Although he said so, Feng Yuan didn’t really believe that Divine Crystal Stones would appear in large quantities in a short time. Are you kidding? Recently, just the surge in the number of Legendary Levels is enough to cause internal conflict. If Divine Crystal Stones were to emerge, it might escalate into a world war over resource conflict.
And in a war of this level, even the Divine Beasts probably couldn’t suppress it. At that time, the main forces of the Main World would basically be drawn in. Trying to stop it would be almost impossible unless they want to go to war with humans. Yet humans are a crucial part of the world’s order, so they couldn’t possibly target humans with anything too outrageous.
If the humans of the Main World really did erupt in a terrifying civil war over resources, the Divine Beasts might truly be powerless. At this time, the emergence of the Divine Crystal Stones would only be adding fuel to the fire of this great war.
So, Feng Yuan didn’t think that Divine Crystal Stones would truly appear in a short time. As for whether Qi Chen and the others would attract the attention of illegal organizations by using them?
Feng Yuan wasn’t afraid of them, let alone the fact that the items were held by the Divine Beasts. Those people didn’t have the capability to snatch things from the hands of the Divine Beasts. Do they really think Agunas doesn’t have a temper? The only reason they’re ignored is that they are also part of the human social structure.
Should they truly anger the Divine Beasts, it’s not as if they couldn’t be removed. Even if there would be turmoil, it wouldn’t be very serious.
Besides those illegal organizations, almost no large organizations that form the mainstay of human society in the Main World would be interested in Divine Crystal Stones. For them, maintaining good relations with the Divine Beasts is much more important than coveting an unknown number of Divine Crystal Stones.
After a series of tests, Feng Yuan took out a portion of the Divine Crystal Stones and handed them to Qi Chen and the others, advising them not to lose them. Both agreed, having been left with lingering fears from that earlier dream-like experience. Although this thing doesn’t have enormous power, it seems it wouldn’t be difficult to cause chaos.
If it weren’t for the important significance to their actions, Qi Chen and the others might not even want to take the Divine Crystal Stones, fearing they would cause problems while in their possession.
After the three parted ways, Feng Yuan didn’t go home but returned to the dormitory of the academy. It wasn’t that he had any opinions about Qi Chen and them, but at this time, people scared by Old Wei and Zheranick’s actions needed to huddle together for comfort, and he didn’t particularly like that atmosphere.
"Ha~ Saying it’s for fun, but it’s just a bunch of troublesome stuff again."
Once back in the dormitory, Feng Yuan stretched with a helpless complaint on his face. He had no choice; he hadn’t expected the Molan Giant Pit to get involved with so many issues. But it wasn’t without any benefits; at least he had acquired the Divine Crystal Stones, which could be given to Xiao Ji to play with.
Compared to Mythical Transformation, Divine Crystal Stones excel in specialization. Although it doesn’t manifest on Xiao Ji, since Xiao Ji is an attack-based Spirit Beast, it doesn’t need to rely on a special rule to change its primary attribute linked to power like Cotton. However, that thing is more convenient than Mythical Transformation.
Thinking about the accessories on Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan felt a bit overwhelmed. The Spirit Beast Decorations had occupied Xiao Ji’s equipment slot. Unless in certain special circumstances, only one item can be merged into a Spirit Beast’s body at the same time.
Xiao Ji could only carry the Divine Crystal Stones directly, but with so many Divine Crystal Stones, Feng Yuan didn’t know where to let Xiao Ji hang them at the moment.
The neck? That’s also possible, but it’d be troublesome if they got knocked off during a fight. Feng Yuan couldn’t immediately find materials tough enough to withstand numerous Ultimate Moves or Divine Beast Techniques to embed the Divine Crystal Stones.
For the time being, Xiao Ji could only hold onto the Divine Crystal Stones, handing them over to Feng Yuan once used. As for carrying them around? That’s not possible for now, at least not until Xiao Ji removes the Spirit Beast Decorations.
However, even compared to Divine Crystal Stones, Spirit Beast Decorations added very little to Xiao Ji’s combat power, yet it was reluctant to take them off.
Feng Yuan didn’t care about what equipment Xiao Ji used. Whichever it was, it made no difference to him, as Xiao Ji didn’t lack that bit of combat power.
"You knew it would turn out like this, didn’t you?"
