Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 396 Banquet_1

Chapter 396: Chapter 396 Banquet_1

Feng Yuan revealed a strange smile towards Agunas’s phantom and said,

"Don’t you even recognize your own den?"

"My den?"

"You mean..."

Glancing at the surprised Agunas’s phantom, Feng Yuan said with a mischievous smile,

"Yes, this is your old lair transformed; it was just moved by Lorraine Tower to the Land of Time Convergence, that’s all."

Agunas’s phantom smiled helplessly, no wonder it found the Land of Time Tranquility strangely familiar. It didn’t have much of an opinion about Lorraine Tower using its former home—it was, after all, much preferable to how its old place used to be.

"What’s wrong?"

Wu Feng looked at the Fire Vermilion Bird in front of him, puzzled. The bird stood on the platform as the sea breeze ruffled its feathers. Seeing Wu Feng approach, the Fire Vermilion Bird buried its head in Wu Feng’s chest, making a somewhat sad cry. Gently stroking the Fire Vermilion Bird, Wu Feng said softly,

"It’s been so long, and besides, it’s not like you did it on purpose..."

"I forgave you, so why can’t you let it go..."

"Really... just like a child..."

Wu Feng, somewhat helplessly, groomed the Fire Vermilion Bird’s feathers. After a while, the Fire Vermilion Bird lifted its head from Wu Feng’s chest, and seeing its tears on Wu Feng’s wet clothes, it retreated a few steps shyly and, with a long cry, flew high into the sky.

"What’s the matter? Found an enemy again?"

At this moment, a young man walked over and looked at Wu Feng with some confusion, then smiled and said,

"No, just some personal matters."

The young man scratched his head and said,

"Then be careful on your own. We couldn’t stop the intruders in the previous attack, forcing Amitis to make a sacrifice, and the higher-ups are a bit angry."

Wu Feng said with a touch of dejection,

"If only we could have resolved it sooner..."

Patting Wu Feng’s shoulder, the young man consoled him,

"Don’t blame yourself, we all did our best, right? I just hope they don’t push down more tasks; I can’t take this overtime anymore."

Wu Feng gave the young man a smile.

"It doesn’t like water, does it?"

Before dinner, He Nanqing finally finished explaining things and, bringing the little Yognot, found Feng Yuan and the others playing in the Black Tortoise pool. Seeing Xiao Ji and little Yognot alike keeping their distance from the Black Tortoise pool, He Nanqing guessed as much.

Glancing at Xiao Ji, who was staring at him discontentedly, and then at the Dreaming Dragon Baby frolicking in the pool, Feng Yuan said with a smile,

"Yeah, I don’t know why it dislikes water so much; it doesn’t affect it in the slightest."

"Most bird Spirit Beasts don’t like water; it wets their feathers and makes them uncomfortable,"

Dou Yanlan said calmly from the side. Qi Chen peered at Feng Yuan and said,

"Ignore him; would he not know such a thing? He’s probably just looking for an excuse to get Xiao Ji into the water."

Feng Yuan gave Qi Chen a ’you’ve-caught-me’ expression, and, finding no reaction from him, started idly playing with the water in the pool with slight boredom.

"Did you come over for something?"

Qi Chen looked at He Nanqing with slight curiosity, and He Nanqing smiled and said,

"I came to call you for dinner; it’s ready, in the council hall."

"The council hall?"

"That should be the same place you were at during the day, right?"

He Nanqing nodded after looking at Dou Yanlan and said,

"That’s the place."

"Wow～ Does that mean a grand feast is laid out～"

Little Yu excitedly jumped at the side. Feng Yuan asked with some surprise,

"What’s so surprising about a grand feast?"

Glancing at Feng Yuan, Little Yu wagged a finger and said,

"Tsk, tsk, you don’t know, but our grand banquets are sometimes not even held once a year, only for important events, and all the food is delicious~ It’s a pity they’re so troublesome to make, so we rarely have them..."

He Nanqing rubbed Xiao Yu’s head and said,

"Thanks to you guys this time, we discovered so many great things in the village. It’s just that the preparations were rushed, so the banquet’s food might not be exceptionally good, I hope you don’t mind."

