Beast Taming: Starting From Zero

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The Beast master’s Codex had indeed unlocked the fourth page… Qiao Sang was delighted.

Yesterday, when she learned that her brain domain had developed to 29%, she had already guessed that this might happen. But now that it was confirmed, she couldn’t help but feel excited.

After all, unlocking the fourth page of the Beast master’s Codex was one of the prerequisites for becoming a C-rank Beast master.

As long as she successfully certified as a C-rank Beast master, she would be eligible to participate in the regional tournament.

The regional tournament was the largest event in each region.

It gathered nearly all the most talented and powerful professional Beast masters, representing the highest level of competition among young professional Beast masters in the region.

For the younger generation of professional Beast masters, participating in the regional tournament was an ultimate goal, not just for honor, but also for fame.

Anyone who had participated in the regional tournament and achieved decent results would receive endless invitations from major TV stations and endorsement deals. For a long time afterward, they wouldn’t have to worry about resources.

Though the attention from the public was similar to that of celebrities, professional Beast masters held much higher social status and earned far more money than them.

The Interstellar Cup was too far-fetched to even consider, but the regional tournament was already a dream for all professional Beast masters. Naturally, Qiao Sang wanted to participate.

She grabbed her phone from the coffee table, intending to search for suitable contract beasts.

Since she had come all the way to Chaosu Star, it would be a waste not to contract a beast from here.

"Yap!"

At that moment, Yabao’s voice rang out beside her.

Qiao Sang turned her head and was surprised to see Yabao looking energetic.

"You’re awake?"

"Yap yap."

Yabao let out a sound, meaning he had been awake for a long time.

Awake for a long time? Qiao Sang was stunned and glanced at the time on her phone: 7:58 AM.

"!!!"

Crap! It was only the second day of school, and she was about to be late again?!

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As Qiao Sang walked into the classroom, all eyes turned to her.

Late on the first day. Late on the second day. Even in the elite class, and in the entire Saiman High School, there were barely any students like her.

Under the stares of her classmates, Qiao Sang remained calm and went to her seat.

Being late wasn’t a big deal. What mattered was that she had missed a large part of the lesson.

"Looks like we have a troublemaker in our class." A student whispered.

"She’s an interstellar exchange student. Even if she’s late every day, the school can’t do anything about it."

"So jealous..."

"What’s there to be jealous of? Our school has a point-based system. She jumped straight from first-year to third-year. If she can’t keep up with her studies, she won’t earn any points except through Beastmaster battles and field studies. Being late costs 3 points each time. At this rate, she’ll run out of initial points in no time."

"But she’s an interstellar exchange student. She won the championship to get here. She doesn’t lack resources. Even if she loses all her points, her family won’t care."

"Still, I envy her..."

Qiao Sang clearly heard the discussion around her, but she didn’t react, pretending she hadn’t heard a thing.

During the next break, she turned to the student sitting behind her, Tang Yi, and asked, "What’s this point-based system at Sainan High School?"

Tang Yi was slightly surprised. Then he remembered that Qiao Sang spent most of her time reading and rarely interacted with others, so it made sense that she didn’t know about it.

He explained, "At Sainan High School, resources are exchanged using points. 3 points can be exchanged for resources worth 300,000 credits in the market. You can roughly think of 1 point as equivalent to 100,000 credits."

"???"

Wait a minute. Someone had just said that being late deducted 3 points. She had been late twice… meaning she had already lost 600,000 credits?!

Tang Yi continued, "I know you don’t lack resources, but some of the exchangeable items here aren’t available on the market. I checked the redemption system yesterday, and it even has some SS-rank resources."

These words hit Qiao Sang like a sharp arrow to the heart.

She fell silent for a while before speaking.

"No one ever told me about this..."

"You’re always reading. No one had a chance to talk to you." Tang Yi lowered his voice.

"Besides, the students here wouldn’t voluntarily tell us these things."

"Why not?" Qiao Sang asked.

"Because we’re interstellar exchange students." Tang Yi said quietly.

"Their points have been accumulating since first-year, but we only arrived in the second semester of third-year. They don’t want us competing for the best resources. The teachers here are all from Chaosu Star, and to them, we’re just here to experience a different learning environment."

"But they probably also assume we don’t need those resources." He added.

"After all, we’re only here for half a year. We don’t have enough time to earn points for rare items, and anything we can buy on the market, they think we already have."

Qiao Sang processed the information and said, "The students here shouldn’t care too much about points, right?"

"Who says they don’t?" Tang Yi sighed. "They all come from influential families. They might not care about the resources, but they care about the points ranking."

Qiao Sang gestured for him to continue.

"The points ranking is used to evaluate students' overall abilities. Even if the students themselves don’t care, their families do."

"If their points are too low, their families will consider them incompetent. And once they’re labeled as incompetent, it’ll be hard for them to be taken seriously in their family in the future."

High schoolers being judged on their capabilities already? As expected of prestigious families… Qiao Sang asked, "How do you earn points?"

Tang Yi patiently answered, "It depends on your grades, or if you bring honor to the school. You can also help classmates or teachers with tasks, points can be transferred between students. People here basically use points as currency."

"By the way, how many starting points did you get?"

Qiao Sang had a bad feeling.

"Aren’t our initial points the same?"

Tang Yi looked at her with a resentful expression.

"You were the champion. I was the runner-up. How could they be the same?"

Oh. That was awkward. So starting points were based on rankings… Qiao Sang cleared her throat.

"Where do I check my points?"

Tang Yi gave her a look as if she were still using a 2G network.

"Just log into the Sainan High School website with your student ID." He said.

So that’s how it worked… Taking advantage of the break, Qiao Sang quickly pulled up the school website and logged in.

"How many points do you have?" Tang Yi asked eagerly.

Qiao Sang’s expression darkened.

"94 points."

94 points. That meant she had already lost 6 points.

That was 600,000 credits gone… just like that.

"What about you?" She composed herself and looked at Tang Yi.

Tang Yi was silent for two seconds.

"Guess."

Qiao Sang: …

Tang Yi was crying internally. So champion and runner-up were this different?! He only had 20 points, and it was too embarrassing to say out loud!

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