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

Leaving the winding and rugged mountain path, the man and his two pets gradually entered the dense forest.

Looking ahead, the dense layers of branches intertwined, blocking the intense sunlight, with only a few rays shining through the gaps onto the ground.

In the distance, trees stood in groups, resembling a silent green ocean.

Xuanhe Village is located in the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains, adjacent to Mount Taibai, the main peak of the Qinling Mountains, and belongs to the core area, with few tourists.

When Chen Yuan was young, he often came to this forest with his younger brother to explore. After starting work, he also followed the forest rangers several times to patrol the forest and rescue wild animals.

He was no stranger to this forest, but he had never been to the deeper parts.

However, after the revival of spiritual energy, this place had undergone earth-shaking changes.

There were many towering trees dozens or even hundreds of meters tall, with dense leaves like canopies, and thick vines intertwined, resembling a primeval forest.

Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, scanning the surroundings, paying attention to every corner. Any rustling sound would make him vigilant.

Wandering in the jungle is not a child's play. Nature will make every ignorant person feel awe.

However, Coke did not have such concerns.

“Woof～”

Coke's steps were cheerful and arrogant, its pair of azure blue eyes looking left and right, seemingly curious about everything around it.

If it discovered a fleeting small animal, Coke would not hesitate to chase after it, disappearing in an instant.

It would only return when Chen Yuan called it.

“You seem to want to fight?” Chen Yuan looked down at Coke and smiled slightly.

“Woof!”

Having its thoughts exposed by its master, Coke grinned, chuckling.

After witnessing Spark easily defeat the Steel-Headed Groundhog, Coke's desire to fight skyrocketed.

It wants to fight, fight!

It wants to gain its master's approval!

Just thinking about easily defeating its opponent, being watched by its master with admiring eyes, and having its dog head stroked by a gentle hand, Coke couldn't help but hum softly.

Spark glanced sideways at the silly Coke, then raised its head high.

It increasingly felt that this four-legged beast posed no threat to it.

Chen Yuan reached out and stroked Coke's soft fur, slowly saying, “They didn't provoke you, why fight?”

After a pause, he continued, “Only attack those with malicious intentions.”

Originally, after hearing the first sentence, Coke immediately wilted, its eyes dimming. However, after hearing the next sentence, it suddenly raised its head and stared at Chen Yuan, its face full of excitement: “Woof woof woof!”

Got it!

As long as I think the other side has malicious intentions, I can beat it up!

Along the way, Chen Yuan encountered more than once extraordinary creatures he had never seen before, but most of them were fleeting glimpses.

Although these extraordinary creatures had no hostility, they maintained the basic vigilance of wild animals, and immediately ran away upon seeing Chen Yuan's figure.

This made Chen Yuan's idea of touching them up close and obtaining source points fall through.

The sun gradually moved westward, and it was already afternoon.

After walking for several hours, Chen Yuan called the two little ones to stop and rest, replenish food, and recover their strength.

“I didn’t have this much stamina before.”

Traveling through the jungle was particularly exhausting. He also needed to wield a sickle from time to time to clear obstacles. An ordinary person would have been exhausted long ago.

However, Chen Yuan only felt a little tired.

“This is the benefit of becoming a Beastmaster.”

As the strength of the contracted pets becomes stronger and stronger, and the number of contracted pets increases, his own mental strength and physical fitness will continue to increase.

Maybe one day, he himself will be able to confront extraordinary creatures head-on.

“Spark, how much further?” Chen Yuan looked up at Spark in the air and asked.

“Chirp chirp chirp.”

Spark stared at the front for a while, then suddenly it seemed to see something and made a chirping sound.

Almost there!

Chen Yuan's eyes lit up, and he quickly pulled up Coke, who was lying on the ground resting: “Get up, we’re almost there.”

One hour later.

“Is this what you call almost there?” Chen Yuan stared at the deep, dense forest ahead, his tone uncertain.

“Chirp.”

Spark in front shifted its gaze, subconsciously avoiding Chen Yuan's eyes.

“It's okay, let's keep going, we'll get there anyway.” Chen Yuan didn't mind Spark's misjudgment.

He was already used to the “almost there” when climbing mountains and the “food will be served soon” when urging waiters. These are all famous lies.

However, after walking forward for about ten minutes, a large tree came into view.

Upon seeing this tree, Spark immediately became excited and quickly flapped its wings to approach.

When it saw the fiery red fruits hanging on the tree, its expression was excited, and it secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then, it flew back to Chen Yuan's side at the fastest speed: “Chirp chirp chirp!”

It's here!

Afterward, Spark carefully raised its head, looking at its Beastmaster with expectant eyes, its heart uneasy and nervous.

No one makes a first one! One inside one looks at one!

“Not bad, you successfully led us to find it.” Chen Yuan pointed at Spark’s little head with his finger, and the latter was surrounded by admiring eyes.

Spark narrowed its eyes slightly, and its wings couldn’t help but tremble slightly, as if playing a cheerful beat.

“Woof.”

In the corner, Coke cast an envious look, but it was no longer as frustrated and jealous as usual.

It is no longer the Coke it used to be.

It can do what Spark can do!

For a moment, Coke's eyes were scorching hot, as if filled with beautiful expectations for the future.

However, when the corner of its eye caught sight of its master walking towards the big tree, it shook its head, threw away the wild thoughts in its head, and followed along happily.

This tree was only about twenty meters tall, not conspicuous among the towering trees, but its leaves were faintly reddish, which was particularly peculiar.

Chen Yuan's gaze fell entirely on the four fiery red fruits.

This kind of fiery red fruit is exactly the same as the Flame Fruit displayed by the system, shaped like an apple, emitting a faint layer of flame.

“It’s really amazing.”

Looking at the layer of flame, Chen Yuan sincerely sighed, then took out his phone and turned on the camera mode.

He first recorded the environment and general shape of the tree, and then zoomed in to give multiple close-ups.

After doing all this, Chen Yuan put down his phone and said to Coke, “Coke, use Wind Blade to knock down the Flame Fruit.”

“Woof!”

Coke nodded in response and was about to fly forward.

However, at this moment, Coke's dog nose twitched. It seemed to smell something strange, its ears perked up high, and its vigilant eyes looked towards the back of the tree, while issuing a reminder: “Woof woof woof!”

“Chirp～”

Spark looked down from a high position, its dark blue eyes staring at the back of the tree, the fire energy in its body stirring.

Under the silent gaze of the man and his two pets, a fiery red figure slowly walked out from behind the tree, its posture elegant and light, like a proud dancer walking onto the stage.

This was a fox covered in fiery red fur, with a wide and fluffy tail that burned with a cluster of flames at the end.

Upon closer inspection, the length of the tail was actually longer than its body.

Above its pair of dark green eyes was a long scar, adding a sense of sternness.

“Woof woof woof!”

Upon seeing this fox appear, Coke immediately perked up, baring its teeth and stepping forward without hesitation.

It felt it, this fox has malicious intentions!

Regardless of whether it really has malicious intentions or not, as long as it thinks it has malicious intentions, then it has malicious intentions!