Divine Beast Creator

Feng Yuan had no idea of War Qi Chen’s obsession, or rather, even if he knew, he didn’t care, after all, it wasn’t a matter of the Main World, and he couldn’t do anything about it.

Not all the shops on the commercial street have 24-hour unmanned automatic displays. Some shops look quite old or have an antique design, and these shops don’t have the corresponding holographic projection display systems. Perhaps for them, such a system might damage the overall atmosphere of the shop.

While Feng Yuan and his group strolled, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan was busy handling the matters of the Qi Realm Corridor. Although Feng Yuan’s words couldn’t possibly be trusted unconditionally, after a few times, they still listed the information provided by Feng Yuan as a reference.

After the busy tasks, she wanted to find Feng Yuan and the others but realized she didn’t actually know where they were. Fortunately, for various reasons, people were still keeping an eye on this group of visitors from an Outer World.

Thus, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan quickly found Feng Yuan and his group resting outside the commercial street.

"Why have you come here?"

Slightly puzzled, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan glanced at the commercial street. Even without going in, she knew the current situation of the commercial street. After all, they had evacuated the city during the calamity, and the alarm had not been lifted yet, so the commercial street couldn’t possibly be open.

"Hehe, just wanted to see how stores in your world differ from ours. Unfortunately, we came at the wrong time, all the stores are closed."

Looking back at the commercial street behind him, Feng Yuan smiled freely and said. Doubtingly, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan said

"Do you have our money?"

She would never believe that the paper currency of the two worlds would be the same, let alone in the Qi Realm Timeline, where paper currency had gradually been replaced by electronic currency. Only those who explored the Qi Realm would choose to bring paper currency to avoid mistakenly entering other countries where electronic payment systems couldn’t be used when leaving the Qi Realm.

There’s no way because some countries hold longstanding grudges against each other, and the use of electronic payment systems is typically limited to each’s own nation. Traveling to other countries requires either applying for the corresponding nation’s electronic payment system and transferring money or carrying paper currency. At least that thing is acknowledged in treaties among various nations and can be used freely in most scenarios.

Whichever way you look at it, it’s impossible for currency from another timeline to intersect. And indeed, as she thought, the paper money Feng Yuan and his group had didn’t fall within the currency recognized by the treaties among nations for free use.

Glaring at Feng Yuan, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan suspected he might be planning on acquiring items freely, after all, he genuinely had the power to do so, and merchants couldn’t do anything about it.

"That look in your eye, I feel like you’re thinking something bad?"

"But we have no money, so it should be okay to exchange a bit with you, right? The Spirit Beast decorations here are quite interesting."

Laughing slightly, Feng Yuan didn’t hide his intentions, or rather, exchanging money with Qi Realm Dou Yanlan seemed like something both parties could accept unless Qi Realm Dou Yanlan didn’t have any money.

"Spirit Beast decorations? That thing... from cheap civilian models to luxury levels, what exactly are you interested in? Although I have some savings, at most, I can only buy something nice within the civilian range."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s response, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan was stunned for a moment, astonished, and said that Spirit Beast decorations were certainly not just a little bit of what Feng Yuan and his group saw, or rather, due to demand across various levels, the prices for them vary greatly.

Of course, the expensive ones have their reasons. Expensive Spirit Beast decorations are made with rare materials, so they have certain attribute effects, and...!

Thinking of something, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan’s expression changed. Feng Yuan looked curiously at her quick change of expression and said

"Is there a problem? I just thought those decorations wouldn’t be damaged by battles are quite nice. Can’t the civilian models achieve this?"

"No, as long as it’s a Spirit Beast decoration, it won’t be easily damaged in battle, and slightly pricier ones have self-repair functions, but..."

Looking a bit troubled, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan hesitated for a moment and said

"Luxurious Spirit Beast decorations use rare materials, which is why they are so expensive, and..."

"Rare materials? That doesn’t matter to me, I just need the effect of not being damaged in battle. Don’t worry, I won’t empty your wallet."

