In the official list of members participating in the friendly match, the top two spots are undoubtedly Gu Ling and Pei Gang.
However, something unexpected happened when they were competing for the last official spot. Xia Zihan and Lu Jiuwen ended up in a tie. Both beasts were seriously injured. If they want to fully recover their strength and rematch, they will have to wait until at least tomorrow afternoon. .
Lu Jiuwen held the injured three-tailed fire fox and turned to look at Zhou Mengran: "Teacher Zhou, you said before that being a substitute will not affect your participation in the individual and team competitions, right?"
"Yes, yes..." Zhou Mengran was stunned for a moment, vaguely guessing what Lu Jiuwen was thinking.
Lu Jiuwen continued: "As long as I can participate in the game, it doesn't matter to me whether officially or as a substitute. Playing another game will only waste a day's training time."
"I know that the three-tailed fire fox has tried its best. There is no point in fighting it anymore. It will only hurt it in vain."
Zhou Mengran raised his eyebrows slightly: "Are you sure?"
She remembered that during the special training, Lu Jiuwen had the most serious attitude.
Other students might occasionally shout that they were tired, but Lu Jiuwen never complained about anything and just trained silently.
In this monthly exam, Lu Jiuwen first defeated He Ruosi's little water leopard with reverse attributes, and then tied with Xia Zihan's mini doll. His progress was amazing.
Lu Jiuwen nodded calmly: "Yes."
Zhou Mengran did not rush to make a decision, but asked Xia Zihan's opinion: "Zihan, what do you think?"
Xia Zihan's face was a little tangled. She looked at Lu Jiuwen and asked, "Lu Jiuwen, do you really not mind being a substitute?"
Although both formal members and substitute members can participate, formal members sound more respectable, and formal members can receive more competition bonuses than substitute members.
Lu Jiuwen: "I don't mind, as long as you can participate."
"Thank you." Xia Zihan nodded slightly to Lu Jiuwen, then turned to Zhou Mengran and said, "Teacher Zhou, I agree too."
"Okay." Zhou Mengran raised his lips and smiled, and clapped his hands: "In this way, the three official members to participate in the friendly match have been decided."
"Gu Ling, Pei Gang, Xia Zihan."
"As for the substitute members, Lu Jiuwen and He Siruo have the highest winning rate and occupy two substitute places. Does anyone else have any objections?"
Lu Jiuwen and He Siruo were basically guaranteed to win as long as they didn't face Gu Ling and the others.
Especially He Siruo, relying on the attribute advantage of the little water leopard, he had the upper hand in many battles with Lu Jiuwen during the special training period, and firmly secured his position as the fourth best player in the world.
The remaining students in the elite class have no objections to the allocation of these five places.
Now, only the last substitute spot remains undecided.
The eyes of everyone in the elite class couldn't help but fall on Huang Weiwei, Lou Huayu, and Dai Hao.
The strength of the three pet beasts is almost the same. In such a long period of special training, whether it is a monthly test or a private battle, there is always a winner or loser.
However, Lou Huayu's pet beast Xiao Longshi suffers in terms of attributes. Among the three, he has the lowest winning rate.
But in the friendly team competition, Lou Huayu's Xiao Longshi had an advantage that the other two beasts did not have, and that was that it acted as a human shield.
Huang Weiwei and Dai Hao are both grass-type pets. They have not learned any skills that can benefit the team. They cannot be wet nurses. Their petite bodies are not suitable for use as human shields.
Huang Weiwei and the others looked at Zhou Mengran nervously, waiting for the latter to announce the final result.
Zhou Mengran suddenly smiled slightly: "You all go together."
"ah?"
Not only Huang Weiwei and the other three, but everyone was a little confused.
Zhou Mengran took out his mobile phone and sent several notifications to the class group: "The schedule of this year's friendly matches has changed a lot. I just received a notice a few days ago that each school can bring one or two more substitutes to participate in the team competition. "
"However, there are still only 6 places for the individual competition, and after the quarterfinals of the team competition, only three substitutes can be entered into the list. Who among the three of you wants to play in the individual competition, you can negotiate among yourself."
"As for before the quarterfinals of the team competition, if there is a chance, we can try to arrange for a few of you to come on as substitutes and play a few games."
"In addition to the few of you who are going to compete, Long Yifei, who ranked ninth in the monthly exam this time, and Sun Xueyi, who ranked tenth, you two can also go to the competition with us."
After hearing the last sentence, Long Yifei and Sun Xueyi, who were still a little regretful, suddenly became excited and happy.
"We can go too!"
"Very good!"
The rest of the elite class heard that the top 10 could go to watch the game live, and they couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Teacher Zhou, we want to go too!"
They don’t want to stay in school~
They also want to go to the game~
Zhou Mengran shook his head cruelly: "Don't think about it now."
"Unless Gu Ling and the others can reach the top eight, I will apply to the school to let everyone in the elite class go to the scene to observe and learn. Until then, you should just stay in school and take classes."
"When there are games, the school will also broadcast live broadcasts. You can also watch the games in school."
