Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 208: Entering the Data Domain Again_1

"Highway robbery! It’s so expensive!"

Seeing the other customers turn their heads at Xiao Ling’s outcry, Teacher Mu hurriedly apologized to everyone. After Teacher Mu scolded her, Xiao Ling said with a hint of grievance,

"It’s true! Look at the price of this set meal for yourself, Sister Mu!"

After a puzzled Teacher Mu took the menu and glanced at the prices, she looked at Feng Yuan with some surprise and asked, freёweɓnovel.com

"Has this restaurant always been this expensive?"

"Teacher Mu, haven’t you eaten here before?"

Feng Yuan looked at Teacher Mu with a hint of surprise, to which she shook her head and replied,

"I’ve only heard that the food here is delicious, but I’m not aware of anything else. I rarely come down these alleys to eat."

"The food here is really to my taste in these alleys — wait till my New Year’s set meal arrives. Taste it, and you’ll know whether it’s worth the price or not —"

"That doesn’t seem right..."

Seeing the steep price on the menu, Teacher Mu hesitated. Xiao Ling, tugging at the hem of Feng Yuan’s clothes, looked up at him with big, adorable eyes and said in a sweet voice,

"Big brother — just a little taste, and I’ll know — Sister Mu isn’t that into food and can’t really tell if it’s good or bad —"

"Xiao Ling!"

"Fine, you can have a taste later —"

Seeing Xiao Ling and Da Wang playing around in the restaurant, Feng Yuan asked Teacher Mu curiously,

"Teacher Mu, what made you suddenly decide to bring them here to eat?"

"Every year, we take the kids out for a big meal together. This year, due to special circumstances and expecting to be very busy at the end of the month, we decided to bring them out earlier."

"Busy at the end of the month? Is the school planning something odd again?"

Teacher Mu glanced at Feng Yuan and said, not too pleased,

"Wasn’t the Maomu City Beast Tamer competition, which was supposed to start at the beginning of the month, postponed to the end of the month? I remember you are one of the contestants, right?"

"Eh! Really?"

"You haven’t forgotten, have you? The prelims are canceled; it’s going to be a wilderness survival contest, expected for the last weekend of this month."

Seeing Xiao Ji perk up at the mention of the contest, Feng Yuan smiled and ruffled Xiao Ji’s head, saying,

"You perk up the moment there’s talk of a contest."

"At least I’m better than you, who’s clueless about his own contest."

"Wait! The weekend?!"

Feng Yuan suddenly understood and said in surprise, which made Teacher Mu look at him with a puzzled expression,

"What about the weekend? The wilderness survival contest starts Saturday morning and ends Sunday afternoon. It won’t interfere with your class schedule."

"But I need to report to the special duty team this weekend. There’s a scheduling conflict."

"If that’s the case... then let me see what can be arranged."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Teacher Mu also felt it was problematic. After all, the competition was just organized by Maomu City, but Feng Yuan’s punishment came from higher authorities, so it’s very possible that Feng Yuan wouldn’t be able to participate in the competition at all.

Seeing Xiao Ji look disappointed, Feng Yuan said helplessly,

"Do you really want to participate in the contest that much?"

"Ji..."

"Isn’t it a good thing to be able to join a contest? Why does Xiao Ling feel like big brother doesn’t want to join?"

Looking at Xiao Ling who had somehow moved to the edge of the table watching him with curiosity, Feng Yuan scratched his head and explained,

"I’m not really interested in competitions, you know. It’s all just about showing up and crushing it when the mood strikes. There’s not much fun in that."

"Big brother is bragging — are you not allowed to use other people’s spirit beasts in the Beast Tamer contest? Isn’t your only spirit beast that Eggshell Chicken?"

"Are you underestimating Xiao Ji?"

Seeing Xiao Ji puff up its little belly and look at itself, Xiao Ling pursed her lips and said,

"Eggshell Chicken is only of Native Level, which every child knows; even if it’s special, it doesn’t matter. Xiao Ling is not a child and won’t believe those Native Level Spirit Beasts can suddenly burst out with Good Level strength – that’s nonsense,"

Feng Yuan said with a smile, seeing Xiao Ling act like a little adult.

