Beast Tamer: I'm invincible because I can see the evolution path!

Chapter 233 A Conspiracy Within a Conspiracy!

Qiao Bai and Grandpa Huo started chatting.

"I never expected that Professor Qiao Bai would come to the Advanced Beast Taming Academy to be a teacher."

"Several old friends have mentioned wanting to get to know Professor Qiao Bai."

Old Master Huo walked beside Qiao Bai with his back straight and his spirits high.

It sounded like something said offhand.

Qiao Bai smiled and said, "I just happened to be interested, so I came."

Grandpa Huo also laughed. He had only mentioned this to Qiao Bai casually.

"I showed off my Dragon Fang to those old fogies, and they were all green with envy!" Old Master Huo said proudly, raising his chin.

What?

Do you want him to act as a go-between for those people?

Hey.

The old man is too lazy to offend anyone!

Moreover.

Grandpa Huo thought back to how he and Qiao Bai met, and realized it was all fate.

The final result was something Old Master Huo hadn't expected.

An old man and a young man walked side by side, chatting without feeling awkward.

There are quite a few topics to discuss.

Teacher Meng Xi, who was walking on the other side, could only shake her head when she saw this.

"Why did your academy have to think of hiring Old Master Huo?" Qi Rong glanced at Qiao Bai and Old Master Huo over there and asked with curiosity in her tone.

Old Master Huo's abilities are undeniably impressive.

In the southwest region.

The Huo family also holds a very high position.

Not to mention that the two new generations have awakened extraordinary powers and become quite outstanding beast tamers.

But no matter when.

What region?

There is no shortage of even more powerful beast tamers.

The advanced beast-taming academy has very strict requirements for the strength of its combat-related teachers.

age.

strength.

Indispensable.

The most famous and powerful pet of Grandpa Huo was the Altron, which is now the Yargen Dragon King.

Meng Xi understood what Qi Rong meant and smiled, "The old man isn't the kind of person who holds grudges."

"Moreover, as he gets older, Mr. Huo also wants to bring some fame to his hometown."

In short, both sides were happy.

Qi Rong nodded.

"So you're all eager to take the old man out and show him off, right?" Qi Rong changed the subject, looking at Meng Xi with an unfriendly gaze.

Meng Xi: "Hehe."

It's something we both know, so what's there to say?

Qi Rong: "..."

I don't want this kind of tacit understanding at all!

But is it just showing off?

Human nature.

Moreover.

Their college didn't lose either!

Isn't Professor Qiao Bai even more worthy of being boasted about than Old Master Huo?

Wouldn't those who see this be even more envious?

This is Professor Qiao Bai!

It even helped Mr. Huo's Altera evolve into a Dragon King!

Meng Xi had obviously thought of this as well.

All I can do is sigh.

"Never mind, our two families don't have a bad relationship anyway, so let's just leave it at that."

Meng Xi waved his hand.

Showing off is for outsiders to see.

Showing off is a way of demonstrating one's strength.

This will also greatly benefit enrollment in the coming year.

Qi Rong nodded: "That makes sense."

As long as it's not embarrassing, it's fine.

enough.

"But this year's exchange week seems to have come a bit early, doesn't it?" Qi Rong said, bringing up another thing that had been puzzling him.

Qiao Bai, who happened to be walking towards Qi Rong and the others, also heard this.

He cast curious glances at both Grandpa Huo and Qi Rong.

kindness?

Wasn't this the time for the exchange week in previous years?

It seems like no one has mentioned this before.

"It's definitely not at this time in previous years." Meng Xi nodded to Qiao Bai and Old Master Huo when he saw that they were the visitors.

Then he glanced at Qi Rong with a smile.

"hey-hey."

"You're no match for me this time. You must not know what happened!" Meng Xi looked at Qi Rong with a proud expression.

It's not that he's furious.

Qi Rong still felt somewhat angry.

Tsk.

Someone showed it off to me.

Meng Xi only gave a perfunctory answer before continuing, "This matter... is a bit troublesome to explain."

"The timing of the exchange week will be brought forward this year, mainly because there have been some problems at the mine."

The southwest region has many mining areas.

It's not an ordinary mine.

It is a mine that can extract gemstones, crystals and mineral resources.

Although the amount that can be mined each year is not large, it is stable.

As long as you don't think about draining the pond to catch all the fish.

Mining can be carried out gradually and systematically, and it can continue for at least another hundred years.

