Beast Taming: My first spirit beast was a frog junior?

Chapter 111 Are you the protagonist?

"Haven't you come back yet?"

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In hotel room 302, Xu Xian frowned deeply as he looked at the 5:57 time displayed on his phone.

This is Xu Yang's room. Now, Xu Xian, Xu Yang, and Zhou Meili are gathered together, waiting for Lin Yue'e to return.

But even at this hour, Lin Yue'e still hadn't returned.

"Grandma will be fine, don't worry." It was Zhou Meili who spoke up.

This student from Haicheng had absolute confidence in his maternal grandmother.

Lin Yue'e is very powerful, and as long as she doesn't encounter any old monsters from the Sea Dragon Clan, her safety will definitely not be a problem.

Just as he finished speaking, a person walked in through the open door.

Lin Yue'e was covered in a black overcoat, wore a large hat, and had a mask on her face, revealing only her eyes.

Lin Yue'e appeared unharmed, her tone as calm as ever, "Rest, I'm fine."

Seeing that Lin Yue'e had returned safely, Xu Xian greeted her and went back to his room to sleep.

noon.

The sky over Black Abyss City remained gloomy and oppressive.

Xu Yang checked out of the hotel, and the group returned to Haicheng.

On the way, Xu Yang deposited the money for the service into Tianxin Club. Fang Qian immediately deposited half of the 1.5 million yuan plus the 300,000 yuan from Xu Xian's personal business trip into Xu Xian's account.

This time...

If you don't look at loans and debts.

Xu Xian regains his millionaire status.

Then, very quickly, 500,000 was transferred to Lin Yue'e.

In the afternoon, at Xu Yang's home in Haicheng.

After reaching the second stage of "Frog Junior's Tidal Sea Spirit", he was not in as much of a hurry as before.

He said, "Xu Xian, you've finally come to Haicheng, why don't you come with us to Haicheng University? We'll go to Wucheng tomorrow."

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Zhou Meili chimed in, "Xu Xian, aren't you about to enter Shucheng University? Why don't you come and see what our school is like? There are already quite a few junior students who have entered the school early. Don't you want to find out about your future competitors in advance?"

Hearing her say that, Xu Xian, who was originally indifferent, became interested.

As one of the three top beast-taming academies in the Dragon Kingdom, he initially chose the equally top-tier Yuncheng University.

Now that I'm in Haicheng, it would be a real shame not to visit Haicheng University.

"Okay." Xu Xian nodded.

The three of them quickly got ready to go out.

Xu Xian didn't bring Niu Niu with him this time.

Let it stay by Lin Yue'e's side.

This just so happens that this person needs to formulate a special medicine for Niu Niu.

Since Frog Junior has already overcome the most difficult hurdle, Lin Yue'e will not participate in tomorrow's trip to Fog City.

This king-level and master-level pharmacist is very busy.

If it weren't for Zhou Meili's request, her only relative, she would still be busy in her laboratory.

Outside the gate, there were chauffeured cars picking people up again.

Xu Xian and Wawa sat in the back, while Zhou Meili and her two guardians, the giant Black Rock and the eight-winged flying ant, sat in front.

In the middle are Xu Yang and his blue-eyed white ape.

Bored, Xu Xian casually asked, "Senior, your Blue-Eyed White Ape is so strong, how come I don't see your name on the student ranking list of Haicheng University?"

"Well—" Xu Yang said, "When I was a freshman, my grandfather and Frog Grandpa had some issues and needed to be taken care of. I often took leave during that time, which lasted for almost a year. I rarely even went to school. In my sophomore year, I planned to work hard and then went to Black Abyss City for training not long after the start of the semester. I joined a group of people to guard the port. Unfortunately, we encountered a Lord-level sea beast attack and I was swallowed whole."

"By the way, I was swallowed up too," Zhou Meili said, turning around.

"That's how we met," Xu Yang said. "I thought I was going to die, and I was even planning to die in a more dignified way. Then I was rescued."

"My grandma saved her," Zhou Meili said with a playful wink.

Upon hearing this, Xu Xian could only sigh that Xu Yang truly shared hardships with a beautiful woman and was even saved by the powerful figure behind her.

This sounds like the treatment of a main character.

Xu Yang continued, "After I came back, I didn't believe in bad luck, so I went to the Black Abyss Sea again before I even had a chance to participate in the ranking battles."

"This time we didn't encounter any attacks from Lord-level sea beasts." Xu Yang said with a frustrated look on his face, "but we encountered a King-level sea beast that created a giant wave, and I was the only unlucky one who got swept into the Black Abyss Sea."

As Xu Yang was saying this, the blue-eyed white ape nudged him and pointed at himself, "What about me?"

"You're not human." Xu Yang was speechless. Why did you have to get involved?

"Senior, please continue." Xu Xian didn't know whether to laugh or not.

