Beast Taming: I'm Really Just a Forest Ranger-Chapter 147 - 121: Are You Ready to Become the Strongest Beastmaster?

Chapter 147: Chapter 121: Are You Ready to Become the Strongest Beastmaster?

September 30, Monday.

Sunny.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.

Zhang Hao, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, stepped out of his yard and stretched lazily: "As soon as my eyes are open, it’s time to start working."

Jiang Yuntao, basking in the sun in the yard, heard this and replied with a smile: "Your work is much easier than ours."

He was busy with various tedious tasks at the academy daily, but he finally had some time to stay in Xuanhe Village and rest well these past two days.

Fortunately, the accommodations and services at this farmhouse were quite good, so he decided to stay for two nights, waiting for the students to come down the mountain.

Zhang Hao pouted: "Work isn’t just about being tiring; we’re all just beasts of burden."

Then, he squinted at the distant mountains and asked, "Teacher Jiang, your students should be coming down soon, right?"

"Yes." When talking about this topic, a flash of concern appeared in Jiang Yuntao’s eyes, "I wonder how they’re doing."

Although he had confidence in his students, after all, this was the Qinling Mountains, full of hidden dangers.

He wasn’t hoping for any major gains, just a safe return would be good enough.

Before long,

Wang Yuan, covered in dust, was the first to return to the Good Fortune Farmhouse, his clothes dirty, hair disheveled, and originally fair skin slightly tanned, looking like an old brother who had just worked hard on a construction site for half a month.

Upon entering the yard, Wang Yuan ignored their surprised looks and directly picked up the bottle of mineral water on the table, gulping it down, a satisfied smile gradually emerging on his face: "Refreshing!"

Jiang Yuntao looked at Wang Yuan, who had obviously been through a lot, with amusement, asking: "How was the harvest?"

"Don’t even mention it, teacher." Wang Yuan plopped onto a bench, usually a cleanliness freak, but didn’t rush to shower, instead, he started complaining one sentence after another, "We hadn’t been in the mountains long before we stirred up a swarm of Attendant Bees."

"Stole some honey?" Jiang Yuntao asked.

"Right..." Wang Yuan replied with an embarrassed smile, then widened his eyes, becoming increasingly animated, "It was just a bit of honey theft, we weren’t disturbing their ancestral graves, did they have to chase me for a whole day and night!!!"

Jiang Yuntao took a small sip of tea: "You mean to say, the time you spent in the mountains was mostly spent being pursued by them?"

Wang Yuan looked evasive, murmuring: "Yes."

Jiang Yuntao pursed his lips: "Well, that’s not all bad; at least now you know how to deal with Attendant Bees when you encounter them in the future."

"I don’t know..." Wang Yuan said mournfully, "I seem to have developed PTSD. When I sleep at night, all I dream about is the buzzing sound. I start trembling the moment I see them."

Jiang Yuntao was momentarily speechless.

Zhang Hao sympathetically patted his shoulder, saying: "Throw a Flame Cloud Falcon at those Attendant Bees and they’ll behave."

"What?" Wang Yuan was taken aback.

Meanwhile, one after another, students returned to the yard, looking similar to Wang Yuan, like forest wildlings, continuously venting about their experiences.

"We went into the mountains and stirred up a flock of Violent Cloud Sparrows, chased over three mountains!"

"Three mountains!!!"

"A swarm of Attendant Bees is nothing. I found a Spirit Plant in the bamboo forest, thinking it was a fortunate surprise, but unexpectedly, a Tier Two Wooden Panda discovered us, and the outcome was particularly miserable. It forced us to help chop bamboo; my arms are still sore!!!"

"Ha, have you ever experienced being madly pursued by a pack of Snow Cloud Wolves?"

After exchanging experiences, everyone realized that their adventures weren’t much different from each other. The once gloomy and defeated atmosphere instantly cleared up and everyone felt psychologically balanced, instead arguing over who had the most miserable experience and whose adventure was the most thrilling.

Silently listening to the students’ discussions, Jiang Yuntao’s hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, he silently reminded himself to stay calm: "They lacked mountain experience, no experience in wild battles, understandable."

"Understandable."

"Furthermore, Zhuang Jianbai hasn’t returned yet; he must have achieved significant gains."

With a peaceful mindset, once Zhuang Jianbai entered the mountain forest, he was sure to reap great rewards.

"Lao Zhuang’s back!"

Wang Yuan suddenly spotted a familiar figure entering the yard and immediately shouted out, everyone turned at the sound — Zhuang Jianbai’s clothes were neat and clean, with a tall and upright posture like a tall tree, exuding a positive vigor that sharply contrasted with them.

Jiang Yuntao’s face finally showed a faint smile.

With this appearance, Zhuang Jianbai must have had a good harvest.

"Lao Zhuang, how was the harvest?" Wang Yuan shouted loudly.

Facing the expectant gazes, Zhuang Jianbai first shook his head, then nodded: "I encountered a Tier Two Earth Bear the afternoon before yesterday, and I’ve been sparring with it the entire time."

"Did you win?" Wang Yuan was most concerned about this question.

Zhuang Jianbai laughed: "It’s very powerful, my Winter Dog wasn’t a match, I didn’t win."

After a pause, seeing the shocked expressions of the crowd, he smiled: "But I gained a lot, each failure taught me many things, I’ve improved a lot."

"Teacher, I think I have the courage to battle against that Beastmaster."

A smile reappeared on Jiang Yuntao’s face.

That’s great, with such a mindset, one can succeed in anything.

Zhang Hao lifted his gaze and asked: "Was it the Earth Bear with the Bear Cub?"

"Yes." Zhuang Jianbai nodded.

Zhang Hao furrowed his eyebrows slightly, speculating with surprise: "Seems like that Earth Bear has improved a lot during this time; I remember Yuan defeated it in just a few minutes back then."

"Oh, Yuan asked me to tell you ’sorry,’ he went to Baokun City today for some business, and can’t make it for the Pet Beast battle."

Instantly, the yard fell into a dead silence.

Zhuang Jianbai stood there in a daze, the words Zhang Hao said—defeated it in just a few minutes—echoing in his mind endlessly.

... 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

In the afternoon,