Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 534 - 535: Nanyu Town_1

Chapter 534: Chapter 535: Nanyu Town_1

"It must have been that the cat fur you touched before wasn’t golden, since it’s not yet an Electric Cat, its fur doesn’t all carry static electricity."

Feng Yuan said, gently running his hand over Xiao Ji’s fur, the occasional static didn’t cause much of a reaction from him, leaving Hua Yiyou somewhat puzzled as he reached out and touched it, and to his surprise, he said,

"So it really is like that."

The little original cat, evolving toward an Electric Cat, seemed confused as to why they would shrink back every time they touched him. After stretching languidly, the little original cat licked Feng Yuan’s fingers and let out a meow. Placing Xiao Ji back on the cushion, Feng Yuan looked at Nagna and said,

"Are you coming with us? We’re planning to take a trip around Beiliu City."

Nagna shook her head towards Feng Yuan, casually threw a fruit core on the ground, and with a tinkling laugh, disappeared into the woods. As soon as the core hit the ground, it burrowed into the soil and vanished from everyone’s sight. Guo Huai, a little perplexed, said,

"Is she littering?"

Feng Yuan glanced at Guo Huai and said,

"Didn’t your system react?"

"What kind of reaction?"

The next moment, Guo Huai realized what Feng Yuan meant. A tree sapling quickly broke through the earth and grew rapidly under the watchful eyes of the group, turning into a lush fruit tree in no time, with even numerous flower buds appearing on it.

"It’s a shame, these flowers won’t bear fruit..."

Looking at the blossoming flowers, Feng Yuan said with regret, leaving Guo Huai somewhat puzzled,

"Why not? Is it because of the season?"

"More or less, it’s winter now, and there aren’t many bees, plus the flowers are still in an accelerated state."

As they spoke, the flowers gradually withered, and just as Feng Yuan had mentioned, no fruits formed after the petals fell. Mo Li remarked reflectively,

"Sure enough, anything that defies the rules has its side effects..."

"It’s only because there are no bees to pollinate, if it really wanted, it could just wait until after the flowers bloom and then stop the acceleration, allowing the bees to pollinate before continuing the growth. Then it would definitely bear fruit."

"Divine Beasts are synonymous with miracles, you know~ Don’t underestimate the power of Divine Beasts~"

"Miracles, huh..."

"These things..."

After a day’s travel, Feng Yuan and his companions arrived at a small town in the Nanyu Kingdom by dusk. After checking into an inn, they went out for a stroll. Looking at the jade stones from Nanyu Kingdom on the booths, Feng Yuan’s expression turned sour. Agunas’s phantom swished its tail and said,

"Hasn’t He guided you?"

"Let me ask, if it’s not a big deal, we’ll just stick with the original plan."

"Why doesn’t He tell you about these things you can’t directly check?"

Agunas’s phantom asked somewhat curiously, to which Feng Yuan replied with a slight smile,

"That’s normal because there’s too much information. If I were to be told everything, I couldn’t handle it, and my recordings can’t note these things..."

Spreading his hands in a helpless gesture, Feng Yuan added,

"Anyway, it’s not like we can’t contact Him, if there’s a real problem just ask Him."

Guo Huai pulled Feng Yuan aside, looking puzzled, and whispered,

"Is there something wrong with those jade stones?"

"I wouldn’t say there’s a problem... it’s just that those jade stones aren’t natural, doesn’t your system give you a prompt?"

Guo Huai looked puzzledly at the booth. Noticing Guo Huai’s glance, the old vendor became vigilant, eyeing the two of them. After all, although the town had a reasonably good security, the plethora of passerby merchants and travelers always led to various malefactors causing mischief. Observing Feng Yuan and his companions acting surreptitiously, the old vendor grew increasingly concerned about whether they were plotting against him.

"Nanyu Jade (Common)

The jade stones produced in Nanyu Kingdom are not much different from ordinary jade stones. Although they contain a special power, that power is extremely weak and it has no use for Spirit Beasts.

