Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 538 - 539 Ancient Cave_1

Chapter 538: Chapter 539 Ancient Cave_1

Feng Yuan picked up the bewildered red kitten, gave it a once-over, then set it down on the ground and said

"Moreover, they are already close to finishing evolving. Haven’t you noticed?"

Guo Huai looked at the 83% progress bar with skepticism and said

"It’s only at eighty-three percent, and you call this close to complete?"

"Don’t be so rigid, okay? Just look at their fur."

Feng Yuan pointed to a red kitten that had been frightened away. Calling it a kitten now didn’t quite fit, for its fur had almost completely turned red, and yellow stripes had already emerged. It looked almost identical to a fire kitten. Guo Huai said with some confusion,

"Then why..."

He certainly wouldn’t immediately doubt what Feng Yuan said, for the other man’s system was much stronger than his own, and given his system’s behavior, there was certainly a possibility of error.

"The completion of the transformation in appearance can account for up to eighty-five percent of the evolutionary progress. The remaining fifteen percent must wait until they adapt to and fully transform their internal power before it’s considered complete."

"However, adapting to the power varies with each individual. The quick ones might take just a few hours, while the slow ones might take several days, or even a week—there’s no telling."

"Haven’t you noticed that their agility has greatly improved?"

Guo Huai took another look at the kittens. By now, most of them had adopted the appearances of other cat-type Spirit Beasts, proving that their evolution in appearance was complete. Yet, in terms of dexterity...

"I can’t tell. Aren’t they all agile as before..."

Guo Huai sighed helplessly. After all, the original cats were very agile to begin with, so even evolving toward other cat-type Spirit Beasts of the same level might not make them much stronger, or the improvement could be limited.

"Tsk, you can’t even see such a minor detail?"

Hua Yiyou said with a slight smile,

"I also can’t discern any change in their agility from before."

Agunas’s shadow flicked its tail and said,

"Ordinary people truly can’t spot such subtle differences, and not all those original cats have become more agile. The little rock cats have become slightly clumsier, though it’s hard to tell."

"Is that so..."

Hua Yiyou pinched his chin and stared at the little original cats. He didn’t doubt the words of Agunas’s shadow; he knew it was the projection of a Divine Beast. For such a trivial matter, a Divine Beast wouldn’t take an interest in deceiving him, and it would be pointless anyway.

"We meet again?"

Feng Yuan glanced at the man who was greeting him and others with a smile and said,

"What are you doing here?"

The man in front of him was the very wanderer with the Duomeng map that Feng Yuan had sought out the previous night. Now the man stood in front of a cave with Duomeng beside him, peering around. After a glance at the people behind Feng Yuan, the man said with a slight smile,

"Are you interested in joining me to explore this ancient cave?"

"Ancient cave?"

Feng Yuan looked over the cave with some confusion. This cave was no different from those commonly seen in the south. Mo Ling looked at the man and said,

"How do you know this is an ancient cave? Although I’m aware that Nanyu has ancient cave clusters, I’m not clear about the details. This one here..."

"Of course, I asked the locals around, and you’ll know once you go a little deeper in. If it’s really an ancient cave, the entrance will have traces of human activity."

"But I haven’t heard that there’s treasure inside the ancient caves..."

Mo Ling eyed the man warily, finding him somewhat suspicious. The man laughed and said,

"I never said there was treasure inside. I was just asking if he was interested in checking it out for the cultural and... artistic aspects of the ancient people."

"Art?"

Guo Huai, who was examining the data of the Nanyu ancient cave, looked up with some confusion and said, Feng Yuan thought for a moment and said,

"That’s true, as long as you go in a little bit, you can find out whether it’s an ancient cave, but for some reason, some ancient caves have no traces of human activity at the entrance."

"If you encounter that kind of situation, then it’s just bad luck. I wouldn’t dare to wander inside randomly either; what if there’s an accident? Bai Ling doesn’t have the ability to get me out of there."

