You were given the ability to tame beasts, not to become a god-level breeder.

"Zhao Xiu, aren't you going to explain?"

Everyone looked at Zhao Xiu.

Some people just join in the fun because they see something funny, waiting to see what happens.

A small portion of them originally came for the Wildebeest Secret Realm, their voices filled with anger.

Zhou Qiao was sitting to the left of Jiang Fan and to the left of Li Mao.

"Is Zheng Dong going to participate too?"

Zhou Qiao frowned.

She didn't speak, but her usually expressionless face showed a thoughtful expression.

Given Zheng Dong's status and power within the Meibo Group, if he wanted the Wildebeest Secret Realm, he could simply go and take it.

Why bother holding this so-called training competition, which only stirs up controversy and damages our reputation?

Zhou Dai was slightly surprised. She glanced at her senior sister's reaction and then looked at Jiang Fan.

He noticed a moment of surprise on Jiang Fan's face, his facial muscles stiffening.

She couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle softly.

The one who was most surprised was Li Mao.

Moreover, Li Mao is not polite at all.

He took advantage of the crowd's condemnation of Zhao Xiu and their demand for an explanation.

He leaned half his body out, elbowed Jiang Fan's thigh with both arms, and looked up at Zheng Dong.

He recited the Bible in an exaggerated tone: "Old Zheng, I think this is how it is—you're shameless! If this gets out, you'll ruin your reputation in your later years!"

"Is a wildebeest sanctuary really that big of a deal?"

"Could it be that there's some kind of melodramatic scheme involved? The secret realm your group brought out this time seems to be an ordinary secret realm, but it actually hides a shocking secret. The people who inspected the secret realm didn't discover it, but you did. So, even though you've ruined your reputation, you still have to participate in this cultivation competition."

"You hold a high position of power in the Meibo Group. The three judges are all senior executives of your Meibo Group, and the scoring judges are your apprentices. As long as you can improve the evolution form, no matter how well you improve the others, you will be the final winner because the judges and referees will not dare not give you a high score."

Hearing Li Mao's blunt and undisguised words, Jiang Fan gave Li Mao a resentful glance.

Li Mao is intelligent. The reason he confronted Zheng Dong directly, calling him shameless, was actually a way of provoking him to reveal the real reason for his downfall.

Why did Zheng Dong participate in this training competition?

"Heh, what a stunt to your apprentice."

Jiang Fan smiled helplessly to himself.

While others were unaware of the reason for Zheng Dong's downfall, he knew it perfectly well.

Zheng Dong is treating himself as a substitute for his master, aiming to win a round in the ornamental beast taming category.

He could already imagine Zheng Dong winning, squinting his eyes, and saying in a condescending tone, "Kid, I think something your master said to me back then is very fitting for you: you're an amateur when it comes to studying ornamental beasts."

What can Jiang Fan do?

This breeding competition directly limited the tamed beasts to three specific types. The comparison was not about how powerful the improved or newly evolved forms were, but purely about whether the judges and referees found them aesthetically pleasing and whether they could open up sales opportunities for ornamental tamed beasts.

And the personal subjectivity of the judges and referees...

Ok.

The invitation stated that this training competition would be fair, just, and transparent.

The subjective opinions of the three judges and one referee should not be influenced by the status of their superior, Zheng Dong, one of the top figures in the Meibo Group... right?

"You are Li Gou's adopted son, Li Mao, right?"

"Provocation doesn't work on me."

Zheng Dong smiled broadly, like a kind old man.

"Tch, you're just taking advantage of your age."

Li Mao's idea was exposed, but he waved his hand dismissively without blushing or showing any emotion.

"Old Zheng, you are truly benevolent!"

Jiang Fan gave Zheng Dong a thumbs up in his heart.

If the reason were revealed, he would instantly become the target of many people's complaints.

Just then.

Sitting behind Jiang Fan, Ji Gui enjoyed the cherry feed that He Mu was giving him.

Suddenly realizing something, he turned to look in a certain direction.

There was nothing there.

But as Ji Gui turned his head to stare, a slight distortion appeared in the space.

"What's wrong?" He Mu asked silently through the contract.

"Master has arrived."

at the same time.

Zhao Xiu was in a terrible predicament on the podium.

Zheng Dong's participation in the training competition was against the rules. Even if he wins in the end based on his true abilities, no one will think that Zheng Dong really won. Instead, they will all insist that it was a rigged competition.

After all, the judges and referees are all Zheng Dong's people!

In fact, Zhao Xiu had a solution, but because of Zheng Dong's identity, he couldn't say it directly.

They could only look at Old Zheng with pleading eyes.

"I'm sorry."

Zheng Dong patted Jiang Fan on the shoulder, leaving Jiang Fan completely confused.

What does "Old Deng" mean?

His personal involvement in the training competition was clearly aimed at himself, and now he's apologizing.

Is this a dreamlike return to the Spring and Autumn Period, where you have to be notified before you can even be beaten?

They're quite polite.

This refers to politeness and etiquette, not to Li Mao as a person.

"Everyone, please be quiet."

Zheng Dong walked onto the stage and took the microphone.

The sound was deafening, and everyone immediately fell silent, waiting for Zheng Dong's explanation.

"I was originally supposed to be a judge for this training competition, but there were reasons for this."

"I had some unpleasant arguments with a certain Hall of Fame member. Ironically, I still can't let it go after all this time, and it's become an obsession of mine."

"His apprentice is also participating in this training competition today. This is an opportunity, an opportunity to eliminate my obsession."

"I am far beyond his level. His knowledge, thinking and research ability have been improving over the years, while I have been stagnant. When we meet again, he is a mountain and I am just a speck of dust. I see his apprentice in him. The apprentice is very similar to him in the past. They are both so dazzling and their research results amaze the world."

"No, he's not as good as his apprentice at the same age."

Zheng Dong smiled slightly.

These words shocked everyone present.

"I'd heard that Elder Zheng was a veteran, but I never imagined he actually had a connection with a master-level mentor?"

"Hiss, there are two groups of Hall-of-Fame trainers here today. One group is Hall-of-Fame Li, and the other is Hall-of-Fame Zhuang. Which Hall-of-Fame Elder Zheng mentioned had an unpleasant argument with?"

"..."

Everyone turned to look at Jiang Fan, Li Mao, Zhou Qiao, and Zhou Dai.

Zhou Dai had never experienced anything like this before, and had already buried her head in her hands.

Zhou Qiao met everyone's gazes with a blank expression.

Jiang Fan remained calm, thinking to himself that Zheng Dong's earlier apology was indeed a case of politeness before resorting to force.

However, Zheng Dong's last words were indeed wise.

It's often said that honest advice is hard to swallow, so why is Zheng Dong's honest advice not hard to swallow at all?

If Zhuang Zhenyu were here listening, Jiang Fan would definitely pat his master's hand and say earnestly, "Master, there's no need to be ashamed. Times are progressing, and it's normal for a master to be inferior to his disciple. As the saying goes, the student surpasses the master."

pity.

Master isn't here.

Undeterred by the stares of the crowd, Li Mao stood up and declared, "It's not us. Although my two junior sisters have recently unveiled new evolved forms, and while they have some advantages, they ultimately cannot compare to someone else's, and are far from being astonishing to the world as Elder Zheng described!"

"As for me, I study pharmaceuticals."

After saying that, Li Mao sat down.

"I see."