"I never expected even the trees to be different?"
As he surveyed the forest, Mo Li expressed his surprise. What about the forest in front of the swamp yesterday? To tell the truth, not many vegetation near the relic area grew normally, but this time, they exited through the main gate, so the trees in that forest should be the common ones in the Omeilia Region.
"What’s so strange about that, after all, they are different continents, aren’t they."
Feng Yuan said nonchalantly. Mona Lía happily darted around the grass beside them, and Guo Huai seemed to have discovered something surprising as he said,
"Those nobles wouldn’t be so idle, would they?"
"Even the wilderness needs to be maintained by someone?"
Turning to look at the city gate not far behind them, Feng Yuan smiled and said,
"Why not? After all, for them, enjoying life elegantly is a very important matter."
"That’s an exaggeration..."
Mo Li said somewhat speechlessly, while Liu Wenli thoughtfully said,
"The helplessness of the weak?"
"But if that’s the case, wouldn’t that make them similar to Nanyu?"
As Mo Ling suddenly remembered something, she covered her mouth, looked apologetically at Wei Dingwu, and smiled. Wei Dingwu didn’t seem to mind as he said,
"Yeah, if Nanyu were a bit stronger, they might not have been driven to the sea."
"But if they didn’t work hard, maybe they wouldn’t even have the opportunity to be driven to the sea..."
"Yo! I wonder if those flowers could be used for wine making~"
Wei Fangwu said, looking at the flowers that had suddenly bloomed. Feng Yuan scanned the flowers and said,
"Seems like no, they lack a few essential ingredients. Just with these flowers, you can’t brew Hundred Flowers Wine."
Feng Yuan smiled slightly, took out some seeds, and waved them towards Mona Lía. Holding the yellow flowers, Mona Lía floated hesitantly in front of Feng Yuan, clearly anxious. Knowing what it worried about, Feng Yuan smiled and said,
"I didn’t say you did anything wrong. Can you use these seeds?"
Relieved by Feng Yuan’s words, Mona Lía took the seeds, nodded at Feng Yuan, and swiftly floated to the grass. Feng Yuan glanced at the others and said,
"How about we have a picnic here first?"
"What about the relics?"
Guo Huai glanced at Feng Yuan and said with some annoyance. Mo Ling, looking at the sea of flowers that was beginning to appear, said,
"We can visit the relics later, right?"
"Did Mona Lía create this sea of flowers?"
Yao Yin was astonished as she watched Mona Lía appearing in different corners of the grassland, bringing forth a sea of flowers wherever it appeared. Hearing the surprised exclamation of the woman behind him, Feng Yuan said softly to Delong Tower,
"Would you mind getting a bit bigger?"
Delong Tower nodded, and the water sphere surrounding it slowly expanded. As it grew, Delong Tower inside the water sphere also gradually became huge. At that moment, a white-haired middle-aged man appeared abruptly behind Feng Yuan. Feng Yuan quickly blocked the man’s reaching hand and said with annoyance,
"Gitalien, why have you popped up as well?"
Withdrawing his hand, Gitalien looked at the gigantic Delong Tower next to Feng Yuan and said,
"You have the nerve to ask? With such a commotion, how could I not come over to look? What on earth are you guys up to..."
Gitalien, who appeared to be a white-haired middle-aged man, was dressed in the garb of hermits from the Divine Land Region of the era, with a head of flowing white hair casually falling behind him. Although he seemed to possess a certain elegance, to those who knew Gitalien like Feng Yuan and Agunas, it just seemed foolish.
"Why did you come here to pick a fight with Ernis out of the blue?"
Delong Tower glanced at Gitalien, turned its body away with disdain, and nonchalantly flicked its tail, as if it couldn’t care less. Feng Yuan patted Gitalien on the shoulder and said,
"I think you’d better give up on experiencing the feeling of preaching, otherwise be careful it might start a fight with you."
Gitalien glanced at Feng Yuan and didn’t dare to continue speaking ill of Delong Tower. It had only come to check the situation and, in case of any accidents, would have to call for the other Divine Beasts to come and handle the issue.
