Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 391: The Blessed Village_1

Chapter 391: Chapter 391: The Blessed Village_1

"Is there something wrong?"

Watching Xiao Yu suddenly burst in, He Nanqing was somewhat puzzled, blocking the middle-aged man who seemed to want to do something with a broom. He Nanqing stared at Xiao Yu and said,

"If you don’t explain clearly, you know what the consequences will be."

Seeing her father holding the broom menacingly and staring at herself, Xiao Yu shuddered and stepped back a few steps before saying,

"Of course, it’s something big! That little brother who just made it rain... we’ve found something very valuable in our stronghold!"

"Little brother?"

With a dark line on her face, He Nanqing stared at Xiao Yu. If she wasn’t mistaken, Xiao Yu was referring to Feng Yuan. Just then, Feng Yuan happened to walk in from outside and handed over the black mushroom, saying,

"Take a look at this."

The people in the hall were puzzled upon seeing Feng Yuan, even though He Nanqing had already emphasized that Feng Yuan’s situation was special. Still, seeing Feng Yuan, who looked no more than ten years old, they all felt surprised.

He Nanqing took the black mushroom and looked at it, saying,

"Isn’t this Xiao Hei mushroom? What about it? Although it’s pretty tasty, its yield is too low, making it unsuitable as an ingredient for a farmhouse pleasure garden."

Feng Yuan looked at He Nanqing, speechless, and said,

"Is your farmhouse pleasure garden that exaggerated? You actually dare to sell dishes made with black mushroom ingredients."

"Black mushroom? That sounds familiar..."

"Do you really have no recollection of a premium ingredient?"

He Nanqing covered her mouth in astonishment, having been reminded by Feng Yuan, and exclaimed,

"Ah!"

"So it is that thing! I can’t believe we’ve been overlooking it all along!"

"What else would it be? It’s a premium ingredient... and you’ve been treating it like an ordinary mushroom."

"Sister Xiao Qing, is that black mushroom really that valuable?"

"Black mushroom! That’s actually the black mushroom?!"

"It’s not just valuable, let me tell you..."

In the hall, those who knew about black mushroom excitedly explained to those who didn’t, Qi Chen said with some confusion,

"If they knew about black mushroom, why didn’t they discover it before?"

Looking at Qi Chen obliquely, Dou Yanlan said,

"If we hadn’t told you it’s a black mushroom, do you think you could have recognized it?"

"Of course I could. I’ve seen it in a guidebook; I just didn’t think of it at first."

"Guidebook?"

Dou Yanlan looked at Qi Chen in puzzlement. She had found detailed information on black mushrooms only in very obscure sources—after all, it was a top-tier gourmet ingredient that ordinary people would hardly come across, so information about it was scarce.

After reflecting briefly, Qi Chen said somewhat sheepishly,

"I think it was a guidebook that he had flipped through before, I just casually looked at it when I was bored."

"Are you talking about ’Delicacies of the World’? That’s not a guidebook, it’s more like an encyclopedic book, but it’s good that you remember."

"Delicacies of the World? I recall that book is very rare, you actually have a copy?!"

Feng Yuan turned to look at the surprised Dou Yanlan and, after a moment of hesitation, she said,

"If you have it, I’d actually like to borrow it to take a look. After all, it’s almost like a legendary book now."

Confused, Qi Chen asked,

"If it’s so rare, can’t they just reprint it?"

"Can’t print it. It’s said that the book has a magical quality, allowing it to update its content on its own."

"That thing is something someone from outside brought in. Once you get its permission, you can automatically receive the latest information on ingredients any time and also delete those that no longer exist. It is an encyclopedia that can revise itself continuously."

"Which means that thing can’t be printed at all."

After listening to Feng Yuan’s explanation, Qi Chen silently looked at him and asked,

"So where did you get this weird thing from?"

"Guess~"

The phantom of Agunas rolled its eyes, as it didn’t need to think to know that it was either given to him by it, or he had used his authority to create it.

"Now is not the time to chat! Sister Xiao Qing, go and pick those Black Pork Mushrooms quickly!"

