Beastmaster: I'm really just a forest ranger

Chapter 301 The Conversion of Townships into Towns! A Great Event for Xuanhe Town!

It was sunny on March 12.

Chen Yuan, who rarely stays up late, slept until almost noon after partying until the soft sunlight filled the entire bed.

What time is it?

"Ow!"

Cola turned her head and looked over, her eyes flashing with a faint blue light. She used her mental power to control her phone to slowly fly in front of Chen Yuan. The screen lit up, and it was already 11 a.m.

Since awakening his mental attributes, Cola has mastered an incredible ability—mental power.

Although this mental power is still very weak and shallow, after several days of dedicated study and training, Cola has already been able to do some things with it:
For example, with just a thought, you can control the cola in the bottle to automatically flow into your mouth, so you no longer have to bend down to drink it yourself.

Or, by weaving one's mental energy into a net while chasing butterflies, one can bind them within and quietly admire them.

Of course, this action was morally reprehensible, and Coca-Cola has already been severely criticized by Chen Yuan.

In short, Cola's application of mental power is currently in its early stages. It is actively learning through online tutorials, and although it spends a lot of time slacking off, it has still managed to learn some knowledge.

It is believed that in the near future, Cola will be able to surprise his opponents on the field with his strong willpower.

"I bought a course on mental power skills last night. Remember to study it later." Chen Yuan covered his mouth and yawned, then suddenly spoke.

The spiritual revival has continued to this day, and there is now a fixed process for learning skills.

Firstly, you can choose to purchase learning courses directly from the Beastmaster official website. The prices are open and transparent, and the courses have been verified by professionals to ensure their authenticity.

Secondly, you can also purchase related courses through private individuals or online shops. The prices are lower than those of the official courses, but their authenticity is not guaranteed and there is a certain risk involved.

As an advisor to the Qin Province Beast Tamer Association, Chen Yuan naturally chose to purchase from the official website.

His current monthly income is more than enough to buy some courses. He is no longer the poor man who used to hesitate twice before bringing the fallen horned beast back to the farm, fearing that he would be eaten out of house and home.

Now, he could easily raise a few more Fallen Horned Beasts.

In short, Cola needs to master various ways of using mental power while learning multiple mental skills to expand his attack range, which is destined to be a long learning process.

However, as an excellent pet beast, Cola should learn from the Twin Flower Concubine, who can search for and learn various skills on her own without the need for the Beast Tamer to urge or guide her.

Only by fully utilizing one's initiative can one go further and further on the path to becoming a powerful pet.

Chen Yuan hopes that Coca-Cola can achieve this.

There are quite a few mental skills on the market, but many are not suitable for Cola.

For example, skills like [Crowd Control], [Dream Weaver], or [Breath of Truth] don't fit Cola's positioning and style, so Chen Yuan eliminated them directly.

After careful selection, Chen Yuan chose two skills that were suitable for Kele to learn.

One of them is the Mind Domain Wind Network, which continuously releases extremely weak and scattered threads of mental energy that spread to the surrounding area with the wind.

Strong emotional fluctuations, such as hostility, fear, and excitement, that occur within the wind network's coverage area can disturb these mental threads and provide early warnings and precise location information.

In the past, when patrolling the mountains and protecting the forest, Cola was usually responsible for keeping watch around and using scent to find the pet animals hiding in the dark.

However, this method often fails to work.

For example, in the snowy weather on Puda Snow Mountain, the snow will cover all smells, making it impossible for Cola to find traces of other pets.

However, if Cola can master the Mind Domain Wind Network, she can better guard against her surroundings and be wary of hostile pets.

More accurately, it refers to all living beings that experience strong emotional fluctuations.

This skill may be useless on the battlefield, but it is extremely useful in the wild.

The second skill is called Phantom Charge, which allows the user to briefly create one or more realistic shadow clones with slight mental interference while sprinting at high speed. The main body and the shadow clones charge together, making their trajectories unpredictable.

Compared to the previous purely supportive skill, this skill can have a huge effect in pet battles, not only interfering with the opponent's lock-on and attack judgment, but also improving one's own evasion ability.

However, compared to the previous skill, Phantom Charge is much more difficult to learn, and the official website of Beastmaster gives it a difficulty rating of four stars.

The difficulty rating of Heart Domain Wind Network is only two stars, making the difference in quality immediately apparent.

"Awooo!" Cola's eyes shone brightly, full of fighting spirit.

But Chen Yuan knew this was just an illusion. Like many middle school students and even college students, Kele was intermittently striving for improvement, but continuously drifting through life.

To change this situation, Chen Yuan had no choice but to look up at Cola and say softly, "The Eastern Empire Tournament is about to begin."

"Huh?" Cola was taken aback.

Chen Yuan gazed at the wind and snow outside the window and continued, "The Donghuang Conference will begin next month, and audiences from all over the country will be watching."

"If you perform well on the field, perhaps the whole country will remember your name and know that there is such a majestic wind-riding dog."