Seeing that they really couldn't go to watch the game, everyone immediately looked at Gu Ling and the others eagerly.
"Gu Ling, you must reach the top eight!"
"Whether we can go to watch the game live is up to you!"
"Yes, yes, last year our school almost made it to the top eight. This year you must come back with at least one of the top eight."
Huang Weiwei looked at the notice in the class, her little face wrinkled slightly, she raised her head and asked Zhou Mengran: "Teacher Zhou, will the individual competition be played one after another?"
Zhou Mengran nodded: "Yes, but I will give you at least half a day's rest."
"In the first individual competition, I have to go to the forest for a field battle... Then I'll forget it."
Huang Weiwei was not afraid of being tired, but she had to run around in the forest during the field battle. Not only would she be sweating profusely, but she might also get her clothes dirty and her hairstyle messed up.
Huang Weiwei, who grew up pampered and pampered, is a delicate girl at all times except when she is a little tired during physical training.
Anyway, Huang Weiwei is now a substitute and has successfully completed the tasks assigned by her parents. Generous pocket money is already waving to her.
When Zhou Mengran heard that this was the reason, he was a little bit dumbfounded: "You don't want to go to the forest so much? In the future, if you become a professional beast master, you will inevitably go to the wild, right?"
The little girl Huang Weiwei is also very diligent, but this diligence is limited to completing daily special training.
Additional training, such as spontaneous training, is unlikely...
Huang Weiwei curled her curly hair with her fingers: "Hey, I've thought about it for a long time. In the future, I want to be a gorgeous designer of beasts, fighting and killing. It's not suitable for me."
Moreover, even if Huang Weiwei wanted to be like a professional beastmaster and go to the wild or enter a secret realm all day long, Huang Weiwei's parents would not agree. Not only would she have to travel hard, but there would also be a certain degree of danger.
Furthermore, Huang Weiwei’s ambition is not here.
Huang Weiwei wants to be a beast master because she likes to be exposed to all kinds of cute and beautiful pet beasts, but she doesn't really want to be a beast master who specializes in fighting.
On the other side, Dai Hao raised his hand to adjust his glasses: "Teacher Zhou, let Lou Huayu participate in the individual competition. Since we can all go there to watch the competition, and there is also a team competition to play, I have no objection."
"From a team perspective, his little dragon is more suitable."
"Thank you! Thank you! This good man has a safe life!" Lou Huayu clasped his hands together excitedly and kept thanking Huang Weiwei and Dai Hao.
Seeing that they had discussed it, Zhou Mengran nodded: "Okay, Lou Huayu, you can take over."
Lou Huayu's pet beast is still quite capable, but because of some disadvantages in attributes, it is often suppressed by Huang Weiwei and Dai Hao.
Finally, the list of all personnel participating in the friendly match was finalized.
Official team members: Gu Ling, Pei Gang, Xia Zihan
Substitute players: Lu Jiuwen, He Siruo, Lou Huayu
Later, Zhou Mengran started to talk about some rules of the friendly match:
"The schedule of the friendly matches has not yet been fully announced. What is certain at present is that in this friendly match, the team competition and individual competition will no longer be held separately, but will be held at the same time."
"What is simultaneous cross-over?" Huang Weiwei raised her hand and asked.
Zhou Mengran smiled slightly: "For example, the team competition qualifiers will be held in the morning, the individual competition field competition will begin in the afternoon, and so on."
"In this way, we have no way to know all the details of our opponent in advance, but similarly, our opponent cannot figure out what our real trump card is."
Hearing the word "trump card", almost everyone subconsciously looked in Gu Ling's direction.
Gu Ling was listening carefully to Zhou Mengran's words, and was caught by everyone's gaze unexpectedly. She blinked her eyes with an innocent expression: "What's wrong?"
Everyone in the elite class: "..."
What else happened?
It’s you I’m talking about!
"There are still 10 or so days left. You should adjust yourselves and your pet's condition. Don't do too strenuous training, so as not to get injured before the game and affect the game. I will send some to other schools in the class later. Contestant information and information.”
"The friendly match will start on December 12th. The venue will be the central stadium of Hailan City. We will gather together and set off for Hailan City on the afternoon of the 11th. Remember to bring your luggage."
After Zhou Mengran finished explaining the matter, he let everyone leave.
"..."
Before leaving school, Gu Ling reported to Zhou Mengran that he would stay at home and meditate for the next 11 days.
Zhou Mengran only said "pay attention to rest" and approved.
Before going home, Gu Ling went to the supermarket to buy various living expenses he would need for the next 11 days, such as bread and milk to fill his stomach after meditation, snacks for Xianjiu and Naughty Ghost, etc.
After returning home with several large bags of food, Gu Ling found several restaurants online that ordered a lot of food on weekdays, and made an appointment to deliver food to his door regularly in the next 11 days.
Not only did Gu Ling make an order for himself, but he also dutifully ordered takeout for Ye Wuyan and Ye Xiaobai next door.
Two hours later.
After dinner, Gu Ling ate another strange spiritual fruit and entered a meditative state.