This provides a stable source of resources for beast tamers who need them.

Therefore, the state has always maintained some control over the resource mines in the southwest region.

Upon hearing this, Qi Rong looked somewhat bewildered: "Huh?"

"Can problems even occur at a mine?"

"Could someone be secretly mining or transporting the ore out for illegal sale?"

"Are you out of your mind?!"

"There have been precedents before!"

If someone actually did that.

They died without even knowing how they died!

It's as if no one else would do it.

It turns out.

In any world, the methods for making money are written in the law.

Qiao Bai blinked.

A vague idea flashed through his mind.

"They naturally wouldn't dare to touch those well-known, best-selling resources," Meng Xi said, arms crossed, his voice not loud.

Only the four people walking together could hear it.

The teachers who followed also found people they knew, catching up and chatting.

"If anyone makes a move, they'll be discovered in less than half a day."

Meng Xi chuckled softly as she spoke.

Who would dare to be that stupid?

"They chose to target a mineral resource with the lowest market circulation... To be honest, it's not that the mining area wasn't paying attention."

"The circulation rate is really too low."

"The resources are already plentiful, the market sales volume is small, and the daily mining volume is not large... so the frequency of inventory checks is naturally not as high as those hot-selling mineral resources."

Then the accident happened.

Speaking of it.

Meng Xi looked troubled, as if he was thinking about how to continue the conversation.

Just then.

Qiao Bai suddenly spoke up, "Graystone?"

Meng Xi: "!"

Old Master Huo: "!"

Both of them looked at Qiao Bai with surprise.

How did you know?

"Professor Qiao Bai, do you perhaps know something?"

The two spoke at the same time, then fell silent, waiting quietly for Qiao Bai's reply.

Qi Rong, on the other hand, blinked.

kindness?

hmmmm?

Why does this sound so familiar?

It wasn't the kind of familiar sound he knew.

It was the kind of familiar sound that I had just heard recently.

Thinking about it, Qi Rong also looked at Qiao Bai: "Could it be that one from before...?"

Qi Rong suddenly realized.

He remembered what Qiao Bai had told him about a student named Qian Jin who had encountered something.

"That should be it."

The two of them then stopped trying to solve the riddle.

He quickly and briefly recounted the situation of the students Qiao Bai had encountered before.

That's about it.

Qiao Bai said, "My student felt something was wrong with the pet, and since he couldn't find any other teachers, he came to me. I never expected..."

Qiao Bai looked at Meng Xi and Old Master Huo.

I never expected to hear news about Graystone again from another college today.

And it seems that the impact has been quite significant.

"hiss--"

Meng Xi frowned: "Eaten by a student's pet beast? That doesn't make sense!"

"It couldn't have been accidentally ingested."

"It's as if you can automatically produce limestone in South China."

While limestone mines are indeed not limited to the Southwest, they are absolutely absent in South China.

The question is about the differences caused by geographical environment.

It was not accidentally ingested.

It was not consumed intentionally.

In addition, there's the issue of a significant amount of limestone from the southwest region entering the market...

"It feels like there's a series of interconnected events here," Qi Rong said, stroking his chin.

Meng Xi also touched his chin.

The two people's expressions seemed to have an inexplicable tacit understanding and perfect synchronization.

Qiao Bai chuckled.

"Let's find another place to continue this discussion," Qiao Bai interrupted their desire to continue.

He gestured with his eyes.

This is not the place to talk.

Only then did the two of them remember.

Oh, oh, oh.

Yeah.

They still bear the responsibilities that come from the academy for the time being.

Let's focus on completing our duties as the teacher leading the exchange week first.

Having found a clue right away, the two of them were no longer in a hurry.

The clue is here.

The person is still at the academy.

Take it one step at a time.

During his spare time, Qiao Bai also tried to have the "angel" on his phone search for information about Graystone online.

did not expect.

I actually got a website address.

Qiao Bai: "?"

No?

This so-called gray industry chain actually has traces on the internet?

Aren't you afraid of dying?

Aren't you afraid of running into a really good hacker?

Qiao Bai looked at it again.

Oh.

They operate on an introduction/membership system, so they're not afraid to ask.

Seeing this, Qiao Bai tapped his phone, signaling "Angel" to temporarily stop what she was doing: "No rush, let's take a look first. I can't possibly handle everything by myself."

"That's not appropriate either."

