You were given the ability to tame beasts, not to become a god-level breeder.

"..."

"So your Wooden King likes to read philosophy books?"

Jiang Fan's lips twitched.

The male student was also a freshman majoring in education, and he was also one of her fans.

The beech tree is one of the beasts that boys can tame, and the Wood King is the name of the beech tree.

"Hehe, the beech tree species just loves reading."

"Actually, he used to read a wide variety of books, including literary works, light novels, historical records, etc., but since he came across Metaphysics, he has developed a preference for philosophy books."

"Why are you asking this, idol? Does your pine tree also like philosophy books? That's wonderful!"

The boy clapped excitedly.

It's so exciting that his tamed beast and his idol's tamed beast share the same hobby!

[Beast Taming Points +1!]

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan had an unexpected gain.

There are many types of tamed beasts, and it is impossible to learn about them all through classroom instruction alone.

It seems that beech trees love to read, which may be related to the fact that people in ancient times often planted beech trees in academies and private schools.

It's all the fault of the ancients, who made Qingshan question the meaning of a tree's existence.

"I guess so?"

Jiang Fan smiled with the corners of his mouth turned down.

Qingshan used to dislike philosophy, but it's hard to say now, and it's uncertain what will happen in the future.

Metaphysics—can you understand it from a beech tree?

"Huh? You're the one who gave the Black Spirit Soil to the Wood King, right, idol?"

"Thank you so much! You're so kind of me!"

The boy took a few steps forward, and after staring at Hei Lingtu for four or five seconds, he turned around and gripped Jiang Fan's hands tightly.

Then the boy looked at the Wooden King and asked curiously, "Wooden King, why are you closing your eyes? I've told you many times that there are many strange and unusual beasts in this era. This is a breeding system, so you don't need to worry about scaring people if you keep your eyes open."

Jiang Fan: "..."

I was curious about how the Wooden King could read, but it turns out he has eyes!

The reason he didn't notice was naturally because the Wooden King dared not open his eyes.

"That's interesting."

Jiang Fan thought about it and realized that tonight's experience was alright; he had seen a tree that seemed to be reading philosophy.

After confirming with Qingshan through the contract that the Black Spirit Soil was voluntarily shared with the Wood King by Qingshan, Jiang Fan did not linger. He said goodbye and prepared to return to his dormitory to enjoy a hearty meal.

Qingshan willingly shared the Black Spirit Soil with the Wood King, so there's no reason to take it back. The only thing is that we need to change positions tomorrow to prevent Qingshan from being tricked into giving away the Black Spirit Soil again.

After Jiang Fan left, a fold of bark in the middle of the Wooden King's body suddenly lifted up, revealing an eye that looked like a colored glass ball.

"Wooden King, you just take it because someone offers it to you?"

The boy casually asked about the black spirit soil, and after learning the whole story from the Wood King's contract, his fair skin turned red at a visible speed.

The blushing face was not only the girl's shyness and the atmosphere of the half-cat people, but also the shame of the Wood King's Beastmaster.

Wooden King: [It's biased towards me.]

"It insists on giving it to you?!"

Wooden King: [It insisted on giving it to me.]

"Can't you just pull it back for them? I've always seen you use tree roots to turn pages with such dexterity!"

The boy's finger trembled as he pointed at the Wooden King.

You're lecturing one tree to another about philosophy, and in the end, the other tree is grateful and shares valuable things with you to help it level up.

What is this Black Spirit Soil?

The superior earth-type resources produced by the Black Collared Ox, depending on the quality of the Black Spirit Soil produced, can significantly improve the growth level of wood-type beasts below Platinum rank, including Platinum rank.

Wood-type tamed beasts, especially tree-type ones, have relatively slow growth levels. With the same resources, other types of tamed beasts can increase three levels, while tree-type ones can only increase one level, or a little more. This is also related to the fact that wood-type tamed beasts have the longest lifespan.

Qingshan uses black iron-grade black spirit soil. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's only bronze-grade; it's still quite expensive, and you have to go through channels and grab a spot if you want to buy it.

The boy grimaced in anger: "You're lying! You have no sportsmanship! You've read so many books, do you think you've learned all the道理 (principles/reasons)?"

"Does your philosophy enhance combat skills or help people evolve?!"

"Do you even know how precious this Black Spirit Soil is?! What will my idol think of me now?!"

"Starting today, you are forbidden from reading for one month, especially philosophy books!"

After the boy finished speaking, he prepared to walk over and shovel the black soil back to Qingshan.

The wooden king's branches drooped, his eyelids drooped, and he looked listless.

at the same time.

On his way back to the dormitory, Jiang Fan took out his phone and sent a message to Zhuang Zhenyu.

First, he asked about the reward for the Lotus Fairy. Zhuang Zhenyu replied that she was still on her way on horseback. Then Jiang Fan brought up the Green Mountain.

Master, please believe what I'm about to say.

Zhuang Zhenyu sent a disdainful cat-eye emoji: [Tell me, your master has lived this long, he's eaten more salt than you've eaten rice, what hasn't he seen?]

Jiang Fan thought to himself that his master was really a trendsetter. Recently, Hakimi has become very popular, and he also uses all kinds of cat emojis.

[Qingshan just asked me the meaning of a tree's existence.]

A second later, Zhuang Zhenyu sent a message along with a meme of a cat fairy giving a thumbs up.

Holy crap, that's awesome!

[Quick, explain in detail!]

After Jiang Fan explained the whole story, Zhuang Zhenyu exclaimed that the world is vast and full of wonders.

"Um?"

Could philosophy be one of the factors that led to the evolution of the Green Hills Little Enlightenment Tree?

As he spoke, Jiang Fan realized something, summoned Qingshan's control panel, and stared intently at the evolution path section.

【Evolution Route 2: Small Enlightenment Tree (1%)】

No change.

What is the meaning of a tree's existence?

【Evolution Route 2: Small Enlightenment Tree (10%)】

Jiang Fan rubbed his eyes, deeply shocked.

In short, it increases the progress of the Enlightenment Tree by nine percent, which is equivalent to saving nine hundred thousand Beast Taming Points.

At this moment, his feelings were the same as Zhuang Zhenyu's just now, with only four words: Holy crap, awesome!