Chapter 2713 - 2714: Plans

Feng Yuan didn’t ask much about that tourist city in the Netherworld. That thing was obviously a brainwave from the Netherworld Divine Beasts, and it’s hard to say whether it can keep running long-term.

Of course, making it run normally isn’t actually that hard—what’s tricky for humans, once you throw it to those Divine Beasts, might not be tricky at all. The real problem is that those Divine Beasts might not want to do it that way.

"There’s even a museum here? I thought this place was just for storing old books."

After lunch, Long Boduo wasn’t in a hurry to leave. Following behind Feng Yuan, Long Boduo saw the area in Li Mountain Village where the relics were displayed and couldn’t help being surprised, because its impression of Li Mountain Village was limited to a library that preserved historical archives.

It hadn’t expected there to be such a place inside Li Mountain Village. Even though those artifacts weren’t particularly outstanding, they were still witnesses of a stretch of history.

"You’ve never paid attention to Li Mountain Village’s detailed intel? Makes sense. Unless you’ve got some reason, you really wouldn’t go out of your way to dig into a place like this."

Thinking of how he himself only learned the real intel on Li Mountain Village because he needed to make Special Spirit Beast Decorations, Feng Yuan changed his wording mid-sentence.

Long Boduo just chuckled and didn’t refute. That’s simply how it was, and it didn’t feel embarrassed about it.

"What are you planning to do next? Keep helping it get authorization?"

Looking at Feng Yuan, Long Boduo asked curiously. Right now Feng Yuan didn’t really have anything he had to do. As for going out to have fun and relax?

He’d said before that he wasn’t planning on that for the time being, because after the final battle there might be a wave of celebrations. If you want to play, that timing is obviously more suitable.

What’s left that Feng Yuan can do is pretty much just helping Xiao Ji get authorization for Special Spirit Beast Decorations.

"No need. There’s only the support mode left that needs Nagna’s help, and it’s not worth it. That thing doesn’t mean much to Xiao Ji right now anyway."

Thinking it through, Feng Yuan shook his head and said. As for support-type Ultimate Moves, if it’s not a Divine Beast Technique, only Xiao Ji and the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound can benefit.

But Feng Yuan’s own strength already surpasses theirs, and even the kind of trouble that comes up is stuff Xiao Ji and the others can hardly affect. Honestly, if needed, Feng Yuan or Veronia and the others can give far stronger buffs than any Special Spirit Beast Decoration.

After all, even if you get Divine Beast authorization, that thing is just a junior version of a Divine Beast Technique. Even though Veronia isn’t specialized as a support-and-buff type, as a Top-level Divine Beast her output is still far stronger than the junior-version Life Blessing.

Precisely because of that, Feng Yuan isn’t very invested in improving Special Spirit Beast Decorations later on. Mainly, patching that part up is way too troublesome, and the effect isn’t that great.

"You’re planning to stay here until the final battle’s over?"

Long Boduo looked at Feng Yuan, somewhat curious about his plans. Nodding, Feng Yuan said,

"Pretty much. If something unexpected happens, I can help out a bit too."

Feng Yuan wasn’t very worried about Maomu City. The chances of an Imperial attack were low, and the same went for Cha Mu Town.

It’s just that Feng Yuan was too lazy to head into the city right now. The defensive line is already set up there, and even if he had Long Boduo help him go through the Netherworld, that’d easily cause misunderstandings.

So Feng Yuan just couldn’t be bothered to move. Besides, in terms of tourism and relaxing, the Tea Wood Town Area is better than Maomu City’s urban district anyway.

Long Boduo didn’t stay long at Li Mountain Village either. Even though the Netherworld Divine Beasts didn’t really have urgent work anymore, Long Boduo still couldn’t sit still in this place.

Even if it’s zoned as a scenic area, Li Mountain Village still isn’t a great spot to unwind, so after wandering through the relics, Long Boduo just said goodbye to Feng Yuan and left.

Veronia looked at Feng Yuan, a bit curious, and asked,

"You’re planning to keep staying here? I thought you’d say you wanted to walk around the area."

Feng Yuan wasn’t afraid of Imperial People. Even at this point in time, if he really ran into them out in the wild, the ones who should be scared are the Imperial People, not Feng Yuan.

Even though Cha Mu Town couldn’t spare attention for Feng Yuan’s side right now, he could absolutely wander freely around the Tea Wood Town Area on his own.

Previously Veronia had assumed Feng Yuan would choose to roam around during this stretch of time.

"Forget it. Right now there’s nothing but wild animals in the wilderness anyway. Besides, my judgment’s not the same as yours—I think the final battle should end pretty soon."

