"The impact won’t be too big, right?"
Guo Huai asked Feng Yuan with some worry, as what he was doing could likely change history. Feng Yuan waved his hand and said
"There won’t be any impact, missing those materials would be just like that for Great Li."
"It’s not like that; those ports provide a large number of special materials to the Great Li every year, most of which are distributed to various temples, and the vast majority are purchased by the Royal Court."
Mo Li said happily, although this seemed somewhat inappropriate, but since they were hostile towards the Royal Court, weakening it was good. However, Guo Huai looked at Feng Yuan with an inexplicable expression, as he didn’t believe Feng Yuan was unaware of this.
As the group discussed, they made their way to the beach, where Cheng Yong waved his hand and shouted as they approached
"Don’t you need to help out?"
With some confusion, Feng Yuan asked, glancing at Monalia floating beside him. Although Cheng Yong was somewhat puzzled about where Feng Yuan had brought back a Divine Lord from, he was not surprised at all. After witnessing the power Feng Yuan had to summon the Sea God, in the eyes of the Maritime People and the Aquatic People, Feng Yuan was not an ordinary human; whatever he did, they would just say
"Yo, he can even do that."
Then, they would drop the subject, as Feng Yuan seemed almost omnipotent in their eyes.
Cheng Yong looked at Feng Yuan and said with some restraint
"I don’t have much to do; others are responsible for the cargo, and I don’t understand their negotiation tactics."
Cheng Yong said this with a sense of loss, as he used to be involved in trade, but now he was left out. But he also knew he couldn’t blame anyone else. Watching their children deal with lords and nobles was a complex feeling for these parents.
Indeed, it was not the adults who were negotiating with the lords and nobles but the successors chosen by the elders of the Shell Coin Bureau. Although the lords initially underestimated the children, they soon had to take them seriously.
Despite their age and relatively naive methods, the children felt just as competent as those specialized in foreign affairs.
This did not come as a surprise; their own children could do just as well, if not better. After all, they had plenty of opportunities to practice, which is why the importance of the Maritime People in their minds was raised once again.
A group with good methods of cultivating successors would not fade away after a brief rise.
Feng Yuan smiled, telling everyone to board the ship first. As Mo Li and the others wondered what Feng Yuan was doing standing on the shore, Monalia suddenly dashed out from the nearby woods, and the Monalia next to Feng Yuan turned into a shower of petals and vanished.
Receiving the red flower that Monalia handed him, Feng Yuan said softly
"Next time, don’t run around; it would be troublesome if you got lost."
Xiao Ji nodded in agreement. Although it noticed that Monalia had suddenly left her double without knowing where she went, since Feng Yuan was not worried, it stayed quiet, knowing well that Feng Yuan was aware that the Monalia beside him was a double and not the original.
"What was that just now?"
As soon as they got on the ship, Guo Huai pulled Feng Yuan aside and asked curiously. Feng Yuan glanced at the fluttering Monalia and said
"She went to get a small gift, that’s all."
"But when did she slip away?"
The puzzling part for Guo Huai was this: he had never seen Monalia leave, but the Monalia floating beside Feng Yuan had suddenly become a double.
"Just now; she probably found some flower seeds in the forest."
As he spoke, Feng Yuan lifted the flower Monalia had given him to Guo Huai’s face. Pushing Feng Yuan’s hand away, Guo Huai stared at him and said
"You know what I mean!"
"Is a double casting instant teleportation that strange?"
"It’s a being with Sacred Beast Level potential; can’t you allow its unique skill to be a bit special?"
Feng Yuan rolled his eyes dismissively. Monalia, who floated onto the White Wolf Deity’s head as if remembering something, landed on its body. As Monalia wriggled in the White Wolf’s long white fur, Feng Yuan looked at the White Wolf’s somewhat disheveled fur and waved his hand in mock threat
"Be careful, or the White Wolf Deity will sort you out!"
