Beast Taming: I'm Really Just a Forest Ranger

Chapter 354 - 199: Actually, Advisor Chen and I Are Evenly Matched_2

"This is a good thing." Chen Yuan smiled faintly.

"Yes, everyone can have a good year this year." Zhang Hao’s face turned slightly serious, but soon returned to his cheeky smile, "Next year I’ll expand the farm stay a bit, it’s too small now."

"Also, the pet beast rental service is pretty good. Recently, I borrowed some pet beasts from Uncle Zhao and Mrs. Wang to add to my rental service, and then share the profits with them."

"The income from the Violent Cloud Sparrows is also quite good, but there are a bit too few of them, demand exceeds supply."

Flying pet beasts are extremely useful for Beastmasters training in the wild, but unfortunately, such pet beasts are not easy to catch, and the Beastmasters who own them are quite rare.

Since the Violent Cloud Sparrow guides came online, they not only help lead the way but also keep a vigilant watch over the surroundings, receiving unanimous praise from out-of-town Beastmasters.

Of course, if the food doesn’t satisfy the Violent Cloud Sparrows, it’s easy to make them angry and thus work passively.

Fortunately, the vast majority of Beastmasters don’t mind about this bit of food; some even let the Violent Cloud Sparrow eat to their heart’s content every day.

According to statistics, since the Violent Cloud Sparrow guide service went live, six Violent Cloud Sparrows have become overweight and urgently need to lose weight.

The popular Violent Cloud Sparrow guides also brought a hefty income for Chen Yuan and Zhang Hao.

Chen Yuan mused, "I’ll try to find... a group of Violent Cloud Sparrows."

"Yuan, let’s work together, grow big and strong, and create more brilliance." Zhang Hao said with lofty ambition.

His current visible identity may only be a small employee at the Beastmaster Office, but it won’t be long before he has the title of the richest person in Xuanhe Village.

Unknowingly, the three stepped into a cave, walking through a long passageway between the rock walls.

"This place is well hidden." Chen Yuan marveled.

Chen Wenhao slowly spoke, "Hot springs often form in high mountains, deep valleys, fault zones, geothermal activity areas, sandstone, volcanic rock..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Yuan couldn’t help but yawn, "I feel like I’m back in geography class, I’m getting sleepy."

As they passed through the rock wall passage, the scene opened up before them, and a rather large hot spring came into view.

The sunlight had long since dissipated, the sky was overcast, the mist from the hot springs rising and disappearing into the tall mountain on either side.

This hot spring is surrounded by high mountain rock walls, with only one rock passageway leading here, extremely hidden, probably only discoverable by flying pet beasts like Violent Cloud Sparrow.

But, wild hot springs themselves need excellent concealment.

When Chen Yuan was studying, he had once visited Yun Province and passed by a place called Denggen during his trip to Nu River; there were several natural hot springs there.

Every early January, locals would gather there for a "Bath Pool Festival," engaging in singing duets, archery, ascending knife mountains, descending volcanic mountains, among other activities, including mixed-gender hot spring bathing.

They would also set up tents nearby, soaking for a dozen days, during which ordinary tourists could join for free.

But this hidden natural hot spring is destined not to be frequented by too many people.

Mist wafted over the natural stone steps, the sulfur scent mixed with a faint floral aroma of unknown origin hovering on the pool surface.

The three present, sharing the same gender and childhood camaraderie, couldn’t resist the allure of the steaming hot spring, quickly shedding their clothes and jumping in.

"Ah, so hot." Upon entering the water, Chen Yuan immediately felt the scorching temperature.

This must be seventy or eighty degrees.

For ordinary people, it would likely be unbearable, but since becoming a Beastmaster, Chen Yuan’s heat tolerance has increased significantly, perhaps comparable to many women.

Those with girlfriends probably know that women’s bath water temperature tends to exceed men’s significantly.

What’s that, you don’t have a girlfriend?

"Uh, this hot spring feels a bit peculiar." As he soaked, Chen Yuan suddenly sensed something amiss.

It’s like after eating Spirit Fish, there’s a hidden warm flow continually coursing through the abdomen.

Clearly, this isn’t an ordinary hot spring.

Chen Wenhao slowly spoke, "Recently, a peculiar hot spring was discovered in a place."

"Meditating in it can enhance efficiency, and prolonged soaking can improve the physical fitness of Beastmasters and pet beasts, even slowly heal injuries."

"Perhaps this hot spring is just like that."

"It’s indeed a great place!" Zhang Hao’s eyes lit up.

"Too bad it’s just us three guys soaking in the hot spring." He said, his face half-hidden by the floating mist, revealing disappointment in his tone.

Chen Yuan glanced sideways, speaking softly, "I’ll record this and send it to your girlfriend."

Zhang Hao’s face froze, "Dad, I was wrong."

As the mist floated over the surface of the hot spring, a wooden tray with fresh fruit came into view.

This was the good stuff Chen Yuan specifically asked the Fallen Meteor Horned Beast to bring.

Even in wild hot springs, one must strive to maximize comfort.

"You guys can come in too."

Chen Yuan leaned on the stone steps, looking back at the little ones standing at the side.

"Whew..."

Cola watched the steaming hot spring for a while, slowly stepping forward, the heat surrounding it, it tentatively reached out a paw into the water, but retracted quickly, startled by the scorching temperature, retreating repeatedly.

Chen Yuan laughed, "You can withstand Spark’s skills, yet you’re afraid of a bit of heat?"

"Whew."

Cola cast a plaintive glance at Chen Yuan, and once again stepped forward.

As it approached the stone steps, Cola paused again, its sapphire eyes fixed on the steaming hot spring.

Soaking in hot springs is different from dealing with the leader’s skills; the latter only briefly sears the body, and putting out the fire ends the ordeal.