Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 392 Inquiry_1

Chapter 392: Chapter 392 Inquiry_1

"As for the Vermilion Bird statue, have you heard of the Vermilion Bird’s Purifying Flame?"

"No way! Isn’t that just a statue?"

Feng Yuan glanced at Qi Chen, smiled, walked over, and placed his hand on the statue. Moments later, holy red flames began to burn atop the statue, and everyone felt a sense of comfort wash over them, as if all their stress had disappeared.

"What in the world..."

"It must be something left by a past generation Vermilion Bird; the little Vermilion Bird following Wu Feng couldn’t achieve this."

"But this doesn’t seem like it can be exchanged for money, right? Sister Xiao Qing and the others would definitely not allow us to sell these things."

Xiao Yu looked at the Vermilion Bird statue with a headache, and Feng Yuan said annoyingly after glancing at her

"What are you thinking? This statue requires the infusion of pure Fire Power to activate, and each activation is equivalent to using the Purifying Flame once."

"But we can’t exchange it for money..."

"Who said that? There are many curses and negative states that ordinary potions can’t remove, but the Purifying Flame can easily disperse them. Don’t you think we should offer a paid service? For instance, lodging... no, this place is not suitable for developing tourism, but charging for the use of the Purifying Flame shouldn’t be a problem."

"As long as you can control the number of outsiders, that should be fine. I believe she will pay attention to that."

After touring the Fire Stronghold, discovering a massive amount of items brought by the Divine Beasts, Feng Yuan stretched lazily and said

"Let’s go rest on the mountain behind next."

The relatively deserted Fire Stronghold, because of the various rare and strange trinkets unearthed by Feng Yuan and his people, became a whirlwind of activity as everyone marked what needed to be marked, eventually making the stronghold a hubbub of busy people.

On the way up the mountain, Qi Chen said with some emotion

"I didn’t expect there to be so many magical things in the stronghold. The blessings of those Divine Beasts are indeed terrifying..."

As Feng Yuan unearthed hidden treasures brought by the Divine Beasts within the stronghold, and after some organization, everyone was astonished to find that the stronghold could be entirely self-sufficient based on the various strange effects of the Divine Beasts’ blessings alone.

And this self-sufficiency wasn’t just about mere human survival; it included the cultivation of Spirit Beasts and the advancement of Beastmaster abilities. In other words, even if the Beast Tamer of the Fire Stronghold didn’t bring in resources from the outside, as long as they had the necessary knowledge, they could grow and thrive right there in the Fire Stronghold.

"After all, so many years have passed. The Fire Stronghold was probably established at the beginning of the Dynasty Era. With the existence of Yognot, it’s normal to have accumulated so many things after being consecutively blessed by those Divine Beasts."

Qi Chen and the others fell silent when they remembered the incident with Yognot; they had guessed that the little girl back then might have been the original Saintess, for regardless of the chaos of war, a force that had Yognot as its backing would never face annihilation.

"Do those who once detested it regret it now? Look at the Fire Stronghold now; it can practically compete with Maomu City~"

Feng Yuan spoke as he spun around, his robe’s hem flying up and falling as he turned. Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan and said

"You talk as if it’s your own home."

"What if I say I want to settle here, do you think they would welcome me?"

"Then it’s settled!"

Before Qi Chen could speak, Xiao Yu eagerly said, already guessing that if Feng Yuan stayed at the Fire Stronghold, the stronghold’s impoverished life would be gone for good. Feng Yuan made a face at Xiao Yu and said

"Just kidding~ This place doesn’t have my memories."

Watching Feng Yuan walk ahead, Qi Chen silently followed. He didn’t quite understand whether Feng Yuan’s last words were unintentional. After learning that Feng Yuan was an outsider, Qi Chen understood why Feng Yuan didn’t want to go to colleges outside of Maomu City—it had his ’memories.’ He once talked about it with Qi Xiaoshuang, but a remark she made made him give up the idea.

"Brother, I know you want to help him, but after all, this isn’t his home. I remember you mentioned that he plans to travel far and wide after graduating from the academy, right?"

