Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 858 - 859: Casual Chat on a Snowy Night

Chapter 858: Chapter 859: Casual Chat on a Snowy Night

Lanadi curiously followed beside Feng Yuan, watching him instruct Xiao Ji. Although she couldn’t understand a single word, she still found it very interesting. Qi Chen, somewhat speechlessly watching Feng Yuan muttering something to Xiao Ji with dissatisfaction, said,

"That guy, always slacking off."

"Don’t talk so much, Ah Chen, come give me a hand."

Dou Yanlan, who was busy installing runic decorations on wooden stakes, called out to Qi Chen. Hearing Dou Yanlan summon him, Qi Chen glanced at Feng Yuan and hurried over.

With everyone’s efforts and someone’s shirking, the greenhouse slowly began to take shape. Lanadi, somewhat anxiously looking towards the doorway, eventually walked up to Feng Yuan with a small plate, gesticulating and saying something.

("You haven’t finished eating yet? It’s gotten cold already, you’re really hopeless.")

Feng Yuan, with a headache, took the plate and walked towards the previously prepared cooking utensils, just as everyone decided to call it a day and continue the work tomorrow. So, when Qi Chen turned around, he saw Feng Yuan with the food, looking somewhat helpless, and said,

"That guy really is something, who knows when he snuck off."

"Let’s go, we should eat something too."

Dou Yanlan, linking arms with Qi Chen, said with a smile. Agunas, swishing his tail, floated up behind Feng Yuan and asked,

"You’re not planning to eat steak for dinner as well, are you?"

"How could I? That would take forever to cook; besides, this little bit isn’t enough to feed anyone."

Feng Yuan rolled his eyes and spoke speechlessly. Agunas glanced at the food in Feng Yuan’s hands and asked,

"So what are you planning to do now?"

"She didn’t finish her meal, I’m just going to warm it up for her; what else can I do?"

Feng Yuan responded somewhat speechlessly, noting that given the current temperature, the steak had already frozen solid.

"I wonder if they’ve finished the greenhouse."

Gladys, hearing the distant voices amidst the howling wind, murmured as she became aware that the village was near. Based on her original experiences, the greenhouse shouldn’t have been built by this time, but since the cycle of time had changed, she was no longer certain that it would be the same.

Looking at little Gladys, who was sleeping snugly on Big Black’s back, Teacher Yan sighed. He still didn’t understand why Gladys had insisted on coming along. Xiao Tong controlled several baskets woven from vines with telekinesis, floating behind them, almost overflowing with fruits.

"Back already? I was about to go out looking for people."

As they neared the village, Teacher Yan saw Feng Yuan waving at the entrance shouting loudly. Little Gladys seemed to be startled awake by Feng Yuan’s shout and, rubbing her eyes and yawning, she suddenly realized the situation and accidentally fell off of Big Black. Fortunately, Teacher Yan was paying attention and caught her before she fell into the snow.

"How did it go? Did you find anything?"

Feng Yuan ran over and asked. He then noticed the baskets Xiao Tong was controlling and said in surprise,

"Such a rich Power of Time; where have you guys been?"

Had it not been for the absence of Lorraine Tower’s power, he would have suspected they had gone to steal things from Mist Island. Gladys glanced at Feng Yuan and replied,

"Miracle Spring, what do you think of these fruits?"

Feng Yuan casually picked up a Red Fruit to examine it but put it back before Teacher Yan could stop him, commenting,

"Not bad, they can quickly spur ordinary fruit trees to bear fruit normally, and since they’re from this realm, they shouldn’t cause too much chaos."

Seeing that Feng Yuan didn’t pop the fruit into his mouth, Teacher Yan relaxed. He wasn’t certain that these fruits would certainly thrive, so he didn’t want to casually eat any at this point. Meanwhile, Lanadi, holding a plate, trotted up to little Gladys and boasted for a while until little Gladys, with an impatient look, suddenly grabbed the steak and stuffed it into her mouth. Seeing this, Lanadi was stunned for a moment and then turned around, but Agunas, who was behind them, noticed her happy demeanor.

Little Gladys provocatively said something to Lanadi and, after a moment, sauntered over to Teacher Yan and gently tugged at his sleeve. Seeing this, Gladys smiled knowingly; she remembered this incident.