With a slight smile, Feng Yuan thought Qi Realm Dou Yanlan was troubled about money, but War Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan had already realized something. Exchanging a glance, War Qi Chen asked

"If I’m not mistaken, these so-called rare materials should come from the Deep Layer of the Qi Realm, right?"

No choice. Feng Yuan has mentioned the structure of this world more than once, so they have an impression and understanding of it. With the insight of War Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan, rare materials could only appear in areas with more potent energy. Only the Qi Realm meets this condition.

"That’s right, those luxury decoration materials come from the deep part of the Qi Realm. That’s a major selling point. Besides being decorative, they can also carry certain attributes, but..."

Previously, they wouldn’t have been concerned about this, but now, having confirmed what Feng Yuan said was correct, the Qi Realm’s pollution was stronger than they thought. It’s hard not to suspect that these materials might carry the unique pollution of the Qi Realm.

"Materials from the depths of the Qi Realm, do they carry that special spiritual pollution?"

Hesitant for a long time, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan finally voiced her doubts because this was crucial. If it were in the past, they might not have cared, but things were different now. Those who could afford luxurious Spirit Beast decorations weren’t ordinary people.

"What do you think? Isn’t that obvious?"

Rolling his eyes in exasperation, Feng Yuan said in an annoyed tone, "The Qi Realm’s spiritual pollution is extremely troublesome. Would materials from the Deep Layer of the Qi Realm likely carry that nasty spiritual pollution?"

"Then..."

Qi Realm Dou Yanlan already realized that this was a major issue. Feng Yuan smiled and said

"You don’t need to be too worried. Since those things have been around for so long without causing problems, I trust their pollution capability isn’t very strong. Now that you’ve discovered it, just be more cautious in the future."

Though Feng Yuan didn’t know what they used the deep-layer materials from the Qi Realm for, he could guess one thing: namely, that those materials could be utilized to create some rather special weapons.

After all, they can organize dedicated official teams to enter the Deep Layer of the Qi Realm for collection, which means materials from the deep layer have significant uses, and luxury items are definitely not among them.

Regarding why luxury Spirit Beast decorations can use materials from the Deep Layer of the Qi Realm, Feng Yuan could understand, as that’s exclusively for the powerful Beastmasters.

Anyway, ordinary people definitely cannot afford it, nor might they have the qualifications to purchase it.

Seeing Qi Realm Dou Yanlan hastily leave again, Feng Yuan smiled helplessly. Getting caught up in such matters was just her bad luck, but accurately speaking, it’s a colossal potential risk that exists within the Qi Realm Timeline itself.

Even if the pollution level isn’t high, with accumulation over the years, the amount of pollution is quite significant. The reason why nothing has happened yet is likely due to insufficient time.

Delving into the Deep Layer of the Qi Realm and exploiting and utilizing deep-layer materials only emerged after rapid advancements in technology, which is precisely why these things haven’t been around for too long, only about a few decades.

If the pollution level were relatively low, the absence of apparent negative outcomes currently wouldn’t be impossible.

"Didn’t expect issues in their world to pop up one after another."

With a slight laugh, Feng Yuan said to everyone, Dou Yanlan said with a bitter smile,

"Nobody has it easy, indeed."

"Too bad she ran off so fast before I could ask if she could exchange some money. I really wanted to buy some Spirit Beast decorations."

Feng Yuan said, looking regretful, although he knew even if he got the money, he couldn’t buy anything now. After all, Qi Hua City couldn’t recover anytime soon, but at least if he had the money, there’d be one less thing to worry about, wouldn’t there?

"Hmm, if you need, I can bring her back, you know."

Veronia glanced at Feng Yuan with a strange smile and said, rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan refused without hesitation, jokingly, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan was off to do serious work, getting in her way would only be asking for trouble.

"Come to think of it, the Soul Projection seems to have vanished entirely. What’s she plotting now?"

Gazing at the sky, War Qi Chen looked gloomy. The Soul Projection of Qi Realm Dou Yanlan had put quite a bit of pressure on him. Especially when Bai You was pulled over by her, it made him particularly anxious. What exactly did she intend to do?