Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 521 - 522 A Short Rest Among the Woods_1

Chapter 521: Chapter 522 A Short Rest Among the Woods_1

"Your reason seems a bit contrived."

Mo Li said with a smile as he looked at Hua Yiyou. He bore no grudge, and Hua Yiyou returned the smile, saying

"What about you and Zi Mo? How do you see it?"

"Me?"

After a moment of silence, Mo Li let go of his smile and sighed before replying,

"Indeed, to me, Zi Mo is like a brother I can rely on..."

"Isn’t that the case... If it could help you, it would surely do a better job than me."

Seeing Hua Yiyou a bit disheartened, Mo Li said with a smile,

"Don’t talk about the impossible; I will still need your help in the future."

Hua Yiyou cracked a slight smile and said,

"Now that I’m out, I naturally won’t hide my light under a bushel. However, there seems to be constant trouble recently in Great Li City."

"What’s happening?"

Hua Yiyou looked at Mo Li seriously and said,

"Though I haven’t received any messages from the spies, I’ve heard from Feng Yuan that the temples around Great Li City seem less willing to be restrained."

"Since the rebellion in the Bei Ding Domain began, the Royal Court of Great Li seems to have been trying to suppress those temples, hoping to bring them under its rule."

"This incident with Yimu Qingling is a case in point. The Great Li Royal Court could have curbed the families’ overt actions, but they turned a blind eye..."

Mo Li thought for a moment and then said,

"Isn’t it because the Royal Court can’t suppress them? I remember those families are quite powerful."

Hua Yiyou shook his head and replied,

"Not so, the strength of the Great Li Royal Court completely overwhelms those families. It’s not like Great Yan, where the families govern jointly with the royal family."

"Although they mask their rivalry quite well in everyday life, nobody is a fool. I believe the temples are also aware but just incapable of resistance."

"What about Feng Yuan’s side..."

Hua Yiyou said with a slight smile,

"The White Wolf Deity once fought with the Dragon that protects the nation. Guess what the result was?"

Mo Li guessed uncertainly,

"Did the White Wolf Deity win?"

"If it had won, do you think Wolf Mountain Hall would still exist? Even if it couldn’t defeat the dragon, it wouldn’t allow such a powerful being to just squat beside the royal city."

"Then..."

"The outcome that day was a draw, with the White Wolf Deity having a slight advantage."

Hua Yiyou said with a smile as he looked at Mo Li,

"That’s why they wouldn’t dare to oppress him unless absolutely necessary. If a fight broke out again, wouldn’t that just add to their troubles?"

"I see."

...

In the room, Feng Yuan held Xiao Ji and watched the little messenger birds, continuously taking out fruits and tossing them to the neatly aligned line of birds on the windowsill table. Each bird chirped joyfully just before snatching the fruits.

"Are you really that bored, treating them like musical instruments?" Agunas’s phantom flicked its tail and said.

"Hehe~ just adding some fun to feeding~"

Feng Yuan said with a laugh, his hands still busily throwing fruits. With the different calls of the birds, Feng Yuan somehow managed to play a halting melody.

Xiao Ji nestled in Feng Yuan’s arms, its eyes following the fruits as they were tossed, and it became a bit angry when Feng Yuan repeatedly stopped it from snatching the fruits, turning its back to Feng Yuan and flicking its little tail.

The Little Green Snake coiled on the ground, gently sweeping its tail as if thinking. Feeling bored, Xiao Ji jumped out of Feng Yuan’s embrace and walked over to the snake, chirping. The Little Green Snake lifted its head, seemingly engaged in a puzzled conversation with Xiao Ji.

"What on earth are you trying to do?"

Seeing Xiao Ji no longer by Feng Yuan’s side, Agunas’s phantom whispered in Feng Yuan’s ear. Feng Yuan looked puzzled and said,

"What do you mean? Aren’t I just livening up the birds’ feeding time?"

Flicking its tail, Agunas’s phantom frowned and said,

"I’ve seen everything—the things you did during dinner, even though I’m not quite sure what exactly you did. You must have contacted someone."

Feng Yuan, who was tossing fruits, paid no attention to Agunas’s phantom and said,

"I’m responsible for this place, you don’t need to know everything."

