Demon Realm School District Housing 6
"Could you help me ask Biluoji if I can sell some of the things from the Demon Palace to tide me over?" Xie Guijin asked helplessly at the end.
Before the system could reply, Xie Guijin ran her fingers through her hair and exclaimed, "Forget it, forget it, don't ask her. Selling things will definitely let the other demons know that I'm short of money. If they investigate why I'm short of money, the news of Xuan Tangjin's serious illness will be impossible to hide."
"Ah! This damned, dog-eat-dog demon realm!" Xie Guijin frantically scratched her head, her once neatly arranged snake-like hair now disheveled. "A trashy demon realm without laws or moral constraints."
The system looked at Xie Guijin, who was disheveled, with fear in its eyes and suggested tremblingly, "Host, how about I contact a psychologist for you and we can take a look?"
"You can even contact a psychologist remotely?" Xie Guijin put down her hand, ignoring her messy hair, and said, "Wait, I completed the first task, didn't I get a reward? Did you swallow my reward?"
The system couldn't comprehend human thought processes, so it swallowed the words that almost escaped its lips: "You have paranoia." and said, "Host, your reward has been redeemed."
"Where? I can't find it. Did you lose your data?" Xie Guijin flipped through the main page but couldn't find anything.
The system took a deep breath and silently chanted, "Don't argue with a madman." The manual mute icon lit up, and it said with a fake smile, "Host, this is your reward."
"This thing is considered a reward?!" Xie Guijin found it hard to accept.
“Yes,” the system said with a forced smile, “We are very intelligent and human-like. We will automatically detect what the host wants most at that moment and provide it.”
Xie Guijin pointed at the icon somewhat awkwardly: "It's not that I didn't want to listen to you, it's just that I have a very low tolerance for noise. You kept chattering on and on, so I just wanted you to have some peace and quiet. Who knew that this is how you redeem rewards? This is such a misinterpretation of my meaning."
"This is not what I want most at all. No, you have to replace it for me." Xie Guijin became more and more self-righteous as she spoke: "Even if you can't replace it, there must be appropriate compensation."
When the system stubbornly refused to agree, citing principles, Xie Guijin said irritably, "This won't work, that won't work. You can't expect us mission takers to pay for your flawed design, can you?"
"Alright, I won't make things difficult for you. I'll pay on credit, is that alright?" Xie Guijin conceded.
The system sighed and said helplessly, "Host, what exactly do you want?"
"I want to become a master of formations in the demon realm, at least to be able to understand and reconstruct the formations set up by Bai Mudan."
What do you want to do?
"I have a guess in my mind, but I need to understand these magic arrays first," Xie Guijin said with a grin. "How about it? Curious? Want to satisfy your curiosity?"
The system didn't ask Xie Guijin why he didn't learn it himself and insisted on getting something for nothing. It's obvious that if a master of formations in the demon realm could learn it in a few days, how could he still be called a master?
A card appeared before Xie Guijin's eyes.
"Take it and use it," the system said casually. It would never tell Xie Guijin that this was not compensation from the main brain, but something it had exchanged for with its own private savings.
Xie Guijin's finger touched the card, and the card instantly shattered into countless pieces. The fragments entered her body, creating a mysterious and enigmatic feeling.
In the next instant, Xie Guijin felt that what she could see had changed. She went back to her room to get the drawings and magical artifacts she had drawn earlier, and came to the most inconspicuous open space in the demon mansion. She found the location of the array eye, pricked her finger and dripped a drop of blood, carefully chanted the incantation, and the ground array loosened slightly. The magical artifact that detected spiritual energy emitted a huge roar.
The system was taken aback: "What's going on?"
"As expected, there's always a way out. Even without textbooks or teachers, we can still set up our school." Xie Guijin smiled as she repaired the magic array.
"Let's go pay our respects to the White Peony and thank her for her gift." Xie Guijin's steps were light, and her words were tinged with a smile.
The system felt incredibly anxious: "Stop keeping me in suspense, just tell me already!"
"Hmm?" Xie Guijin continued walking. "Isn't it obvious? Bai Mudan is a powerful figure in the demon realm, yet she has no enemies with whom she has a life-or-death feud. So what if she is pregnant and her strength is diminished? Why would she need to come to this barren land?"
As they were talking, Xie Guijin stepped into the ancestral hall, lit three incense sticks for Bai Mudan, and respectfully bowed three times.
After lighting incense, Xie Guijin promised Bai Mudan that she would help Biluoji guard the demon's palace.
"By the way," Xie Guijin said, now that she felt more at ease, she had time to think about other things: "After I leave, can Biluoji continue to use this card as a magic array master?"
"Of course not, what are you thinking? Our tools are bound to the host's soul. If the original owner of the small world could use them, it would seriously affect the operation of the small world and could very likely cause the small world to collapse."
"Oh." Xie Guijin simply asked the question and that was it.
Holding the drawings she had made earlier, she thought to herself, "It's true that everyone has their own expertise; those who rely on magical artifacts to copy will never succeed."
Xie Guijin walked through the demon mansion again in detail. Perhaps because even a master of magic arrays needs his own demonic power to support him, she walked very fast this time and did not feel tired at all. She did not need to draw any more diagrams. She could memorize all the magic arrays in the entire demon mansion just by looking at them.
