"Alright~ when you’re busy in the future~"
Feng Yuan gently pushed Xiao Ji with a smile and said, reluctantly retreating to a far corner of the desk. Xiao Ji’s gaze was locked tightly on the flower bud fossil on the table.
Under the tense attention of everyone present, Feng Yuan waved his long staff, and one after another, emerald Energy Spheres appeared around him. Those Energy Spheres, brimming with abundant life essence, floated slowly over the flower bud fossil, gradually sinking into it. Seeing that only one Energy Sphere, filled with the breath of life, had entered the fossil, Mo Ling at the side grew anxious.
At that moment, the White Wolf Deity stepped forward with its left paw and let out a long howl. The environment immediately turned somewhat cold and eerily abnormal phenomena began to appear around them. Agunas’s phantom glanced at Mo Ling, who was clinging to Nainefar’s arm with some fear, and said
"Don’t worry, these are the normal anomalies caused by the White Wolf Deity summoning the power of the Netherworld."
Then, ghostly blue flames began to ignite on the flower bud fossil. Unlike the ghostly blue flames usually seen, this flame seemed exceedingly warm, making one unable to resist the urge to touch it.
"Best not get too close!"
Agunas’s phantom warned aloud. At this time, with Feng Yuan focusing intently on the flower bud fossil and unable to pay attention to Mo Ling and the others, Wei Dingwu, who couldn’t help but move forward upon hearing Agunas’s phantom’s warning, quickly retreated and looked at the ghostly blue flame in surprise.
As the fossil’s outer shell began to peel away on its own, Feng Yuan guided more life Energy Spheres into the flower bud. With the increase in the number of Energy Spheres absorbed, the ghostly blue flame burned even more vigorously.
The White Wolf Deity howled again, and clock phantoms appeared around the flower bud. Under the power of time, the bud, which had turned to fossil, began to slowly restore its original color.
Seeing the flower bud gradually turn yellow, Feng Yuan let out a sigh of relief. At that moment, in Guo Huai’s system information, the flower bud’s data started to change rapidly. Guo Huai, excitedly, said
As the ghostly blue flame dissipated, Feng Yuan stretched and said,
"Finally got it done~"
Looking at the yellow flower bud, Guo Huai, somewhat puzzled, said
"That’s it? Why can’t I still see the specific information?"
"That’s its defense state. It would be odd if you could see. This is akin to a feigned death trick."
"Defense state is playing dead?"
Guo Huai looked at Feng Yuan with a you-must-be-joking expression, to which Feng Yuan smiled and said,
"Pretty much, wake up, it’s time to get up."
As he spoke, Feng Yuan reached out and gently tapped the tip of the flower bud. With his action, the flower bud slowly opened, and a cartoonishly cute Elf-like Spirit Beast slowly opened its large, curious eyes to look around.
With a sudden leap, the Spirit Beast’s flower base quickly shrank, becoming a yellow flower slightly smaller than the cartoony Elf-like Spirit Beast itself, hanging behind its petal-shaped hair.
"This is... Monalia? Such a strange name."
Guo Huai, somewhat puzzled, looked at Monalia. The creature glanced at Guo Huai before suddenly turning towards Feng Yuan and happily bounced up. Feng Yuan caught it in mid-air and then placed it on the table, saying
"Don’t be naughty, let me think, what can I give you to eat..."
Seeing Feng Yuan preventing her from getting closer, Monalia turned her head towards the White Wolf Deity and with a powerful leap, jumped onto its head, rolling from the top of the White Wolf Deity’s head to its back, then back again.
"Here, see how you ?"
Monalia poked her head out of the White Wolf Deity’s white mane to look at the red fruit Feng Yuan was offering her. She reached out, took it, tasted it, and immediately frowned, shaking the fruit in her hand back and forth.
After deliberating for a while, Monalia, her eyes lighting up upon seeing Xiao Ji on the table, leapt into the air, conjuring a yellow flower, boosted herself up with her hands on the flower, and then leapt again to land steadily in front of Xiao Ji.
Looking at the fruit Monalia was offering, Xiao Ji appeared puzzled. Monalia, shaking the fruit as if to say something, prompted Feng Yuan to tell Xiao Ji,
"If you want to eat it, go ahead. The fruit wasn’t to its taste."