At this point, Mona Lía returned, floating with a bouquet of flowers larger than itself. Upon seeing Gitalien, Mona Lía peeked out from the bouquet in confusion, picked a deep purple flower, and handed it over. Gitalien accepted the flower from Mona Lía with some surprise and said,
"Mona Lía? What’s it doing here?"
"Who says they can’t appear in other regions?"
Gitalien looked at Feng Yuan and said.
"What are you doing? It’s best not to casually take them away from their original habitat, as they may not be able to adapt to a new environment."
Feng Yuan said as he took the white flower from Monalisa.
"It’s not like I was the one who pulled it up here, it was already fossilized when I found it."
Gitalien looked at Feng Yuan with suspicion, while the White Wolf Deity yawned and lay down, letting Monalisa place the ice-blue flower on its head.
"You can go ask Lorraine Tower, anyway, it was already a fossil when I picked it up."
Although somewhat doubtful if Feng Yuan could revive a Spirit Beast that had turned into a fossil, Gitalien trusted that Feng Yuan wouldn’t deceive it. After glancing at Delong Tower, Gitalien said,
"Did you call it here?"
"Yup, needed a bodyguard out at sea～"
Gitalien said after a glance at Feng Yuan,
"Lorraine Tower told me to tell you not to change too much."
"Don’t worry, I’m more aware of it than you guys."
Feng Yuan waved his hand nonchalantly to show he understood. Seeing Feng Yuan’s carefree demeanor, Gitalien was somewhat worried, but since it wasn’t familiar with Feng Yuan, and almost knew nothing about him, it thought its presence here wouldn’t make a difference and turned to leave.
"Who was that just now?"
"The Divine Beast of space, Gitalien."
Feng Yuan said absent-mindedly, while Guo Huai addressed him,
"Didn’t you say you wanted to have a picnic? Where’s the food?"
"We’ll cook on site, of course."
Feng Yuan said, taking out his cooking tools. The nobles behind him, although unhappy with his actions, didn’t dare to step forward and stop him. Nobody was foolish enough to provoke the other party with such a huge Sea God watching over the scene.
"Can you eat that flower?"
Seeing Pomiti swallow the flower Monalisa gave it, Mo Ling asked with some concern, to which Feng Yuan glanced at Pomiti and said,
"No worries, it can digest that flower."
"It’s fine, it’s just an ordinary flower without any medicinal value."
Feng Yuan said in an unconcerned manner. At this moment, Monalisa had finished distributing the flowers and happily floated to Feng Yuan’s side, satisfied with her handiwork.
The grass by the city gate under her power had turned into a dazzling sea of flowers, and the nobles who had come following the scent could only watch helplessly as Feng Yuan and his companions occupied the best spot for flower viewing.
Sitting beside the long table, Guo Huai said with some surprise, and Feng Yuan glanced at him and said,
"How rude, such a beautiful place isn’t suitable for barbecuing."
"If you didn’t make these stinky foods, your words might be somewhat credible."
Yao Yin said, exasperated. Although Feng Yuan was making desserts, she really didn’t know if that peculiar smell was intentional or not. The odd scent drifted so far that even those elegant ladies sitting at tables and sipping tea could hardly maintain their dignified demeanor when they caught a whiff of it.
"The stranger the smell, the tastier it is～"
"Nonsense, if you don’t like them why don’t you just drive them away?"
Without looking at the nobles, Feng Yuan calmly said,
"Acting that way would bring trouble to the Maritime People, but not . They prefer this kind of subtle expression～"
"Alright, hurry up and eat, then let’s go."
Yao Yin urged, displeased with the smell. Feng Yuan’s tactic was an indiscriminate attack; aside from Delong Tower, who hid inside a water bubble, everyone suffered from the weird odor attack. Xiao Ji glared at Feng Yuan discontentedly, and the Illusory Sound Parrot fluttered its wings, flying around and repeatedly mimicking a variety of strange phrases.
Even the confused Pomiti was frowning at this point, and Agunas’s phantom flicked his tail speechlessly and looked at Feng Yuan, saying,
"You really have a way with ruining the environment."
Feng Yuan laughed and waved his hand, and a breeze blew by, causing the persistent odd smell to gradually fade away and finally disappear.
"Harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself."
The phantom of Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan and stated.