Chapter 1566: Chapter 1567: The Banquet

“Woo woo~ Stop it~”

Little Claw once again tried to swat away the hand touching its ear tip, Little Husky said discontentedly, Agunas glanced at Veronia and said,

“Didn’t you say you wanted to wake him up?”

“Aren’t I doing that now?”

Glancing at Agunas, Veronia said with a mischievous smile. Xiao Ji took a look over and realized that the usual methods to wake Little Husky weren’t going to work this time.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. Little Husky smelled something and kept sniffing, rubbed its eyes, yawned, stretched, stood up, shook its ears, looked at Veronia unhappily, and reverted to its original form saying,

“Geez, why wake me up? Huh? Why is it dark?”

At this moment, Feng Yuan noticed that it had somehow become completely dark outside. Could it be… Rubbing his stomach, Feng Yuan realized he was indeed hungry. Agunas opened the door and saw Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan standing outside, saying in confusion,

“Did you need him for something?”

“I called but he didn’t answer, so we came to see if something was up. Everyone’s in the banquet hall, not sure if he’ll come.”

“A banquet?”

Hearing Dou Yanlan’s words, Feng Yuan scratched his head feeling puzzled. After all, apart from that, they were still in a Different Space, holding a banquet at this time? Aren’t they afraid of people gossiping?

“It seems everyone discussed it before. Originally, it was to be canceled, but the academy thought given the stifling environment, it might be better to let people relax a bit, so they let the freshmen banquet go on as planned.”

Despite saying that, Dou Yanlan still felt something was off, but considering other grades weren’t holding any entertainment activities, and many were even arranged by the academy to maintain order nearby, maybe it really was due to the freshmen?

“Hmm, so you guys aren’t planning to go?”

Noticing they were both dressed in regular clothes, Feng Yuan scratched his head and said. Qi Chen sighed and said,

“Of course not, we just came to find you first, since our dorm is much closer to the banquet hall than yours.”

“We’re heading out first, see you at the banquet hall later.”

Dou Yanlan said with a slight smile, pulling Qi Chen away, leaving Feng Yuan scratching his head saying,

“Freshmen banquet? It seems by tradition it should be around this time, but…”

“In truth, there’s not much the freshmen can do right now, not adding trouble for them is the best help.”

Swishing his tail, Agunas said bluntly, after all, apart from a few, this group of freshmen weren’t much stronger than ordinary people, and due to the short time, their skills compared to someone over thirty were still somewhat lacking. No matter the potential, a ten-year-old trained Beast Tamer is naturally stronger than a mere year of training for freshmen.

“You do have a point, but what a shame for the food Big Cat made.”

Looking towards the kitchen, Feng Yuan said somewhat regretfully. Big Cat peeked out of the kitchen, mewling in bewilderment at Feng Yuan, seemingly not understanding what was happening. Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan and said,

“You really have a dog’s nose; you can smell even that.”

“Hehe~ Huskies are dogs, after all~”

“Don’t worry, Big Cat made desserts, you can eat them when you get back.”

Swishing his tail, Agunas turned around backing away, while Big Cat mewed, seeming to say something, Agunas translated,

“Big Cat says it needs to finish the pastries before looking for you.”

“Uh, can it find its way? I remember the banquet hall was rather out of the way.”

Worriedly looking at the kitchen, Feng Yuan said. Rolling his eyes, Agunas said,

“Kong Qing knows the way, plus it’s not like it can’t ask other students.”

Though Big Cat couldn’t speak, it could use a phone, for actual communication, it could easily write out texts, apart from slightly cumbersome, there were no problems.

“So, should Kong Qing wait for it? Alright, I’ll go change clothes, how about you guys?”

“It wouldn’t hurt to check out the freshmen banquet, after all, nothing else to be done right now. The Fire Vermilion Birds’ attempt to breach the sky-lock failed, luckily didn’t stir anything up, but for now, no further probing.”

Glancing at Agunas, Veronia nonchalantly said. Though not preventing them from trying, she didn’t have high hopes for it, because if it were that easily resolved, Feng Yuan wouldn’t have remained unmoved, believing these random level-hopping games weren’t necessarily interesting to Feng Yuan.

A bit amazed that the Divine Beasts were probing so directly, Feng Yuan, busy changing clothes, didn’t inquire further. Though not entirely sure, he suspected the mastermind wasn’t that… bloodthirsty.

Putting on a military-style uniform, Feng Yuan patted the back of Xiao Ji, signaling it to follow. At the banquet hall, Feng Yuan was surprised by the attire of the crowd, with many in formal wear and several in old school uniforms. Seeing this, Feng Yuan was stunned. What on earth was this?

“I told you he’d have formal wear, you wouldn’t believe it.”

Just then, Wu Dingwu approached, eyeing Feng Yuan’s ensemble with some envy. His attire was just a common formal wear, surprised Feng Yuan had already mingled with the military.

“Feng Yuan, why are you only getting here now?”

Qi Chen, noticing Feng Yuan’s arrival, brought Dou Yanlan over and scrutinizing asked him, they had returned to the dorm to change before coming over but were surprised he was even later. Feng Yuan glanced at their attire and said,

“It’s because this outfit takes time to put on, couldn’t help it with all those annoying trinkets and stuff.”

“Is that really so? Then why…”

Eyeing Feng Yuan suspiciously, Qi Chen didn’t quite believe him, knowing how much he hated troublesome things, how could he wear such a cumbersome outfit? Moreover, just from appearances, it didn’t seem that bothersome.

“Isn’t it the freshmen banquet? Thought to be more formal, otherwise it wouldn’t be as troublesome.”

Shrugging, Feng Yuan said helplessly, Wu Dingwu looked at him and invited,

“Would you like to come and drink with us? Everyone’s curious about your strength~”

“Alcohol? No thanks, not interested, plus I might end up going wild~”

Showing a sly smile, Feng Yuan said. Wu Dingwu initially wanted to say it’s fine but suddenly remembered Feng Yuan’s terrifying strength. If drunk, they might not be able to control him, weighing pros and cons he said,

“Juice should be fine, right? How about it?”

“Juice is okay.”

Not understanding why Wu Dingwu kept inviting him, Feng Yuan didn’t mind too much. After all, they were classmates, and he wouldn’t completely ignore them. Back in high school, he merely wasn’t proactive in socializing.

Watching Feng Yuan leave with Wu Dingwu, Qi Chen worriedly said,

“He won’t get into arguments with others, right?”

“Probably not, he didn’t argue much with others back in school, moreover, academy peers are different from high school ones.”

Shaking her head, Dou Yanlan said, then turning to Qi Chen,

“Ah Chen, how about we go over there? You can probably have a bit to drink, right?”

“Well, I’m unsure about my tolerance…”

Scratching his head, Qi Chen said uncertainly. Though he didn’t abstain like Feng Yuan, he hadn’t drunk much either; Dou Yanlan smiled, pulling him towards the gathering classmates.

This banquet, with only class 1 students absent, was attended by all other classes. Here, they conversed, occasionally complaining about academy restrictions. During the first weekend, aside from Feng Yuan taking some for external assignments, everyone else relaxed like a normal off-day. As for taking academy tasks?

The skill evaluation was a hurdle they couldn’t pass, joining senior squads, without the qualification or courage,

Of course, their talks inevitably included envy of class 1, with their generally stronger abilities, many passed the evaluations. However, now knowing Feng Yuan directly took on Special Duty Team assignments, the envy of class 1 students diminished.

No matter what, class 1 students couldn’t undertake tasks of the Special Duty Team level. Even for Yang Hong’s age group, only a few squads had that qualification.