Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 989 - 990: Small Gathering

Chapter 989: Chapter 990: Small Gathering

"You don’t drink, do you?"

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan taking out that bottle of wine with some surprise and smiled as Feng Yuan said,

"But you all drink, don’t you?"

"If you don’t like it, don’t force yourself."

Seeing that Feng Yuan had placed the wine on the table, Qi Chen spoke up, knowing that everyone was aware that Feng Yuan didn’t like to drink. That’s why no one brought any wine today. Chen Xin, however, seemed to understand something, sighed, and placed some juice in front of Feng Yuan, saying,

"There’s an assessment tomorrow, drinking today isn’t a good idea."

Startled, Feng Yuan smiled slightly and said,

"Sorry."

"Hey! What are you doing with those seasonings..."

Qi Chen, speechless, watched Feng Yuan repeatedly brushing various sauces on the barbecue, wondering how it could possibly taste good. Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan and said,

"Handle that monstrosity yourself, don’t even think about tricking others."

"You’re not planning to trick someone, are you?"

Pei Yu looked suspiciously at Feng Yuan; he couldn’t believe that guy would make such a novice mistake. Moreover, given Feng Yuan’s skilled appearance, it seemed he was planning to trick someone. Feng Yuan chuckled slyly, looking at Xiao Ji, and said,

"This is food I prepared for it～"

"Then you plan to spend half the day comforting Xiao Ji? Don’t make trouble for yourself, okay?"

Agunas spoke in exasperation. Every time that guy upset Xiao Ji, it took a long time to comfort it. Xiao Ji, wary, watched Feng Yuan, having heard Agunas’s words. Seeing Xiao Ji’s wary expression, Feng Yuan spoke in dissatisfaction to Agunas,

"See, you’ve reminded it now."

Glancing at Feng Yuan, Agunas simply couldn’t be bothered with him anymore. Let him create a fuss; he was used to consoling Xiao Ji anyway, right?

"Feng Yuan!"

Suddenly tasting a piece of barbecue that had an unusually strong flavor, Qi Chen could guess who was responsible without a second thought. But how did that guy manage it? He was puzzled as he looked at the barbecue skewer in his hands, which he had been holding the whole time. How had it been secretly switched?

"Ding! Alert! Your barbecue has been secretly switched."

Upon receiving the system’s prompt, Guo Huai looked doubtfully at the barbecue skewer in his hand. This skewer was definitely grilled by him, but the piece he ate just after finishing one had turned red with a system warning, and upon closer inspection, it really didn’t seem like his own handiwork. The one who could pull this off...

Turning his head to look around, he saw Feng Yuan being chased by Qi Chen and couldn’t help but smile wryly. Yep, it was that guy’s doing. With his skills, this trick wasn’t difficult at all. He grabbed the excessively flavored piece of meat from the skewer and casually tossed it into a nearby trash plate, knowing what Feng Yuan had done with the seasoning without having tasted it.

Dou Yanlan calmly took that extra piece of meat off her skewer acting as if nothing had happened. Zhong Liuyan hesitated for a moment looking at her skewer then loudly asked Feng Yuan,

"Feng Yuan! Did you sneak something onto mine?"

While evading Qi Chen, Feng Yuan continued running and responded,

"Guess～"

Zhong Liuyan took a look at her barbecue, realizing she indeed didn’t know if Feng Yuan had sneaked something strange into it, thought for a moment, then set the skewer down. Pei Yu dabbed a bit of the sauce from the meat onto his tongue, frowned slightly, and silently dissected the piece of meat, giving Feng Yuan a look.

Seeing Chen Xin looking at him, Bai You shook her head and said,

"He didn’t prank me, probably because we’re not that close yet."

Without tasting it, she could tell her barbecue hadn’t been tampered with by Feng Yuan; her own grilled meat and what Feng Yuan had made were clearly different in appearance, impossible to mix up.

Qi Chen chased after Feng Yuan, Dou Yanlan calmly ate her barbecue, Veronia was talking to Cotton and the others, Agunas was feeding Little Ice Cream with a resigned expression, Pei Yu and Zhong Liuyan sat together watching Feng Yuan teasing Qi Chen. Chen Xin, holding her phone, captured the scene and chuckled, Bai You looked at Chen Xin and said,

"You really can’t bear it either."

