Beast taming, starting from zero point
Chapter 576 - 524: It’s Time to Make a Move

Chapter 576: Chapter 524: It’s Time to Make a Move

The boy turned his head and when he saw who was approaching, he was startled and quickly sat up, saying:

"Of course you can."

Qiao Sang hadn’t expected the person to be someone familiar.

Though "familiar" might not be quite accurate. They were in the same class, their faces familiar to each other, but they had never exchanged a word.

By his look, it was obvious he remembered her too.

Qiao Sang smiled and said, "Thank you."

Having said that, she took out her campus card and pressed it against the chip reader; immediately beside her, a ten-inch virtual screen appeared.

The building indicated on the screen was precisely the climate pavilion they were in at the moment.

Once she clicked into it, the pavilion’s control panel came up.

While Qiao Sang was adjusting the room’s climate, Hughlis sneakily glanced at the pet beast he didn’t recognize and the Little Steel Falcon beside it.

Suddenly he thought of something and couldn’t help asking:

"Have you contracted with Little Steel Falcon?"

"Not yet," said Qiao Sang, continuing her adjustments. "But soon."

"Why would you think of contracting with Little Steel Falcon?" Hughlis asked directly, without regard for the fact that Little Steel Falcon was right there, listening.

Little Steel Falcon gave him a look, thinking to itself how foolish humans were; obviously it was because they admired its body and brain.

"Little Steel Falcon is quite good, isn’t it? It has both defense and attack capabilities, and it’s smart," Qiao Sang said.

No sooner had her words fallen than the temperature in the pavilion dropped sharply, turning the falling snow into a blizzard.

Hughlis shivered and swiftly burrowed back into his bedding, turning to look at the girl beside him, about to ask if she wasn’t cold when—

Before he could get the words out, he saw Qiao Sang speaking to the air beside her, "Clothes."

The next second, a pet beast he had never seen before appeared, removing a golden hoop from its ear.

Then the hoop enlarged, and the beast pawed inside it for a bit before pulling out a series of winter garments like sweaters, cotton pants, down jackets, hats, scarves, and the like.

Hughlis fell silent.

Lucky he hadn’t asked...

Qiao Sang, now fully decked out in gear, picked a spot and sat down, looking toward Little Steel Falcon.

"Steel Steel..."

Little Steel Falcon’s eyes twinkled. It knew that if it just played the part of not being able to endure, the human in front of it would probably give up on contracting it.

She might be a good person, but in the end, she was a human.

Becoming stronger on its own, that was something it could do without a contract...

At that moment, Hughlis continued with the previous topic, "Here, pet beasts like Little Steel Falcon are generally only considered for contracts by C-rank Beast Tamers. You’ve just arrived at Chao Su Star and might not know, but don’t be fooled by Little Steel Falcon’s docile appearance; it could stab its own Beast Tamer in the back any day."

Qiao Sang was unperturbed, "Not all Little Steel Falcons are the same, right?"

"Indeed, not all are the same," said Hughlis gravely. "But you can’t entirely grasp what its inner thoughts are. In fact, Little Steel Falcons used to be quite popular here at Chao Su Star."

He deliberately left a gap in his words.

Qiao Sang followed up with a question, "Did something happen?"

Looking at Little Steel Falcon not far off, Hughlis said with a complex expression, "Many years ago in the First District, there was a very famous Beast Tamer who contracted a Little Steel Falcon, even nurtured it to the Emperor Level Gu Kaor Duo. But one day, Gu Kaor Duo suddenly forcefully terminated the contract. With that Beast Tamer’s strength, he had a good chance of securing a high ranking in the global competition, but all that was destroyed by Gu Kaor Duo."

"It was from that day forward that the market for Little Steel Falcons plummeted, and even several price drops didn’t make people willing to contract them again."

Qiao Sang paused for a moment before blurting out, "What’s the species’ upper limit for Little Steel Falcons?"

You planned on contracting without even clearing that up? And aren’t you missing the point! Hughlis’s mouth twitched:

"It’s Emperor Level."

So it’s Emperor Level... Looks like it’s the same as Xiao Xunbao... Qiao Sang then asked, "Since he could participate in the global competition, that Beast Tamer’s brain domain mustn’t be low, right? How could the contract termination succeed?"

Is that the main point... Hughlis replied solemnly:

"His brain domain was not low. He was a B-rank Beast Tamer, but Gu Kaor Duo was an Emperor Level Pet Beast. Forcing a contract termination was not difficult."

"No wonder," Qiao Sang shrugged. "That only means his strength has progressed too slowly to suppress Gukai Youduo."

Beast Tamers from Chao Su Star inherently follow a path of using strength to suppress their Pet Beasts. It’s clear that from the Little Steel Falcon to Gukai Youduo, the opponent spent a considerable amount of time, and their brain domain must have also been developed bit by bit during this period.

If one follows the path of suppression, but the growth rate of brain domain can’t keep up with the evolution speed of the Little Steel Falcon, then whose fault is that?

Hughlis was startled.

He hadn’t expected the other party’s final conclusion to focus on this aspect. Are the thought processes of Beast Tamers from Blue Star all like this...

But it seemed quite reasonable... No, wait, almost got sidetracked... Hughlis furrowed his brow and said,

"But this doesn’t happen to most other Pet Beasts, only the Little Steel Falcon species has particularly many such incidents."

Qiao Sang waved his hand. "Maybe their species just has more personality."

Hughlis: "..."

The atmosphere in the climate chamber quieted down for a moment.

Checking the time, Qiao Sang looked up at the Little Steel Falcon. "Do you feel cold?"

"Geng Geng."

The Little Steel Falcon stared at the human in front of it for a while, then shook its head.

Not cold.

...

Half an hour later, Qiao Sang came out of the climate chamber.

Netizens didn’t lie to me, the Little Steel Falcon indeed has extraordinary resistance, not showing any change in expression when facing two extreme types of weather for the first time... Qiao Sang thought to himself while taking Little Steel Falcon under a tree,

"Just stand still and don’t resist, and it will be fine," Qiao Sang said as he began to gesture with both hands, ready to make the contract.

"Geng Geng!" The Little Steel Falcon stretched out its wings in a ’wait’ gesture.

Qiao Sang was taken aback and stopped his motions. "What’s wrong?"

"Geng Geng."

"Geng Geng."

The Little Steel Falcon called out twice, indicating it wanted to visit Zone Twenty-Seven before going to Blue Star.

With Yaobao’s translation, Qiao Sang smiled and said, "Of course you can."

"Geng Geng."

The Little Steel Falcon nodded, indicating there was no problem.

Qiao Sang gestured with both hands.

"Geng Geng!"

Halfway through the gesture, the Little Steel Falcon suddenly stretched out its wings in a ’wait’ gesture again.

"What is it now?" Qiao Sang had to put down his hands and ask.

"Geng Geng."

"Geng Geng."

The Little Steel Falcon called out twice, indicating it hoped to eat hard minerals every day in the future, as that would make its strength grow faster.

Yaobao translated simultaneously.

"Absolutely no problem," Qiao Sang readily agreed.

The Little Steel Falcon’s pursuit of strength was a good thing.

"Geng Geng."

The Little Steel Falcon nodded solemnly, indicating they could proceed.

Qiao Sang gestured with both hands.

Soon, orange-yellow specks of starlight converged from all directions above the Little Steel Falcon’s head, quickly forming into an orange-yellow Star Array.

At the same time, in Qiao Sang’s brain domain, the last page of the Beast Taming Codex slowly revealed the information about the Little Steel Falcon.