Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 932 - 933

Chapter 932: 933

"Do you not like this kind of environment?"

He Nanqing looked at Feng Yuan with some confusion, her fingers gently gliding over Xiao Ji’s back as Feng Yuan said,

"Pretty much. I prefer to enjoy a relaxing afternoon tea with my friends, rather than partake in these insincere social interactions."

"Sorry, I forgot about that. Come with me."

He Nanqing said apologetically. She had indeed been too busy and completely forgot that Feng Yuan didn’t seem to like these kinds of occasions, and besides, these banquets were meaningless to him anyway.

Feng Yuan looked quizzically at Qi Chen, who wanted to follow, and said,

"Together?"

"Staying here, I wouldn’t know what to do anyway."

Qi Chen said with a wry smile. He didn’t have the status to attend such a banquet — it was only because Feng Yuan had brought him along. Dou Yanlan took Qi Chen’s hand and said softly,

"Let’s go. This banquet isn’t for us."

Seeing He Nanqing lead Feng Yuan and the others away, Chen Xin inexplicably smiled at the guests in front of her.

"What’s up? You find this funny?"

The girl in front of her asked, somewhat puzzled as to why she was smiling. Shaking her head, Chen Xin said softly,

"Not really, I’m just happy to see a dear friend escape the misery."

"Escape the misery?"

The girl looked around, confused, then suddenly realized and said with a chuckle,

"I see, you mean this place? But indeed, if it weren’t for my family insisting, I really wouldn’t like coming here either."

"Exactly. I haven’t even bought my dress for the academy acceptance celebration yet."

"What? You’ve already been confirmed for admission? That’s great, is it to Great Xia Academy?"

"How could that be possible? My family doesn’t have that kind of influence..."

Listening to their mutual flattery, Chen Xin maintained a polite smile, but inside she felt weary. That guy really was enviable...

"Heh heh—private hot springs time—"

Feng Yuan said proudly, rubbing Xiao Ji, while Qi Chen looked speechlessly at Xiao Ji beside Feng Yuan and said,

"Doesn’t it dislike water? Are you sure it will want to soak in the hot springs? Besides, that’s just an exclusive hot spring for the guest room. It seems like the public pool isn’t open today."

After all, with so many guests attending the banquet, if the public hot spring pools were open, it’d be unpredictable what might happen. It was better to let them each use their private little hot springs in the guest rooms.

"Of course, it’s more fun to soak in the hot springs with friends. If some weird person slipped in, it wouldn’t be good."

Feng Yuan said as he neatly placed his changed clothes aside, while Qi Chen looked around the luxurious room and asked,

"Speaking of which, are we staying here tonight?"

"What else? It’s rare to enjoy ourselves. How could we not stay for the night?"

Feng Yuan said as if it was the most natural thing in the world. After a moment of indecision, Qi Chen also gave up the idea of arguing with Feng Yuan. The time before academy assessments was precious, but he couldn’t refute Dou Yanlan’s point about balancing work and rest. Ah Mu curiously asked Xiao Ji something, but the latter didn’t seem very happy.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Dou Yanlan opened the door and came in, speaking to Feng Yuan. Cotton yawned in her arms, and seeing Dou Yanlan in a very conservative swimsuit, Feng Yuan nudged Qi Chen with his elbow and said with a smirk,

"You really are... prone to jealousy, huh~"

"Stop talking nonsense, I didn’t think that way!"

Qi Chen said dissatisfiedly to Feng Yuan, to which Dou Yanlan responded with a slight smile,

"Could it be that you can’t tell whether it was my idea or Ah Chen’s?"

"Hehe~ Just a joke~ Let’s go~"

"What’s the difference between this and a hot water pool?"

In the hot springs, Qi Chen whispered, somewhat perplexed. Dou Yanlan smiled and said,

"Indeed, if you ignore those messy minerals, there’s not much difference from hot water. But ordinary people wouldn’t heat up so much water."

Though the hot spring was exclusive, it was actually not particularly small. Feng Yuan knew that there weren’t many rooms with private hot springs, and it was indeed somewhat troublesome for He Nanqing to allocate three of them to them at once. After all, there were so many guests, but it was unlikely anyone would ask her to explain.

