Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1147 - 1148: Chance Encounter

"Profit is definitely there, just worth the cost."

Feng Yuan smiled and spoke, while Agunas swished his tail and looked at the food in front of him, saying

"These ingredients are indeed quite good, it’s just that the culinary skills aren’t very impressive."

Veronia scanned Agunas and said with displeasure,

"Are you overthinking? You know his situation, don’t you? Comparing the chefs here to him?"

Comparing ordinary people to Feng Yuan? Veronia thought Agunas was overthinking. The food here could not compare to Feng Yuan’s cooking, but it was still better than that of a typical restaurant.

"I never said to compare them to him; have you forgotten Yun You of Cotton Orchid Manor? Her skills are also better than this."

Ignoring the usual bickering between Veronia and Agunas, everyone happily watched their Spirit Beasts eating the food. Delong Tower took a taste and said,

"It’s indeed quite different from your culinary skill, but it’s not unacceptable, and the taste here has a unique sweetness."

"Keeping the taste of a Spirit Beast while in human form?"

Evaluating Delong Tower, Feng Yuan smiled mysteriously and said, with a glance at Feng Yuan, Delong Tower responded irritably,

"Knowing the food for Spirit Beasts here tastes better, I wouldn’t deliberately trouble myself."

The taste of a Divine Beast in human form does not necessarily change to human taste; one can decide to keep the taste of a Spirit Beast or change it after getting used to it, but this only applies in human form. In their original form, they can’t change their taste.

"Speaking of which, the manager of this restaurant really has some skills. After all, there aren’t many customers here, yet she still manages to make a small profit."

Liao Yu looked around the empty store and remarked, previously he might have thought the small profit came from the high prices, but now, as mentioned by Feng Yuan, the profit of this store might not be as high as imagined. To maintain a small profit with so few clients, the management here must be quite exceptional.

"There must be other revenue tactics, otherwise just relying on these few customers..."

Looking around, Feng Yuan expressed his doubts. Without other sources of income and just relying on the patrons of the store, he didn’t think it was possible to maintain a small profit, unless the store had very low overhead, but... that would be creating something out of nothing?

"If you’re curious, you could probably ask the staff about the specifics."

Delong Tower looked at a nearby server who was carefully wiping the tables and said. Feng Yuan glanced at Delong Tower and said somewhat helplessly,

"You can try asking, but I don’t think strangers would inexplicably tell you these things."

Even if it’s a unique method others cannot replicate, they have no obligation to satisfy a stranger’s curiosity by sharing it. Of course, this is without knowing Delong Tower’s identity as a Divine Beast, and even if Delong Tower revealed his Divine Beast identity, it’s unlikely they would divulge anything since Divine Beasts, however powerful, don’t have much to do with business.

"Huh? Why is she here too?"

Noticing a girl who had just entered, Feng Yuan mumbled in surprise. Big Cat meowed at the Scholar Owl following behind the girl and kept flapping its wings. Seeing Big Cat’s excited demeanor, Feng Yuan cast a glance and gently nudged Big Cat, saying,

"Do you like that Scholar Owl? Want me to play matchmaker for you?"

Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Big Cat meowed and froze. At this moment, Cheng Xiaoxiao came over, curiously sizing up Feng Yuan and his companions; she recognized Liao Yu and Qi Chen, but who was the blue-haired man? His sea-blue hair didn’t look dyed, but then, does a normal person have such colored hair?

"Such a coincidence, you guys are here for dinner too?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao greeted them with a smile. Though Delong Tower only glanced at her and did not respond, she wasn’t offended. She sensed that his behavior wasn’t intentional, just... wait, his attitude towards humans, could it be... After looking at Feng Yuan, Cheng Xiaoxiao suddenly understood something; perhaps he too was a Divine Beast. Having previously seen Gitalien’s human form, she realized some Divine Beasts could transform into human forms to blend in with the crowd. The blue-haired man in front of her was likely a Divine Beast.

If it were somewhere else, she might not think so; after all, Divine Beasts aren’t numerous, and ordinary people aren’t lucky enough to encounter them easily. But Feng Yuan was an exception; beside him were Agunas and Veronia, and previously, other Divine Beasts seemed to always accompany him.