"I remember that fruit being quite popular among avian Spirit Beasts, right? It’s clearly not an avian Spirit Beast..."
Guo Huai said rather speechlessly. Generally, certain foods tend to be favored by specific types of Spirit Beasts. Feng Yuan glanced at Guo Huai and said,
"I didn’t say it was its favorite. But general preference doesn’t mean it can’t dislike it, right?"
"It’s kind of troublesome, just see what you like and eat it yourself."
Feng Yuan said with a bit of a headache, and as he spoke, he took out various colored fruits and placed them on the table. Mona Liala, holding Xiao Ji by the hand, curiously tasted the fruits.
"If you don’t like it, don’t force yourself. I’ll think of something else that might be suitable for you."
Seeing Mona Liala’s bitter face as she tried to eat the fruit, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but laugh. At that moment, Amon handed over a jar of honey. Although Feng Yuan guessed that Mona Liala wouldn’t like honey, he didn’t stop her.
As Feng Yuan had predicted, Mona Liala only took a sip before smiling and shaking her head in refusal. Feng Yuan looked at her with a bit of a headache, truly at a loss for what her taste might be.
Agunas’s phantom thought for a moment, floated forward, and conversed with Mona Liala for a while before saying,
"It seems to like eating plant leaves."
Feng Yuan was somewhat surprised. Although Spirit Beasts had a wide variety of foods, plant-eating Spirit Beasts that consumed leaves were rare, but he didn’t think too much about it. He pulled out several leaves and handed them to Mona Liala. Agunas’s phantom said in surprise,
"Leaves from Nainefar? Where did you get that stuff?"
"From the past, created in the present."
Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Agunas’s phantom speechlessly flicked his tail, understanding what he meant. That stuff was created in the present using the history of the past.
"You really have too much free time."
Agunas’s phantom didn’t know how to comment on Feng Yuan. With so many leaves available, he had to go through so much trouble. Feng Yuan smiled slightly and said,
"The leaves of Nainefar are just what it needs to nourish its body. Although we saved it, it still needs a long time to recover."
As he spoke, Feng Yuan said to Mona Liala,
"For the time being, you can stay with me. Once you are well enough to do whatever you want, it’s up to you. But for now, it’s best to stay by my side."
Mona Liala nodded her head happily and ate the leaves. Xiao Ji, although finding it strange why Mona Liala would like to eat something that it didn’t consider food at all, was still happy with the many flavored fruits available, even though it didn’t like many of them.
As for the threat of Mona Liala? At the moment, Xiao Ji didn’t feel any threat from her, since it had remembered that Feng Yuan couldn’t bring a Spirit Beast back from this era to the modern one, and eventually, they were going to live in the modern world. Thinking of this, Xiao Ji’s hostility towards the Illusory Sound Parrot completely disappeared.
The Illusory Sound Parrot, which was secretly eating the fruits, looked around in confusion. It sensed that something had changed, but it didn’t know where it came from or what it was.
After patting Xiao Ji’s head, Feng Yuan considered for a moment and then asked Mona Liala,
"When it’s time to rest later, who do you plan to go to sleep with?"
Mona Liala, looking at Feng Yuan with big, puzzled eyes, adorably gazed at him while not forgetting to eat the leaves in her hand. Guo Huai glanced at Feng Yuan and said,
"Of course, it’s your responsibility to look after her. Didn’t you say she still needs to recover?"
"That’s true, but..."
"You’re rejecting her?"
Feng Yuan patted Xiao Ji’s head and said,
"I’m just worried Xiao Ji might get unhappy. Besides, there are already quite a few Spirit Beasts in my room: the little carrier pigeon, the Illusory Sound Parrot, and the Little Green Snake."
"As if there aren’t many Spirit Beasts in our room too."
Guo Huai said speechlessly, with Hua Yiyou’s three Vine Turtles plus the Frost Shell still needing care outside. Many of the kittens had already been moved to his room for him to look after, and even Mo Ling had squeezed a couple of kittens into his place.
"It’s a pity that none of them are particularly strong."
"Is that so? Why don’t you bring back a Divine Beast?"
Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Guo Huai scoffed dismissively and said. Feng Yuan was taken aback and Can Can said,
"That won’t do, it would have too much impact."