The King of Beast Trainers

Chapter 33  Chapter 29 No Seal Cheats_1

Fang Lan argued with her parents and stomped away in a huff.

Seeing this, Mr. Fang and Mrs. Fang fell into silence. As their daughter grew up, it became increasingly hard to manage her, although she had never been easy to manage even as a child.

"What do we do now, Dad? Though we said what we did, it seems so hard to control her."

"At this point, we can only prepare for the worst," Mr. Fang said gravely.

"Have another child? How can you think like that! I don't agree!" Mrs. Fang exclaimed angrily.

Mr. Fang was angry, what kind of reasoning was that?

"If we really can't control her, then I will become a Beast Trainer myself and personally help her level up and protect her. Don't look at my age; I was once the bug fighting champion of Green Sea City, and I do have the talent."

"Speaking of which, how do I get a Black Card? Do you think I still have a chance?" A man remains a boy until his dying day.

...

In Xia Country's third Infinite City, at Beast Training Plaza, Lu Ran and the pig farmer arrived at a food store. At this time, both had already recalled their Pet Beasts, which was the rule in most small spaces.

It wasn't a matter of "no xX or dogs allowed" nor was it for fear that Pet Beasts would lose self-control at the sight of food, but rather out of concern that some beasts might clash and cause accidental injuries in cramped spaces.

After all, the types of Pet Beasts contracted by Beast Trainers were varied and strange, and there were even racial hatreds between some Pet Beasts. Before the Beast Trainer had sufficient control over them, it wasn't uncommon for two beasts to suddenly fight each other. This was also why Infinite City had patrol beasts.

"Passerby A, what's this... how do you use it?" Once inside, Lu Ran and the pig farmer were both surprised. The shop had no physical items, only self-service ordering machines, and the pig farmer seemed to have never seen such things before, looking completely bewildered.

"Self-service ordering? Ridiculous," Lu Ran hadn't expected Infinite City's facilities to be so up-to-date, with both self-service order machines and shared motorcycles. Who told him this city was established by an ancient civilization? Everything is so modern!

Don't tell him that the ancient civilizations also used these!

At this point, Lu Ran could only assume that the style of this store was the owner's own decorating choice, or else, that Infinite City's consciousness could monitor the outside world like AI, constantly learning modern knowledge and transforming itself.

"You do it like this." Lu Ran activated the machine in front of the pig farmer, and immediately, a range of categories appeared on the screen: Wind Attribute Ingredient Area, Rock Ingredient Area, Common Ingredient Area, Seasonings Area...

Upon selecting further, a series of ingredient resource icons appeared with level, purpose, and price descriptions below them. After choosing, one simply needed to swipe a card on the machine, and the materials would appear in the backpack automatically after the crystal coins were deducted. It was very smart, but Lu Ran didn't quite approve of the system since it wasn't online shopping.

"I see, that's really convenient!" said the pig farmer. "But these ingredients are so expensive... A potato costs 2 crystal coins, and a cabbage costs 2 crystal coins? Are they trying to rob us?"

Lu Ran paused for a moment, then said, "Well, Infinite City doesn't allow fighting, or there would have been a robbery by now..."

The pig farmer: "..."

The crystal-coin-priced potatoes and cabbages were naturally not ordinary; they were just similar varieties that looked like them. The resource level was the same as the Hemostatic Mushroom and Wooden Scale Fruit Lu Ran had seen before, classified as common level, with certain special nutritional effects.

Most of the Beast-Taming Teams that enter the Secret Realm to gather resources are collecting this type of resource. They gather them inside the Secret Realm and then sell them outside. As long as the selling price exceeds the crystal coins spent to enter the Secret Realm, there's a profit to be made.

"I'm going to pick some too." At this point, there were no customers in the shop, probably all attracted to the Divine Pet List. Lu Ran approached a self-service machine and quickly started picking."

He first chose recommended Wind Attribute common recipes for the coo-coo pigeon eggs, wild wind chicken meat, Wind Flow Fruit, and Tornado Vegetable, following the Beast Training Manual.

Lu Ran bought half a month's worth of food, two meals a day, at about 20 crystal coins per meal, totaling 600 crystal coins for half a month! Just for food!

It wasn't that Lu Ran found it expensive and only provided two meals, but because these extraordinary nourishing meals were not easy to absorb, two a day was more than enough.

He had purchased the top-tier nourishment for Mr. Husky, buying basically everything recommended on the recipe. Some were for strengthening the physique, and others were for enhancing the energy intensity. In short, he hadn't missed anything.

"It looks like if I prepare top-tier nourishing meals for Mr. Husky every day, my crystal coins won't last long at all." Lu Ran felt tight in the chest, suddenly understanding why the Beast Trainers were so excited about the Divine Pet List; raising Pet Beasts was simply too expensive.

Just one beast was like this, let alone raising a few more advanced Pet Beasts with big appetites; that would lead to bankruptcy.

