Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 323 Entering the Mountains_1

Chapter 323: Chapter 323 Entering the Mountains_1

"What urgent matter brings the Eldest Prince with so many men to this place?"

Feng Yuan, who was lying in the chair to enjoy the cool air with a hint of disgust, looked around and then the Eldest Prince smiled and said,

"Recently, Great Li City has not been at peace. A gang of thieves has escaped from within the city, and people have seen them fleeing in this direction."

"Why do I feel like you’re aiming to attack Wolf Mountain?"

At that moment, the White Wolf Deity suddenly appeared behind the soldiers. Sensing the movement behind them, the men slowly turned their heads, and upon seeing the White Wolf Deity, they moved a few steps closer to the Eldest Prince, nervous.

"Could it be that Wolf Mountain is planning a rebellion?"

The Eldest Prince frowned as he looked at Feng Yuan. No one knew how extremely nervous he was at that moment. If the White Wolf Deity made any sudden move, he would throw out his trump card and escape quickly.

"I’m not interested in that. It’s your own business how you choose to fight, but it seems to me that it was you who started the fight on Wolf Mountain. The guilty party files the suit first, but you seem quite adept at that trick."

"You jest. I am merely tracking those thieves. Have you seen the group of thieves?"

"I haven’t seen the thieves, but I did see a bunch of fools who seem too eager to die."

Confronted with Feng Yuan’s emotionless gaze, the dread in the soldiers kept growing, and after a cold sweaty standoff with Feng Yuan, the Eldest Prince said,

"It seems those thieves aren’t hiding here. I will take my leave."

Watching the Eldest Prince and his men flee in a panic, the White Wolf Deity snorted contemptuously. Feng Yuan tapped his fingers on the armrest and muttered to himself,

"The information came back so quickly? It seems he’s still very concerned about Mo Li’s actions... Not taking action was indeed the right choice."

"We are not going to search?"

Having reached the foot of the mountain and calmed their spirits, one of the younger officers looked to the Eldest Prince and asked, while the Eldest Prince, with a dark face, bitterly said,

"How could we search? I am sure that if I dared to suggest it, he would kill us on the spot."

"He wouldn’t dare!"

"His strength transcends this world, and for the time being, we can do nothing about it..."

The Eldest Prince sighed, and then the young officer beside him asked,

"So we can only do nothing?"

"No, at the very least, we can be sure that the person who has appeared beside Xiao Qi recently does not have a very good relationship with Wolf Mountain."

"Just now on the mountain, I did not feel any hint of spatial fluctuation, so it is certain that they did not use spatial means to travel. However, the exact nature of that person’s relationship with Wolf Mountain is..."

As the Eldest Prince spoke, he looked at Wolf Mountain again. The ordinary Wolf Mountain seemed to the Eldest Prince to have become an extremely dangerous and deadly place.

"Um, how long do you plan to be away?"

"What’s it to you?"

As Feng Yuan was about to leave Mo Li’s residence with Xiao Ji in his arms, a young officer stopped him and asked somewhat awkwardly. Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, the young officer scratched his head and said,

"Well, we’ve had quite a few visitors at the residence recently, and if you’re not planning to come back soon..."

Seeing the young officer grow increasingly embarrassed, Feng Yuan asked curiously,

"Mo Li would never say such a thing, right? Are you making your own decisions here?"

"His Highness has important matters to attend to. In my opinion, we can help you book a top-quality room at the inn. After all, it’s not suitable for outsiders to be at the residence."

Feng Yuan looked at him with a bit of amusement and said,

"While I don’t mind, you’d better be careful about saying that to Mo Li—he might get angry. All right, you can move my luggage to the inn for me. I have to leave for now. Put this in my room, and I’ll head to the inn when I return."

Receiving the token from Feng Yuan, the young officer said excitedly,

"Thank you."

Holding back the slightly irritated Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan turned around with a smile. Noticing Xiao Ji shuffling discontentedly in his arms, Feng Yuan chuckled and poked Xiao Ji as he said,

"They’re not wrong, though. We really haven’t done anything, and unlike Mo Ling, we aren’t his kin. It is indeed a problem to wander around aimlessly at a time like this."

"Alright, alright—don’t be angry now. When we leave the city later, you can enter ’Coming of the Future,’ and then give me a tour of the surroundings."

