Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 501 - 502 Tortoise_1

Chapter 501: Chapter 502 Tortoise_1

Looking at the strange creature that was drooling while staring at the food on the table, Feng Yuan scratched his head and said,

"What’s this? It’s walking right into a trap?"

Guo Huai curiously bent over to observe the Spirit Beast in front of him, noting that it resembled an ordinary Land Turtle but appeared cuter. Its shell was covered with several vines that bore green leaves. Those vines twisted around the shell to obscure its appearance, rustling softly as the turtle-like Spirit Beast moved its paws.

"Teng Teng Turtle, although its strength isn’t particularly formidable, it’s still a Wood Spirit Beast and can be quite useful in many situations,"

Guo Huai spoke while reading the information provided by the system. Although the Teng Teng Turtle wasn’t an extinct Spirit Beast from future generations, Guo Huai was not yet able to recognize Spirit Beasts with a mere glance like Feng Yuan could.

Feng Yuan picked up a plate of braised rabbit meat and placed it in front of the Teng Teng Turtle. Just as it opened its mouth in delight, eager to eat, Feng Yuan suddenly lifted the plate away. Seeing the Teng Teng Turtle looking at him with a pitiful face, Mo Ling spoke displeasedly,

"What are you doing? Are you playing with it?"

"No, this dish probably isn’t to its taste. Let me think..."

After considering for a while, Feng Yuan bent down and said to the Teng Teng Turtle,

"Shall I make something for you to eat?"

The Teng Teng Turtle hesitated for a moment and then nodded. Mo Ling, slightly displeased, picked up a plate of food and placed it in front of the Teng Teng Turtle, saying,

"There’s no need to go make a special dish."

The Teng Teng Turtle curiously took a bite of the food Mo Ling put in front of it, and instantly its leaves stood on end. The Teng Teng Turtle politely backed away to one side, its gaze firmly fixed on Feng Yuan.

"Weird, this Teng Teng Turtle doesn’t seem to be afraid of people?"

Guo Huai said, somewhat puzzled. Watching the Teng Teng Turtle’s current demeanor, it seemed not to fear that there was anything wrong with the food. Hua Yiyou thought for a moment and then said,

"It’s very likely that it has lived with humans before; otherwise, they wouldn’t necessarily accept cooked food."

"That’s because you have a problem with your cooking methods, just like when you randomly throw seasonings into the food. I’m sure you wouldn’t eat the food that’s cooked with seasonings added haphazardly, right?"

Feng Yuan said while cooking, Mo Ling, puzzled, responded,

"How have we randomly added seasonings? Isn’t that the normal way?"

Mo Li gently patted Mo Ling’s shoulder and said,

"They do indeed have a sense of taste different from us humans. Don’t I always prepare special food for Zi Mo?"

Zi Mo let out a pleased snort, peeked over, and happily nuzzled Mo Li, who smiled and patted Zi Mo’s mane before gently pushing Zi Mo’s head away.

Hua Yiyou said, somewhat confused,

"Is that so?"

Mo Li, puzzled, glanced at Hua Yiyou and said,

"Doesn’t your village have one... Spirit Beast? You didn’t know that?"

Hua Yiyou showed a helpless smile and replied,

"Master Mingmengshi doesn’t need to eat food."

"There’s no such thing as a Spirit Beast that doesn’t need to eat; it’s just that some special ones feed on particular substances. For example, Mingmengshi and some energy-based Spirit Beasts feed on energy. As for the Ghost Series, many feed on living creatures’ negative emotions, but they can also consume things like yin energy to stave off hunger."

Feng Yuan said, bringing over a plate of prepared food and offered,

"Want to try?"

The Teng Teng Turtle took a bite and showed a happy smile, suddenly looking around warily. The vines on its shell began to move; they were unnoticeable when coiled around the shell, but when the vines enveloped the Teng Teng Turtle and the plate of food, Mo Li exclaimed in amazement,

"It’s so greedy..."

"Being greedy is good~"

Feng Yuan said, then turned to Mo Li,

"So, what do you think? Any ideas?"

"Me? I’m afraid I don’t have the spare capacity to take care of it."

"You dislike its weakness?"

"That’s..."

Seeing Mo Li struggling with the question, Feng Yuan laughed and said,

"It’s fine, I would actually be upset if you had agreed casually. After all, if you take them away, you must take good care of them, and you...."

