Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 329: Persistence_1

Chapter 329: Chapter 329: Persistence_1

Before the soldiers could charge out of the woods where they were hiding, a barrage of ghostly blue fireballs fell from the sky, mercilessly striking the forest. Those who were about to rush out of the village gazed in astonishment at the black bird in the sky that kept hurling fireballs. The young man, momentarily stunned, quickly rushed over to check on the young soldier.

"You actually intend to massacre the village right before my eyes?!"

Feng Yuan said with some shock and anger. Sensing Feng Yuan’s rage, Xiao Ji intensified the attack, quickly turning their hiding place into a sea of ghostly blue flames. Within the fierce fire, all evil was completely burnt to ashes.

After a long time, the sea of ghostly blue flames slowly extinguished. Looking at the lifeless land, Feng Yuan said with an icy expression,

"Xiao Ji, come down."

Xiao Ji, somewhat discontented, let out a cry before landing on the square. Feng Yuan didn’t wait for Xiao Ji to touch down before jumping off from its back, and walked over to the young soldier. Feng Yuan looked at the young man and asked,

"How is he?"

"Hmm...quite dangerous, he might not make it."

Although the group of soldiers had been annihilated by Xiao Ji’s flames before they could get close to the village, the young man knew that, with the invaders’ numbers, they were not something his small village could handle; that is to say, his shout could, at best, only gain them a little bit of time to escape.

"I’ll take him back for treatment first, and I assume you wouldn’t be certain of his intentions either, right?"

The young man, seeing Feng Yuan’s complicated gaze towards the soldier, hurriedly spoke up as he guessed what Feng Yuan was thinking. Feng Yuan sighed and said,

"I’ll go with you. In case he has any malicious intent, I can stop him."

Touching the lowered head of Xiao Ji, who had approached, Feng Yuan helped the young man support the young soldier as they walked towards the center of the village.

"Thank you, but why did you come back?"

The young man looked at Feng Yuan with some confusion. Sitting on a chair, Feng Yuan occasionally glanced at the young soldier lying on the bed, while Xiao Ji remained in its black bird form outside the house.

"Couldn’t find any clues, so I was about to leave. Before departing, I had planned to do something here, but I didn’t expect to run into this situation."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, the young man looked at him cautiously. Glancing at the young man, Feng Yuan disdainfully said,

"If I really wanted to harm you, do you think you could stop me?"

Recalling the invaders outside the village who were annihilated without a trace left, the young man didn’t know what to say, and after a while, he spoke up,

"Speaking of which, I still don’t know your name."

"Feng Yuan, and yours?"

"Hua Yiyou, and I hope you don’t forget my name when you erect my gravestone."

"You’re perfectly healthy."

Looking at Feng Yuan, Hua Yiyou laughed and said,

"I don’t believe you don’t understand."

Gazing at the roof beams, Hua Yiyou sighed and spoke,

"We’ve become a thorn in the side of certain people... You may have helped us deal with the invaders today, but you can’t always stay here to guard us."

"Haven’t you thought about seeking other spirits... the Divine Lord to stay and guard the village?"

Hua Yiyou laughed and replied,

"How could we not have tried... Unfortunately, once they obtained power, their hearts changed..."

"It’s already quite kind of them not to expose us, just because we were once villagers together..."

"Because of the Dreamstone, right..."

Feng Yuan sighed. He clearly understood that without martial power, even the unlimited foresight of the Dreamstone had its greatest limitation. People with power, few could resist the temptation of unlimited foresight into the future. Those who hadn’t exposed the Dreamstone were simply unaware that it could foresee the future indefinitely.

"Are you thinking about changing history again?"

After having followed Feng Yuan for so long, Agunas’ phantom could guess what Feng Yuan was planning just by his facial expressions, of course, this was also because Feng Yuan didn’t bother to hide his thoughts.

"Do they really have a record in history?"

"This..."

Challenged with Feng Yuan’s counter-question, Agunas didn’t know how to refute. If he claimed that such an insignificant village would be recorded in the historical documents, Agunas wouldn’t believe it. After all, with the Dreamstone in play, there would either be no records or the village would be extremely famous.

