Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1174 - 1175: The Abnormal Spirit Beast

Ignoring Xiao Ji’s actions, Feng Yuan looked at the boy and asked somewhat oddly,

"Didn’t you have something you needed my help with? Why didn’t you come to find me?"

Glancing at Feng Yuan, the boy said with a hint of helplessness,

"Didn’t you say to come to you only after achieving a good ranking? In the guidance competition just now, I..."

"So honorable? Aren’t you supposed to be determined not to give up until you reach your goal? Hehe, but I’m actually quite happy about this. How about you tell me what exactly you need my help with?"

Startled, Feng Yuan became interested and curiously said, knowing well the situation of those family scions. If truly necessary, they wouldn’t mind losing some face, absolutely resorting to sticking to you shamelessly, and looking at this person, he seemed rather odd. If Feng Yuan didn’t know this person wasn’t a close friend of Zhong Liuyan, he might have suspected his background.

After all, not many from those great families would choose a One-leaf Fox. Though any Spirit Beast might potentially reach the Sacred Beast Level, the necessary resources and the difficulty varied greatly depending on the potential. Ordinary people hardly had a choice but to select a Spirit Beast that reciprocated their interest.

But for the offspring of great families, it was different. They had their futures planned out from the start, and the Spirit Beasts they would end up with were often decided in advance. As a result, their relationships with their Spirit Beasts were not as close as those of ordinary people and their Beast Tamers.

However, that was their own choice. Aside from some special prodigies, most families wouldn’t strictly dictate their actions. Even if they followed the ordinary way of only selecting Spirit Beasts they bonded with, it wouldn’t be a problem.

Yet by doing so, their families wouldn’t provide them with extensive resources because such a path was difficult to tread. Unlike the well-planned route, this path had a high ceiling but also a low floor. Huge investments could still end up yielding only Rare Level strength.

As for this matter, Feng Yuan wasn’t sure whether it was good or bad. Those great families needed to provide for so many, and without proper control of input and output, their family resources could be depleted quickly.

Indeed, accepting family assistance meant a future obligation to help the family acquire more resources. Of course, if one chose not to take any, the family wouldn’t require anything in return. Responsibility and obligation were relative. In Feng Yuan’s view, those families were an entity full of contradictions.

They had an order beyond reach for ordinary people and a way of doing things incomprehensible to the common folk. Thankfully, their methods did not disgust him too much.

Observing the boy before him, Feng Yuan guessed that this person must be one of those who didn’t wish to comply with family arrangements. These individuals wouldn’t face any punishment from their families, merely a lack of those benefits. Only in cases of severe issues would the family consider and decide whether to help.

Compared to ordinary people, they still had an unstable backup at least. But to give up those resources for a mere One-leaf Fox? Feng Yuan felt some admiration, wondering how abundant the resources he forwent were. Those resources were roughly equivalent to the Spiritual Medicine and Potions that Feng Yuan had been feeding to Ah Mu for so long.

Indeed, the offspring of those great families could enjoy ample resources, like those available to Qi Chen’s Ah Mu, but such privilege was reserved for great families only. Ordinary families who wished to give such rich resources could only do so if the Spirit Beast’s potential was tremendous and the family expected it to reciprocate in the future. Otherwise, it was out of the question.

An ordinary family wouldn’t be able to support that expenditure, unless no one else needed those resources.

Noticing Feng Yuan’s continuous gaze, the boy said with his head down,

"I don’t really like their way of doing things... I prefer living like ordinary people, sharing joys and sorrows with my Spirit Beast, just like with family..."

"Aren’t their Spirit Beasts also family? Just not as close, that’s all." Feng Yuan said impatiently, glancing at the boy. While their relationships might not be as close as those between ordinary people and their Spirit Beasts, they were still intimate companions. Those individuals wouldn’t be foolish enough to maintain merely a relationship of interest; there are many things that only a trusted partner can achieve, and anyone sensible would try to build a strong relationship with their Spirit Beast.

"Besides, when you think about it, this One-leaf Fox doesn’t seem much inferior to their Spirit Beasts."

