Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 557 - 558 Prayer Ceremony_1

Chapter 557: Chapter 558 Prayer Ceremony_1

"How annoying..."

Wearing a wolf ear hat with rounded edges, Feng Yuan complained discontentedly. Although his cloak was waterproof, the damp ground made Feng Yuan feel uncomfortable. Xiao Ji and Pomiti had already burrowed into Feng Yuan’s embrace inside the ritual robe early on. Despite having told Xiao Ji and Pomiti they could wait for him in the inn because of the rain, neither of them wished to leave Feng Yuan’s side.

Even though Xiao Ji couldn’t see anything while nestled in Feng Yuan’s embrace, it still looked blissfully happy. Pomiti, though not as exaggerated as Xiao Ji, fell asleep comfortably in Feng Yuan’s arms, drowsy and content.

Little Green Snake slithered across the ground, its lack of fur meant it did not feel too much aversion to the rain. Although Feng Yuan had previously asked if it needed to find shelter from the rain like Xiao Ji, it decisively refused.

The rimmed hat on Feng Yuan’s head was waterproof, but the wolf ear decorations were not; they drooped down when soaked, making them look somewhat odd. The wolf tail moved restlessly under Feng Yuan’s cloak, showing impatience.

Others glanced at Feng Yuan and his companions, smiling slightly. Everyone was more or less in the same boat. Some people, upon seeing Yao Yin and Mo Ling holding umbrellas, seemed reminded to do likewise and quickly turned around as if ready to replace their cloaks with umbrellas, but more people, like Feng Yuan, were using their cloaks to block the rain, showing a faintly contemptuous smile at those running back to get umbrellas. In their view, using umbrellas was not conducive to movement.

"Are we heading to Guanxing Tower?"

Feng Yuan asked in surprise, and Mo Ling looked at him quizzically and said,

"Yes, Guanxing Tower is specially used for hosting celebrations. The blessing ceremony can barely be considered a celebration."

"Can that place hold so many people?"

Feng Yuan was skeptical. There wasn’t much of an open space beneath the Astrology Tower and even though the Astrology Tower, located in the center of Yuehu Town, had thoroughfares leading in all four directions, just by estimating from the number of people currently seen, it was clear that the intersections of those four streets couldn’t accommodate so many people, unless more chose to stand far from Guanxing Tower.

"I’m not sure about that, I don’t really understand what the blessing ceremony is all about, it was just briefly mentioned by Wei Dingwu to us."

"Speaking of which, why hasn’t she come to find us?"

Feng Yuan wondered, given that, although not particularly close, since they had been invited to the blessing ceremony, why she didn’t come to fetch them. Mo Ling laughed and said,

"She’s gone to help host the blessing ceremony; she can’t come accompany us."

When everyone arrived at Guanxing Tower, they indeed found they couldn’t squeeze into the open area below it and were forced to stand in the distance, watching the tower amidst the rain. Feng Yuan, puzzled, said,

"What on earth is going on?"

"I don’t know,"

said Guo Huai disinterestedly from under the eaves. He had little interest in so-called blessing ceremonies, considering them useless; even in a world where magical creatures and Spirit Beasts existed, his life experience told him that most rituals were futile, unless performed by Legendary Level beings. Without such power, there was hardly any auxiliary technique that could be effective over a wide area.

As for weather-related techniques? Not all Spirit Beasts had abilities to change the weather; those were innate techniques unlearnable by others. For instance, Xiao Ji would unlikely master most weather-related techniques; even though it was a Divine Beast, its capabilities were limited to its own Death Series typology, meaning it could only master those within the Death Series.

Guo Huai had not seen any evidence of a Legendary Level Spirit Beast in the area, so he didn’t believe the blessing ceremony could have any effect. Hua Yiyou, seeing Guo Huai’s disinterest, asked somewhat surprised,

"What, you’re not looking forward to it?"

"Do you know how strong one must be to make an auxiliary technique effective over a large area? Legendary Level, only those above Legendary Level have that kind of power, but I haven’t seen any traces of a Legendary presence here."

"Maybe it doesn’t necessarily require the power of a Spirit Beast?"

Hua Yiyou said with some uncertainty, to which Guo Huai shook his head and replied,

"How could that be possible? Relying on a person alone, how many could possess such powerful strength?"