Reminded anxiously by Xiao Yu, He Nanqing suddenly realized that the mushrooms usually disappeared naturally about an hour after the rain stopped. However, if it rained too long and they grew for more than six hours, they would also naturally disappear.

Seeing He Nanqing scrambling to assemble people, Feng Yuan spoke up,

"Wait a moment, let me first tell you which ones are especially valuable."

As he spoke, Feng Yuan pulled He Nanqing outside to introduce her to the mushrooms’ details. Qi Chen silently watched Feng Yuan stand under an umbrella, letting He Nanqing get drenched by the rain. He wasn’t sure whether Feng Yuan was doing it unintentionally or on purpose.

After listening to Feng Yuan’s explanation and verifying that the information she had written down was correct, He Nanqing didn’t bother to wipe the rain off her body and rushed back to the main hall to instruct everyone on the precautions. Feng Yuan looked at the soaked He Nanqing, smiled, and waved his hand slightly. In the next moment, He Nanqing seemed as if she had never been wet by the rain, but she didn’t notice while busy giving instructions.

"Let’s go, and have a look at other places."

Seeing Feng Yuan walk away, Xiao Yu quickly bounced after him, having made up her mind to stick by Feng Yuan’s side and have him dig up all the hidden treasures in the stronghold.

"Fluffy Snowball?"

Seeing the group of Fluffy Snowballs in front of him, Feng Yuan was utterly surprised. After all, they shouldn’t have been there. Even though Fire Stronghold’s location was to the north of Maomu City, it was still far from the Fluffy Snowballs’ main habitat, the Northern Snow Plain. Maomu City was located in the south of the Divine Land Region, near the coast; there was no snowy environment in sight.

Curiously poking the unafraid Fluffy Snowballs, Feng Yuan asked doubtfully,

"Don’t you find this very strange?"

"This? It seems that Drudgeon brought them back, and that was just a while ago."

Hearing Xiao Yu’s reply, Feng Yuan turned to the phantom of Agunas and asked,

"Where did you guys move an entire den of Fluffy Snowballs from?"

"There was a mutation in the Cave of Garomar a while back, but we didn’t have time to deal with it right away, so we moved all the spirit beasts living there out."

"You really are quite bored..."

Feng Yuan looked speechlessly at the group of Fluffy Snowballs playing on the grass under the tree, suppressing the urge to roll them into snowballs. Gazing at the tree that sprinkled specks of starlight, Dou Yanlan asked with curiosity,

"Logically speaking, Fluffy Snowballs are regional spirit beasts. Even if they’re not in snowy regions, they should live in cold areas of the north. The south is an entirely unsuitable environment for them. So why are they..."

"Because of the Starry Sky Tree. Normally, that thing only grows within the Starry Sky. That one being able to survive here must be due to the efforts of the Earth-guarding Kirin and Yimu Qingling."

"The Starry Sky Tree allows the spirit beasts under its shade to grow freely without regards to the environment."

"There is actually such a thing! Then they could..."

Qi Chen said somewhat amazed, while Xiao Yu’s eyes shone brightly as she clutched Feng Yuan’s hand and shook it,

"Does this mean it can also generate revenue for the stronghold~"

"Pretty much. With the Starry Sky Tree, you can try to take on the Alliance’s tasks of breeding spirit beasts. Many of them have stringent requirements regarding the environment which fits you perfectly. Utilizing the Starry Sky Tree, at the very least, allows you to ignore environmental restrictions. Of course, you’ll need He Nanqing and the others’ help since ordinary people do not understand the intricacies of spirit beast breeding."

"And that pool, honestly speaking, those Divine Beasts have left quite a few treasures in your stronghold. Not to speak of anything else, the Five Elements Barrier alone is terrifying, plus all sorts of oddities... it’s just unbelievable..."

"What about that pool?"

Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan walked up with some curiosity and observed the stone pool, only to see an effigy of a Black Tortoise squatting at the heart of the pool, with water just covering the effigy.

"A pool blessed by Kui Shui Xuanwu, what do you think?"

"That’s a valuable item. The water in there can serve as an ingredient for some water-based potions. If I’m not mistaken, it naturally restores to full in three days."