Chapter 30
"Its feathers are so beautiful! But it looks a little thin." Xi Shi stretched out her hand and measured the size of the pheasant from a distance.
The pheasant's colors were vibrant, but its body was incredibly thin, revealing the signs of chronic malnutrition. When its wings were first grasped, it flailed with reluctance, flapping its wings furiously in Bei Qiao's grasp. After losing a few feathers, it, perhaps realizing Bei Qiao was stronger than it, resigned itself to its fate and gave up the struggle, even drooping its head.
"I always feel that its expression is very aggrieved. Is it so smart?" Li Qingqing leaned over and stared into the pheasant's eyes.
"It's really smart and can even water the flowers. I wonder if it would be willing to help me water the yard and grow vegetables if I take it back." Bei Qiao had just finished speaking when he saw the pheasant quickly raise its head, stiffen its neck and shook its head firmly.
Bei Qiao: "..."
Li Qingqing: "...This isn't a spiritual issue anymore. This is a spirit, right?"
"Maybe." Bei Qiao cleared his throat expressionlessly: "Well, would you like to help me plant crops?"
Pheasant shook his head again.
“Oh, then can I buy what you grow from you?”
Pheasant shook his head habitually, and halfway through he heard what Bei Qiao said. He was stunned for three seconds, then tilted his head and began to think seriously.
Li Qingqing: “Pfft! It actually considered it!” It’s fun, I want to raise it!
Seeing such an interesting situation, the others stopped hunting and gathered around to watch the fun.
"It really has become a spirit, right?"
"It must be a spirit!"
"A very serious question. When a pheasant becomes a spirit... will it eat humans?"
"Shouldn't we eat it? Aren't chickens vegetarian?"
Pheasant: "...Kaa!" You're a spirit! You're a man-eater! Pah!
Bei Qiao suddenly had an idea: "There is another possibility... Can everyone open the forum first?"
"Are you saying this pheasant's identity is the same as ours? Aren't we only human, demon, or cultivator? Aren't we..." Seeing the pheasant's tearful expression, Xishi silently shut her mouth. "No way, no way, this can't really be a player, right? Where's the demon race we were supposed to be? This pheasant before me is clearly a wild bird!"
Facing Ye Ji's tearful eyes, everyone opened the forum with mixed feelings. Bei Qiao created a group chat and found Ye Ji's player username in the group chat member list: Ji Shisan.
Artist Li Qingqing: Uh, this name is a bit...
Stonemason Zhong Tian: Are all the names of the demon race so unrestrained?
Ji Shisan: Do you think this is the name I gave it?
Ji Shisan: The race of the demon race is random. They are not given a name after birth, but a number according to the order of birth. They can only change their name after they reach adulthood. What can I do?
Painter Li Qingqing: You are unlucky, but why did you attack Qiao Qiao just now?
Qiao Qiao from the Escort Agency: I guess there is no way to talk human language, so I will just demonstrate with actions to prevent myself from being bullied.
Chicken Thirteen: ...correct answer.
Baozi Shop Xishi: No way, monsters can’t speak human language?
Ji Shisan: It’s outrageous, right? I also want to speak human language, but the monster race is born with the setting that they can’t speak human language and can only shout.
Ji Shisan: The most outrageous thing is that the demon tribes also have their own languages. Different species can't speak the same language, so they call each other by their own names. Furthermore, the same species living in different places can't speak the same language! The demon tribe actually has dialects!
Ji Shisan: Even though we're all demons, if we want to communicate, we still have to learn the demon language! Help! My foreign language has always been the worst of all my subjects! I've only learned hello and goodbye in the common language!
Qiao Qiao from the Escort Agency: Can’t human language be learned later in life like the common language of the demon race?
Ji Shisan: I want to too, but it’s impossible. The pronunciation principle of the demon race is different from that of humans. If you want to speak human language, you need to refine your larynx first.
Ji Shisan: You don't know, the throat bone refining technique is free, but the herbs needed are expensive! I haven't collected enough until now, and I'm almost thinking of giving up.
Ji Shisan: Right now, a lot of bird players in my clan can't speak human language, they can only crow like chickens. The players who saved money with me are still struggling with the speech problem, but the others have already given up.
Ji Shisan: They say that after you reach the Nascent Soul stage, you can transform into a human form, or you can take a Transformation Pill and become a human, but Transformation Pills are more expensive! The Nascent Soul stage is not something that can be achieved casually.
When talking about his identity, Ji Shisan had a lot to complain about.
When you first log in to the game, you're usually assigned the human race by default. The demon race option is unlocked only after you've earned enough points in the quizzes and passed the animal performance exam. After all, if you're used to being human, suddenly becoming an animal is bound to reveal its true colors, and it's hard to predict what you'll encounter.
