Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 2109 - 2110: Strolling Around the Town

"Although their purpose is obvious, it doesn’t feel too bad to be honest."

With his hands behind his head, Feng Yuan spoke while enjoying the occasional performers passing by. The purpose of Liantang Town was quite straightforward, which was to promote their agricultural and aquaculture products. As for the celebrations, they did exist, but they were basically centered around this theme.

Of course, even if you’re not their target customer, you can still enjoy the festival here, though compared to others, the activities in Liantang Town aren’t particularly surprising.

"After all, it’s the National Day celebration, I doubt anyone would dare to mess around."

Dou Yanlan said with a laugh, looking at those vendors selling snacks. The vendors were dressed in Liantang Town’s traditional attire, pushing small carts around the town, selling homemade snacks from their carts.

Most of the snacks used local aquatic products from Liantang Town, processed into various treats.

Just then, a vendor passed by, shouting as he pushed his cart along. Feng Yuan directly stopped him and bought a big bag of snacks with a bit of every flavor.

"So much stuff, can you finish it?"

Veronia glanced in surprise at the big bag of snacks in Feng Yuan’s hand. Although it wouldn’t be entirely impossible to finish, there were still plenty of snacks in the area. Was this guy planning to eat fish until full?

"Of course, I won’t finish it all. Isn’t this place all about strolling around and snacking? Come, try some~"

Giggling, Feng Yuan held the paper bag of small fish in front of everyone, and casually fished one out to offer to Xiao Ji.

"Want to try? Although I don’t really know what flavor this is."

Skeptically staring at Feng Yuan, ensuring he wasn’t trying to tease Zhang Ji, Xiao Ji took a tiny peck and found it sweet, quickly grabbing the small fish and retreating to the side.

Seeing Xiao Ji’s reaction, Feng Yuan said helplessly,

"Am I that boring? Even though I don’t know what flavor it might be, I can at least recognize what’s spicy."

Even if the small fish are mixed together, the spicy ones still have quite a bit of chili flakes on them. Although it’s possible that other flavors might get mixed in, just avoiding those should work.

The Fluffy Fire Wolfhound leaned over curiously, eyeing the snacks in the bag. Feng Yuan initially wanted to pick one without chili, but then remembered something and asked the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound,

"Do you want the spicy one?"

Looking puzzled at Feng Yuan, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound didn’t quite understand what Feng Yuan meant. Fortunately, Long Boduo helped explain, so it quickly got Feng Yuan’s meaning.

Wagging its tail, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound hesitated, glanced at Xiao Ji, and let out a bark.

Agunas glanced at the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound and said,

"It wants to try the spicy one, but is it really okay?"

"There shouldn’t be any problem. Liantang Town isn’t really known for their spicy food. Even if it’s spicy, it’s not too bad."

After thinking for a moment, Feng Yuan said uncertainly. Indeed, the cart had snacks of all kinds of flavors, and he hadn’t looked closely to check for anything like the devilishly spicy ones.

He casually picked up a small fish coated in chili flakes and held it to the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, watching it gulp it down whole. Feng Yuan was about to say something but was too late.

Given the size of the small fish, it wasn’t quite enough for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound to swallow in one bite. While it was thinking it wasn’t enough to get in between its teeth, the spicy taste spread in the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s mouth, causing its tail to wag furiously, shaking its ears continuously while circling around Feng Yuan.

Seeing the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s strange behavior, Feng Yuan said somewhat exasperatedly,

"Could it be that this thing is actually really spicy?"

"Or maybe it just can’t handle chili?"

Long Boduo said after consuming a small fish also coated in chili flakes. Even though the snack was tailored to human tastes, Long Boduo, now in human form, didn’t seem too affected.

Just as Feng Yuan was wondering if he should fetch some water for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, it already returned, tongue hanging out, looking expectantly at Feng Yuan.

Seeing its expression, Feng Yuan could already guess what the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound wanted, so he tapped its head in amusement, and pulled out another small fish to place in front of it.

Watching the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound repeat the same actions, Feng Yuan shook his head with a sigh. This guy is just...

A large bag of snacks was quickly consumed by the group. Compared to the small fish, Xiao Ji preferred the little jerky made from mussel meat, while the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound had grown fond of the spicy kick, even if each time it had to run around like crazy afterward, it still demanded just the spicy snacks.

The Big Cats didn’t show any particular preference. No matter the flavor, their reactions seemed about the same.

Rolling up the paper bag, Feng Yuan stuffed it in a trash can at the roadside, then looked around and said,

"Let’s go wash our hands over there."

Apart from the numerous ponds around the village, Liantang Town also boasted an old-fashioned stone water canal in the old town area. This was built for fetching and using water before piped water became available. However, once piped water appeared, to prevent children from getting into danger, it was abandoned.

All they did at the time was cut its connection with nearby rivers and cover it with stone slabs. Now, with Liantang Town eager to develop tourism, these long-abandoned canals have been dug out and reconnected to nearby rivers.

For adults, these canals aren’t deep. Squatting by the edge and bending down lets them reach the water. The clear river water flows through the canals, and the little turtles acting as lifeguards would swiftly swim over when they sensed movement on the water’s surface.

Once they saw people washing hands, the little turtles swam away to other parts.

These canals run along the streets, passing in front of every household in the old town area before eventually draining out of town.

Though there weren’t tall fences, the edge of the canal near the street was raised a bit. Although this might not stop mischievous kids, this height was meant to prevent accidental falls into the canal.

With a little inclined slope, even those who don’t pay attention while walking might not accidentally step into the canal.

"This is quite interesting, but wasn’t it not here before?"

Glancing around, Feng Yuan said with some surprise. With the reopening of these canals, Liantang Town has gained a hint of the water town charm of Jiangnan.

"It seems they’ve recently cleared it up for tourism purposes, though it’s unsure how long it’ll last."

Qi Chen looked at the canals and said. The safety of these canals has always been a concern. Though crouching by the creek lets them touch the water’s surface, the water’s depth at least reaches half a meter. It may not be a big deal for adults, but it poses a risk to children.

If it weren’t for this, Liantang Town wouldn’t have chosen to abandon the canals back then.

Now, having enlisted a group of small turtles as lifeguards seems like a good idea. However, the canal’s width is limited, and once the small turtles evolve into Stream Spirit Turtles, they won’t be able to roam the canals anymore.

The small turtles are only at the Common Level of spirit beasts. Their nature and evolution difficulty prevent them from staying in their current form indefinitely.

In the wild, a small turtle usually takes just over a year to evolve, as the resources they need for evolution aren’t scarce.

For now, Liantang Town can gather enough small turtles, but once they’ve evolved, finding suitable spirit beast lifeguards would be uncertain.

"Hmm, that seems true. However, since they decided to do this, they must have considered the follow-up issues. Anyway, it doesn’t concern us, so it’s not our worry~"

Said Feng Yuan as he shook his hands and glanced around the small town. Perhaps due to the canals, visitors with younger children either carried them, held their hands, or had a spirit beast keep them in check, not daring to let them run wild.

Falling into the canal after getting too wild, even with small turtle lifeguards, would certainly be troublesome.

"It seems there’s some ceremony over there, shall we go take a look?"

Veronia suggested, turning in the direction of the strange music coming from a distance. The rest had no objections, as they were also curious about the ceremony being held in Liantang Town.