45: Qiling Yinmu's talent

Lin Chen really went upstairs this time, leaving Bai Sitong alone in confusion in the living room.

He swore he had only just thought of it and asked casually; who knew what kind of things his unreliable parents might get up to?

As for himself, having lived two lives, he wouldn't mind having an extra younger brother or sister. Maybe he could even help the elders raise the child and play a round of life simulation games ahead of time?

But that was a discussion for later. After returning to his room, Lin Chen first tidied up himself and his two spirit beasts before sitting on the bed and placing the Little Spirit Sparrow in front of him.

"Are you ready? We're going to sign the Spirit Contract!" Lin Chen looked at the Little Spirit Sparrow and said with a solemn expression.

Signing a Spirit Contract is an extremely important matter, whether for a Beast Tamer or for a spirit beast.

"Cheep! Cheep!"

The Little Spirit Sparrow responded excitedly. It had waited for this day for a long time, and upon seeing Lin Chen summon the Beast Taming Mark, it eagerly flew toward it, completing the contract almost instantly.

The massive amount of spiritual energy feedback failed to raise Lin Chen's Beast Tamer level this time. While the qiling silverwood had boosted his level, it had also left behind some hidden issues. The newly fed-back spiritual energy would be temporarily used to solidify his foundation, meaning his Beast Tamer level would not increase in the short term.

Not only that, but when he signed the Spirit Contract with the qiling silverwood, he also awakened a brand new Talent, which similarly made the increase of his Beast Tamer level even more difficult.

[Spirit Control: The spiritual energy required to increase the Beast Tamer level is doubled. Can sign a Spirit Contract with multiple spirit beasts. For every additional spirit beast contracted, the spiritual energy required for advancement increases by one multiplier.]

The demand was already double the spiritual energy, and after contracting the Little Spirit Sparrow, the demand became triple. One could imagine how difficult future Beast Tamer level increases would be.

Fortunately, after signing the Spirit Contract with the qiling silverwood, the beast taming space would be continuously strengthened and upgraded, and Lin Chen would also gain an increase in spiritual energy during this process, which compensated for the insufficient feedback from the spirit beasts.

"Alright! It's getting late. Everyone, rest early! We still have to go to school tomorrow!" After signing the Spirit Contract, Lin Chen soothed the excited Little Spirit Sparrow and Fragrant Flower Rabbit, finally finding time to organize today's gains.

Turning off the light, his thoughts sank into the beast taming space. The original beast taming space was considered vibrant, but overall, it still lacked something. Now, looking at the qiling silverwood at the center of the space, Lin Chen finally understood that what was missing was true life.

He currently had none of the so-called birdsong, floral fragrance, or flying beasts and running animals—no birds, no flowers, let alone anything else. Aside from a stretch of Grassy Terrain, mountains, and rivers, there was only a single qiling silverwood growing within it.

"The activated mountain and sea scroll can now store items inside, and can even independently contract spirit beasts and cultivate spirit plants."

"Moreover, with the qiling silverwood present, combined with the mountain and sea scroll's inherent abilities, the spiritual energy concentration in the beast taming space will far surpass the outside world, allowing spirit beasts and spirit plants to grow better here."

Lin Chen thought to himself that the mountain and sea scroll possessed various magical functions, but for him, its greatest current use was contracting, planting, and raising spirit beasts.

"When the time comes, I can plant some standard spirit plants on the farm to cover things up, and transplant all the truly rare items into the beast taming space!" Lin Chen immediately had an idea.

After studying for a while, he focused his attention on the qiling silverwood. For him right now, the help provided by the qiling silverwood was no weaker than that of the mountain and sea scroll.

[Name: qiling silverwood (Gold)]

[Level: 1]

[Talent: World Spirit (Possesses the power to create worlds)]

[Skills: Shadow of Protection, Healing Radiance, World Blessing, Earth Blessing, Nourishing Moisture]

[Evolution Path: None]

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"It's only Level 1. If it truly reached the maximum Level 100, how powerful would it be then? Like in my memories, supporting an entire world?" Lin Chen couldn't help but feel longing.

Although the qiling silverwood was only Level 1, the five exclusive skills newly mastered after the Spirit Contract were incredibly powerful. Among them, World Blessing was the ability that awakened Lin Chen's second Beastmaster Talent.

Every time the qiling silverwood advances, it can condense the power of the world to bestow a blessing upon Lin Chen. As for whether he can gain a new Beastmaster Talent, that depends on luck.

Furthermore, Earth Blessing and Nourishing Moisture both nurture the beast taming space, increasing the fertility of the land and the world's spiritual energy, and even enhancing the potential of spirit beasts and spirit plants. Healing Radiance, on the other hand, is a large-scale healing skill that can treat injuries for the spirit beasts within the beast taming space.

For Lin Chen, the only skill currently usable in the real world was Shadow of Protection, but this single skill was enough to guarantee his safety.

"Once planted, the qiling silverwood cannot be moved or summoned for combat, but it can summon its own projection through the Shadow of Protection to guard my safety."

"The projection's power originates from the world power that the qiling silverwood can borrow. Considering my beast taming space, spirit beasts below Four-Star should definitely not be able to harm me, right? And this is still because the qiling silverwood's current level is too low?"

Lin Chen calculated in his mind. His beast taming space was far stronger than those of other Beast Tamers, and the world power the qiling silverwood could borrow was naturally greater. In the future, when traveling in the wilderness, at least his safety as a Beast Tamer would not be a concern.

"Pah! Pah! Pah! I'm going to be a Farm Owner on a farm. Why would I go to the wilderness? I must abandon such dangerous thoughts!"

Lin Chen curled his lips. Having gained a second life with great difficulty, if he could safely coast, he would absolutely not venture into dangerous places. Exploring secret realms? Fighting the abyss? What did that have to do with him, a Farm Owner? At most, he would just provide some material support.

However, having the qiling silverwood's protection was better than not having it. What if someone attacked the farm? Like those idiots from the Sun Family, at least he wouldn't need to ask for help from Yun Mengyao's Divine Sound Heart-Soothing Fox anymore.

"Speaking of which, since the Sun Family didn't discover that cave, their obsession with the farm shouldn't be too deep. With the Yun Family and Jiangcheng Beast Taming University mediating, they should probably give up the idea."

His consciousness retreated from the beast taming space, and Lin Chen's vision returned to darkness, but the thoughts in his mind did not stop. Reviewing the memories given to him by the qiling silverwood, he indeed found no trace of anyone other than his grandfather.

Furthermore, before leaving, he had specifically asked the qiling silverwood. Over the years, perhaps people had gone to the back mountain, but they had certainly never entered that cave. This answer reassured Lin Chen considerably.

Unfortunately, he ultimately forgot one thing: while it was true that no one had entered the cave, that didn't mean no one had brought things out of the cave.

If the cloth bag his grandfather left behind could be carried out by a wild spirit beast, what about some of the other treasures inside? Even a single branch of the qiling silverwood would be enough to inspire endless speculation...