Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 931 - 932: Banquet

Chapter 931: Chapter 932: Banquet

"Everybody ended up the same?"

Feng Yuan said with a bad smile while sizing up Dou Yanlan, dressed in the Wolf God’s Robe. Although he had also invited Chen Xin and Zhong Liuyan, it seemed they had other things to do and couldn’t go to the hot springs with him. Looking at Feng Yuan and Qi Chen, also dressed in the Wolf God’s Robe, Dou Yanlan asked with some confusion,

"It’s not odd for Ah Chen to wear this, since he doesn’t have formal attire. But you..."

"Formal attire?"

Feng Yuan scratched his head, puzzled. Agunas swished its tail and said,

"The invitation mentioned, not only a hot spring hotel, but also a banquet in the evening. It seems a lot of people were invited."

"Is that so?"

Feng Yuan pulled out the invitation with some disbelief, and sure enough, it stated there was a grand banquet tonight. However, a banquet at the Fire Stronghold? That felt a bit odd to him, considering the decor style there seemed to clash with this? A rural-style luxurious banquet? It always seemed out of place.

"Chen Xin and the others are probably there by now."

Dou Yanlan said calmly, which made Feng Yuan pause in surprise,

"Didn’t they say they didn’t have time?"

"Since the banquet was initiated by the Fire Stronghold, they have to attend even if they don’t want to. Perhaps all the Special Duty Team’s manpower is being redirected there."

Dou Yanlan shook her head, looking at Feng Yuan. This guy should be clearer about this than she was. Scratching his head, Feng Yuan realized what was going on. He had been running to the Fire Stronghold for the past two days, influenced by the local architecture, and subconsciously overlooked the influence of He Nanqing or Yognot.

Unlike the Divine Beasts, Yognot, as a special Spirit Beast that kept in contact with the Fire Stronghold, could completely help Great Xia in times of need and was also very reliable, unlike Divine Beasts that might leave at any time because of the Divine Pact Makers.

"How about it? Your first banquet, huh~"

Feng Yuan teased Qi Chen with a sly smile. With no response, Qi Chen simply looked at him, and Agunas, tossing the book it held opened a Space Gate, saying,

"Let’s go, or we might miss the banquet."

"Hehe~ bet you didn’t expect this~"

Feng Yuan waved at Chen Xin dressed in an evening gown and proudly said, bowing slightly to the boy talking next to him. Chen Xin slowly approached Feng Yuan with a smile,

"I guessed you’d definitely show up here after I knew it was a hot spring hotel."

"Eh? Seems like it."

Feng Yuan scratched his head and realized that when he had invited everyone earlier, he mentioned going to the nearby hot springs. If one thought about it, they could understand that his goal was definitely this place, especially since she also had an invitation, so naturally, she could guess the situation.

After all, there aren’t any hot springs near Maomu City. Previously she thought maybe Feng Yuan intended to have Agunas create a doorway to another city for hot springs.

"As expected, you’re here too."

Pei Yu said somewhat discontentedly, and then glanced around whispering to Feng Yuan,

"You’d better be careful, there’re quite a few people here today, and not all may have pure intentions towards you."

"Against me? Is that necessary?"

Feng Yuan was puzzled. He only occasionally visited the Special Duty Team; otherwise, he was mostly in school. What good would targeting him do? Pei Yu glanced around and whispered in Feng Yuan’s ear,

"The special recruitment quota, some people are just... so arrogant."

Feng Yuan could clearly hear the disdain in Pei Yu’s tone. Reminded by him, Feng Yuan also found it somewhat funny. Pei Yu’s meaning was simple; every year, those top academies, like Great Xia Academy, had a special recruitment quota in each city that was usually to be awarded to those whose parents had made special contributions.

But those major families treated them as their private property, hostile to the possibility of any commoner obtaining one. Of course, Divine Pact Makers like Wu Feng were different, being directly under the attention of the Great Xia high command; they wouldn’t be foolish enough to provoke him. But someone like Feng Yuan was a bit problematic.

