Beast Taming: I'm Really Just a Forest Ranger

Chen Yuan mused, "As long as the paperwork is complete, it should be fine."

"That’s great." The Wild Boar slapped his thigh, full of excitement, "We have backup in Qinling now."

Nie Li gently glanced at the Wild Boar, who immediately shut his mouth.

Then, Nie Li looked at Chen Yuan, who was so close. The smile in her eyes and at the corners of her brows lifted gently, reflecting her joyful mood, and she proactively extended her right hand, "Advisor Chen, I look forward to working with you."

Upon hearing this, the Wild Boar couldn’t help but grin foolishly.

He could already imagine the scene of working with Advisor Chen: Advisor Chen charging forward and effortlessly taking down all the enemies, while he and the others followed behind to clean up the battlefield.

The world says that joining the Investigation Department means saying goodbye to a peaceful life, with every task walking on a knife-edge, dancing with danger and death. But the Wild Boar who clung to Chen Yuan’s thigh didn’t feel this way.

After sending off Nie Li and the other two, Chen Yuan also headed to Xiangrui Driving School.

While Cola was diligently practicing driving, Chen Yuan noticed that his speech video from yesterday was widely circulated on the local social network.

The video was somewhat blurred and even shaky, yet it garnered tens of thousands of likes.

"Being at the site, Advisor Chen truly deserves the title of Baokun City’s top Beastmaster; this speech benefited us greatly."

"I totally agree. My Pet Beast lazes around all day, avoiding training. I need to figure out a way to leverage its initiative."

Gazing at the comments from netizens, Chen Yuan smiled slightly and tapped the screen to post a comment: "Just a passerby, Advisor Chen is kinda handsome."

"Hmm?"

The Twin Flower Concubine, watching the phone screen with Chen Yuan, nodded thoughtfully.

Chen Yuan quickly cleared his throat and closed the interface with some guilt: "Kids shouldn’t see these things."

"Hmm?"

The Twin Flower Concubine tilted its head, completely not understanding what Chen Yuan meant.

Chen Yuan patted its little head and changed the subject, "How’s the training lately?"

Unbeknownst, night fell quietly.

After Cola finished practicing driving, Chen Yuan didn’t hurriedly return to the breeding base, but instead called Zhou Xu:

"Where do the skilled Beastmasters in our city usually gather?"

Zhou Xu answered without hesitation, "Combat Club."

Spark and Cola wanted to quickly break through to Tier Three, naturally needing to hone themselves through actual combat.

And the Combat Club never lacked skilled Beastmasters.

Zhou Xu added, "Advisor Shi often goes there to battle with other Beastmasters too."

"Alright." Chen Yuan grew interested and decided to check out the Combat Club.

"Advisor Chen, if you’re interested, I can arrange a private session for you directly and contact the most skilled Beastmasters there." Zhou Xu continued.

Chen Yuan shook his head, "No need, I’ll check it out myself first."

The Combat Club in Baokun City happened to be near the Association building, so Chen Yuan took a taxi directly there.

Arriving at the entrance, Chen Yuan found that the Combat Club was still bustling even at night, with many Beastmasters walking around with their respective Pet Beasts.

Walking into the hall, Chen Yuan suddenly recalled that he had already registered as a member of this Combat Club.

Yes, this was the club that had previously co-hosted a combat event with a restaurant in Phoenix City, where Chen Yuan registered for membership for ten bucks.

The hall was crowded, and the staff couldn’t spare time to greet the new Beastmasters, so they shouted loudly: "Advisor Shi is fighting in battle room number one. Interested Beastmasters can go watch first and wait for an available combat room."

With those words, everyone flowed towards battle room number one, talking continuously with each other:

"Advisor Shi is bullying us again."

"No choice, the competition is about to start; Advisor Shi is doing his final preparations."

"Bullying us is nothing; he should try facing Advisor Chen."

"Shh, be careful with your words."

"Advisor Chen is quite busy; just had an academic lecture yesterday, and I heard a rumor that a very frightening Flame Cloud Falcon appeared last night near the West District... where the College of Liberal Arts is, think about that."

Wearing a baseball cap and mask, Chen Yuan smiled slightly as the Twin Flower Concubine in his pocket tried to poke its head out to listen closely to the passerby discussions, but Chen Yuan pressed it back inside.

Following the crowd to a large open-air combat arena, the spectator seats all around were packed, with many people standing in the aisles too.

Shi Gang stood with his arms crossed, overlooking the arena, while the massive Rock Meteor Giant stood grandly in the field.

"So many days have passed without any progress; you’re too disappointing." Shi Gang addressed his opponent opposite him, a clear look of disappointment on his face.

The opponent remained silent, but the unwillingness and despondency in his eyes were visible to everyone.

Against Shi Gang’s fierce combat style, his opponent’s Pet Beast couldn’t last more than three minutes, completely overwhelmed throughout.

"Advisor Shi is indeed too overpowered here."

"Zhuang Jianbai is far away in Phoenix City, and Advisor Chen is not visible. Without these two, Advisor Shi is invincible in our city."

Listening to the whispered discussions of the crowd, Shi Gang let out a light snort, his thoughts shifting: "I’ll head to Phoenix City tomorrow; staying here doesn’t help me anymore."

Thoughts turned, Shi Gang scanned the whole arena, his dominant gaze full of aggressiveness, his voice booming, "Anyone else want to challenge me?"

"This is the last chance, after this I’ll be leaving."

The entire place was silent.

Shi Gang shook his head, ready to step away, when a familiar voice suddenly echoed in his ears: "I will."

Shi Gang raised his eyes and saw a man wearing a baseball cap walking slowly towards him, his grin widening with an arrogant smile, "Not bad, someone dares to challenge me."