"The blizzard is really annoying."
At night, the snow kept falling like a waterfall, and the wind picked up. If it weren’t for Feng Yuan having already repaired the array patterns, Agunas might have had to continue maintaining or even enhancing the power of the Spring Pure Land.
Unfortunately, even the array patterns only managed to prevent the howling blizzard from ravaging the area around the Ice Lotus Hot Spring. Beyond the array’s coverage was a white "wall" under the reflected lights, and Feng Yuan hadn’t expected that after yesterday’s heavy snow, there would be an even more exaggerated blizzard today.
"If you’re feeling uncomfortable, you can use a phantom scene to change the surroundings a bit."
Veronia looked at Feng Yuan and said. He wasn’t complaining because the blizzard was stopping them from leaving; although the wartime status hasn’t been completely lifted, from the current intelligence, the Imperial Timeline probably doesn’t have the capability to attack the Main World. Therefore, Feng Yuan could leisurely wander around.
He was only complaining that the blizzard dampened his enthusiasm for soaking in the hot spring. After all, the coverage range of the array was very limited. The terrifying blizzard not only formed white "snow walls" all around but also blocked the sky.
"Forget it, false phantoms are meaningless; it would be better to go somewhere else. Come on, let’s get ready to enjoy the hot spring~"
Feng Yuan waved his hand with a helpless look and called Xiao Ji and the Flame Chasing Furry Dog. Veronia hesitated slightly before immediately following them. Noticing Agunas staring at her, Veronia cleared her throat, turned to glare at it for a moment, and then turned her head aside, saying
"Don’t misunderstand, I just thought that with only him and Xiao Ji, they might feel lonely."
"Why try so hard to deny your own relaxation?"
Agunas flicked its tail and saw Veronia’s embarrassment, opening its mouth to say
"Xiao Ji and the Flame Chasing Furry Dog may not be seen as strong in our eyes, but... their carefree happiness lures me in, even if it’s just a moment of joy..."
Veronia glanced at Agunas, and though she seemed to want to say something, she ultimately held her tongue, gave a light huff, turned, and caught up with Xiao Ji and the others, swishing her tail as Agunas looked at her retreating figure and casually remarked
"I’m not comforting you."
With another happy romp, all troubles were temporarily forgotten. Agunas and Veronia had to admit, although Xiao Ji’s strength was still somewhat lacking, it excelled far beyond most Divine Beasts in this regard.
As for Tamur? Although it wasn’t explicitly stated, judging by its tendency to join in the frolics every time, one can guess that it probably also enjoys this kind of atmosphere.
The next day, the array patterns had been repaired, and most of the small cabins were basically fixed, aside from the interiors. Feng Yuan wasn’t planning to continue working. Looking at the heavy snow still falling outside the array, Feng Yuan said
"How about going on an adventure today? Using the Ice Lotus Hot Spring as a resting point, we could explore the entire Eternal Frozen Soil and see what’s really going on here. I don’t believe a place allegedly housing five Divine Artifacts could be that simple."
Feng Yuan hadn’t paid much attention to the unusual weather, because this is the Eternal Frozen Soil, a naturally extreme danger zone. To Feng Yuan, snowstorms occurring here seemed perfectly normal, only prompting concern from those like Agunas who had studied related weather records.
Of course, even so, Feng Yuan noticed the peculiarities of the Eternal Frozen Soil. It’s not like the Divine Artifacts of the Mythical Era haven’t been left behind. The Imperial People have already seized so many of them. Clearly, many Mythical Era items weren’t completely destroyed during the Great Destruction, which isn’t surprising.
Isn’t that just how The Old World Continent is? The current population of the continent isn’t small at all. Although those Mythological Remnants are mostly descendants of the Mythical Era beings, it still reflects that the Mythical Era hasn’t fully ended.
But there’s a problem: Divine Artifacts, even in the Mythical Era, weren’t exactly common or cheap. In terms of numbers, these artifacts were even rarer than the Divine Beings.
Five Divine Artifacts gathered together? Theoretically possible, but... is this perhaps the ruins of a storage facility from some nation during the Mythical Era? Otherwise, how could there be five divine artifacts present?
Unless they were in a state of preservation, normally the Divine Artifacts would either be held by the Divine Beings or placed in specific locations for particular purposes. At least one thing is certain: under normal circumstances, the Divine Artifacts shouldn’t be clustered together.
