Reincarnated as a Tabby Cat: Daily Life with the School Beauty Empress

Chapter 60 The Night Before the Competition

Under the guidance of Instructor Fang, the delegation from the Dragon Empire checked into the hotel arranged by the competition organizing committee.

The entire hotel was divided up among the participating teams from the four major empires: the Dragon Empire occupied the third and fourth floors, the Ice Phoenix Empire occupied the fifth and sixth floors, the Blazing Sun Empire occupied the seventh and eighth floors, and the Senluo Empire occupied the ninth and tenth floors.

According to the schedule, the competition will officially open at 9:00 AM tomorrow at the Central Stadium in Blaze City. Personnel information has already been entered in advance.

Each of the four great empires sent 100 contestants, with 50 in Group 1 and 50 in Group 2, for a total of 400 participants.

This is the highest-level youth competition in the Azure Continent.

The four empires take turns hosting the competition, and this year it's the turn of the Blazing Sun Empire. The entire Blazing City has been preparing for this competition for more than half a year, with promotional banners hanging from one end of the street to the other, and holographic screens playing highlights from previous competitions.

On the eve of the competition, the streets and alleys of Blazing City were brightly lit and bustling with activity, just like during the Chinese New Year.

The hotels and guesthouses on both sides of the commercial street were all fully booked.

Long queues formed outside restaurants and taverns, and the smoke from grilled meat and the aroma of spirits wafted for blocks.

Su Qianxue originally planned to cultivate in her room.

Murong Hui refused.

"Qianxue, you haven't had a single day off in three months. Can't you come out for some fresh air? Just for an hour, just one hour!"

"I'm not going."

"Half an hour?"

"I'm not going."

"Then—don't you want to buy Yichen something delicious? The dried spirit fish, a specialty of Blazing Flame City, is known as the freshest snack on the Azure Continent."

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Yichen's ears perked up.

"Meow!"

【Dried spirit fish? What dried spirit fish? Where can I buy it? I'll go now!】

Su Qianxue looked down at the little golden cat on her shoulder with its eyes shining, and remained silent for two seconds.

"Let's go."

Murong Hui secretly made a peace sign behind her back.

If you can't handle Su Qianxue, you can handle the cat.

The pedestrian street in Blazing City has a more vibrant and lively atmosphere than the commercial districts of the capital.

There are no hovercars, no skyscrapers, and the streets are lined with two- or three-story sandstone buildings, with shops hanging under the arcades, each with a colorful sign.

The weapon shop was filled with all kinds of swords, spears, and halberds, with several high-quality weapons radiating spiritual energy locked in glass cases.

At the entrance of the jewelry store, the female owner was calling out, "Buy one get one free on spirit stone necklaces."

The clothing store's window displays the Sun Empire's unique lightweight combat suits, which are said to be highly breathable and suitable for combat in hot environments.

A line of people stood outside the dessert shop, whose sign read "Dragon's Sea Deep Sea Smoothie".

There are also shops selling medicinal herbs, stones, and antiques—it's all-encompassing.

The streets were teeming with people.

The people of Blazing City generally dress lightly, with men in tank tops and shorts, and women in tank tops and short skirts, their skin tanned to a healthy wheat color.

There were also many contestants from various empires mixed in with the crowd, and they could be distinguished by the markings on their clothing.

The golden dragon emblem of the Dragon Soaring Empire, the silver snowflakes of the Ice Phoenix Empire, the crimson flames of the Blazing Sun Empire, and the dark green vines of the Senluo Empire.

Murong Hui walked next to Su Qianxue, her head turning left and right like a rattle drum, unable to see enough.

"Qianxue." She nudged Su Qianxue with her elbow, her voice low, "The one on the right, the one in the white shirt, see her?"

Su Qianxue didn't even turn her head.

"Is he handsome?"

"I didn't notice."

"How could you not have noticed! The moment that face appeared, every girl within a ten-meter radius was stealing glances at him!"

"What does this have to do with me?"

Murong Hui sighed.

Discussing men's appearances with Su Qianxue is not much different from chatting with a wall.

Undeterred, she nudged Su Qianxue again after a while: "To the left front, the one in the black outfit, her pectoral muscles are so defined—"

Su Qianxue glanced at it this time.

The evaluation was then given: "A fourth-tier martial artist, whose physical training path leans towards strength, with an overly muscular upper body but an unstable lower body. In a real fight, he would be knocked down by a single gravity field."

Murong Hui: "————"

"Can't you be normal? I told you to look at handsome guys, not to analyze combat strength!"

"What's the point of something that looks good but is useless?"

"What about the useful ones?"

Su Qianxue thought for a moment.

Those who are cunning and ruthless? You should definitely avoid them. Haven't you suffered enough in your past life?

"Let's not discuss this."

