Zhao Xi was confused and was about to ask a question when she heard Elisa apologize.
"Sorry, the lighting is bad. Miss Zhao looks just like someone I've met before."
Elisa descended the stairs, followed by six neatly arranged attendants. The dim light from the spirit stone lamps on both sides of the spiral staircase illuminated the attendants' faces, giving them a uniform and unsettling look.
Zhao Xi bowed and said, "I heard that my disciples from the Hundred Beast Garden were instigated to come to your mountain. I hope they haven't caused any trouble."
Elisa smiled faintly, spoke slowly, and her tone was elegant, "The war between me and Salia should not be interfered with by anyone else, let alone those two lovely little ones. I have sent them back to Dog Head Mountain. If they have not returned, perhaps they have been detained by Salia."
She gestured to the servant.
A cat demon servant took out a yellow spirit stone and handed it to Luo Haiqing behind Zhao Xixiang with both hands.
Elisa said, "I heard from the children that the Beast Garden is a beautiful and spiritual place where magical beasts with spiritual roots can be raised into cubs. My people have just given birth to several offspring with spiritual roots, and I hope the Gardener will accept them."
One of the servants left the group and went into the group of cats, intending to hand the cat demon over to her.
Zhao Xi hesitated for a moment, then quickly declined, "I'm not here to recruit students! I just want to take the kids back with me."
She turned to the old man and said, "Quickly return this stone to Her Majesty the Queen."
These past few days have been truly surreal.
She went to Qixing Town to set up a stall to recruit students, but Xiao Ding was taken away. She came here to find her son, but someone paid a registration fee to send him over.
The little fairy once said that spiritual roots are divided into five levels based on aptitude, according to the five elements of heaven and earth. Some demon beasts may have spiritual roots, but their aptitude is extremely poor, and no matter how they cultivate, they can never become demon cultivators.
Some people are born with physical disabilities, and even if they become human, they will lack the corresponding limbs, and their cultivation methods will need to be adjusted accordingly.
Someone eventually needs to take the cub to the animal park so that the little fairy can see it.
Moreover, although the cat demon seemed very kind, Zhao Xi felt uneasy, as if something was amiss.
Kittens are cute, that's one thing.
Cats can really hurt when they scratch you with their claws.
When Elisa saw that she was not accepting the gift, she took it as a polite remark and said, "Principal, there's no need to be so polite. I will visit you another day. This is an earth element crystal ore. You can accept it first and use it to renovate the demon cultivator's breathing room."
If it's just a small trinket, I might as well keep it.
This earth crystal ore is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of bottles of Yuan Shen Pills; the owner of that spirit medicine shop probably couldn't refine that many in a year.
Zhao Xi still refused: "There will be a detailed bill on the day of admission. The fee will vary depending on the children's spiritual root aptitude."
Elisa's eyes widened, she paused for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh: "Does entering your Hundred Beasts Garden require testing your spiritual roots?"
A smile is harmless.
That very faint hint of disdain was quickly concealed, hidden by surprise.
Zhao Xi, however, already harbored doubts about the environment and took in every detail, so naturally she didn't miss that uncomfortable expression.
She remained calm and said, "If the Empress wishes to come, she can simply send the cat demon cub another day. I shall take my leave now."
“Alright, see you another day.” Elisa stood on the steps, watching the servants escort her and Luo Haiqing out of the mountain gate.
It's only a few steps from the castle.
The old man, riding his sword, carried Zhao Xi as he tried to ascend into the air, lamenting, "What a pity! That earth crystal mine could have built a cultivation room for the little pangolin spirit."
“I know. But I find it strange…”
Zhao Xi wanted to rest her chin on her hand.
The cat demon's castle is filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, and its food and clothing are so luxurious and expensive; it casually produces earth element crystal ore.
Moreover, the Cat Queen is so beautiful, unlike Salia's subordinates who are all covered in dust and dirt.
"Old man, tell me, if you were the leader of the Five Elements Sect, and the entire sect was utterly useless from top to bottom, your worries would only hinder your cultivation. The Hundred Beast Garden was eyeing you covetously. If you became young, handsome, and dashing, and could even find a rich woman from the Hundred Beast Garden to live off, what would you choose?"
The old man stood atop the bell, controlling the magical artifact to move towards Dog Head Mountain, chuckling without a trace of dignity: "Of course I'm escaping alone. Even if I don't seek refuge with the Headmaster, I don't need to be in that sect!"
That makes perfect sense!
Elisa is so powerful, she clearly has the ability to occupy a small sect with better spiritual energy, so why does she bring the cat demon to hide in this place without spiritual energy and compete with Salia for this tiny place?
That's strange!
...
The back of Dog Head Mountain.
Over the past thousand years, the Stray Dog Tribe has only produced a dozen or so demon cultivators.
Just half a day ago, in the Battle of Xiaoyuganshan, seventeen of them were killed in one fell swoop.
The six remaining dog-headed demon cultivators wept bitterly as they dug a large pit.
The atmosphere was heavy.
Salya sat expressionlessly on the boulder, staring blankly at the corpses of his demon cultivator brothers in the pit, his face pale.
The dog demons seemed to sense this emotion, howling and howling at the sky from the front and back of the mountain, making the desolate mountain seem even more bleak.
One of the demon cultivators suggested, "Boss, I'll go and capture those little brats. They were the ones who lied about military intelligence, which caused the brothers to lose their lives!"
Salia gritted her teeth, her lips trembling with rage.
The entire castle is a defensive array. The fire spirit stone on the phoenix feather can provide spiritual energy. Now that we have the phoenix feather, the castle is impenetrable. Moreover, the cat demon was prepared.
This wasn't just lying to them; it might have revealed information about the dog demon clan, which allowed Elisa's cat demon to kill so many demon cultivators so easily.
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