"but"

He paused, then smiled and said, "If you don't perform well, all the spectators will witness you being defeated by your opponent, and the scene of your unwillingness to accept defeat."

"I wonder what that feels like. Would you like to experience it?"

Cola's eyes widened, and he shook his head rapidly like a rattle-drum.

Chen Yuan smiled slightly, his tone becoming increasingly cheerful: "Then train hard, I'll check your training results in a week."

"Oh, the inspection method is to fight against the sparks."

"Ow"

Cola's eyes widened even more. It didn't want to experience the feeling Chen Yuan described, and it didn't want to be beaten up by the boss. So it quickly ran to the yard to start training.

Watching Cola's hurried departure, Chen Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

With only one month until the opening of the Eastern Empire Tournament, although he could hardly find any rivals in the entire Qin Province, heroes from all over the world are as numerous as carp crossing a river, and in the vast Eastern Empire, there will always be a few beast tamers who are so powerful that it seems like they have cheat codes.

Fortunately, they only seemed to have cheat codes; Chen Yuan actually had cheat codes.

After a quick wash, Chen Yuan went to the courtyard to stretch his legs and prepare to begin his plans for the day.

As the head of the forest rangers in this area, he hadn't been to the mountains to protect the forests for a while. He took advantage of this rare free time to go for a stroll in the mountains, check for any hidden risks, and also visit the Mysterious Forest to see how Qingpo and Qingcang were doing.

The matter concerning the gods is of great importance. Although the Mysterious Forest has always been under the surveillance of the Beast Tamer Association, Chen Yuan still needs to check on it personally from time to time.

If anything unusual happens in Qingcang, the entire Qinling Mountains will be in danger.

Just as Chen Yuan began preparing supplies for the mountain trip, a familiar shout came from outside the farm, accompanied by the rapid sound of footsteps approaching.

"Brother Yuan, Brother Yuan, good news!"

Chen Yuan turned his head and saw Zhang Hao, the Pig Knight, riding a gray-armored wild boar into the farm, waving excitedly at him.

"Brother Yuan!"

The gray-armored wild boar braked suddenly and stopped five meters in front of Chen Yuan. Due to inertia, Zhang Hao's body flew forward uncontrollably and knelt down in front of Chen Yuan the next second.

Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow and teased, "I know you're excited, but there's no need for such a grand gesture."

Zhang Hao showed no embarrassment whatsoever. He quickly got up and ran to Chen Yuan, casually patted the snow dust off his knee, and grinned, "Brother Yuan, this is really good news."

"What good news?" Chen Yuan asked. "Our Xuanhe Village has been upgraded to Xuanhe Town!" Zhang Hao exclaimed excitedly, gesturing wildly.

Chen Yuan was taken aback: "Xuanhe Town?"

"Yup!"

Zhang Hao's voice was filled with excitement, his eyes shining: "Our Xuanhe Village has a special geographical location, and with the recent buzz, it has finally been upgraded to a town."

After a brief pause, a wide smile spread across his face as he began to envision his future business empire: "Once it becomes Xuanhe Town, there will definitely be more people from other places and beast tamers coming here. Relying solely on guesthouses and pet rental services will not be enough."

"I need to hurry up and prepare to open a restaurant and a shop."

Ignoring Zhang Hao's future business plans, Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes, his thoughts racing.

He already knew about this news.

In recent years, in order to promote the construction of new urbanization, various places in Donghuang have been implementing administrative measures to abolish townships and establish towns, but this regulation has nothing to do with Xuanhe Village, which is located deep in the mountains.

However, after the spiritual energy revived, the geographical factors that had once hindered the development of Xuanhe Village became a major driving force for its progress. The higher-level leaders had long been preparing a plan to turn Xuanhe Village into a town, and unexpectedly, it was finally realized.

Subsequently, Chen Yuan, who was an advisor to the Qin Province Beast Tamer Association, learned more detailed information from Zhou Xu.

It turns out that the higher-level leaders wanted to develop Xuanhe Town into one of the main entrances and exits into the Qinling Mountains, gathering the scattered beast tamers here, partly to better promote the development of the surrounding area, and partly to implement unified and standardized management.

According to the superior's plan, Xuanhe Town's infrastructure should be more complete, and it must have a more fully functional Beast Tamer's Office, a pet hospital, and a security station.

Upon seeing this, Chen Yuan was taken aback: "Where would these facilities be built?"

"In the sky?"

Xuanhe Town is surrounded by mountains on all sides. The only flat land has long been occupied by houses, so where is there any open space to build new facilities?
Zhang Hao pointed northwest: "Brother Yuan, have you forgotten that open space?"

Chen Yuan looked in the direction Zhang Hao was pointing, and memories flooded back. He murmured, "So that's how it is."

There is indeed a large flat area to the northwest of Xuanhe Town, about 200 meters away, but Xuanhe Village did not have any extra construction needs in the past.

After all, with young people going out to work, only the elderly, children, and the sick and disabled are left in the village. Who would be willing to build a house in the village?

