Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 561 - 562 Illusory Sound Parrot_1

Chapter 561: Chapter 562 Illusory Sound Parrot_1

"Seems like your charm isn’t that great after all~"

"What are you doing here?!"

Feng Yuan swept a displeased glance at Yao Yin, knowing full well what she meant. At the moment, the Illusory Sound Parrot stood obediently on Feng Yuan’s right arm, but its eyes were filled with vigilance and fear, which clearly indicated Feng Yuan hadn’t succeeded in becoming friends with it. Yao Yin looked towards Guo Huai and said,

"Of course, I came to see how he’s doing with his potion-making."

"I think you being here is putting too much pressure on him, and it might actually increase the chances of his failure."

"Tsk!"

Yao Yin glared at Feng Yuan with dissatisfaction and turned to leave. She, too, noticed Guo Huai’s extreme nerves, apparently because of the crowd around them. Before she left, she also took Mo Ling with her. Hua Yiyou, though curious, saw that Guo Huai was still a bit tense, smiled, and turned to leave the room.

It was only after the room had emptied to just Feng Yuan and himself that Guo Huai relaxed somewhat. Feng Yuan glanced at Guo Huai and said,

"Don’t rush. You’re too tense right now, and with the state you’re in, I’d say the chances of a successful potion mixture aren’t great. Relax a little bit, maybe... by petting a cat?"

While speaking, Feng Yuan picked up a little fire cat that passed by. The little primal cats had already evolved and were left to Guo Huai and Hua Yiyou to take care of. The little fire cat meowed and struggled in Feng Yuan’s hands, but it couldn’t reach where Feng Yuan was holding it. Seeing Feng Yuan bullying the little fire cat, Guo Huai walked over, snatched the cat, and held it carefully, soothing it, while he glanced at Feng Yuan and said,

"Is this what you call petting a cat?"

"Of course not~"

The little fire cat, with watery eyes, stared at Guo Huai, its paws pointing at Feng Yuan as if to complain to Guo Huai about the latter’s misdeeds. After patting the little fire cat’s head, Guo Huai said helplessly,

"It’s no use telling me, I can’t beat him."

All of a sudden, the little fire cat jumped out of Guo Huai’s arms, casting a disdainful glance at him before scampering to the top of a nearby cabinet. It cautiously peeked out its head to stealthily glance at Feng Yuan before hiding again. Feng Yuan wasn’t angry, but he looked at Guo Huai and said,

"Not feeling so nervous now?"

"Uh, it seems..."

Reminded by Feng Yuan, Guo Huai realized his nerves had indeed settled down. He took a deep breath, went back to the table, and began carefully concocting the potion. Feng Yuan, holding the Illusory Sound Parrot in his right hand, stood aside, occasionally offering pointers to Guo Huai, but spent more time chatting with the parrot.

"Did it work?"

Staring at the purple potion in his hand, Guo Huai felt as if he were dreaming. He hadn’t expected to actually succeed in making an Elite Potion. Just then, the system notification pinged at the perfect moment, snapping him out of it.

『Ding~ With the Heavenly Fate Blessing from a Divine Beast, if you still can’t succeed, you might as well give up early.』

"Heavenly Fate Blessing from a Divine Beast?!"

Guo Huai looked incredulously at Feng Yuan, who glanced back at him and said with evident irritation,

"What else? With your skills, it was almost too painful to watch."

"You!"

"Since you’ve succeeded, go give the potion to Mo Li. I’m heading back to my room."

Feng Yuan said, waving his hand dismissively with a disgusted look at Guo Huai, and turned to leave. As he did, the system notification chimed again,

『Ding~ Actually, you did quite well, it’s just... to complete the potion you still need...』

(I know.)

Guo Huai held the potion in his hand, which was sparking with electricity, feeling a bit helpless. After reflecting carefully, he knew very well the mistakes he had made. But these weren’t things he could correct at the moment; he had already done the best he could. After all, it was an Elite Potion, with many steps that were beyond his current ability.

Compensating for shortcomings had resulted in flaws, but under Feng Yuan’s Heavenly Fate Blessing, luck had forcefully corrected them. Thinking about this, Guo Huai sighed and took the potion before walking out of the room.

"What’s wrong?"

