Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1974 - 1975: Choice

Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s words, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound couldn’t hold back its tears and suddenly lunged forward, hugging Feng Yuan’s leg and howled about its tragic experiences during this time. Veronia, after listening to its story, looked at the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound in surprise and said,

"This is indeed unusual. A Fluffy Fire Wolfhound that originally lived in the desert was actually rescued by the headmaster of the academy. But, this fellow seems to have something a little off here."

Pointing her small finger at her head, Veronia unceremoniously remarked. Feng Yuan looked at Veronia in confusion and asked,

"Why do you say that? Does it have a problem?"

Reaching out to pull the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound away, Feng Yuan found its fur felt quite nice, and as a ridable Spirit Beast, its running speed was not slow. Plus, its size wasn’t particularly large, meaning it could move in a much larger area than Yang Hongzhi’s Xiao Hui.

Although Feng Yuan had the idea of taking it away, Veronia’s words made him a bit worried that this creature might have a significant issue.

With a soft laugh, Veronia said,

"Because it’s unfamiliar with the vegetation outside the desert, it doesn’t know what’s edible～"

"Uh... is that the reason?" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Surprised, Feng Yuan glanced at the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, which lowered its head shyly. He felt that the fiery red fluff on its face seemed even more vivid.

Rather than saying the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound is a herbivore, it’s better to say most animal-related Spirit Beasts are omnivores. Both plants and meat are on their menu, though they generally eat ordinary animals for meat.

However, in this place, although the academy would release herbivores like rabbits, the total number wasn’t particularly large. In addition, the Spirit Beasts in the back mountain already had their territories, leading the isolated Fluffy Fire Wolfhound to have to forage between their territories.

Tragically, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound didn’t recognize the forest plants. Ordinarily, even if they don’t recognize it, a Spirit Beast would try a few bites of plants that seem edible to check if they can satiate their hunger.

But this Fluffy Fire Wolfhound wouldn’t do that, resulting in it being in a feast-or-famine state during its time in the back mountain.

"Hmm, so does that mean if I want to take it with me, it shouldn’t be too difficult?"

Rubbing the soft fur of the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, Feng Yuan muttered. Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s ears twitched, looking at Feng Yuan with hopeful eyes, while Tamur circled around him and said,

"Its origin is a bit strange."

"Indeed, why would the headmaster bring it back from the desert? Could something have happened to its pack?"

After being told by Tamur, Feng Yuan stroked his chin and said. As for whether Xiao Ji would object? He glanced at Xiao Ji, noticing no abnormal reaction, and when Xiao Ji noticed Feng Yuan looking over, it nodded, indicating its approval.

The only concern seemed to be the origin of this Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, as it inherently didn’t belong to the forest. Feng Yuan couldn’t understand why the headmaster would have placed it here. Could it be intended for some special test?

Thinking this, Feng Yuan simply took out his phone to inform his homeroom teacher about the matter.

Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s inquiry, his homeroom teacher also found it a bit strange. After all, the Spirit Beasts in the back mountain had specific stocking rules, and even the headmaster couldn’t easily violate them. The most crucial point was to have a corresponding habitat. Otherwise, throwing a Spirit Beast into the back mountain without a suitable habitat was not a good thing for the Spirit Beast.

Although somewhat puzzled, the homeroom teacher didn’t suspect the headmaster of any wrongdoing and only said she would inquire immediately before hanging up the phone.

Looking at the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound staring eagerly at him, Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"Just come along with us for now. If appropriate, I think we could become partners～"

With a joyful bark, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound kept wagging its fluffy, large tail.

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan, hesitated for a moment but said nothing. Xiao Ji was now overcoming its dislike of water, but the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound was definitely weak against water. Although not directly restrained by its attribute, its combat strength would significantly decrease in rainy weather and underwater.

In other words, without considering Feng Yuan’s own strength and Veronia’s Divine Beasts, both of Feng Yuan’s Beasts were weak against water. Qi Chen found this somewhat inappropriate.

