Beast Taming: I'm Really Just a Forest Ranger - Chapter 73: The True Use of Mind Sensing
Chapter 73: Chapter 73: The True Use of Mind Sensing
September 11th, Wednesday.
Sunny.
Even though it was already nine in the morning, Chen Yuan still stayed in bed, smiling foolishly while watching videos on his phone.
After two hard days of patrolling and forest protection, Chen Yuan decided to give himself a day off.
“Awoo~”
Cola, who had gotten up early and taken a stroll outside, returned to the bedroom. Seeing Chen Yuan still lying in bed, it rushed over and bit the blanket, trying to drag it onto the floor.
Get up, Master!
Chen Yuan glared at it: “What are you doing!”
“Awoo awoo awoo!”
Master, you said it yourself, you have to get up early every day to train, breathe the freshest air, and bathe in the most radiant sunshine!
Chen Yuan didn’t even lift his head and said indifferently: “I’m not like you. If you don’t get up, you’re being lazy. If I don’t get up, I’m broadening my horizons and improving myself through my phone.”
“Awoo!”
Cola widened its eyes immediately.
Master, that’s not what you used to say!!!
After a while,
Cola obediently lay beside Chen Yuan, staring intently with its pair of bright blue eyes at the video playing on the phone, grinning foolishly.
Hehe, the video is so interesting.
At this moment, Chen Yuan was not paying attention to Cola; his attention was entirely captivated by the video playing.
The video description read: A battle between genius Beastmasters at Beast Taming Academy Headquarters.
It carried two tags: Li Tianyun #Wind Tiger#
Chen Yuan remembered this name. This person was one of the first batch of students at the Beast Taming Academy Headquarters, well-known online, and had remained undefeated in pet beast battles.
The video was also very popular, having surpassed 500,000 likes, and the number was still climbing rapidly.
In the video, Li Tianyun was commanding the Wind Tiger in a battle against another Beastmaster, with the two pet beasts clashing and various skills colliding, making it very exciting.
However, Chen Yuan didn’t focus on the battle, but instead noticed that neither person spoke throughout; they stood silently like two statues.
They didn’t give commands verbally, which means… they were using Mind Sensing.
This is a skill that awakens naturally after becoming an Initial-tier Beastmaster, allowing you to know your contracted pet beast’s thoughts and communicate with it through Spiritual Power.
In fact, during this mountain patrol and forest protection, Chen Yuan also realized that verbal commands were too foolish.
In pet beast battles, the situation changes unpredictably. By the time you finish giving a verbal command, the situation may have already changed, and your opponent might have already bitten your pet beast’s neck.
But with communication through Spiritual Power, just a single thought can convey a command, making communication efficient and quick, more suited for pet beast battles.
However, for a pet beast like Cola without a contract, he could only command verbally for now.
Chen Yuan silently warned himself to remember this during pet beast battles and not to make the same mistakes.
He then squinted his eyes, quietly reflecting on the issues and mistakes he made during the mountain patrol and forest protection this time.
“Cola, do you think there were any places where I didn’t do well this time going into the mountains?” As they say, those involved cannot see as clearly as an outsider, so Chen Yuan intended to ask Cola for its opinion.
Upon hearing this, Cola’s eyes darted around, and it shook its head repeatedly, showing a fawning smile: “Awoo awoo awoo!”
No, no!
Master is the best!
Master can’t make mistakes!
Chen Yuan glanced at Cola, not surprised by its response: “It’s pointless to ask you, anyway.”
While summarizing the experiences and lessons from this mountain patrol and forest protection, Chen Yuan got dressed and got out of bed.
“Next time going into the mountains, the equipment should be as lightweight as possible. Maybe put a small saddlebag on Cola to carry more supplies.”
“And I could also bring the Electric Flying Cat along.”
Chen Yuan changed his posture to continue lying down and thought of the recent incident where the Violent Cloud Sparrow attacked the farm.
“Obviously, the Spirit Plants on the farm have a huge attraction for Extraordinary Creatures. Some pet beasts, like the Electric Flying Cat, can smell the Spirit Plant scent from afar.”
