Chapter 720 - 314: Advisor Chen Arrives in Binhai City! (2)

As an excellent secretary, these things were a piece of cake for Zhou Xu.

But Zhou Xu’s answer was completely beyond Chen Yuan’s expectations:

"Advisor Chen, you don’t need to buy the Sun Crown Sunflower Heart."

"With the Donghuang Conference right around the corner, the Association wants you to focus on preparing and to bring home a great result for Qin Province, so they’ve specially taken out a batch of Contribution Value to support your participation."

"In other words, the Association will cover all the costs of purchasing the Sun Crown Sunflower Heart. If you need to buy any other nurturing resources, I can also exchange them for you free of charge."

Chen Yuan was slightly stunned: "When did this happen?"

Zhou Xu replied with a smile, "Advisor Chen, this was decided in the meeting yesterday. I just haven’t had time to tell you yet."

Hearing Zhou Xu’s answer, Chen Yuan’s eyes lit up. "Alright, help me exchange two Sun Crown Sunflower Hearts first. The other resources can wait for now."

Before, he’d felt there was no need to become an Association Consultant, that it would inevitably bring a lot of tedious matters. But now he felt that joining the Association’s system was simply too sweet.

Not much work, generous benefits, and a socially respected status.

As this thought flashed by, Zhou Xu’s voice continued, "Advisor Chen, I just looked into it. At present, there’s no individual or company that possesses the Eternal Silence Sand Flower, so you’ll have to head to Binhai City."

"I’ve already helped you book a flight to Binhai City at five this afternoon. I’ll arrange a dedicated car to take you to the airport right now. How does this plan look to you? Is there anything you want adjusted?"

Chen Yuan shook his head with a smile. "Zhou, the arrangement is great. Thanks for the trouble."

Zhou Xu’s voice was steady and full of strength. "It’s my honor to serve you."

After a slight pause, Zhou Xu brought up another matter: "Oh right, Advisor Chen, do you need me to inform the Binhai City Beastmaster Association that you’re coming?"

Chen Yuan refused without hesitation. "No need."

He really didn’t want to attend any awkward and tedious welcoming ceremony; he just hoped to go early and return early, with as little contact with others as possible.

Hanging up the phone, Chen Yuan let out a long breath.

Being able to get the Sun Crown Sunflower Heart for free was an unexpectedly huge good thing. As for the Eternal Silence Sand Flower that couldn’t be directly exchanged, Chen Yuan was already used to personally searching for advancement resources.

The process might be troublesome, might be bumpy, might be full of danger, but for a Pet Beast that’s about to advance, it’s a rare tempering.

This Twin Flower Concubine, this tender little thing that had been sheltered by Spark and Cola since childhood, it was time for her to rely on her own ability to walk this path of advancement.

"But there’s one thing I need to keep in mind." Chen Yuan’s gaze grew deep as he muttered to himself.

When Spark advanced, it ran into a special incident of an earth fire eruption and Wandering Fire Ash Spirits going berserk;

When Cola advanced, it encountered the chaos stirred up by the New Star Association, and the Dome Feather Frost Blade riot as a special incident;

This time they’d be traveling all the way to Binhai City—surely they weren’t going to run into some weird emergency again, right?

"Definitely not!" Chen Yuan shook his head, throwing off that thought.

Things don’t happen in threes like that; he didn’t believe he had some special constitution where going out automatically triggered sudden incidents.

This time, it was absolutely going to be calm and uneventful, safe and smooth, letting Twin Flower Concubine advance without a hitch.

This trip was different from the past. Chen Yuan decided to move fast and finish fast, not linger, and strive to complete Twin Flower Concubine’s advancement ritual within five days.

Therefore, once he’d confirmed the itinerary, Chen Yuan didn’t hesitate and went straight to tell his grandpa about it.

As the decision-maker of his grandparents’ generation in Xuanhe Town, the old man had piles of matters to deal with every day; he only waved his hand at the soon-to-depart Chen Yuan.

He was already used to Chen Yuan going out from time to time.

After that, Chen Yuan repeated the usual routine every time he left home, reminding the little guys to guard the house properly and not cause trouble.

"Right, there’s one more thing."

Chen Yuan fixed his gaze on Run Run Duck and Electric Flying Cat—those two most likely to stir up trouble—his expression serious as he sternly reminded them, "Don’t bully the Frost Giant. I’ve put its food in the warehouse. Electric Flying Cat, you go help it bring the food."

The Frost Giant had an astonishing appetite. Since he expected to be away for five days, he’d left it a huge pile of Pet Beast Food.

The reason he didn’t let Run Run Duck help was that he was worried the gluttonous Run Run Duck wouldn’t be able to resist sneaking a bite.

Run Run Duck really treated new members very well, but its greedy nature always stirred up desire in its heart, driving its body to stretch those sinful wings toward delicious food.

If Chen Yuan ran into some unexpected situation and had to delay his return, and the prepared rations had been completely swept away by Run Run Duck, that would be a major headache.

Picking up his luggage, Chen Yuan walked to the farm gate.

"Ka."

Without any need for words, the mature and reliable Iron Head nodded on his own, indicating he would guard the gate properly.

As long as it was there, not even a mosquito was getting in.

Chen Yuan trusted Iron Head’s reliability and said with a smile, "I’ll be counting on you, then."

"Ka."

Iron Head nodded heavily.

"By the way, did you feed some weird ideas to the Frost Giant?" Chen Yuan suddenly asked.

Iron Head froze for a moment.

Chen Yuan went on, "Yesterday it kept going on about your training methods, saying it’s planning to only practice a single skill from now on."

"Ka."

Iron Head slowly nodded. That was indeed its training insight.

Chen Yuan could only rub his forehead helplessly.

This kind of training method might have some merits, but it was absolutely not healthy, not universal, and for now it seemed suited only to Iron Head.

The other Pet Beasts definitely couldn’t just train one skill. They had to develop in a balanced way, so they could handle all kinds of complicated situations.

Iron Head was a special case among special cases—it trained attack to the extreme, and focused only on offense, not defense.

But Chen Yuan didn’t judge whether Iron Head’s training method was right or wrong; he only nodded, then turned around and got into the dedicated car Zhou Xu had arranged.

Once he got back from this trip, he’d have the little guys help out together in researching the Frost Giant’s nurturing and training style.