But thinking of Feng Yuan’s personal strength, Qi Chen abandoned the idea of persuasion. After all, for Feng Yuan, even if his Beasts were severely restrained, it didn’t matter since wild missions never banned Divine Beasts. And in Beast competitions, well, Feng Yuan wasn’t very interested anyway, and if he participated, others would face an awkward situation.

That is, if Feng Yuan wanted to win, their real challenge wasn’t against his Beasts but against Feng Yuan himself. After all, Beast competitions were divided by age group. For Beastmasters of Elder Li’s age, they were either very weak or very strong, with severe polarization.

If they directly joined the competition in Qi Chen’s age group, Qi Chen and his peers wouldn’t even stand a chance. With Elite Level against Legendary or even Legendary Level strength, it was impossible to win.

Feng Yuan himself possessed strength beyond his age bracket; Qi Chen believed Feng Yuan’s personal strength was at least Legendary, if not Legendary Level. Such power within his peers was entirely overpowered. Among students in a class, the strongest Beast strength would only be at Elite Level, facing a Legendary Level strength, they’d be crushed.

In Beast competitions, the victory is not determined by all of a Beastmaster’s Beasts losing their combat abilities but rather by whether the Beastmaster loses their combat abilities.

Because aside from Feng Yuan, many Beastmasters themselves were comparable to Spirit Beasts. Sometimes, they’d personally knock down opponents when their Beasts fell, which is why Beast competitions are judged by the Beastmaster’s condition for victory.

In this light, it seemed Feng Yuan’s choice of the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound didn’t impact him much. In a way, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound seemed to fulfill Feng Yuan’s previous criteria for a second Beast?

Dou Yanlan looked at the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound with a strange expression and said,

"Why did the headmaster place it in the back mountain?"

She was worried that the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound might not be a Spirit Beast that could be taken away, as in the back mountain, besides Spirit Beasts that could form Taming Beast Contracts, there were also some Beasts and Spirit Beasts belonging to teachers and professors living there.

Mainly because during classes, the dormitories didn’t have suitable spaces for them to move around, so the back mountain also served as a Beast Breeding Farm for the staff of Maomu Academy.

Here, besides truly wild unowned Spirit Beasts, there were plenty with Taming Beast Contracts. Dou Yanlan was a bit doubtful if the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound was a Beast prepared by the headmaster for their own descendants.

Considering the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s strength fits the criteria for a second Beast, and aside from its weakness to water, it is quite remarkable in other aspects.

If the headmaster prepared this Spirit Beast for their descendants, Feng Yuan might face difficulty in taking it away.

Of course, Dou Yanlan wasn’t clear about the situation, but she had a feeling that if the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound joined the team, Xiao Ji might argue with it, as the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s role as a strong attacker overlapped with Xiao Ji’s.

"Alright, let’s go take a look elsewhere. We might come across a Spirit Beast suitable for Dou Yanlan～"

Lightly patting the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s head, Feng Yuan said, glancing at Qi Chen. As for how the credits would be calculated after the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound could be taken away?

This wasn’t really an issue for Feng Yuan, as long as he could take it away. Credits were something he could earn as he wished. Being backed by the Special Duty Team and with so many tasks lately, getting some credits wasn’t difficult.

That’s why Qi Chen and the others didn’t mention this issue, as they understood it wasn’t an issue for Feng Yuan.

Just as Feng Yuan and the others were wandering in the back mountain, other students were also finishing forming their teams and setting up camps to explore the back mountain.

Compared to the new students, second and third-year students were more familiar with the back mountain, as many of the academy’s courses were held there, making them not a stranger to the place.

However, since the academy occasionally adjusted the Spirit Beasts’ territories and environments—especially in this round, the academy put considerable effort into it—this led to quite a few careless senior students rushing into traps, ending up being chased by flocks of Spirit Beasts.