Seeing Mo Li hesitate, Feng Yuan glanced at the White Wolf Deity and said,

"What are you worried about with it here?"

Following Feng Yuan’s gaze, Mo Li saw the White Wolf Deity looking lazy and realized, on his side was a Divine Beast. Even if someone wanted to harm him, they’d have to weigh their chances against the Divine Beast first.

The commotion caused by Yimu Qingling and Drudgeon in Great Yan was still unresolved. Yesterday, while resting in a small town, he took the opportunity to gather some intelligence in the inn and was surprised to find that the merchants had all chosen to temporarily avoid Great Yan. As for Great Li, the major caravans also chose to skirt around it.

Ordinary people might be fooled by the reasons given for the Bei Ding Domain rebellion, but the leaders of those big caravans were no fools. Great Li had escalated to the point of playing with biological crises within its own borders; the merchants would be crazy to go there courting death.

Although the profits might be very high, it was pointless. Powerful merchants were busy monopolizing the markets in their areas, and only the weak would travel between nations to do business. High profits were useless if they couldn’t be realized; in these times, there was no such thing as fairness. Whoever possessed a powerful Spirit Beast held the truth.

Thinking this, Mo Li sighed. It was clear that Great Li had been gradually widening its gap with neighboring countries, but with this turmoil, he simply couldn’t see where the future of Great Li was heading.

"Perhaps it will completely decline..."

Mo Li sighed. Now that the conflict had become apparent, he simply couldn’t manage to put down his differences with the Yongning Army and the King of Great Li. And the Yongning Army... having experienced the beast tide, one could say they already stood in opposition to the Royal Court of Great Li, and they couldn’t possibly fool everyone.

Like Hua Yiyou, he was someone who knew the truth, but chose not to tell others for the sake of Mo Li’s issues. Once exposed, the Yongning Army and Great Li would definitely come into open conflict, but the Yongning Army wasn’t ready for that yet.

"Let’s go, let’s check it out inside~"

Feng Yuan said as he led the way into the cave. It wasn’t long before signs of human activity appeared around the cave. Primitive murals appeared on the stone walls of the cave, and upon seeing the murals, Feng Yuan happily said,

"It looks like my information was correct~ Look, these are the ancient humans’ murals~"

Guo Huai leaned close to Feng Yuan’s ear and asked in a low voice with some confusion,

"Were there archaeologists in this era?"

Feng Yuan glanced at Guo Huai and said,

"Haven’t you looked at the data on Duomeng?"

"What about Duomeng?"

"As an Artistic Spirit Beast, their strength can grow rapidly through enhancing their artistic cultivation. Didn’t you notice it’s much stronger today than it was yesterday?"

"How can I tell... My system doesn’t give me the data in specific values."

"That’s normal. The strength of a Spirit Beast is constantly fluctuating due to environmental changes and physical conditions; it can’t be quantified. Unless you want to look at an approximate or perpetually changing number."

"Then why bother asking me about it?"

Guo Huai said somewhat dissatisfied, and Feng Yuan glanced at him before saying,

"Can’t you use your spiritual power to sense its aura? Although your spiritual power isn’t strong enough to leave your body, sensing the aura should be no problem, right?"

At that time, Guo Huai’s body was only about twelve or thirteen years old, his spiritual power couldn’t be compared to that of an adult. An out-of-body sensing was almost impossible, but sensing an aura directed at himself should still be possible. Guo Huai tried to sense using his spiritual power with some skepticism and said,

"Although it seems pretty strong, I don’t know what its condition was like last night."

The man observed the murals carefully with Duomeng, Yao Yin took Mo Ling nearby for a look. The murals were just a fascination to them, and after a glance, they went to see if there were other interesting things in the area. Mo Li, Hua Yiyou, and the guards were discussing something.

Just as the man was feeling satisfied and about to share his findings with Feng Yuan, he suddenly shouted towards the deeper parts of the cave with vigilance,

"Who’s there!"