Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 132 Preparations Before Departure_1

"After burying everyone... I hid here, those people... only coveted my power... hoping I could protect them..."

"I, I don’t deserve that..."

"Only he... Xiang Jue... wanted to be friends with me..."

Feng Yuan consoled the Myst Water Azure Jiaolong for a long time before saying helplessly,

"So you chose to maintain history..."

"Knowing the future yet letting it happen, you are more formidable than many others～"

"Too many people, upon learning of the future, are always trying to avoid its arrival... But how could they clearly see within the ever-changing future what is the right choice to make..."

"I am not as formidable as you think, I simply couldn’t come up with a better solution."

"At least it’s better than overestimating oneself, isn’t it～"

"Maybe... too late, you rest, the source of the drought is far from here."

As the Myst Water Azure Jiaolong spoke, it gazed at the night sky, cutting off Feng Yuan’s spiritual power, and slowly sank into the pond as if it were asleep. Feng Yuan’s hand unconsciously stroked Xiao Ji beside him, and a tear fell onto the grass pillow.

Early the next morning, Feng Yuan yawned and rubbed his eyes to find that Teacher Yan had already gotten up at some unknown point and was standing in the distance, seemingly talking to the Myriad Sound Parrot. Carefully avoiding the sleeping Xiao Ji next to him, Feng Yuan tiptoed over to Teacher Yan and said softly,

"Teacher Yan, you’re up so early～"

Teacher Yan glanced at Feng Yuan and said,

"Captain Yang and the rest will be coming over soon, make a bit more for breakfast."

"They’re skipping a feast at the settlement to scrounge food from us."

Teacher Yan silently stared at Feng Yuan for a while, making Feng Yuan guiltily say,

"Alright... I’ll go prepare breakfast..."

No sooner had he thawed and marinated the leftover meat chunks from yesterday, the awakened Xiao Ji, anxious upon not finding Feng Yuan beside it, looked around frantically. Spotting Feng Yuan standing in the distance apparently doing something, Xiao Ji hurried over and, aiming to jump onto Feng Yuan’s head, leaped just as Feng Yuan bent down to sort out the spices. Xiao Ji sailed over Feng Yuan and landed on top of the meat chunks. Hearing the commotion, Feng Yuan lifted his head to see Xiao Ji sprawled over the meat on the wooden rack. Feng Yuan picked up Xiao Ji somewhat speechlessly and said,

"What are you up to, eh? You can’t eat it raw even if you’re hungry."

"Ji!"

"Really, now I have to clean you up..."

"Ji!"

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words and being held by the nape, Xiao Ji struggled furiously, and the liquid clinging to its fluff splattered everywhere with its violent movements. Feng Yuan immediately yelled,

"Don’t shake it off! It’s getting on me!"

"Ji!"

"If you don’t stop, I won’t be kind anymore!"

As Feng Yuan warned Xiao Ji, a stream of water rushed down directly from above Feng Yuan’s head, washing both him and Xiao Ji clean. As the water receded, Feng Yuan put down Xiao Ji and shook the water off, saying somewhat helplessly to the Myst Water Azure Jiaolong,

"Thanks..."

After giving Feng Yuan a fleeting glance, the Myst Water Azure Jiaolong submerged once again. The White Wolf Deity lying beside them slightly lifted its eyelids and let out a gentle breath, rekindling the fire. Feng Yuan removed his cloak and shirt and propped them on a stick beside the fire. He picked up the damp Xiao Ji and placed it beside the fire, saying,

"You warm up by the fire, I’ll go handle breakfast."

"I’ll prepare breakfast. You stay here."

Teacher Yan said to Feng Yuan with an expressionless face. Feng Yuan scratched his head, about to say something, but after Teacher Yan gave him a glare, he swallowed his words and sat beside the fire, grumbling at Xiao Ji.

"What’s the matter with you? Running to warm up by the fire so early in the morning? Don’t you feel hot?"

Upon waking, Qi Chen found the fire burning once again and spoke to Feng Yuan with some confusion. Feng Yuan, while rubbing Xiao Ji’s fluff, said,

"I accidentally got my clothes wet just now, so I’m drying them by the fire."

"You went to play in the water early in the morning?"

"Not really..."

Looking at his still somewhat damp pants, Feng Yuan put the now dry Xiao Ji aside and said,

"Alright, you’re dry now, you can go play."

