"You don’t know? Then why has the White Wolf Deity become the totem of Chonghua City?"
Seeing Feng Yuan’s puzzled look which didn’t seem feigned, Qi Chen found it a bit strange, he pointed at the White Wolf plush toy in Dou Yanlan’s hand and said,
"That was brought over by merchants who came here to promote the local specialties of Chonghua City, are you really saying it has nothing to do with you?"
He and Dou Yanlan were sure that Chonghua City definitely didn’t have that thing before, the time correction and its connection with the White Wolf Deity made Feng Yuan very suspicious.
"Not at all..."
Feng Yuan was baffled by this, Agunas thought for a moment and said,
"It’s probably the impact of the continuously corrected past. I remember that Chonghua City had some relation with Mo Li, perhaps something special happened during His projections."
"Is that so?"
Feng Yuan had his reservations, but if that was the case, he didn’t need to worry too much. Such corrections were ongoing, and even if there were traces of the White Wolf Deity in Chonghua City now, it didn’t mean they would still be there after he completed his engravings.
Whether or not a special situation had arisen was not easy to judge at the moment, but it was probably related to him.
"That toy isn’t made very well, aren’t they afraid that the White Wolf Deity will get angry by playing this way?"
"It seems they’d rather have the White Wolf Deity jump out and scold them."
Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Dou Yanlan hesitantly said after rolling her eyes, Feng Yuan said speechlessly,
"What’s wrong with them."
"Because it’s been a long time since the White Wolf Deity appeared in Chonghua City, they suspect..."
"That the White Wolf Deity is squatting in the Great Li Dynasty, how could he possibly appear?"
Feng Yuan said annoedly, while Agunas flicked his tail and said with some astonishment,
"Unique in time and space? Is it really that special?"
"While it’s not to that extent, unless something very significant happens, the White Wolf Deity won’t show himself to the public."
"Unique in time and space..."
Hearing Feng Yuan’s explanation, Dou Yanlan seemed to recall something, Qi Chen glanced behind Feng Yuan and asked,
"Where’s Xiao Ji? Did you leave him behind again?"
"How could I? He’s over that way."
Since it was just time for class to begin, Qi Chen had not gone over to the corner where Feng Yuan stored the training equipment, so he didn’t notice that Xiao Ji had already hidden himself there to exercise.
"Did Little Green Snake run off?"
Noticing that Feng Yuan was holding Pomiti and followed by Big Cat, but the Little Green Snake who usually helped him look after Pomiti was nowhere to be found, neither by Feng Yuan’s side nor near Xiao Ji.
"No, he’s in the dorm, getting ready for evolution."
"Evolution? It seems you haven’t prepared any materials for it, right?"
Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan skeptically and shrugged. Feng Yuan said helplessly,
"I was planning to prepare it before, but now it’s temporarily not necessary."
"Has it evolved?"
"No, it’s in there trying to figure out a new evolutionary path, because the original evolutionary path really isn’t great."
"Can it succeed all by itself?"
Dou Yanlan looked at Feng Yuan doubtfully. According to current theory, there isn’t any evolutionary path that wasn’t built upon the bones of predecessors. Could a single Spirit Beast carve out a completely new path of evolution all on its own? Theoretically, that would require a tiny miracle.
"Well... It’s almost like Xiao Ji, there isn’t much loss if the evolution fails. But it’s not evolving at the Native Level, once the evolutionary path is confirmed, it’ll require evolutionary materials."
"I remember you didn’t prepare any evolutionary materials when Xiao Ji evolved. Do you have sufficient evolutionary materials on you now?"
Qi Chen eyed Feng Yuan suspiciously. Feng Yuan spread his hands and said,
"I don’t have any on me, but the wilderness does. Plus, its evolutionary materials are relatively easy to obtain, there’s plenty at Lorraine Tower."
"And there’s also a certain somebody sponsoring with friendship..."
In the dormitory, Gitalien in his human form smilingly said to the Little Green Snake, which had failed yet again,
"Don’t be in a hurry, try again once you’re ready. I have plenty of materials, just remember to help me share some responsibilities when you’re capable, alright?"
The Little Green Snake nodded gratefully and closed its eyes to reflect on previous mistakes. If it simply used the intervention of Divine Beast powers, it could have completed the evolution long ago, but now, it sought an evolutionary path that ordinary Little Green Snakes could also travel. This meant many convenient things could no longer be used.
Rare materials and irreproducible miracles had to be excluded, and excessively high difficulties abandoned, they had to find a new balance between difficulty and strength.
