"It’s nothing serious, just that I can’t use the Power of Death for a while, what’s up?"
After taking out a lock of hair from the hair ring and seeing that it was a holy white, Feng Yuan said with a smile,
As the white light stopped flowing quickly on Feng Yuan’s Ritual Robe, his hair slowly started to darken, and he explained with a smile. Qi Chen, looking puzzled, said to Feng Yuan,
"Are you saying your hair color changes with the fluctuations of your power?"
"Not exactly, unless there’s an imbalance in power, this doesn’t happen. Besides, it’s not just me, if you experience a power imbalance, the same would happen to you, okay?"
Feng Yuan said somewhat speechlessly to Qi Chen. The two chatted occasionally, while Xiao Ji seemed a bit tired, lying asleep on top of Feng Yuan’s head.
Back at the dormitory, the two of them made their way to the balcony with practiced ease. Qi Chen glanced at Feng Yuan and asked,
"Can you still fly up there now?"
"Uh... seems like I can’t... The wings are too conspicuous..."
Remembering his current form of power manifestation, Feng Yuan did not want to unfold his white wings and fly up, as he would surely get caught. Qi Chen glanced at Feng Yuan and said,
"Wait a moment, I’ll have Ah Mu take you up, don’t move around."
They sneaked up to the balcony and quietly signaled Najia to open the door, then slipped back into the dormitory. Najia, looking puzzled at the two, listened as Feng Yuan scratched his head and said with a smile,
"Had a bit of an accident while adjusting time~"
"Oh, right~ Let me introduce you to a new companion~"
Feng Yuan shook his body and said,
"Agunas~ come on out~"
Agunas floated out from the hoodie, tiredly greeting Najia. Seeing Xiao Ji still asleep on Feng Yuan’s head, Qi Chen asked with some confusion,
"Probably after-effects from using Coming of the Future a few days ago. It seems fine during the day, but looks very tired at night."
Feng Yuan carefully lifted Xiao Ji off his head, looked at Xiao Ji’s little house, and after some thought, placed Xiao Ji on the bed, saying softly,
"Forget it, you probably wouldn’t be comfortable if I just dumped you in your little house."
"Sorry to disturb your rest."
Seeing Najia yawning sleepily, Feng Yuan apologized. Najia smiled and shook her head, pulling on Agunas’s little paw. Watching Najia’s gesture, Feng Yuan said with a smile,
"Letting it sleep with you tonight? That works. I’ll see where it can rest tomorrow."
He gently patted the tired Dreaming Dragon Baby and said,
"You’ve had a tough day too. Go and rest now~"
The Dreaming Dragon Baby yawned and burrowed straight under its own blanket. Intentionally or not, it wriggled under Xiao Ji, flipping the sleeping creature over. Watching the Dreaming Dragon Baby snuggle under the blanket, Feng Yuan chuckled as he flipped Xiao Ji over.
"No slacking off now, hurry up and go out with Xiao Ji."
The next morning after feeding the little ones, Feng Yuan helplessly grabbed the Dreaming Dragon Baby’s tail and said, as the beast buried its head under the blanket pretending to hear nothing. Xiao Ji, growing impatient, flipped over the Dreaming Dragon Baby’s blanket and called out a few times. Looking reproachfully at Xiao Ji, the Dreaming Dragon Baby looked pitifully at Feng Yuan, who sighed and said helplessly,
"If you really don’t want to train, then forget it. Xiao Ji, you go ahead. Be careful on your way."
Xiao Ji called out happily and left the dormitory. Glancing at Agunas who was occasionally writing and drawing on an Ancient Book beside him, Feng Yuan said softly,
"I’ll leave our safety to you for the time being~"
Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan and nodded. Najia, looking concerned, watched Feng Yuan, and noticing Najia’s gaze, Feng Yuan said while packing up his textbooks,
"Didn’t we adjust history before? The price is that I can’t use the Power of Death for a while. During this time, we can only rely on Agunas for help."