Next, Xie Guijin reinforced, modified, or reset the arrays created by Bai Mudan and other predecessors, finally achieving the effect she desired.
The goldfish monster family finally arrived outside the demon's palace, guided by the demon servant.
Xie Guijin, who had just sat down to take a sip of jade dew and rest, hurriedly said upon hearing this, "Please come in quickly."
The goldfish monster couple arrived hand in hand, followed by their three children.
The male goldfish monster saw Xie Guijin standing at the courtyard gate from afar, turned his head and whispered to the demon servant beside him, "Is that the demon lord of this place?"
After receiving an affirmative answer, the golden fish monster quickened its pace and called out, "How dare I trouble the Demon Lord to condescend to welcome me personally?"
"Distinguished guests, how could we dare to be negligent? Please come in." Xie Guijin stepped forward and laughed heartily, waving to invite the goldfish monster and its family inside.
After the host and guests returned to their seats, the demon servants served tea and refreshments.
The goldfish monster couple transformed into human form and looked very much like a married couple, except that one was thin and wiry, while the other was plump.
The male goldfish monster had a small silver abacus hanging from its waist, while the female goldfish monster had a gold hairpin shaped like a copper coin tucked into its hair.
The couple had small but bright eyes that darted around as they spoke.
Xie Guijin felt very uncomfortable, but she forced herself to endure it and smiled as she exchanged pleasantries with the couple.
The three children, wearing gold necklaces, were probably tired. They lay back in their chairs, their eyes glazed over, showing none of the liveliness their parents displayed.
"Your loving parents are so concerned for your children that you have come all this way." Xie Guijin said softly, "You must be tired from your journey. If you don't mind my simple place, you can rest for a while. Once you're refreshed, you can see if you are satisfied with the training site."
“No need for such trouble,” the Golden Fish Monster waved his hand generously and said, “There’s no need to look at the cultivation grounds. We feel very reassured with the Demon Lord here. We’ll head back now. We have a lot of things to do at home, so we won’t bother you any longer.”
Since the goldfish monster said that, Xie Guijin couldn't very well keep the customer. Although she didn't want to take on three students at once, this was the first customer to come to her door and trusted her so much, so it was really hard to refuse.
Xie Guijin stood up and said with a smile, "Thank you both for your trust. I will definitely take good care of your sons, but the tuition fees must be paid first."
"Of course, of course," the goldfish monster couple replied with smiles.
Xie Guijin then signaled to the demon servant to collect the money.
The demon servant stepped forward.
The goldfish monster couple looked at the demon slave, their lips parted in a wide grin, their eyes narrowed into slits, and they laughed loudly, "You're too kind, Demon Master."
"You're welcome, it's all I should do." Xie Guijin felt a little strange upon hearing this and subconsciously replied, but something still felt off.
The demon slave and the goldfish monster stood facing each other, neither of them making any further moves.
The female goldfish monster spoke up: "What does the Demon Lord mean by this? Didn't you say you'd give us tuition fees? Hurry up and give them to us!"
"What?!" Xie Guijin thought she was hallucinating.
Xie Guijin looked at the equally astonished goldfish couple, composed herself, and slowly said, "Have you two misunderstood?"
"There's no misunderstanding. Isn't the Demon Lord going to set up a school and recruit students? Of course, you need to give money to the students' parents. We've come all this way and have delayed many business deals. Demon Lord, please don't joke with us. Hurry up and give us the money." The golden fish monster said slowly, his smile fading.
After arguing with the goldfish monster couple for a long time, Xie Guijin finally figured out the reason.
Of the six realms, only the human realm has established sects specifically for cultivating immortality, recruiting disciples and teaching them cultivation. In the early stages, the sects will provide their disciples with all the things they need for cultivation, until the disciples grow up and then give back to the sect.
When recruiting disciples, once a boy or girl from the common people is selected, the cultivation sect will give their parents a sum of money, enough for their parents to live out their old age and be provided for in their final days.
This is not a matter for cultivation sects to require their disciples to sever ties with their families.
Rather, it is because the path of cultivation is extremely long. By the time a disciple is able to leave the sect for training, the world has changed drastically, and people have changed beyond recognition. His parents are likely to have passed away. This money is a retirement fund that the cultivation sect provides for the parents of the disciple, so that the disciple can cultivate without any worries.
There is no need for humans in other realms to band together for mutual support, and there are no large-scale sects or lineages.
For example, in the demon realm, cultivation is mostly done by individuals, with occasional transmission of knowledge between masters and disciples.
Therefore, when the demon slaves were recruiting, the goldfish spirit couple mistakenly thought that Xie Guijin wanted to imitate the immortal cultivation sects in the human world and wanted to give them money, so they insisted on bringing all three children to try to get more money.
Now the goldfish spirits understood.
Xie Guijin was charging money for teaching, so she was immediately unhappy.
The goldfish spirit couple not only wanted to take away the three children, but also demanded that Xie Guijin compensate them for their travel expenses and lost business.
The two monsters sang in unison, their voices aggressive and menacing.
Xie Guijin grew angrier as she listened and took a step forward.
Upon seeing this, the male goldfish monster quickly stepped forward to block the female goldfish monster, and shouted, "What do you want to do? Let me tell you, don't think that just because we have low cultivation, you can bully us. Go out and ask around and see which of the monsters who have come to attack us over the years out of envy for how much money we make. Did any of them get away with it?"
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