Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1153 - 1154: Change

"You really are..."

Qi Chen watched Xiao Ji carefully touch the streaming water with its wings while lying on the swimming ring, and couldn’t help but chuckle as he tapped Xiao Ji’s head with his wet hand. This area, designated not for ordinary people or non-water Spirit Beasts, featured fast-flowing water. Even though there wouldn’t be any danger, if Qi Chen didn’t hold onto the swim ring, Xiao Ji would quickly be swept away.

As for letting it swim back? Better not. Gazing at Big Cat, who had climbed back to the shore, Qi Chen shook his head helplessly. Big Cat was faring far better than Xiao Ji, who disliked water so much that his ability to move in it was affected. Even so, Big Cat was unable to stay in one spot in the water.

Just now, Big Cat had continuously thrashed and been pushed forward. Thankfully, Agunas had promptly scooped him up, otherwise, Qi Chen suspected that it might prompt the rescue Spirit Beasts to take action.

Lying on the swimming ring, Xiao Ji looked at Qi Chen with some melancholy. Agunas, floating in front of Xiao Ji, observed him and remarked, "It seems not quite suitable to use a swimming ring."

Originally, Qi Chen planned to let Xiao Ji sit on the swimming ring and follow him along the Torrent River for a few rounds. However, Xiao Ji couldn’t maintain balance on the ring. While it wouldn’t drown, Qi Chen wouldn’t dare let it fall into the water at this time, just in case it started to dislike water even more.

"No choice then, let’s check out other places first."

Qi Chen, who had been standing still, sighed helplessly. The Torrent here didn’t affect him; otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to stay steady in the water. But for Xiao Ji, it seemed... not quite right?

"What? It still hasn’t adapted?"

At that moment, Ah Mu reached out to grab a stone post on the shore, blocking Qi Chen and Yanlan. Cotton jumped onto the crown of the Amu Tree and shook its body. Although it didn’t particularly dislike water, it preferred not to soak in it unless necessary. As for Ah Mu, it felt nothing special.

Looking at Qi Chen, Qi Chen said, shaking his head, "It seems so. I initially wanted to take it around here for a few laps, but we’ll have to go to the ordinary pool instead..."

Seeing Qi Chen’s disappointed expression, Xiao Ji hung its head then suddenly looked up at Agunas and chirped a few times. Surprised, Agunas remarked, "It could work, but are you sure it’s okay?"

As Qi Chen prepared to go ashore, he looked puzzledly at Agunas. Agunas didn’t say anything but simply waved his claw, and a water-blue halo enveloped Xiao Ji. However, that was about it; nothing else special happened.

"What’s this?"

Looking doubtfully at Agunas, Qi Chen didn’t quite understand what he was doing. He recognized the technique Agunas had just used—it was a common method water Spirit Beasts used to assist someone who had fallen into the water. This water halo considerably increased buoyancy for anyone enveloped by it. Without doing anything, as long as one adjusted their posture to keep their head out of water, they wouldn’t drown.

But what was the use of using it on Xiao Ji? Xiao Ji’s issue was that it couldn’t enter the water. However, to Qi Chen’s surprise, the next moment Xiao Ji flipped off the ring and fell into the water. Watching Xiao Ji adjust its stiff posture to keep its head above water, Qi Chen seemed to understand. He swam up to it, held Xiao Ji gently and smiled as he spoke to it, whisked along by the current.

"How strange, he seems unaffected by the water flow here?"

Qi Chen looked puzzled as he watched Feng Yuan and Xiao Ji quickly moving away and muttered. Agunas shook his tail and stated, "Pretty much, that guy’s ability is somewhat special; not to mention this small current, even the giant waves of the ocean might not affect him much."

Remembering Feng Yuan’s past achievements, Qi Chen smiled and acknowledged Agunas’s words. Just then, Big Cat meowed at Agunas, who with a swipe of his claw, enveloped Big Cat with a water-blue halo. Seeing this, Big Cat happily jumped into the Torrent River and swiftly advanced along the water flow.

