Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 683 - 684 Treatment_1

Chapter 683: Chapter 684 Treatment_1

Xiao Ji looked at Feng Yuan with a complex expression, one that was a mix of sympathy, jealousy, and envy. Feng Yuan stroked Xiao Ji’s head and extended his other hand to gently brush over the scars on the eggshell, as gear-like apparitions suddenly emerged out of thin air. Xiao Ji watched Feng Yuan with surprised doubt.

"Don’t worry," he said. "Although I don’t think this little bit of Life Force seeping away is a big deal, I’ll stop if you don’t like it."

Xiao Ji flung itself into Feng Yuan’s arms in a gesture of seeking comfort, while other contestants sneakily sized up Feng Yuan with confusion. They didn’t understand what he was up to, just entertaining his Spirit Beast instead of focusing on the competition’s challenge.

But everyone was taken aback by the sight of the egg on Feng Yuan’s table, except for Qi Xiaoshuang and the staff members. They wondered why, apart from Feng Yuan, all other participants were assigned healing tasks for the training injuries of Spirit Beasts, while an actual Spirit Beast Egg was given as an exam topic to him. Could it be that he had somehow offended the examiner?

It was natural for everyone to think this way. Typically, nurturing a Spirit Beast Egg was not a task entrusted to an ordinary Beast Tamer, especially since all Spirit Beasts from the Alliance’s Breeding House were Alliance property, handled with utmost caution. Experienced mid-level Breeders were usually in charge of such nurturing.

The sharp-eyed even noticed the abnormalities on the egg, suspecting that there might be some underhanded aspect to this competition. Though it wasn’t a very formal examination match, such blatant targeting of participants was unacceptable to everyone.

Even the self-media personnel who had come to the scene had already started drafting sensational headlines. They couldn’t blatantly smear the Alliance’s image, but with such a scoop on their hands, they felt justified in having their little celebration, right?

"Is he really up for the task?" someone asked.

In the main stand, the person actually in charge of the Breeding House asked Granny Mianlan with some worry. The competition was taking place on the training ground of the Breeding House, which had been expanded through spatial magic, providing ample space. From the main stand, one could clearly see every movement of the contestants below.

Although giving Feng Yuan that egg as a test might seem inappropriate to outsiders, for the actual person in charge of the Breeding House, it was no big deal—as long as the egg could be healed, he didn’t mind breaking the normal procedure of the event. In case it was not possible, he had already decided to let Feng Yuan pass this round of the assessment, and perhaps ask for his help later on. They couldn’t fathom the extent of the egg’s injuries but knew its Life Force was dwindling, and that’s why he was willing to break the flow of the event and let Feng Yuan take a shot at it directly.

"Don’t worry. Have you seen that Eggshell Chicken on his table?" Granny Mianlan spoke calmly. Having seen Feng Yuan save Xiao Ji, she had no doubts about his abilities. Still, she wasn’t sure to what extent he could restore the egg. She was certain it would not be as formidable as Xiao Ji. She had no idea what had happened, but she wasn’t foolish—Xiao Ji must have had some special encounters.

The other Spirit Beasts following Feng Yuan clearly lacked Xiao Ji’s exaggerated strength, which meant that Feng Yuan must have done something back then. But such a method was greatly limited; otherwise, Xiao Ji wouldn’t be the only Beast Tamer’s beast with such strength.

"He once came to Cotton Orchid Manor holding a Spirit Beast Egg with even more severe damage than this one." Granny Mianlan recalled the chance encounter with a laugh.

"Could it be... that egg..." The person in charge trailed off.

"At that time, we all thought the egg was beyond saving. Its Life Force was rapidly seeping out, and it might have died any moment. Yet, he spent a great deal of time and managed to bring it back," she explained.

"The egg he saved eventually hatched that Eggshell Chicken."

Granny Mianlan watched Xiao Ji, who was tangled up on the table and felt extremely moved. If it weren’t for Feng Yuan, it might never have been born. After hearing her explanation, the person in charge looked at Feng Yuan with full expectation. As long as he could save the egg, nothing else mattered much to him.

"That was fast," Feng Yuan said with a smile, looking towards the staff member nearby. He knew that some of the items on the list were not usually stocked by the Breeding House, yet they had managed to gather everything so quickly, probably by purchasing at a high price from the stores below. However, Feng Yuan didn’t find this surprising.