Beside them, Dreaming Dragon Baby, drooling, was giving Feng Yuan an urging look. Pushing away Dreaming Dragon Baby’s head, Feng Yuan said to everyone,

"Shall we go then?"

"Oh, did anyone notify Hong Zhi?"

Since Yang Hongzhi and Qi Xiaoshuang said they wanted to wander around the mountain a bit longer, Feng Yuan and the others didn’t leave with them when they descended. He Nanqing nodded and said,

"Someone’s already gone to tell him."

"Let’s go, let’s go~ If we’re late, all the good stuff will be gone~"

He Nanqing grabbed the collar of an excited Xiao Yu, who was trying to run off, and said to everyone,

"Let’s go."

Arriving at the council hall, Feng Yuan and the others noticed that the children were sitting restlessly at a side table, constantly glancing toward the long table filled with food in the center. Noticing the confusion of Feng Yuan and the others, He Nanqing smiled and explained,

"Although everyone sits at the side tables to eat, all the dishes are placed in the middle. If the host and guests have not arrived, others are not allowed to start eating."

"We’re not too late, are we?"

At that moment, Yang Hongzhi’s voice came from behind everyone. Feng Yuan turned to see Yang Hongzhi apologizing to He Nanqing with a puzzled look. He Nanqing smiled at Yang Hongzhi and noticed he was directly picking up a plate and heading for the long table. He Nanqing curiously asked,

"Have you attended a grand banquet before?"

"Yeah, I did last year at the Water Tribe. I know all the rules."

He Nanqing, smiling, said,

"We don’t have many rules here. As long as the host and guests have taken their first round of food, everyone is welcome to dig in. The Water Tribe made up too many rules when they learned from us."

Scratching his head, Yang Hongzhi said somewhat embarrassed,

"Oh really? I thought there would be lots of messy rules. Last time Han Mo scolded me..."

Xiao Yu made a funny face at Yang Hongzhi, saying,

"Eating a meal shouldn’t have so many rules~ Those dummies think by copying the outside world’s nonsensical customs, they’d seem classier, but they never think about what those norms are actually for."

Laughing and patting Xiao Yu’s head, He Nanqing said to Feng Yuan and the others,

"Please go ahead and start serving yourselves. Everyone is waiting~"

It wasn’t until Feng Yuan and the rest had served themselves that the children cheered and rushed to grab their own food. Noticing Feng Yuan’s gaze, the adults watching their children’s racket with resignation smiled apologetically at Feng Yuan.

Qi Chen, puzzled, looked at the mountainous pile of dishes in front of Feng Yuan and asked,

"Can you even finish all that?"

"Humph~ I’m sure I can, don’t forget the Big Stomach King’s move~"

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan speechlessly and said,

"You would use your special move for something so bizarre..."

"That’s exactly what it’s there for~"

"The Big Stomach King’s move, a skill only some large Spirit Beasts can master, allows them to quickly convert the food they eat into a special fat stored in their body, which can be swiftly turned into energy when needed. It’s an ability humans cannot wield."

Dou Yanlan said calmly, staring at Feng Yuan, who had started to stir the food in front of him. Smiling, Feng Yuan said,

"What’s considered impossible is just a definition by those researchers. There’s always someone who, due to various accidents, can use some miraculous abilities."

"As for the Big Stomach King, as long as you can directly retain the universal Spirit Beast energy, you’re good. After all, the energy converted by that move is just universal energy, but since there are only a few Spirit Beasts that can store universal energy, that’s why the Big Stomach King’s move is only mastered by some."

Scratching Xiao Ji’s belly, Feng Yuan said with a laugh,

"Actually, Xiao Ji could learn this move too."

While eating, Xiao Ji’s tuft of hair on its head shaked. The next moment, Xiao Ji rapidly turned around, looking at Feng Yuan with anticipation. Patting Xiao Ji’s head, Feng Yuan said with a big laugh,

"Although I could teach you, you would get fat if you use that skill~ You’d be too heavy for me to pick up~"

"Plus, that move probably isn’t that useful to you. After all, it’s just for eating extra and storing energy in normal times, but you..."

Seeing Xiao Ji’s dilemma, Feng Yuan smirked, lowered his head, and began tasting the food.