CHAPTER 1347: CHAPTER 1348 CRYSTAL CAVE

Watching the Little Husky munching away at the food on the table, Qi Chen said speechlessly.

"Can’t you just change back?"

Looking up at Qi Chen, the Little Husky replied.

"I’m hungry, let me eat a bit to fill my stomach first."

Saying that, the Little Husky jumped off the table and transformed back to its original form, Belusir pushed a small plate of exquisite food towards it saying.

"You should like this."

"Thank you～"

"This mutation, is it really okay?"

Qi Chen looked worriedly at Feng Yuan, although the blizzard had stopped, fine snowflakes began to drift around, which wasn’t quite characteristic of a normal summer.

Glancing at Qi Chen, Feng Yuan thought for a moment and said.

"There shouldn’t be any problems, aside from the overall energy intensity being reduced, everything else seems normal."

"Then about the snow outside..."

"Energy conflict, since this area’s overflowing energy isn’t just water-element, but also fire-element, otherwise how do you think the hot springs were formed."

Feng Yuan rolled his eyes and said, he didn’t know about this before, it was only while handling the earth energy circulation did he notice the area’s overflow energy was peculiar, energy constituting snow covered the west forming Honite Snow Mountain, yet inside it was filled with fire energy, the hot springs were indeed sourced from those fire energies, otherwise how could there be hot springs here?

"Oh, I see."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Qi Chen who just relaxed suddenly thought of something and said.

"But why does this conflict cause snow?"

"Water energy is pushed out of the snow mountain’s interior by fire energy, this snow won’t last long, if it doesn’t stop by tomorrow, then there’s an issue."

Eating away, Feng Yuan said nonchalantly, Agunas swished his tail and said.

"Given the strength of the dispersing energy, this snow will likely stop soon."

In the evening, not long after dinner, the fine snowflakes indeed began to subside gradually as Agunas had said, Feng Yuan said regretfully.

"It’s a pity, if it could snow a bit longer that would be great."

"Why are you so fixated on the hot springs? Yet I don’t see you particularly happy about it."

Yang Hongzhi looked at Feng Yuan with some doubt, Feng Yuan smiled faintly and replied.

"Well, of course, I thought while bathing in the hot springs I could enjoy the snowy scenery."

"But oh well, this is fine too."

Shrugging his shoulders, Feng Yuan said with a faint expression of helplessness, Belusir looked over at Agunas and chuckled lightly.

"Agunas should be able to help you make it snow～"

"It’s not necessary, and besides, I can also make it snow, but that kind of snow doesn’t seem right."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said, Agunas shot a glance at Feng Yuan, uninterested in replying, knowing well this was just how he is.

After a night’s rest at the hot springs inn, Feng Yuan and his group ascended Honite Snow Mountain once again, although the blizzard had dissipated, the snowfield was still difficult to traverse, after some discussion, everyone decided to ride Xiao Hui up the mountain.

Watching the little guiding light ahead, Veronia said puzzled.

"Is your guide really accurate? Why do I feel like it might lead us somewhere weird?"

"There’s no mistake, the Crystal Cave is in this direction, I wouldn’t make such a blunder."

Although verbally assuring, Feng Yuan still checked once again the guiding elf’s target site, and upon confirming it was indeed the Crystal Cave, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Watch out!"

Agunas waved a paw, a light green glow enveloped Xiao Hui, wind clearing away the surrounding snow to reveal the ice layer below. Gazing at the dark fissure beneath the ice, Feng Yuan scratched his head and said.

"You can’t blame me for this, I didn’t know there was danger beneath."

Agunas merely glanced at Feng Yuan, aware that what he said was true, as guiding type ultimate moves rarely come with hazard detection; with a wave of its paw, Agunas looked around and said.

"Seems there’s some sort of issue in this area."

Gusts of wind lifted the snow into the sky, casting eyes on the faintly visible crevasses below the icy surface shocked everyone; the area was indeed hazardous. The ice seemed not too thick; a careless mistake might cause a break, with someone plummeting into the chasm beneath the ice.