As for why investigate this? It’s not that Feng Yuan is looking for trouble, but here Xiao Ji and the others can relax and have fun, and Feng Yuan doesn’t have anything urgent to do at the moment. He’s not worried about Maomu City either.
If nothing else, the troops that withdrew from the front lines aren’t to be underestimated; even if most are Fake Legend Level Beastmasters, their numbers alone would be quite a headache for the enemy.
So there’s really no significant reason for Feng Yuan to stay in Maomu City unless the opposition manages to produce a lot of Anti-Divine Beast Runes to attack the city, but...
With that kind of strength, why target an insignificant Maomu City over major cities? Feng Yuan doesn’t think the enemy would be that foolish.
Not needing to worry about Maomu City’s safety, Feng Yuan naturally wants to linger here a few more days. However, being this far removed from any settlements, he’s not able to just switch locations to play on his phone or computer.
As for what’s entertaining about the Eternal Frozen Soil? Not to mention that the Wild Spirit Beasts haven’t returned to their territories yet; even if they have, there aren’t really any significant wild spirit beast groups around the Eternal Frozen Soil.
It’s precisely because of this that Feng Yuan took on the idea of conducting an investigation. He wasn’t genuinely wanting to investigate anything; rather, he was just giving himself a reason to stay longer at the Ice Lotus Hot Spring.
Agunas observed Feng Yuan, but ultimately didn’t say anything. It had a hunch about why Feng Yuan made this suggestion, but coincidentally, it also wanted to investigate the abnormal changes in the Eternal Frozen Soil.
Although there wasn’t concrete evidence, the altering frequency of natural disasters left it suspecting that after the battle over the Divine Artifacts, something about the Eternal Frozen Soil may have changed in an unusual way.
It estimated that Feng Yuan hadn’t noticed the weather’s peculiarity, since the Eternal Frozen Soil itself was a high-risk area where natural disasters are expected. Therefore, Feng Yuan didn’t foresee any problems.
Given that, Agunas decided not to remind Feng Yuan. After all, considering his true strength, even if this evolution involved Divine Beast Level power, it wasn’t unsolvable.
Having decided on the next steps, Feng Yuan immediately began preparations. Since their rest stop would still be the Ice Lotus Hot Spring, Feng Yuan didn’t plan on making a fuss—simply sorted out his things and left a label.
Although theoretically other Beastmasters were unlikely to visit here at this time, as a precaution, reminding others that these items were claimed wasn’t a major mistake.
"Alright, let’s go. Let’s take this direction first. Hmm, about this weather... do any of you have ultimate moves to intervene?"
Clapping his hands, Feng Yuan affixed the labels and, glancing at the snow continuing to fall outside the door, spoke somewhat vexedly to Veronia and the others. At this moment, snow was still falling heavily outside.
Even though it was a lot more peaceful than the previous night’s blizzard, it still significantly obstructed their vision. In such natural weather, the conventional way to deal with it was to use weather-related ultimate moves to forcibly neutralize it.
But there’s a problem with that, which is that weather-related ultimate moves function in a fixed range. It wouldn’t be practical to keep casting weather moves successively, would it?
As for proceeding while enduring the snowstorm? It’s not impossible, but the severely obstructed visibility would impact their investigation considerably.
Besides, they have the capability, so why make things difficult for themselves? Feng Yuan wasn’t there to challenge himself.
"Area interference? I remember your Holy Mirror Radiance seems to have this effect?"
Agunas looked at Veronia. It did have similar ultimate moves, but those moves were rather dramatic, with a substantial range. On the other hand, Veronia, if it recalled correctly, seemed to have a more appropriately ranged area environment interference move.
"That’s right."
With a light snort, Veronia waved her small hand, and a small, exquisite silver mirror hovered beside her. The mirror emitted a dazzling yet gentle light. At the edge of the array, the swirling snow instantly created a void, as though an invisible bowl was inverted over the ground, blocking the falling snow.
"Let’s go and see what makes this place special, enough to gather so many Divine Artifacts from the Mythical Era."
Even though Veronia was standing near the center of the array, causing the Holy Mirror Radiance to only shield a small part of the snow, that was sufficient for Feng Yuan to evaluate the effect and range of the Holy Mirror Radiance.
It’s not especially large, but adequate. He had not expected to clear a vast area; in that case, it would have been better to clear away the snowfall altogether. The current setup was adequate.

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