Just as Xiao Ji was about to take Feng Yuan into the restaurant, Feng Yuan put down his phone and said
"Long Boduo will be here later, is there enough space here?"
"What do you think? But only Long Boduo?"
Veronia turned around and put away her parasol, asking in surprise. At this mont, there were more than just Long Boduo among the Divine Beasts in the Golden Feather Dynasty Treasury. Not to ntion those who had an average relationship with Feng Yuan, even Yimu Qingling was here. She didn’t expect Feng Yuan hadn’t invited him.
Rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan said in annoyance,
"Qi Chen and the others don’t have ti to co and play. It seems there are quite a few new discoveries over at the ruins. But you guys stayed there before, did you notice anything special?"
Compared to other Divine Beasts, Veronia and the others, who once lived in the Mythical Era, would be more aware of these things. However, both Agunas and Veronia shook their heads, indicating they hadn’t seen anything particularly noteworthy.
The issues with Kastanos need to be resolved together with Lorraine Tower. The various chanisms and sudden situations within the ruins significantly benefit the students’ training.
To ensure normal class hours aren’t affected, the academy has agreed with Jin Sha Academy to use their venue at less important tis. Everyone will leave the excavation site to attend classes at Jin Sha Academy. But the subsequent cleanup work is tedious and prolonged, so the academy is considering whether to end this operation.
While staying in the classroom at Jin Sha Academy, listening to the teacher’s lecture, Feng Yuan yawned and looked out the window. Compared to the familiar scenery of Maomu Academy, Jin Sha Academy clearly had a different look.
To showcase the characteristics of Jin Sha City, even Jin Sha Academy’s buildings differ from ordinary cent houses, with structures featuring local characteristics occupying much more land. This also resulted in Jin Sha Academy’s campus being significantly larger than Maomu Academy’s.
Looking at that Faux Huangyan Three-Story Building, Feng Yuan thought of sothing and brought out a map. He had always been curious about one thing—although Jin Sha City is said to be at the edge of the Kastanos, this sand sea is quite special.
Apart from Kastanos, there is no transition; it is directly surrounded by mountains and forests. As sand deserts go, Kastanos is not very large. Upon consulting weather records, Feng Yuan found that sandstorms are concentrated in Jin Sha City, with nearby forests hardly affected by sand sea storms.
This obviously controlled weather, even Feng Yuan wasn’t sure if it had anything to do with Kastanos, because besides the mysterious dragon shadow in Kastanos possibly doing such a thing, it could also be forces behind the forest limiting the expansion of Kastanos.
Unable to sleep due to the change of environnt, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but start researching the history of Jin Sha City. Then, he noticed sothing unusual in the city’s history.
In the early Dynasty Era, from when historical docunts began recording, Kastanos was constantly expanding. By the ti of Tianpan Nation, the sand sea reached its peak, and the forests near Jin Sha City were within the desert’s scope.
Kastanos also got its na during that ti. Of course, while reviewing map information, he noticed large patches of arid land outside the regular sand sea scope.
However, starting from the Tianpan Nation period, Kastanos began to shrink, and surrounding forests gradually reclaid areas once occupied by the sand sea, leading Kastanos to appear sowhat misnad in the present day.
Archaeological teams hadn’t noticed this because similar changes abound globally. Initially, so suspected whether such significant environntal changes were due to special factors, but unfortunately, repeated investigations concluded the changes were related to Spirit Beast populations.
Many Spirit Beasts have the ability to gradually alter the environnt of their habitats. The lack of desert Spirit Beasts in Kastanos made it possible for Spirit Beasts skilled at greening to gradually encroach upon the sand sea’s territory.
Yet, combining the mysterious dragon shadow in Kastanos, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but suspect whether so special places exist in the surrounding forests.
With this in mind, Feng Yuan no longer hesitated. Although enjoying student life was quite nice, sothing more fun was now available, letting that class business slide to the side~
Seeing Feng Yuan take leave, Qi Chen was not surprised. After all, Feng Yuan had played a significant role in this ruin exploration, making considerable progress in both Rock Peak Treasury and Yellow Sand Well, so his sudden departure might indicate the discovery of sothing.
Agunas wasn’t focused here, thus hadn’t noticed Feng Yuan suddenly leaving. But Veronia, who was walking the little fla wolf, saw Feng Yuan coming out of the teaching building. Approaching him, she asked,
"Where are you going?"
"Taking a stroll nearby, but what are you doing?"
Noticing the little fla wolf at Veronia’s feet, Feng Yuan asked in surprise. He couldn’t understand why Veronia had tied a leash to the little fla wolf, considering it’s a Spirit Beast, not a dog, right?
"It’s fun."
Glancing at the little fla wolf trying to tear the leash with its claws when she wasn’t paying attention, Veronia said mischievously as Feng Yuan rubbed his temples,
"I plan to investigate the nearby forests. Want to co with ?"
"Nearby forests? Is there sothing wrong with that place?"
With a gentle wave of the leash in her hand, the dark red leash instantly dissolved into light particles and disappeared. Paying no mind to the little fla wolf that hid by Feng Yuan’s side, Veronia asked Feng Yuan with confusion. Is there sothing special about the forests that would make Feng Yuan skip class to investigate?
Regarding this environnt transitioning directly from desert to woodland, Veronia didn’t see anything problematic because a large number of Spirit Beasts reside in nearby forests, many of whom excel at transforming the environnt into dense woods.
"The first discovery of the ruins in Kastanos points back to Tianpan Nation. It was precisely during Tianpan Nation that Kastanos stopped expanding and began to shrink. Do you think this is a coincidence?"
"If that’s the case, coincidence is possible. After all, Spirit Beast migrations were quite frequent during that period. It might even be due to the sand sea shrinking that caused Tianpan Nation to discover the ruins in Kastanos."
Looking at Feng Yuan, Veronia couldn’t understand his logic. After a mont of silence, Feng Yuan shook his head and said,
"I just suspect there might be an issue, but I’m unclear about specifics. Plus, I always found it strange that Kastanos lacks desert Spirit Beasts."
"If this sand sea was created by that mysterious dragon shadow or the Kastanos ruins, it wouldn’t be strange. But if that’s the case, the shrinkage of the sand sea doesn’t make sense. At least during Tianpan Nation, there shouldn’t be a need to forcibly defy that special force to change the environnt."
With a hand supporting her chin, Veronia said, her brows slightly furrowed, now she, too, noticed sothing amiss. Whether the mysterious dragon shadow or the Kastanos ruins created Kastanos, it would an the sand sea’s formation involved a special kind of power.
Though this doesn’t an ordinary Spirit Beasts couldn’t counteract it, the number of Wild Spirit Beasts in Tianpan Nation was not large. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t need to forcibly resist that special power for greening.
Of course, if this sand sea naturally ford, this suspicion naturally wouldn’t apply. But... is this sand sea truly naturally ford?
Veronia wasn’t sure. Kastantos is Rock Peak Country; even during the Mythical Era, their feature wasn’t deserts of endless sand but towering peaks reaching the clouds, with no lack of vegetation.
Although the discovered relics related to Kastantos were all concerned with rocks, essentially, they were still about Rock Peak Treasury’s techniques. Kastantos valued steep peaks, so their Rock Peak Treasury naturally lacked technological elents beyond rocks.
However, at the foot of mountains and other platforms amid the mountains, Kastantos actually chose to plant vegetation. They even specifically researched a collection of plants that grow on steep rock walls. With this in mind, does Kastanos seem a little special?
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