Divine Beast Creator

Chapter 2213 - 2214: Reception and Arrangements

The final decision made by Feng Yuan and his group was to let Agunas go first and communicate with the people in the village.

They had no other choice, since not everyone might recognize Feng Yuan, but it was different with Agunas. Being a Divine Beast, it had many ways to prove its identity. As for why not Veronia or Tamur?

First of all, Veronia might not even be willing to do this, and besides, Veronia herself wasn’t as well-known as Agunas. Although she would sometimes take action, most of the time, she was by Feng Yuan’s side, unlike Agunas, who had already started moving around. Not letting Tamur come forward was even simpler.

With Tamur’s way of speaking, shrouded in mystery, who knows what misunderstandings it might cause.

As it turned out, Agunas was already prepared with various proofs of identity, but then they found that the people did not refuse others from entering the village.

"I thought for safety reasons, they would prevent strangers from coming in."

Looking at this unique village, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but sigh. At this moment, He Nanqing, who heard outsiders arriving, planned to check things out and happened to hear Feng Yuan saying this. She slightly shook her head and said,

"You certainly don’t count as outsiders. Welcome to tour Yunhuo Village. If you’re interested, I can arrange for someone to guide you around. Regarding accommodation, don’t worry, Yunhuo Village has inns specifically for rest."

Although He Nanqing didn’t know why Feng Yuan and his group arrived at Yunhuo Village so early, she understood that they would likely stay until the ceremony started and then head to Xu Family Town with the group.

To prevent Feng Yuan and his group from getting bored with the place, He Nanqing decided to arrange personnel to show Feng Yuan and his group around the surroundings of Yunhuo Village. Perhaps it wasn’t much of a tour, but at least it was better than staying in the village watching them prepare for the ceremony, right?

There was no way around it, the upcoming ritual and resource conflict were taking too much of He Nanqing’s energy, and she simply didn’t have the energy to think about how to entertain Feng Yuan and his group properly.

Feng Yuan shared her concerns, and even more so than Feng Yuan, as this matter directly involved the Tea Wood Town Area, so she had to think of every possible way to avoid the worst scenarios.

Noticing the fatigue on He Nanqing’s face, Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"No problem, we’re just strolling around here. Even if there’s no place to stay, camping randomly somewhere can be quite fun~ But, the formations here... not simple at all. The extracting and suppression, your...

Upon entering Yunhuo Village, Feng Yuan also understood why the other villages had formations resembling ’deceiving the heavens to cross the sea.’ It wasn’t that they wanted to do anything bad, but they needed to leverage the special nature of these formations.

This area, especially the land of Yunhuo Village, had a unique geographical environment, with solid yet fragile rock layers, and hidden beneath it was a vast amount of fire energy.

From the formations currently apparent in Yunhuo Village before him, formations like ’blocking the clouds and hiding the sun’ were used to suppress the active fire energy beneath the ground.

Why not just select more effective suppression formations?

One reason is that the formations in Yunhuo Village involve extraction, which triggers the fire energy below. Strong suppression could prevent any energy from being extracted. If they opened a hole?

Well, that would be amusing, as the entire area beneath Yunhuo Village could explode like an overinflated balloon, poking a hole in it would be asking for trouble.

This ’deceiving the heavens to cross the sea’ type formation is particularly unique as it was designed initially for nefarious purposes; it wasn’t meant to suppress energy, but rather to ensure that there were no drastic changes within its range.

Specifically, even if their goal was to sever a river flow and do something within it, under the suppression of the formation, everything other than the place they expel the water would remain unchanged, with no noticeable changes in energy flow or water speed.

As for Yunhuo Village, the originally fragile ground becomes unlike destructible environments in games during the effect of the formation. No matter what you do, you won’t be able to affect even a single blade of grass.

Of course, if the formation gets damaged, these effects would disappear, but Feng Yuan doesn’t believe that would happen because the suppression formations formed by several to even dozens of villages are more than enough to suppress the energy beneath this land.

Feng Yuan estimates that the safety margin left during the initial design was at least over 60%, meaning even if half of the villages got destroyed, nothing unexpected would happen.

As for the part of energy extraction?

Feng Yuan reckons that only Yunhuo Village has it, as the main ceremony is also held here.

Moreover, due to the dangers of this method, if there were more villages involved, Feng Yuan assumes they’d find it difficult to manage as well, considering it’s relatively dangerous.

Of course, fortune favors the bold, and the effects brought by this type of formation are undoubtedly strong, at least making it unsurprising if a Fire-Attribute Spirit Beast below Legendary Level increases its power by one rank.

The only thing to watch out for is with the inclusion of the Crystal Domain this year, there shouldn’t be loss of control resulting in issues.

Due to needing to preside over the ritual, He Nanqing didn’t linger, and after arranging for someone to take care of Feng Yuan and his group, she resumed her duties.

With help from the staff, Feng Yuan and his group sorted out dinner and began a casual walk around Yunhuo Village.

Compared to other villages, though also made of wooden structures, Yunhuo Village was somewhat different because the buildings of other villages weren’t painted in different colors like those in Yunhuo Village.

The buildings in Yunhuo Village were painted with a base of white, with orange-yellow flame patterns embellished with red specks.

No one knew what those paints were made of, but even under the lantern light, they emitted a faint glow.

Of course, upon closer observation, one would find that the paint itself didn’t emit light; it merely leveraged the street-lit lanterns to create this special effect.

This is also why Yunhuo Village still uses lanterns for night illumination. Surely this place isn’t without electricity, just that the glow from electric lights couldn’t trigger such an effect.

Looking at the lanterns with flickering candlelight, Feng Yuan pondered that the formation must be very complex, so much so that the Tea Wood Town Area dared not alter it rashly.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t still use these lanterns as a tradition.

The special paint doesn’t have much impact on the formation, and even though it’s just a trivial detail, they still choose to maintain it as is, obviously fearing that any little change could lead to unforeseeable severe consequences for the entire formation.

In Feng Yuan’s view, even removing the lanterns wouldn’t impact the formation, as Feng Yuan could see that their use was merely to provide extra lighting at night.

After all, compared to other villages, if Yunhuo Village got damaged, repairing it wouldn’t be easy, which is why the lanterns extend all the way to the base of the mountain.

But because no one explained it, or maybe due to the passage of time, they only maintain it as it was, dare not to change it.

Feng Yuan had no intention of pointing this out, as the formation was too complex, maintaining the status quo was perhaps a wise choice; modern electric lighting may not be as good as lanterns here.

As for fire hazards?

The paint is heat-insulating and fireproof, even with a Fire-element Ultimate Move, unless you’re particularly strong, you wouldn’t harm it.

In terms of brightness, there’s no need to say more, with the special paint supplementing the light, overall it’s not inferior to streetlamps.

The night deepened, and while Feng Yuan and his group strolled outside, they didn’t feel the cold at all, guessing that it had to do with the underground fire energy. But, with such intensity, is it really suitable for ordinary people to live here?

Feng Yuan wasn’t sure, but he believed that since this place has lasted so long, it must have its own way of handling things, so he kept his thoughts to himself.

Without Feng Yuan noticing, Agunas quietly left the group, still somewhat uneasy, wanting to probe He Nanqing’s intentions. After all, with resource conflicts involved, neither side would show restraint, unlike Qi Chen’s group’s brute force strengthening through Domain Awakening that limited effectiveness. If the ability to attack is overly enhanced, it could seriously spell trouble.