Back then, how could she not see through Lanadi’s intentions? However, she didn’t want to reject Lanadi’s kindness outright, and remembering her own awkward experiences with Lanadi, Gladys shook her head with a slight chuckle.

"Let’s store these things in the room; leaving them outside might cause them to freeze and spoil."

Feng Yuan glanced at the baskets and said. Gladys looked at Feng Yuan and replied,

"Then I’ll leave it to you."

"Hey! Why do I have to do it? Can’t you just place it anywhere?"

Feng Yuan said with some dissatisfaction, Gladys smiled and said,

"Don’t you think you’re more suited to safeguard these things?"

"Who says!"

Feng Yuan quickly pulled Xiao Ji away when he saw it wandering over, looking like it wanted to peck at the fruits, and said,

"Look, Xiao Ji will sneak some bites, so I can’t be the one to handle it."

Xiao Ji gave Feng Yuan an incredulous look; it wasn’t interested in those things but had to poke around the fruits with its beak since it had no hands.

"Want to join?"

Gladys, holding little Gladys, taunted Teacher Yan teasingly. Upon scanning Gladys, Teacher Yan said nothing but focused on carefully cleaning Big Black’s shell. The Dreamland Bell appeared somewhat puzzled watching Gladys, feeling that she seemed very happy, while the baby bear was scurrying around the room with the Prophecy Doll.

Because little Gladys didn’t want them to be exposed to others, they couldn’t play in the village. Glancing at Mogu, yawning and looking sleepy, the baby bear sneaked a glance, then took the Prophecy Doll and climbed up the beams, using them to drop directly onto Mogu’s head.

Grabbing the mischievous baby bear down, Mogu, yawning, scolded him, and the Prophecy Doll, with a smile, led the mystified toy away. Seeing Mogu’s stern gaze on him, the baby bear curled up into a ball looking pitiable at Mogu.

But this act of playing pitiful didn’t work on Mogu at all. Instead, Mogu pretended to be the pitiful one then quickly changed his expression and carried the startled baby bear out of the log cabin. Soon, the baby bear’s whimpers, oddly puppy-like, came from outside.

Why did the baby bear whimper like a puppy? Teacher Yan wondered but didn’t think too much of it.

"I better go have a look outside."

Feng Yuan finished his hot tea and said, Agunas scanned him speechlessly and commented,

"Are you planning not to sleep tonight? Drinking tea at this hour?"

After glancing at Agunas, Feng Yuan laughed and replied,

"I just forgot~"

Seeing Xiao Ji follow him, Feng Yuan scratched Xiao Ji’s neck and said,

"You should rest first. I’ll go check out the greenhouse, and I’ll be back soon."

Xiao Ji shook its head and followed closely behind Feng Yuan, who said somewhat helplessly,

"Alright, but if you get sleepy later, I won’t carry you back."

Xiao Ji shook its head as if to say it was fine. Pushing open the door, the blizzard outside had indeed intensified. In the darkness, visibility was reduced to its limits. If it were not for the minuscule effect on Divine Sense, Feng Yuan would probably have lost his way the moment he stepped outside.

"What are you worried about? Isn’t there nothing over there?"

Agunas followed Feng Yuan, puzzled. Pushing Xiao Ji ahead, Feng Yuan pulled out a black Ancient Lantern from the Ancient Book and lit it, saying,

"I’m worried that the snow might be too thick and bury those components."

Because they had only stacked up the intricately carved Formation components and Rune-engraved small parts against a pillar when they finished work previously, and now, with the snowstorm intensifying, if the snow piled up too high, they would probably spend a lot of time digging them out the next day.

"Who made you create something that blocks spiritual power and Spirit Beast strength."

Agunas commented with a hint of irritation. Had Feng Yuan not set up the components to absorb the Spirit Beasts’ power and spiritual power, a sweep of Divine Sense or the use of a Psychokinesis Series Ultimate Move would have easily located the items.

"If I didn’t do that, the blizzards of Veludante would interfere with the internal Formation system’s operation."

Feng Yuan offered an offhand explanation as he tread carefully to the greenhouse. By then, the daytime worksite had been mostly buried by the snow. Hearing some noise, Feng Yuan said with surprise,

"Who is still here?"