"Be careful, or you might suffer if he hears you saying that~"
"He won’t do anything to me, so what if he hears?"
Feng Yuan glanced at the door and let out a sigh of relief when he noticed there was no movement. Liang Ziqing’s Xiao Jin was making faces at Xiao Ji, who was lying on Feng Yuan’s head. Xiao Ji glanced at Xiao Jin with disdain and turned around to present its backside to Xiao Jin. The two carried on their conversation for quite some time before Captain Yang pushed open the door and entered, looking somewhat tired. He glanced at Feng Yuan and said,
"Get ready, you’re coming with us, and oh, change into that robe of yours!"
"Eh? But then I’d have to go back to school, so troublesome. Anyway, it’s fine with it here, isn’t it?"
Seeing Feng Yuan’s gaze drift towards Agunas, Captain Yang said calmly,
"Otherwise, it goes, and you stay!"
"Don’t be like that! My curiosity will explode."
"Acting pitiful won’t help you! And don’t you think you look ugly when you do that?"
Noticing Liang Ziqing snickering on the side, Feng Yuan scratched his head and looked somewhat helplessly at Captain Yang before saying,
"Then after I go back, where do I find you? I have no idea where E Hua Temple is."
"We will send you there in a bit, remember, it’s the Divine Arrival set!"
"As for you, it has been trouble today, and regarding everything discussed here, please be sure to keep it a secret..."
After droning on at Liang Ziqing with several instructions, Captain Yang sent him on his way. Turning his attention to Feng Yuan, who was entertaining Xiao Ji, Captain Yang said calmly,
"Wait here for a moment, Elder Li will arrive soon. Then we’ll send you back to change clothes before heading to E Hua Temple. You have rations, right?"
Feng Yuan looked at Captain Yang in surprise and glanced at the clock on the wall. Captain Yang said,
"We won’t wait until after dinner to leave; we’ll head over there immediately. I believe you wouldn’t be able to wipe your hands clean of this if someone died, right?"
"Uh... that is true... but can’t we seal off E Hua Temple first?"
"No, this time’s E Hua Temple isn’t the same as the one you encountered before. One can enter E Hua Temple anytime and anywhere with a special invitation."
"Something like that. Anyway, since we can’t seal it off, we must solve this as quickly as possible."
"Sorry, if we can’t resolve this quickly, you may have to stay up all night with us to deal with this issue."
Seeing Captain Yang’s sincere expression of apology, Feng Yuan smiled and said,
"I don’t have much going on over the weekend anyway, and satisfying my curiosity isn’t so bad~"
"It’s not actually your responsibility to begin with... sigh, the entire Alliance has suddenly erupted with so many issues, and the veil of peace has been instantly lifted..."
"I heard Wu Feng has been so busy lately it’s affecting his grades, and his tutor has repeatedly protested to us."
Hearing Captain Yang ramble on about various matters, Feng Yuan stood silently, not saying a word. After a while, Captain Yang sighed and said,
"Sorry for venting at you for so long."
Feng Yuan smiled and shook his head, then cuddled the sleeping Xiao Ji in his arms. Even though he did this, Xiao Ji continued to sleep soundly, which amused Feng Yuan. He tickled Xiao Ji’s soft belly until Xiao Ji swatted him a few times with its little wings, prompting Feng Yuan to stop his teasing. Captain Yang looked at Feng Yuan hesitantly for a moment before saying,
"You’re very unique."
"Everyone is unique."
"No, not many people can make me let my guard down and complain , especially those of your age."
"So, you want to investigate me again?"
"No, there’s no need. If you really wanted to do something, those Divine Beasts alone are more than I can handle, and also..."
"What Yimu Qingling said has made me very curious... what exactly did you do to make them act this way..."
Gazing at Agunas, Feng Yuan said calmly,
"Just a small thing."
With a self-deprecating sigh, Captain Yang said,
"If you don’t want to talk about it, let’s drop it. Ever since the Transcend Sect incident, I’ve come to understand why he always said not to delve too deeply—knowing too much only brings more worries."
