Chapter 680 - 300: Upgrading the Township—Great News for Xuanhe Town!

December 27th, clear skies.

Last night was a late one for Chen Yuan, who rarely stays up. He slept until nearly noon, and only when the gentle sunlight spread across the bed did he open his sleepy eyes.

"What time is it?"

"Woof woof!"

Cola turned to look, his eyes flickering with a faint blue light. Using Spiritual Power, he slowly floated the phone to Chen Yuan’s face. When the screen lit up, it was already 11 a.m.

Since awakening his Spirit Attribute, Cola had acquired an incredible ability - Spiritual Power.

Although this Spiritual Power is still weak and shallow, after several days of dedicated research and training, Cola can already do some things with it:

For example, with just a thought, he can make the Cola in a bottle automatically flow into his mouth, no longer needing to lower his head to drink.

Or, while chasing butterflies, he can use Spiritual Power to weave a net to trap the butterfly and enjoy it quietly.

Of course, this is a public nuisance, for which Cola was severely reprimanded by Chen Yuan.

In short, Cola’s use of Spiritual Power is currently at an introductory stage. He is actively learning through online tutorials, and despite spending a lot of time slacking off, he has still learned some knowledge.

Chen Yuan believes that soon, Cola will be able to surprise opponents in competitions with his powerful Spiritual Power.

"I bought a course on Spiritual Skills last night. Remember to study it later," Chen Yuan said, yawning with his hand covering his mouth.

With the ongoing Spiritual Energy Revival, learning skills now follows a set process.

First, you can choose to directly purchase a course on the Beastmaster Association’s official website. The prices are transparent, and the courses have been verified by professionals, ensuring authenticity.

Alternatively, you can purchase courses from private or online shops at a lower price, although these are not guaranteed to be genuine and do carry a risk.

As a consultant for the Qin Province Beastmaster Association, Chen Yuan naturally opted for the official website.

His current monthly income is more than enough to buy several courses, and he’s far from being the Chen Qiongqiong who had to hesitate thrice before taking the Fallen Meteor Horned Beast back to the farm for fear of being impoverished by it.

Now, he can easily support a few more Fallen Meteor Horned Beasts.

In sum, Cola has to both master various uses of Spiritual Power and learn multiple Spirit Type skills to expand his range of attacks, which is destined to be a long learning process.

But as an excellent Pet Beast, Cola should learn from the Twin Flower Concubine and be able to independently search for and learn various skills without the Beastmaster’s prompting or guidance.

Only by fully utilizing subjective initiative can he walk further on the path to becoming a powerful Pet Beast.

Chen Yuan hopes Cola can achieve this.

There are quite a few Spirit Type skills on the market, but many do not suit Cola.

Skills like "Group Manipulation," "Weaving Dreams," or "Breath of Truth" do not align with Cola’s positioning and style and were directly eliminated by Chen Yuan.

After selective refinement, Chen Yuan chose two skills suitable for Cola to learn.

The first is Heart Domain Wind Net, which involves persistently releasing extremely fine threads of Spiritual Power that disperse with the wind into the surrounding area.

Strong emotional fluctuations occurring within the wind net’s coverage area, such as hostility, fear, excitement, etc., will disturb these threads and provide an alert as well as precise positioning.

In past mountain patrols, Cola was usually responsible for keeping watch, using scent to identify Pet Beasts hidden in the shadows.

But oftentimes, that method was ineffective.

For instance, in the windy snowy conditions on Pudaxue Mountain, the wind and snow cover all scents, making it impossible for Cola to track the presence of other Pet Beasts.

However, if he masters the Heart Domain Wind Net, Cola will be better equipped to monitor the surrounding environment, remaining vigilant against hostile Pet Beasts.

More accurately, it would be vigilant against all creatures exhibiting strong emotional fluctuations.

This skill is perhaps useless in competition, but extremely effective in the wild.

The second skill is Phantom Charge, which creates one or several realistic phantom clones with a touch of Spiritual interference while charging at high speed. The true body and phantoms charge together, making their trajectory unpredictable.

Compared to the purely supportive previous skill, this one can be immensely effective in Pet Beast battles, not only disrupting the opponent’s targeting and attack judgments but also enhancing his own evasion capabilities.

However, compared to the previous skill, Phantom Charge has a much higher learning difficulty, rated four stars in difficulty by the Beastmaster Association’s official website.

Meanwhile, Heart Domain Wind Net is only rated two stars in difficulty, making the comparison clear.

"Woof woof!" Cola’s eyes were bright and full of fighting spirit.

However, Chen Yuan knows this is just an illusion. Cola, like many middle or even university students, is intermittently motivated and consistently aimless.

To change this situation, Chen Yuan had to lift his gaze to look at Cola, speaking softly, "The Donghuang Conference is about to start."

"Woof?" Cola looked bewildered.

Gazing out at the snowy landscape, Chen Yuan continued, "The Donghuang Conference begins next month, with viewers across the country watching."

"If you perform excellently on the field, perhaps the whole nation will remember your name, knowing there is a mighty Wind-controlling Dog like you."

"But..."

He paused, a smile curling his lips, "If the performance is poor, all the audience will witness you being defeated by your opponent, the image of unwilling defeat."

"I wonder how that would feel. Do you want to experience it?"

Cola’s eyes widened as he rapidly shook his head like a drum.

Chen Yuan smiled slightly, his tone gradually becoming light-hearted, "Then train well, and I’ll check your training results in a week."