Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1928 - 1929: Ideas

Early in the morning, Feng Yuan and his group headed towards Cha Mu Specialty Town. Although Feng Yuan expected the number of tourists there while on the bus, he couldn’t help but marvel at how so many people seemed to have come out of nowhere.

This celebration wasn’t aligned with any holiday, and with celebrations being held simultaneously everywhere, theoretically, the tourists should all be locals from Maomu City. But even so, the crowd at the square in front of Cha Mu Specialty Town seemed overly exaggerated.

"Strange, just how many reservations have they opened? With so many people, can they really fit inside?"

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan wondered aloud. Although the small square wasn’t particularly spacious, the buildings inside Cha Mu Specialty Town occupied most of the space, limiting the overall capacity. Can it really accommodate this many people?

Dou Yanlan glanced at the program schedule on her phone and said,

"Perhaps they aren’t visitors to the town itself. According to the schedule, performances will be held on the small square and nearby streets."

"On the street?"

Qi Chen turned around in surprise to look at the reconstructed street behind them. The original West District streets weren’t spacious, but when constructing Cha Mu Specialty Town, they expanded the streets to accommodate vehicles, and the buildings on both sides were decorated in a vintage style.

Performing here seems feasible, but the sidewalk isn’t particularly wide, and squeezing so many people onto the street isn’t very safe.

Dou Yanlan looked at the program schedule and said,

"That’s right, but it seems they’ll close the street to make space for performances before they start, so these tourists shouldn’t be too much of a burden."

After all, since the road has been widened, it has become eight lanes. If closed for performance parades, there would be ample space.

However, they didn’t leave plans to appreciate the street performances. Mainly because Cha Mu Specialty Town itself had performances, and compared to uncontrollable numbers outside, inside the town, one could actually enjoy the performances rather than just watch people.

Feng Yuan glanced at the crowd and said,

"Closing the road? That would require quite a bit of manpower, right? So, the Special Duty Team has to work overtime again?"

Busy maintaining order, Liao Yu suspiciously looked around, feeling as if someone was bad-mouthing him.

Since most people in the square were waiting for the parade performance, there weren’t many waiting at the entrance for inspection. After showing their reservation information, Feng Yuan and his group successfully entered Cha Mu Specialty Town.

Upon entering the town, the group noticed a difference.

Compared to before, Cha Mu Specialty Town now was not just lively; the decorations used only during New Year added an unusual festive atmosphere.

On the cold stone-paved roads, numerous tourists wearing traditional clothing enjoyed this unique festive atmosphere and became part of the atmosphere themselves.

After all, one entry requirement was wearing traditional attire, and most celebration participants were locals, so their clothing was mostly traditional Maomu City attire.

Not many were dressed like Feng Yuan in Ritual Robes, especially those related to Divine Beasts, which weren’t common.

Long Boduo looked at the bustling shops and said,

"Where should we eat first?"

"Hmm, let’s start with an egg and then slowly explore. I hope they still have the premium tea eggs."

While Feng Yuan guessed that to cope with many tourists, they would prepare many ingredients in advance, considering the scarcity of ingredients for premium tea eggs, he wasn’t sure if he could get them later.

Dou Yanlan glanced at her phone and said,

"Don’t worry, I’ve already reserved dining for you. Besides premium tea eggs, tea mountain chicken and other limited specialties require reservations. See?"

"Reservations? Could it be limited to one per person?"

Thinking about it, Feng Yuan was surprised. Although he hadn’t checked Cha Mu Specialty Town’s official website, he guessed this online reservation with limited sales aimed at controlling the numbers meant each tourist could only purchase a limited amount of food items.

Dou Yanlan looked at Feng Yuan and shook her head, saying,

"No, actually. Each person can purchase three items, even you, probably won’t get special treatment."

After all, this was likely automatically calculated by the system, and she didn’t think the backend would intentionally target specific individuals for special arrangements. Also, eating too many premium tea eggs would get tiresome, so limited sales didn’t matter much.

With so many snacks and foods in the specialty town, one should worry about not being able to eat so much rather than missing out.

But since Cha Mu Town is not far from Maomu City, aside from premium tea eggs and such unique specialties, most things can be found in Maomu City, leaving Feng Yuan uninterested in local snacks.

Even Long Boduo wasn’t particularly keen. Unlike Feng Yuan, as a Divine Beast, Long Boduo had more free time, and one main reason for coming to the human world was to seek food and explore sights.

Even region-specific delicacies like premium tea eggs it had tasted, but that didn’t stop it from enjoying this festive atmosphere.

Food was one thing; it hadn’t experienced much of this human festive atmosphere.

"It’s a pity, if only we had informed them earlier, this looks pretty fun~"

Staring at the street performers for a long time, Long Boduo said with some regret, realizing it hadn’t expected the celebration to be so entertaining.

Feng Yuan wasn’t particularly interested in the performances. Hearing Long Boduo’s words, Feng Yuan thought for a moment and said,

"It’s fine. For an impromptu celebration, it’s already like this. Imagine how lively it will be during National Day; if you want to invite friends to come, you can wait for National Day to invite them."

Although the celebration lasted two days, Feng Yuan doubted Long Boduo would have the patience to come for two consecutive days, as performances were mostly similar. Initially, they might seem fresh, but too much of the same can be tiresome.

Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s suggestion, Long Boduo’s eyes lit up and said,

"That seems good~ Wait, I’ll take some video footage, and when I go back, I’ll ask if they want to join. But... never mind, we’ll switch shifts with those who dislike crowds."

Compared to coming again tomorrow, Long Boduo found Feng Yuan’s National Day suggestion more suitable, as Ghost-type Divine Beasts mostly have Netherworld patrol duties, but they all rotate.

If for tomorrow, coordinating with Divine Beasts who don’t want to come out for shift changes would be tricky, but National Day is different, with so much time left for them to arrange in advance.

Since there are many Ghost-type Divine Beasts in the Netherworld, and some aren’t interested in humans or crowds, they likely wouldn’t be keen to join the National Day celebration. Having them cover shifts would enable collective activity~

Qi Chen looked speechlessly at Feng Yuan, feeling that Feng Yuan’s suggestion might make the Special Duty Team busier. Even if they came in human form, their presence could make them uneasy.

They’d worry about any blind fool offending them, which would be disastrous.

As for the benefits, he wasn’t sure, but earning favor from a group of Ghost-type Divine Beasts didn’t seem like a loss?

Of course, that depends on Feng Yuan reporting this matter. If they aren’t informed, things would be harder to say.

While Qi Chen was pondering this, Feng Yuan also considered the issue and looked at Long Boduo, asking,

"Should I help you contact Maomu City to prepare? After all, entertaining a group of Divine Beasts surely wouldn’t be up to me."

Though he didn’t mind, he didn’t think joining a large group would make the celebration enjoyable, as everyone’s interests vary. Smaller groups could visit places of individual interest, but larger crowds...

With Feng Yuan mentioning this, Long Boduo also considered the issue and thought for a moment before saying,

"There’s no rush. Let me ask them when I get back. If needed, we’ll trouble you then~"

Though Long Boduo could directly contact Maomu City officials, it wasn’t familiar with such things, whereas Feng Yuan might know who to approach.