Xu Yang nodded. "Then, after we swallowed a bellyful of seawater, we were incredibly lucky enough not to be eaten by sea monsters and even drifted to an unknown island. This island was actually quite nice; I even discovered a small ruin inside, from which I obtained a very special spiritual orb. It contained the skill 'Spiritual Bomb.' By the way, the skill imprint orb was developed based on this."

Xu Xian's smile, which he had been preparing, froze instantly.

Holy crap, this works?

"After several months of not seeing me, Meili found my grandmother and rescued me," Xu Yang said. "Luckily, there was enough fruit on the island at the time, and Qingyan was also with me, allowing it to fish with its spiritual power, otherwise we really wouldn't have been able to survive."

"When I first saw him, I thought he was a wild man." Zhou Meili covered her mouth and smiled, her eyes crinkling.

Xu Xian felt uncomfortable listening to this.

Isn't this all a blessing in disguise?

Not only do they escape danger and turn misfortune into good fortune, but they also have extraordinary encounters and beautiful companions by their side.

Thinking of this, Xu Xian looked at the blue-eyed white ape and asked, "Senior, your family's financial situation must have been average before university, right?"

Xu Xian figured this out from his junior, Old Frog.

Since I've never met Xu Yang's parents, they are most likely both deceased.

Xu Youwei contracted with a frog junior whose mental power was severely damaged and who was stuck at the advanced peak, usually just like a useless frog.

It wasn't that he looked down on Xu Youwei, but rather that given his circumstances, he was capable of providing Xu Yang with a blue-eyed white ape.

This is an extremely rare mid-grade spirit beast of the bronze type with spiritual attributes.

It possesses the potential to evolve into a high-grade silver-level spirit beast.

There are very few such spirit beasts in the entire Dragon Kingdom.

How did Xu Yang get this?

Upon hearing Xu Xian's words, and seeing him glance at the blue-eyed white ape, Xu Yang understood the other's doubts.

The explanation continued, "When Qingyan was young, his excessive mental energy damaged his brain, causing his mental energy to leak out wildly. Overall, he doesn't show the characteristics of a blue-eyed ape or a white ape, and he looks similar to a high-grade black iron ape. His key data is also similar."

"And then you snagged the bargain!" Xu Xian's eyes widened. This is ridiculous!?

"More or less." Xu Yang touched his nose.

"Although it was silly and dirty when it was a puppy, I liked it and didn't care that my grandfather objected to making a contract with it."

Through the feedback between their souls and blood ties, Qingyan's excessive mental power found an outlet.

Gradually, it returned to normal.

That's when I realized this guy was actually a blue-eyed white ape. I was puzzled for a long time; no wonder it couldn't use the agile ape's moves.

Upon hearing this, the blue-eyed white ape rolled its eyes at Xu Yang.

You're the idiot!

After hearing what Xu Yang had said.

Xu Xian had nothing more to say.

What does "protagonist" even mean?

That's it!

"After being silent for so long, I must go and compete in rankings and tournaments this year, and fight alongside Meili." After he finished speaking, he exchanged a glance with Zhou Meili.

The sweet aroma filled the air, but Xu Xian only found it sour and foul.

"Xu Xian, you'll be participating in this year's National Inter-University Competition, right? Good luck!" Xu Yang suddenly said.

"I'll do my best," Xu Xian shrugged.

Shucheng University was eliminated in the first round of the National University Competition last year, with only a thank you for participating and welcome to come again next time.

This year----

The national college entrance examination competition will begin on October 1st.

One of the vice presidents of the Beast Tamer Association, together with the principals of various Beast Tamer Colleges, conducted a lottery.

There are four seeded players and eight semi-seeded players. The selection criteria are based on last year's top twelve.

These twelve schools are divided into four regions, each consisting of one seeded school and two potential seeded schools.

The remaining participating schools were randomly assigned to four regional pools.

In such situations, one possibility arises.

For example, Shucheng University, which was eliminated in the first round last year, has a chance to face last year's champion Haicheng University or one of the other four finalists in the first round.

Thinking about this possibility, Xu Xian felt that he had no chance of winning the National Inter-University Competition this year.

No matter how strong a student is, they cannot lead the entire team to victory.

Just like the club's internal youth training exchange match when Xu Xian, Shi Shi, and Lu Youqi first arrived in Wucheng.

If Xu Xian's skills had been any less impressive back then, he would have been easily defeated by Duan Yu's valiant eagle.

Similarly, the same applies to the National University Competition.

The Dragon Kingdom is a vast and resource-rich land with the largest population of any human nation, and every year, geniuses emerge from all over the world.

Two years ago, an ordinary university had a student with exceptional abilities.

But so what?

Not to mention the top four, his team didn't even make it past the top thirty-two and was ruthlessly suppressed, earning the title of top sixty-four.

The key point is that the team that blocked the top 32 was not one of the top universities, but only a team from the previous year's top 64. This team was defeated by another team that was not one of the top nine universities in the round of 32 to 16.

