Standing right next to Mia, Rocky grinned, thinking he was lucky not to be rejected by Mia like she did
to these men.
"You guys carry on......" Bummed out, Mia gestured at the beast evaluators, asking them to continue.
Without a care, they continued with the evaluation on the spirit-manipulated beast that was just brought
in, applying their best techniques to impress Mia.
The quality of this spirit-manipulated beast was to be determined entirely by the comments of these
beast evaluators. The better the comments, the higher their price. Some high-end farm like the Super
Beast Farm had applied for a higher standard of scrutiny. They had requested the beast evaluators to
grade each and every quality of the spirit-manipulated beast before revealing the evaluation result to
the customers. A single error could damage their reputation. Most high-end farms would hire beast
evaluators above the fourth grade. This was so that they'd be able to discern every quality of a four-star
spirit-manipulated beast.
As each beast evaluator usually applied different Beast Evaluation Skills, there could be discrepancies
between the result of different beast evaluators. This was why it normally took no less than two beast
evaluators to grade one spirit-manipulated beast.
The Super Beast Farm strictly upheld this standard. They always requested a couple of beast
evaluators to grade a spirit-manipulated beast at the same time in order to guarantee the integrity and
accuracy of the report.
It was the first time Rocky was seeing other beast evaluators working with their own Beast Evaluation
Skills. He saw them walking around the spirit-manipulated beast to gain an overview. They inspected it
both visually and physically. They concentrated their spiritual power in their hands or eyes, which was a
completely different method than the Magical Evaluation Skill that Rocky had learnt.
He didn't know beast evaluators had a bit of a history themselves. The Magical Evaluation Skill was
way beyond comparison.
Before long the beast evaluators gave their comments about the star level and quality of these beasts.
They conferred with each other and gave the final judgment.
"We give this spirit-manipulated beast two stars. It has the quality of...... and it is good at...... It would be
worth a thousand gold coins." The Super Beast Farm set the price for the beasts based on the star
level and quality that the beast evaluators gave them. The moment they gave their verdict, the beast
would be on sale.
Buyers from all around the world would then consider the price and bid accordingly. And the rest took
place like a regular auction. The spirit-manipulated beast that had just been graded was sold at two
thousand golden coins at last.
Another beast was brought onto the stage after the first one was sold. It too, was evaluated and sold
through the same process.
In a short span of time, a couple of spirit-manipulated beasts were graded and sold.
Another beast was brought on. It was very small and clumsy. It was like a baby kangaroo with long legs
and its upper limbs curled up. Its tail was longer than that of a mouse, dragging behind it on the ground.
He had the impression of a teetering seventy-year-old man.
The beast evaluators were already disappointed and shook their heads as soon as they laid eyes on it.
As per their experience, weak spirit-manipulated beasts like this one were basically defective. With
some reluctance and an unwilling attitude, they started grading it. They walked around casually,
already convinced it was of no use.
In a short time, they looked at each other and exchanged a few words. One of them then announced:
"Passed."
"What do they mean by that?" asked Rocky, seeing that they didn't give any comments about its
quality. He didn't understand what that single word meant.
"It means that this beast is not even a one-star beast. No one would buy it. It will first be locked up and
then sent to a slaughter house. The meat of this kind of spirit-manipulated beast is very nutritious. Its
meat can still sell," Tobin explained.
"Isn't that too cruel?" Rocky frowned with disapproval.
"This is the only way. It is very expensive to raise a spirit-manipulated beast. If it does not sell, we will
lose money. No one likes a loss," Tobin further explained.
Rocky could not help but turn and look at that small spirit-manipulated beast. Uriah had also been
despised by everyone just like this one, yet it was proven in time that it wasn't particularly weak. It
showed that appearances could be misleading. Uriah had eventually turned into a three-star spiritual
beast and shocked everyone at the Dragon Birth Festival.
Looking at the spirit-manipulated beast being taken away, Rocky grew stern and shouted, "Hold on!"
Everyone turned to look at Rocky, including Mia.
"May I take a look at it? I think there might be a problem with your evaluation method," said Rocky,
walking toward the beast evaluators.
