Beast Taming: the More the Better

Chapter 144: Chapter 118: The Monster in the Water, Su Ping the Protector! (Alliance Leader Bonus)

Outside the large medical room of the Heart of Woods Pet Beast Base.

Su Ping’s eyebrows were slightly furrowed.

The Heart of Woods had just connected to the Yuntian Resort, and now this trouble had arisen.

Guan Qianshan’s face turned red with anger as he scolded a sweet-looking girl with glasses, ”I’ve told you not to come to the Lingxi River area, why wouldn’t you listen?”

Su Ping glanced at the girl whose eyes were red-rimmed, teardrops falling like golden beans, and then at the few similarly aged, helpless-looking teenagers standing beside her. He shook his head with a sigh and then turned to the medical Beast Tamer beside them.

The latter immediately understood and hastily said, ”Boss, the Beast Tamer is all right, just some water in his lungs. He coughed out most of it and will recover soon. However, the condition of the Pet Beast, the Back-Stone Turtle, is not very good. It has a wound on its neck, and the shell is slightly cracked. Even if it heals, it will probably need a long time to recover.”

Su Ping nodded. It was fortunate that it had been discovered quickly and treated in time; there should be no loss of life. Otherwise, while it wouldn’t directly involve Su Ping or affect the Heart of Woods’ operations, it would still reflect poorly on them.

Only then did Su Ping turn to the young men and women who stood there like schoolchildren being scolded, and stopped Guan Qianshan’s admonishment, saying, ”Tell me, what exactly happened?”

Obviously, they all saw and heard the title the Beast Tamer providing treatment had used, and Lao Guan’s attitude towards him.

It seemed none of them had expected that this young person, who looked to be their age, was actually the owner of this place.

The fair-skinned Guan Lili, wearing glasses, hadn’t spoken yet when a girl next to her interjected, obviously feeling more aggrieved and frightened at the moment, ”How do you even run this Pet Beast Base? Don’t you know there are aggressive Pet Beasts in the river?”

Su Ping’s brows furrowed slightly, his gaze somewhat displeased.

Another young man beside her quickly said, ”A few of us heard that this Pet Beast Base was connected to the Lingxi River, so we went fishing to see who could catch more. Then, Lu Xiao wanted to cheat, secretly letting his Back-Stone Turtle into the water to catch fish and shrimp to put on his hook.

”Then... then... Lu Xiao suddenly screamed and jumped right into the river from the shore.

”When people came to rescue him, Lu Xiao was unconscious, and the Back-Stone Turtle was seriously injured. There was blood in the water and a dark shadow...”

So it really was an attack?

There were definitely Pet Beasts in the Lingxi River, but I didn’t expect my luck to be so bad as to actually encounter an aggressive one.

However, as these thoughts crossed Su Ping’s mind, his expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly, ”Although the Lingxi River area does indeed belong to our Cultivation Base, the path leading to the riverbanks has been sealed and marked with a prohibition sign! All outside visitors are forbidden from going there!”

The path leading to Lingxi River, especially from the Yuntian Resort side, had indeed been opened, but the main reason was the need for renovations after the land deed had been obtained. Su Ping planned to introduce river water to create a large, in-house artificial lake near Lingxi River behind Yuntian Resort, to breed aquatic Pet Beasts for the future industrial development of the Heart of Woods. Another plan was to build a bridge over Lingxi River to reach the hill behind, which was the intended scope of the botanical garden Su Ping had planned. Even though there wasn’t enough money at the moment, the roads still needed to be developed.

Therefore, this area had always been under construction, with preparations underway for the road and the early stages of excavation work. At the same time, numerous signs warning against approaching the construction site and highlighting the dangers by the riverbank had also been posted.

So, these reckless brats, who likely had never experienced the dangers of wild Pet Beasts and were sheltered like greenhouse flowers... Even if they really did get bitten to death, it wouldn’t have much to do with us. At most, we’d be blamed for lax supervision and have to pay some compensation, and that would be it.