Yichen perched on Su Qianxue's shoulder, his emerald green cat eyes following the pedestrians coming and going on the street.

It has to be said, the girls in Blazing City really know how to dress.

The hot weather is one factor, but the aesthetic style here is also quite daring, with tank tops, crop tops, and mini skirts everywhere, revealing large areas of honey-colored skin.

Wow.

Yi Chen's gaze lingered on a long-legged girl in a white miniskirt for an extra 0.5 seconds.

The girls in the capital are the aloof type, while those in Blazing City are the hot type. Each has its own charm. It's a pity I can only look, not touch. I wonder if snuggling up to a beautiful girl will increase my warmth points; it probably won't, the system said it only works if she's my friend.

Sigh, life is lonely for cats.

As he was reminiscing, a group of people walked towards him from the front.

Five people, three men and two women, all around eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing clothes embroidered with dark green vine patterns.

The Senluo Empire.

The boy at the front was tall and broad-shouldered, clearly someone who trained in physical combat. His gaze first fell on the golden dragon emblem on Su Qianxue and Murong Hui's clothes, and he curled his lip in a smirk.

"Oh, isn't this the representative of the Dragon Empire?"

A girl next to him looked over in the direction of his gaze, first glancing at Su Qianxue, then her eyes fell on Yichen on her shoulder.

I paused for a second.

"Yeah, wait, what's this—a cat?" She tilted her head, sensing with her spiritual power. "Or—or a contracted beast? Hahaha!"

Another boy came over for a look and laughed, "A contracted beast? Haha, I hadn't noticed, but it seems to really be one."

A cat as a contract animal? What breed is it? A domestic cat?

"Hahaha, I think the Dragon Empire is out of talent. Why would they send someone like this to participate in the competition?"

The five of them burst into laughter, making no attempt to hide their mockery.

Su Qianxue didn't stop walking. She planned to walk straight over; this kind of person wasn't worth wasting time on.

Murong Hui refused to accept it.

She paused, turned her head, and looked the group of people up and down.

"From the Senluo Empire?"

"What, you know us?" The boy at the front puffed out his chest.

"I don't know them." Murong Hui shook her head innocently. "I just remembered something. In last year's championship, the Senluo Empire didn't have a single person in the top ten of the mainland. What was their name again? Right, 'The One Who Shaved His Head.' Your contestants this year must be very strong, right? After all, you can't be at the bottom two years in a row, right?"

The smiles on the five people's faces froze.

"You," the boy in the lead said, his face flushed red, "what nonsense are you spouting! Last year we were just not in good form! This year is absolutely different!"

"Oh, then see you in the competition." Murong Hui waved her hand. "Make way now, you're blocking the way."

"Damn it! You just wait!"

"Okay, okay, we'll wait here in the ring."

Murong Hui grabbed Su Qianxue and strode away, leaving the five people standing there gritting their teeth.

After walking a distance, Murong Hui chuckled and said, "That was awesome! These guys deserved to be roasted."

Su Qianxue didn't speak, but the corners of her mouth curved into a very small smile.

The two continued shopping.

I bought two deep-sea smoothies at the dessert shop, looked at a few spirit weapons at the weapon shop but didn't buy any, and at the jewelry shop, Murong Hui tried on a spirit stone bracelet, thought it looked nice, and bought two right away.

Yi Chen was eating the dried spirit fish he had just bought while perched on Su Qianxue's shoulder, making a crunching sound as he chewed.

[Yes, it's really fresh. Better than in Beijing. Worth it, this trip was definitely worthwhile.]

Just then, Su Qianxue stopped.

It stopped without warning.

Yi Chen almost dropped the dried fish he was eating. He followed Su Qianxue's gaze.

Across the pedestrian street, in front of a herbal medicine shop.

The two walked out side by side.

On the left is a woman. She looks young, tall, with long, silvery-white hair that reaches her waist. She wears a light blue dress and exudes an extremely aloof and cold aura. Her eyebrows and eyes are delicate, her lips are thin, and her features combine to create a detached beauty.

On the right was a man. He was about the same age, handsome, and dressed in a black brocade robe, with an ancient-looking longsword hanging at his waist. The two walked very close; the man was saying something, and the woman tilted her head to listen, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Su Qianxue's pupils suddenly contracted.

Her fingers dug into her palm, her nails embedding into her flesh, leaving crescent-shaped white marks on her palm.

Yi Chen felt Su Qianxue's shoulders trembling; it was from hatred!

That overwhelming hatred that seeped from the very marrow of one's bones, that had been suppressed for countless lifetimes.

Lin Bingyu, Senior Sister!

The person who pushed open the door in her past life, and stabbed her in the body with a sharp blade at the moment she trusted most. The person who devoured her contracted beast, the Ice Phoenix, the person who destroyed everything she had with his own hands.