He looked out the window, towards the Divine Pet List standing in the center of the plaza, feeling he also needed to quickly make some crystal coins using the Secret Realm.

"Keep buying."

After purchasing basic food, Lu Ran didn't rush to leave but entered the Advanced Resource Section. Basic food was indispensable, as every living being needed to eat; the disparity between each Pet Beast in this regard isn't very large. To grow stronger faster, they needed some more expensive Special Resources.

[Name]: Spirit Rice

[Level]: Advanced

[Introduction]: Long-term consumption can enhance control over energy.

[Price]: 1 crystal coin/grain

Such a bargain... but one grain???

Such a rip-off, way too expensive, no need, Mr. Husky already has excellent energy control.

Lu Ran wasn't looking for this type of resource.

He kept flipping through the pages.

Finally, his eyes lit up when he saw a row of introductions.

"Found it, this is exactly what I need! I knew there had to be resources like this one."

[Name]: Flowing Fruit

[Level]: Advanced

[Introduction]: After ingestion, a low-level organism's energy will slightly expand and circulate rapidly within the body at an unsustainable speed, greatly increasing the creature's combat power for a short time. However, once the effect ends, the organism's body will suffer massive damage due to the high-speed energy flow.

[Price]: 50 crystal coins per piece

Without a second thought, Lu Ran immediately purchased five pieces.

Even though it was expensive.

To Lu Ran, this fruit seemed tailor-made for them. The Flowing Fruit had an effect that could be considered quite limited, essentially boosting a Pet Beast into an enhanced state of Energy Flow, thereby enhancing its combat abilities.

In the Secret Realm, if they faced dire circumstances, they could choose to eat one to burst forth with power, which might just help them overcome a crisis. However, if the tide of battle still didn't turn in their favor, it would leave them in even greater danger.

For veteran Beast Trainers, their Pet Beasts usually had a firm grasp on controlling Energy Flow, making this item less useful. But for Pet Beasts that hadn't mastered Energy Flow or were inept at it, the boost from this item was enormous, capable of raising their combat level by several notches. However, if a newcomer used it without efficient healing methods, they'd simply be asking for trouble.

Lu Ran bought several pieces to prepare for emergencies, potentially using them in the Secret Realm to burst forth in times of danger. As for the resulting injuries from the burden? Time to look into the Divine Deer Pendant. Others might have to handle the Fruit cautiously, wary of side effects, but not him.

The backlash from using an advanced resource is something that an epic-level resource like the Divine Deer Pendant should easily cure.

Also, on a day with nothing particular to do, he could have a taste of the raging state of Energy Flow by eating one. With Mr. Husky's insight, he should quickly be able to learn by analogy and thus gain some experience.

This was the best way Lu Ran could think of to maximize the advantages of the Divine Deer Pendant in daily training, effectively using a legal fast-track cultivation hack without risking a ban.

"Have you finished buying?" After Lu Ran made his purchases, he looked over and saw that the pig farmer was still indecisive.

"Ah... I still have to think about it, if you're done, go ahead, don't wait for me," the pig farmer said, clearly troubled.

Lu Ran shrugged his shoulders, as expected, being broke was really tough, making any purchase a dilemma.

Lu Ran was considering waiting for him, but right then, a friend request suddenly diverted his attention.

[Five Poison Sect Saintess requests to add you as a friend.]

"Hmm..." Lu Ran fell silent for a moment. Fang Lan, huh.

Accept.

After accepting Fang Lan's friend request, she immediately bombarded him with messages.

Fang Lan: [Doggo! You tricked me! Mum and dad won't let me take on the Secret Realm now, what should I do!]

Lu Ran: [If I were your dad, I wouldn't let you take it on either, it's too dangerous.] Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Fang Lan: [???]

Lu Ran: [Do you know about the updates to the facilities in Infinite City? They've just released a Divine Pet List right in the Beast Training Plaza.]

Lu Ran's attempt at changing the subject failed miserably. Fang Lan replied:

[Don't give me that. I got a notification about the Divine Pet List on my phone before I logged in. That's the very reason I'm here now.]

Lu Ran: [Good that you know. Taking on the Secret Realm is indeed dangerous, but you can stay at the arena, right? You can still get on the list with the combat flashpoints in the arena, it serves as training, you receive crystal coin rewards, and most importantly, it's less dangerous. Your parents can't possibly object to that, can they?]

Fang Lan: [Eh???]

Fang Lan paused, startled. Yeah, that was a pretty good option. Once she became the champion of the arena, showing her absolute strength, surely her parents wouldn't restrict her from challenging the Secret Realm anymore.

Trust Lu Ran to come up with such an idea. Excited, Fang Lan responded: [Good thinking, from today onwards, I'll be staying at the arena. To celebrate, I've decided to dye my hair purple. Do you think purple hair looks good?]

Uh... Lu Ran felt queasy, are you trying to make sure everyone knows you're into poisons?

Hope the newbies heading to the arena make it out alive!