Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 299 Withering_1

Chapter 299: Chapter 299 Withering_1

The Ancient Poison Jiao howled loudly, its gaze firmly fixed on Mo Li. After the White Wolf Deity appeared from the void, it transformed into the size of a regular adult dog and gently landed on the head of the Ancient Poison Jiao. Its eyes conveyed disdain as it exhaled a breath of white air from its nostrils, causing the Ancient Poison Jiao to stiffen and gradually turn into dust that scattered with the breeze.

"You shouldn’t have killed it! It is my enemy! It had to die by my hands!"

With a crazed look in his eyes, Mo Li stared at Feng Yuan as he approached. Glancing at Mo Li, Feng Yuan walked slowly towards Mo Ling and said,

"What would you have used to kill it? Your Zi Mo is only at the Elite Level, so outmatched by it. Unless you wanted to avenge her after her death?"

"What are you going to do! Don’t you dare touch Xiao Ling!"

"Tsk, I didn’t expect you to be so easily blinded by rage."

Feng Yuan summoned the Torrent to wash over Mo Ling and Zi Mo, who lay on the ground. The poison that flowed away with the water left trails of corrosion on the earth. After a while, the poison on both the beast and human were cleansed. Feng Yuan picked up the shattered Wolf Tooth from the ground, squeezed it forcefully, scattered the powdered remnants, then turned and looked at Mo Li pinned under the White Wolf Deity’s paw.

"She’s not dead. I will take her to the Wolf Mountain Temple to recuperate. You should reflect on yourself. In your current state, no number of lives she has would be enough."

"Right, here is a token, Wolf Mountain is sealed off as of today."

Watching Feng Yuan carelessly toss Mo Ling onto the back of the White Wolf Deity, Mo Li was seething with anger, but an invisible barrier stood in his way. No matter how hard Mo Li tried, he couldn’t break through and could only watch as Feng Yuan and the White Wolf Deity walked away.

After a while, the barrier vanished, and Mo Li rushed forward to check on Zi Mo. Finding that she was still breathing, he glared in the direction where Feng Yuan had departed and viciously said,

"Wolf Mountain, is it! Just you wait for me!"

At that moment, soldiers clad in dark armor suddenly appeared from the surroundings. The leader, scrutinizing Mo Li and Zi Mo, disdainfully said,

"Seventh Prince, what do you intend to do? Engage in combat within Great Li City? Do you think this city is your personal residence?"

"Huan Xiang! This is your doing!"

"I wonder how you will explain this to the Eldest Prince!"

The man burst into the room in a fury and saw Huan Xiang lying quietly on the bed. He rudely grabbed her hand, but suddenly let go in surprise and retreated several steps, letting her fall to the ground.

"You... you should have died! Have you considered what we’d do then!"

The man yelled in panic. On the desk, a letter was fluttering in the breeze under a paperweight.

"Is this the Nether Domain... Why does it look so familiar..."

"Awake? Here’s your medicine. Don’t mind the bitterness, I’m not interested in making it taste like a snack."

"Is... is that you..."

"Where’s my brother! How is he!"

After placing the medicine bowl on the table, Feng Yuan stood up and said,

"He’s fine. You, on the other hand, are not well. Though the poison didn’t affect your core, it has corroded much of your body."

"That can’t be..."

Seeing the bandages all over her body, Mo Ling anxiously began to unravel them.

"Don’t cause me trouble. If you undo them, I’ll have to apply the medicine again, and it’s a real hassle."

Discovering that there were also bandages on her face, Mo Ling’s tears began to flow. Glancing at Mo Ling, Feng Yuan said helplessly,

"Don’t cry, alright? Dressing your wounds is not easy."

"Was it you who bandaged me up..."

Seeing Mo Ling’s pitiful appearance, Feng Yuan said while holding his forehead,

"How could that be? If I actually did that, your brother would come after me. Rest assured, I asked Aunt Liu from the foot of the mountain for help."

"You better drink the medicine while it’s hot. It’ll taste even more bitter when it cools down."

Before leaving, Feng Yuan gave one last reminder. Staring blankly for a moment, Mo Ling cautiously picked up the medicne bowl, took a careful sip, wrinkled her brow, remembered Feng Yuan’s words about it being even more bitter when cold, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and gulped down the liquid from the medicine bowl.

