The plan to disguise the Flame Music Fox succeeded! Qiao Sang’s face showed a delighted expression.
With this, my mission is considered complete, and maybe in three days, I might even get to interact with the champion of this competition.
"Xun Xun~"
Little Treasure Hunter showed a happy expression.
"Steel Sword."
Gangbao silently breathed a sigh of relief.
Lubao relaxed, and its head slipped back into the backpack.
The swirling wind calmed down.
The kind-faced woman couldn’t resist her curiosity and approached to quietly ask:
"Is it convenient for you to share what the reward for this mission is?"
She couldn’t understand what kind of reward such a simple mission could offer to attract a B-level expert, making them value it so much that they’d be willing to have their Pet Beast disguise itself just to stay.
Logically, fire attribute beasts are mostly selected by the officials, but some Artifact Masters, to be more confident in winning, will issue related missions with extremely high rewards, enticing the Beast Tamers of already selected fire attribute beasts to find a way to blend in.
Of course, successful cases are rare, but they do exist, as one was exposed in the competition two years ago.
The rewards given by the officials are few, and some people will find a way to register and enter, even without rewards, because participating Artifact Masters are considered somewhat famous, including some experts.
If one could increase their chances of obtaining artifacts crafted by them, even if not used personally, reselling them could still earn a fair sum.
If an Artifact Master wants their chosen beast to blend in and truly succeeds, the reward would be quite substantial.
She believed that the B-level expert in front of her likely belonged to the latter category.
"Mission reward?" Qiao Sang was taken aback for a moment, then laughed as he replied, "This is an assessment mission released by the examiner, with no reward."
An assessment mission? The woman was also taken aback: "You registered for this year’s regional competition."
Qiao Sang nodded with an "Mm".
So this B-level expert is not yet 40 years old... the woman suddenly understood.
No wonder this expert looks not only in appearance but also in demeanor very youthful, turns out they are not yet 40.
Becoming a B-level Beastmaster before the age of 40 is definitely among the youngest batch, a complete prodigy... the woman reined in her thoughts, composed herself, and solemnly said:
"Oh my god! So, Qing Qingni’s Beast Tamer is actually present at the scene?!"
"Calm down, everyone. Just because the Evolution Pathway hasn’t been officially researched and announced doesn’t mean there’s only one Flame Kiru. Remember when that Chrono Varior form just emerged, there were three of them consecutively, and the official Evolution Pathway hadn’t been published yet then, either."
"But, this is a Yuhua Region Pet Beast, and the Evolution Pathway is still unpublished, it’s surely rare. Is it really possible for such a rare Pet Beast to appear twice simultaneously in our region?"
The discussions were growing more intense, and as the situation seemed to be spinning out of control, the host picked up the microphone to regain control of the scene:
"All the contestants have already selected their partner Fire Attribute Beasts, so now, let’s enter the official crafting phase!"
"For three days, we will record the entire process of crafting the items!"
"Please everyone, supervise and bear witness to the birth of the champion!"
The audience was, to begin with, present to watch the competition, and the speculation about Flame Kiru being the Pet Beast of the online-famous Beast Tamer was just a conjecture. With the host speaking, everyone’s attention was once again drawn back to the competition.
Crafting materials for the Artifact Refining Competition are all provided by the organizers. A young man with a crew cut picked out the materials and moved to the area marked with his number.
Yaobao had been waiting there for some time.
"Tooth!"

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