Upon hearing a knock on the door, Captain Yang once again reminded Feng Yuan,
"Alright, enough talk, get ready to set out, and remember, you must change into the post-appearance robe!"
"It’s just the Wolf God’s Robe, I know."
Elder Li walked in wearing a set of battle attire and carrying a small bag, glanced at Captain Yang and said,
"Hold on, we’ll first take him to change his clothes, we need to make a trip to Maomu Secondary School first."
Elder Li looked at Captain Yang curiously and asked,
"The clothes he’s wearing are similar to a combat suit, maybe even stronger than a combat suit."
Hearing Captain Yang’s words, Elder Li squinted at Feng Yuan and said,
"Impossible, unless you’re planning to confront the White Wolf Deity head-on, as that would mean directly borrowing the power of the White Wolf Deity."
"Borrowing the power of a Divine Beast? Alright, I understand, I’ll have Ah Lan go to the school first, you hurry up and change clothes!"
"Is the invitation ready?"
As Captain Yang spoke, he took out three dark red paper invitations, glanced at Feng Yuan’s outstretched hand, and said,
"Wait until you’ve changed your clothes before I give it to you, otherwise, it’d be troublesome if you used it too soon."
Glancing at Agunas following closely beside Feng Yuan, Elder Li asked,
"Can it move along with the invitation?"
Observing the invitation from a distance, Feng Yuan said,
"It should be able to, that invitation seems to be based on range spatial transfer rather than targeted."
"If it doesn’t work, Agunas has its space-moving abilities anyway, so it shouldn’t be a big problem."
"Then good, let’s hurry!"
After a quick check of the items they were carrying, the two ran quickly towards the open space outside. Along the way, they happened to meet a weary Ye Hanlei and Liao Yu coming back. Feng Yuan was about to greet them when Captain Yang pulled him away to run, leaving Liao Yu to watch their retreating figures with confusion and remark,
"What’s with him? Why the hurry?"
"It seems something big has happened; the man up front is Elder Li. For Captain Yang and Elder Li to be in such a rush, and to even involve him, it suggests that the matter isn’t simple..."
"Sigh... No matter how complicated it is, it’s not something us junior members can handle. We might as well think about what to eat for dinner..."
Riding back to school on Ah Lan, as soon as Feng Yuan jumped off, he dashed towards the dormitory. Watching Feng Yuan’s retreating figure, Elder Li murmured in a low voice,
"Are we being too harsh? He’s still just a high school student, yet we’re dragging him into such a dangerous matter."
"Although I can’t see through that guy, I always feel like he has aces up his sleeve that we don’t know about. This matter might not be particularly dangerous for him."
"Yang Hongfang! How can you think like that! You should know that a single misstep could mean a life lost right before your eyes!"
After a sigh, Captain Yang didn’t say anything more. After a while, Feng Yuan came out wearing the Wolf God’s Robe. Noticing that he had another Spirit Beast on his shoulder, Elder Li narrowed his eyes and sharply reprimanded Feng Yuan,
"What are you planning, a picnic?! Why did you bring another Spirit Beast?"
"It can provide assistance; it will be a little safer with it around."
Hearing what Feng Yuan said, Najia stood on Feng Yuan’s shoulder, hands together, eyes closed, chanting something softly. Captain Yang and Elder Li both felt the power within their bodies becoming more active. Casually summoning a flame to try it out, Captain Yang murmured,
"It’s about a 50% enhancement."
Elder Li looked at Najia with surprise. Feeling Elder Li’s stare, Najia hid behind Feng Yuan and timidly peeked out at Elder Li. Sighing, Elder Li said,
"Fine, just take care of its safety yourself, we can’t guarantee we’ll be able to keep you safe in that kind of place, let alone your Spirit Beasts."
After following Elder Li and Captain Yang into the woods and receiving the invitation handed to him, Feng Yuan used the invitation as Captain Yang had instructed. A spherical Barrier spread from the invitation, quickly enveloping Feng Yuan and his Spirit Beasts. As the space outside the Barrier twisted, Feng Yuan saw the familiar building and the dark sky around it and sighed,
"E Hua Temple, here I am again."