Anyone who wasn’t intimidated by her status knew Feng Yuan’s identity, and his presence here was no secret. Earlier, Feng Yuan had noticed that many people at the banquet were debating whether to approach him for a chat. Those who knew his background were also aware of his personality, and those who didn’t wouldn’t know about his unique identity.

Seeing Big Cat floating on his back past him, Feng Yuan smiled mischievously and pressed down hard on Big Cat’s soft belly, almost making Big Cat choke on water as it wailed discontentedly at him. Agunas watched Feng Yuan submerge and reemerge in a different spot of the pool, wordlessly.

Despite its crocodile-like appearance, it didn’t particularly love water—it just found it amusing. Veronia sat on a colorful bubble submerged in the water, with only her head showing, eyes closed, and an air of utter enjoyment.

Ah Mu stretched his branches in the hot spring as if he found it very comfortable. Dou Yanlan also noticed something unusual and said with surprise,

"Does this hot spring have the ability to relieve fatigue and release stress?"

"It’s probably Drudgeon’s formation at work. He seems busy with something here as well."

Feng Yuan said, glancing towards Agunas, who was scurrying around in the water. Sensing Feng Yuan’s gaze, Agunas popped his head out of the water and after a moment added,

"It seems so. It has a good relationship with Yognot, helping it out a bit doesn’t seem like a big deal."

It might be miraculous for humans, but for Divine Beasts, it was merely effortless. Veronia waved her hand gently, and one by one, colorful bubbles rose from the bottom of the hot spring, gently bursting at the surface.

As more bubbles appeared, the color of the hot spring seemed to change, from clear water to a rainbow surface.

"What are you up to now!"

Agunas said discontentedly to Veronia, sensing an unusual change in the hot spring. But it didn’t know what exactly Veronia had done.

Veronia glanced at Agunas, let out a light laugh, and said,

"Guess~"

"A power similar to the Life Series? How do you have this?"

Feng Yuan looked at Veronia in some surprise. As a beast that leaned towards the dark side, how could it possess a move from the light side? Just as Xiao Ji was actually leaning towards the dark side, making it almost impossible for it to master moves of the Life Series.

"It’s not a move from the Life Series. It’s just the power of the Mirror Realm."

Veronia said while sitting on the Rainbow Bubbles, swinging her feet. Hearing Veronia’s explanation, Feng Yuan suddenly understood—it was likely using the power of the World of Mirrors to bless the water. As it was a power of the world, it had no affinity and could naturally display characteristics of the Life Series.

"Thank you~"

Feng Yuan said quietly to Veronia. The Rainbow Bubbles decorated the sky, giving the hot spring pool a unique atmosphere. Feng Yuan sneakily glanced at Qi Chen, who was admiring the rainbow bubbles with Dou Yanlan, and suddenly pushed her.

"Feng Yuan!"

Suddenly drenched by the hot spring water, Qi Chen yelled instinctively. Without thinking, she knew that at a time like this, the prankster could only be that guy. Waving around a small wooden basin he had somehow acquired, Feng Yuan said with pride,

"Come on and play in the water~ Just soaking is so boring~"

"Did you forget something?"

Qi Chen said with a menacing smile to Feng Yuan. Then, behind him, the huge figure of Ah Mu appeared, his palm slamming down, creating a massive hand of vines out of nowhere that slapped up a giant wave. They hit Feng Yuan and little Xiao Ji behind him, pushing them to the wall. The quickly surfacing Big Cat wailed discontentedly at Qi Chen, and Xiao Ji glared menacingly at Ah Mu.

"Really... like a child, but it’s quite amusing."

Sitting on the shore, Dou Yanlan said to Cotton, watching the chaotic scene below where they were using various ultimate moves to create huge waves. Cotton, perched at the edge, shook off his fur and hesitated before joining the fray with Dou Yanlan.

In the hot spring, several groups had formed: Qi Chen and Ah Mu; Feng Yuan and Xiao Ji; Big Cat and Little Green Snake, with Pomiti protecting the latter with Telekinesis, fearing it would be swept to a strange place and be lost. Little Ice Cream and a little lizard had unexpectedly teamed up, and surprisingly, Agunas and Veronia had paired up too. Even Feng Yuan couldn’t understand why they had chosen to team up at this moment.