Feng Yuan glanced at Zi Mo. He understood clearly that even Mo Li taking care of Zi Mo was already at his limit; he himself was not a Beastmaster. Mo Li, occupied with important matters, couldn’t spare much time to care for more Spirit Beasts.

"What do you mean?"

Hua Yiyou asked Feng Yuan. He felt that Feng Yuan seemed to want to take the Land Turtle away. After picking up a piece of braised rabbit meat and finishing it, Feng Yuan said,

"Take it away. You all find some reliable people to care for it. Although its strength may not be very strong, Wood Spirit Beasts do provide a planting bonus."

Slapping his forehead, Guo Huai said helplessly,

"I forgot, Wood Spirit Beasts are especially good at taking care of plants. With its help, Yongning’s food issues should be resolved quickly."

"Are you serious?!"

Mo Li asked in surprise. Although Yongning City had suffered a drastic decline in population due to the beast tide incident, the farmlands and livestock had also been destroyed in that disaster. Now, Yongning’s food supply almost entirely relied on assistance from Zhen Nan. They were indeed doing their best to restore the farmland, but it was still somewhat challenging to support the gradually recovering population of Yongning City.

After all, those villages around Yongning, although many people had heeded the prophecy and evacuated early, still many chose to defend their homes. After the disaster, the villages that were left with only a few households simply couldn’t continue and had to choose to leave. Among those people, many chose the nearby Yongning City as their new home. Lacking in population, Mo Li naturally chose to welcome all these people.

Considering that most of them did not have any valuable possessions, Mo Li had specially provided them with jobs to open up and cultivate farmland. However, with the growing population within Yongning City, the grain prices from Zhen Nan had also been gradually pulled up. Before this trip, Mo Li had been worried about this issue.

Feng Yuan looked at the Land Turtle and said,

"Let’s eat—As for whether it can help solve your food problems? The answer is no, after all, Wood Spirit Beasts can speed up plant growth and eliminate harmful plants, but it’s too weak; the area it can take care of each day is not particularly large."

Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s words, the shaking green leaves suddenly stopped, and after a moment, a small white flower slowly grew out from the vine-covered floor next to the Land Turtle.

Feng Yuan glanced at the Land Turtle and said,

"Leave some margin for yourself, besides, he did not say he will not take you away. I just meant you wouldn’t completely solve his food issue."

"The Power of Nature is one of the special powers. Any Wood Spirit Beast has the chance to master it. A Spirit Beast possessing the Power of Nature will gain a significant boost in promoting plant growth."

After saying this, Guo Huai looked towards Feng Yuan and said,

"I’m right, aren’t I?"

Nodding his head, Feng Yuan swallowed the food in his mouth and said,

"Correct, it has indeed mastered the Power of Nature, but have you seen Yongning’s farmlands? The Land Turtle only has Common Level strength; asking it to be responsible for such a large piece of farmland..."

"This... indeed seems inappropriate..."

Guo Huai felt somewhat helpless; after all, the area was too large. If it had the strength of the Rare Level, it might just cope, but with only Common Level strength... even with the Power of Nature’s boost, it wouldn’t be feasible.

Mo Li smiled slightly and said,

"It would be great to solve the problem at once, but where power is insufficient, there’s nothing one can do. If it is willing to follow, Li will ensure it’s cared for attentively."

Zi Mo walked over and called to the Land Turtle wrapped in vines. After a while, the vines gradually retracted, and the Land Turtle excitedly talked to Zi Mo about something. Feng Yuan just glanced at it and then turned his attention back to Mo Li, saying,

"You can’t deceive it."

Mo Li smiled and said,

"Li would not make promises I cannot keep."

"Forget it, your formal answer always makes me feel uncomfortable."

Hesitating for a moment, Mo Li stared at Feng Yuan and said,

"Could it be... you don’t trust me?"

"You just spoke so formally, what do you think?"

"I treat them as friends, do you?"

After pondering, Mo Li said with a smile,

"Sorry, I was just..."

"You don’t need to tell me this, no amount of talk matters; it’s your actions that count."

"I understand."

Mo Li thanked Feng Yuan.

After dinner, Mo Ling curiously went over to talk to the Land Turtle. Watching the human and beast both striving to communicate with each other, Feng Yuan sneakily glanced at the phantom of Agunas beside him.