But things are different now. Xuanhe Town, now upgraded to a town, will inevitably accept ordinary people and beast tamers from all over the world, and urgently needs to expand its scope and build houses and infrastructure.

"and many more."

"If I remember correctly, a group of golden monkeys, no, fiery monkeys, live there?" Chen Yuan suddenly remembered something important.

Xuanhe Village is located in Taibai County. A group of golden snub-nosed monkeys, one of the four treasures of the Qinling Mountains, live in the deep mountains nearby, which has attracted experts and professors to come and study them many times.

After the spiritual energy revived, these golden monkeys naturally evolved into fire-attribute Fiery Spirit Monkeys, making this flat land their habitat.

If Xuanhe Town wants to requisition this flat land, it must first persuade the group of Fiery Monkeys to move away from this place.

"It's a small matter." Zhang Hao waved his hand casually, his eyes gleaming with confidence, as if all the hardships and obstacles were insignificant in the face of making money. "I'll negotiate with them and make sure they move out obediently."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly.

Zhang Hao is a master of rhetoric and excels at interpersonal communication; if he's in charge, the matter will surely be resolved easily.

Wait, the other party isn't human?

That's alright, with Zhang Hao's emotional intelligence and abilities, he can easily solve the pet problem as well.

But Chen Yuan knew that Zhang Hao was a man who wouldn't do anything without a reason, and besides, he was usually busy, so why would he take the initiative to solve such a troublesome matter?

Zhang Hao chuckled: "Brother Yuan, I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

He paused briefly, cleared his throat, and raised his voice: "I might be getting a promotion."

Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow: "Promoted from a second-level staff member to a first-level staff member?"

Zhang Hao wagged his index finger, a hint of smugness gradually appearing on his face: "Deputy Director!"

"The higher-ups seem quite satisfied with the competition I planned this time, and have decided to give me more responsibilities and let me try the job of deputy director."

Chen Yuan smiled and clasped his hands in a fist salute: "Congratulations, Director Zhang!"

The spiritual revival not only gave birth to incredible life forms, but also severely impacted the former social order.

Zhang Hao's appointment as deputy director at his age is not only due to his own abilities, but also thanks to new ideas and a new order.

During their conversation, Song Guohao called to invite them to a meeting at the office.

The two hurried to the office.

The meeting was attended by a large number of people, including not only employees from various units, but also prominent figures from the entire Xuanhe Town.

Chen Yuan was undoubtedly the main character, but he didn't know much about these matters. Adhering to the basic principle that one has no right to speak without the right to investigate, he took the initiative to step aside and let the old village chief, who had been promoted to town mayor, and Song Guohao take the lead in this meeting.

Ironically, the old village chief was long past retirement age, but Xuanhe Village continued to develop and prosper, and he was promoted in his final days.

The meeting covered a lot of topics, but the vast majority of them had nothing to do with Chen Yuan.

He only knew one thing: starting today, Xuanhe Village would be separated from the jurisdiction of Nanhe Town, and the nearby villages would be brought under his jurisdiction.

The meeting lasted for two hours. Despite being physically and mentally exhausted, everyone left the office with excited expressions, continuing their discussions.

"I never thought our village would encounter such an opportunity!"

“Everyone else is moving to better places, but we didn’t have to move at all; the village improved on its own.”

"We have to thank Consultant Chen."

"Yes, without Consultant Chen, our village wouldn't be as popular as it is now."

Hearing everyone attributing the credit for the conversion of townships into towns to his own, Chen Yuan quickly waved his hand, "No, no, no, I'm just a trivial excuse."

Upon leaving the office and arriving on the street, Chen Yuan discovered that the entire village was engulfed in a lively atmosphere of celebration.

Snowflakes pattered against the newly hung "Xuanhe Town" plaque, where many villagers were gathered, discussing or taking pictures, while children chased after Paw Patrol vehicles and ran around.

When they were tired, the children built a snowman nearby, while a newborn tumbleweed puppy curled up and dozed off nearby, its fiery red fur melting the thin layer of snow around its paws. A flock of larks stood in neat rows on a telephone pole, looking down at the lively scene below.

Little Zhao cast an envious glance at his playful friends, but then heard Little Zhao's urging voice beside him: "Are you ready? Let's go!"

Although these days have been tiring, Xiao Zhao has saved up quite a bit of money by running a fruit stall. He decided to take advantage of this good day to take his wife and children to the city for a stroll and to buy a pet to guard the house.

Experts say that letting children interact with pets from a young age might increase their chances of awakening as beast tamers.

Although Xiao Zhao felt that this was just a gimmick to trick ordinary people into buying pets, he had spare money and buying a pet would not be difficult for him.

Besides, what if little Zhao really does become a noble beast tamer in the future?

Life always needs something to strive for.

Just like Xuanhe Village, which is located deep in the mountains, few people knew about it before, but the people who have lived here for generations have never given up their yearning for a better life.

Today, the harmonious coexistence of humans and animals will surely create a brighter future.

All the townspeople thought so.

(End of this chapter)