Veronia glanced at Feng Yuan and said unkindly. Every time this guy went out, he encountered a bunch of messy matters, not to mention that the Molan Giant Pit already had various problems.
Scratching his head, Feng Yuan giggled and said,
"I thought it wouldn’t be that troublesome."
If he really wanted to avoid it, Feng Yuan could have chosen not to go to the Molan Giant Pit in the first place. Even when he knew the place was suspicious, Feng Yuan still had the chance to avoid the muddy waters.
But Feng Yuan didn’t regret it, although he came across messy things, at least he helped that Stone Horror Spirit.
Thinking of that Stone Horror Spirit, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but sigh,
"I wonder if forcefully creating a time loop would cause any problems."
"Hmm, you didn’t think much about it when you did it, did you? But there shouldn’t be any big issues. Except for creating a new variant of Stone Horror Spirits, there’s nothing else that changed."
Veronia snorted and said, only to suddenly realize something and exclaim in surprise,
"Stone Horror Spirit variant?"
"It’s documented in the records. A whole new and different form of Stone Horror Spirit has emerged in addition to the normal Stone Horror Spirit form."
Flipping through the data on her phone, Veronia stated. Feng Yuan wasn’t surprised by this change, as long-term exposure to Divine Crystal Stones leading to alterations wasn’t hard to understand, not to mention the time loop that Stone Horror Spirit underwent, making it not surprising that it mutated.
Veronia merely mentioned the matter without saying it needed handling, and Feng Yuan wasn’t too concerned. This suggested that the change in the Stone Horror Spirit was simply adding a new unique mutated form to the Stone Horror Spirit Clan.
Though rare, mutated forms that can be inherited through bloodlines caused by special environments aren’t uncommon. The only thing Feng Yuan needed to pay attention to was whether the Stone Horror Spirit posed a large burden to the Time River.
But from the looks of it, probably not; otherwise, Veronia wouldn’t be speaking about it so casually.
"It’s quite amazing. Normal Stone Horror Spirits are Earth Attribute, but this new branch has become spatial attribute."
Seeing that Feng Yuan wasn’t reviewing the data, Veronia couldn’t help but say. Startled, Feng Yuan exclaimed in disbelief,
"Spatial attribute? That can’t be right; none of them seem related to space."
A time loop is a power of time and has nothing to do with space, while the Divine Crystal Stones themselves are attributeless and lack spatial characteristics. Theoretically, it shouldn’t change a Spirit Beast’s attribute because of this.
Moreover, when sending the Stone Horror Spirit back, Feng Yuan didn’t detect any unusual attribute power from it.
"Who knows, maybe its later experiences caused an alteration in its attributes,"
Veronia also didn’t understand what had happened. She wasn’t a time-related Divine Beast, and the records didn’t explain why the Stone Horror Spirit turned into a spatial attribute. Nonetheless, this branch of Stone Horror Spirits was indeed peculiar.
Although only a small amount of Divine Crystal Stones’ energy remained, long-term exposure to their energy led the Stone Horror Spirit to an unforeseen transformation. According to the records, Veronia had reason to suspect it had the ability to condense Divine Crystal Stones.
However, it seemed this ability was restricted, now manifesting as a unique ability to pre-accumulate and enhance its ultimate moves a second time.
"Since it hasn’t impacted the Time River, let’s not worry about it. Hmm, take a look, where should we go next? With Old Wei causing such a fuss, all the celebratory events around will likely be halted for a while."
Spreading out a large military map with information on the surroundings of Maomu City across the table, Feng Yuan said to Veronia. Xiao Ji leaned in, staring at the map with a puzzled expression.
Veronia cast a glance at the map and said,
"Where’d you manage to snag a map like this from?"
This map not only detailed the surrounding cities but also included terrain and other parameters. Veronia doubted the Special Duty Team would provide such a level of map to Feng Yuan.
It’s wasteful, and more so, the map is beyond the Special Duty Team’s access level.
"Agunas, it helped me get it,"
Feng Yuan casually replied, examining the map with Xiao Ji. Veronia was taken aback, though it wasn’t surprising that Agunas could produce a map of such caliber, given its command over all historical records, including maps.
What puzzled her was why Little Crocodile provided such a level of map to Feng Yuan. For him, there wasn’t much difference between this and a regular map, and careless leaks could cause trouble.

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