Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1048 - 1049: Rain

"That direction should be the urban area, but why..."

Qi Chen murmured to himself, somewhat puzzled. Why would someone be in the suspected urban location? Could it be similar to the incident at the Foreyn mansion, where someone was attempting to use the pseudo-World Clock fragment? Qi Chen couldn’t help but speculate.

"Probably this time, the person who obtained the pseudo-World Clock fragment is from within Maomu City’s urban district. However, do they not realize that the thing’s abilities are rather limited? Moreover, such minor influence might not even be enough to reverse time, right?"

Feng Yuan casually remarked, glancing around. If that fragment had been powerful, it wouldn’t have influenced only the Dream Domain. But then again, if the fragment truly was that potent, there’s no way the likes of Lorraine Tower would have missed it.

"Considering the situation, it seems the fragment wasn’t obtained by someone from the past. It’s actually not bad this way; otherwise, dealing with another incident like the Foreyn mansion would be quite a hassle."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said with some relief. Dealing with the situation at the Foreyn mansion hadn’t been particularly difficult, mainly because he happened to be at the center of the incident. Plus, the likes of Lorraine Tower were witnesses and managed to persuade Shen Mingxin. Otherwise, he truly didn’t know how long it would have taken to resolve the matter.

"The Foreyn mansion?!"

Liao Yu suddenly recalled something and looked at Feng Yuan with a shocked face. Having not personally experienced that event, he hadn’t instantly connected the dots about the pseudo-World Clock fragment. But now that he was reminded, he immediately grasped what it was.

"Is there a problem? But this time, it shouldn’t be too troublesome. After all, when the pseudo-World Clock fragments scattered across the world last time, didn’t you all notice that nothing particularly abnormal happened?"

Feng Yuan glanced at Liao Yu with an indifferent expression. Qi Chen, speechless, stared at Feng Yuan and said,

"That’s because they can’t remember. Since Yognot, how many serious incidents have there been?"

"Not significant, as long as they aren’t recorded, they essentially don’t exist, right?"

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Guo Huai looked at him with an inexplicable expression. He thought of the legend of the unnamed hero, an almost completely forgotten being. Back then, he had been quite indignant; after all, according to those records, the unnamed hero had done many great things beneficial to the Federation. Yet, almost no records existed about the hero personally – not even whether they were male or female, or what they looked like.

After a moment of thought, Guo Huai caught up to Feng Yuan, and as he looked at Qi Chen and the others, he quietly asked near his ear,

"Did you do something wrong back then, which is why... no records were left?"

Feng Yuan’s fingers twitched slightly; an invisible barrier enveloped him and Guo Huai. With a slight smile, Feng Yuan responded,

"What did I do wrong? I did nothing wrong. It’s just that I don’t like leaving too many people remembering me after I’m gone..."

"Why?!"

Guo Huai asked incredulously, as most people fear being forgotten. Why is it that for him... Feng Yuan looked at Guo Huai and bitterly smiled, saying,

"Because I don’t belong to that time... I don’t think you can’t guess which era I initially lived in."

Startled, Guo Huai remembered that there were two legends of the unnamed hero within the Federation. One was from the very distant Doomsday Era of the Earth Star period. If judged by this guy’s abilities, it didn’t seem impossible that both unnamed heroes were him. However...

Seeing Guo Huai silent and not replying, Feng Yuan smiled and said nothing more. He simply patted Guo Huai on the shoulder, took the confused Xiao Ji, and left. After some time, Guo Huai murmured to himself,

"You don’t belong to that time... but back then, didn’t you also have a group of friends..."

Unfortunately, by then, Feng Yuan had walked far away and didn’t hear his words.

"Ugh, this mountain road is so winding and bothersome."

"Can’t you just put it down?"

Qi Chen looked speechlessly at Feng Yuan, who was holding Xiao Ji. It was impressive that he could carry the eagle-shaped creature for such a long stretch of mountainous path. But why go to such lengths? Xiao Ji was perfectly capable of walking; wouldn’t holding it like this be inconvenient?

"Does him holding you not hinder his movement?"

