Beast Tamer: I Can See Evolution Paths

Faintly emitting a bright light. Not the kind of blinding light, but in this dim environment, it appeared especially bright.

"Wait, this…", Vicky hadn't finished speaking yet.

Asher suddenly felt darkness again before his eyes.

Opening his eyes, his whole body was in a dazzling, all-around light environment.

Asher: "..."

'Transmigrated again?'

'This shouldn't be.'

At the moment he opened his eyes, Asher was genuinely doubting life.

'What the heck?'

Even having this kind of transmigration thing happen once was already like smoke rising from his ancestral grave.

'What's going on now?'

'Did my ancestors' grave catch fire?'

'Otherwise, how come I transmigrated again?'

Luckily, Asher quickly came back to his senses.

It wasn't to that extent. Shouldn't have gone that far yet.

In the mental sea beast-taming space, all the contracts between him and the few pet beasts at home were still intact, no mishaps.

This made Asher let out a sigh of relief.

Still unsure what's going on now.

Having a bit more self-protection ability is always a good thing.

Asher might not be confident in his own strength.

But in Little Raven, Cat-Worm, Little Jellyfish and the others, he still had quite a bit of confidence in their strength.

Protecting him alone, more than enough? Maybe?

Asher looked around at the surrounding environment.

Asher had appeared in a forest, with a clear river not far off.

"Hmm… am I still in the Forbidden Zone?", Asher said uncertainly.

Opening talent skills to look around, he didn't see any special presence.

Asher rubbed his chin again, "No rush, take it slow and look around."

Saying that, Asher released Little Raven and Angel.

Asher wasn't choosing randomly.

The current environment was special. He needed stronger and more rational pet beasts outside with him.

So Asher didn't choose Cat-Worm, that lunatic.

Cat-Worm: (へ╬)

'Damn it!"

Cat-Worm was cursing inside Asher's mental sea beast-taming space.

Little White Snake and Little Jellyfish didn't have enough experience.

Little White Snake: *crying*

Little Jellyfish: *crying*

The two little ones had tearful eyes.

World Tree Lily would have been suitable too, if Asher didn't have to leave a hand free to carry her. He definitely would've brought World Tree Lily along.

After eliminating the others, the suitable choices left were only Little Raven and Angel.

"Chirp!"

Little Raven raised its head and puffed its chest, wanting to stand on Asher's shoulder… unsurprisingly failed.

Asher: "..."

"Come here," Asher coughed helplessly, then extended both hands and opened his arms.

What else could Asher do?

Little Raven's eyes were watery, looking like it was about to cry.

Little Raven: OvO

Little Raven, looking very satisfied, jumped into Asher's embrace.

Asher smiled helplessly. His gaze turned to Angel beside him.

One human and one machine made eye contact.

From Angel's one big eye, Asher couldn't tell at all what Angel was thinking.

But that wasn't a big problem.

Angel leaned toward Asher, taking the initiative to press close to him twice.

Asher laughed.

"Can you tell where this is?", he asked.

Looking left, looking right, Asher still couldn't determine whether this was the Forbidden Zone in Thousand Springs City.

Asher had encountered teleportation-like events before.

The main issue this time was how sudden it was, which left him unprepared.

"Beep—"

Angel emitted a long beep, "Scanning—"

"Air concentration"

"Soil environment"

"Flora morphology"

"Not found in data."

Asher: "..."

How should he put this? A bit shocked, but not that shocked.

It's like all this had already been within his expectations, only now confirmed through Angel's mouth.

Thinking this, Asher rubbed his forehead a bit wearily.

The headache was real.

"This situation is a little tricky now," Asher muttered softly.

As a mechanical-type pet beast, Angel could have a lot of data input into its information bank.

Maps of Soren, the publicly accessible ones, and even some less public ones, Asher had input by various means.

Logically speaking, even if they were inside the Forbidden Zone, as long as it wasn't within the mist's range, Angel should be able to immediately detect their location.

So what's the situation here? Had they arrived in a place similar to the Red Soil Secret Realm from before?

Asher thought uncertainly.

