Chapter 1428: Chapter 1429 Meteor Valley • Night

“Hehe~ Everything tastes great~”

Feng Yuan said happily with his mouth full of food. Xiao Ji suspiciously examined the food in front of Feng Yuan, trying to judge whether he was telling the truth.

Ruffling Xiao Ji’s head, Feng Yuan chuckled and said,

“What kind of look is that? Why would I bother lying to you?”

Nodding, Xiao Ji had a look of agreement, which made Feng Yuan unhappy. Putting down his food, Feng Yuan turned to playfully tease Xiao Ji, who kept resisting. Seeing Feng Yuan couldn’t even settle down to eat, Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan exchanged a helpless smile.

Veronia glanced at Feng Yuan and said,

“Bullying Xiao Ji again?”

“No way! I’m just… bonding with it!”

Hugging Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan shouted loudly, but soon let go and sat back to continue eating. Xiao Ji gave Feng Yuan a glance, then quietly returned to its spot to eat its own food,

Noticing Feng Yuan seemed deep in thought, Xiao Ji hesitated, then carried its bowl over to Feng Yuan, nudging him with its head and letting out a soft chirp.

Surprised by Xiao Ji’s actions, Feng Yuan turned to look at it, amused, and patted its head, saying,

“What’s up with you now?”

“It saw your expression earlier and got worried about you. By the way, are you alright?”

Veronia had been watching Feng Yuan’s state closely and naturally noticed everything. She smiled and waved her hand. Bright yellow specks emerged from thin air like fireflies, dancing around the lake, revealing a satisfied smile on Feng Yuan’s face as he said,

“What could be wrong? I was just thinking, the atmosphere here feels somewhat lacking, um, besides fireflies, it needs a bit of mist, hmm, plus some bright moonlight, what else~”

“A red moon? Bats? Or Specters?”

Long Boduo chimed in mischievously. Feng Yuan glanced at Long Boduo and said irritably,

“Those things would probably only be liked by Ghost Series Spirit Beasts. I really don’t think this atmosphere fits that. Oh, right! Elves! Some more elves would be perfect~”

“So, what are you planning to do?”

Qi Chen said to Feng Yuan with a sense of helplessness. This guy really couldn’t just focus on eating and kept having weird ideas?

“Hehe~ It’s just that, I wanted to enhance the ambiance a bit—since you all did such a great job with the food, it naturally deserves a better setting to enjoy these delicacies~”

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said with a bright smile, Qi Chen sighed and said,

“The way you say it, it’s like our regular cooking is terrible.”

“No, no! Aside from you, Dou Yanlan’s skills are pretty good~”

“Well, aren’t you blunt.”

Glancing at Feng Yuan, Qi Chen said helplessly. Though what he said was true, even Yang Hongzhi was better than him at cooking, and it was unclear how he managed to improve so much since their initial meeting.

“Are you mad?”

Feng Yuan peered at Qi Chen sneakily and said guiltily, while the latter rolled his eyes and said,

“I’m not that petty, it’s just a small matter.”

He wasn’t worried Feng Yuan would spread things carelessly. The guy played jokes only on familiar people, and as for strangers? He wasn’t interested in pranks.

“I wonder how Morenas is doing. I never saw it again after we met just once.”

Gazing at the lake, Feng Yuan said casually. He wasn’t really thinking about it, just curious about what it was up to. Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Xiao Ji watched him warily, afraid he’d say something inappropriate again.

“It’s busy looking after those newborn Meteorite Spirit Beasts, but is it really fitting for it to always be with you?”

Little Ice Cream Agunas commented, eyeing the food on the table. Veronia chuckled gently and said,

“Why not? You see, he’s even planning to take Morenas home too~”

“Nonsense! I have no interest in having that many Spirit Beasts around me. I just… haven’t kicked you out, that’s all.”

Stealing a glance at Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan spoke meekly. He wasn’t sure if Agunas and the others stayed with him out of his selfishness.

“Well, you’re not wrong. It’s pretty interesting being around you.”

Veronia said with a slight smile. It was, indeed, due to its own reasons for staying by Feng Yuan’s side. If it left here, it wouldn’t know where to go. Unlike the busy Agunas and others, as a Divine Beast almost ignored by Him, it felt out of place in this world.

Until suddenly, He sent it a task, making it feel useful again, but unfortunately, not only did no major incidents occur, even those meteorite spirit beast babies had their divine beast guardians.

As Veronia lost herself in thought, Belusir gently patted its shoulder and shook its head, saying,

“You’ve always been helping me; how could you be useless? It’s just that your authority isn’t much of use right now.”

“Foreseeing the future? My authority, if it weren’t for his help, might have been abolished long ago. Does someone like me really have any use?”

“Why don’t you have a bout with Agunas and see? After all, your strength is right there. Moreover, your ability is very special and, in certain situations, more suitable than Agunas and the rest for maintaining world stability.”

Glancing at Veronia, Feng Yuan said a little irritably. Not to mention, Veronia’s strength was among the top tier of the Divine Beasts. If it came to a fight, Agunas with its Golden Tome Page and Veronia with its World of Mirrors might end in a tie. Moreover, with Veronia’s unique authority, its ultimate move can have unexpected effects at times.

“Just a Guardian, is it?”

Gazing at Feng Yuan, Veronia murmured, to which he scratched his head, helplessly saying,

“What more do you want? Like other Divine Beasts, with their own territories to patrol? But unless I’m mistaken, you guys don’t handle much yourself, do you?”

“Who says! Our Ghost-type Divine Beasts have patrol duties in the Netherworld! What do you mean by ‘don’t handle much?!’

Long Boduo couldn’t help chiming in. Agunas flicked its tail and said,

“The turbulence in the River of Time hasn’t subsided yet. This is just my avatar staying with you. Most times, I’m busy dealing with those guys in the River of Time. But, you’re not wrong either. There are many Divine Beasts who aren’t busy at all.”

Whether it’s Yimu Qingling or Delong Tower, based on the information it knew, most of the time, they were doing their own things. As for their duties? It didn’t take much of their time either,

Though it wasn’t incomprehensible, as Divine Beasts don’t meddle in human affairs, and natural order rarely goes awry. With the existence of the Divine Beast Hall and the Alliance, there’s even less concern for major incidents.

Ordinary matters are usually handled by the people from the Divine Beast Hall and the Alliance themselves. Cases that require their involvement are generally big issues, and those don’t happen easily.

“Tsk, you can totally leave those matters to Lorraine Tower, can’t you? Before you revived, things went just fine, right?”

With disdain, Feng Yuan said carelessly. Glancing at Feng Yuan, Agunas said,

“If you say that, Lorraine Tower might really get upset.”

“That’s true. But isn’t Gitalien the same?”

Looking at Kong Qing, who was caring for the Big Cat and others, Feng Yuan felt a bit guilty. Compared to Xiao Ji, he hadn’t been attentive enough to Kong Qing, yet it kept helping him. Hm, maybe it’s why Gitalien noticed this? Thinking it could share its burden well?

Feng Yuan completely forgot that Gitalien lacked the ability to foresee time, and Lorraine Tower wouldn’t be bored enough to discuss Kong Qing’s little matters with it. Gitalien simply noticed because there are too few Space Series Divine Beasts, just like Lorraine Tower. Due to the scarcity of Time Series Divine Beasts, it often had to guard the River of Time on its own.

“I don’t think Gitalien would see it that way. It’s simply happy, after all… too rare.”

Rolling its eyes, Agunas said speechlessly, casting a glance at Yang Hongzhi and the others. It didn’t fully clarify, as it believed it was better for Feng Yuan to explain these things himself.