Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1200 - 1201: The Origin

"What on earth..."

Agunas flicked its tail, ignoring the professor and his students who were taking pictures with their cameras. It was bewildered by the altar displayed in the images, a familiar ritual design reserved only for extremely significant ceremonies and not for any Divine Beast to be worshiped upon.

Of course, these were matters of the Mythical Era, but Agunas was very clear that the rules of the object had not disappeared with the end of that era. Veronia eyed the altar in the image curiously and said,

"After the destruction of the Mythical Era, nothing is taboo anymore; even an altar meant for praying to the heavens can be casually used by any riffraff~"

Glancing at Veronia, Agunas didn’t explain. It was fine if the other party didn’t know; perhaps it could even mislead the professor and his students. Even if Qi Chen and the others were misled, it wouldn’t be much of a problem. As for Feng Yuan? Agunas flicked its tail again.

That guy obviously knew the truth but didn’t dare speak of it here, which proves the matter is of great significance. Whether the other party is simply being perverse in not stating the truth, or is truly unable to say, Agunas could still discern. But what is it exactly? Could it be It? Impossible, even if Mo Li was powerful, it wouldn’t earn a second glance from It.

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan but did not ask aloud. He could sense that Agunas seemed a bit off after that image appeared, yet he had no idea what the reason was. However, he suspected that Feng Yuan might know the truth, and considering Feng Yuan’s usual eagerness to explain, his silence and even his lack of teasing suggested that the contents of those images were not so simple.

Despite this realization, Qi Chen refrained from probing the truth, well aware of his own limitations. Rather than idly speculating, it would be better to find an opportunity to quietly ask Dou Yanlan. With this thought, Qi Chen glanced at Dou Yanlan, who was holding Cotton and seemed lost in thought, unaware of what was on her mind.

"It’s unexpected that King Mo Li once came here, and, moreover, it’s very likely that all those city-guarding Divine Beasts originated from King Mo Li’s handiwork. It’s unknown how he managed to develop a method to bestow ordinary creatures with the power of city-guarding Divine Beasts back then."

As the images began to replay, the professor put down his camera and muttered to himself. At this time, his students only needed to pay attention to the images, and if there was something new that they hadn’t seen yet, they would just need to capture it, although in his view, the likelihood was not high.

After all, the story told by those images was already quite complete. He had no idea that a very important piece of the story had been omitted from these images. However, unless one knew in advance about the existence of that thing, even Feng Yuan would hardly notice anything out of the ordinary, since the images did not deliberately hide important truths.

"Having traveled most regions of Divine Land? But this is somewhat inconsistent with King Mo Li’s records. It’s more likely that it was the work of people he dispatched at that time."

A student of his spoke up, and though King Mo Li did not detail his later endeavors, there were no records of his presence in other regions. Given King Mo Li’s wartime exploits and achievements, people from most regions should have known who he was. If they did, why was there no record when he passed by?

"Indeed, this is a question, and the true details of that time are unknown..."

The professor sighed helplessly. Temporal Spirit Beasts are rare and it is difficult to trace back to earlier times, making it challenging to verify historical truths with their help unless one could find Lorraine Tower to assist, but setting aside the general lack of contact between Lorraine Tower and most humans,

even if there was some goodwill, why waste it on the pursuit of historical truths? Knowing that Lorraine Tower is a powerful Divine Beast, wouldn’t it be better to save this goodwill for an emergency? Unless the truth involved something significant, even he wouldn’t choose to exchange it just to uncover the truth of a story.

That’s right, at times like this, the events that transpired in history seem nothing more than mere stories to him.

"That’s unknown, but figuring that out probably wouldn’t amount to much anyway."

Shrugging, Feng Yuan spoke nonchalantly. Indeed, he didn’t care how exactly Mo Li managed to establish city-guarding Divine Beasts across so many regions, and he wasn’t concerned about whether all these Divine Beasts were directly created by Mo Li or not. After all, these were post-war matters. There was no record of any city-guarding Divine Beasts during the war, and he wasn’t one to alter history on a whim, especially since that matter was likely beyond his control anyway.

Watching the perpetually repeating images in silence, no one knew how deep the platform had descended until after a long while, the surroundings suddenly brightened. The circular platform where everyone stood floated down and settled into a groove, supported by a straight column underneath. All around was a vast spherical space, and their location was precisely at the center of this enormous sphere.

Golden text floated around them, and Agunas widened its eyes slightly—it hadn’t expected it to be that thing! But of course, no wonder Feng Yuan was able to see Mo Li’s image. It turned out to be information inadvertently left behind by that thing; however, only Feng Yuan could have noticed it.

Flicking its tail, Agunas looked around at the others with an inexplicable expression. Because they were unaware of that thing, they weren’t too amazed by the golden text, mistaking it for some special device effect.

The crystal-like floor spread from where they stood on the circular platform outwards in all directions, reaching the spherical walls as numerous sky-blue Crystal Steles descended gently and rotated around the circular platform.

"Is this the Sacrificial Grounds?"

The professor looked around in amazement and spoke, although there wasn’t an overly elaborate decoration, the place was constantly exuding an aura of sacred supremacy. He had no idea how Mo Li had managed to design such an environment.

Ignoring the archaeologists who were taking photos and examining the area, Feng Yuan embraced Xiao Ji and walked up to Yu Xian’er, saying

"What do you think? Do you feel anything special?"

After a moment of silence, Yu Xian’er looked at Feng Yuan and said,

"There’s a voice telling me what to do and what I can do. But, I feel that this place seems... very important. Not because of the power granted to the Divine Beasts guarding the city, but something else..."

"Perhaps, this is also the reason why this place has been forgotten~"

With a smile, Feng Yuan did not explain. Although telling Yu Xian’er the truth wouldn’t hurt, it already had enough to bear. There was no need to trouble it with unspoken secrets. Yu Xian’er understood something from Feng Yuan’s look and said,

"Is it an unspoken secret? I understand. I won’t tell. I will do my best to protect this place."

Although it did not know many of the world’s secrets like the Divine Beasts did, the long passage of time taught it that some significant things are indescribable. These things must be kept in strict confidence, which might be why the Sacrificial Grounds had been forgotten.

After all, based on the information obtained from entering here, it was found that every location protected by Divine Beasts had a corresponding Altar. As he stroked Xiao Ji’s feathers, Feng Yuan looked around and said, freewebnσvel.cѳm

"Destroying this place isn’t an easy task, but you can tell them, to keep the secrets of this place as much as possible."

While he felt it was somewhat unrealistic, given that too many people knew about this relic, Feng Yuan thought maybe relocating this artifact could also work. With this thought, he looked at Agunas and said,

"Could you lend a hand?"

"What are you going to do?"

Eyeing Feng Yuan suspiciously, Agunas was curious about what he wanted to do. Pulling out the pitch-black Ancient Book, Feng Yuan, still embracing Xiao Ji, smiled and said,

"Place something next to your old lair."

"You want to use the Land of Time Tranquility?"

Taken aback, Agunas looked at Feng Yuan in confusion, not quite understanding what he intended to do. Without an explanation, Feng Yuan merely waved the pitch-black Ancient Book, and everything in front of them was engulfed by a deep blue light. Not even spiritual power could discern the surroundings, and just as Agunas was surprised, Yu Xian’er exclaimed,

"Where is this...?"

Looking at the enormous white sphere in front of him, Feng Yuan said with a faint smile,

"The true core location. Here, I can explain some things to you all~"