Divine Beast Creator

"Actually, I don’t think you all need to worry so much. The current severe situation is mainly because the concepts haven’t adapted in time."

With hands resting behind his head, Feng Yuan casually said, the emergence of the Crystal Domain has greatly impacted beast combat. Unfortunately, because of this significant impact, many people probably can’t control their power well in a short period of time.

He glanced at Xiao Ji and let out a light snort. Xiao Ji was also similar; for various reasons, it pursued offensive capability extremely. At this moment, it wasn’t such a big deal because, after all, Xiao Ji’s strength wasn’t particularly strong, so it was okay.

In the future, once Xiao Ji’s power rises, under full attack, its opponent might either die or be critically injured, which may not be a good thing.

"The concepts can’t adapt in time? That’s true. If they could restrain their power a bit, maybe it wouldn’t be like this."

Dou Yanlan nodded thoughtfully. The current situation is just because their power suddenly surged due to the Crystal Domain, yet they are still fighting in the old way, causing so much danger.

As the rules continue to improve, the probability of casualties will gradually decrease. Moreover, Dou Yanlan and Qi Chen believe that they might not even reach that stage due to various reasons; their beast-taming skills are on a higher level compared to others of the same age. When they reach that point, it’s likely just like Feng Yuan said, they might go straight into the wild.

Once in the wild, any means can be used for self-preservation, as long as they don’t violate their own moral bottom line.

"Hehe, although this resource competition is not something you can directly copy strategies from, there are still things you can learn from."

Turning his head to Qi Chen and the others, Feng Yuan said with a smile that with so many participating in the resource competition, it’s impossible for them to directly copy tactics, but some methods of using the Crystal Domain can be referenced by them.

After all, this thing is still quite new, and many uses were discovered accidentally, unlike regular ultimate moves.

Qi Chen didn’t refute, and everyone continued chatting idly while heading towards the camp. Just then, a woman in athletic casual wear suddenly approached Feng Yuan and the others, waving at Wu Dingwu.

"Xiao Wu, are you guys planning to head back?"

"Sis? You’re done with work?"

Wu Dingwu scratched the back of his head and moved forward, while Feng Yuan curiously observed the two. Wu Dingwu’s elder sister had a neat short hairdo matching her outfit, which made Feng Yuan suspect she might be a tomboy.

But on second thought, it didn’t quite add up because although she majored in potion making, Maomu Academy mainly focused on training Beastmasters but didn’t restrict them from exploring other directions.

Besides that, the importance of potion making wasn’t weak. Without those potions, many cultivation methods couldn’t be employed. Only in Feng Yuan’s case, due to Xiao Ji’s unique situation, he seldom used potions before, while Qi Chen and the others often did, even blending many with Feng Yuan’s help.

Indeed, using Spiritual Medicine and Materials directly might work, but their efficacy was far less compared to when made into potions.

For mixing Spiritual Medicine, an overly lively personality was a huge negative factor because many times, the blending process required steady hands and careful heart.

Perhaps she dressed like this for work convenience?

Rubbing the back of his head, Feng Yuan couldn’t figure out what was going on and didn’t bother guessing slowly.

Just then, Wu Dingwu’s elder sister walked towards Feng Yuan, smiling slightly, and said,

"Hello, I’m Wu Xiaoya, nice to meet you."

Tilted his head, Feng Yuan suspiciously looked at Wu Xiaoya and said,

"Feng Yuan, um, you’re not just trying to get to know me, right?"

It’s not that Feng Yuan thought the worst of people, but Wu Xiaoya’s smile seemed a bit fake, and she clearly intended to meet Feng Yuan here on purpose.

However, Feng Yuan was unsure what her intentions were. As for scheming against him, Feng Yuan didn’t think that was likely.

After all, they weren’t strangers, and with Wu Dingwu’s connection, Wu Xiaoya wouldn’t be completely unaware of what Feng Yuan was like.