Monalia peeked out from the long white fur holding a tuft of it in front of her, revealing a pair of big eyes, looking at Feng Yuan with a pitiful expression.
Feng Yuan smiled and picked up Monalia, while the White Wolf Deity shook its body, quickly restoring its fur to its original orderly state. Guo Huai gently tapped the yellow flower behind Monalia and said,
"I never expected it to be so mischievous."
Gazing at the yellow flower behind Monalia that resembled a succulent, Feng Yuan said with a touch of curiosity,
"I wonder if the number of petals on that flower can increase. Just one layer of petals doesn’t look pretty enough~"
The Agunas phantom wagged its tail and asked Monalia a question. After glancing at the Agunas phantom, Monalia laughed like the tinkling of bells and began to explain. After a while, the Agunas phantom translated,
"It’s possible, but it requires a huge amount of energy to do so. Usually, it wouldn’t bother, as that flower is just a container for storing excess energy. Both the storing and releasing processes involve considerable loss, so it’s not cost-effective to accumulate more."
Feng Yuan remarked and pressed the yellow flower on Monalia with his finger. It felt much like a succulent, perhaps even better.
The Agunas phantom continued translating,
"It said that if you want, it can cultivate one for you."
"That’s great, by the way, what does it need? Apart from the leaves of Nainefar, does it have any other requirements?"
"No, and it doesn’t have such high conversion capabilities. I reckon even if you brought a pile of energy-rich food, it couldn’t possibly produce one for you by tomorrow."
Guo Huai asked with a hint of surprise,
"Won’t that affect it in a negative way?"
"No, that thing is like a Magical Tool to it. Losing it would only mean it spends more time making a new one, that’s all."
"Don’t worry, if it’s harmful, I wouldn’t forcibly ask for it~"
Feng Yuan reassuringly told Guo Huai, who looked at Feng Yuan and said no more. Although Feng Yuan acted on a whim, he didn’t seem to recall seeing Feng Yuan deliberately hurt any Spirit Beast.
At the dock of Stone Giant City, as soon as they disembarked, Monalia hid on top of Feng Yuan’s head, tightly clutching his hair and nervously observing the surroundings. The constant stream of strangers exerted a significant pressure on her, even though they didn’t take notice of her, or they just glanced and moved on.
Since Delong Tower was floating beside Feng Yuan, people dared not approach, fearing trouble if Delong Tower lost its temper right there. Perhaps the city’s residents didn’t know what Delong Tower looked like, but the dockworkers had faced it directly and naturally knew what that whale-like creature shrinking next to Feng Yuan actually was.
Guo Huai looked around the harbor with an inexplicable expression. Yesterday, he thought this was merely a small town, but today’s view of the harbor made him realize that it was as impressive as those in the coastal cities of Great Li, showing him the city was not as small as it seemed.
"Aren’t all seaport cities’ harbors ?"
Feng Yuan said somewhat perplexed, and Guo Huai glanced at him and asked,
"Why didn’t you bring us here yesterday?"
"Huh? Are you joking? There’s nothing here. Don’t tell me you want to buy seafood."
Feng Yuan gestured with his eyes to Delong Tower beside him and said,
"Whatever seafood you want, just tell me. We can deliver it to your door for free."
Guo Huai had made an offhand comment and completely forgot about Delong Tower’s presence. Mo Ling covered her mouth and chuckled,
"Come on, let’s go. We’ve already toured the city yesterday."
Although these buildings were interesting, the novelty wore off after a while and Mo Ling, alongside the others who found that aside from the near-inner city areas being clean and tidy, most of the common areas were somewhat dirty and messy, lost interest even more.
"Speaking of which, it’s quite interesting that this city separates the trade of marine products from regular goods at two different docks."
Feng Yuan remarked with a smile, and Liu Wenli smiled faintly and said,
"Otherwise, this dock might be forever permeated with a strong, lingering fishy smell."