Xiao Ji just distanced herself a bit from the campfire and stayed by Feng Yuan’s side. Qi Chen glanced at Feng Yuan and then stopped paying attention to him, turning to deal with breakfast preparation with Teacher Yan. After a while, Qi Chen and Teacher Yan brought over the processed meat chunks. Feng Yuan looked around and noticed that, aside from Qi Xiaoshuang still resting, Dou Yanlan was already up, fiddling with something by the water pool for Cotton. Feng Yuan asked with a hint of confusion,

"Where’s Hong Zhi? I just realized he’s not here."

"He went scouting."

"Eh? Alone? Isn’t that a bit dangerous?"

"He’s just nearby, Xiao Tong will inform us if anything happens."

Teacher Yan said calmly while handling the grilled meat. At this moment, Dou Yanlan came over carrying Cotton, joining the others in grilling meat. Qi Xiaoshuang, smelling the aroma of grilled meat in her dreams, woke up feeling confused and rubbed her eyes, quickly saying when she saw everyone grilling meat,

"Hey! How come you started grilling meat without me?"

"What else can we do? We don’t have any pots or pans or anything."

"No, I mean why didn’t you call me to help with the cooking?"

"Your share is over there."

Feng Yuan pointed towards Qi Chen, where a row of sticks loaded with meat was set up in front of him, with Ah Mu occasionally using vines to assist the somewhat flustered Qi Chen. Qi Xiaoshuang walked over and took over a part of the grilling duty, saying,

"That’s not what I meant. I’m saying, why didn’t you wake me up to work together?"

"No need, it’s not like we have to rush every single minute. Besides, you are the weakest among us in terms of strength."

"What! Are you looking down on me because I don’t have a contracted spirit beast?"

Qi Xiaoshuang glared at Feng Yuan dissatisfiedly, and Feng Yuan shook his head helplessly, saying,

"Not at all. I just thought since you hadn’t rested well, you should sleep a bit longer. After all, without a contracted spirit beast, your physical recovery isn’t as fast as ours."

"Hmph!"

Qi Xiaoshuang turned her head away in dissatisfaction, ignoring Feng Yuan. After breakfast, seeing that Yang Hongzhi still hadn’t returned, Feng Yuan said with some concern,

"I’ll go look for him. He’s been gone so long; I hope nothing’s happened."

"No! It’s too dangerous for you to go alone. I’ll go."

Teacher Yan flatly refused. Remembering that Xiao Tong was also with Yang Hongzhi, Feng Yuan understood that it was best for Teacher Yan to go. After thinking for a moment, Feng Yuan walked over to the White Wolf Deity and gently patted it. The White Wolf Deity stood up, shrank, and walked over to Teacher Yan. Feng Yuan said to Teacher Yan,

"With the White Wolf Deity, it’ll be easier to deal with any issues that might arise."

Teacher Yan nodded and, with the White Wolf Deity, ran off toward the direction where Xiao Tong’s presence was sensed. Qi Chen said anxiously,

"He won’t have any problems, right?"

"No, he’s not weak."

"And with it by his side... even if they can’t win a fight, they can still get away."

"Right, what should we do with these extra grilled meats?"

"Just leave them there, we’ll ask Captain Yang and the others when they get here."

"Will they be coming by later?"

"What else? The source of the great drought is not weaker than an ordinary Divine Beast when it comes to meteorological interference. You can’t split the group when searching for something like that."

As Feng Yuan spoke, he sighed and began to pack up the various items left on the ground by everyone. After a while, noticing that Teacher Yan hadn’t returned yet, Feng Yuan muttered to himself with some confusion,

"What’s going on..."

"Are you all ready?"

"You’re here?"

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan looked at Captain Yang and the others as they arrived. Captain Yang glanced around and then stared at Feng Yuan, asking,

"Where’s your Teacher Yan?"

"He went to look for someone. Hong Zhi went scouting, and when he didn’t return for a long time, Teacher Yan took the White Wolf Deity to find him."

"Lost?"

"That shouldn’t be the case. With Xiao Tong and Teacher Yan, for sure they can find him; and the White Wolf Deity wouldn’t get lost either..."

As Feng Yuan was talking to Captain Yang, Luo walked to the edge of the lake and started pleading with the Xuan Water Azure Jiao in the water pool. Soon, the Xuan Water Azure Jiao emerged from the water. After Luo spoke to the Xuan Water Azure Jiao for a while, she approached Feng Yuan with an anxious expression.