Soon, both Ye Xin and Gai Luo reached in front of a big red tent, it was made out of leather, and there was a big wooden table in front of it.
Behind the desk, an old man was sitting in a relaxed posture and he was sorting out all sorts of paperwork, there was also a long line in front of the desk.
They were all here to buy a spot for the beast-taming ceremony. Ye Xin looked at the long line and sighed. He then looked at Gai Luo.
But to his surprise, Gai Luo was not troubled by the long line. Instead, there was an excited smile on his face. 'Guess, I would have been excited too if I got here to buy a spot.' Ye Xin thought and nodded internally.
"You go stand in the line, I will wait by the side." Ye Xin said.
Gai Luo looked at him and nodded. "Wish me luck." He said.
Ye Xin nodded, "Good Luck, I hope you get a good beast."
Gai Luo smiled widely, "Don't worry, I am confident!" He said while flexing his biceps.
Ye Xin sighed at his words and moved toward the group of people who were standing on the sidelines. These people were here to support their friends or their family.
Gai Luo stood at the back end of the line and waited for his turn.
Ye Xin on the other hand focused at the front of the line. Currently, it was the turn of a girl, she was wearing a purple robe with golden embroidery. She was clearly from some rich family.
"Look, It's a young miss from Gale City, Mao Ruolan, she is the youngest daughter of the city lord of Gale City." Someone in the crowd commented.
Many gasps resounded in the crowd after that, Ye Xin also knew about the Gale City, it was the biggest city in the kingdom after the capital city, it was said that the city lord was a Stage Nine Spirit Tamer, just one step away from becoming a King Tamer.
Gale City was the biggest power in the kingdom other than the Capital. So it was obvious that the youngest miss of that City was so well known.
Ye Xin looked at her again and took in a deep breath, she was beautiful. Her skin was white as milk and because of that, there was a natural blush on her face. Making her enchanting.
Her hair was jet black, flowing like a river from her back.
Some of the youths in the crowd even cheered when they saw her.
After some time he shook his head and sighed. 'There is no way a girl like that would talk to me.'
He turned his head and looked at the line again, just a few people behind her was a big blurry guy. He had bulging muscles all over his body and there was a cut in one of his eyebrows.
He stood out from the crowd because of his towering figure. He looked extremely intimidating. There was also a big sword on his back.
The sword gave a feeling of death as if it had ended many lives.
Ye Xin wondered who this guy was, however, no one was gossiping about him because of Mao Ruolan. She stole all the attention.
Ye Xin ignored him and then looked at the rest of the line, there were a few more interesting figures, however he didn't pay them much attention as they had nothing to do with him.
Soon more gasps resounded in the area. "She is taking the diamond spot!" Someone in the crowd shouted.
Ye Xin's eyes narrowed at the words and then he looked at Mao Ruolan, his eyes widened in surprise. Because she took out about three hundred Gold Coins on the table.
That was a huge sum, he wondered if even Village Chief had that sort of money.
It was a huge amount. He remembered that the basic spot cost around three gold coins and even that was the ten years of savings of villagers like them. However now she took out a hundred times more.
It was just unfathomable for villagers like them.
Ye Xin knew about a diamond spot, the beast-taming spots were divided into four levels.
The basic one was a copper spot, then came a Silver Spot, after it was a Gold Spot and the last one was a Diamond Spot.
Each spot promised better beasts than before.
He also knew about the prices of the spot, Copper Spot cost Three Gold Coins, and the Silever One cost Ten Gold Coins. The Golden One cost hundreds of Gold Coins and the Diamond One was three Hundred Gold Coins.
Each subsequent spot was marginally more expensive than the previous one, and so was the quality of the beasts one could choose from.
It was said that one could even get a rare spirit beast with the Diamond Spots.
Spirit Beasts were extremely rare, they contained a unique core in them that helped them advance faster than normal beasts and they were also far more powerful than normal beasts.
However, taming a Spirit Beast was as hard as scaling a mountain with no legs.
After some more paperwork, Mao Ruolan was escorted by a guard towards the back of the camp base.
Ye Xin saw her leaving and narrowed his eyes. He was curious about the place she was being taken away.
"I have heard that this year the taming ceremony is held just as soon as you buy a spot. Not like the previous times where you have to wait for a week." Someone in the crowd murmured.
Ye Xin heard their words and finally understood where Mao Ruolan was taken. 'So she is gonna have to tame a beast right away.' Ye Xin thought and nodded.
It was the best, as Gai Luo won't have to wait long to get his beast. He knew that Gai Luo was an impatient guy and he would be anxious till he got his beast.
'It would be best for him to get his beast immediately,' Ye Xin thought and nodded.
As the next person was filling up the paperwork a voice suddenly resounded from the back of the base camp.
It was the voice of a beast and it was ferocious, the crowd could feel its pressure from here.
"Aha!!"
Suddenly with a roar a shilloute shot up in the sky and moved towards them. Everyone looked at it with their eyes wide. It was a beast with four black wings and a white body that looked like a horse. On the beast's head, two black horns gave it a domineering pressure.
And on the back of the beast a girl was sitting with a nonchalant expression, she didn't even look at the people below as if she considered them lower than insects.
"Its... It's Mao Roulan! She tamed a four-winged Pegasus! A spirit beast!" Someone from the crowd shouted and after the statement, many gasps responded in the area.
Even the lazy old man behind the desk looked up and was a bit shocked. His beard quivered for a moment however he soon regained his composure and looked back down.
Not like others who stared at the beast and the beauty with reverence.
Soon the flying duo left and it was only after a few minutes of them leaving did everyone broke out of their stupor and looked back down.
After that, a huge chatter erupted in the area.
Ye Xin on the other hand sighed internally, 'I thought I was strong with Hong Hai, but there is always someone stronger.' He had felt the pressure emanating from the beast and it was nothing to scoff at.
He felt like he could be crushed under it anytime Mao Ruolan wanted. 'I wonder if I would ever be able to catch up to her?' He thought about it for a moment and then shook his head.
'I have to take this one step at a time.' He thought and looked back at the people in the line.
Next in the line after Mao Ruolan was also a girl, but she was the complete opposite of her, it was clear that she was from a poor village.
She took out her gold coins and placed them on the table and soon after she was escorted by a guard towards the back of the Basecamp.
Soon enough she came back and there was a big smile on her face. Around her neck was a black colored cobra that was emitting a strange back smoke.
Some people in the group looked at it and exclaimed. "She... She... Tamed a Black Smoke Cobra! Her future is gonna be good!"
Everyone in the group started looking at her and in turn, she became embarrassed and ran away from the camp quickly.
Soon one after another many aspirants reached the table and got their beasts, some got good ones like the black smoke cobra and some got bad ones.
And there were instances when some took out hundred gold coins to buy the Golden Spot.
However, after Mao Ruolan no one bought the spot for Diamond Spot and it was not shocking as not everyone could pull out their hundred gold coins just like that.