This is the seventh time Gu Ling has taken the strange spiritual fruit. Currently, there are still 890 spiritual beads left in the puddle of spiritual materialization before it can be completely filled.
…
Time flies by...
Until 6am on December 11th.
Gu Ling got up early as always, and immediately devoted himself to meditation training after eating breakfast.
In the pet space, Gu Ling looked at the puddle that was about to be filled, felt it attentively, and soon showed a hint of joy: "There are still 38 spirit beads left!"
On the previous day of the 8th, Gu Ling ate the eighth strange spiritual fruit.
Gu Ling could feel that as she consumed more and more strange spiritual fruits, the spiritual power-increasing effect brought by the strange spiritual fruits was gradually weakening.
Fortunately, although the growth rate could not keep up, Gu Ling meditated 14 hours a day, accumulating small amounts into large amounts, and used his time to build up spiritual beads one after another.
L……
From 6 a.m. to 14 p.m., Gu Ling exited a meditative state and went to the refrigerator to look for bread and milk to replenish energy.
In the pet space.
When the last spiritual bead fell into the puddle, the water that was about to overflow seemed to have been liberated from some kind of shackles. It was obviously just a puddle as big as a bowl, but it stirred up waves of water like an ocean.
A dazzling golden light shot out from the bottom of the puddle, and Gu Ling subconsciously raised his hand to cover his eyes.
When the golden light dissipated and Gu Ling opened his eyes again, the original small puddle was gone and replaced by a larger puddle.
"This..." Gu Ling gestured at the large puddle with his hand.
Today's large puddle is the size of the original 10 small puddles combined.
There was a handful of clear water at the bottom of the large puddle. These were the 6,000 Spiritual Beads that Gu Ling had just scraped together. Now that they were packed in the large puddle, they seemed extremely small.
"I'm...a two-star beastmaster now?"
Gu Ling began to look around at the current pet space. It was still gray, but he could feel that the pet space seemed to have expanded a lot.
The ancient beast-controlling book floating above suddenly landed in front of Gu Ling. Countless pages were flipped, and finally stopped at the first page——
[Holder of the Ancient Book of Beasts]: Gu Ling
【Gender: Female
【Age】：16
[Beast Control Space Level]: Two Stars
[Beast Master Talent]: To be developed
[Contract Pet]: Thunder Seal Cat (Xianjiu)
[Comprehensive evaluation]: Cannon fodder that can only block one move before falling to the ground.
【…】
Gu Ling stared at the last line of words in disbelief: "What the hell?!"
What does it mean to be able to block only one move and then fall to the ground? !
The novice title is gone, what the hell is giving her a cannon fodder? !
She protested (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
After being frantic for several minutes, Gu Ling reluctantly comforted himself, and then his eyes fell on the talent of the beast master.
"The field of beast master talent... needs to be developed? What do you mean?"
Gu Ling tilted his head and thought for a moment: "Do I have any unknown talents that I haven't developed yet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Ancient Beast Control Book didn't even say hello, and flew back to its original position in a 'swish'.
Gu Ling looked up strangely and glanced at the ancient book of beast control.
do not know why……
I always feel like I was despised just now.
"..."
After exiting the meditative state, Gu Ling rushed out of the room excitedly and shouted to Xian Jiu and Naughty Guy who were having lunch in the living room:
"Xianjiu! Naughty boy! I have become a two-star beast master!"
Hearing this, Xianjiu and Naughty Ghost's eyes lit up slightly.
"Miwu~"
"Jie Jie~"
The naughty ghost floated over happily and circled around Gu Ling.
Gu Ling looked at Naughty Ghost with a smile: "Are you ready? Naughty Ghost, we are about to start the contract."
"Jie Jie~" The naughty ghost's expression softened a bit and he nodded obediently.
Afterwards, Gu Ling put his hand on the naughty boy's forehead, pampering him and closing his eyes.
A palm-sized contract formation appeared in Gu Ling's palm.
The contract formation slowly melted into the naughty ghost's body, leaving the mark of the contract.
The second before the contract is about to be concluded, there seems to be a mysterious voice whispering mysterious ancient hymns deep in the soul...
Gu Ling subconsciously wanted to find out more, but the contract had been completed and brought her mind back to reality.
"Jie Jie~"
Gu Ling opened his eyes and saw the naughty guy's smiling face filled with joy and excitement.
A smile appeared on Gu Ling's face unconsciously, and he extended his right hand to the naughty guy and made it into a fist.
"Naughty boy, please give me more advice in the future."
The naughty guy was stunned for half a second, then smiled and handed over his chubby hand, and fist bumped with Gu Ling from afar:
"Jie Jie~"
Beast master, please give me more advice in the future.
…
after an hour.
Gu Ling pushed his luggage and hurried to the meeting point for Hailan City.
The rest of the people had arrived early and were sitting on the rented bus.
"Gu Ling, you are the only one missing." After seeing Gu Ling coming, Zhou Mengran, who was waiting outside the bus, relaxed a little, and then asked with a smile: "How is it?"
Gu Ling smiled and nodded: "No problem."
This, this, this...can be considered a friendly match plot, right? Damn QAQ
