"I understand what you're asking for."
Standing in a valley within the Earth Element Training Area, Xu Ran calmly looked at the boy and his Contract Beast before him.
Although the boy wanted his Healing Spirit Mushroom to train its One-Star Skill, Vine Slash, that was not his underlying request.
What the boy wanted was to correct the outlook of his Contract Beast, whose ambitions were rather unusual, and bring it back to its essential role as a healing Contract Beast.
However, to accomplish that, he had to raise the Healing Spirit Mushroom's only offensive skill to Crescent Level. Then, being only at Transcendent Rank, it would no longer be able to improve that skill.
With energy to spare, the Healing Spirit Mushroom would have no choice but to improve its other four Two-Star Skills, even if it did not want to, indirectly achieving the boy's goal.
At this thought, Xu Ran gave the Healing Spirit Mushroom a strange look as it occasionally swung its bean-sprout-like arms at empty air, looking exceptionally eager to fight.
If he remembered correctly, this species was usually friendly and kind. He had never even heard of such a combative Healing Spirit Mushroom, yet here he was, seeing one himself.
"Yes, yes! As long as you understand." The boy sighed in relief. "Then sorry for the trouble, but please raise Healing Spirit Mushroom's Vine Slash to Crescent Level as soon as possible."
"No. Based on the situation you described, what Healing Spirit Mushroom should train isn't Vine Slash, but its other four skills." Xu Ran smiled slightly.
"Of course I know that too, but it won't train them." The boy spread his hands in exasperation.
"That's all right. Just because it refuses to train elsewhere doesn't mean it'll refuse here." Xu Ran paused briefly. "Wait