Knowing Feng Yuan’s situation, no one would lightly try to scheme against him. Not considering the difficulty, just Feng Yuan’s revenge afterward was something not many could bear. Besides, avoiding Agunas to attack Feng Yuan is a feat ordinary people truly couldn’t achieve.

Time Attribute Spirit Beasts naturally counter subtle scheming, and Agunas is a Time Attribute Divine Beast.

Wu Xiaoya froze for a moment, then awkwardly smiled and said,

"How about grabbing something to eat together? My treat. There are lots of delicious foods at a special restaurant; we can chat while eating, how about it?"

Fearing Feng Yuan would misunderstand, Wu Xiaoya added one last line,

"Rest assured, I just want to consult you about something, I absolutely mean no harm."

Shaking his head lightly, Feng Yuan didn’t refuse since after all, she was Wu Dingwu’s real sister. If it wasn’t anything troublesome, he didn’t mind helping out a little.

Dou Yanlan and Qi Chen initially intended to leave, but Wu Xiaoya warmly invited them to the special restaurant.

Frankly, when Feng Yuan heard her mention a special restaurant, he was a bit suspicious she might have some ulterior motive. However, after arriving, he learned the so-called special restaurant was actually catering specifically to participants of the resource competition.

Indeed, it was special enough as it had all the dishes available in the Tea Wood Town Area, though besides the contestants, only Wu Xiaoya and other staff directly involved in logistics services were allowed to dine there at their own expense.

Feng Yuan hadn’t known about this special restaurant before. Although invited by He Nanqing, he was merely an audience member, so naturally, he wasn’t informed about these participant-only benefits.

"The flavor’s quite similar, so what exactly do you want to ask me?"

As the food was served, Feng Yuan tasted it and curiously looked at Wu Xiaoya. He had noticed earlier that the prices weren’t exactly friendly. However, this was expected because if the prices weren’t set high, who knows what chaos might ensue.

After all, this special restaurant was meant to offer free services to the competition participants, whereas for others, it was more a matter of preventing food waste.

The prepared ingredients here, even if freely available, couldn’t be entirely consumed by the contestants, many of which had short storage lives, hence the regulation.

Putting down her chopsticks, Wu Xiaoya raised her head to look at Feng Yuan and said,

"A... thing that feels odd, but I don’t know how to describe it."

"What do you mean?"

Seeing she didn’t seem to be joking, Feng Yuan looked at her puzzled. With her capability, she shouldn’t have encountered those people, right?

"Um, how to say it, after the advent of the Crystal Domain, we noticed that some less commonly used Spiritual Medicines began showing strange changes in properties. Initially, it wasn’t a big deal since property changes occasionally occur."

"But, as time passed, the variety of Spiritual Medicines experiencing property changes increased. Moreover, based on the data we collected, these property changes could also be termed as differentiation."

Wu Xiaoya spoke with a headache-like expression and looked at Feng Yuan,

"If it was just that, we might have let it go, but recently, we discovered that even well-prepared and stored potions started showing properties differentiation as well."

"Um... are you sure this is related to the Crystal Domain?"

With suspicion, Feng Yuan looked at Wu Xiaoya doubtfully, as it seemed unlikely for the Crystal Domain to affect potions; the two weren’t of the same nature at all.

After thinking for a moment, Wu Xiaoya uncertainly said,

"I’m not sure, but we found that the timing of the property changes began shortly after the emergence of the Crystal Domain. No, wait, maybe..."

For some reason, Wu Xiaoya felt something was off, not too far away Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan exchanged glances, coughed lightly, and Qi Chen asked,

"Which potions did you notice had changes in properties?"

"Hmm, let me think..."

While Wu Xiaoya was trying to recall, Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan both didn’t seem too pleased, making Feng Yuan look at them, puzzled, wondering what strange event occurred this time.

And why did it seem Qi Chen and the others seemed to know more about the situation than he did, as it all felt a bit off.