Veronia jumped down from Xiao Hui’s back, approached the ice, and said after inspecting.

"This seems to be a rift of the Crystal Cave."

Through the ice, Veronia saw sparkling light in the black abyss below, likely the crystals reflecting sunlight, and with a tap of her parasol, confirmed it was actually crystal rather than ice.

At this time, Feng Yuan and others dismounted from Xiao Hui, placing the Flower Leaf Tree Three Spirit Beasts on the Amu Tree Crown, Qi Chen watched Feng Yuan step towards the ice and said worriedly.

"Be careful."

Spreading a pair of black wings at his back, Feng Yuan waved dismissively without a word, crouching to inspect the ice, and said.

"This is indeed crystal, not regular crystal, this kind with water-element powers..."

Taking a few steps back, Feng Yuan surveyed the crystal crevices that spread across the mountain area, noting the extensive reach; Agunas swished its tail and advised.

"Better not to disrupt it, lest it provokes any anomalies."

If it were ordinary crystals, it might be okay, but given these special powered crystals, who knows if they’re related to the earth energy circulation, don’t stir up anything odd suddenly.

Nodding slightly, Feng Yuan looked towards Agunas and said.

"Indeed, I’m also not certain how these formed, the natural environment here is highly complex."

Surveying the mountain, Feng Yuan spoke with an inexplicable expression, having thought it to be just an ordinary snow mountain, but realizing it was a release point of earth energy circulation signals, also containing other oddities; pondering, Feng Yuan then said.

"Agunas, use Gentle Wind to lift Xiao Hui up, we’ll ride Xiao Hui over."

Previously, Agunas had done this, but now as the blizzard stopped, they hadn’t continued this method; controlling the Gentle Wind move consumed considerable spiritual power for Agunas. Flicking his tail, Agunas replied.

"Sure."

The group rode Xiao Hui, advancing with caution, Agunas employed Gentle Wind while intermittently releasing gusts to clear the snow nearby, Xiao Ji couldn’t resist jumping from Feng Yuan’s arms to assist Agunas in clearing more snow, as the group proceeded, surrounding crystal crevices began congregating like streams merging.

Until finally, Xiao Hui had no real rock area to stand; lightly treaded over the crystal surface, Yang Hongzhi and others held their breath, fearing a misstep might fracture the crystal, with everyone plunging into the void below, crystal clusters amid the crevices were akin to jagged beastly fangs reflecting the sun.

Thankfully, until Xiao Hui returned to solid ground, no crystal fracture occurred; under the sun, crystal like stream layers mirroring odd hues.

"No wonder the Crystal Cave hasn’t been logged in travel records, it’s excessively risky."

Gazing at the vast cavern opening ahead, Feng Yuan expressed a realization, leaving aside other points, this essentially trap-like crystal layer could deceive countless; yet these complete crystal layers suggested no one visited before?

Entering the cave thronged with crystal clusters, Feng Yuan curiously surveyed the cavern, its dark innards stretched into the unknown, turning to Qi Chen and the others, Feng Yuan scratched his head and proposed.

"Shall we venture inside and take a look?"

"Is it safe?"

Glancing at the ground, confirming solid rock below, Yang Hongzhi queried with some concern, Najia chuckled softly and said.

"With us here, what’s not safe? But, what’s inside the Crystal Cave?"

"Not sure, but we could check it out, maybe there’s something special inside; given the interior is rich in fire energy zone, perhaps some spirit material for Xiao Hei."

He’s not holding out for spiritual medicine, prospects aren’t high, considering most require sunlight to thrive, naturally unless it’s something akin to Flame Mushroom which might exist, although Xiao Hei won’t benefit from that sort.

Thinking a bit, Yang Hongzhi looked towards Qi Chen and the group and said.

"What do you all think?"

"I, if he wants to explore, I’m not against it."

Qi Chen shook his head and replied, just as Najia mentioned, with so many Divine Beasts around, safety concerns should be negligible.