Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 2172 - 2173: Invitation to Visit

"The place is ready, but because of that chaotic mess and coinciding with National Day, I haven’t really tidied it up. Plus, they didn’t have time to help me gather the Spirit Beasts in need of help. I’m planning to clean up there and then start using that estate during this period."

Feng Yuan laughed and said. The estate was settled before National Day, but due to many events happening afterward, he postponed dealing with it, resulting in it being pushed back until now when he finally had time to tidy up.

Actually, he just needed to assign some tasks and do a final inspection there; as for regular maintenance, it would be handled by Patado and the others.

In Feng Yuan’s view, it’s best that place is more or less like Maomu City’s Stray Spirit Beast Paradise. There might be dependence on certain Spirit Beasts, but it’s better not to have too much emotional attachment to those receiving treatment for humans.

At least, Feng Yuan didn’t want to have more and more Spirit Beasts to take care of at home, not only because he couldn’t manage it, but he also felt it wasn’t quite appropriate.

Due to classes in the afternoon, Feng Yuan and Qi Chen agreed to visit the estate after school. Perhaps because it’s nearing the end of the semester, his classmates’ discussions mainly focused on the final exam.

This semester has had too many chaotic events, causing constant changes and revisions to their courses, which made many students feel somewhat confused. After all, compared to orderly teaching, the disrupted course sequence due to various unforeseen events felt a bit scattered.

It’s like they taught everything yet learned nothing, although this is just an illusion. In fact, the teachers in each class were quite satisfied with these students’ learning progress.

For Maomu Academy, they have never truly valued the scores achieved in assessments; what they care about is the students’ adaptability in actual combat. After all, if it’s an assessment, there is bound to be a standard, whereas this standard limits students’ performance.

Only in actual combat is there a single valid standard, and that is survival.

Unless they don’t step into dangerous wild areas, mastering survival in various environments is the most crucial skill they need to acquire, which is something assessments can hardly fully clarify.

At least with the teachers’ judgment, past students may not have better responses to the Ghost Series Spirit Beasts than these freshmen. This is not only the effect brought by the Crystal Domain but also the result of them not being influenced by optimal supposed solutions.

After all, too many chaotic facts confronted everybody this semester. Though courses taught them how to deal with some common troubles, more often it was them groping blindly.

The students didn’t know about these things, as their grasp on textbook knowledge was not proficient enough. Many worried about the difficulty of the final exam.

Originally, the off-campus combat class was a course many students looked forward to since they could freely fight in it. However, facing the pressure of the final exam, everyone seemed to be just skimming through things.

Feng Yuan could see a hint of this trend, but he didn’t say anything, as this situation might actually be the result of the teachers’ intentional guidance. At least Dou Yanlan, under normal circumstances, couldn’t be unaware of the academy’s ultimate teaching purpose.

Yet even she seemed a bit anxious at this moment, which was clearly not normal. Of course, Feng Yuan didn’t remind them, as this was merely his speculation.

Others couldn’t help but envy Feng Yuan’s leisurely demeanor, though they didn’t suspect him of slacking off. From their understanding of Feng Yuan, even cultural subject exams wouldn’t stump him.

Unfortunately, they themselves didn’t possess Feng Yuan’s ability, making many feel a headache facing the cultural subjects’ assessments.

Though this didn’t affect Feng Yuan, Xiao Ji noticed its opponents lacked fighting spirit, and there wasn’t a class on breaking mechanisms or anything like that today.

Or rather, what made the students grateful was today’s practical training involved sparring with classmates, which at least allowed them time to book memorize.

Of course, the consequences of doing this...

Anyway, Feng Yuan counted, and because the battles weren’t taken seriously, the teacher got angry fifteen times during the afternoon class.

After school, seeing many people rushing to the cafeteria while reciting books, Feng Yuan shook his head helplessly and said,

"Seriously, do they think doing this will be that useful?"

"What?"

Qi Chen, who was reciting Spiritual Medicine Studies knowledge, looked at Feng Yuan in confusion, covering his face, Feng Yuan said helplessly,

"Dou Yanlan, aren’t you going to say something?"

"I think it’s fine. Even though the assessment might be lenient, these are indeed knowledge we need to master."

Sneaking a glance at Feng Yuan, Dou Yanlan said calmly. Although she could give Qi Chen advice when she was with him, she couldn’t always be by Qi Chen’s side.

The basic knowledge like distinguishing Spiritual Medicine was still necessary to remember in her eyes; even if it’s memorized by rote, it could be unexpectedly useful in emergencies?

Therefore, she didn’t object to Qi Chen memorizing this; as for whether it can be flexibly applied,

Dou Yanlan thought that might be too demanding for Qi Chen. Given her understanding of Qi Chen, getting him to memorize this knowledge was already his limit, and recalling it when necessary was enough.

After all, for Qi Chen, his combat instincts were already sufficient to handle most troubles. Even if he needed this knowledge afterward, it wouldn’t be too urgent; most of the time he’d have enough time to slowly recall it.

"Um, do you guys have any requests for dinner?"

Suddenly turning around, Feng Yuan, thought of something, said to Qi Chen and the others. Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan were stunned by this sudden shift in topic, not understanding how Feng Yuan transitioned from the final exam topic to dinner.

Waving his right index finger, Feng Yuan chuckled and said,

"I’m planning to make dinner over at the estate, if you guys don’t mind, how about having a barbecue party there?"

"Barbecue party? Just a few of us? How are you planning to handle the ingredients?"

Qi Chen, furrowing his brows slightly, looked at Feng Yuan in surprise and asked. This suggestion sounded like a spur-of-the-moment idea, so how did he plan to get the ingredients?

The academy doesn’t sell those things to him. At least internally, the academy doesn’t provide food supplies. Usually, both students and teachers purchase ingredients at nearby markets. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

However, Qi Chen truly doubted whether he could get those barbecue materials with such spontaneous intent.

With a sly smile, Feng Yuan said,

"I’ve asked Patado and the others to buy the ingredients. Even if there aren’t any, getting Agunas to make a trip to the city center wouldn’t be a problem. Plus, it won’t be just a few of us, Patado and the others, and Agunas and the others will be there too~"

Seeing Feng Yuan seemingly having a plan, Qi Chen thought about it and didn’t say much else. As long as he wasn’t left short of supplies upon arrival, they didn’t mind what they had for dinner.

Since Qi Chen and the others agreed, Feng Yuan simply invited them to the estate. Because the off-campus combat class was held at the back mountain, close to the estate, Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan said nothing.

As for Feng Yuan’s mentioned barbecue party, the two didn’t expect much, as to them, such an event only feels lively with many people.

Compared to last time, the estate had already been renovated this time. However, since Feng Yuan hadn’t fully inspected it yet, the estate still remained above ground.

Of course, according to Feng Yuan’s plan, he wouldn’t casually raise the estate to the sky since being airborne might not be very friendly to those young Spirit Beasts.

In Feng Yuan’s outline, as long as the estate was within Maomu Academy’s territory, it would always stay by the back mountain, allowing the Spirit Beasts to enjoy playing in the academy’s back mountain afterward.

Though there’s no designated security personnel or protection staff patrolling Maomu Academy’s back mountain, Feng Yuan wasn’t worried about those temporarily treated young Spirit Beasts encountering danger.

You’re kidding, this place is home to a large group of Spirit Beasts belonging to the academy and academy teachers. With those Spirit Beasts around, there’s no need for so-called patrol personnel.

Moreover, in Feng Yuan’s view, if those young Spirit Beasts cannot return to their wild clans, perhaps the academy’s back mountain might be a decent place for them.