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The young man turned his head and was montarily stunned upon seeing the newcor. He quickly sat up and said, "Of course."
Qiao Sang hadn’t expected the other party to be a familiar face.
Well, familiar was a stretch, they were in the sa class, so she recognized him, but they had never spoken before.
From his expression, he clearly rembered her as well.
Qiao Sang smiled.
"Thank you."
After speaking, she took out her campus card and pressed it against the chip reader. A ten-inch virtual screen imdiately appeared beside her.
The screen displayed the location of the current building, the climate hall.
She tapped on it, and the control panel for the hall appeared.
While Qiao Sang was adjusting the indoor climate, Hulis discreetly glanced at the unfamiliar pet beast and the small steel falcon beside it.
Then, as if sothing had occurred to him, he couldn’t help but ask,
"You ford a contract with the small steel falcon?"
"Not yet." Qiao Sang replied while operating the panel.
"But soon."
"Why would you want to contract a small steel falcon?" Hulis asked bluntly, completely disregarding the fact that the small steel falcon was right there listening.
The small steel falcon gave him a look, thinking, Foolish human. Obviously, it's because of my physique and intelligence.
"Small steel falcons are great, aren't they? They have both offense and defense, plus they’re smart." Qiao Sang said.
Just as she finished speaking, the temperature inside the hall plumted, and the light snowfall turned into a blizzard.
Hulis shivered and quickly burrowed back into his blanket. He was about to ask the girl beside him if she wasn’t cold, but before he could get the words out, he saw Qiao Sang turn to the air and say, "Clothes."
The next second, an unfamiliar pet beast suddenly materialized. It removed the golden hoop from its ear, and as the hoop expanded, the beast reached inside and rummaged around.
Before long, it pulled out a sweater, cotton pants, a down jacket, a hat, a scarf, everything needed for winter.
Hulis fell silent.
Good thing he hadn’t asked...
Once Qiao Sang was fully bundled up, she picked a spot to sit and looked at the small steel falcon.
"Gang..."
The small steel falcon's gaze flickered. It knew that if it pretended to be unable to endure, this human would likely give up on contracting it.
This person was a good one, but ultimately, still human.
She could beco stronger on her own, even without a contract...
At this mont, Hulis resud their earlier conversation.
"Here on Chaosu Star, pet beasts like the small steel falcon are generally only considered for contracts when a Beast Tar reaches C-rank. You haven’t been here long, so you might not know but don’t be fooled by how obedient it looks now. One day, it might just betray its own tar."
Qiao Sang remained unfazed.
"Not all small steel falcons are like that, right?"
"Not all." Hulis admitted grimly.
"But you can never truly know what it's thinking. Actually, small steel falcons used to be quite popular here on Chaosu Star."
He deliberately paused.
Qiao Sang played along.
"So, what happened?"
Hulis looked at te small steel falcon in the distance, his gaze complicated.
"Many years ago, in 1st District, there was a famous Beast Tar. He had contracted a small steel falcon and even nurtured it to the emperor-rank form, Solid Armor Yudo. But one day, without any warning, Yudo forcibly broke the contract.
"That Beast Tar had the potential to achieve great rankings in the global tournant. But all of it was ruined by Yudo."
"After that day, the market for small steel falcons plumted. Even after multiple price drops, few people were willing to contract them."
Qiao Sang was montarily surprised and blurted out, "What’s the species limit for small steel falcons?"
You didn’t even figure that out before deciding to contract one?! And also, Is that really your main concern?! Hulis twitched.
"Emperor-rank." He replied.
So it's emperor-rank... Just like Little Treasure... Qiao Sang thought to herself.
Then she asked, "Since that Beast Tar could enter the global tournant, he must have had a high ntal domain, right? How did the contract get broken?"
That’s what you care about?! Hulis answered with a frown, "His ntal domain was high, he was a B-rank Beast Tar. But Yudo was an emperor-rank pet beast, so breaking the contract wasn’t difficult."
"Makes sense." Qiao Sang shrugged.
"That just ans he advanced too slowly and couldn't suppress Yudo."
Chaosu Star’s Beast Tars relied on strength to subdue their pet beasts. Considering how long it would take to raise a small steel falcon to Solid Armor Yudo, the Tar’s ntal domain was likely developed gradually over ti.
If his growth in strength couldn’t keep up with the small steel falcon’s evolution speed, who was really at fault?
Hulis was montarily stunned.
He hadn’t expected her to draw that conclusion. Are all Beast Tars from Blue Star this… peculiar?
But... it actually made sense.
No! Wait! I almost got dragged into her way of thinking...
Hulis frowned and said, "But other pet beasts don’t behave like this. Only small steel falcons have a high incidence of such incidents."
Qiao Sang waved a hand dismissively.
"Maybe their species just has a strong personality."
Hulis: ...
The climate hall fell into a temporary silence.
Qiao Sang checked the ti, then looked up at the small steel falcon.
"Feeling cold?"
"Gang."
The small steel falcon stared at her for a while, then shook its head.
No.
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Half an hour later, Qiao Sang exited the climate hall.
The internet wasn’t lying, small steel falcons really have exceptional resistance. Experiencing two extre weather conditions back-to-back, and her expression didn’t even change…
While marveling at this, Qiao Sang led the small steel falcon to a tree.
"Stand still and don’t resist." She said, forming a hand seal to initiate the contract.
"Gang!"
The small steel falcon spread its wings in a wait gesture.
Qiao Sang paused.
"What is it?"
"Gang."
"Gang."
The small steel falcon chirped twice, expressing her wish to visit 27th District before heading to Blue Star.
With Yabao’s translation, Qiao Sang chuckled.
"Of course."
"Gang."
The small steel falcon nodded. No more problems then.
Qiao Sang ford the hand seal again.
"Gang!"
Midway through the process, the small steel falcon suddenly extended her wings again in another wait gesture.
"...What now?" Qiao Sang sighed, dropping her hands.
"Gang."
"Gang."
The small steel falcon chirped twice more, stating that she wanted to eat hard minerals daily, it would help her grow stronger faster.
Yabao translated once again.
"No problem at all." Qiao Sang agreed readily.
A desire for strength was a good thing.
"Gang."
The small steel falcon nodded, her expression solemn. Now you can proceed.
Qiao Sang ford the hand seal.
Soon, specks of orange light gathered from all directions, rging atop the small steel falcon's head and forming an orange star array.
At the sa ti, in Qiao Sang's ntal domain, the final page of the Beast Taming Codex slowly revealed the small steel falcon’s information.
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