Divine Beast Creator

Chapter 2386 - 2387: Special Event

Originally, Feng Yuan intended to continue enjoying the snowy scenery, but the knock on the door by the waiter changed his mind. Or rather, all the courtyards still lit after ten o’clock tonight will receive special reminders from the accommodation service provider.

"Is there a special event tomorrow?"

Veronia was quite surprised. The waiter didn’t come in, but was granted permission to loudly remind Feng Yuan and the others through the door. The purpose was naturally to prevent tourists from sleeping too late and missing the special event the next day.

Feng Yuan couldn’t help but be curious as he stroked his chin. When he called Liao Yu earlier, he also inquired about the affairs of Hot Springs Town. Although the Maomu Special Service Team doesn’t manage this area, they can actively query the special service team’s file records in Baiman City because of the coordinated notification.

If anything went wrong here, the Baiman Special Service Team would have records. However, Liao Yu’s query results showed that everything was normal, so the red shadow incident definitely wasn’t a big problem. Otherwise, the Special Service Team would definitely have records.

That means it was just an accident. However, the subsequent activities were a bit strange, because normally, holding large-scale events would also require filing consultations.

Although Liao Yu didn’t have the qualification to find specific information, he could check whether there was any filing, and the result was that Hot Springs Town filed an emergency report just yesterday.

Feng Yuan was certain that the emergency report was indeed concerning the current snowstorm and the upcoming event. However, this also meant that Hot Springs Town had decided on this event at the last minute.

To pull off such a well-organized temporary event, Hot Springs Town is really impressive.

Thinking to himself, Feng Yuan didn’t have the desire to get to the bottom of it. As long as there were no accidents, a bit of surprise is better when playing out~

Because of the waiter’s reminder, Hot Springs Town was exceptionally serene tonight. Even the bars that were still open didn’t have many tourists. Most people were eagerly anticipating what tomorrow’s event at Hot Springs Town could be.

Feng Yuan and his group weren’t an exception. Although Feng Yuan felt that staying up late would not really matter for him, he still opted to go for an early rest after some consideration.

The snowstorm did not cease even after most people had fallen asleep. For the staff at Hot Springs Town, this was undoubtedly troublesome. Yet, nobody suggested stopping the snowstorm temporarily in the deep and silent hours.

This practice naturally astonished some people waking up at night, as most people assumed that there was no need to maintain continuous snowfall during the peaceful hours of the night at Hot Springs Town.

After all, this was not normal weather. Even maintaining snow requires the power of Spirit Beasts for sustenance. Theoretically, the best option is to halt this weather temporarily when almost no tourists are awake during such silent hours.

Not only does this spare the Spirit Beasts a bit of rest, it also reduces the workload of the cleaning staff.

Mind you, this is a snowstorm. If no one was constantly clearing the snow, the accumulation would be enough to bury the whole of Hot Springs Town.

But Hot Springs Town seemed unconcerned about the wastage, maintaining the environment even during the deep night when there were scarcely any tourist activities, regardless of whether anyone was appreciating it.

The next day, waking up to the hazy sky and snowflakes falling everywhere, Feng Yuan said in wonder:

"This snow is really lasting."

At the moment, the courtyard had piled up with thick snow. If not for the waiter helping them with installing snow removal devices at the door yesterday, they might have had to find a way to clear the accumulated snow outside the door just to step out.

With no solutions and after a night of accumulation, the snow in the courtyard was nearly reaching the roof’s height. Such an amount of snow makes even a door that opens inward problematic.

As for the snow inside the courtyard, the hotel had reminded them that if they felt it was appropriate in the morning, they could use the internal phone to call the hotel’s staff who would quickly clear the snow inside the garden.

However, Feng Yuan did not want to bother with that. Even a Fluffy Fire Wolfhound could easily clear the snow, though it might not look very nice. But then... The snow doesn’t stop, so there’s absolutely no need to care about appearances.

Going out, Feng Yuan and his companions were still wearing bathrobes today. Mainly because Hot Springs Town hadn’t announced what the day’s event was, Feng Yuan and his group didn’t bother to modify their itinerary.

Additionally, Feng Yuan felt that Hot Springs Town would likely not arrange any overly intense activities, otherwise, they would have reminded tourists to change their clothes in advance.

