Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 105: Overnight Camping_1

"Big Cat, take out the tent~"

"Woo?"

"Never mind, I’ll do it myself..."

Having arrived at the campsite, Feng Yuan spoke to Big Cat who was behind him. Seeing Big Cat cocking its head, looking puzzled, Feng Yuan rubbed his forehead and reached into Big Cat’s bag to search for something. After a while, Feng Yuan pulled out a bunch of tent tools from the small bag. Qi Xiaoshuang watched with surprise and commented,

"Can it really fit so much stuff?"

"What? Our genius beauty doesn’t even know how much a Traveler’s Owl can store?"

"Of course I know a Traveler’s Owl can store a lot of inanimate objects! But just looking at the data doesn’t have the same impact as seeing this pile in front of you, okay."

"It’s just that Big Cat hardly ever stores anything, otherwise how could it fit so much stuff inside."

Qi Chen said helplessly from the side. Qi Xiaoshuang rarely nodded in agreement. After Feng Yuan finished setting up the large tent, he said proudly,

"How about that~ Big enough right~"

While fiddling with his own tent, Yang Hongzhi said,

"Najia and I will rest over here and help you guys keep watch through the night."

Feng Yuan, feeling a bit embarrassed, scratched his head and suggested,

"I’ll join you. It feels wrong to let you stay up alone."

As Yang Hongzhi continued tinkering with the tent, he replied nonchalantly,

"No worries, I’m used to it. We usually take turns keeping watch all night on our own."

After some hesitation, Qi Chen and Feng Yuan joined in persuading him, and eventually, the three decided to take turns keeping watch, with Yang Hongzhi taking the first shift.

"We’ve got a campfire, wanna roast something~"

After setting up the three tents, everyone started a campfire between them. Looking at the fire, Feng Yuan suggested, which prompted Qi Xiaoshuang to glance at him and say,

"Haven’t you had enough of the fish we barbecued during the day? Besides, I’m not even hungry now, what’s there to grill and eat?"

"How about we tell some ghost stories?"

"To avoid unnecessary trouble, aside from absolutely safe areas, ghost stories are forbidden!"

Qi Chen warned Feng Yuan somewhat speechlessly. Feng Yuan, looking at the campfire with a mischievous grin, said,

"Don’t you think it would be fun to tell ghost stories and then attract a Ghost Series Spirit Beast?"

"Fun my foot, careful you might attract a whole bunch of Ghost Series Spirit Beasts, and then you’ll be tomorrow’s headline news!"

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan with a headache. Yang Hongzhi sighed and said,

"Forget it, I’ll talk to you about the precautions of wilderness exploration instead..."

"And your exploration experiences too~"

Seeing Qi Xiaoshuang getting excited, Yang Hongzhi shook his head and said,

"I’ve told you all about what I’ve encountered. After all, I only started going on expeditions after enrolling at Maomu Academy, so there aren’t many stories."

"Eh?"

Qi Xiaoshuang looked somewhat disappointed at Yang Hongzhi. Qi Chen glanced at her disapprovingly.

After a while of frolicking, when it was time to rest, Feng Yuan whispered to Xiao Ji as they crawled into the tent,

"Time to sleep~ We’ll keep watch together later~"

"Ji~"

"Ao~"

"You don’t have to stay up if you don’t want to, Xiao Ji and I can keep watch."

Seeing Dreaming Dragon Baby looking like it wanted to join in too, Feng Yuan said softly. Seeing it shake its head, Feng Yuan agreed to Dreaming Dragon Baby’s request to keep watch together and said,

"Then you should sleep quickly too, I’ll wake you up soon."

In the dead of night, Feng Yuan rubbed his eyes and sat up, whispering,

"Hmm... Is something wrong?"

Noticing that Xiao Ji was awake, Feng Yuan signaled it to be quiet. Xiao Ji obediently closed its mouth. Seeing Dreaming Dragon Baby sleeping soundly, Feng Yuan hesitated for a moment before picking it up and tiptoed out of the tent with it. Seeing Qi Chen adding wood to the campfire, he asked with some confusion,

"I thought something had happened to you?"

"You’re awake?"

"Seeing you’ve been catching sleep opportunities all day long, you must be tired, right? I still feel quite energized, so you go back and rest."

Feng Yuan stared at Qi Chen for a long while and said exasperatedly,

"We’ve already decided this. If you’re feeling sleepy, you should rest. I’ll take over from here."

Qi Chen looked at Xiao Ji yawning and dozing off in Feng Yuan’s arms, then at Feng Yuan’s determined gaze, sighed, and carried Ah Mu back into the tent to rest.

