Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 962 - 963 Training

Chapter 962: Chapter 963 Training

"Want a drink?"

Veronia, not sure from where, took out a can of beer and set it beside the Little Husky, asking as it perched on the balcony rail, who then wagged its tail and glanced at Veronia, saying,

"You’re still not asleep?"

"That incident today, it was partly because of you, wasn’t it?"

Veronia didn’t answer but instead asked out loud, upon reflection it was clear, although Little Ice Cream was somewhat special, its strength was apparent, and it wouldn’t make sense for it to be overcome by such a vast power gap—so, the only possibility was Feng Yuan. Even though that guy likely wasn’t the instigator, his power was the only one present that could surpass theirs at the time.

Looking at the crescent moon, the Little Husky shook its tail and said,

"Sort of, why, did I inadvertently evoke some memories you’d rather not recall?"

Staring at that smiling canine face, Veronia exhaled and sat on the railing, looking up at the bright moon, saying,

"Yeah, that person who finally woke me up, the one who truly cared about me..."

"You’ve had it tough, haven’t you?"

Veronia looked toward the Little Husky and said, it understood that if it weren’t for bearing that impossible longing, its power would have never resonated with the mist from Little Ice Cream. Shaking its ears, the Little Husky glanced at the crescent moon, then looked over the small woods and tried to sound nonchalant,

"Not really~"

"Really? You know your own business. You want to forget the past, yet you can’t bear to. Your ever-growing memories, the irreversible regrets—I understand them all."

Veronia spoke softly. Because its authority was not related to time, it couldn’t change the past, but because of this, it didn’t need to struggle, to grieve, to doubt whether different choices should have been made.

Wagging its tail, the Little Husky with its head down said,

"But I don’t want to forget—if I forget them all... what’s the difference from reincarnation?"

Veronia cast a look at the Little Husky squatting on the rail and sighed. Agunas was curled up, sleeping on the table; Xiao Ji had long returned to its own house, unaware of the situation here. The cool moonlight quietly bathed the Little Husky, and Veronia sat silently, keeping it company.

"What now?"

Hearing Xiao Ji’s anxious cries, the Little Husky yawned and wriggled out from under the blanket, ready to head out, when Qi Chen looked at it speechlessly and said,

"What are you doing? How come you’re sleeping like this?"

Shaking its ears, the Little Husky yawned and said,

"Is there a problem? I think sleeping this way is pretty nice."

Transforming back to his original form, Feng Yuan rubbed his eyes and said,

"Are you going for training?"

"Why, coming with me?"

"There’s not much else to do, but never mind, you go ahead, I’ll join you later."

Remembering he hadn’t had breakfast yet, Feng Yuan yawned and said, at this time Big Cat seemed busy with its game again. Pomiti, originally asleep, got rolled under the table after being bumped into by the scampering Xiao Ji. Little Green Snake was helplessly watching to prevent it from running amok, while Little Ice Cream yawned and a dark grey bubble emerged from its mouth.

Seeing that, Xiao Ji instinctively launched its Ultimate Move to neutralize the bubble. Feng Yuan looked at Xiao Ji speechlessly, feeling Xiao Ji was overreacting. Agunas put down the book he was holding, looking at Feng Yuan and said,

"What do you plan to do with Little Ice Cream? If it creates that thing in a crowd, that could spell trouble."

"Let’s just keep it with us for now, they wouldn’t dare to forcefully take a Spirit Beast from me."

Feng Yuan said, feeling a bit of a headache. Little Ice Cream was special in itself, a Spirit Beast born from a meteorite with conflicting Attributes. If it weren’t following him, there would’ve likely been all sorts of strange organizations attempting to capture it by now.

Lifting Little Ice Cream onto his shoulder, Feng Yuan looked at Xiao Ji and said,

"Wait for me a second, I’ll take you for training after breakfast."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Xiao Ji was somewhat excited. How long had it been since that guy had put any effort into training with him? Seeing Xiao Ji’s excited expression, Feng Yuan scratched his head with a smile. In fact, he just didn’t want Xiao Ji to be immersed in training from a young age, but what he didn’t realize was that Xiao Ji seemed to take strength pretty seriously.