If it were not for the internal data of Great Xia confirming otherwise, she might even suspect that Feng Yuan was a particular Divine Beast disguising himself as a human to wander the mortal world.

"Hey, Big Cat seems to have taken a liking to your scholar owl, so, what do you think... woo woo..."

Pushing away a flustered Big Cat covering himself with his wings, Feng Yuan looked at it with a somewhat mournful gaze, saying,

"I’m trying to help you set up a match here and you’re acting all shy... There’s nothing wrong with that, I can help you talk to her, right?"

Big Cat woo wooed, flapping its wings continuously as if anxiously defending itself. Hearing what Feng Yuan just said, Cheng Xiaoxiao oddly paused for a while, then looked at Big Cat with a strange expression and murmured,

"Big Cat is female?"

"No, Big Cat is a male scholar owl. But why is he so shy?"

Feng Yuan continued, slightly confused, reaching out to stroke the feathers on Big Cat’s head, but got his hand forcefully slapped away by Big Cat’s wings. Looking back and forth between the scholar owl behind him and Big Cat, Cheng Xiaoxiao said with a puzzled look,

"But...Weiming is also male..."

"Eh?!"

Just as he was about to pet Big Cat again, Feng Yuan froze on the spot, and after a moment, looked at Big Cat in shock and then glanced at Weiming. Agunas sighed, shook his tail and said irritably to Feng Yuan,

"What are you fantasizing about this time? Big Cat just thinks Weiming is his good friend. How could you think of something so odd?"

"This... that..."

Feng Yuan, feeling a bit guilty and at a loss for words, chuckled lightly as Cheng Xiaoxiao looked at him and asked,

"So, were you planning to play matchmaker?"

"Hehe - I just thought Big Cat had a crush on Weiming, didn’t realize it was a misunderstanding..."

Big Cat looked mournfully at Feng Yuan and woo wooed in complaint, upset that Feng Yuan would sully the scholar owl’s reputation.

"Why are you getting so worked up... It’s not like you deliberately made me misunderstand?"

Glancing at Big Cat, Feng Yuan passed the buck, laughed, and chatted with Cheng Xiaoxiao and the others before taking Weiming to a nearby seat to order food. Although she and Feng Yuan were acquainted, she had no desire to join their dinner party, even if there were several Divine Beasts around.

"Hehe, sorry about that, I honestly thought you were into Weiming."

Can Can laughed, and as Feng Yuan tried to explain something, Big Cat glanced at Feng Yuan and turned away. Xiao Ji poked its head out and snuggled into Feng Yuan’s arms, which prompted him to pick up a tissue and helplessly wipe Xiao Ji’s long beak,

"You really, just finished eating, don’t rub against me, I’m not your towel."

Xiao Ji chirped happily and ran to Big Cat saying something, Feng Yuan glanced at Agunas and they quickly started eating their food. No help for it, after the recent commotion, Agunas and the others were nearly done eating and he couldn’t forget that he still had to take Delong Tower to check out the night market later.

After dinner, everyone just left Yuye Village Restaurant when they saw someone handing out flyers ahead. Bored, Feng Yuan casually took one and looked at it saying,

"Another water park opened?"

"It seems you’re not very interested?"

Delong Tower curiously asked after taking the flyer from Feng Yuan’s hand, and after looking at Qi Chen, Feng Yuan yawned and said,

"Of course not, that thing costs money. If I really want to swim, why not go to Mao Mu River? At least that’s free."

"Mao Mu River doesn’t have facilities like water slides though. If you want to do something, it might be better to check with others whether it’s appropriate."

Qi Chen was wary as he warned Feng Yuan, knowing well that he wouldn’t just play calmly by the river. If Feng Yuan were to really head to Mao Mu River, who knows what he would do? Though currently there are no water-affiliated Spirit Beasts with him, that doesn’t mean he can’t manage without them.

Beside them, Liao Yu nodded in agreement; handling the situations caused by Feng Yuan was always headache-inducing, and Mao Mu River was also a navigation route, not particularly important but still not suitable for any bizarre activities.