Although he could summon quite a few Divine Beasts, he himself was not a Divine Pact Maker, and the other party’s ambivalent attitude toward Great Xia had also led the local families to misjudge, only Qi Chen and the real high-ups knew the importance of Feng Yuan.

To the local major clans, Feng Yuan was seen as a troublemaker for Great Xia. Although powerful, he had also caused quite a bit of trouble and most importantly, they didn’t think he had much power.

Indeed, because he was not a Divine Pact Maker, they assumed those Divine Beasts wouldn’t pay special attention to Feng Yuan. As for that declaration from Lorraine Tower? They weren’t actually intent on harming him, so they figured Lorraine Tower wouldn’t care.

The Divine Beasts by his side, only Agunas was somewhat troublesome, Veronia was more unique and had not been officially entered into the Alliance’s database, so besides a few in the Special Duty Team, not many knew she was a Divine Beast.

"You’ve arrived? I was worried you wouldn’t like this banquet."

Dressed in a formal Ritual Robe, He Nanqing came forward with a smile. Although her voice was not loud, it unexpectedly allowed everyone present to hear her clearly. Hearing He Nanqing’s words, those restless individuals beside her looked grudgingly at Feng Yuan as he slipped into the crowd.

Pei Yu looked at He Nanqing and then at Feng Yuan in surprise, only then realizing he had been needlessly anxious. He didn’t expect that there was a connection between Feng Yuan and He Nanqing.

"You’ve saved me quite a bit of trouble~"

Feng Yuan said with a smile, shaking his head. He Nanqing responded,

"I just didn’t want them to hurt themselves too badly. Maybe their methods aren’t very likeable, but there’s nothing too excessive yet."

She knew that those people were likely just trying to provoke Feng Yuan into a fight here. After all, reputation is an important assessment criterion for elite academies like Great Xia Academy, and a bad reputation could affect the outcome of special recruitment evaluations.

But was Feng Yuan really that easy to bully? Not to mention Agunas and Veronia, Long Boduo, who was taking advantage of the Ghost Series Spirit Beast’s unique invisibility ability to sneak food at the table, also thought well of Feng Yuan. If they tried to provoke him, it’s likely that Long Boduo would strike at them the next moment.

Agunas and Veronia would at least follow human rules, while Long Boduo, as a Ghost-type Divine Beast, had barely interacted with humans, or rather, they didn’t care much about humans and wouldn’t hesitate to take action.

"So I don’t understand, have they not figured out that I’ve chosen Maomu Academy?"

Feng Yuan said, shrugging helplessly. These people really weren’t well-informed. They were trying to take action without even learning this fact? Even if he didn’t choose those top academies, the spots would hardly fall to them.

"Maybe they’re not clear, maybe they don’t believe it. Who can know what someone is really thinking?"

He Nanqing said with a smile, and turned to greet Dou Yanlan who stood behind Feng Yuan with a welcoming gesture,

"Welcome to the banquet, I hope you have fun. If you’ll excuse me."

"Is this the banquet?"

Qi Chen muttered uncomfortably to himself as he looked at the people engaged in polite conversation. Scanning the crowd, Feng Yuan disdainfully said,

"Those boring pleasantries? Just ignore them."

Casually picking up food from the table for Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan suggested,

"If you feel uncomfortable, you can just hide in the corner, like her."

Seeing Zhong Liuyan hiding in a corner with Pei Yu holding food for her, Qi Chen found it odd. After a while, as if she had rested enough, she joined Pei Yu and entered the crowd.

"It must be tough..."

Dou Yanlan said sympathetically. She knew all too well the character of Liu Yan—such banquets were truly no pleasure for her. Picking up a nearby beverage, Feng Yuan looked around and commented,

"It’s normal, after all, they just love these ’games,’ don’t they?"

Qi Chen gave a rueful smile and glanced at Feng Yuan, who was leaning against the banquet table,

"You don’t seem to care at all."

"What’s there to worry about? When you are powerful enough, you are the etiquette."

Feng Yuan said nonchalantly. As long as one didn’t cross the line, they wouldn’t concern themselves too much with his actions.