Therefore, Xu Xian was not optimistic about it.

There's probably not much hope this year at least.

After all, it's a high-level fight against a boss.

What, you think you can easily defeat these genius-level spirit beasts that are far above your level?

Everyone is a genius.

Xu Xian had a very clear understanding of himself.

"We're here, we've arrived at the school," Zhou Meili said, looking at the corner of the school that was already visible through the car window.

Xu Xian looked out of the carriage.

The extended limousine quickly stopped at the entrance of Haicheng University.

Upon seeing a massive stone tablet over twenty meters tall inscribed with the six bold, elegant characters "Haicheng First University," Xu Xian and Wawa got out of the car.

Behind the huge stone tablet is a walkway.

The trees on both sides are lush, and the hillsides on the left and right are covered with trees and flowers.

Haicheng University is not located in a bustling area.

Instead, it is surrounded by mountains, and the school is located directly on flat land in the valley.

Xu Xian is now walking along the narrow path leading to Haicheng University.

At this time, the surrounding shops outside Haicheng University have been set up one after another. Along the way, you can see a lot of students next to Xu Yang and Zhou Meili.

They all looked to be about the same age as Xu Xian, some carrying suitcases and accompanied by a young spirit beast.

Xu Xian did not see the murderous and fierce aura in these people, such as Xu Yang, Zhou Meili, or some of the humans and spirit beasts.

It's not hard to guess that they all come from inland or other border cities to study here.

Those who can get into this place are probably all top students.

Along the narrow passage, besides these unfamiliar yet curious faces looking around, there were also some local elderly people.

They were walking together quite peacefully, but after a casual glance around, their gaze suddenly fixed on Xu Xian and his companions.

The main focus was on Zhou Meili, who was to Xu Yang's right.

They may not be well-known outside of school, and people might not even recognize them.

But once inside the school...

Especially universities like Haicheng University, which specialize entirely in Beast Taming.

Aside from freshmen, how could anyone not know the top-ranked student in Haicheng?

They saw it, but no one went forward.

They were all quietly talking to their companions, their eyes occasionally glancing at Zhou Meili.

Including the giant black rock next to her and the eight-winged flying ant perched on the giant black rock's head.

Silver-grade spirit beasts always attract attention.

As for Vawa.

I've never seen it before, but it doesn't seem very strong; it's probably only a bronze-level creature at most.

For these students, the blue-eyed ape is far more eye-catching.

Zhou Meili is a famous person.

But the students were very restrained and did not rush forward to disturb them.

After passing through the narrow passage, Haicheng University finally revealed its true nature to Xu Xian.

At first glance, the various buildings are arranged in an orderly and planned manner.

And then—that was it.

There's nothing fancy about it; it's just a normal, standard university building.

Teaching buildings, library, laboratories, spirit beast breeding area, battlefield, training ground, canteen —

Although I had seen Haicheng University's promotional video online, actually visiting the university in person didn't bring any surprises.

Xu Xian shook his head.

Before Shucheng University promised him benefits, he thought Yuncheng University, which he wanted to go to, was the real technology center. The word "fancy" best describes Yuncheng University.

"Where do you want to go?" Xu Yang asked Xu Xian.

As the hosts, he and Zhou Meili personally invited others to visit their alma mater, so naturally they had to hear Xu Xian's wishes.

Xu Xian glanced at it.

Haicheng University is very large.

It's the largest of the three top universities.

But the infrastructure really didn't offer any surprises.

If Xu Xian came here to study, he would definitely go to the library or the training ground.

But now, "Senior, take me to the battlefield and see how it is."

Xu Yang laughed and said, "Even if you didn't say anything, we would still take you to see it."

As he spoke, he shook his head and said, "With your talent, Xu Xian, why would you want to stay at Shucheng University? Although it is convenient to stay at a university in your hometown, there is no need to do so at this time. Compared to Shucheng University, not to mention the top three universities, even the top seven universities and universities in first-tier cities are better. With the allocation of resources, the resources that students can obtain are completely different."

Xu Xian just smiled and didn't say anything.

He was certainly aware of these things.

But he also knew that without these opportunities, becoming a pharmacist would have been the most suitable path for him.

A junior pharmacist title is much more appealing than these.

The three chatted and laughed as they walked and stopped, and before they knew it, they had arrived at the battlefield of Haicheng University.

It has a very large impact on the battlefield.

It is a separately constructed indoor venue.

When Xu Xian and his group entered, the battle zones, which were divided into several areas, were already filled with many warlike individuals engaged in fierce fighting.

Xu Xian didn't pay attention to any of that when he came in; instead, he was greeted by a huge electronic screen hanging directly opposite the main entrance.

On the electronic screen, names were arranged one by one.

The names of the top three are the largest.

The name "Zhou Meili" occupied a full tenth of the electronic screen and was flashing with dazzling light. As soon as you entered the battle area, you could see this big name at a glance.