Many people chose the demon race option out of curiosity, and some hoped to gain access to different types of otherworldly resources through their demon race identities. However, among so many people, only one-tenth of the applicants ultimately succeeded.
But do you think this is the end? No, this is just the beginning. After choosing the identity of the demon race, you will first face a difficult hurdle, which is being born, because the survival rate of demon newborns is not 100%.
System: Sorry, this player failed to be born. Please try again tomorrow.
"Wait, you were... born while logging into the game?" Xishi was stunned. "Oh my god, this is too much." People don't remember being born in real life, but playing a game and being born instead, this experience is a bit...
Chicken Thirteen: No no no no no no! Stop thinking!
Chicken Thirteen: That's not it! It's just a system prompt! At most, birds have an extra human shell-breaking process to set their initial body values at birth.
The system will skip the animal birth process by default, but if the random race is a bird, the player must learn to break out of the shell by himself. If the shell is unsuccessful... well, see you on the next account. Considering that no one knows the player at this time, there is no need to wait a year to log in to the game again. Just wait until the next day and try again.
Just like the human race's resident numbers, in order to avoid interfering with cause and effect, everyone appears in a remote area, and is managed by a clan leader who is a game staff member. If the player's family has a resident number, it will be more convenient, and data can be set directly according to the family's race.
Hunter Xinji: Your current condition seems like you have a congenital deficiency. Was there a problem when you hatched?
Ji Shisan: Yes, it was not skilled when it hatched, and after it broke out of the shell, it had some problems with its body and could not be raised well.
Ji Shisan: The demon race values strength, and a demon like me with congenital deficiencies is always ridiculed by the local demons. Fortunately, I don't need to rely on them for food. The rations issued by the system are enough for now, and I can also grow some of my favorite foods on the slope to satisfy my cravings.
Ji Shisan: Those nagging indigenous monsters are fine, but the most annoying thing is those people who pick the food I planted while passing by and thank nature for the gift! I planted it! Me!
Ji Shisan: I can't beat them, and they can't understand the sound of my curses. It's really frustrating! Is there anyone worse off than me?
Baozi Shop Xishi: It’s miserable. Since I opened the Baozi Shop, I have to get up at 4 o’clock in the morning every day. What did I say? I can’t sleep in. Is it miserable enough?
Painter Li Qingqing: Four o'clock is so early
Baozi Shop Xishi: It's so miserable to work alone. Can't you guys who eat breakfast get up later? I'm so sleepy!
Stonemason Zhong Tian: I didn’t get up early.
Baozi Shop Xishi: That’s why I didn’t say anything about you.
After Xi Shi started talking, everyone started to complain.
Li Qingqing seems to have a leisurely life, but in reality, her family dislikes her for the instability of her freelance job; Zhong Tian has been in the game for over a year and has never been able to save enough money for a long journey; Xinji has been intercepted several times while hunting, and the enemy is a group of wild beasts, literally...
Everyone spoke at once, and in the end, only Bei Qiao remained silent.
"Aren't you going to say something?" Xishi nudged Beiqiao with his elbow.
"No." Bei Qiao smiled and shook his head: "One can't always say that he has no money, otherwise it will affect his fortune."
"Yeah." Everyone turned to look at Bei Qiao.
"What's wrong?" Bei Qiao raised his eyebrows.
"I thought you were an absolutely rational person, but I didn't expect you to be so superstitious." Xishi raised her hand and patted Beiqiao's shoulder: "I really can't tell."
"I just believe in what's good for me. Do you believe me when I say I'm quite lively?"
The others looked at Bei Qiao's calm face: "Well..." Should they believe it or not?
Seeing that everyone looked unconvinced, Bei Qiao helplessly spread his hands and said, "I'm just too lazy to be lively most of the time. But when I do get lively, I can be quite lively."
Others: “…Oh.”
"Cluck, cluck, cluck!" Ji Shisan, who had been ignored for a long time, flapped his wings vigorously in Bei Qiao's hands.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot." Bei Qiao bent down and put the pheasant on the ground: "Can I ask a question? How far is the birthplace of your demon tribe from here?"
How far is it? Pheasant typed in the group with a puzzled look on his face: Isn’t this near my novice village?
"No, our novice village is at the foot of the mountain." According to the game's settings, for the safety of the players, no demon novice village would be set up near the human novice village. Therefore, the pheasant's birthplace could not be near Yuanshan.
Pheasant had a look of shock on his face, and started to scroll through the screen frantically in the group.
Ji Shisan: What Yuanshan
Ji Shisan: This is not Fengqipo
Ji Shisan: How did I get here? Who threw me here? I haven’t saved enough money to buy some skills yet!
The pheasant race wasn't very strong at birth. After being bullied several times by other indigenous demons, Ji Shisan had decided to save money and find an opportunity to join the official troops at the ghost market to buy some skills. He planned to cultivate until he had enough self-protection skills before considering refining his larynx. But now...
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