Chapter 69: Chapter 67: The Tournament Begins
After Ye Bai acquired the second Contract Position, it wasn’t that he didn’t want to bond with the Sunflower King or Big Gray, but he simply couldn’t achieve it.
His Spiritual Power was insufficient to complete the contract and might even suffer a backlash.
Even if he sought medicines to enhance his Spiritual Power and barely managed to form a contract, the Sunflower King’s power would drop to Tier Two after bonding.
A Pet Beast cannot surpass the Pet Beast Master’s tier, as determined by the rules of the contract.
Considering this, Ye Bai found it suitable to bond with the Little Charcoal Dog, a Pet Beast at the peak of Tier One.
Moreover, he could apply to become a volunteer for the Tier Two Awakening Potion at the Divine Phoenix Group.
Ye Bai also never expected that after the evolution of the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm, its power would automatically break through to Tier Two.
"Little Charcoal Dog, would you like to become my Pet Beast?"
Ye Bai picked up the Little Charcoal Dog and noticed a slight difference compared to other Little Charcoal Dogs.
Its four paws were like stepping on snow, and there was a white flame-shaped mark on its forehead.
Unlike other Little Charcoal Dogs that bared their teeth, it had an intelligent gleam in its eyes, aligning with Ye Bai’s taste.
The Little Charcoal Dog tilted its head looking at Ye Bai, and after repeating, it realized the human in front wanted to form a contract.
The Little Charcoal Dog nodded, indicating its willingness.
A red light emerged from its forehead, and the flame-shaped white mark instantly turned into a black flame.
Its once-white paws were now enveloped in black flames.
The flames also touched Ye Bai’s hand, yet he felt no burning pain, indicating the Little Charcoal Dog’s strong flame control talent.
Despite its young age, this Little Charcoal Dog bore a king’s aura, with other Little Charcoal Dogs prostrating beside it as if worshiping their monarch.
Ye Bai squeezed a drop of blood from his fingertip and let it fall onto the Little Charcoal Dog’s head.
Their contract became instantly united, expanding Ye Bai’s Pet Beast Space slightly.
After completing the contract, the Little Charcoal Dog struggled out of Ye Bai’s arms and landed on the ground.
Its four siblings surrounded it, howling in unison, as if communicating something.
At this moment, the Little Charcoal Dog’s gaze fell upon Ye Bai, who had just bonded with it and understood its thoughts.
"No problem, you can stay in the Cultivation House."
"If you meet a suitable Pet Beast Master that you take a liking to, you can leave with them."
"I can assure you, if you don’t encounter a suitable Pet Beast Master earlier, you can stay here indefinitely. I won’t drive you away."
"However, you must manage your personal hygiene and avoid causing trouble that would burden our Cultivation House."
Ye Bai emphasized solemnly.
The five Little Charcoal Dogs nodded in agreement, tired of roaming aimlessly and being chased off, living in constant uncertainty.
Seeing the Little Charcoal Dogs agree to his terms, Ye Bai’s gaze softened.
More matters awaited handling.
Since you’ve taken the Little Charcoal Dogs in, address the consequences of doing so.
He rolled up his sleeves and put on cleaning gloves.
Initially planning to lie down for a long rest upon returning to the Cultivation House, Ye Bai instead had to work late into the night, hacking into the Pet Beast Quarantine Bureau’s system to alter the Pet Beast records.
He printed quarantine certificates for the five Little Charcoal Dogs, verifying them as qualified in the system.
What Ye Bai admired about Big Gray was its ability to always sneak Pet Beasts back to the Cultivation House unnoticed.
Ye Bai put the Little Charcoal Dogs into the Beast Card, using diagnostic tools to examine them for unadministered vaccines, parasites, lacking trace elements, etc.
Especially any infectious diseases, ensuring the safety of other Pet Beasts in the Cultivation House.
Upon reviewing the examination results, he had to vaccinate the Little Charcoal Dogs overnight.
Despite fearing nothing usually, the Little Charcoal Dogs were terrified by the large needle, causing havoc and hiding everywhere.
The mischief turned the Cultivation House into chaos for nearly an entire night before Ye Bai managed to settle them.
Fatigued from the disturbance, they lay on the ground, sleeping soundly, while Ye Bai lost all sleepiness.
He opened the Cultivation House window, letting a faint floral scent breeze in.
It was now 5:30 in the morning, and the chirping of birds from the treetops was audible.
The sound of sweeping echoed; sanitation workers donned outfits and began cleaning.
The night had not completely faded, the sky displaying a profound black-blue, with streetlights casting an orange-yellow glow reflecting off hurrying pedestrians’ shadows.
The eastern horizon showed a slight pale hue, a gentle, soft gray-white.
