The following day.
It was the opening day of Yuliandun University.
Pet Beasts of various sizes, large enough to carry several or even dozens of people, appeared in the sky or on the ground.
During that time, Flight Type Pet Beasts continuously swooped down, stopping by the roadside.
"Ya Ya!"
In the sky, Yaobao looked around excitedly, left and right.
This one’s really strong!
That one looks like it could put up a good fight!
Qiao Sang sat on Yaobao. Although she couldn’t see its facial expression, she knew what was on its mind just by seeing its head continuously turning about.
"There will be plenty of opportunities to compete with powerful opponents in the future, so stop looking around. Let’s hurry to the orientation area; we don’t want to be late," Qiao Sang said, patting Yaobao.
"Ya!"
Yaobao called out, indicating understanding, and immediately its wings forcefully opened, speeding up.
A week’s reconnaissance had already allowed Qiao Sang to roughly get the lay of Yuliandun University.
She didn’t take much time to arrive at her destination.
At the orientation site, there was a visual arts building eight stories high.
The floors inside the building were staggered from each other, forming many outdoor terraces.
Yaobao landed on the ground, and after Qiao Sang dismounted, its size gradually shrank.
Qiao Sang went to the huge hall on the second floor.
Inside, nearly two-thirds of the new students were already seated.
At the front of the hall, there were nine chairs set up high, where nine individuals of differing skin and hair colors who appeared quite old were sitting.
Qiao Sang, following the signs, made her way to the Beast Taming Department’s area.
She sat down casually with Yaobao in her arms.
People around her glanced at Yaobao but quickly looked away.
Qiao Sang’s gaze swept across the hall, noting that although there were not many people holding Pet Beasts like herself, there were not none either.
At that moment, a girl sitting nearby who looked about 18, with blonde hair and blue eyes, leaned in to greet her:
"Hello, my name is Lailarly."
Qiao Sang glanced at her, "My name is Qiao Sang."
"Where do you come from?" Lailarly asked.
It seemed that everyone had assumed people holding Pet Beasts were not from Chao Su Star... Qiao Sang complained inwardly, but smiled and answered:
"Blue Star."
"Blue Star, huh..." Lailarly looked thoughtful. "I’ve always wanted to visit Blue Star and see the Secret Realm, but never had the chance."
"You’ll have it someday," Qiao Sang replied.
After chatting for a bit, Lailarly suddenly thought of something and asked:
"Which district’s dormitory are you staying in?"
"I’m not quite sure," Qiao Sang explained. "I’ve applied to stay off campus and haven’t been to the dormitory yet."
Lailarly looked surprised, "You got approval to live off campus so quickly?"
Just as Qiao Sang was about to explain that she was an exchange student, Lailarly continued:
"I heard that we have an extraordinary new student in our year, a freshman who’s been assigned to the special district."
Qiao Sang asked curiously:
"The special district?"
Before Lailarly could respond, a brown-haired boy with a few freckles on his face sitting nearby leaned in and said:
She was quite eager to see how she measured up against such a person.
"I’m not sure about that," the brown-haired boy said, "But you can ask the counselor when the time comes."
...
Meanwhile,
Several teachers from the Beast Taming Department area looked towards Qiao Sang’s location and discussed in low voices:
"Is she Qiao Sang?"
"Yes, she looks just like her picture in the profile."
"I admit reaching this level at 16 is genius, but isn’t it a bit too much to let her directly into the top-tier district? Isn’t every student living there someone who has fought their way step by step?"
At this, a middle-aged man in his forties with a stern face simply said:
"It was a request from the Imperial Beastmaster Academy."
The surroundings became quiet instantly, followed by a teacher’s dissatisfied voice:
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The middle-aged man said in a deep voice, "Don’t forget, we also have exchange students at the Imperial Beastmaster Academy."
Seeing the atmosphere was still a bit delicate, a chubby-faced female teacher quickly smoothed things over:
"Actually, moving directly into the top-tier district as soon as she arrived may not necessarily be a good thing. Most likely, all the students from the Beast Taming Department will see her as a competitor, and her semester might not be so easy."
The middle-aged man calmly responded, "That’s also a trial for her."
The teacher who was originally dissatisfied laughed, "So we are using our entire Beast Taming Department’s students to test her?"
The female teacher did not try to smooth things over any further.
She knew that this teacher named Brennan had a particularly favored student he’d wanted to keep for graduate studies, but that student turned around and chose the Imperial Beastmaster Academy instead, leaving behind the words "I just chose what’s better."
Since then, Brennan had been provoked, always seeing the Imperial Beastmaster Academy as a rival.
While competition between the two top-tier institutions certainly existed, their outward diplomacy was still very skilled, except for this Brennan—who couldn’t even be bothered with the pretense.
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