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

“I understand.”

Halfway there, Old Xing, who had been deep in thought, suddenly raised his head and pulled a golden fruit from his green coat.

“Before I found this fruit, everything was normal.”

“After I found this fruit, Big Black noticed that the wolves were tracking us.”

Old Xing lowered his head, looking at the fruit in his palm with a complex expression.

Chen Yuan glanced at it briefly and then looked away: “Old Xing, this is a Lumen Fruit, a Tier 2 resource, with a natural and fatal attraction for pets.”

“No wonder they were chasing you relentlessly.”

Another Lumen Fruit, does the Qinling Mountains mass produce Lumen Fruits?

“Lumen Fruit? Tier 2 resource?” Old Xing asked with a puzzled expression.

Chen Yuan smiled slightly: “Old Xing, there's no internet on the mountain, it's normal that you don't know these things, I'll explain it to you slowly later.”

Not long after,

The two returned to the ranger's cabin, and Chen Yuan, under the dim light, told Old Xing about the important events after the Spirit Qi Revival.

“So that's how it is…” Old Xing first sighed with emotion, then squeezed out an unnatural smile, “But these things have nothing to do with an old man like me staying on the mountain.”

“You think so, right, Big Black... Blackflame Hound?”

Saying Big Black's new name, Old Xing was still a little unaccustomed.

Chen Yuan took the opportunity to touch the Blackflame Hound who was obediently lying beside Old Xing:

【First time collecting Blackflame Hound, Source Points plus two】

【Race: Blackflame Hound

Attribute: Fire

Level: 4 (Tier 1)

Affection: 23

Skills: Flame Surge (Crude 1.8/3) + Fiery Fangs (Crude 1.2/3) +

Quality: Elite

Conditions for promotion to Leader quality: Can be unlocked】

Old Xing carried a satellite phone with him so he could contact people down the mountain in case of emergencies.

“It stopped working after that rainstorm.” Old Xing said.

Chen Yuan's eyes flickered slightly, secretly wondering why the Spirit Qi Revival would affect the satellite.

But this was a question for professionals to think about, and Chen Yuan quickly stopped dwelling on it, instead advising: “Old Xing, the Qinling Mountains are different now than before.”

After a slight pause, he continued: “From what just happened, you can feel that it's much more dangerous here than before, and it's not suitable to stay any longer.”

As an ordinary person approaching sixty years old, it was too dangerous for Old Xing to continue staying on the mountain. Song Guohao's idea was to take him back down the mountain and arrange a leisurely position for him to retire.

Hearing this, Old Xing blew his beard and glared: “This is my home, where else would I stay if not here?”

Chen Yuan wanted to continue persuading: “But…”

Old Xing's attitude was firm, and with a wave of his hand, he interrupted Chen Yuan's words: “No need to say anything, I will not leave here.”

Chen Yuan was silent for a moment.

Old Xing had no relatives and no reason to return down the mountain alone, so persuading him to leave the mountain was indeed as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Chen Yuan simply stopped persuading him and instead asked about the changes in the Qinling Mountains during this period: “Old Xing, what do you think is the biggest change?”

“Many places have changed, they are different from before.” Old Xing said without thinking, “Some places didn't have roads before, but now there is an extra section of road out of nowhere.”

“The mountains, rivers, plants, and vegetation here have all changed.”

Chen Yuan nodded slightly, he had noticed this when he was going up the mountain.

“What else?” Chen Yuan carefully noted down what Old Xing said and continued to ask.

“Also…” Old Xing frowned and thought seriously, the wrinkles on his forehead were squeezed out, his tone slow and hesitant, “Also, that forest to the west, I feel like something is wrong.”

Old Xing opened the curtains, intending to point out the forest he was talking about, but found that it was pitch black outside, and silently closed the curtains again.

Chen Yuan didn't mind: “What do you think is wrong?”

Old Xing sat back on the stool: “There is always a dark cloud floating above that forest, every day.”

“Oh?” Chen Yuan sat up straight, intrigued, “And then?”

Old Xing looked at Big Black at his feet and slowly said: “Whenever Big Black goes there, it behaves very strangely.”

“It will be very excited, very亢奋, and will want to enter that area shrouded in dark clouds.”

“Woof woof~”

Hearing its name, Big Black raised its head and barked twice, as if echoing Old Xing's words.

Chen Yuan nodded thoughtfully: “Then let's go there and take a look tomorrow?”

“Okay.”

“Anything else?”

September 10th, Tuesday.

No mistake, one first one hair one inside one content one in one look!

Cloudy.

“That was a comfortable sleep.”

Chen Yuan stretched lazily, climbed out of the eggshell mattress, and felt refreshed and energetic.

Yesterday he chatted with Old Xing until very late and went to sleep in a hurry without washing up.

Glancing at the time, Chen Yuan got up briskly and woke up Cola, who was sleeping soundly.

“When will you wake up earlier than me?”

Chen Yuan muttered, pushed open the wooden door, and walked out of the ranger's cabin.

The view here was very open. Looking south was Mount Taibai and Mount Ao, and looking east could also see the majestic and spectacular continuous mountains. Looking west was a vast forest.

Old Xing stood beside Chen Yuan and pointed to the forest to the west: “That's what I'm talking about.”

“Shall we go over after breakfast?”

“Okay.” Chen Yuan nodded.

After eating a bowl of saozi noodles, the two brought their equipment, summoned three pets, and walked towards their destination.

With Old Xing, a senior ranger, leading the way, Chen Yuan's progress was much faster, and he also seized the opportunity to constantly ask Old Xing about the key points of patrolling the mountains as a ranger.

Old Xing had been a ranger for more than ten years. Although he didn't have enough theoretical knowledge, his years of experience made him know how to avoid dangers in the mountains.

Several hours later, the sun hung high overhead.

Chen Yuan squinted and looked forward, but found that the vast forest in front of him was shrouded in a huge dark cloud.

“Woof woof woof!”

Just as Old Xing said, as soon as it saw this forest, Big Black became very excited and kept barking.

If it weren't for Old Xing's restraint, it might have rushed over directly.

Cola and Spark had a similar reaction to Big Black, both showing great desire for the forest in front of them, as if something in the forest was attracting them.

Chen Yuan frowned slightly: “It's very strange, I have to report the situation here to the association and have them send someone to investigate.”

Chen Yuan was just a small ranger, his duty was to discover and report the situation, not to solve it.

Solving this kind of incident was naturally the responsibility of professionals.

He also didn't have the idea of taking the lead in entering to check the situation. After all, it looked very wrong here. Wouldn't rushing in rashly be the same as being a fool?

Taking out his phone to record the situation here, Chen Yuan said goodbye to Old Xing: “Old Xing, since you don't want to go down the mountain, I won't persuade you.”

“I will come up every week from now on, tell me in advance what you need.”

“See you next week.”