Seeing Feng Yuan’s somewhat distracted expression, Yao Yin was puzzled. Feng Yuan started, looked around, and couldn’t help but chuckle as he noticed everyone watching Zi Mo anxiously. Glancing at the Illusory Sound Parrot on his arm, Feng Yuan said,

"No need to be so nervous. It’s just a common Thunder Elite Potion, it won’t have any side effects."

"Of course, it won’t have any exaggerated effects either."

At that moment, Zi Mo seemed to have digested the potion. With a snort, he leapt up and a burst of purple lightning struck towards the sky. Hua Yiyou, chin in hand, said,

"The strength has increased slightly, but it’s not particularly noticeable."

"What else? Do you have some strange misconception about potions? Thinking that thing could instantly cause a qualitative change in Zi Mo’s strength."

"If that were the case, it wouldn’t..."

"Still, we need that potion. Just estimate how long it would take for Zi Mo to reach this level of increase under natural conditions to see the benefit."

Interrupted by Feng Yuan, Mo Li thought for a moment and said uncertainly after looking at Zi Mo,

"One year?"

Zi Mo nodded in agreement, clearly aware of how much its power had improved. Hua Yiyou thought for a while and said,

"If that’s the case, then it’s better to get as many potions as possible. I trust there’s no limit to the number of times it can be used, right?"

"No, common Elite Potions don’t have so many restrictions."

"But I..."

Guo Huai felt somewhat guilty; this time Feng Yuan had given the Heavenly Fate Blessing, but he couldn’t always ask Feng Yuan to do that, right? Although he didn’t know the extent of Feng Yuan’s strength, a Divine Beast-level move related to fate seemed unlikely to be used often.

"With one successful experience, can’t you improve a bit? Don’t forget you’re not an ordinary person; why not consider borrowing a Spirit Beast’s power if your own is insufficient?"

"But Pu Pu’s current strength..."

"I’ve calculated it—it should be just enough, as long as you don’t make too many mistakes, or are you saying you don’t have confidence in Pu Pu?"

Seeing Pu Pu’s aggrieved look, Guo Huai steeled his heart and said,

"How could that be possible! It’s just an Elite Potion! I’ll definitely be able to!"

Feng Yuan turned his head away, not letting Guo Huai see the successful smile of a schemer on his face. Hua Yiyou glanced at the Illusory Sound Parrot still sitting docilely in Feng Yuan’s hand,

"Does it have any problems?"

"You noticed?"

"Not really, but seeing the way you are holding it, there must be some problem you haven’t solved."

Looking at the Illusory Sound Parrot, Feng Yuan sighed and said,

"Sort of, I don’t quite understand how its flaw came about, but if it can’t be resolved, I guess it’s going to be in big trouble..."

"What is it, exactly?"

Guo Huai curiously observed the Illusory Sound Parrot; the system’s information panel didn’t indicate any problem. Feng Yuan carefully set the Illusory Sound Parrot on the ground and said,

"Try it and see if you can use your ultimate move?"

The Illusory Sound Parrot looked at Feng Yuan with some confusion. Seeing that the parrot didn’t move, Feng Yuan thought it might need a target, and with a strong tap of his staff, a small treant appeared in front of the Illusory Sound Parrot, startling it into flapping its wings. Realizing that the opponent wasn’t attacking, the Illusory Sound Parrot bravely approached and circled the treant a few times.

"Fake?"

Noticing that there were no system prompts, Guo Huai observed carefully and realized that the treant, although lifelike, seemed to have a vacant gaze and apparently lacked its own soul. Feng Yuan nodded and said,

"It’s just a target made with Life Force, I’m not that cruel."

After circling a few times, the Illusory Sound Parrot looked perplexedly at Feng Yuan. At that moment, Xiao Ji came out and called out a few times to the Illusory Sound Parrot. Hesitating after hearing Xiao Ji’s calls, the Illusory Sound Parrot then fluttered into the air and continuously clawed at the small treant. After a while, it landed on the ground looking exhausted, and Feng Yuan stroked his chin, watching the Illusory Sound Parrot in silence.

"This..."

Guo Huai also sensed something was amiss, and Hua Yiyou, curious, looked at the battered treant and said,

"Is there a problem?"

"Of course, for one, the Illusory Sound Parrot isn’t a Spirit Beast that wins with physical moves."

Guo Huai looked up at Feng Yuan, guessing there was a serious problem with this Illusory Sound Parrot.