"What’s up with you today?"

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan in surprise. He hadn’t expected this guy to actually turn up at the combat arena. But... were Agunas and Veronia actually serious? Battling them here would turn the whole arena upside down, wouldn’t it?

"Just taking Xiao Ji for a bit of training, is that so strange?"

Feng Yuan looked at Qi Chen quizzically, casually grabbing a small shield and transforming it into a long halberd, he swung it around and asked with a puzzled look,

"You’re actually training with it and not slacking off? Did something stimulate you?"

"Pfft, what do you mean I’m slacking off? It just wasn’t necessary before. Although I don’t think it’s much necessary to have it practice now either."

Feng Yuan said helplessly. Xiao Ji’s demeanor also gave him a headache. In truth, as a Divine Beast, Xiao Ji just needed to wait to grow up, but it seemed the other did not think so and was always striving to improve its strength, even a slight improvement would make it very happy.

Agunas gave Feng Yuan a glance and flicked its tail. Following this guy must be tough for Xiao Ji, it thought. To a Divine Beast, strength was the most important thing, yet this guy didn’t seem to value it much.

"Alright, Veronia, it’s over to you."

Feng Yuan waved the long halberd at Veronia, who nodded and waved her hand, making Feng Yuan and the others disappear from the combat arena. Seeing this, Qi Chen breathed a sigh of relief. If they really had carried out their training battle here, he couldn’t imagine what would happen, especially since Agunas was a Divine Beast. Even if it held back, the surroundings would inevitably be affected.

"That’s it for now, let’s go have lunch～"

Feng Yuan tossed the long halberd in his hand, letting it revert back to a small shield. Moments later, all the small shields had dissipated. Xiao Ji happily followed beside Feng Yuan, calling out cheerfully. Qi Chen, who was checking on Ah Mu, curiously glanced at Feng Yuan and Xiao Ji. Seeing Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan there, Feng Yuan waved and said,

"Want to go grab some food together?"

Agunas looked at Xiao Ji with an inscrutable expression, surprised by the unexpected increase in Xiao Ji’s strength, especially its coordination with Feng Yuan, which was quite special. Even though there was no change in strength, with Feng Yuan’s combat experience, even Agunas found it somewhat troublesome.

"Is this why you don’t let it pursue power? But all these techniques need to be honed over long battles."

"Don’t overthink it, he just simply doesn’t want all its memories to be about training."

Veronia glanced at Agunas and said irritably, understanding a bit of Feng Yuan’s thoughts. Thinking about it, Veronia looked at her own lethargic little lizard disapprovingly, comparing it to Xiao Ji. It was indeed slack, only a bit better than Little Ice Cream.

Seeing that Veronia still hadn’t abandoned her desire to become a Beastmaster, Agunas swayed its tail, not sure how to compliment her.

"Lanadi must have left already, right? She only came to investigate the abnormal situation in Luolga City; she couldn’t stay here too long."

Hearing Dou Yanlan inquire about Lanadi, Feng Yuan thought for a moment and said. She had said when they parted yesterday that she might leave early this morning, otherwise Feng Yuan wouldn’t have come to train with Xiao Ji. Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan confusedly and asked,

"Aren’t you going to see her off?"

"No need, she said there was no need."

"Besides, I doubt I would wake up that early anyway."

Feng Yuan yawned and said, after staying up late last night, he had planned to catch up on sleep in the dormitory. Because of Xiao Ji, he ended up coming here for a morning of training, and now he felt sleepy again.

"Are you going to the second mock assessment next week?"

Qi Chen asked Feng Yuan. Although he didn’t think it meant much to him, it seemed he wasn’t clear about it, so he mentioned it offhand. After thinking it over, Feng Yuan said,

"If there’s nothing else going on, I might go. But if there’s something to do, probably not. It’s not that interesting."

One experience with the mock assessments was enough. As for the official assessment? Thinking about this, Feng Yuan revealed a sly grin and sneakily glanced at Qi Chen, quickly shifting his gaze away before he was noticed. Qi Chen felt a chill down his spine and looked around puzzled, but couldn’t find anything amiss.