As if realizing what was about to happen, the baby girls stared at their little legs, opened their mouths, and cried "Waaah..." The cries rose and fell, a heartbreaking sight.
Opposite them stood a fiery red bird. The bird shook its body, and amidst a burst of red light, transformed into a small old man dressed in red.
"Sigh!" The old man sighed, moved his feet, and walked step by step past each baby girl, his eyes full of tenderness as he looked at them one by one.
“Children, don’t cry. This is your tribulation, you can’t escape it, but I believe that when all of this is over, you will all become the best guardians of the Spirit City…”
As if they understood his words, the baby girls miraculously stopped crying.
Then, the old man in red walked to the middle opposite the children, his eyes sharpened, he raised his hands, turned his palms down, bent his fingers, and grabbed downwards at the same time. Almost simultaneously, four oval-shaped vegetable baskets flew over from the left and right sides and landed right behind the children, lined up in a parallel line.
Seeing that the small basket was already set up, the old man didn't say anything more and turned to walk to the side...
"Firebird, could this be troublesome?" A blurry, also red figure followed behind Firebird.
"Don't worry, I have a plan. I won't arouse his suspicion." At this moment, in the shot, a rat was passing by not far in front of the old man in red.
"Look, it's here." The firebird's eyes darted around, and it pointed to the little mouse that was about to disappear in the grass. A red light appeared, and the mouse expanded into a baby. After becoming a baby, the little mouse couldn't run anymore and just kicked its legs on the ground. The old man walked over, picked up the little mouse, and turned to put it back in the empty basket.
"Go find a few more, transform them into their likeness, and use the illusion magic of the Illusion Pill to fix their forms. Once they're in place, no one in the world will be able to tell them apart..."
"That's a good method. I didn't expect my true form to have this skill." The man next to him gave the old man in red a thumbs up, then turned and disappeared into the bushes.
In just a moment, three mice were herded over...
Watching the three mice transform into children one after another, the blurry figure became even more puzzled, "Since your spiritual arts are so powerful, why don't you just wipe out these bad guys?"
"Alas, you think this little bit of spiritual power is enough? No, it's far from enough. Throughout this Spirit City, the spiritual power has been suppressed by demonic energy. Our fellow spirits, including the king, are already unaware of the truth. It won't be that easy. Right now, we still can't find his true form. Moreover, if we act rashly, this guy will surely hide in the water tribe, and the water tribe will suffer as well. Back then, our spirit race was fortunate to be saved by the water tribe, which allowed us to survive. Now, I can't just think of myself..."
"But from now on, you'll have to suffer," the man sighed again, "in front of others, you..."
"Enough talk, business is more important. September, Li'er, Xiaomei, and Xiaoyu, I need to make proper arrangements for you." Returning to the main topic, Firebird frowned for a moment, lost in thought. Soon, he looked up, his eyes shining with inspiration. "Let's do it this way. Your birth dates are very special, so let's put a common mark on you. This mark can also awaken your good intentions, and at the appropriate time, you can return."
Firebird raised an eyebrow, a smile spreading across his face, and reached behind his head...
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