Chapter 2748 - 2749: Dou Yanlan’s Concerns

After meeting with Dou Yanlan, Feng Yuan realized that not only Qi Chen, but even Dou Yanlan hadn’t decided which Spirit Beasts to add to their team. The options were too many, coupled with the double impact of the Qi Realm Stance and the Crystal Domain, making their original mainstream lineup somewhat outdated.

Moreover, their original plan was to go with the flow and contract the beasts they felt a connection with, so they weren’t particularly concerned about the strength aspect.

But that was in the past. Now, they have to pursue maximum strength, driven by the desire to protect family and a growing ambition.

Qi Chen and the others aren’t Saints; previously, it was because they were aware of their limitations and knew they couldn’t compare their talent with those geniuses. But now... although both sides progressed rapidly, the gap hasn’t narrowed, yet their expectations have far exceeded what they initially hoped for.

In past times, they wouldn’t dare to dream of becoming a Legendary Beast Master before graduation, but now... the first school year isn’t even over, and this long-term goal has suddenly been achieved.

In this situation, still being indifferent to strength as before made them feel uneasy. However, figuring out the best way to maximize strength isn’t something that can be quickly understood, especially since they hadn’t prepared for this beforehand.

"No ideas at all? That could be troublesome. Wait, let’s ask Hong Zhi when we get there; he might have a solution."

On the bus, hearing this situation, Feng Yuan said quite botheredly. He really couldn’t offer much help, as he never considered team composition himself, and naturally wouldn’t care about such matters.

However, he guessed that Yang Hongzhi might have a solution, or the officials might consider providing a solution since they aren’t unique cases; many similarly talented Beastmasters have suddenly elevated to the Legendary Level overnight.

Feng Yuan doubted that they had prepared for this ahead of time; typically, people wouldn’t make plans that far out.

"Will he have a solution?"

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan suspiciously, while Dou Yanlan spoke up with a thought.

"If it’s the officials, there’s a possibility. Beastmaster team compositions are indeed a popular research topic; providing recommendations for everyone isn’t realistic, but..."

"Relax, if they don’t offer this kind of help, I’ll ask for you guys."

Knowing what Dou Yanlan was hesitating about, Feng Yuan smirked and said, aside from anything else, judging by Dou Yanlan’s actions during this time, if Maomu City doesn’t provide help in this regard, then fine, but if they do, they will definitely be included.

After all, Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan have made a real contribution in city defense patrols.

However, considering this demand exists in all cities, Feng Yuan couldn’t be certain if Maomu City could get those specialized in this field to offer advice.

But even if Maomu City couldn’t, Feng Yuan could personally step in; given his contributions to Great Xia, it is no problem to ask them for team composition recommendations for Qi Chen and the others.

"This..."

Qi Chen exchanged glances with Dou Yanlan, after a moment, Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan with a complicated expression and said sincerely.

"If it really comes to that, it would be very troubling for you."

Although they felt it shouldn’t be so troublesome for Feng Yuan, but... they didn’t have other good solutions at the moment.

If there was no time constraint, they could take their time, but unfortunately, they need to complete the new Spirit Beast contract before the war on the Imperial Timeline ends, or it would be too late.

"Haha, there’s nothing troublesome about it; it’s a small matter for me~"

Feng Yuan wasn’t really bothered about this, even if it might cost him favors, since there wasn’t anything he needed to ask of Great Xia. Thus, he wasn’t really concerned about the gains and losses in this area, as the resources were ones he rarely utilized anyway, so it didn’t matter how they were used.

Due to various factors previously, Mao Mu Forest became a tranquil special zone within Maomu City’s urban area, however, as events began to be held here, it gradually returned to public view, with portions of official business temporarily relocated here.

This led many to speculate that Maomu City was intending to develop this land, since Mao Mu Forest was initially built on the city’s outskirts and now with urban development, it was surrounded by city areas or became the largest undeveloped land within the urban range.

Mao Mu Forest differed from conventional forests; the trees planted there are types used for timber resources. To ensure yield, a specialized potion is used at intervals to accelerate growth.

Also, because the trees are regularly felled once mature and new saplings planted, the forest itself didn’t have a complete ecosystem, meaning relocation wouldn’t have much impact.

Still, for reasons unknown, Maomu City never planned to develop Mao Mu Forest until now, where attentive people have noticed an opportunity, at least in their eyes, signaling Maomu City’s preparedness to develop this plot.

Compared to when it initially attracted people for certain reasons, Mao Mu Forest is now far more bustling, despite fewer Beastmasters coming to handle affairs here compared to Data Square.

"With so many people, it’s no wonder they had to relocate here; that wartime office building just couldn’t hold up."

Looking at the crowds moving back and forth, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but sigh, the reason these services moved from their original locations was solely due to wartime conditions, causing office spaces converted for combat needs.

Restoring them now wouldn’t be quick, not to mention dismantling defensive and urban combat devices wasn’t so easy, and even with traffic control, urban road capacity wasn’t nearly up to wartime standards.

"Hopefully, we won’t reenter wartime conditions..."

Dou Yanlan sighed softly, this time Maomu City suffered minimal losses, but if faced again, who knows the outcome; hence her and Qi Chen’s pursuit of strength, since war is inevitable, managing oneself is all that’s left, only through power can one avoid being swallowed by the tide of the era.

"It shouldn’t happen again; having gone through this, if there’s no preparation, that would be very wrong."

"Hey Hong Zhi~ Over here~"

Feng Yuan exclaimed upon spotting Yang Hongzhi searching for them, Dou Yanlan smiled wryly; they didn’t fear the war timeline since their methods weren’t superior to the Imperial timeline.

If war really breaks out, the opposition likely wouldn’t penetrate to the rear and destroy, however, the Qi Realm timeline...

The Qi Realm is too unique, even with its extremely low chance of invasion, if it occurred, consequences would be unimaginable; yet those aren’t the most critical issues...

Taking a glance at Qiu Hanmo beside Yang Hongzhi, Dou Yanlan’s expression was grim; from the intelligence gathered through the Qi Realm timeline, encountering Qiu Hanmo from the Different Time timeline was highly probable, if adversarial...

She hadn’t forgotten that the Qi Realm timeline herself benefitted from the Parallel World war with special advantages.

Typically, Different Time Qiu Hanmo also possesses such advantages, and with his abilities, if inclined against the Main World, those advantages could transform into formidable edges.

This is her concern, as normally, Time Branch power levels are similar, only those who endured the Parallel World war possess peculiar distinctions.

Recalling War Qi Chen, Dou Yanlan’s doubts resurfaced about her judgment, since he was from the War timeline, which didn’t seem particularly strong, not even seeing anything special about War Qi Chen.

Though his strength surpassed theirs from before, it was merely an age gap factor; as long as Beast growth doesn’t stagnate, age increases naturally bolster strength.

Not to mention, their current strength eclipses War Qi Chen’s since they gained fifty years growth advantage from the Ascension Stone.

Regarding Different Time Qiu Hanmo’s Time Branch, Dou Yanlan felt apprehensive; compared to her Qi Realm self, Different Time Qiu Hanmo clearly excelled in strategy.

If he truly intended something...

Dou Yanlan failed to notice Qiu Hanmo sizing her up, not due to any personal agenda against her, but simply out of a premonition that she seemed to be contemplating something negative about him.

"Well, let’s go then~ Just as they don’t know how to choose."

With a chuckle, Feng Yuan patted Yang Hongzhi on the shoulder, while Qiu Hanmo smiled subtly, seamlessly joining Feng Yuan and the group forward without revealing his concealed observation of Dou Yanlan.