Xiao Ji looked at Feng Yuan with a puzzled expression, as if to say, are you joking? Rubbing Xiao Ji’s head, Feng Yuan laughed and said,

"Don’t forget, I’ve gained authority now. Using ’Coming of the Future’ on you means directly invoking my authority without being subject to the White Wolf Deity’s ultimate moves’ cooldown restrictions."

Seeing Xiao Ji’s eyes sparkle, Feng Yuan ruffled the fluffy feathers on Xiao Ji’s head and said,

"Although the restriction is gone, maintaining ’Coming of the Future’ constantly would be too much pressure on you."

Xiao Ji patted its round belly with its little wings in a ’don’t-worry-about-it’ gesture, which made Feng Yuan burst out laughing,

"Even if I let you use ’Coming of the Future,’ there’s not much for you to do most of the time anyway. Besides, don’t you dislike being held by me all the time?"

After some thought, Xiao Ji seemed determined and hopped out of Feng Yuan’s arms to the ground. Watching Xiao Ji standing with an ’I’m all grown up now’ attitude, Feng Yuan chuckled, picked up Xiao Ji, and said,

"Don’t be so certain. Anyway, if need be, I will definitely let you use ’Coming of the Future.’"

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Xiao Ji chirped happily, and passersby looked at them with envy, while silently moving away from the duo.

"That’s settled then. After you use ’Coming of the Future,’ you’ll carry me and we’ll go check out that direction first."

After carefully setting Xiao Ji down, Feng Yuan instructed, and Xiao Ji nodded. After a while, Feng Yuan climbed onto the black bird.

"It seems there is no problem..."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s murmur to himself, Xiao Ji looked puzzled. Slowing down its flying speed, Xiao Ji turned its head and chirped a few times at Feng Yuan, who gently patted Xiao Ji’s back and said,

"Mo Li’s attack on Ding Fang City was going very smoothly, but just as he was about to capture Ding Fang City, the beast tide suddenly erupted. Even though he rushed back to defend, Yongning City still fell to those frenzied beasts. That was when Mo Ling died in Yongning City. Now, I want to see what triggered the beast tide and how those beasts managed to break through our defenses."

After Feng Yuan explained, Xiao Ji quickly lowered its altitude. Noticing that Xiao Ji was almost skimming the treetops, Feng Yuan patted its back and said,

"You don’t have to do that. I’m just curious and don’t necessarily want to do anything. Besides, we absolutely can’t stop the beast tide; if Mo Li really manages to capture Ding Fang City, that would be troublesome."

Glancing at Feng Yuan, Xiao Ji let out a long cry and continued to fly low over the treetops. Countless small creatures were startled by the gust from Xiao Ji’s flight, but fortunately, Xiao Ji’s speed was not slow, so the animals were merely alarmed and didn’t run off.

"It seems we can’t find the source after all. There are no leads in the data either, so it’s more likely man-made..."

Closing the Dark Ancient Book in his hand, Feng Yuan glanced at the fish roasting next to the campfire and, after a moment of thought, said to Xiao Ji,

"How about you transform back first?"

Xiao Ji looked at Feng Yuan with confusion, pointing at the roasted fish. Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"If you stay in this size, who knows how many roasted fish it would take to fill you up."

Giving Feng Yuan a sidelong glance, Xiao Ji turned its head away discontentedly, while Feng Yuan scratched his head and looked at the roasting fish, saying,

"In that case, you’d have to catch more fish, because you wouldn’t have enough to eat, not to mention leaving none for me."

With a long cry, Xiao Ji flew into the sky while Feng Yuan fiddled with the roasting fish and pondered over things.

"Young man, this place isn’t safe. If it’s nothing important, you’d better leave quickly."

While Feng Yuan was lost in thought, a voice reached him. Feng Yuan didn’t realize at first that the man was speaking to him, until the sentence was repeated several times. Feng Yuan turned around in confusion and saw a middle-aged man dressed as a hunter standing not far away, urgently speaking to him.

"Uncle, what do you mean by ’unsafe’?"

"Ah, this uncle can’t explain it clearly. Just listen to me, run in this direction, don’t look back, and absolutely don’t make a mistake."

Looking in the direction the man was pointing, Feng Yuan’s eyes narrowed as he scrutinized the middle-aged man in front of him. The man was indeed dressed like a typical hunter, and the various marks and scars on his body matched a hunter’s identity.