"So annoying, I can’t just kill them all."

Gazing at the mist outside the hall, Feng Yuan muttered unhappily, while Agunas glanced at him and calmly said,

"If you want to take over Mo Li’s path, you might as well kill them all."

"Hah! As if I wouldn’t dare!"

"Such thick fog... Has something happened?"

Seeing Mo Ling cautiously walk into the great hall, supporting herself against the wall, Feng Yuan said helplessly,

"You just woke up, don’t wander around, okay? I don’t want to start a fight with your brother."

"As for the fog, it’s a protective measure, to keep the Xuanjia Army from troubling us."

Turning to face Mo Ling, Feng Yuan continued,

"You’d better stay here with me for the time being, to keep out of danger and to avoid bringing trouble to your brother."

After a long silence, Mo Ling spoke up.

"Will he continue to take action?"

"You mean the Eldest Prince? Definitely, with your brother suddenly showing up, anyone who poses a threat to his throne is a target for attack. Unfortunately, as things stand, the performance of the other princes is still quite far behind your brother’s."

After hesitating for a long time, Mo Ling turned to Feng Yuan with a plea.

"Can you bring Huan Xiang here? I am worried about her..."

"That pitiful thing?"

"Huan Xiang is not a pitiful thing!"

"Tsk, I have no interest in digging up graves."

"Can’t you just help... No... what do you mean by digging up graves... could it be..."

Seeing Mo Ling’s incredulous expression, Feng Yuan sneered and said,

"She’s dead, or rather, she has been relieved."

"Don’t glare at me like that. From the moment she sent that letter to you, she had already made her decision, even earlier."

"I don’t believe she wouldn’t understand the consequences of tipping you off. After all, her family had already sided with the Eldest Prince. As for her bringing you here a couple of days ago, perhaps she had already sensed something because being in the Eldest Prince’s camp, one can always pick up on certain things."

"Are you saying you are special?"

Feng Yuan turned to look at Mo Ling, a mysterious smile on his face,

"What do you think, those Xuan Armor soldiers only daring to surround but not attack you? Even if I go out, they wouldn’t dare to stop me because their only purpose is to capture you."

"They probably never considered that she would care so much about your friendship... caught between a close friend and her family..."

Feng Yuan said, sighing, while Mo Ling spoke in a low voice,

"No wonder she’s been like that lately... If I hadn’t continued my association with her at that time, would it have..."

"Not necessarily, her difficulty in making a decision shows she probably did not have any other close friends... As for ’if’... It’s pointless to talk about ’ifs’ now, you should focus on recuperating here."

"And my brother? Is he okay?"

"He’s not in trouble per se, but he has just been punished by the King of Great Li, so I doubt he’ll be able to come see you anytime soon."

Mo Ling said, somewhat in disbelief,

"Punished? Why!"

"For using a Spirit Beast in Great Li City, it’s that simple."

"What about the Eldest Prince!"

Looking at the anxious Mo Ling, Feng Yuan spread his hands and said,

"Without evidence, everything remains the same."

"How can that be..."

"Alright, don’t dwell on these matters anymore. You’re still injured, and if you don’t rest, don’t blame me for forcing you to."

"No need, I’ll go rest right now."

Holding no hope that Feng Yuan would show mercy, Mo Ling glanced at him once more before slowly walking back to the rear courtyard, while Feng Yuan sat on the threshold looking into the mist and said,

"How long do you guess they will surround us?"

"That depends on when Mo Li makes his move."

"Oh? You can actually see that~"

Glancing at Feng Yuan, Agunas said irritably,

"I’m not an idiot."

"Then Wolf Mountain has sided with the Seventh Prince?"

The impeccably dressed young man played with the teacup in his hand and said with a cold voice, while a man dressed in Xuan Armor saluted and said,

"Shall I capture her for you?"

"Capture her?"

Hearing the man’s words, the young man said as if hearing something amusing,

"Even the King of Great Li wouldn’t dare claim that he could oppose it; how could you capture him?"

"This..."

"Enough, if he wants to keep her safe, let him. Having military power is not everything in the royal court. Our target is the Seventh Prince, not that wild child from who knows where."