Then, Kong Qing carrying Pomiti swam over from behind. Sitting on its head, Pomiti seemed excited, yet she behaved and didn’t squirm. Human-shaped Veronia, wearing a swimsuit, sat in a sunken Rainbow Bubble, swiftly catching up to Kong Qing. As they passed by Agunas, Veronia looked around in surprise, noting Xiao Ji’s absence, and sped up her pace.

Seeing Kong Qing also swimming forward with Pomiti, Qi Chen looked towards Agunas and said,

"Aren’t you going to take this opportunity to have some fun?"

After finishing his sentence, Qi Chen signaled Ah Mu to let go, and Cotton jumped down from the crown of the Amu Tree and landed next to Dou Yanlan. They quickly swam ahead and disappeared from Agunas’s sight.

"Aren’t you going in the water?"

At this moment, Yang Hongzhi passed by with Najia sitting on a small swimming ring. Najia waved at Agunas floating in the air and asked with some confusion, but neither Yang Hongzhi nor Xiao Hei and Xiao Hui at his side had the ability to withstand the rapid current. They soon drifted away with the flow, leaving Agunas behind.

Seeing this, Agunas floated to the side, picked up a small swimming ring, and settled on the Torrent River. Mimicking Najia, he sat in the ring, occasionally slapping the water with his tail, which sped up the swimming ring each time he did so. He quickly caught up with Yang Hongzhi and the others.

"It seems to work quite well, how about trying that later?"

On the shore, Feng Yuan was grooming Xiao Ji’s feathers, pointing to the towering water slide nearby, suggesting it as their next destination. Xiao Ji shook like Cotton did, but hardly any water drops flew off, considering it’s just regular water, it’s hard to get Xiao Ji’s feathers wet.

Before Xiao Ji could respond, Big Cat was meowing excitedly, clearly excited. Unlike Xiao Ji who dislikes water, although Xiao Ji had played in the water for a while and seemed much better, at least not as bad as before, it would still be difficult to make him dive into the water casually like Big Cat.

Seeing Xiao Ji’s frustrated face, Feng Yuan scratched his head and said,

"Still not working? Then never mind..."

After hesitating, Xiao Ji looked at Agunas and barked something, Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan and translated,

"It says it will wait for you guys down there."

"It really isn’t easy to overcome, huh..."

Feng Yuan sighed helplessly. He knew it wasn’t likely for Xiao Ji to quickly overcome its fear. Feng Yuan petted Xiao Ji’s head and looked at Big Cat, who was eagerly watching him, and after a moment said,

"How about I take Big Cat and the others over later, and you wait for us there?"

Looking at Feng Yuan, Xiao Ji didn’t object, not wanting to spoil Feng Yuan’s fun. Yang Hongzhi looked at Xiao Ji with some surprise and said,

"This progress is good. I didn’t expect it to overcome its fear and be willing to enter the water so quickly."

"It can barely manage to get in the water, but I guess its combat power would still be affected in a water environment."

Feng Yuan said somewhat helplessly while petting Xiao Ji’s head again. If it weren’t for the impact on combat power, he wouldn’t be so keen on helping Xiao Ji overcome this issue. Veronia glanced at Xiao Ji and suggested,

"Maybe trying a few more times could help? But isn’t this place a bit far?"

"I can open a Space Gate for you."

Agunas, wagging his tail, volunteered. If it would benefit Xiao Ji, he didn’t mind opening a Space Gate to make coming here more convenient. Sitting on Yang Hongzhi’s shoulder, Najia said somewhat helplessly,

"We probably can’t keep coming here with you."

"It’s fine, you guys need to prepare for the Divine Land Region Beast Tamer Tournament, right? That’s more important, isn’t it?"

Feng Yuan smiled understandingly. He knew that Yang Hongzhi also had to train at the academy during the holidays. There’s no choice; if they could win the championship at the regional tournament, the situation would undoubtedly be more favorable for Great Xia. Besides, even Nierlat wouldn’t dare to mess with Yang Hongzhi and the others.

Not to mention Najia and the Fire Vermilion Bird watching over, other countries in the Divine Land Region without any conflicts wouldn’t allow any mischief.