Feng Yuan glanced at Guo Huai and said,

"That may not necessarily be the case."

"Are you suggesting yourself?"

"I never said that, it’s just..."

As Feng Yuan was speaking, a sound of a bell tolling rose, causing everyone to look towards Guanxing Tower. Due to the rain and the tower’s height, it was hard to see clearly what was happening at the top. Listening to the faint music coming from above Guanxing Tower, Guo Huai glanced over the people dressed up like Spirit Beasts and muttered,

"Really... even though you can see nothing, you still gather around here."

"Recalling some unpleasant memories?"

Feng Yuan said with a chuckle, looking at Guo Huai who sighed and said in a low voice,

"Not really, just... what’s the point of all this..."

"It’s all about joining in the fun, right? At least it gives you something new to talk about tomorrow, doesn’t it?"

Feng Yuan looked around; those people who clearly knew each other were happily discussing each other’s attire, their enthusiasm undiminished by the light rain from the sky.

After a while, another pleasing tolling of bells resounded, and a procession of soldiers slowly emerged, beginning to arrange everyone in line. Feng Yuan said in astonishment,

"Are we going in for a visit?"

"Seems like it, that’s right."

Although Mo Ling hadn’t seen Wei Dingwu, she saw everyone else queuing up and, pulling Mo Li’s hand, she said to Feng Yuan,

"Let’s queue up too~ I wonder what it’s like inside now~"

"What could it be like? Anyway, I haven’t sensed any spatial fluctuations."

Although Feng Yuan said that, his expression was somewhat strange as he looked at Guanxing Tower; he realized he might have underestimated the person who arranged the Star Guidance Formation.

Following the crowd into Guanxing Tower, they found the interior hadn’t changed much from before. Disappointed, Mo Ling said,

"I thought there would be special decorations, like the Dynasty celebrations in Great Li City."

Mo Li gave a slight smile and said,

"Yuehu Town is just a small town, how can it compare to Great Li City?"

"Speaking of which, she should be done with her work by now, right?"

Looking around for Wei Dingwu, Hua Yiyou said somewhat curiously,

"What are you looking for?"

"Wei Dingwu, shouldn’t she be looking for us by now?"

"Do you think that’s possible? With so many people, how can she come looking for us?"

After a glance at the surrounding crowd, Guo Huai disdainfully said, before Feng Yuan scratched his head and added brightly,

"Can’t she just push through the crowd?"

"There’s no need for that, right? Besides, shouldn’t she be waiting for us upstairs?"

Seeing the crowd move towards the upper floors, Mo Ling spoke up. Xiao Ji and Pomiti were bouncing around excitedly at Feng Yuan’s feet, while Guo Huai, noticing Pu Pu’s inexplicable agitation, asked,

"What’s the matter with you?"

Pu Pu suddenly spat out a purple smoke that enveloped Guo Huai. Seeing Guo Huai baffled by his trick, Pu Pu laughed, looking pleased with his mischief, as he waved away the purple smoke. Guo Huai pretended to be upset and said,

"Why have you started picking up bad habits?"

Uncertain whether Guo Huai was truly angry, Pu Pu quickly adopted a pleasing look and stared at Guo Huai. Feng Yuan glanced at Guo Huai and said,

"You can’t tell? There’s a special force enveloping this place."

"A special force?"

"Yeah, it’s likely the Force of Fate, although rare, it definitely is..."

Guo Huai said in surprise,

"There is a Spirit Beast of Fate here?"

"Not necessarily, could be something else."

Feng Yuan looked up at the ceiling and spoke. As they followed the crowd to the upper levels of Guanxing Tower, Feng Yuan saw a huge statue of a Sun-Scorch Insect placed in the center. People were bowing to the statue, muttering something under their breath, and then quickly turned and walked out of Guanxing Tower.

"Is this for a blessing?"

Imitating the people, Feng Yuan put his palms together and then sensed a special force swirling around him. Smiling, he said,

"Just as I thought."

Just as Feng Yuan and the others were preparing to follow the crowd out of Guanxing Tower, a guard stopped them and said,

"Excuse me, Miss Zhuo requests your presence."

Seeing Wei Dingwu waving to them from the staircase, Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"I thought she had forgotten about us."