Humming an obscure tune, Feng Yuan mixed the Potion while Agunas flipped through a book and glanced at him.

"Do you need my help?" Agunas asked.

"Hmm... do you have the chant for Nagna’s song of Life there?"

"No, Nagna hardly ever uses that technique."

Agunas replied with a sense of resignation. It couldn’t recreate every single technique, particularly those it hadn’t witnessed firsthand, which limited its abilities, unlike Lorraine Tower, which was much more capable in this regard.

"Then, there’s nothing much you can help with."

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Feng Yuan hummed a tune while speaking, as Agunas put away his books to watch Feng Yuan dealing with the Spirit Beast Egg. As Feng Yuan manipulated it, the black marks on the eggshell gradually faded under the wash of the potion. On the main stand, seeing the marks disappear while the soul fluctuations within the Spirit Beast Egg remained stable, everyone instantly breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.

Before, they hadn’t considered cleaning the contaminated area. However, no matter what method was used, it would cause harm to the fledgling spirit within the Spirit Beast Egg, especially since it was the residual effect of a Death Series skill—directly targeting the soul is most troublesome.

The remaining difficulty now is to repair the scars on the Spirit Beast Egg and prevent further loss of life force. Of course, if Feng Yuan couldn’t heal it, they still had alternatives. Forcibly hatching the Spirit Beast wouldn’t be subject to the ongoing effects of the egg’s damage, but they wouldn’t opt for such a course unless absolutely necessary.

It wasn’t just about potential—forcibly hatching before full development could bring about very serious side effects, even drastically reducing the Spirit Beast’s lifespan.

Watching Feng Yuan carefully applying the salve to the revealed scars on the Spirit Beast Egg, Xiao Ji seemed to remember something and stood there, watching Feng Yuan intently.

After a long while, Feng Yuan carefully placed the Spirit Beast Egg on a soft cushion on the table, gently patted it, and said with a smile,

"It looks pretty good—now the long-term healing begins."

Xiao Ji’s tuft of hair on its head wobbled, its expression complex as it stared at the Spirit Beast Egg, not sure what it was thinking. Rubbing Xiao Ji’s soft belly, Feng Yuan laughed and said,

"Don’t overthink it. The spirit inside the egg is a Fatty Coo. Although it feels really good to hold, it’s really not necessary."

"I don’t want to become a bird Beast Tamer master~"

Xiao Ji flung itself into Feng Yuan’s arms, acting coquettishly, while a nearby staff member looked at Feng Yuan in surprise and said,

"You can actually recognize it?"

"Why not? Although the patterns are all quite similar, there are still differences between the eggs of different Spirit Beasts."

Feng Yuan explained with a smile, then putting Xiao Ji on his head, he stretched and looked around before saying,

"This round of assessment should be considered passed, right?"

Looking at the egg on the table, the staff member nodded and said,

"Correct, but... is it really okay now?"

"For now, there are no issues. The injury isn’t particularly severe to me. If you carefully follow the instructions with the salve I’ve prepared, it should fully recover,"

"Without any lingering issues."

Feng Yuan added, and the staff member bowed in thanks to Feng Yuan,

"Thank you very much~"

Waving his hand like it was nothing, Feng Yuan nonchalantly said,

"I simply did what I wanted to do. If I have time, I will come and check on it. If there’s any anomaly, you can also come find me."

With that, Feng Yuan left the competition area. Others had left earlier, but only Feng Yuan had stayed longer due to dealing with the Spirit Beast Egg. Inside the rest area, those who had participated in the event were watching the screen showing the situation in the competition area. Seeing Feng Yuan turning to leave, they began to whisper amongst themselves.

Fixing a damaged Spirit Beast Egg was not something ordinary people could achieve in their view. Although they didn’t understand the special significance behind that particular Spirit Beast Egg, they knew that it definitely wasn’t something faked for underhanded reasons.

While the exact effects of the treatment were not clear, those with the expertise understood that simply removing the black contamination marks proved that Feng Yuan’s abilities were far beyond their own.

Outside the venue, self-media personalities and reporters were busy contacting scholars they knew or other professionals involved in Spirit Beast treatment. They did not understand the method Feng Yuan used, but they wouldn’t dare fabricate information. Otherwise, the Alliance would make them understand the consequences of false reporting.

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