146: harvest day

“So this is your junior’s breeding farm? It’s my first time here, and it seems a bit out of the way.”

“It’s alright, actually not that remote. When this area develops in a while, I wonder if it can become as prosperous as the Ze City Secret Realm.”

They drove along a road that was clearly newly built.

Upon arriving inside and turning a corner, a huge lake came into view.

Faint sounds could be heard from a distance.

The group looked over and saw their junior, dressed in high-top waders and wearing gloves, in a spacious open area.

A large group of puppies followed him, as if he were their leader.

From afar, they could hear their junior’s hearty voice, “Am I prosperous this year?”

“Woof woof woof!” The puppies joyfully ran around him.

Their junior, surrounded, was like a king of the kids embraced by children.

Seeing this carefree scene, Wu Ju’s face couldn’t help but show a hint of envy. “If I didn’t consider career discrimination and other factors, I actually would want to be a farmer, raise a bunch of small animals, plant some vegetables and fruits, and dig a pond to fish.”

These words seemed to stir some memories for Tong Xuhua. He pursed his lips slightly, “Actually… if there wasn’t career discrimination, I’d quite like to be the dorm manager of a girls’ dormitory.”

Chen Xing, in the distance, seemed to notice them and waved with a smile.

“Looks like these little Beast Taming are very fond of you,” Wu Ju said with a playful smile.

“Maybe they know who’s raising them,” Chen Xing said, placing the dog bowl in his hand on the ground. The surrounding Twin Fiend Hounds immediately gathered around.

“The scenery here is really good,” Tong Xuhua said with emotion, looking around.

“Surrounded by mountains and water, with a tranquil environment, it’s truly a good place to live. You can even fish and play with small animals in your free time. This kind of life is truly enviable.”

“What’s there to envy? You can come over anytime you want to play,” Chen Xing said with a smile.

“Oh, by the way, junior. The Mirage Dream Tower is currently being discussed online, and some people even claim to have seen it. They say it’s in the exotic realm.”

“Some people even took photos, but the Mirage Dragon couldn’t be captured in the pictures. It’s said that what appears in the photos is different from what one sees with their eyes.

The photos only show an empty, desolate city.

But what one sees and hears with their eyes and ears is a bustling city with people and rising iridescent light.

The Mirage Dragon is hidden within the thick clouds above the city.

It’s said that this is a city specially built by the country in the exotic realm, and the Mirage Dragon is inside the city.”

Chen Xing hadn’t had time to look at these things. After the Twin Fiend Hound arrived today, he had been busy making pet food and then playing with these puppies to build up their affection.

He had been constantly busy, with no time to go online.

Chen Xing wiped his hands. “What else did the internet say?”

Wu Ju said, “There’s all sorts of news online. It’s said that some inside information about the National College Entrance Examination rules has been released. Apparently, this year’s National College Entrance Examination requires us to enter a dream and experience past battles of Great Xia in the dream.

I heard that you can also choose the difficulty of the battle, and the higher the difficulty, the higher the base score.”

Chen Xing was curious, “Then wouldn’t it be possible to specifically choose battles? If you could specify the battle, you could prepare in advance and memorize the clear strategies.”

“Probably not,” Wu Ju said. “It only said you can choose the battle difficulty, and there’s more than one battle at the same difficulty. For example, if there are ten battles at the low difficulty, the system will randomly select one of those ten battles for you.”

Chen Xing nodded thoughtfully.

“That’s what they say, but in reality, there are still tricks,” Tong Xuhua interjected. “If you have a good memory, you can memorize all the major and minor battles in the country. That way, you won’t be afraid no matter which battle you get.”

“If you can memorize them all, that’s a skill in itself,” Wu Ju said with a light chuckle.

Chen Xing asked, “Then will the battles we participate in the dream be solo or team-based?”

Wu Ju shook her head, “Unclear. I think it should be team-based. If it’s solo, with so many examinees nationwide, each examinee having a separate dream, that would require terrifying mental power.”

They fell silent at this point.

As Beastmasters, they naturally understood some of the abilities of illusion and Soul-type Beast Taming.

It is said that some illusion-type Beast Taming have the ability to pull people into dreams; and Soul-types also have similar abilities to control a person’s Soul.

However, these abilities can only be used on a few people and are limited in scope.

Yet now, they heard that the Mirage Dragon can pull everyone into the same dream, and even allow Beast Taming to enter the dream together.

To them, this was simply an unfathomable feat!

It should be known that not only Beastmasters but also their Beast Taming are pulled into the dream.

Moreover, the examinees are widely distributed, and the territory of Great Xia is vast. To spread an ability across the entire world at the same time and pull countless people into the same dream…

This was somewhat horrifying in the eyes of these insiders.

And on top of that, if it could also create a battle dream for each individual examinee.

That would mean creating tens of millions of dreams simultaneously.

If it could achieve such a feat, the strength of this Mirage Dragon would probably exceed their imagination.

Chen Xing pondered for a moment and said, “I don’t know how it’s specifically achieved. We’ll find out when we take the National College Entrance Examination, but I guess it might be related to the newly established Mirage Dream Tower within the territory.”

Wu Ju looked at Chen Xing upon hearing this and said, “Although it’s said to be a random selection of battles, in reality, we can still do some preparation.

For example, junior, you’re definitely participating in this year’s National College Entrance Examination, right?

At that time, you can directly choose the highest difficulty battle.

This way, you won’t need to consider any small-scale battles at all.

You only need to focus on understanding the most tragic, largest-scale, or most regrettable battles since the founding of the nation.

At least then you won’t be completely clueless when you go in.”

Tong Xuhua nodded in agreement, “I think Wu Ju makes sense.

Anyway, you’ve already been guaranteed admission, so the National College Entrance Examination is just an opportunity for you to try and challenge yourself.

Junior, you can absolutely choose the highest difficulty and give it a shot.”

Chen Xing was thoughtful.

He actually felt that what his seniors said made sense.

“Alright, let’s not talk about this for now. The National College Entrance Examination is still two months away, so no need to rush. Have you guys had dinner? If not, I’ll go make a few dishes.”

“Not yet. Oh, right, the meat you asked us to buy has already been bought,” Tong Xuhua said, opening the car’s trunk and taking out the groceries.

Chen Xing came over and carried the meat to the basement, where he had previously installed a huge cold storage room.

After putting the meat inside, he went to the kitchen to make a few dishes.

The few of them set up a small table in the yard.

They sat in the open air, enjoying the cool breeze, chatting and laughing.

Time flowed by, swift as a white steed flashing past a crack.

In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed.

On this day, Chen Xing, as usual, gently placed the carefully prepared food bowl on the ground.

With the sound of the bowl touching the ground, the Twin Fiend Hound puppy in front of him immediately wagged its short tail happily.

“Woof!” A crisp bark, as if expressing its joy to Chen Xing.

And just then, a translucent stone tablet appeared, and a line of text emerged beneath its cover: “You have fed the Beast Taming once. Intimacy is above 80. You have gained 1 Skill Point Fragment.”

Chen Xing was overjoyed. After so much effort for so long,

It was finally harvest season.