Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 397 Return Trip_1

Chapter 397: Chapter 397 Return Trip_1

After a long struggle, Xiao Ji finally suppressed the desire for a trump card and reluctantly lowered his head to peck fiercely at his food.

"What you were mentioning is, of course..."

"Is that really the case? So what happened afterward?"

Watching the children gathered around Feng Yuan, listening to him share those secrets, Qi Chen shook the teacup in his hand, slightly puzzled, and said,

"How does that guy get along with those kids so well?"

Casting a glance at the happily chatting Feng Yuan, Dou Yanlan said calmly,

"It’s probably because of the change in appearance, plus those kids are quite simple."

"Quite simple?"

Glancing at Qi Chen, Dou Yanlan said,

"Most of our classmates are attracted to his formidable strength and seek his friendship with some particular purposes in mind, but..."

With a sweep over Feng Yuan, Dou Yanlan continued,

"He seems not to like such friendship. Besides, his own strength allows him to ignore those people. As for these kids..."

"Don’t forget, he has just helped this stronghold uncover so many things, but they don’t care about that. They’re only interested in the secrets he’s telling them."

"If they were hanging around him filled with gratitude or other emotions, he would probably have turned them away by now."

"That makes sense..."

Although the two of them didn’t quite understand Feng Yuan’s situation, having been classmates for three years had given them some insight into his temper. Qi Xiaoshuang said curiously,

"Is what he’s talking about all true?"

"It should be, he disdains lying, unless necessary. He wouldn’t bother to fib about such trivialities."

"But knowing so many secrets, that’s really..."

"Just some minor things. Nobody would bother him over such trifles."

In the evening, Feng Yuan hummed a tune as he returned to his room. Sitting on the bed, he glanced at the shadow of Agunas by the window and smiled,

"Is it almost over there?"

The puzzled shadow of Agunas shifted its gaze from outside to Feng Yuan. Seeing Feng Yuan empty-handed, the shadow of Agunas asked questioningly,

"How do you know?"

Pointing at the shadow of Agunas, Feng Yuan replied with a smile,

"Your shadow is much more solid than before, indicating that the strength occupied by your main body is decreasing."

"The end is indeed still far off, but we’ve now successfully enclosed Odinis; an ambush shouldn’t be happening."

"What’s the situation? Just enclosing them shouldn’t have that much effect, right?"

Feng Yuan looked at the shadow of Agunas with some surprise, and the shadow of Agunas bitterly smiled while wagging its tail,

"He has put his power there, creating an area around Odinis that resembles the Land of Time Tranquility due to the territories we’ve reclaimed."

"This... He must have been provoked, I guess?"

"The Starry Sky Battlefield is still holding on for now, but if we delay further, there’s a chance the other side can recover and launch another attack. Some Divine Beasts are already en route to reinforce the Starry Sky Battlefield, and the rest are awaiting reinforcements from the Alliance and the Divine Beast Hall before gradually withdrawing there."

"I see... So where will you go when the time comes?"

After thinking for a bit, the shadow of Agunas wagged its tail,

"Probably stay in Odinis, since they’re still problematic on their own."

"Then I wish you good luck~"

The shadow of Agunas stared at Feng Yuan for a bit but said nothing.

After spending several days at the Fire Stronghold, everyone boarded the return bus. Although the Beast Path was still under control and guard squads and security teams were continuously patrolling crowded areas, the lives of ordinary citizens were gradually returning to normal.

"There shouldn’t be any visitors to your house in the next few days, right?"

The drowsy Qi Chen, jolted awake by Feng Yuan’s words, looked at him questioningly and said,

"There shouldn’t be, what’s up?"

Scratching his head awkwardly, Feng Yuan said,

"I want to stay at your place for a while."

"Sure, Xiao Shuang... never mind."

"Bro? What’s up?"

Qi Xiaoshuang, who was talking to Dou Yanlan, felt like she might have heard Qi Chen calling her and turned her head from the front row with some confusion, gesturing with her hands, Qi Chen said,

"It’s nothing."