“As more Spirit Plants grow, such attack incidents will definitely increase.”
“I must find a way to strengthen the farm’s security forces.”
Currently, the farm’s resident pet beasts include Spark, Cola, the Electric Flying Cat, Iron Head, Run Run Duck, and Bean Chicken.
However, when Chen Yuan goes on mountain patrol and forest protection, he takes the first three with him, leaving the security force composed of the remaining three somewhat weak.
“First, find some powerful ones to entice… hire to the farm to expand the security force.”
“Second, continue enhancing the little ones’ strength.”
And enhancing strength is nothing more than focusing on a few aspects.
“For now, quality isn’t urgent; elite quality is sufficient. Besides, the current focus should be on Spark; finding the Fiery Sun Wood is what’s crucial.”
Although on the surface, his Source Point and Contribution Value seem abundant, a closer look reveals they can only support the elevation of one pet beast’s quality.
“Therefore, one can only work on their Level and Skill Proficiency.”
Through observations over this period, Chen Yuan found that pet beasts could enhance their level through skill training, pet beast battles, and daily exercise.
“Then find and purchase Spirit Plants that can enhance their strength.”
Like the Blazing Fruit, which not only enhances Skill Proficiency to a certain degree but also effectively boosts pet beast levels.
Although these resources are only most effective for the first couple of times, later consumption isn’t entirely ineffective, only the effects diminish progressively.
As long as they eat enough, quantitative changes will inevitably induce qualitative changes.
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan suddenly brightened, slapping his thigh: “Got it, as the Blazing Fruit and Luminous Fruit have dwindling enhancement effects for the little ones, I could sell them to exchange for Contribution Value and then specifically purchase other useful resources.”
“Currently, I have enough Source Points to make the Luminous Fruit Tree bear fruit twice.”
After a trip of mountain patrolling and forest protecting, the number of Source Points at his disposal had risen to 14.3.
Without further ado, Chen Yuan got out of bed directly, running quickly to the Luminous Fruit Tree.
Last night, he had specifically asked Chen Wenhao, who assured him that Spirit Plants have a long preservation time, with no issue during long-distance transport.
Therefore, Chen Yuan picked four Luminous Fruits, planning to send them to Jiang Wenning, Li Junyue, and his younger brother.
Next, Chen Yuan gazed at the field in front of him—the two tall and robust Luminous Fruit Trees stood proudly, accompanied by an almost three-meter-high Blazing Fruit Tree, in addition to multiple small seedlings scattered around.
Every time after letting the little ones finish a Luminous Fruit, Chen Yuan would have them conveniently plant the fruit kernels.
Thanks to Run Run Duck’s watering, several kernels had sprouted into seedlings, though a few still lay dormant underground.
This time, however, Chen Yuan didn’t plan to accelerate sprouting the seedlings; he intended to let the already once-harvested Luminous Fruit Tree bear fruit again.
He stood before the Luminous Fruit Tree, reaching out to touch the sturdy trunk, whereupon the system displayed a prompt:
[Luminous Fruit Tree (Mature Period)]
[Use Source Point to accelerate its growth?]
Whether the system’s unreasonable rigidity was to blame or the Luminous Fruit’s inherent biannual fruiting, the Luminous Fruit Tree, which had just born fruit, was once again to offer its body to this fledgling farm.
Moments later, upon the investment of 12 Source Points, the two Luminous Fruit Trees bore another 15 fruits.
Chen Yuan waved a big hand, saying to the eagerly awaiting little ones: “Alright, go pick the fruits!”
“Dian Dian!”
The Electric Flying Cat dashed forward impatiently, first pulling down four Luminous Fruits, handing them to Run Run Duck, Iron Head, Bean Chicken, and itself respectively.
“Toss one down for Spark and Cola as well,” Chen Yuan said suddenly.
Though Spark and Cola hadn’t guarded the farm, they accompanied him on mountain patrols and forest protection, driving off wolf packs, deserving rewards.
“Awoo awoo awoo!”
Originally with its ears drooping and eyes eagerly watching its companions eat Luminous Fruits, Cola suddenly became excited, yapping as it pounced towards Chen Yuan.
Master, I love you the most!