The beast evaluators obviously took that as an insult. Displeased, one of them answered, "We have
been evaluating these spirit-manipulated beasts for decades now. Do you really think we can't grade
one that is evidently not even worthy of one star?"
"But did you do it thoroughly?" Rocky stared coldly at them.
No one answered for a while. They had only given it a cursory inspection and did not stand on a firm
ground to answer confidently.
"Knock it off! You are not even a beast evaluator. How do you propose to grade it?" Mia shouted from a
distance, thinking Rocky was just fooling around.
"How do you know that I am not a beast evaluator?" Rocky smiled mysteriously and walked toward the
spirit-manipulated beast. He hunkered down on the ground and caressed it tenderly. "Relax, buddy. I
won't let them take you to a slaughter house." He then got up seriously and concentrated his spiritual
power on the spirit-manipulated beast's weak body.
"Magical Evaluation Skill!" Rocky muttered and pointed his finger at the beast. A triangular shaped
beam of light shone from his body and enveloped the spirit-manipulated beast. The beast reflected the
light back in various ways, which represented the different qualities it possessed.
Rocky's skill shocked everyone at the scene. Mia was the one who was the most shocked. She had
never thought or heard from anyone that Rocky knew Beast Evaluation Skill.
The beast evaluators shot each other confused looks as they did not recognize the Beast Evaluation
Skill that he was using. It looked extraordinary, nothing like any other ordinary skill. However, they
could tell that Rocky was only at the first grade of the Beast Evaluation Skill, which was far lower than
theirs.
Rocky was evaluating all of its qualities based on the light that it reflected. However, the beast
evaluators were not wrong about it being less than a one-star spirit-manipulated beast as the lights
were all quite weak. Nothing really stood out.
But Rocky did not give up. He continued to observe the light until he found a peculiar light spot in it that
was frequently going up and down.
He thought about for a few seconds, then removed the light. He then stood up with a sigh.
The beast evaluators laughed at him. "Just when I thought there might be something special about him
after all, he turns out to be a beast evaluator of the first-grade."
"Shut up! Do you know who he is?" Tobin shouted as he saw them laughing at him.
"It's okay, Tobin. I am a rookie beast evaluator indeed. It's just that... I want to negate your result."
Rocky gave Tobin a look and eyed him to be quiet. He then turned to look at the beast evaluators.
His words granted an incredulous look to their faces. "Who are you to negate our result? We are all
tier-one beast evaluators in the Holy Dragon Empire. How can our evaluation method be less accurate
than that of a first-grade beast evaluator like you?"
"Damn right it can," Rocky responded coldly.
The atmosphere was growing intense.
"Madam, this..." Tobin turned to Mia.
Mia remained quiet as she saw Rocky standing in disagreement with the beast evaluators. She was
still trying to digest the fact that Rocky knew Beast Evaluation Skill. And now he was negating the
results of these professional beast evaluators? She wanted to know if he meant it or was just fooling
around.
"Well, why don't you share your result before talking about negating ours?" The beast evaluators didn't
for a second believe that Rocky could actually pull off something like this.
"I don't need to say anything anymore. I will just show you," Rocky smiled lightly and turned to Tobin.
"Could you fetch me an iron plate?"
"Iron plate?" For a second, Tobin froze, then asked someone to get an iron plate, which was about a
centimeter thick and weighed ten to fifteen kilograms. It had to be carried by two men.
"Will this do?" Tobin asked, pointing to the plate.
"That's perfect," Rocky smiled. The Dragon Spirit Mark on his left arm flashed as he unleashed his
dragon spiritual power. He grabbed the iron plate with one hand and sized it up before suddenly
throwing at the spirit-manipulated beast. The iron plate reached it within a split second.
Everyone was astonished. The plate was very heavy. How could Rocky, who was at the Earthly Stage,
throw it on his own? It would also be too much for that weak spirit-manipulated beast to withstand it.
Just as everyone thought it was going to become a meat pie, a shadow flashed and penetrated the iron
plate!
Everyone gasped together, dumbfounded at the spectacle. Once they got a clear view of the shadow,
they were all shocked to the core.
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