Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 654 - 655: Return to Pearl Town_1

Chapter 654: Chapter 655: Return to Pearl Town_1

"You borrowed money from them?"

Feng Yuan simply didn’t believe that Guo Huai could have obtained the local currency in any other way, since only he had exchanged some money at that time, and now Mo Li and the others didn’t have much on them. Feng Yuan guessed that Guo Huai must have borrowed a portion from them.

"Anyway, we don’t have anything particular we want to buy, or rather, we don’t even know what can be purchased."

After all, although this so-called black market was relatively fair, those strange and weird cursed items were really dangerous, and they dared not make any hasty moves without understanding the situation.

"Aren’t you afraid of buying something dangerous?"

Liu Wenli looked at Guo Huai with some surprise. Even though she didn’t want to exploit her ability to peek into future possibilities, unexpected things often happened when she tried to purchase something, and her intuition told her that buying those items would be dangerous, and this warning had occurred several times.

"Not afraid, as long as he’s here."

Guo Huai glanced towards Feng Yuan. The items here could be dangerous, but none would trigger just upon acquisition. No one would allow excessively dangerous items to appear in the black market, particularly considering that nobles occasionally visited to enjoy the thrill of treasure hunting. And let’s not mention those nobles who prided themselves on their extensive knowledge.

If someone brought in something overly dangerous that caused issues upon contact, it would be big trouble if it affected those nobles. Glancing at Guo Huai, Feng Yuan asked,

"Can’t you handle it on your own?"

"It’s not that I can’t, but I’m afraid some items might temporarily be beyond my ability to deal with."

Guo Huai scratched his head and said sheepishly, though thinking about the main goal of completing the system task, he wasn’t too concerned. If all else failed, he could just keep the item until he could handle it or, if really necessary, sink it into the sea so as not to harm the land.

With this in mind, Guo Huai curiously checked the item in front of him but still no information appeared from the system.

(What’s the matter? Why can’t I see the information about the item?)

"Ding~ didn’t you check the follow-up task? You need to appraise all those items~ Of course, you can give up if you don’t want the reward, but I highly advise against it."

Reminded by the system, Guo Huai hurriedly checked the task list and saw that a follow-up had been added unknowingly. But to appraise that pile of items...

Guo Huai instantly felt a headache looming. While he had used Dream Vision to cheat and bought quite a few items with special powers, he had no idea what their actual effects were. He even suspected that many of them would be cursed items that he couldn’t use.

"Ding~ You could ask him for help, the task doesn’t restrict you to appraise the results on your own."

While Guo Huai was troubled, his system actively suggested to him. Noticing Guo Huai staring at him, Feng Yuan said with annoyance,

"What are you doing? Don’t look at me with those ill-intentioned eyes."

Guo Huai looked at Feng Yuan with a full head of black lines and said,

"What do you mean ’ill-intentioned’?"

"Tsk! You tell me!"

Without further explanation, Feng Yuan waved his hand and a mirror made of ice crystals stood between Feng Yuan and Guo Huai. Looking at himself in the mirror, Guo Huai scratched his head and said,

"Didn’t realize it was that obvious, huh?"

"No!"

"I just wanted you to help me identify those items."

"Can’t you see the specific information yourself?"

Not wanting to discuss Guo Huai’s system in too much detail in front of everyone, Guo Huai sheepishly said, scratching his head,

"If I can identify it without relying on that, I could get some extra materials, that... "

"Alright."

Feng Yuan said in resignation and then seemed to remember something, speaking to Hua Yiyou and the others,

"You guys should join in, too. Let’s appraise his items first and then yours."

As he spoke, Feng Yuan casually picked up an antique-patterned ceramic pot and started explaining. Naturally, no one wanted to miss this opportunity. Hua Yiyou quickly took out her notebook where she recorded her items, and everyone except Yao Yin gathered around curiously to listen to Feng Yuan’s explanation on how to identify items and the origins and uses of those goods.

"Thank you~"

Having received the task completion notification, Guo Huai thanked Feng Yuan, since the rewards were to be given after returning to the modern era, Guo Huai wasn’t worried about having to explain the sudden appearance of the rewarded materials. At this moment, Feng Yuan looked up at the starry sky and said,

"Let’s talk about the rest while we walk, you better pack up your stuff quickly."