"Really, you said you’d keep watch with me."

Looking at Xiao Ji who seemed drowsy and on the verge of falling asleep, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but chuckle as he carefully placed it into the hoodie pocket behind him. He took out a deck of cards from his pocket and said to the peppy Dreaming Dragon Baby,

"Want to play cards?"

"Roar~"

"Woo~"

"Big Cat, you’re awake too? You haven’t had a chance to use the computer these past few days; I’ve worked you hard~"

Feng Yuan smiled as he stroked Big Cat’s head. Big Cat seemed to enjoy it and closed his eyes. After a while, Feng Yuan, Big Cat, and Dreaming Dragon Baby were playing cards together. Occasionally, Feng Yuan would whisper to Dreaming Dragon Baby,

"Don’t just randomly use your crisis intuition trick! Look, Big Cat isn’t even using telekinesis to peek at the cards!"

"Roar~"

"Acting cute won’t help! If you want to play, play properly! Who will want to play with you if you don’t follow the rules?"

Staying up with Big Cat and Dreaming Dragon Baby to play cards, the night eventually gave way to morning. Noticing that Yang Hongzhi was already up, Feng Yuan packed up the Crystal Barrier that was set up around them. Yang Hongzhi, yawning, walked out of his tent and seeing Feng Yuan playing cards with Big Cat and Dreaming Dragon Baby, said,

"Don’t you want to rest for a bit? You can still get some sleep while everyone is getting up."

Feng Yuan shook his head as he stood up and replied,

"No need."

Looking around at the people getting up one by one from their tents after their night shifts, Feng Yuan said in a low voice,

"Although the area around Maomu City is already chaotic, there are still so many people daring to camp out~"

"Quick, come pack up your tent."

Upon hearing Qi Chen’s shout, Feng Yuan hurried over to pack away his tent. After Feng Yuan finished packing his things, he asked Yang Hongzhi,

"Are you familiar with Cha Mu Town?"

"Not really, why?"

"I was hoping you could lead the way to some snacks~"

"If you’re talking about Yun tea, I do know a place, but I’m not sure if they’re open today."

"Then lead the way~"

Feng Yuan said excitedly, while Yang Hongzhi scratched his head and commented,

"Shouldn’t you ask the others about this?"

Without hesitation, Feng Yuan turned and shouted at the busy crowd,

"How about letting Hong Zhi lead the way to get some snacks later~"

"Sure, I’m not familiar with Cha Mu Town and don’t know which place has good Yun tea. Make sure to take us to a good shop~"

"Everyone’s tastes differ though. How can you ask someone else to lead the way like that..."

Qi Chen said somewhat helplessly to Qi Xiaoshuang, while Yang Hongzhi laughed and added,

"I do know one place that has particularly good Yun tea. Every time we’re here, Han Mo always finds an excuse to go there to eat, and I also think their flavor is the best."

"What are we waiting for then~ Let’s hurry over~"

"Wait until we’ve packed up everything!"

Qi Chen pulled Feng Yuan back and pointed towards Qi Xiaoshuang and Dou Yanlan, who were still busy packing their stuff. Feng Yuan scratched his head and decided to take out some pet food to feed Xiao Ji and the others. Qi Chen checked his phone and said,

"Plus, don’t we have a performance to watch? It’s probably better to go afterward, right?"

"Eh? Then what are we having for breakfast?"

"Just buy something from the town to eat; what if we go later and can’t get in because it’s too crowded?"

Feng Yuan hesitated, slightly uncertain as he replied,

"That shouldn’t happen, right..."

"It’s like this every year. At first, there were even news reports about the huge number of tourists who couldn’t get into the sacrificial ceremony. Now they’ve basically stopped reporting it. Maybe if one year there aren’t any tourists who can’t get in, that might make the news."

"Oh..."

Listening to Qi Xiaoshuang’s words, Feng Yuan froze. Beside him, Dou Yanlan and Yang Hongzhi nodded in agreement. Qi Chen patted Feng Yuan on the shoulder and said,

"It’s okay, eating there after coming back will be the same."

"Alright..."

"But there seem to be more tourists this year than in previous years, haven’t there? I heard that not many people camped out here in the past."

"It must be the influence of the Divine Beasts appearing so frequently recently, and the emergence of a new Divine Beast that has never been seen before. It’s normal for there to be more people; our academy has twice as many visitors as last year."

Yang Hongzhi explained to the surprised Qi Chen, prompting Feng Yuan to become somewhat anxious,

"Then let’s hurry up, it would be a loss if we can’t get into the venue."

"And you were still saying you wanted to eat Yun tea..."

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan, somewhat speechless.