The Medallion novel Chapter 94

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?"