"Xiaoxiao, is your Blazing Fox ready?"
Seeing Su Xiaoxiao arrive at the Beauty Pageant venue alone, Gu Ling, Lin Yue, and Duan Anxun, who had already taken their seats in the audience, crowded around her.
"Yes!" Su Xiaoxiao nodded, her face full of confidence. "Little Flame is in the Fire Element Training Area at Boss Xu's shop right now, keeping in peak condition and ready for me to summon him at any moment!"
"Fire Element Training Area?" Gu Ling raised an eyebrow, looking intrigued. "Does Boss Xu's shop offer a sparring service now?"
"Yes." Su Xiaoxiao nodded. Seeing that there was still some time before the competition started, she chatted with her friends. "Gu Ling, are you interested in contract beast sparring?"
"Not particularly." Gu Ling shook her head. "You know my family... anyway, my Dark-Scaled Dragon doesn't need to train at a boarding shop."
Su Xiaoxiao nodded. Naturally, she knew about her childhood friend's family situation. Uncle Gu had a contract with that Dark-Scaled Dragon's father, whose strength had reached the marshal rank. Why would they need anyone else's help with mere training?
"But..." Gu Ling paused. "If it's the sparring service at Boss Xu's shop, I'd like to take a look. I imagine it's something special?"
"It is." Remembering the Blazing Fox's bizarrely catchy training routine, Su Xiaoxiao's expression turned a little strange. "Boss Xu's sparring methods are different from every other boarding shop's, but the results are remarkable."
"I've always felt that sparring services are a sucker's tax." Beside her, Lin Yue waved dismissively. "If someone needs to accompany a contract beast during training, wouldn't its own beast tamer be better suited than boarding shop staff?"
"No, there are different levels of sparring." Gu Ling's expression grew slightly serious. "Watching a contract beast train on its beast