"If you want to surpass the current evolutionary path, the difficulty of evolution will certainly increase; otherwise, you won’t be able to achieve a significant enhancement in strength after evolution, unless you are willing to compensate with very rare materials."
"Nothing is perfect, don’t get too hung up on minor details."
Meanwhile, Gitalien kept babbling on the side. After learning that there was an additional Space Series Divine Beast, it had left its rare day off and hurried over immediately, adopting the role of a caring uncle as it looked after Little Green Snake.
Space Series Divine Beasts were truly rare. Currently, it was the only one still active, whereas Lorraine Tower had Agunas and the White Wolf Deity to share the burden. Without any beasts to help, encountering one capable of sharing the load naturally meant extra care.
"You, hovering around it all the time only increases its pressure."
Hearing the voice, Gitalien turned its head in dissatisfaction and glared at Lorraine Tower, saying
"You’re scaring me again! Why are you here? How come the old gatekeeper below actually let you in?"
"All I did was recreate a certain fool’s Space Gate, have you forgotten... All gates leading to significant areas must be opened with your authority, no matter the distance!"
Seeing that Lorraine Tower seemed genuinely angry, Gitalien shrunk its neck and said in a low voice,
"I didn’t think it was necessary, and the Space Gate activated with authority makes too much commotion..."
"Although it’s nothing much for him..."
Head held high, the humanoid Lorraine Tower gave Gitalien a severe side glance and said sharply,
"But have you forgotten about his friend?! If anything happens to his friend, are you sure you can handle the situation?!"
Gitalien shrank its neck, not daring to argue further, and it very well understood that if it admitted its fault obediently in front of an angry Lorraine Tower, that would be fine. But if it continued to resist, Lorraine Tower might actually resort to using force to persuade it.
After a while, having been scolded thoroughly by Lorraine Tower, Gitalien weakly asked,
"Why are you here? Are you looking for him for something?"
"That’s not it. I was actually on my way to find you, then I found out you’ve been misusing conventional Space Gates."
Seeing that Lorraine Tower seemed to want to scold it again, Gitalien hurriedly interrupted,
"What’s so important that you need to make a trip yourself to find me?"
It had opened the Space Gate in its temporary den, and Lorraine Tower would have been none the wiser about its actions if it hadn’t come. Glancing at Little Green Snake, Lorraine Tower said,
"Haven’t you noticed anything amiss?"
"Amiss? I don’t think so. Apart from more frequent temporal corrections lately, I haven’t noticed anything special."
"Temporal correction is his fixed influence, isn’t it?"
"I’m not referring to that matter. Have you really not sensed anything at all?"
Lorraine Tower, seeing that Gitalien seemed not to be lying, stared intently at Gitalien and asked solemnly. Shaking its head in confusion, Gitalien replied,
"Stop speaking in riddles; I truly haven’t discovered anything."
"Let’s go to the Land of Time Tranquility."
As Lorraine Tower spoke, it grabbed Gitalien and disappeared from the room. Although this was Feng Yuan’s dormitory, no special protective measures had been set up by him, so Lorraine Tower could only take Gitalien to the relatively safer Land of Time Tranquility to talk.
After the two gods of space and time left, only Little Green Snake remained there in contemplation, its tail ceaselessly sweeping as if it were deeply concerned about the conversation that had just taken place between Lorraine Tower and itself.
"Oh oh~ A haunted house adventure~"
Feng Yuan said excitedly on Friday night, and Qi Chen glanced at Feng Yuan, saying
"I’ve never seen you so excited before. Is there some kind of scheme behind this?"
"Not at all~ I’m just looking forward to it~ Look into my sincere eyes~"
"Sorry, all I see is your intention to stir up trouble."
"Consider it a favor I’m asking of you. Chen Xin worked hard to organize this event, so please don’t make any trouble, okay?"
Upon hearing Qi Chen’s words, Feng Yuan said somewhat aggrievedly,
"You don’t trust me..."
"This..."
Fooled by Feng Yuan’s acting, Qi Chen momentarily doubted whether he had made a mistake, when Agunas pulled out a smaller black Ancient Book from behind Feng Yuan’s back, saying,
"Please don’t take this thing to scare the ghosts... It might accidentally give them mental trauma."
"Hey, hey! That’s my weapon... Er, my amulet!"
"I really shouldn’t have trusted you!"
Seeing this, Qi Chen knew immediately he had been conned by that fellow again.

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