Chapter 2743 - 2744: Worries

Although Feng Yuan is not particularly eager to fill the gap of Beastmaster vacancies, since the opportunity presents itself, he doesn’t mind checking out if he can encounter a Spirit Beast that resonates with him.

Qi Chen and the others, on the other hand, are not thinking so deeply. For them, supplementing two or three Beastmasters to complete the team setup is crucial because only by doing this can they gain benefits from the imminent Ascension Stone rewards.

Even if in the process they have to abandon the standard of resonance as a choice, they have no choice. After all, resonance generally means the other party may not be particularly suitable for their team.

For Qi Chen and the others who desperately need to enhance their strength, this is unacceptable, and it’s precisely this reason that they have to change their initial idea and make maximizing team strength the standard for choosing a Beastmaster.

Feng Yuan didn’t say anything about this. He has the strength to not fear future threats, while Qi Chen and the others do not, and Feng Yuan wouldn’t say he’s responsible for their safety either.

Yang Hongzhi didn’t choose to leave immediately, instead stayed with them to engage in practical sparring. Although Yang Hongzhi has been a Beastmaster for a longer time than Qi Chen and the others, during the sparring, Yang Hongzhi was surprised to discover that Qi Chen and the others could actually tie with him.

Bear in mind, although Yang Hongzhi hasn’t stormed into the Imperial Timeline and made a big fuss, with Najia’s contribution, in terms of rewards, the Ascension Stone he obtained is no less than Qi Chen’s and might even be better.

Given the longer time of cultivation and training, theoretically, Yang Hongzhi’s strength should be greater, yet the reality is exactly the opposite. Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan both manage to fight Yang Hongzhi to a standstill.

The reason they don’t defeat Yang Hongzhi is probably still due to the early cultivation gap, after all, Yang Hongzhi’s talent isn’t weak, and he could be said to be among the top in his peers.

However, Qi Chen and the others have Feng Yuan’s special tutelage, coupled with all sorts of odd things, forcefully narrowing the gap between them infinitely.

Faced with this situation, Yang Hongzhi felt a bit envious but wouldn’t consequently ask Feng Yuan for anything. Although not growing as swiftly as Qi Chen and the others, they have exceeded Yang Hongzhi’s initial expectations.

After all, nobody expected the Ascension Stone to appear, even the Divine Beasts were startled by the sudden emergence of the Ascension Stone.

Such a thing that can massively shorten the growth time without side effects hasn’t appeared before, so everyone speculates that next in the Imperial Timeline, there might be chaos with all sorts of things happening.

Having already gained unexpected growth speed, Yang Hongzhi won’t mind if someone has better luck than him, as this seems meaningless to him.

In the evening, Feng Yuan set up a self-service barbecue at the campsite, skewers were prepared by the Li Mountain Village’s cafeteria, they too tried challenging the Ascension Stone, but... the result wasn’t very ideal.

No choice, in terms of potential, they are far inferior to those famous Beastmasters in Maomu City, not to mention contribution, guarding Li Mountain Village, although important for Cha Mu Town, proved insignificant for the overall battle.

In this situation, they naturally wouldn’t have contributions, akin to most Beastmasters, they can only rely on solid strength to make it through.

However, the difficulty of doing so... anyway, most of those challenging Beastmasters are them, though this is also related to City Defence Army not constantly remaining to challenge, yet in terms of passing rates, those without contribution are at the bottom.

Li Mountain Village Beastmasters naturally don’t have a good passing rate, but they view it openly, those Beastmasters whose strength skyrocketed by obtaining Ascension Stones don’t pose a significant threat to Li Mountain Village, while those who haven’t obtained it won’t see an explosion in strength, posing no threat either.

As for the Ascension Stone, they more or less hold a "lucky if obtained" attitude, not feeling too disappointed even without it, the cafeteria staff are even more unconcerned, they are well aware of their potential, never having expectations in the first place, just considered it a peculiar experience.

Thus when Feng Yuan went looking for help, the cafeteria staff was there, having already attempted the Ascension challenge, they readily agreed to Feng Yuan’s request, since it wasn’t much trouble.