Let's not even talk about how we don't fully understand what happened.

Qiao Bai didn't intend to be a lone hero.

Moreover, if the investigation goes too far in one go, it won't be easy to explain later!

It is still necessary to maintain an appropriate degree.

at last.

When the group sat down, no new members joined their discussion group.

Having already learned some of the background information from the academy, and receiving orders to primarily assist the students at Southwest Academy in conducting an investigation.

Qi Rong looked at Meng Xi and Old Master Huo with some surprise: "Just the two of you?"

"Just the two of us." Meng Xi nodded calmly, glancing at Qi Rong. "You don't have a problem with that, do you?"

"Don't try to pin this on me! I definitely have no problem with Old Master Huo!" Qi Rong raised her hands and glared fiercely at Meng Xi: "You're another story."

Meng Xi chuckled.

"I'm a magnanimous person, I won't hold it against you."

"Let's get down to business." Meng Xi's expression turned serious: "There are too few people... cough cough, isn't Old Master Huo's important figure right here?"

"Besides, things aren't settled yet, it's not good to bring a bunch of people to someone else's territory."

It's bad in every way.

Not only would it easily alert the enemy, but it would also...

It's also easy to fall out with friends.

"So you found out that the grey stone was circulated in South China through the market?" Qi Rong followed Meng Xi's lead and didn't continue arguing with him.

Qi Rong frowned, her tone carrying a hint of incomprehension.

"I just don't understand!"

"no?"

"Grey stone has had no market for a long time, so why bother with this stuff?"

"They even resorted to smuggling and theft."

Qiao Bai: "But graystone is still a mid-level resource."

Qiao Bai crossed his arms and spoke softly, his eyes gleaming with thoughtful intent.

kindness……

Qiao Bai is also having a bit of a headache right now.

In other words... his purpose in coming to the Advanced Beast Taming School in South China was impure; he came with this goal from the very beginning.

Qiao Bai didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Everything is fine.

I heard there's a spy infiltrated into your breeding base for promising young talents. Aren't you worried?

Qiao Bai is a little better off.

When Jiang Heng and Ning Ruxue heard this, they wished they could fly over there immediately!

However, the information they received only concerned the South China Advanced Beast Taming Academy.

However, Qiao Bai now feels differently.

Things are not that simple.

The advanced beast-taming academy that has been implicated is definitely not just the one in South China!

There might be other advanced beast-taming academies!

What are the reasons for the circulation of grey stone in the market?

"Actually, gray stone is not a completely useless resource, it's just that most of the time it's detrimental to oneself."

Qiao Bai couldn't directly reveal the reason why he came to the South China Advanced Beast Taming Academy.

If more people know about it, there is a possibility of it being leaked.

Qiao Bai could only guide him from other aspects.

"Very few people buy grey stone; it's a very niche market."

Which beast tamer doesn't want their pet to become stronger?

Greystone is of no use to ordinary people.

Only beast tamers.

However, each beast tamer can only contract a limited number of pets in their lifetime. Who would be so foolish as to restrict the evolution of their pet?

Except for a very small number of very special pets that require energy to accumulate.

Otherwise, it would be completely useless.

The needs of this very small number of beast tamers are simply not enough to consume that much gray stone.

The annual circulation volume of normal grey stone does not exceed three digits.

Sometimes the numbers are only two digits starting with 1.

It's really that rare.

steal?

There has to be a market for it, and you have to be able to sell it and make money from it!

"How much limestone has been lost from the mine?" Qiao Bai asked Meng Xi.

"Two thousand yuan."

hiss--

Everyone present made a face as if they had a toothache.

Two thousand yuan.

That's an amount that wouldn't be used up even in twenty years of normal circulation.

"Actually, if we look at it from another angle, instead of using it for personal gain, we could use it to harm others."

"Doesn't this sound like it has a decent market potential?"

Qiao Bai suddenly said.

The other three people: "???"

"What's the point?" Meng Xi frowned; he couldn't understand.

"How despicable... to feed it to someone else's pet, thus hindering its evolution?"

"The problem is, this thing also has an expiration date!"

It's not like they can't evolve anymore in this lifetime!

a year?

What's the point?

"You're holding students back, you're holding geniuses back," Qiao Bai said calmly.

"For an ordinary beast tamer, a year may not be much."

"But for the academy's genius beast tamers, it's a different story."

(End of this chapter)