Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 503 - 504: The White Bird_1

Chapter 503: Chapter 504: The White Bird_1

"What are you doing?"

Mo Li, who happened to pass by, saw Guo Huai’s movements and asked with some confusion. After all, the camp set up by Feng Yuan was rather modernized, and there were many things they did not know how to use. Pulling the vine again, the fruit slowly lit up, and Guo Huai, with Mo Li by his side, walked into the room to explain the uses of those devices.

Mo Ling encountered a similar issue to Mo Li, but instead of asking Feng Yuan or Guo Huai, she went to seek guidance from Yao Yin. After coming out from Guo Huai’s place, she saw Hua Yiyou studying how to use those devices. Mo Li did not explain but followed with curiosity. After trying for a while, Hua Yiyou had mostly mastered the use of those unfamiliar devices.

Turning around, Hua Yiyou gave Mo Li a slight smile and said,

"He wouldn’t make anything dangerous. All you have to do is try a few more times to understand it."

"However, these things..."

Looking at the slightly modernized room contemplatively, Mo Li asked in a low voice,

"Do we need to arrange for people to keep watch?"

Hua Yiyou looked at Mo Li and said with a slight smile,

"Why not? Even if we trust him, we shouldn’t leave everything to him. If he becomes tired, and should anything unexpected happen..."

"I understand."

Mo Li nodded and turned to instruct the guards who followed her silently on arranging the upcoming watch details. Lying on the bed and looking out the dark window where flickering candlelight passed by intermittently, Feng Yuan gently stroked Xiao Ji, who was curled up on his stomach, and said softly,

"In such an environment, what can ordinary people be on guard against?"

The phantom of Agunas appeared in front of the window, looked outside, and with a swish of his tail, said,

"It still has some use. But having encountered a Spirit Beast so quickly, do you plan to keep it with you while moving through the deep forests?"

"What else? I can’t just open the door and help him send the Vine Turtle back to Yongning, can I?"

"True, but don’t you have a better solution?"

With a faint smile, Feng Yuan looked at the ceiling and said,

"No, we can’t just figure out a way to get them a Beastmaster contract now, can we?"

"Can’t we?"

"No, once Beastmaster contracts appear, the entire history will be greatly affected, and no one can guess what those people will do after they have weapons."

"Don’t forget the chaos at the end of the Dynasty; that was brought about by the Beastmaster contracts."

Agunas’s phantom fell silent, his tail swishing again. It was still the early days of the Dynasty, and the classification of Spirit Beast powers that Feng Yuan asked Hua Yiyou to create was essentially a push forward in the historical timeline, which would have no small impact on subsequent events.

But this was indeed His purpose; hence, a little chaos was acceptable. But if Beast Tamer contracts were introduced...

By simply looking at modern times where even military and police forces relied on the power of Spirit Beasts, one could understand that their power was no less dangerous than firearms. With rapidly increasing power, chaos would certainly ensue until a new equilibrium was established.

"Has He asked you to introduce Beast Tamer contracts?"

"No, He knows it’s not feasible. The Alliance only emerged because many powerful Beastmasters acted too brutally, although there were other reasons, the chaotic battles among those powerful Beastmasters were the root cause."

"You can’t just neglect your duties and focus on human affairs all day, can you?"

Shaking his tail, Agunas’s phantom turned away and said,

"Humans ah..."

Hua Yiyou looked at the Vine Turtle following behind him quietly and curiously inspecting the surroundings, and couldn’t help but smile wryly. Although Mo Ling seemed to have had a pleasant conversation with it earlier, when it was time to rest, the Vine Turtle seemed determined to stick close to him.

Considering he also needed to start with the Vine Turtle to study the habits of Spirit Beasts, Hua Yiyou tacitly accepted the fact that caring for the Vine Turtle would be his responsibility. However, thinking about the many places they had to pass through later and the possibility of encountering new Spirit Beasts, if he had to take care of them all by himself...

At this thought, Hua Yiyou shivered and looked at the guards passing by intermittently with their candlelight patrols, wondering if he should ask Mo Li for some extra help in advance to take care of the Spirit Beasts.