Scratching the chin of the One-leaf Fox, and under the puzzled look of the boy, Feng Yuan was pushed back slightly by Xiao Ji. Seeing Xiao Ji’s wary demeanor, Feng Yuan gently patted its head, amused, and said,

"You, how could I possibly steal someone’s Spirit Beast, really... Besides, to choose it, you opted to give up on your family’s resources, right?"

After a moment of silence, the boy nodded and looked at the One-leaf Fox beside him, saying

"That’s right, the very first time I saw it, I believed we would be good partners, it’s just..."

Although the One-leaf Fox is nearly omnipotent in it’s ultimate moves because of many Beastmasters choosing it, its inherent potential is clear to see. Those ultimate move families are not nonexistent; for clan descendants, the potential of their beasts is much more critical than others. Even if one becomes more powerful later, compensating for a lack of potential in their beasts can become simple, but the precondition is that one must reach that level of strength.

The impact of potential in the early stages is not small at all, or rather, the influence of potential on Beastmasters always exists, except for the Divine Beast Level special cases. Only when one progresses to Legendary Level does the method of compensating for the lack of potential become incredibly cheap. Therefore, at this stage, as long as you work hard, inadequate potential is never a problem.

Of course, the premise is that you must enter the Legendary Level. The lower the strength rank, the greater the cost of compensating for potential, so those clan descendants who aim for Legendary Level strength from the beginning rarely choose beasts with low potential.

Touching the head of the One-leaf Fox, Feng Yuan pointed to Xiao Ji’s forehead with one hand and said,

"However, this One-leaf Fox’s strength is exceptionally strong. What kind of extraordinary encounter did you have to become like this?"

Ordinary One-leaf Foxes don’t have the strength of the one in front of them. In Feng Yuan’s eyes, this One-leaf Fox possesses Good Level strength and is even close to the pinnacle of Good Level strength. However, its external appearance is only at Common Level, and Feng Yuan also realizes that this One-leaf Fox hasn’t experienced surpassing evolution.

The One-leaf Fox’s potential is only at Common Level, and its upper limit of strength can only reach Common Level. What on earth is the situation with this directly surpassing inherent level of strength?

Even Xiao Ji did not have such a bizarre occurrence. Xiao Ji initially only had the strongest strength among its peers and did not exceed its potential limit. This was why, during the Eggshell Chicken period, Xiao Ji always used various ultimate moves that borrowed strength because even with the Divine Beast Authority boost, its strength was still too weak.

"This... This is what I wanted to ask for your help with. It suddenly fainted, and when it woke up, its strength became somewhat odd. Before, its strength was only mid-tier among Common Level beasts, but after that fainting spell, it changed, easily able to handle the top-tier Spirit Beasts in the Common Level."

The boy said as he glanced at the One-leaf Fox,

"I’ve asked many people, but none of them know what happened to it, or if it has caused any harm to its body..."

"Easily defeating top-tier Spirit Beasts of the same level? That truly is impressive."

Looking at the One-leaf Fox in surprise, Qi Chen exclaimed, and glancing at Qi Chen, Feng Yuan said helplessly,

"Of course. Good Level beating Common Level, isn’t that just showing off stylishly?"

Even if it’s not as big a gap as from Legendary Level and above, Good Level beating Common Level, absent any extremely particular circumstances, is absolutely a case of the Good Level thrashing the Common Level. Not to mention that this One-leaf Fox isn’t even at the bottom end of Good Level. Unless it encounters someone like Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan really can’t think of many Spirit Beasts at the Common Level that could overpower it.

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, the boy was stunned and said in surprise,

"How can that be?! Xiao Gu actually has Good Level strength?!"

Rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan said speechlessly,

"What else could it be? If it can easily thrash top-tier Spirit Beasts at the Common Level, what else could it be if not Good Level? It’s just that its situation is indeed a bit strange..."

"Clearly, it is a Common Level Spirit Beast, but its strength has directly surpassed the limit of its potential, and that just after a single fainting spell."

Observing the One-leaf Fox, Feng Yuan became interested, he couldn’t help it, the situation of this One-leaf Fox was too peculiar.