Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1923 - 1924: The Legend of Kui Shan Town

"I think it’s better to let them help you out, but if it can match your own attributes, it should be even better, right?"

Slapping Long Boduo’s shoulder, Feng Yuan said, its bewildered expression caught Feng Yuan’s attention; he naturally knew what the situation with Long Boduo was, guessing it didn’t understand the chaotic clothing design requirements.

Of course, in Feng Yuan’s view, there’s no need for such trouble; Veronia talking so much with the designer was just to meet her personalized requirements, but for Long Boduo, it’s probably unnecessary.

"Match my attributes? But they shouldn’t be very skilled at processing materials from the Netherworld."

Long Boduo looked at Feng Yuan in confusion, not quite understanding what he meant. Hearing this, Feng Yuan helplessly said

"Of course, we’re not using Netherworld materials; those things are overwhelmed with death aura, it would cause trouble if we really made something out of them."

Although he was not clear on which Netherworld materials Long Boduo referred to, he knew one thing: the tools made from that heap basically came with a death aura diffusion effect, equivalent to a constant release of a death aura impact as an ultimate move.

Using it for clothing is not completely impossible, but except for Ghost-type and Death Series Spirit Beasts, other Spirit Beasts probably dare not approach Long Boduo, not to mention humans.

And where they’re going, it’s the lively Cha Mu Specialty Town; unless he’s crazy, Feng Yuan couldn’t let Long Boduo do such a thing; it would cause trouble.

"Then, what do you mean?"

Long Boduo scratched its head, looking at Feng Yuan with a face full of confusion, not understanding what Feng Yuan meant. With a sigh, Feng Yuan looked at the other designer who came to help and said

"I remember there are quite a few special decorations related to death in the customs of Kui Mountain Town, right?"

The designer had just arrived there, hearing that a Divine Beast was visiting. The temptation to design clothes for a Divine Beast prompted her to rush over, but why did his words sound a bit strange?

Observing Feng Yuan, she uncertainly asked

"You... are?"

"Feng Yuan, this is the Divine Beast Long Boduo, the Guide from the Netherworld. You should understand why I said that now, right?"

Slapping Long Boduo’s shoulder, Feng Yuan chuckled and said. Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, she understood why Feng Yuan said that earlier, realizing it’s because of Long Boduo’s divine role.

After some thought, she said

"Well, Kui Mountain Town’s customs do have a lot to do with death culture, but the symbolism of those things is not very good. Wait a moment, I recall during the evolution process, some decorations have just about neutral meanings."

Speaking of which, the designer turned to find information. The company’s recruitment of skilled designers benefited greatly from the collected data.

In some places, the cultural folklore data collected by the local university may not be as comprehensive as those collected by the company.

Listening to the conversation between Veronia and the designer, she muttered softly

"Related to one’s attributes... what a pity... sigh."

Without asking, Veronia knew that the likelihood of special decorations matching her attributes near Maomu City was not high, given that Long Boduo is a Ghost-type Divine Beast, related to the Netherworld; those are very common in traditional culture stories.

Yet despite this, because of inherent symbolism issues, only around Kui Mountain Town could there possibly be suitable design elements; Veronia’s own World of Mirrors would be even more challenging.

Generally speaking, Veronia didn’t hold hope for this, but upon inquiry, Veronia still expressed her thoughts, maybe she herself was holding onto the idea of any miracle happening.

Sadly, miracles are rare, thus, after pondering for a long time, they couldn’t find anything similar, but thinking of something, she asked

"Why not try to find suitable decorations based on your experiences? The difficulty might be lower."

At first, Veronia wanted to refuse the suggestion, but for some reason, she eventually nodded agreeing to give it a try.

After waiting for a while, another designer returned holding books, placing them on the table, saying

"Thank goodness they were serious during their investigation, allowing us to discover a hidden history of Kui Mountain Town; unfortunately, Maomu University doesn’t seem to be particularly interested in this history, so not many people know about it now."

Speaking, she opened one of the books and said

"How about this? Although according to local legend, it should be the Bright Venerable, but really speaking, I’m not sure whose Bright Venerable it is, and may not be more respectable than your Divine Beasts."

"Let me see, this decoration is kind of..."

Seeing Long Boduo communicating with the designer over there, Feng Yuan had a slight interest in the history of Kui Mountain Town, no matter whether it was the mysteriously originated Bright Venerable, or the peculiar culture venerating death, as well as the original name being Huai Mountain Town, all these things combined seemed to prove that something special happened there.

Circling around Feng Yuan, Tamur said

"You seem very interested in that place?"

Feng Yuan touched his chin and said with an enigmatic expression

"Certainly, isn’t it quite strange? The odd customs of the coexistence of the deceased and the living, and the subsequent development all seem to indicate that place isn’t simple, but why has Maomu University not conducted in-depth investigations?"

He didn’t think it was a matter of manpower or budget, because Maomu University’s only issue is having fewer Beastmasters, but due to its focus on various research, the forces behind Maomu University are strong.

If necessary, they can even mobilize the City Defence Army to help, meaning they likely have decided not to investigate Kui Mountain Town’s past due to some special reason.

Thinking about it, Feng Yuan hadn’t decided whether to go for an investigation, mainly because of class make-up sessions coming up, and with National Day approaching, investigating now—if something happens—is fine to resolve before National Day, but if troubles still exist by then, it would be a big problem.

So even if intrigued, Feng Yuan didn’t plan to investigate before National Day, fearing something might occur, regarding whether to inform Liao Yu to stay vigilant?

Feng Yuan felt it unnecessary since, as of now, Kui Mountain Town isn’t doing anything so foolish; after so many years have passed, it’s unlikely to go against the unknown Bright Venerable at this point.

Besides, if he did tell Liao Yu, it would put the Special Duty Team in a dilemma, after being warned, wouldn’t they have to send people to check the situation to ensure no issues arise for National Day?

With staffing insufficient already, at a time when manpower shortage is more severe, doing this benefits no one.

Thinking this way, Feng Yuan acted as if he heard nothing, concerning whether the designer and Long Boduo had considered these matters?

Judging by their reactions, likely not.

This didn’t surprise Feng Yuan; without the desire to explore the bizarre Bright Venerable, one basically won’t realize the hidden dangers in Kui Mountain Town.

Otherwise, Kui Mountain Town would have already excavated the ruins related to Bright Venerable culture over the years, if so, not saying catching up with Cha Mu Town region, at least it would be better than Liantang Town, right?

After all, in terms of resources, Kui Mountain Town really can’t compare with the water-rich Liantang Town; despite having more mountainous areas, it lacks the special produce due to the absence of Yognot in Cha Mu Town.

When ranking, the richest area around Maomu City should be Cha Mu Town region; however, due to different conditions in various villages there, many don’t lead very well-off lives.

The next level would be Liantang Town; although they’ve got only the vast connected ponds in Liantang Town itself to show, the ability to cultivate aquatic products means life isn’t bad there.

Moreover, unlike Cha Mu Town region, Liantang Town itself has a smaller population with more concentrated residence, making wealth distribution relatively more even than in Cha Mu Town.

Following that are Kui Mountain Town and other remaining towns, which generally lack unique special produce, primarily being ordinary places.

In this context, would they deliberately ignore Bright Venerable culture? Feng Yuan found it unlikely unless the Bright Venerable culture has some kind of danger?