Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 686 - 687 Idle Chat During Break_1

Chapter 686: Chapter 687 Idle Chat During Break_1

"Xiao Bai just evolved not long ago, his combat skills and such..."

Zhong Liuyan explained with a smile that Combat Series Spirit Beasts were the ones that required the most training. They needed more than just learning finishing moves; combat techniques were also very important to them.

"I see, but have you considered letting Xiao Bai train freely?"

"What?"

Zhong Liuyan was taken aback and looked at the somewhat angry Xiao Ji on Feng Yuan’s head, saying with a hint of amusement,

"You’re not suggesting letting Xiao Bai do the same as your Xiao Ji, are you?"

"Yeah—ow! Stop pecking! You’ll make me go bald!"

Feng Yuan quickly picked up Xiao Ji, looking at his hair pecked off with distress, Feng Yuan scolded Xiao Ji while rolling him into a ball,

"That’s too much!"

"Don’t touch my hair again, or I’ll ignore you."

Xiao Ji turned his back on Feng Yuan with displeasure, and Dou Yanlan chuckled before saying,

"I wonder if Cotton can catch up in time."

Looking at Cotton in Dou Yanlan’s arms, Zhong Liuyan said with some confusion,

"Has it not evolved yet? That..."

Recalling something, Zhong Liuyan hesitated but after a while said,

"How about I lend you some materials first, and you can return them to me after you’ve enrolled in the academy?"

"Don’t be in a rush to refuse, aren’t we friends..."

Zhong Liuyan suggested carefully, glancing at Dou Yanlan from time to time. While gently stroking Cotton’s fur, Dou Yanlan spoke softly,

"This... I don’t know if Cotton would be willing..."

Having spent so much time together, Dou Yanlan was quite aware of Cotton’s thoughts, but she wasn’t sure about this. Cotton’s eyeballs rolled wildly, and its tail twitched restlessly as if pondering something, Feng Yuan and the others didn’t speak. After a moment, Cotton stuck out its tongue and licked Dou Yanlan’s palm.

Meowing, Cotton gently patted Zhong Liuyan’s hand, and seeing this, Dou Yanlan smiled slightly and said,

"Then I’ll be troubling you."

Zhong Liuyan revealed a radiant smile, saying,

"We are friends, after all~"

"I almost forgot, this is for you."

Feng Yuan, suddenly remembering something, hurriedly took out a jade carving and handed it to Zhong Liuyan and Pei Yu. Looking at the jade carving in their hands with confusion, Pei Yu said somewhat perplexedly,

"What’s this?"

"A gift—rare memorabilia, you know~"

"Memorabilia? Did you go traveling?"

Zhong Liuyan looked at Feng Yuan with some surprise, and Pei Yu thanked Feng Yuan,

"Thanks a lot."

He really liked the jade carving Feng Yuan gave him, which depicted Duomeng and him standing together. Although the pose was a bit over the top, looking back at Xiao Bai behind Zhong Liuyan, Feng Yuan said with a beaming smile,

"I didn’t know your Xiao Bai had evolved, so..."

"It’s okay, I like this a lot too~"

Zhong Liuyan happily said. The craftsmanship of the jade carving was exquisite, capturing her and Xiao Bai’s likeness very realistically. Even though the poses were over the top, it wasn’t a big deal; moreover, she could sense that the material of the jade was quite special. If she remembered correctly...

"Did you visit Wang Yu for traveling?"

Zhong Liuyan asked with some disbelief. Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said, puzzled,

"You actually recognize it?"

"This is very special Nanyu, but I didn’t expect that you could get your hands on it."

Zhong Liuyan was quite astonished. Although the material was rare, Wang Yu had not sold such jade for a long time. Not because it was a nonrenewable resource—it was said to be a semi-artificial kind of jade and was once snubbed by high society.

That might also be why Wang Yu had not sold any Nanyu since then.

Dou Yanlan observed the jade carving with narrowed eyes. Due to historical changes, her knowledge of these items was not very extensive, as she had not fully reviewed the memories added by the alterations in history.

"So, it was renamed Wang Yu..."

Feng Yuan murmured, glancing at Xiao Bai behind Zhong Liuyan, who, sensing Feng Yuan’s gaze, asked with some confusion,

"What’s up? Is there something wrong with Xiao Bai?"

"No, just—it’s just that a friend of mine has a partner who is the evolved form of Xiao Bai, a White Ape Martial Master, and I don’t know if it has successfully evolved yet."

Feng Yuan explained with a smile. Zhong Liuyan exclaimed in surprise,

"A White Ape Martial Master?! That’s impressive. Is he our age?"