Seeing Xiao Ji look towards him with dissatisfaction, Qi Chen said helplessly. Without asking, he could guess why Xiao Ji insisted on staying in his arms—it didn’t like the rain or the muddy mountain path made worse by the rain. After all, this place was still undeveloped. Before Stream Valley Resort was built, only villagers nearby would occasionally come here to catch some fish; hardly anyone else visited.

Back then, it seemed his father had been recommended this place by a comrade who lived nearby, which is why he brought the family here for fun. At the time, his father appeared quite at ease, often taking them out for trips. Unfortunately, as time passed, his father became increasingly busy, and their outings grew rare.

No wonder his father complained more and more, Qi Chen thought to himself. Although he and Qi Xiaoshuang didn’t really enjoy going out with their parents as they got older, he could sense his father’s guilt for not being able to take them out as often.

With a sigh, Qi Chen surveyed the surroundings—the environment was much like it had been when he first visited with his family. It seemed it was definitely the old Maomu City. Dou Yanlan and Liao Yu observed the scenery along the way with curiosity. Although Liao Yu had visited Stream Valley Resort, that was after it had been rebuilt.

By that time, the valley had been excavated, and the narrow valley was widened into a large open space. The resort was built along the stream that ran through the valley, with a special barrier erected all around. Even if a flash flood occurred, it would be stopped by the barrier. Moreover, watching the flood through the barrier was one of the resort’s unique features. But precisely because of this, the safety rating of the place was marked as hazardous. It was not recommended for Beastmasters without a certain level of strength to travel there.

Perhaps this was also a reason why Feng Yuan hadn’t taken any action—after all, Cotton Orchid Manor belonged to a safe-rated tourist area and could accommodate many visitors who Stream Valley Resort couldn’t. Otherwise, Liao Yu really wondered if the guy had any ill intentions towards the place.

Thinking this, Liao Yu sighed, figuring he’d have to mention it to his grandmother, though he knew they wouldn’t care much about Stream Valley Resort. But given there was a potential threat, especially after being reminded this time, it could be troublesome if Feng Yuan whimsically caused harm to it.

Although Feng Yuan would receive appropriate punishment for any wrongdoing, it was tricky since he had good relationships with many Divine Beasts. Hadn’t they seen the likes of Long Boduo, Divine Beasts that were nearly unknown to humans, come to play with him? If he asked a Divine Beast to covertly take action, they would indeed have a hard time dealing with it.

They certainly couldn’t punish a Divine Beast, could they? That would be impossible... How could they even impose a punishment on a Divine Beast? Whether or not the Divine Beast would heed their decision was one thing; taking such action at this time would likely trouble the higher-ups as well.

"Why do I get the feeling you’re thinking something bad about me?"

Feng Yuan suddenly turned to look at Liao Yu and said, prompting Liao Yu to startle and respond with a bright smile,

"Really?"

"Forget it, you’d better stick close to Qi Chen and the others. As for that little ghost..."

Glancing at the child happily chatting with the Ghost Shadow Doll atop an Amu Tree, Feng Yuan felt amused. It seemed that the Ghost Shadow Doll was indeed a very important friend to him. With this thought, Feng Yuan looked at Xiao Ji in his arms; the creature turned its head with confusion upon feeling Feng Yuan’s gaze, not quite understanding why he was looking at it.

Because Feng Yuan was holding a large shield in one hand and Xiao Ji in the other, he couldn’t free a hand to pat Xiao Ji’s head. But it seemed Xiao Ji sensed his sinister intent and involuntarily shook its head. Little Ice Cream sat facing forwards on top of Feng Yuan’s head, looking at the rain behind him and let out a soft cry, causing the falling red rain to return to normal and the thick fog began to dissipate.

"Yo～ pretty impressive～"

Feng Yuan exclaimed in surprise upon noticing Little Ice Cream’s actions. Although it was just a smaller fragment of the pseudo World Clock, not any Spirit Beast could easily disrupt the strange environment it created.

Continuing down the winding mountain path, Feng Yuan wondered aloud,

"We’re not actually going to walk all the way back to Maomu City, are we?"

"What’s the matter?"

Gitalien looked at Feng Yuan with some puzzlement. What was wrong with walking? At that moment, a unique song suddenly rang in everyone’s ears.