"How about… let's walk around first and then talk?"

Neither Angel nor Little Raven voiced any opinions.

Mainly because there really wasn't any other solution.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Trying something was better than standing there overthinking.

After confirming the goal, Asher didn't hesitate any longer and casually picked a direction to walk.

After all, he didn't recognize anything.

Might as well choose the direction that looked the most pleasing to the eye.

As he walked, Asher's expression grew more and more surprised.

How should he say this… Were the herb resources here a bit too abundant?

Asher looked down and glanced around.

What caught his eye the most was apple grass.

Clusters here and there.

Asher hadn't noticed at first.

It wasn't until he walked a few more steps that he felt something seemed off.

Apple grass. Among intermediate herbs, it could be considered fairly valuable.

In recent years, it had shown a trend of rising toward high-level resource status.

Not because its uses increased, but because its quantity became scarce.

Apple grass didn't care much about soil or environment, but it must grow in places where beasts' blood energy was vigorous.

Therefore, it's difficult to artificially cultivate.

In the early days of the Forbidden Zones, apple grass was so abundant it could be found everywhere, barely different from weeds.

Back then, apple grass was just a low-tier resource.

Everywhere, if you needed it, just go pick some yourself.

If it weren't for being usable as a neutralizing and soothing reagent, apple grass wouldn't have fetched any price in the market.

No helping it, as they say: too much makes it worthless.

However, as time passed, people discovered a problem, that is, apple grass has a very long growth cycle.

Ten years minimum, twenty years not uncommon.

The most extreme case: the earliest Forbidden Zone where apple grass was fully harvested, nearly fifty years passed, and still no new batch had grown.

Want to harvest apple grass like cutting chives? A bit difficult.

So now, apple grass is increasingly rare in the market, and its price continues to soar.

Which led to its rating gradually increasing as well.

The price became more and more ridiculous.

Asher understood apple grass so well because he had needed it in one of his previous potion formulas.

Buying in bulk had cost Asher a fair amount of money.

'Never expected…'

Asher looked down at the large patches of apple grass at his feet.

Then raised his head and looked forward.

Even more of it, practically endless.

Asher's little heart could barely take it.

"How about…", Asher exchanged a look with Little Raven in his arms.

Little Raven showed a terrified expression.

Asher smiled calmly.

'Hahaha! What is that saying again?'

'Pass it by, miss it forever.'

Even if he didn't use it himself, wouldn't it be great to sell it after going back out?

Just based on what Asher knew, there had been quite a few people in the market fighting over apple grass with him before.

And he was richer, so he grabbed more of it. But that didn't mean others didn't still need it.

Asher couldn't care less where exactly he had ended up now.

After confirming there was no immediate danger in the surroundings, Asher pulled Little Raven and Angel with him and became a grass-cutting laborer.

Little Raven: "..."

Angel: :)

What else could they do?

Their Beast Tamer was their own, so they could only accept their fate.

The two pet beasts started moving together with Asher.

Little Raven and Asher were responsible for harvesting.

Little Raven directly used her wings.

Whoosh!

A patch of applegrass fell.

Asher, on the other hand, used a knife to harvest.

Angel was in charge of bundling up the applegrass on the side.

The coordination between the one human and two pets was incredibly smooth.

They were busily working in full swing.

Asher didn't feel bored or tired at all.

Just then, a sound of footsteps came from not far away.

Asher stopped and looked toward the direction of the sound.

The person on the other side also looked toward Asher.

Asher: "?"

Asher carefully observed the unknown man's outfit, trying to gather some clues from it.

Unfortunately, he couldn't figure anything out.

The unknown man was wearing a huge black robe like something a wizard in a fairytale would wear, completely covering every part of their body.

Trying to figure something out? Unless Asher had x-ray vision.

Still, Asher could feel it, the unknown man's gaze landed on Little Raven and Angel.

Looking at Little Raven, then looking at Angel.

Looking at Little Raven again.

Then looking at Angel again.

Asher couldn't clearly sense the unknown man's emotions, but… it probably wasn't hostility, right?

Asher thought uncertainly.

