Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1249 - 1250: Relics

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan perplexedly. If destiny was inescapable, then what about those who strive? But if what Feng Yuan said was wrong, then why did Lucille...

After hesitating for a long time, Qi Chen still voiced his confusion. Looking at him, Feng Yuan shook his head with a slight chuckle and said

"When your strength cannot break the limitations of the rules, you naturally have the ability to change ’destiny’. However, once you surpass the rules, the rules that can no longer constrain you also cannot protect you. Therefore, you don’t have to worry about these troubles."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s explanation, Qi Chen scratched his head, somewhat puzzled. Lucille looked at Feng Yuan silently, in fact, it was just the rules hiding their unaffordable choices, whether it was Feng Yuan or it, the destiny they could change was much stronger than that of ordinary people.

If Qi Chen and his group were likened to little fish in a rushing river, then they were like dragons swimming in it, the disturbance they bring against the river flow was not on the same level.

However, this was something it would neither need to explain to Qi Chen and his group, sometimes, knowing too much is just increasing troubles unnecessarily.

"How are the preparations going at Delong Tower?"

Recalling something, Feng Yuan looked at Agunas and asked; although they had previously asked Delong Tower, and he had agreed to act as a guide around the Black Sea, Feng Yuan was still unclear whether the preparations were complete.

After waiting for a while, Agunas flicked its tail and said

"It said it still needs to prepare, maybe it can be done by tomorrow."

"Is that so, shall we go to Shenhua City again and buy some things?"

Looking at Feng Yuan, Qi Chen thought for a moment and looked towards Dou Yanlan and said

"Or... should we buy some local specialties to send back home?"

Dou Yanlan didn’t answer directly but held Qi Chen’s hand and looked at him, took out dog snacks, while Feng Yuan crunched away on them, watching the two.

"Is something big going to happen? The special duty officers on the street seem to be more than yesterday?"

While waiting in front of a snack stand, Qi Chen looked at the special duty officers who had just passed by and puzzlingly asked Feng Yuan. If yesterday was considered normal, today’s number of special duty officers on the streets was a bit too much, almost every street had them, thinking of the understaffed special duty team in Maomu City made Qi Chen feel something was not quite right.

Even if Shenhua City is more prosperous than Maomu City, it’s impossible for the special duty team to have this many spare hands. Moreover, why were they all sent out?

"I’m not sure, I’m not familiar with the people here, it’s not good to ask."

As he turned his head and glanced at the passing special duty officers, Feng Yuan said nonchalantly. If it were in Maomu City, he might have asked, but he barely knew anyone in Shenhua City, he couldn’t just inquire out of curiosity, although Captain Yang seemed to also get used to his antics, he didn’t think it was necessary.

"Ah, who knows what’s actually going on, the atmosphere has really been getting tenser recently."

At that moment, the stand owner sighed and handed Feng Yuan his snacks, seeing Feng Yuan look at him, he glanced at another passing special duty officer and said

"Usually, unless there’s a violent incident, they rarely appear before us, but during this period, we can see them almost every day, I really don’t know what’s happening."

"Sigh, with them around, there are even fewer tourists, it’s hard to do business..."

Ignoring the sigh from the stand owner, Feng Yuan looked around, puzzled about what exactly the Shenhua City special duty team was doing. Even Maomu City wasn’t this tense. But wait, could it be...

Thinking of something, Feng Yuan looked in the direction of the border. Could it be due to border conflict issues? It was also not impossible; apart from Shangjing, Shenhua City was most likely to receive special attention. Moreover, the situation was not yet an emergency state, and it wouldn’t be too difficult for those people to sneak into Shenhua City, but why the special duty team? He also noticed their strength, although they were stronger than most of the special duty officers in Maomu City, it was only slightly stronger, it would be better to send out the garrison troops to patrol.

Unable to figure it out, Feng Yuan couldn’t be bothered to think more, after all, it was Great Xia’s own business, why should he worry so much? While waiting for the stand owner to prepare the snacks, he listened to him talk about the city’s stories. Although he was aware there was a lot of bragging content, Feng Yuan still found it quite fascinating; after all, it was the story of the city, wasn’t it?