Qi Chen had just thought about asking Qi Xiaoshuang to sleep with his mother, since his father had already left for a mission, and that would free up a room; but remembering that Qi Xiaoshuang was a girl, he reluctantly gave up on the idea. After all, it wouldn’t be appropriate for either him or Feng Yuan to occupy Qi Xiaoshuang’s room.

After some thought, Qi Chen realized that he only had the option of letting Feng Yuan sleep in the living room, but it was okay since frequent unexpected incidents lately meant that relatives were unlikely to visit.

"You guys are back? Ah!"

Seeing Feng Yuan following behind Qi Chen, Qi Chen’s mother was somewhat surprised. Seeing the odd expression on his mother’s face, Qi Chen looked inside the room with some confusion and noticed his room’s door was open, and a woman who looked a bit like his mother but much younger was sitting on the living room sofa.

"Auntie?"

Qi Xiaoshuang said with some confusion. Upon seeing Qi Xiaoshuang, the woman, who Qi Xiaoshuang had called Auntie, smiled and greeted her, inviting them to have dessert, and seeing Feng Yuan behind Qi Xiaoshuang, asked with a bit of confusion,

"Is that your friend?"

Noticing her Auntie’s gaze was a bit off, Qi Xiaoshuang yelled discontentedly,

"He’s not my boyfriend! He’s my brother’s classmate!"

"Speaking of which, about your boyfriend..."

Seemingly reminded by Qi Xiaoshuang, Qi Chen said as he looked towards his mother. Glaring at Qi Chen, Qi Xiaoshuang dashed back into her room and slammed the door shut. Hearing the loud bang of the door, Qi Chen’s mother said with some confusion,

"What’s gotten into her now?"

Qi Chen calmly explained the situation about Qi Xiaoshuang’s boyfriend, including information that Feng Yuan had somehow gotten his hands on. After listening, Qi Chen’s mother said with a wry smile,

"All this because of that?"

"I don’t hope for her to be in a relationship too early, but that guy seems... okay, I guess?"

"Sis, although it’s not quite my place to say this, isn’t Xiao Shuang a bit too young for this?"

Qi Chen’s aunt chimed in from the side. Sighing, Qi Chen’s mother said somewhat helplessly,

"I worry that saying too much will trigger her rebellious streak, and she’ll deliberately find a boyfriend to spite us."

"You think?!"

"Hard to tell, the girl next door, that one..."

Seeing his mother and aunt start to gossip, Qi Chen helplessly pulled Feng Yuan back to his room. As he walked into his room, he found a boy several years younger than himself fiercely gaming on the computer. Glancing at Qi Chen, the boy said while still focused on the screen,

"Cousin, you’re back?"

"Kang Ping, what’s all this about?"

"All my mom’s doing. She kept saying Yongning City isn’t safe and dragged me over here, ah! Damn it!"

Seeing the computer screen turn to gray, Feng Yuan figured a scolding was imminent. Sure enough, the next moment, the young boy cursed profusely. After a while, the screen turned back to color and he was once again engrossed in his game.

Qi Chen watched the boy in silence and said,

"So, you’re planning to stay with us?"

"For now, that’s the case. I want to go back, but my mom insists this place is safer. Honestly, with all the incidents here, it’s nowhere near as safe as Yongning."

"She might have a point though, Yongning isn’t as safe as Maomu in a certain sense."

Feng Yuan said, sitting on Qi Chen’s bed. Qi Chen looked perplexedly at Feng Yuan, who was playing with Xiao Ji, and said,

"Why’s that? Isn’t Yongning also a big city?"

"Yongning may be big, but it doesn’t have a Guardian Divine Beast, and it lacks an advantage in high-end combat power. If Drudgeon hadn’t gone to Odinis this time, we could have resolved the assaults here much faster."

"Drudgeon? Odinis?"

The boy seemed to have heard something interesting, quickly shut down his game, and turned around. Seeing Feng Yuan, he said with some surprise,

"Who are you?"

"My classmate. Don’t start any trouble,"

Qi Chen said, watching the boy warily before taking a curious look at Feng Yuan,

"Are you really my cousin’s classmate?"