"What do you plan to do?"

"I will erect a Barrier, which can only be used for defense, until the Dreamstone leaves."

"Are you planning to stay in this timeline forever?"

Agunas’ phantom conveyed this message through spiritual power to Feng Yuan, who, when facing ordinary people, wouldn’t dare to be as casual as he was in front of Mo Li. Glancing at the Dark Ancient Book in his hands, Feng Yuan said,

"No, but I’ll talk to Him about it. Don’t forget, my avatar now..."

Guessing what Feng Yuan intended to do, the Agunas phantom swept over Feng Yuan and said

"Worth it?"

"Just don’t want to have regrets."

Hua Yiyou looked at Feng Yuan and then at the Agunas phantom and said

"Setting up a Barrier? Wouldn’t that be more conspicuous?"

With a smile, Feng Yuan replied

"What? Are you afraid?"

"There’s nothing to be afraid of, after all, being conspicuous or not is meaningless to them."

Understanding what Hua Yiyou meant, Feng Yuan said with some regret,

"Too bad I was too impulsive just now, I didn’t leave any survivors, not even their souls - all cleansed away; otherwise, I could’ve simply asked who sent them..."

Glancing at Feng Yuan, Hua Yiyou said somewhat dejectedly,

"It’s no use, they were all wearing standard military armor, it’s very likely related to some prince..."

"Are you suspecting the Seventh Prince?"

"No, though he is the closest to us, he has no need for it. A person like him wouldn’t care about having the ability to foresee the future."

Feng Yuan looked at Hua Yiyou curiously and said,

"You seem quite informed?"

Hua Yiyou replied with a hint of pride,

"Of course, I’ve discussed many things with him back in the day, although it was just small talk while out shopping."

"He didn’t invite you to be his strategist?"

Feng Yuan teased Hua Yiyou, who chuckled and replied,

"He did, but I couldn’t leave the matters of the village behind."

"And to get involved with them..."

"I may not be completely aware of what exactly happened between them, but I can feel that their conflict isn’t as simple as just an issue over the throne."

"Chirp～"

Suddenly, Xiao Ji, who was guarding outside, cried out loudly. Feng Yuan walked out, puzzled, and patted Xiao Ji’s body, asking,

"What’s the matter?"

Xiao Ji looked towards the outskirts of the village, as if something unpleasant was out there. At that moment, one of the Hunters on watch came running over shouting,

"Xiao Yi! It’s bad!"

After a glance at the Hunter, Feng Yuan turned towards the young soldier still asleep inside the house. After confirming that he wouldn’t wake up anytime soon, Feng Yuan, ignoring the Hunter talking to Hua Yiyou, walked out of the house with Xiao Ji and headed towards the outskirts of the village.

"This is..."

Looking at the land covered with a layer of deep purple, eerie substance, Feng Yuan was surprised. Seeing Feng Yuan approaching, Xiao Ji stretched out its neck and blocked Feng Yuan with its head, anxiously calling out a few times.

"It says there’s danger there."

"It’s alright."

Feng Yuan pushed Xiao Ji’s head aside and walked forward slowly. The deep purple substance clung to the lifeless ground burnt by Xiao Ji as if it were a kind of lichen.

As Feng Yuan touched the deep purple substance, a torrent of chaotic thoughts tried to influence him, but unfortunately, not even Drudgeon’s spiritual power could break through the defenses of Feng Yuan’s soul. The violent thoughts could only futilely continue their fruitless attempts.

After a while, Feng Yuan withdrew his hand, stood up, and said,

"I didn’t expect the clue to the beast tide would be here..."

"What exactly is this?"

The Agunas phantom looked puzzled; its original form had checked the records but had not found any specific information, and this phantom could only communicate, unable to touch or feel anything around it.

Looking at Agunas, Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"It’s very likely the prime culprit behind the beast tide."

"Don’t come closer!"

At that moment, Hua Yiyou and the Hunter approached, and Feng Yuan, seeing them about to get closer, quickly warned them off.