CHAPTER 1350: CHAPTER 1351 CLIMBING TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP

"These fissures..."

Looking at the grass and wildflowers on the ground, if not for the faintly visible crystal layers above reflecting sunlight, they might not associate this with the large crevices they saw on the snow mountain.

The gentle light provided by these crystals seemed to replace the sun’s role, providing light and warmth to these plants. Agunas looked at Feng Yuan and said,

"Replacing that power, won’t it affect here?"

"No, the power of the glowing crystals here originates from the dissipated Fire Power, haven’t you noticed it’s relatively warm here?"

Though Qi Chen and the others, wearing ritual robes, didn’t notice, Yang Hongzhi, dressed in cotton clothes, did. The temperature here was unusually high, slightly lower than a normal summer temperature but much higher compared to the cold of the snow mountain. Was this caused by the dissipated Fire Power?

"I see, but I didn’t expect such a scene below the crevices."

Admiring the lush green meadow, Agunas exclaimed in surprise. Belusir clasped hands together, silently chanting something. Veronia glanced at Belusir and said,

"If you want a transcendence, isn’t there a more suitable being here? Long Boduo, don’t you think?"

Long Boduo, who was busy photographing everywhere, was puzzled by Veronia’s words and turned to say,

"What? What do you mean?"

"Transcendence."

"Transcendence? Is there anything here that needs it?"

Scratching his head, Long Boduo was a bit puzzled. As a Guide of the Netherworld, he naturally had a passive talent to sense nearby souls, but the environment here was clean, with nothing around. Also, he wouldn’t guide souls to the Netherworld unless a soul stayed accidentally and caused a significant impact, whereupon he’d intervene.

Veronia looked suspiciously at Long Boduo and said,

"Are you sure there isn’t?"

"What benefit is there in lying to you? Really, stop disturbing my photography."

Glancing at Veronia, Long Boduo said irritably, then immersed himself back into his photography. This seemed quite fun; maybe he should ask Feng Yuan to get him a camera, he pondered.

Looking at Belusir, Veronia asked in confusion,

"What exactly are you..."

"I just saw what happened here before, it was right. There have been no accidents here for a long time, just..."

Patting Belusir, Veronia whispered in its ear,

"If you don’t like it, don’t force yourself to peek into the past destinies of others. No matter what, we can’t change the past..."

Flicking its tail, Agunas was too lazy to correct Veronia’s words, which were true in a way. Changing the past’s fate would surely impact the future. Perhaps for Feng Yuan, saving a person might only temporarily occupy part of his power.

But for most people, saving one might mean losing someone else significant at the current time, a price they might be unwilling to accept.

"Thank you..."

Belusir thanked Veronia while looking at her, who was saying something quietly. Agunas flicked its tail and paid no more attention; he didn’t want to give Veronia a reason to pick on him. Besides, with Veronia by Belusir’s side, maybe it’d be better for Belusir.

Compared to Belusir, Veronia was clearly more assertive. If humans tried to exploit Belusir’s mental weaknesses, Veronia would show them what it meant that Divine Beasts are not to be trifled with.

This setup looked fine to Agunas. Though he wasn’t very familiar with Belusir, he still didn’t want to see Belusir harmed by humans. However, if a situation similar to Nierlat occurred, that would be troublesome.

Even now, Nierlat and others faced accusations from most Divine Beasts in the Divine Land region due to the big incident. After a recent vortex disturbance in the Omeilia Region, the Divine Beasts there joined the accusations, but Nierlat clearly didn’t mind.

The other side was firmly protecting Xingchan, and the few allied countries were much the same. After all, if the relationships weren’t good, they wouldn’t have chosen their Guardian Divine Beasts. However, some were notably unhappy with those countries not giving notice before acting privately, especially regarding Quine... Agunas was somewhat apprehensive. Though it was not yet certain which country caused the mutation, everyone mainly suspected Quine.

Only its Guardian Divine Beast remained mostly silent. Even though Socrates later defended it, they could still sense that Socrates didn’t fully understand Quine.

What are they planning to do? Agunas was puzzled; leaving their Guardian Divine Beast to act alone was inherently dangerous, as failing could mean losing the beast’s protection. Now, even Quine was acting alone, almost destructively. How could they be so bold?

"Just take one back as a souvenir."

Feng Yuan took a small shovel from Kong Qing and carefully dug up a wildflower with its soil. Qi Chen watched Feng Yuan’s actions in puzzlement and said,

"What are you planning to do with that?"

"A memento. I plan to plant it in my garden, but I’ll have to trouble Kong Qing to take care of it for now~"

Looking at Feng Yuan in exasperation, Qi Chen said helplessly,

"So you plan to let Kong Qing take care of it? And eventually, it becomes Kong Qing’s responsibility?"

"Hehe~ if Kong Qing is willing, then I can’t help it~"

Seeing the wildflowers like those under the Crystal Giant Tree, Dou Yanlan realized something and said,

"Could you get one for me too? Ah Chen, do you want one?"

Scratching his head, Qi Chen, though not understanding Dou Yanlan, still dug a flower of the same kind as Feng Yuan’s and temporarily placed it in Kong Qing’s space, while Ah Mu understood and actively went into Kong Qing’s space to help with those wildflowers.

At this moment, Yang Hongzhi walked over with a wildflower and said,

"Um, could you help me temporarily plant this? I’ll move it once we’re back."

Seeing the same species of flower, Feng Yuan chuckled and said,

"Of course, Ah Mu is already helping. You can find it inside."

They toured the fissure, finding nothing notable besides the glowing crystals among the flora, which relieved Qi Chen and the others. After a lap, they returned to the Crystal Giant Tree, where Feng Yuan placed a bouquet on the root of the Crystal Giant Tree, clasped his hands together, whispered something, then decisively left.

Flicking its tail, Agunas didn’t wait for Feng Yuan to speak and guided everyone out. As Feng Yuan and the group left, the cave once again returned to silence. A gentle breeze blew through, and the petals of the bouquet placed by Feng Yuan swayed gently in the wind.

Exiting the Crystal Cave, Feng Yuan sighed deeply as he looked at Honite Snow Mountain and said,

"Let’s go. There’s still time, we can climb to the summit today, spend the night at the hot spring villa, and head to Pinya Town tomorrow~"

Glancing at the steep mountain wall, Agunas said,

"I’ll take you up from another place."

Though not impossible to climb from here, Agunas felt it unnecessary. Feng Yuan nodded and said,

"Thank you."

With a wave of his paw, Feng Yuan and the others floated up under Agunas’s telekinesis. Before leaving, Agunas looked at the crystal layer and soil they had cleared and hesitated before gently waving a paw. Snowflakes began to fall, and soon enough, they would cover everything around here again.

Back on a gentle slope, Agunas set everyone down and said,

"This place should be good enough."

"Thank you~"

Feng Yuan indeed feared Agunas would take them directly to the summit, which would spoil the fun, as he felt slowly climbing the mountain was enjoyable. Going straight to the top and directly having Agunas open the way was clearly more convenient and faster. Along the way, the thick snow was blown away by Agunas and Xiao Ji in turn with gusts of wind. On reaching the summit of Honite Snow Mountain, Feng Yuan gazed around and said,

"Whew~ now that we’re here, how about taking a group photo?"