"I won’t mention that you and Yanlan Sister always follow him, whether he’ll get sick of it or not. Let me ask you this, can you really keep traveling with him forever?"

"If you really want to help him, it would be better to introduce him to a girlfriend. At least if they really hit it off, they could be together for life."

"I’m not talking nonsense; friends will eventually drift apart over time, as everyone has their own lives. Only that person could walk the road with him to the end."

"How dare you say I read messy books! All of these are written in the books from the school library! If you have the guts, go argue with the librarian aunt!"

As Qi Chen was lost in thought, Feng Yuan seemed to spot something interesting, stealthily advanced, and suddenly shouted out loud

"How come you’re hiding here?"

Yang Hongzhi turned around, speechlessly looking at Feng Yuan and said

"Weren’t you guys causing a commotion in the stronghold? Why did you come up the mountain?"

"What do you mean by causing trouble in the stronghold!"

"We all saw it, starting from the rain, people inside the stronghold began to go out one after another. Now they are even busier doing something all over the place. It’s obvious that you are behind this mess."

Yang Hongzhi said this and glanced at Najia on his shoulder

"You little rascal, suddenly using that rain summoning trick. If Najia hadn’t brought an umbrella, we would have been soaked."

"Guess what I found in the stronghold~"

Looking at the smug Feng Yuan, Yang Hongzhi was somewhat puzzled, since he had just been around the stronghold yesterday and had not noticed anything special.

Seeing this, Feng Yuan proudly shared his discovery with Yang Hongzhi. After hearing Feng Yuan’s description, Yang Hongzhi exclaimed in surprise,

"I didn’t expect there to be so many things hidden there, no wonder Han Mo always says not to get too close to the Fire Stronghold, so this is why."

"Han Mo actually discovered it too!"

Feng Yuan asked somewhat unwillingly, and Xiao Yu thought for a moment before saying,

"It seems he didn’t find that much. He was just loitering around those stone statues. But the feeling that guy gives me... isn’t very good."

"Well, after all, he is good at scheming. Being with someone like that, you never know when he might sell you out."

"Don’t talk nonsense! Han Mo is not that kind of person!"

Feng Yuan glanced at Yang Hongzhi and laughed,

"Do you really think so?"

"Nonsense! After all, we’ve been teammates for years. How could we not see this? It’s impossible!"

Feng Yuan didn’t continue to argue with Yang Hongzhi and instead said,

"We’re going to take a stroll up the mountain to see if there’s anything good to eat. Are you coming~"

"No thanks, I still have to go over there with Najia."

"Then we’ll head off first~"

Watching Feng Yuan leave, Yang Hongzhi said with a stern face in a low voice,

"Does Han Mo really have a problem?"

Najia gently patted Yang Hongzhi as if trying to offer some consolation. Finding itself unable to communicate with Yang Hongzhi, it closed its eyes and started to sing a melodious tune. After a while, under the influence of the singing, a calmer Yang Hongzhi turned to Najia and smiled, saying,

"Thanks, I feel much better."

Najia tilted its head and looked at Yang Hongzhi with a happy smile. At this moment, Qi Xiaoshuang came running from the woods with a handful of red fruits and said to Yang Hongzhi,

"Look~ I found these~"

"Why did you say those things just now? You could be seen as inciting discord."

Not long after leaving, Qi Chen couldn’t help but complain. After all, Feng Yuan’s nonsensical remarks did seem rather inappropriate. Turning his head with a complex look at Qi Chen, Feng Yuan said,

"What do you think?"

"Do you have some kind of premonition?"

Recalling Feng Yuan’s uncanny intuition, Qi Chen spoke with some concern. Feng Yuan shook his head and said,

"No, but from the few times I’ve seen him, I guess I can roughly see through him."

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan skeptically and said,

"You’re that sure?"

"What do you think?"

"So, what kind of person is he really?"

Dou Yanlan looked calmly at Feng Yuan, while Cotton on her shoulder glared at Feng Yuan discontentedly, flicking its tail. Due to the rain, Dou Yanlan had to use an umbrella, so Cotton had to leave her embrace and perch on Dou Yanlan’s shoulder by itself.