"But..."

"You’re already very tired from the modern side, aren’t you? If you keep worrying about things here, can you handle it?"

Agunas’s phantom wagged its tail and said,

"What are you really planning to do? I’m afraid you might accidentally mess it up."

"No, I won’t. Actually, it’s just a supplement. It was He who mentioned it. After all, it involves that kind of thing, I couldn’t find out what really happened. Only He knows."

"He asked you to do it?"

"Otherwise? Okay, that’s it."

After tossing out the last fruit, Feng Yuan clapped his hands and said. Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, the little messenger birds immediately scattered around the room like they had received a dismissal command, finding spots to rest in various odd places, except on the bed.

Feng Yuan said with satisfaction,

"Not bad, at least they still understand commands."

"You really plan to send them to deliver messages?"

"What else? Expecting them to carve out a new evolutionary path? I don’t have the energy to take care of them, and besides, this was the agreement."

Saying this, Feng Yuan lay down on the bed and said,

"Weakness is the original sin. It doesn’t matter who it is. Maybe following Mo Li, eventually, some within their tribe will become Psychic Communications Eagles or even Messenger Deity Eagles."

Turning his head, Feng Yuan looked at the little messenger bird perched near the window preening its feathers. Although they looked similar, Feng Yuan could easily recognize it as the first messenger bird he encountered. Agunas’s phantom swished its tail and said,

"Legendary-level Messenger Deity Eagles can protect the little messenger bird tribe, but until one appears within their tribe, many will be sacrificed, right..."

"That’s unavoidable. After all, war shows no mercy. Once you’re involved, don’t expect your adversary to be compassionate..."

"If they escape, they might end up like those strange monkeys."

"I’m not very clear about your attitude towards those strange monkeys... You seem to dislike them, but in the end, you..."

Looking at his right hand, Feng Yuan said,

"I just don’t like their nature. It’s clear they are very weak, yet they not only refuse to do everything they can to become stronger—which is fine, as no one would bother them otherwise—but they also cause trouble despite their weakness..."

"Hopefully, they’ll learn their lesson this time..."

Seeing Agunas’s phantom looking unsure, Feng Yuan smiled slightly and said,

"Who knows? In fact, if you look deeper, their potential is actually great. Although they are individually weak, their evolutionary path inherently covers all the lower traits."

"Although none have reached the limit, a tribe with all kinds of traits is actually quite tricky to deal with. Even if traits generally do not counteract each other, the ultimate moves of different traits focus on various aspects. Unless there’s an overwhelming power advantage, it’s most troublesome to deal with omnipotent adversaries."

"Omnipotent yet lacking a supreme evolutionary form, they are ultimately..."

Saying this, Feng Yuan laughed sarcastically,

"If they also had a naturally existing Legendary-level evolutionary form, what would the efforts of the Water Faeries count for? The sacrifice of half their tribe, only to be outdone by the strange monkeys’ heavenly gifts? That would be too unfair."

"Indeed..."

...

"I wonder what their currency is..."

Feng Yuan said, somewhat puzzled, after having traveled for two more days and nearly leaving the tribal area, when Mo Li suggested going to a nearby tribe to restock supplies. Considering that Great Yan was currently busy dealing with Yimu Qingling and Drudgeon and likely did not have the resources to plant spies in the tribal area to watch for suspicious individuals, no one disagreed.

Mo Ling asked curiously,

"Will Great Yan really negotiate with Yimu Qingling and the rest?"

"Why not? Not to mention that they are at fault from the start, even if they are willing to continue fighting. Yimu Qingling and Drudgeon may not care, but can Great Yan hold out?"

Hua Yiyou smiled slightly as he followed Feng Yuan’s words,

"Actually, Yimu Qingling and Drudgeon just want an explanation. If they stubbornly resist, it will affect their interests, and those Nobles won’t care about so-called face."

"Based on the intelligence we’ve received, although Great Li hasn’t had much of a reaction because of us, other nations are already getting restless."

Mo Li added, then thought for a moment and said,

"I estimate that within a few days, they will likely compromise with Yimu Qingling."