Seeing Feng Yuan’s disdain for the items, Guo Huai guiltily started to gather the things scattered on the ground into his bag. After Feng Yuan’s appraisal, many of those items turned out to possess special abilities but were mostly impractical trinkets. Although they were quite powerful, most were single-use items. However, Mo Li seemed quite interested in these items.

After some thought, Mo Li said to Guo Huai,

"What are you planning to do with those things?"

"You want them? If you want, I’ll give them to you. Just leave the materials for me, and you can use that pile of cursed items."

"That should cover a part of the money I borrowed from you. As for the rest, just see what you think is fair."

Most of the items were of no use to Guo Huai, and even if Mo Li took them all, based on their purchase price, it wouldn’t be enough to offset the money Mo Li had lent. But Guo Huai didn’t mind; he simply told Mo Li to decide later how much to give, even suggesting that if it would help him repay Liu Wenli and the others, that would be fine too.

Anyway, he couldn’t take those things back with him. As for keeping the materials, Guo Huai mainly wanted to practice and thought of helping his Teng Teng Turtles increase their strength along the way. Even though Hua Yiyou’s three Teng Teng Turtles didn’t like to fight, when it really came down to it, not many would care about that.

"How are we going to get back?"

Liu Wenli looked puzzled at Feng Yuan. They had come here by flying on the Flying Sword, but now with Mo Ling and Yao Yin added to their number, Feng Yuan surely wouldn’t continue to fly with the Flying Sword.

With a wave of his hand, Feng Yuan summoned several ancient-patterned Flying Swords, glimmering with blue light, which appeared beside them.

"Of course, we’re flying back on the Flying Sword. Let’s have a race with them!"

Guo Huai looked at Feng Yuan, speechless, and said,

"Who could possibly win against you then?"

"Hey! Don’t smear my name like that! The speed is the same for all; you just need to stand on it and you can control the Flying Sword with your thoughts. Don’t make it sound like I have an unfair advantage."

Saying so, Feng Yuan glanced at Yao Yin. If they really had to compare, probably only Yao Yin’s ability to control the Flying Sword was quite formidable; after all, that was the main mode of transportation in her world, and flying on it every day made familiarity almost inevitable.

"You want to compete with me in controlling the Flying Sword?"

Yao Yin looked at Feng Yuan with a playful air. Although Feng Yuan was mysterious, she did not believe she would lose in this aspect. Feng Yuan, taking the challenge, looked provocatively at Yao Yin and suggested,

"Should we have a little competition?"

"Are you all joining in?"

Feng Yuan turned to Mo Li and the others. Nodding his head, Mo Li then looked at Mo Ling, who seemed tempted, and said,

"As long as there’s no danger, why not?"

"What danger could there be?"

Feng Yuan shrugged helplessly and said, while Guo Huai glanced at Feng Yuan and remarked,

"Anyway, the ocean is right below us. As long as we don’t fly too high, even if we fall, we won’t die, right?"

"I never said that, and besides, unless you deliberately jump down, you’re not going to fall off the Flying Sword."

"My Flying Swords aren’t that shoddy."

As he spoke, Feng Yuan stood on the Flying Sword upside-down and flew a short distance before hovering in the air. Yao Yin stepped onto the Flying Sword and tested it, nodding her head and confirming,

"Indeed, they’re not defective."

The inhabitants of the slum area were astonished to find that tonight, for some unknown reason, several blue trails suddenly appeared from the nearby forest, meandering toward the sea. When they approached, those trails vanished.

Seeing the blue trails on the sea, the Maritime People and Aquatic People were merely surprised that Feng Yuan and his company had come up with some new strange trick, without feeling it was anything too special. After all, Feng Yuan had already shown his weirdness in front of them, whether it was his close relationship with the Sea God or his ability to converse despite language differences, both profoundly mystical. The favorite pastime for them now was to guess what Feng Yuan couldn’t do, but since they didn’t dare to ask directly, those speculations were always unconfirmed.

"Why are you so familiar with Flying Sword flight?"

On the beach, Yao Yin eyed Feng Yuan suspiciously and asked. Feng Yuan glanced at her and said with a smile,

"Take a guess~"