Glancing at the Vine Turtle, which had placed its vine-covered shell beneath itself and stretched its limbs in preparation for sleep, Hua Yiyou felt maybe there was no need to rush. Noticing Hua Yiyou’s gaze, the Vine Turtle curiously looked back at him. A few strands of vine pulled out from beneath it and slowly coiled into a tea coaster-sized vine mat in front of Hua Yiyou.

Although the Vine Turtle didn’t make any other moves, Hua Yiyou understood its intent and, with a slight smile, patted the Vine Turtle’s head and said

"No need, you go ahead and rest, don’t mind me."

The Vine Turtle looked at Hua Yiyou with some confusion. After a while, seemingly sleepy, the Vine Turtle yawned and retracted its claws a bit before falling asleep on the vine mat, which was the size of a tea coaster. Soon after, the vine mat slowly unfolded and turned into several vine strands scattered on the ground.

Somewhat helplessly, Hua Yiyou walked over, gently picking up the vines and carefully rolling them up onto the back of the Vine Turtle.

"Have you packed up your things?"

Feng Yuan looked at everyone and said as sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting specks of starlight on the temporary camp. Mo Ling glanced reluctantly at the camp and said

"I’ve finished packing up on my end."

"Same here."

Hua Yiyou glanced at the Vine Turtle following behind him. It seemed to have taken a liking to him, following him closely wherever he went except when it was eating...

"Then let’s get ready to go～"

Feng Yuan said, waving his staff, and the vines that made up the temporary camp slowly untangled and retracted back into the ground. In no time, the entire temporary camp disappeared without leaving a trace.

Mo Ling, looking at the ground with no sign of the camp, exclaimed in surprise

"If I hadn’t spent the night here yesterday, I’d almost suspect I was hallucinating."

"Nagna’s power can greatly avoid damaging the environment, something ordinary Wood Power can’t achieve."

"Is this the power of a Divine Beast..."

Mo Li said in low astonishment. Although he hadn’t witnessed its power in battle, this alone was terrifying. After all, setting up camp usually left some traces, but Feng Yuan’s traceless way of camping greatly increased their concealment.

As Mo Li pondered this, Feng Yuan spoke up

"Essentially, but Nagna’s power really isn’t suited for war. Of course, it’s another story if one forcefully invokes the undying power."

"Undying power?"

Guo Huai looked at Feng Yuan curiously, swinging the staff in his hand. Feng Yuan explained

"Just as it sounds, an extreme application of the Life Series power. Allies within a certain range gain the ability to not die, instantly recovering from any non-contaminating injuries no matter what hits them."

"Non-contaminating injuries?"

"It’s those disgusting things they concoct, the corrupt and polluted stuff that the power of life can’t heal."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Mo Li’s expression turned a bit grim as he waved his hand dismissively and Feng Yuan said

"Let’s not think about this rotten situation anymore, let’s move on. Who knows if we’ll encounter any interesting Spirit Beasts～"

Flicking its tail, the Agunas phantom looked at Feng Yuan somewhat speechlessly. It didn’t believe those Spirit Beasts would be so easily encountered by Feng Yuan.

Indeed, just as Agunas had anticipated, until the sun slanted westward and the group was ready to camp again, they had only found some Spiritual Medicine—and most of those finds were pointed out by Feng Yuan. Though Guo Huai had system assistance, he still missed a lot of Spiritual Medicine.

Feng Yuan teased the small white bird in his palm, the palm-sized bird covered in white feathers with tufts of bright yellow fluff on its head and small dark red claws that felt blunt against Feng Yuan’s hand.

This little bird was something Feng Yuan had tricked into following him with a string of red berries in the afternoon. Seeing that Feng Yuan did not hand the white bird over to Hua Yiyou, Guo Huai asked with some curiosity

"You aren’t planning to keep it yourself, are you?"

"Of course not, it’s just that this little guy is not easy to fool..."

"What are you trying to do..."

Guo Huai looked at the little creature in Feng Yuan’s hand, speechless, while Xiao Ji seemed quite upset, trailing behind Feng Yuan with an "I’m very unhappy" expression.