Forest Guardian: I Really Don’t Want to Be a Beast Tamer

September 5th, Thursday.

Cloudy.

Chen Yuan was awakened from his sound sleep by a phone call. Groggily, he reached out and answered, "Hello, who is this?"

"Brother Yuan, are you still asleep? We've gone ahead to the rescue station to wait for you." Zhang Hao's voice sounded distant, as if from another world, but in that instant, it dragged Chen Yuan out of his dreamland.

He jolted awake, instantly alert. "Okay, okay, I'll be there right away."

Hanging up, he got up swiftly, dressed, quickly washed up, and woke up Cola, who was fast asleep.

"This stupid dog, can't he wake up earlier than me for once?" Chen Yuan muttered, pushing open the door.

"Woof, woof."

The dazed Cola followed behind him, swaying, its mouth opening and closing as if teetering on the edge of consciousness.

"Dee Dee."

Dee Dee the Flying Cat was awakened by the commotion of the man and his pet. It squinted its eyes, glanced over, and was swallowed up by endless drowsiness once more.

It subconsciously changed its position, curling its body into a ball and snuggling tightly against the carpet, falling into a deep sleep.

Chen Yuan, with Spark and Cola, sped all the way to the wildlife rescue station.

He had promised Song Guohao a few days ago to help guide his former colleagues, and the time was set for this morning.

"Am I late?" Seeing Zhang Hao already standing at the gate waiting for him, Chen Yuan quickly went to meet him.

"The timing is perfect, we just arrived too." Zhang Hao shook his head, stepping aside, "Let's go in first."

Entering the large open space inside the rescue station, Song Guohao and a former colleague were already eagerly waiting.

After some polite conversation, Song Guohao pointed to Zhang Hao and that former colleague, his tone helpless and wistful, "Xiao Chen, these are all the Beast Tamers in our rescue station."

The rescue station had a total of more than ten people, and after a full week of spiritual energy recovery, excluding him, only two had become Beast Tamers.

"The probability is very low." Chen Yuan sighed inwardly.

But these were matters for the higher-ups to worry about, and Chen Yuan ignored them, looking at the two and asking, "In terms of Beast Taming, I only know a little more than you, just lucky enough to have succeeded in meditation a few days earlier."

"Teacher Chen is being modest." Zhang Hao chimed in.

Chen Yuan smiled slightly, "Do you have any doubts or urgent questions right now?"

Former colleague Shao Yang immediately raised his hand and asked, "Teacher Chen, I want to know how to quickly improve the strength of my pet beast?"

Zhang Hao also raised his hand, "I want to know too."

Chen Yuan secretly grumbled, "Don't just say you guys, I also really want to know."

But he pondered for a moment, then slowly replied, "Based on my understanding during this time, I think improving the strength of a pet beast can be approached from several aspects."

"Train the pet beast's physical fitness, improve the pet beast's skill proficiency, raise the pet beast's rank, and enhance the Beast Tamer's command ability."

"By working on these four aspects together, the pet beast's strength will steadily improve."

Shao Yang nodded thoughtfully, while Zhang Hao scratched his head, muttering softly, "It's itchy, feels like I'm about to grow a brain."

Immediately afterwards,

Zhang Hao raised his head and looked at Chen Yuan, a sense of recklessness emerging in his eyes, "Teacher Chen, instead of saying so much, how about a Beast Tamer battle?"

After a pause, he said, "Since becoming a Beast Tamer, I haven't really had a Beast Tamer battle."

"Me neither." Shao Yang echoed, nodding.

In this small Xuanhe Village, the number of Beast Tamers added up doesn't exceed one hand, so naturally there is no so-called Beast Tamer battle.

"I heard that in those big cities, many genius Beast Tamers have emerged, all of whom are experts in Beast Tamer battles." Shao Yang took over the topic, his eyes filled with longing.

"Li Tianyun of the Beast Taming Academy headquarters is a genius who succeeded in his first meditation. It is said that he contracted a very powerful Wind-Riding Tiger. After becoming a Beast Tamer, he has never been defeated and is currently the most popular genius Beast Tamer."

Chen Yuan had heard of this person online. Various social platforms were vigorously promoting his deeds and achievements. The popularity and traffic were inexplicably high, as if an invisible hand was forcibly pushing him into the spotlight.

Along with Li Tianyun, several other first-term students of the Beast Taming Academy were also famous, all possessing both talent and good looks, perfectly meeting the needs of publicity.

Chen Yuan secretly guessed, "It is estimated that the Beast Tamer Association is setting an example to keep the Beast Taming craze fermenting and encourage more people to choose to become Beast Tamers."

"Isn't there a talented Beast Tamer in our Baokun City who can be shown off?" Zhang Hao couldn't help but ask.

Shao Yang, who was well-informed, thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "There really is. I heard that there is a genius Beast Tamer in our Baokun City, also a first-term student of the Beast Taming Academy, named Zhuang Jianbai. His initial pet beast seems to be a flying pet beast, and he wins more than he loses in pet beast battles."

Zhang Hao looked at Shao Yang with strange eyes, wondering, "How do you know everything?"

Shao Yang couldn't help but raise his head, "As long as you pay attention to various social platforms, including but not limited to Tieba, Xiaohongshu, Douhai, etc., you can do it too."

Uninterruptedly reading and reading!

Song Guohao, who had been listening silently, said with a straight face, "Alright, knowing so much is not good. Let's hurry up and study."

Shao Yang immediately shut up.

Chen Yuan smiled, "Summon your pet beasts, I'll first understand them through pet beast battles."

"Okay." Zhang Hao raised his eyebrows, suddenly making hand seals. A mysterious gray array appeared in front of him, and a slightly stout figure slowly emerged.

"Grunt."

As soon as the Gray-Armored Mountain Boar appeared, it completely ignored the three people beside it and rushed straight towards Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao's face changed drastically, waving his hands repeatedly, "No, no, no, this is outside, pay attention to the impact."

"Don't come over!!!"

The Gray-Armored Mountain Boar ignored him, rumbling as it stepped on the ground, its heavy body directly pouncing on Zhang Hao, knocking him to the ground. It lowered its head, its pig snout approaching Zhang Hao's face.

For a time, Zhang Hao's face was ashen, completely despairing.

Chen Yuan gasped, unable to help but mutter, "Fortunately, fortunately Cola is not a Gray-Armored Mountain Boar."

The corner of Song Guohao's mouth twitched, "Truly deep affection."

Shao Yang also summoned his initial pet beast—a head-shaking, brain-waggling Fire-Fleece Hound, its body covered in orange-yellow fur. It was larger than the Gale Hound, with fiery red mane on its back and brown pads on its paws.

At this time, Zhang Hao struggled to get up from under the Gray-Armored Mountain Boar's oppression. He lowered his head and patted the dusty clothes, sighing as he looked at the Gray-Armored Mountain Boar affectionately nudging him, "Originally, this guy did nothing but eat and sleep all day, but since eating that Luminous Fruit, it has completely changed."

"Is its affection for me too high now?"

Chen Yuan laughed, "High affection is a good thing."

Zhang Hao gave him a resentful look, "Really? Why don't you try it?"

Chen Yuan stopped talking.

Song Guohao coughed lightly a few times, saying, "Alright, let's not talk about these things, let's have a pet beast battle first."

"Our Xuanhe Village's first official pet beast battle."