Note: "This is just material for ornaments, solely for looking at. Don’t think about turning it into Magical Tools or Potion ingredients; that power can’t be harnessed."

"There’s nothing wrong with it, except for an unusable power, there are no special notes or warnings."

Feng Yuan smiled without explaining, while Guo Huai questioned his own system in confusion. Unfortunately, the system’s data came from modern human archives, and the Nanyu Kingdom had perished at the beginning of the Dynasty Era, with its specialty jade stones disappearing with the kingdom’s fall.

Without any research data, the system was unable to help Guo Huai analyze what the problem was. After a while, Feng Yuan sighed and said,

"So that’s how it is, then we should not bother with it."

"What do you mean? Come on, tell me, don’t keep muttering to yourself."

Guo Huai spoke anxiously to Feng Yuan, who mysteriously smiled and said,

"It’s a secret~"

"Hey! You can’t just pique someone’s curiosity and leave it at that?!"

"Then I’ll give you a hint, Karnas~"

"Karnas? Hey! At least explain it clearly!"

Seeing Feng Yuan slip away, Guo Huai followed, dissatisfied. The Agunas’s phantom waved its tail and murmured in doubt,

"Karnas? Isn’t it happily staying on Mist Island now?"

"How strange, isn’t this just an ordinary small town? Why are there so many merchants?"

Yao Yin looked at the bustling town with some confusion. Although the town was not large, there were particularly many pedestrians. When they arrived, the inn was almost fully booked. Initially, they thought there was some event in the town, but after asking around, they heard nothing of any event or major occurrence in town or nearby.

Mo Ling pondered and said,

"It might have something to do with Nanyu Kingdom itself. I remember my brother’s records mentioning information about Nanyu Kingdom. Apparently, since the country isn’t big and lacks the protection of a powerful State-protecting Divine Beast, Nanyu Kingdom had to focus on developing commerce and navigate between neighboring countries."

"Why? Relying solely on commerce seems a bit unreliable, doesn’t it?"

Yao Yin found it odd. She wasn’t unfamiliar with the history of this world, which was similar to Xingluo Realm. In early times, commerce wasn’t significant, only starting to gradually develop once resources began to surplus. And Nanyu, being a country, couldn’t possibly depend entirely on buying all essential resources from other countries, could it?

Mo Ling thought for a moment and said,

"I’m not sure, but it seems Nanyu indeed only focused on commerce. The territory of Nanyu has remained the same since its establishment and has not expanded."

"Wait a minute... When you say focused on commerce, do you mean they focused on the people’s livelihood without venturing out?"

"Isn’t that so? If they don’t venture out to expand and farm more land, what else is there to do besides maintaining the original land and developing business? Moreover, there are so many merchants, at least many more than we have in Great Li."

"Alright..."

Yao Yin massaged her temples somewhat helplessly; she had forgotten that, although Mo Ling was quite smart, she was limited by her era, and Mo Li had protected her well, so there were things she didn’t know.

"Having many merchants doesn’t mean there’s no strength..."

Yao Yin said softly, thinking it over she decided to ask Feng Yuan about the actual situation in Nanyu once she got back. Mo Ling pulled on Yao Yin’s hand and said,

"What are they doing over there?"

"Why don’t we go over and find out?"

Yao Yin wasn’t surprised to run into Feng Yuan and others; after all, the town’s only business street was the thoroughfare that ran through the entire town. The other alleys were mostly residential, maybe with one or two small stores catering to locals, but travelers wouldn’t bother visiting those places. Feng Yuan and his group were no different. If it were only Feng Yuan, he might have ventured into the alleys, but Yao Yin had seen him leave with Guo Huai.

With the street only being so long, if Feng Yuan and the others didn’t go into the alleys, they were bound to run into each other eventually. Yao Yin, curious, walked forward with Mo Ling in tow. At that moment, Feng Yuan was holding Xiao Ji and saying something,

"Right, just like that, but still, it doesn’t quite look like it... too dull."