Chapter 2685 - 2686: Hot Spring Platform

Methods that confuse direction perception aren’t very useful for Divine Beasts. Of course, in certain situations where spatial destruction isn’t possible, they still have a purpose, but most of the time, Divine Beasts can tear through space directly, making the notion of getting lost meaningless.

Hence, Feng Yuan didn’t pay much attention to Xiao Ji’s ability in this area, since its scope of application is too narrow and is currently unnecessary for Xiao Ji.

Initially, Xiao Ji confidently thought it could directly circle back downstairs, as each floor between the two buildings is connected by a corridor. However, when it got back to the second floor and found no sign of Feng Yuan, it started to panic.

Running around aimlessly in the Floating Cloud Pavilion, Xiao Ji soon forgot the way it came, so it could only keep running blindly, trying to rely on luck to return to its original position.

Feng Yuan wasn’t aware that Xiao Ji was running around the Floating Cloud Pavilion. Still, he had anticipated that Xiao Ji might get lost given the unique structure of this place. If Xiao Ji wasn’t careful from the start, getting lost was almost guaranteed.

Of course, because Feng Yuan remained stationary, Xiao Ji still had a chance to return here if it kept wandering.

Taking out his phone, Feng Yuan casually checked the current news. After a while, Feng Yuan was somewhat surprised and said,

"Looks like the war is almost over. There haven’t been any news of attacks for several hours now. The Imperial People must be retreating back to their territory."

Due to the inability of the Divine Beast intelligence network to transmit messages across timelines, Feng Yuan wasn’t aware of the situation on The Imperial Timeline. But based on the news, Feng Yuan estimated that things should be quite good there, at least the Imperial People no longer have the energy to cause trouble.

As for whether they’re planning to gather another big wave? Feng Yuan is more inclined to think it’s impossible. If nothing else, Agunas wouldn’t allow the Imperial People to be so arrogant. If they’re provoked, Feng Yuan has no doubt Agunas would fully unleash its power and push forward.

Don’t forget, even Agunas has the ability to annihilate temporal offshoots. However, it’s so damaging to world order that Agunas would never do it unless absolutely necessary.

"Indeed, the Little Crocodile and the others are probably close to reaching their core areas by now, but unfortunately, they haven’t sent back any messages during this time."

With a light hum, Veronia said, since Agunas didn’t send anyone to deliver messages, the Divine Beasts that didn’t follow over have no idea what’s happening there.

Although the United Army might know internally, they wouldn’t actively make this widely known unless necessary.

"Hmm, let’s hope the Imperial People don’t immediately start attacking the war timeline after they’re done, or else that would really be..."

With a deep sigh, Feng Yuan said somewhat helplessly, there’s no one familiar on The Imperial Timeline, so the battle goes on. On the war timeline... Feng Yuan doesn’t know if War Qichen can persuade those people.

"So, would you back down?"

"No way, if they really invade Great Xia, then we must fight."

Shaking his head slightly, Feng Yuan said without hesitation. Although he had been through some things with War Qichen, compared to the Main World, their relationship still wasn’t that strong. If opposing, Feng Yuan would unhesitatingly choose the side where the relationship is better.

As for the consequences... he sighed inwardly but wasn’t too bothered, as it’s not the first time...

After wandering around for a long time, Xiao Ji finally bumped into Feng Yuan again. Seeing Feng Yuan, Xiao Ji rushed over. Hugging Xiao Ji, comforting its wails, Feng Yuan said amusedly,

"You, don’t you know you can fly from outside?"

No matter how clever the interior design is, flying from outside the Floating Cloud Pavilion, ignoring its internal structure, won’t lead you into traps. The exterior design doesn’t have many confusing elements.

This is one flaw Feng Yuan noticed. Perhaps it’s not really a flaw, as the Floating Cloud Pavilion’s exterior appearance must be kept elegant; forcing changes would make it far less attractive from the outside.

The crying Xiao Ji paused upon hearing Feng Yuan’s words. It hadn’t thought of flying over from outside. This was because Feng Yuan is in the corridor, visible from outside. If he were in a room, it wouldn’t have worked.