Feng Yuan shrugged and said. Their different expectations about the final battle led to different ideas. Feng Yuan didn’t really believe the final battle would drag on very long.

It wasn’t for any complicated reason. It’s simply that if they did that, the United Army’s casualties would be pretty high. After all, no matter how hard Agunas and the others try, they can’t completely prevent casualties among soldiers in battle—unless it’s just them doing all the fighting.

But if that’s the case, what’s the point of bringing the United Army? A bunch of Divine Beasts could just go in and finish it.

However, on this point Veronia’s view is different. Feng Yuan wants their own side’s sacrifices as low as possible. As for Veronia?

It has similar thoughts, but its "own side" isn’t that big. At the very least, it absolutely doesn’t include United Army members it doesn’t know. At most that would be people like Liao Yu, whom it runs into fairly often in Maomu City.

In that situation, its judgment differs from Feng Yuan’s. In its view, Little Crocodile and the others might take this opportunity to train the troops, at least get the United Army out doing real combat.

Sacrifice is inevitable and doesn’t need to be avoided, as long as in the end it improves the United Army’s overall strength.

On this point, Feng Yuan absolutely cannot agree, whereas Veronia thinks it’s very necessary.

Little Crocodile and the others can’t keep sheltering the United Army forever. Even if The Imperial Timeline gets resolved, there’s still the War Timeline eyeing them like a tiger by the side. The Qi Realm Timeline may not be very likely, but if given the chance, Veronia believes those guys wouldn’t mind staking everything on one gamble.

In that situation, it doesn’t think it’s right for Divine Beasts to always stand in front as the first line.

Even if doing so would greatly reduce human sacrifice, this is ultimately just a human civil war. It doesn’t involve struggles between worlds. Unless those guys intend to overturn the Main World, only then would it become necessary for Divine Beasts to personally intervene.

Their difference in thinking led to clearly different judgments of the final battle, and as for who’s actually right, that’s still unknown.

"Mm-hmm, as long as you’re happy."

Veronia glanced at Feng Yuan and couldn’t be bothered to say more. No need—no matter how the final battle plays out, it won’t really affect them much.

"Speaking of which, I wonder what the situation at the front line is like now."

Thinking of something, Feng Yuan couldn’t help muttering. There’s nothing he can do about it. Even though they haven’t deliberately blocked news of the final battle, the front line doesn’t have the spare time to keep sending back the latest reports, so Feng Yuan has no idea how things are going right now.

"They’re probably advancing slowly. The Imperial People do have some strength, after all."

Veronia chuckled lightly and said. Thanks to the existence of the Anti-Divine Beast Runes, the Imperial People aren’t actually that weak. It’s just that compared to the Divine Beasts, they’re still a bit lacking.

After all, Anti-Divine Beast Runes are consumables. Even if they have historical stockpiles, how much can they afford to waste?

The Divine Beasts just have to rotate in and out. Sooner or later they’ll burn through all the Anti-Divine Beast Runes.

Thinking of it that way, actually the Qi Realm Timeline is the truly scary one, because what matches their Anti-Divine Beast Runes on that side is that terrifying Qi Realm.

Unlike the expendable Anti-Divine Beast Runes, the Qi Realm is clearly not afraid of a war of attrition. Unless they plan to completely destroy the Qi Realm, even with all the Divine Beasts joining forces, they still can’t do anything about it.

Strictly speaking, the Qi Realm Timeline is actually the hardest to deal with among the three current Time Branches in the present world, though they themselves haven’t mastered that kind of power yet.

"Playing it safe suits their style. But... forget it. I’ll go grab some stuff from the cafeteria later and head up a nearby mountain this afternoon for some outdoor barbecue."

Feng Yuan gave a helpless, bitter smile as he spoke. The only reason he wasn’t doing that near Li Mountain Village was because he was worried about starting a fire. After all, Li Mountain Village uses a lot of Wood as building material. If he accidentally caused a fire, that’d be a headache.

Of course, Feng Yuan also knew he was overthinking it. The wooden structures in Li Mountain Village have obviously been treated for fire prevention. It’s just that he doesn’t want to stir up trouble. Not to mention, everyone else is currently tense, guarding against a possible sneak attack from the Imperial People. Him casually barbecuing on the side at a time like this doesn’t feel appropriate.

"A nearby mountain? That works, just don’t pick Li Mountain."

Thinking of something, Veronia gave Feng Yuan a strange look and rolled her eyes. Feng Yuan said irritably,

"I’m not crazy. Why would I have a barbecue on a graveyard hill?"