"Would it be inappropriate for you to have Li Mountain Village people help with these things?"

Looking at the prepared skewers, Yang Hongzhi asked somewhat sheepishly, chuckling, Feng Yuan casually replied.

"What’s inappropriate about it? If they felt it was inappropriate, they wouldn’t help, right?"

"Speaking of which, when do you plan to set off? The United Army’s decisive battle should be concluding quite soon, right?"

Casually placing his skewer on the grill, Feng Yuan pondered for a moment and looked at the three asking, although there aren’t direct reports, they all can guess the results, as the trials for the Ascension Stone were initially set as rewards for their successful seizure of East Continent Great Xia Empire territory.

This implies even if the United Army is still in battle at that time, victory has already been decided.

Veronia had figured the Imperial people would go mad upon learning this information, yet with calm over the past couple of days, she couldn’t help but suspect that the Little Crocodile and the others had already claimed East Continent Great Xia Empire’s territory at the moment of declaration, merely withholding the report.

But what’s the point of doing this? Veronia couldn’t grasp it; could it be that Agunas and the rest had secured victory and thus announced in advance? Are they not afraid of surprises?

What Veronia didn’t know was that the Imperial people indeed considered a desperate attack to mock the so-called victory declaration, but alas, Agunas and the others had been suppressing fiercely all along, not just suppressing the Imperial people but also restraining their power to avoid overwhelming the army of East Continent Great Xia Empire too swiftly.

Although the Imperial people’s counterattack came fiercely, it still couldn’t withstand the onslaught of the United Army. Of course, this sudden ferocious counterattack did cause some impact on the United Army.

Now that victory is decided, except for a few who refuse to yield, the rest have already retreated to other areas to seek refuge, planning to reclaim their former land.

With the outcome determined, all that remains is to slowly clear and wholly control East Continent Great Xia Empire’s territory. The United Army is now preparing to announce this good news to the Main World.

As for the Ascension Stone? For some reason, its rewards and announcements only exist in the Main World, the United Army on the Imperial Timeline hasn’t fully realized this thing, although news from behind lets them know this good fortune, the United Army hasn’t fully disclosed this information for various considerations.

With the overarching situation settled, they are beginning to consider conclusion matters, naturally pondering whether to announce this good news, yet after communicating with Agunas and the others, decided to wait until the United Army returns to the Main World before informing them would be better.

It’s not about attempting anything, rather worrying about unsettling people’s minds, which might result in them faltering before dawn, which would be regrettable.

Thus, more reports about the frontline are surfacing gradually, and those with keen insights have already sensed something, however, everyone had anticipated this, the Ascension Stone thing, if not in their possession, it’ll be alright, but once used and the outcome differs from the declaration, reclaiming it wouldn’t be possible.

In other words, from the moment of announcement, victory was fated, merely a matter of when it arrives.

With the emergence of those reports, various regions are already considering how to hold celebration events, from sneak attacks in the Imperial Timeline to the successful conquest of a continent, although not much time has elapsed, numerous events transpired, it can even be said, if not for Divine Beasts’ involvement, the war’s result would indeed be uncertain.

Facing such a formidable war, the victory now achieved seems to necessitate celebration activities, yet how to host remains slightly troublesome.

The benefits of securing the Imperial Timeline have led many to utterly disregard the early Imperial people’s savagery, focusing solely on contribution rewards and ignoring how challenging it would be to defeat them without Divine Beast assistance.

To those people, celebratory events seem insignificant, their primary goal hastening to secure the Imperial Timeline, obtain the anticipated Ascension Stone, entirely overlooking potential dangers involved.

Qi Chen didn’t understand why Feng Yuan would ask about this, while Dou Yanlan contemplated something, looking at Feng Yuan, she said.

"Do you think there’s danger?"

"Kind of. If you guys aren’t in a rush, I feel there’s no need for you to hurry over, because at that time, could be the most chaotic."

Nodding his head, Feng Yuan said, though the situation later might not be much better, to secure the Imperial Timeline, Feng Yuan believes they will eventually reach a consensus, forming chaos with an element of order, but initially?

It certainly won’t be stable, might not even exist at any order.