"I see."

"What? Is there a problem with this object?"

Seeing Feng Yuan examining the ancient artifact in his hand and suddenly making such a remark, Qi Chen asked curiously. He had also looked at the item earlier but hadn’t noticed anything special about it. Feng Yuan slightly smiled, put the item down, and turned around under the expectant gaze of the stall owner, saying

"Have you guys chosen anything? If not, let’s go."

Seeing Feng Yuan unhesitatingly give up on the item he had been looking at earlier, the stall owner, who was just about to boast falsely, was stunned. This wasn’t following the usual bargaining game. At that moment, he couldn’t be sure whether Feng Yuan was feigning disinterest, although it didn’t quite seem like it. Before the stall owner could hesitate further, Qi Chen, glancing at Dou Yanlan, asked,

"What about you?"

Dou Yanlan shook her head and said with a slight smile,

"I’m not really confident in recognizing the items here."

Although the stall owner claimed that these were all ancient artifacts, there are distinctions among ancient artifacts. Decorative artifacts are evidently no match for those with special uses, not to mention many aren’t even considered decorative. Dou Yanlan had not specialized in this field, so naturally, she wouldn’t be able to identify anything.

"These are just trinkets, not even decorative items, let alone having any special functions. The oldest could only be relics from the Shenyue Dynasty, but that’s about it."

Turning his head to look at the stall owner, Feng Yuan bluntly spoke up, benefiting from the lack of other customers around; otherwise, he wouldn’t have directly criticized, as it’s not nice to interfere with someone’s business. Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Agunas looked curiously at the statue resembling a rocky pillar on the stall and said,

"Is that a relic from the Shenyue Dynasty? I thought it was..."

"Kastantos? How could it be? Although the style is somewhat similar, the craftsmanship of Kastantos isn’t that poor. You really haven’t interacted much with them, otherwise, how could you not know how foul-tempered those stone heads are?"

Veronia said disdainfully, glancing at Agunas, who responded with suspicion,

"How did you know I was going to say Kastantos?"

"Do I need to ask? That style is merely an imitation of Kastantos, but only superficially and lacking any real essence. I don’t believe that during the Dynasty Era there was anyone who could rival Kastantos, just like there’s no one who could surpass Mitradite."

Toward the end of her statement, Veronia appeared somewhat proud, obviously taking pride in Mitradite. Meanwhile, the stall owner muttered to himself upon hearing the conversation between the two Divine Beasts,

"Kastantos? Heh, I’ll try saying that next time."

"You better not do that; anyone who knows Kastantos could recognize that it doesn’t belong to that era. And for those who don’t know, what’s the use in saying it?"

Feng Yuan rolled his eyes and warned the stall owner with a tone of exasperation. The Mythical Era’s nations are not widely known, and bragging about it is indeed less effective than using the Shenyue Dynasty, at least more people are aware of the Shenyue Dynasty. Of course, being aware doesn’t necessarily mean they hold it in high regard.

"Speaking of which, the relics from the Shenyue Dynasty have some elements of Kastantos; what exactly is the situation?"

Veronia looked at Agunas curiously; this kind of matter was something Agunas should be aware of. Rolling his eyes, Agunas flicked his tail and said,

"How would I know? I haven’t looked through their records."

Although he is organizing all the historical documents, he hadn’t managed to go through all of them quickly enough, just like Feng Yuan, who only selectively views them.

"It seems that at that time, they discovered some magical artifacts related to Kastantos, but those items were left behind by survivors from Kastantos, so there is naturally some differences from Kastantos itself."

"Survivors of Kastantos?"

"Yes, the end of the Mythical Era wasn’t a complete destruction and rejuvenation, so it’s normal for there to be survivors. However, I’m not too clear about the specifics of Kastantos, it seems not all of their ruins were moved to the Starlit Sea."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan spoke, admitting he wasn’t too clear about matters relating to Kastantos since records from the Mythical Era are scarce and he could only understand bits and pieces through indirect information.