With a sigh, Chen Xin said,

"Whether I can bear it or not, I don’t have the power to stop departures from happening. Now I understand why he would act like this..."

After a moment of silence, Bai You looked at Chen Xin and asked,

"Do you regret it?"

"No, or rather, do I even have the option to back down? I’m already at this point, there’s no turning back, and even now, I can’t accept..."

Everyone had played for a long time before leaving. Perhaps due to the thickening atmosphere of departure, everyone felt a bit reluctant.

"Where did you guys run off to?"

Qi Xiaoshuang looked at Feng Yuan and Qi Chen with some curiosity. Why had these two come back so late? There shouldn’t be any evening exams, right? Moreover, why did they smell like barbecue? Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"Of course we went to eat."

Qi Xiaoshuang eyed Feng Yuan and Qi Chen suspiciously and then said something strange,

"Why are you wearing the assessor’s uniform? You couldn’t be..."

"Hehe, you guessed right, I am one of the special assessors for this exam, how about that?"

Feng Yuan said proudly. After looking at him, Qi Xiaoshuang shook her head and said,

"So you just let them off easy?"

"How could I! I’m not in charge of scoring, I only assess their potential. I can’t control the actual scoring."

Upon hearing Qi Xiaoshuang’s words, Feng Yuan gave her a look as if she was slandering him, then turned to Qi Chen and asked,

"So, how did the exam go?"

"Average, there shouldn’t be any major issues, but I don’t know if I can get an outstanding student evaluation."

Qi Chen said tiredly. He had already been exhausted from taking the exams today, and having frolicked with Feng Yuan at night, all he wanted to do now was lie down on his bed and rest. Seeing Qi Chen’s tired expression, Qi Xiaoshuang didn’t ask further. Although there were mostly evaluations of Ah Mu’s own potential tomorrow, there was no actual exam for the Beast Tamer himself, at most the coordination with his beast was observed.

But if one accidentally overslept, that would be a different matter altogether.

"Haven’t you slept yet?"

Qi Xiaoshuang, who had just finished bathing Xiao Bai, was surprised to see a small dog crouching by the window at the end of the corridor. With that unique coloring, it could only be Feng Yuan’s transformed Little Husky. She turned her head to glance at the White Shadow Wolf next to her, and Feng Yuan glanced at Xiao Ji and said,

"Look at the White Shadow Wolf then look at you."

Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Xiao Ji glared at him angrily and wagged his tail. Little Husky, sitting on the window sill looking out at the night, said,

"I played too wildly earlier, now I can’t sleep."

Qi Xiaoshuang thoughtfully walked up and gently stroked Little Husky’s back. The soft dog fur surprised her. Waving its tail, Little Husky looked at Qi Xiaoshuang quizzically, not knowing what she intended to do. After a moment, Little Husky slapped Qi Xiaoshuang’s hand with his tail and said,

"Aren’t you going to sleep?"

After staring at Feng Yuan for a while, Qi Xiaoshuang asked,

"What about you?"

"I could go a day or two without sleep now and then, don’t you know that?"

Little Husky said proudly, and Qi Xiaoshuang chuckled, turning away with the quietly waiting Xiao Bai beside her. Little Husky turned back to continue staring out the window, lost in thought. Veronia stood at the door of Feng Yuan’s room, silently watching everything happening.

"What a hassle."

While having breakfast, Feng Yuan casually said as the surrounding students hurried by with nervous expressions, holding their admission tickets. Agunas wagged his tail and asked,

"Why are you still wearing that today?"

Glancing at his uniform, Feng Yuan yawned and said,

"It’s convenient, plus it feels ceremonial, right? This is the most important exam after all."

Watching Feng Yuan’s lazy demeanor, Agunas said somewhat speechlessly,

"If you want ceremony, why didn’t you wear a school uniform?"

"Hehe, since it’s an academy exam, of course, I’d wear a uniform related to the academy, you see."

Just then, Yang Hongzhi came along inspecting with others, and upon seeing Feng Yuan in his assessor’s uniform, he hesitated and said,

"You’re supposed to be a student today, aren’t you?"

"Yeah, but there’s no rule that I must wear something specific, right?"

Feng Yuan said nonchalantly, while the staff member next to Yang Hongzhi frowned; was this guy a student? Then why was he wearing an assessor’s uniform?