It’s just that it couldn’t find out which room, given that the style of the building is so similar, and the windows don’t open. Even if it locates the room, it couldn’t get inside.

This is one reason Feng Yuan didn’t wait in a room for Xiao Ji; he considered Xiao Ji might get lost while wandering around. What he didn’t expect was Xiao Ji would forget it could fly.

As for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound? Feng Yuan wasn’t worried about it getting lost. Glancing at the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound lying on the ground wagging its tail and watching the show, Feng Yuan was too lazy to expose it.

Although Floating Cloud Pavilion uses visual interference and special materials to confuse Spirit Beasts’ sense of direction, this isn’t a problem for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound. Don’t forget it’s a canine Spirit Beast; its keen sense of smell allows it to easily find Feng Yuan’s location amidst visual interference, and even find the paths with some effort.

However, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound evidently didn’t tell Xiao Ji this fact. Whether it wants to slack off or has its own thoughts is unknown to Feng Yuan, but he didn’t care about it.

Under Feng Yuan’s soothing, Xiao Ji quickly calmed down. Perhaps thinking its earlier behavior of jumping into Feng Yuan’s arms and crying was embarrassing, Xiao Ji broke free and stood with its back to Feng Yuan, seemingly doing something.

Putting away his phone, Feng Yuan stretched lazily and looked at Veronia and Tamur, saying,

"Alright, we’re done with the Floating Cloud Pavilion. Shall we go relax at the Hot Spring Platform next?"

"Is it okay?"

Despite everything, Xiao Ji isn’t particularly fond of water. Normally it’s fine, but having just been through this episode, dragging Xiao Ji to soak in hot springs might seem a bit...

Before Feng Yuan could say anything, Xiao Ji turned around with wings spread, calling out. Veronia looked at Xiao Ji in surprise and said,

"You actually say it’s alright? That’s really strange."

Seeing Xiao Ji acting all grown-up, Feng Yuan chuckled and patted its head, saying,

"If you don’t like it, we can skip it. There’s nothing particularly special about that place."

Shaking its head at Feng Yuan, Xiao Ji wasn’t planning to change its mind. Seeing how persistent it was, Feng Yuan didn’t persuade any further. After all, in its current eagle form, Xiao Ji doesn’t dislike water, so it’s not a big issue.

As for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound? It has a water-shielding tool, so it’s fine. Moreover, Feng Yuan wasn’t planning to force the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound into water.

Casually picking up Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan held it in his arms, signaling the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, intending to head to the Hot Spring Platform.

The Hot Spring Platform is the relaxation facility in this cave, with no training functions. The whole Hot Spring Platform is made of special light green jade, with numerous clouds and cranes carved into the jade.

Hot spring water gushes from the dragon head jade carving, flowing through three lotus-leaf-shaped pools in succession, eventually disappearing from the trough at the edge of the lowest pool.

The hot spring water here isn’t entirely natural. Throughout the water diversion process, Chishan Village installed special minerals. As water flows, these minerals shed Special Energy and elements into the stream that enter the hot spring pools.

These special energies and elements can effectively relieve the fatigue of humans and Spirit Beasts, which is the hallmark of the Hot Spring Platform, providing relaxation amidst intensive training.

For Feng Yuan, this primary function is rather useless, for neither he nor Xiao Ji have engaged much in training, so fatigue isn’t an issue.

"It feels much the same as a regular hot spring, but that’s to be expected."

Soaking in the hot spring water, Feng Yuan looked at Xiao Ji and said, Xiao Ji’s wings spread open, floating on the water surface. While it doesn’t require the restorative effects of the Hot Spring Platform, the energy-rich spring water certainly made it feel comfortable.

In contrast, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound felt no difference because it doesn’t actually touch the water, thus the energies and elements don’t affect it, naturally having no special feeling.

"Who are you? Didn’t expect someone else to choose this place like me."

While Feng Yuan was amusing Xiao Ji, a slightly deep voice rang out behind him. Feng Yuan paused and turned to see who it was. If he guessed right, the person who had chosen this place earlier should be the Beastmaster.