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

The teachers and leaders of the Beast Taming Department arranged for the civil engineering students of the Beast Taming Department to set up the competition venue last night.

Civil engineering students may not be strong in combat, but the beasts they contract with are carefully selected and dedicated to the construction and building of various structures.

Such as practical combat and final exams for the Beast Taming system, which involve assessment indicators of Beast Taming combat power.

Civil engineering students don't need to participate; those who are interested can just go through the motions.

The venue for this year's Qicheng Cup is different from the venue for Jiang Fan's previous Xinya Cup.

Ten sturdy concrete rings were positioned in the center of the stands.

At seven o'clock in the morning, college students who usually haven't gotten out of bed yet.

The competition area was now packed with people.

Most of them are first-year students majoring in Beast Taming, with a small number of second-year and fourth-year students.

The latter is targeting certain younger students; those who know, know.

When Jiang Fan and his two companions arrived, they immediately attracted the attention of a group of students.

A group of people rushed over, mostly female students.

"I never imagined I'd have so many fans in the Beast Taming category."

"All the training I've given Little Fire and Little Earth these past few days, and all the sweat I've shed in the arena, hasn't been wasted!"

Yu Wenzhou's eyes lit up when he saw that several of the people walking towards him were familiar faces from the arena.

The smile on his face quickly vanished, replaced by a cold expression, with his chin slightly raised, giving him the look of a ruthless master.

"Tianming, look, it's been put up again."

Jiang Fan pointed at Yu Wenzhou with his index finger and couldn't help but laugh.

"He feels uncomfortable if he doesn't pretend for a day."

"They're all adults, yet they're still acting like teenagers."

"We should stay away from him."

Chu Tianming pushed up his black-rimmed glasses and pulled Jiang Fan to the side.

"That's not called being a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur), that's called being a complete idiot."

Jiang Fan shook his head, curious: "But are all these people really here for Wenzhou? Does he have that many female admirers?"

Who knows?

Chu Tianming shook his head. He only went to the arena occasionally because Yu Wenzhou was forgetful and he helped deliver things there.

However, the arena is always packed with students who want to spar and improve their combat experience.

"Are you Jiang Fan?"

Wow, he's even more handsome in person than in photos!

"Jiang Fan, add me on QQ!"

"Jiang Fan, I'm a fan of yours, could you please sign my autograph?"

"Jiang Fan, can the Moon Fox continue to evolve? If so, I'll go and contract one to raise!"

"..."

A group of people ignored Yu Wenzhou, who was pretending to be an expert, and rushed to Jiang Fan's side.

They pushed Chu Tianming aside and surrounded Jiang Fan.

"The moon fox has the potential to continue evolving, and there are already research papers on this."

Jiang Fan was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening.

He took the black ballpoint pen from someone's small hand and began signing and answering questions.

Yes.

Don't underestimate the working speed of the people of Daxia.

The paper on the moon fox has been published for less than a month, but there are already dozens of papers on the moon fox.

If you include low-quality papers, there are at least several hundred.

One of the papers confirmed that the moon fox has the potential to continue evolving.

As for whether anyone has figured out the evolutionary form of the Great Moon Fox, Jiang Fan has no idea.

After all, some research results will not be publicly displayed in academic databases.

"I read that paper too, but I wasn't reassured. Now that you've said it yourself, I'm relieved!"

"Jiang Fan, where's Lingyin the cat?"

Someone continued to press for answers.

"Personally, I would say it's very likely, but from a breeding perspective, without supporting data and examples, I'm not sure if Suzune Cat has the potential to continue evolving."

Jiang Fan looked at the girl who asked the question; she was holding a fluffy blue thing in her palm.

It was clearly a bell-shaped cat; if you didn't look closely, you might mistake it for a moldy, mutated blue steamed bun.

Bell-shaped cats: white ones are gentle and quiet, red ones are irritable and impatient, orange ones are easygoing but quick to act, black ones are sneaky and timid, and blue ones are pitiful and will never get angry no matter how much you pet them.

Although the panel displayed Angel Bell Cat and Devil Bell Cat, Jiang Fan still replied with a serious expression.

"Tianming, he deserves to die!"

Yu Wenzhou had already come to his senses and walked alone to Chu Tianming's side, gritting his teeth as he spoke.

"This is what Jiang Fan deserves. Look at the two evolutionary forms he has researched."

"It's low-cost, so ordinary families can afford it. The key is that it's also quite good-looking. The Moon Fox is already pretty, and the Bell Cat is loved by men, women, and children of all ages. It's normal that it's so popular."

Chu Tianming pushed up his black-rimmed glasses and said with a touch of wistfulness.

Jiang Fan was almost done signing autographs, with only one girl left.

"Jiang Fan, could you please sign your autograph on the group photo?"

The girl who spoke had fair skin, bright eyes, and long black hair that cascaded down to her waist.

She was only up to Jiang Fan's chest in height, holding a pink Polaroid camera, her eyes filled with expectation, and asking in a soft and weak tone.

"no problem."

Hearing the tone of her voice, which sounded like she was about to burst into tears if he didn't agree, Jiang Fan nodded.

The moment their eyes met, Zhou Lingding felt her heart race and her blood boil.

Her delicate, fair face flushed red at a visible speed.

"Tianming, don't you think she looks like...?"

"Looking at Fan, she actually blushed."

"Her face turned as red as a teapot!"

Yu Wenzhou, with his arm around Chu Tianming's shoulder, happened to see Zhou Lingding blushing and whispered.

Fortunately, Zhou Lingding's blush faded quickly.

The photo and autograph were done in one smooth motion.

"for you."

Jiang Fan handed over the photo, feeling puzzled.

Is this girl that shy?

He kept his head down the whole time.

After signing his name, Jiang Fan shook off the crowd and returned to Yu Wenzhou and the other man's side.

Yu Wenzhou pointed at Zhou Lingding's back and repeated what he had just said: "The girl is pretty, but she's too short. If you go over and say a few words to her, it'll probably work out, and she'll be single from now on."

"Maybe they're just shy."

"Thinking like that is one of the three great illusions of life."

"Besides, girls will only slow down my research on beast taming."

Jiang Fan replied without thinking.

...

"Lingding, I saw it all."

They looked at each other and their faces turned as red as monkey bottoms.

"Could it be..."

Jiang Fuliu, who was holding Zhou Lingding's arm, joked.

"No way, you're seeing things!"

Zhou Lingding bit her lip and retorted.

Jiang Fan's smile lingered in her mind.

Since their mother's death, the days of the Contract Burst Ape and the Undead Knight have been forever shrouded in darkness.

Until Jiang Fan's research on the Moon Fox and Bell Cat came into existence, like the light of day tearing through the darkness and illuminating her world.

...

At 8:00 AM, all pre-competition procedures for the Qicheng Cup were completed.

A teacher from the Beast Taming Department rode a golden eagle with an eight-meter wingspan and golden feathers all over its body to the ten arena and announced the start of the competition.

"The Qicheng Cup has officially begun!"

"I hope everyone will give it their all. Your results this time will be on your resume and will be part of your job application in the future!"