But contrary to Feng Yuan’s expectations, the activities arranged by Hot Springs Town weren’t all relaxing.

"Playing a snowball game with Bai Xue people?"

"No wait, this is... Gentle Snowmen. It should be a cultural feature of the Northern Snow Plain, right?"

Seeing the activity notice posted in the lobby, Feng Yuan was taken aback. Bai Xue people count as a somewhat special kind of Spirit Beast from the Northern Snow Plain. While it doesn’t boast exceptional strength, combined with its outstanding endurance and physical strength plus commendable attack power with a gentle temperament, it’s considered a well-liked Beast Tamer type from the Northern Snow Plain.

Of course, if it’s only for that reason, Feng Yuan wouldn’t be so surprised. Mainly, Bai Xue people have good relations with humans, and even during the Dynasty Era, many legends about Bai Xue people emerged due to their contact with humans.

The Gentle Snowmen are one of them.

The initial time of these events is unrecountable; however, generally accepted conclusions are that it marked Bai Xue people’s first intimate contact with humans.

The whole legend more or less describes how, in a small village on the Northern Snow Plain, a tall, all-white furry creature appeared suddenly. These creatures chasing children were initially thought to be demons that ate kids.

Yet, after a sequence of accidental events and through children rescued by Bai Xue people, villagers finally learned that Bai Xue people showed up solely to warn humans about the impending snowstorm.

As for chasing the children, it was entirely because those kids running outside the village during such dangerous times was really risky.

It’s worth mentioning that the Gentle Snowmen activity completely mimics the Snowman Day born out of this legend.

Initially, people threw snowballs at snowmen as an act of blessing. Though this process could easily backfire, like having mischievous children packing stones in snowballs, then there could be trouble.

Regarding the so-called blessing, it’s because of the Bai Xue people’s special ability. For some reason, Bai Xue people can absorb resentment to empower themselves.

In this ritual, participants imitate the villagers who initially misunderstood Bai Xue people and held hostility against them. The act of throwing snowballs with dissatisfaction and resentment at Bai Xue people symbolizes completely discarding the year’s uneasiness.

For Bai Xue people, these snowballs do not count as insults. Since regular snowballs can’t hurt them, much less snowballs filled with resentment that could potentially strengthen Bai Xue people.

Bai Xue people, like gentle sages, accept all comers and absorb all resentment and unease; it’s precisely because of this, Bai Xue people hold a special status in the Northern Snow Plain.

Although they are not endangered Spirit Beasts and face no survival crisis, they still receive voluntary protection from almost everyone in the Northern Snow Plain.

What puzzled Feng Yuan is how on earth Hot Springs Town managed to procure Bai Xue people.

Mind you, Bai Xue people are nearly prohibited from being forcefully tamed within the Northern Snow Plain. If someone takes action against Bai Xue people without getting noticed, it would be fine—they themselves may not mind. However, if caught, then the fun begins.

You might be chased away by locals or even escorted to the administration.

Precisely because of this, Bai Xue people count as a unique type of Beast Tamer for Northern Snow Plain’s Beastmasters, not easily acquired by people elsewhere.

"They really went all out, Bai Xue people’s Beastmasters aren’t easy to invite."

Veronia glanced at the notice board and said, she didn’t need to inquire to guess this Bai Xue person must have a Beastmaster. After all, wild Bai Xue people would never be invited; not because they wouldn’t agree, but due to troubles caused.

Moreover, for Bai Xue people, the Southern Xia isn’t what they’d consider a comfortable environment. For them, coming here is totally meaningless.

"It’s fine. After all, many resources aren’t available in the Northern Snow Plain, and Bai Xue people’s Beastmasters aren’t really rare in the Northern Snow Plain."

Having thought it through, Feng Yuan deemed it shouldn’t be that troublesome. Even though Bai Xue people aren’t exactly uncommon Spirit Beasts, their Beastmasters aren’t particularly few.

The reason why this activity is rarely seen outside the Northern Snow Plain is partly because there is little large-scale snowfall elsewhere. Additionally, Bai Xue people’s Beastmasters generally possess good strength, inviting them isn’t an easy task.