"No, he’s an uncle~"

"Uncle, huh..." Zhong Liuyan felt a bit awkward. It was impressive if someone of the same age or even a little older owned a Legendary Level Beast Tamer, but uncles... the modern era isn’t like ancient times, after all. While it’s true there weren’t many who could reach this step, there also weren’t few.

Dou Yanlan looked thoughtfully at Xiao Bai and asked, "Is he also a friend you made on this trip?"

Knowing where Feng Yuan had actually been, if it were the ancient times, that would have truly been something ordinary people could not have accomplished. Nodding her head, Feng Yuan said with a hint of disappointment, "Yeah, but we parted ways pretty quickly."

"He seems like a really interesting person. I hope he’s doing well," Dou Yanlan glanced at Feng Yuan and suggested, "Then why don’t you go look up the information?"

"No need for that." Feng Yuan scratched his head and stated. After chatting for a while, they all went to the cafeteria for lunch and happened to overhear others discussing the competition. Feng Yuan curled his lip disdainfully, "Those people are just asking for a beating, nothing worth discussing."

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan and said, "You’re not really planning on bringing Divine Beasts to deal with them, are you?"

"What else?" Feng Yuan replied.

"That’s just... pitiful..." Zhong Liuyan said with a hint of amusement. She knew about the group that came to challenge them—mere mid-tier fools, swollen with some sort of special superiority complex, thinking Maomu was a backwater and the performances in the Beast Taming competitions were weak due to the lack of strong competitors.

But those at the top well knew that Maomu City’s Feng Yuan was their greatest opponent, or rather, even if they didn’t want to admit it, Feng Yuan’s strength had long surpassed those of "his peers."

Still, she felt something was off about those people’s actions but couldn’t quite pinpoint what exactly was wrong at the moment.

"Isn’t anyone stopping them?" Dou Yanlan asked, puzzled. This was what baffled her the most—those people might not understand Feng Yuan’s situation, but she believed there must be someone among the students from Shangjing who was aware, and the rules they were playing by were tantamount to suicide.

Remembering something amusing, Zhong Liuyan said, "Everyone’s just watching the drama unfold since those fools are too arrogant."

"Is it really okay to do this? If it goes wrong, it’ll disgrace all the schools from Shangjing," Qi Chen said, puzzled. He didn’t quite understand those people’s approach. As for telling Feng Yuan to hold back? If an upset resulted in their school losing face, he pondered and decided that since those people created this mess themselves, he wouldn’t stop Feng Yuan.

"It’s okay, after all, they’re losing to Divine Beasts." Zhong Liuyan shook her head helplessly as she spoke. During this trip home, her family had forced her into taking lessons for almost the entire vacation, driving her nearly insane, so naturally, she didn’t want to prevent the upcoming excitement.

"You guessed it~" Feng Yuan said, proud of himself. Qi Chen sighed and glanced at Feng Yuan; with Feng Yuan stirring things up, those people would probably continue to send more to Maomu. Zhong Liuyan looked around and said in a low voice, "Speaking of which, they seem to be guessing how many Divine Beasts will show up this time."

"Do you have a plan for handling it?" Feng Yuan asked.

"Well, I was thinking one for each person, but it depends on the situation. If everyone’s busy, it’s not a problem to ask Agunas to do a bit more." While reading a book, Agunas swept a glance at Feng Yuan and swished his tail, "Gitalien should be available."

"Who knows, with this kind of thing, you can never tell." Although things were temporarily calm on Odinis’s end, Feng Yuan didn’t dare guarantee there wouldn’t be any surprises. After thinking it over, Agunas said, "Drudgeon seems able to help; anyway, it has already settled in this area."

Feng Yuan looked at Agunas, amused, "You’re pretty skilled at throwing your teammates under the bus~"

Agunas glared at Feng Yuan and said irritably, "Whose idea was it in the first place?"

"Heh heh~"

"I’m not too keen on going to the afternoon class." During the lunch break, Feng Yuan lay on his bed muttering. Qi Chen glanced at him and said, "It’s Mr. Yan’s class this afternoon; you dare to skip?"

Feng Yuan turned towards Qi Chen, poked Xiao Ji’s belly, and said, "But it’s pointless, Xiao Ji already knows all the things he should and shouldn’t."

"What do you mean by shouldn’t... What weird stuff have you taught it now?" Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan exasperatedly and continued to prepare Ah Mu’s Potion. This afternoon’s training with Ah Mu needed to be accompanied by a potion to prevent injuries.