to develop. The Fate Spirit predicting that your opportunity lies here is likely because of this point."
"Then do I need to register to participate in the tournaments?" Qiao Sang asked.
"No rush." Mikayla stated.
"You just participated in the regional tournament, so it's better to train properly for another period first. If there's a tournament suitable for you to participate in, I will let you know."
"Understood." Qiao Sang stated.
The Shoulder Ape King walked steadily along.
All along the way, Qiao Sang witnessed quite a few wild pets moving about individually or in groups of two or three.
There were also some pets wearing white bracelets traveling together with wild pets, with humans walking beside them as well, conversing smoothly without a shred of estrangement.
Watching them, Gangbao's gaze flickered.
Sensing Gangbao's thoughts, Qiao Sang spoke within her mind: "Don't worry, once we participate in the Interstellar Cup down the road, the people of Flame Star will definitely introduce the Little Steel Falcon species here too."
"Gang Qiu." Gangbao responded within her mind.
The sky shifted from white to dusk, and then to darkness.
The Shoulder Ape King walked until nightfall before finally arriving at the Beast Center in the city center.
The nighttime temperature remained quite high, but the blowing wind felt refreshing at long last.
Qiao Sang paid the fee and followed Professor Mikayla into the Beast Center.
In the lobby, quite a few pets were processing business transactions entirely on their own.
"Xun, xun..."
This was also the very first time Little Treasure had witnessed such a scene, and he couldn't resist sizing it up curiously.
An invisible breeze also swept past those pets who were independently processing business transactions.
As Qiao Sang walked along, she suddenly felt the backpack behind her grow heavy.
Turning her head to look, she discovered that Tingbao had crawled onto the backpack at some unknown point, leaning against Lubao inside the backpack.
Meanwhile, Lubao allowed him to lean against her with an expressionless face.
This little Tingbao searches for Yabao when he's cold and searches for Lubao when he's hot, he certainly knows who to look for... Qiao Sang smiled internally, turning her head to keep pace with Professor Mikayla.
Standing at the front desk of the accommodation zone were a pet and a uniformed staff member.
Pets processing accommodations were received by the pet, while Beast Tamers processing accommodations were received by the staff member.
Qiao Sang had her accommodation processed by the staff member, taking her room card to arrive at the corresponding floor.
Opening the door to room 1009, Mikayla followed her inside.
Qiao Sang blanked out for a moment, just about to speak.
Mikayla stated, "The breeder from our Imperial Beast University here on Flame Star will be coming over in a bit. I'll wait for her with you."
"So fast?" Qiao Sang was somewhat surprised.
"It's not considered fast."
Mikayla approach the sofa to sit down, stating, "She lives right in this urban area. I contacted her right after stepping off the starship."
Qiao Sang thought of something, inquiring: "Is this breeder working as a teacher at some school?"
Mikayla didn't understand why she would ask that: "Naturally it's our Imperial Beast University."
"No." Qiao Sang explained.
"I meant to ask if she holds a teaching position at a school here on Flame Star."
"No." Mikayla stated.
Looks like she isn't a spy teacher... Qiao Sang felt inexplicably disappointed.
Amidst the conversation, Little Treasure slipped off his ring, fishing out the water tank required by Lubao from within.
"Lu di!"
Suddenly, Lubao let out a sharp cry.
Qiao Sang turned her head to look, only to see Tingbao currently crawling toward Lubao's water tank.
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