Stars gradually disappeared, leaving only the brightest still twinkling in the sky, with the moon’s shape lingering, though less distinct.
Just then, a red light emerged from the distant mountains.
The orange-yellow light shone upon the land, and all things began to revive.
The branches and leaves of the trees swayed gently in the breeze, and the white storm pigeons flapped their wings, flying in a V-shape across the sky.
From time to time, they landed on the rooftops, pecking at something below.
Since I had a sleepless night, I might as well check for important intelligence updates.
[1. Three months later, a giant tornado will rise from the sea in Sea City, Yandong Province. Countless deep-sea fish and exotic beasts will be sucked into the tornado and transported to Sea City. In the Xiangshan Wetland Park of Sea City, a Tier Four mystical creature will drop into the wetland, capable of nurturing a Tier Four Water Treasure, Mermaid’s Tears.]
[2. In the treasury of the Provincial City Union in Yandong Province, there is a dust-covered black stone that looks like a black skull, containing the Purgatory Fire.]
[3. There is a peculiar exotic beast called the Saint Conch, which resembles a horn with shells embedded with various gems. It has no attack power and appears randomly in different places. It consumes various crystal cores and ores, and its excretion is high-concentration crystals or high-purity metals.]
[4. The He Family in Jiaying City has declared bankruptcy. One month later, He Guangda unexpectedly found Tier Five Geng Metal in the hollow of a metal statue in the He Family courtyard, along with a broken mysterious map. He successfully evolved his pet beast into the Tier Five Golden-eyed Crow.]
[5. Important information from the Divine Phoenix Group was stolen, and the thief hid the information in the water tank on the roof of the Divine Phoenix Group building. Divine Phoenix Group CEO Sofia offered a staggering reward to retrieve the stolen information.]
Seeing the first three pieces of information, Ye Bai felt there was nothing special.
Upon seeing the fourth, he merely pouted.
And when he got to the fifth, upon noticing that the CEO of Divine Phoenix Group was Sofia, he blinked his eyes.
Is Sofia the one I know?
The shy one who always secretly glances at Big Gray, that Sofia?
To confirm if that Sofia was the boss of Divine Phoenix Group, Ye Bai checked the Divine Phoenix Group website.
Believe it or not, that person is the CEO of Divine Phoenix Group! The CEO and Executive Chairman, owning one hundred percent of the shares of Divine Phoenix Group.
No way, a big shot has been walking right under my nose, and I didn’t even know.
Ye Bai decided that the next time Sofia visits his small shop, he would definitely dress up Big Gray properly.
Now knowing that Sofia is the CEO and Executive Chairman of Divine Phoenix Group.
Ye Bai planned to subtly reveal some relevant information to Sofia.
As the stolen information was hidden in the water tower, he could narrate it in a story format to Sofia.
At eight o’clock in the morning, students gradually arrived at the Arena of Shen Mountain Middle School.
Eight platforms had already been set up, from which eight candidates would be selected.
These eight candidates would then be narrowed down to the top three for the competition, with the rest serving as backup replacements.
If a contestant encountered an accident, the backups would step in automatically.
The students crowded under the platform, but none were rushing to step onto it.
They didn’t want to become the focus of attention.
Ye Bai, without a care, walked up.
"Who is that, daring to be so bold?"
"You don’t know Ye Bai? He’s the one who ranks first in every exam, reputed to pass every test without exception."
"So it’s him, I’ve heard of his reputation but never seen him in person. I didn’t expect him to be the first to go up."
Ye Bai headed straight to the first platform.
The judge for this platform was Ms. Suna.
"Ye Bai, you’ve missed quite a few of my classes, when will you make them up?"
As Suna spoke, Ye Bai’s heart skipped a beat, recalling.
The days spent in the laboratory coincided with classes taught by Director Suna and Mr. Guan Yusheng.
Oops, I forgot such important classes.
"Haha, as long as you agree to one request, I’ll give you my lecture notes for these classes. With your talent, you can grasp them even without attending, luckily these were just theoretical classes."
"I’ve scheduled the practical classes later, where you’ll compete with students from Jiaying First High School."
"My request is for you to shine in the practical classes, defeating all members of Jiaying First High School."
Although Ye Bai wasn’t sure of Suna’s intentions, to avoid failing, he agreed.
Director Suna handles logistics; if relations are good, it’s not unreasonable to get some experiment materials.
"Alright, platform number one, the defender is Ye Bai, is there anyone who wants to come up?"
"Everyone has only one opportunity."
"The defending time is from eight o’clock in the morning until six o’clock in the evening, lunch will be provided by the school."
"If no one comes up at all, then you’ve succeeded in defending the platform."
Just as Ms. Suna’s words fell, a lazy voice arose from below: "A bunch of cowards, if you all won’t go, I will!"