"Hello…?", After thinking for a moment, Asher still took the initiative and greeted the unknown man.

"Hello," the unknown man tugged at the large hood over their head and said softly.

If Asher hadn't perked up his ear, and if the surrounding environment weren't so quiet, he probably wouldn't have even heard what the unknown man said.

Asher: "..."

'Is this social anxiety?'

'Isn't this a bit too much?'

Asher only thought this internally and didn't say it aloud.

Respect, understanding. That's all he could offer.

After the greeting, Asher wasn't sure what to say next.

He had suddenly appeared here.

He didn't know what the area around here was like.

Was the unknown man like him, or were they a "local"?

If they found out he was an "outsider," would there be conflict between them?

Asher had thought of all this.

The greeting was just to express his friendliness.

As for the rest… Asher decided to wait and see how the unknown man reacted.

What surprised Asher was that unknown man didn't seem in any hurry.

Just stood there, quietly watching Asher harvest applegrass.

Asher: "..."

Fine then, he would just act as if the unknown man didn't exist for now.

He continued harvesting applegrass.

Asher, Little Raven, and Angel cooperated seamlessly.

———

But in a place Asher couldn't see, Amelia continued watching Asher with a look of confusion and puzzlement in her eyes.

'Nature faction?'

'Or mechanical faction?'

'But that bird doesn't look like a mechanical bird. Mechanical birds don't have such agility.'

"The feathers are beautiful, the eyes lively, the aura vibrant, only a natural lifeform would possess such spiritual energy," Amelia whispered softly in a voice so low only she could hear.

"But that mechanical creation looks a bit strange…"

"The component structure looks crude. One glance and you can tell it's a mechanical lifeform."

"But those eyes…"

'They seem unusually lively?'

Amelia's gaze landed on Angel. She tilted her head, her expression full of incomprehension.

She didn't understand. She couldn't understand at all.

The nature faction and the mechanical faction had fundamentally opposing ideologies.

They couldn't understand each other's pursuits.

Let alone having beasts and constructs from both sides gathered together.

That was disrespectful to alchemy.

"But…", Amelia's gaze returned to Asher.

Watching his manic weed-harvesting motion, Amelia figured, he probably wasn't a bad person.

Poor, powerless, background-less apprentice alchemists wouldn't bother with these common weeds.

A huge bundle could at most sell for one coin, not even enough for the cheapest meal.

Only someone truly without money, would set their eyes on such worthless weeds.

'Could it be… this man came from a poor family, chose this path on his own, and had no one to guide him, an apprentice alchemist walking alone?', The more Amelia thought about it, the more it made sense.

Otherwise, Asher wouldn't have two creatures from contradictory factions by his side.

There had to be a reason behind this.

As she thought about it, Amelia's killing intent toward Asher slightly faded.

Asher: "?"

'Killing intent?'

'What killing intent?'

'Didn't feel it at all.'

Asher had no idea what was going through Amelia's mind.

If he had even a clue… he would've used his strength to show her that messing with him wouldn't be so easy.

The amount of applegrass he could carry had reached the limit.

Asher's backpack was full.

Looking at the vast field of applegrass, Asher revealed a regretful expression.

Such a pity, that's all money.

He wondered if this place was a small secret realm similar to the Red Soil Secret Realm. That would be ideal.

He could try to conquer it.

Then, whenever he needed applegrass, he could come in and harvest like crazy, then sell it off.

Instant, zero-cost, massive profit.

But when he looked at the cloaked figure not far away, Asher felt that the possibility of this being a secret realm was much lower.

What kind of secret realm would come with a human already in it?

That just didn't make sense.

Asher let out a long sigh.

Sigh, the chance to strike it rich had just slipped away like that.

Noticing that Asher had stopped harvesting, Amelia took two steps toward him.

Asher, who had been turned sideways, instantly noticed her movement.

He turned his head and looked at Amelia.

Amelia stopped in her tracks.

"You…", Amelia opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

She had never encountered this kind of situation before.

Amelia felt a little frustrated.

'Why isn't teacher here? Things would've been so much simpler if the teacher handled it.'

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