The Dreaming Dragon Baby crawled out of the blanket and hovered over Feng Yuan’s shoulder, watching the surroundings warily. Feng Yuan, smiling as he caressed the creature, sighed and said,
"It’s not that dangerous. It’s only that my ability to confront danger has diminished slightly. I mostly use the Power of Death in regular situations. As for you, if you’re not sleepy anymore, go find Xiao Ji and train~"
The Dreaming Dragon Baby glanced at Feng Yuan, circled behind his neck to the other shoulder, and looking at Big Cat still sleeping, Feng Yuan said to Najia,
"I’ll leave Big Cat in your care, I’m off to class,"
Najia waved at Feng Yuan with a smile.
As soon as Feng Yuan sat down in the classroom, Qi Chen whispered to him,
"I just asked around, Duomeng is okay now."
"Isn’t that a good thing?"
"But... you said that resurrection comes with a price, didn’t you?"
Seeing Qi Chen looking worriedly at him, Feng Yuan said with a smile in a low voice,
"I didn’t resurrect Duomeng; I didn’t even know his death was closely related to the Transcend Sect. I was just planning to deal with the sect’s issue first and then take care of Duomeng’s matter slowly."
"So there’s basically no price to pay~"
Seeing that Feng Yuan seemed to be fine, Qi Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Dou Yanlan came over at some point and calmly asked,
"What price did you pay to deal with the Transcend Sect?"
Being stared at by both of them, Feng Yuan scratched his face with his index finger and said softly after thinking,
"It’s just the temporary inability to use the Power of Death, Qi Chen knows about it, right?"
"Just that and you could correct history? Paying the price to correct history is not unique to you."
Dou Yanlan looked seriously at Feng Yuan while Qi Chen, glancing at Dou Yanlan, accused Feng Yuan fiercely,
"You lied to me again!"
"I did not! If you don’t believe me, ask Agunas."
Dou Yanlan looked suspiciously at Agunas, who was floating beside Feng Yuan and jotting something down intermittently, and said,
"Is everything he said true? No omissions, no concealments, no deceptions?"
Agunas tapped his long beak with the pen he was holding, thought back for a moment, and then nodded. Qi Chen, staring at Agunas, asked,
"You didn’t conspire with him to deceive us, did you?"
Agunas shook its head somewhat displeased. Seeing that Agunas seemed a bit angry, Feng Yuan hurriedly said,
"He’s my friend; he’s just worried about me."
Agunas shook its head and continued jotting something down. With a puzzled look, Dou Yanlan asked,
"What kind of Spirit Beast is it, exactly? It seems unrecorded."
"It is Agunas; it’s unrecorded due to certain matters, but you must be aware that it is a Divine Beast. It’s not the kind like Nagna that is benevolent to humans. If I had to make a comparison, it’s probably closer to Lorraine Tower..."
Hearing Feng Yuan’s explanation, Qi Chen instantly realized why Agunas had been somewhat displeased earlier and quickly apologized to Agunas. Agunas appeared as if it hadn’t heard Qi Chen’s apologies, just continuing to write something on its own, and Feng Yuan waved his hand saying,
"No need to pay special attention to it; just be careful not to offend it, that’s all."
"Will it always follow you?"
"For the short term, it appears so. After all, its strength hasn’t grown yet, there are things it still can’t do, and it’s perfect because I can’t use the Power of Death right now and it can protect me~"
As soon as class was over, Pei Yu dashed out of the classroom despite Zhong Liuyan’s presence. Feng Yuan approached Zhong Liuyan curiously and asked,
"What’s with him? Did you have a falling out?"
Shaking her head with some concern, Zhong Liuyan said,
"No, it’s just that he felt as if he had lost Duomeng, so now he’s in a hurry to see Duomeng."
Qi Chen looked at Zhong Liuyan in surprise, while Dou Yanlan, who had been silently watching Feng Yuan talk to Zhong Liuyan, watched as Zhong Liuyan turned to chase after Pei Yu.
"Is this a premonition or an aftereffect?"
Hearing Dou Yanlan’s inquiry, Feng Yuan replied without hesitation,
After pondering for a while, he explained,
"Events that occurred before the correction, if they had a significant impact on someone’s psyche, traces might remain even after time is corrected. Of course, the person involved might just feel it’s an illusion."