"Xiao Ji’s situation is a bit special; its strength fluctuates between Common Level and Legendary Level. Using Ordinary Spirit Beasts as a reference is meaningless,"

"Liar! When have you ever seen a Spirit Beast’s power change that drastically?"

Seeing Xiao Ling’s ’you’re-talking-rubbish’ expression, Feng Yuan shook his head and chose not to explain further. After a while, the New Year’s combo meal Feng Yuan ordered was served one by one.

"Can you really taste it with just such a tiny bite?"

Somewhat puzzled by how Xiao Ling only took a small taste, Feng Yuan queried, to which Xiao Ling replied excitedly,

"It tastes really great! It’s just a little expensive, but it’s worth the flavor."

"Then let’s settle on this. I’ll see if Ah He is about to arrive,"

"Um... Ms. Mu, are you really planning to treat us here...?"

Seeing Xiao Ling’s coy behavior, Teacher Mu replied with a touch of amusement,

"What’s wrong? Didn’t you say it tastes good?"

"But..."

"Don’t worry, I can still afford to treat everyone this time. Could you go find a place where we can all sit together?"

"Okay!"

Watching Xiao Ling scurry around the shop, Feng Yuan said to Teacher Mu,

"If we need a large space, we could talk to the boss. I remember the second floor is also a dining area; it’s just rarely open."

Feng Yuan, glancing around the restaurant where many customers were present but the seats were not full, made Teacher Mu chuckle upon hanging up the phone,

"You’re so familiar with the place; do you come here to eat often?"

"How could I? With those prices, I don’t want to be foraging in the wild every weekend."

Teacher Mu looked at Feng Yuan and laughed,

"Alright, I won’t disturb your meal anymore."

After enjoying a delicious dinner, Feng Yuan took Xiao Ji and the rest away. As they left, they could still hear the rambunctious noise from the upstairs. Shaking his head, Feng Yuan led Xiao Ji and the others into the forest of the school. Seeing Big Cat look at him questioningly, Feng Yuan laughed and said,

"Although I can’t take you to find Trumi, I can take you for another walk in the Data Domain."

Hearing Feng Yuan, Big Cat flapped his wings in panic, trying to stop Feng Yuan. Noting Big Cat’s anxious demeanor, Feng Yuan asked in surprise,

"What’s wrong? Are you scared of the Data Domain?"

Big Cat shook his head and kept gesturing something. After a while, Feng Yuan guessed,

"Are you worried about encountering those special operations team members and having trouble explaining?"

"Woof."

"But I wasn’t planning on entering the node where they are anyway, it’s fine. If we enter the Data Domain from here, we shouldn’t run into them."

Seeing that Feng Yuan wouldn’t be dissuaded, Big Cat looked worriedly at Feng Yuan, who then took out an Ancient Book and tossed it to Agunas, saying,

"Do me a favor – open up a small Death Domain that can surround us, then switch over to the Data Domain, and leave a Spatial Beacon behind at the end."

Agunas took the Ancient Book and after a brief pause, tossed the book and began to operate according to Feng Yuan’s instructions. After a while, Agunas put away the book and looked at Feng Yuan, who took the returned Ancient Book and smiled,

"Just use the Space Gate to connect to the node where the beacon is."

Passing through the Space Gate prepared by Agunas, Feng Yuan and Big Cat came to the Data Domain again. Here, the only flat surface in a dark space composed wholly of sky-blue energy lines, Feng Yuan said to Big Cat,

"This is the original Data Domain. See if you can manipulate it."

Listening to Feng Yuan’s introduction, Big Cat attempted to adjust the Data Domain according to his suggestions. As Big Cat moved, reality began to manifest within the Data Domain, eventually forming actual ground. After a long while, Feng Yuan looked at the little forest that Big Cat had produced and said with a smile,

"Not bad at all. But let’s stop here for today; time to go back, or else the dormitory doors will lock again."

Big Cat nodded and followed Feng Yuan out. Shortly after Feng Yuan left, Trumi’s figure suddenly appeared in the little forest. After searching around and failing to find anything, Trumi departed, seemingly disappointed.