Chapter 218 Adoption Ceremony Phifis, you are a leaf on a branch…
Phifis returned to the underground city excitedly.
“Little Wind! I want two—no, I want ten fruits!” Phifis shouted.
The cave before us was empty, only filled with a soft, shimmering light and gentle breeze, making this deep cave seem like a body of pure water pierced by sunlight and caressed by a breeze, soft and translucent.
But as soon as Phifis finished speaking, the breeze dissipated, the light went out, and all was quiet in the darkness, without any response.
"Stop playing dead! I'll trade you my wings!" Phifis raised her voice in the darkness.
"Really?"
As a woman's voice, seemingly coming from afar, rang out, the shimmering waves and gentle breeze once again filled the entire cave.
The cave's owner appeared silently in the corner, her long, light blue curly hair completely covering her. Half of her dark brown face was visible through the curls, and her pale white eyes, looking over, were filled with wariness.
"Then cast a spell on yourself. I want your 14th wing on the left and your 23rd wing on the right."
Phifis readily agreed: "Okay! I'll cast the curse for a hundred years! But for the next hundred years, you have to be my friend and come with me to see my mother!"
…Friends? Mother? How are these words associated with the hybrid demon race?
Xiao Feng remained silent for a moment, then cautiously used her racial talent to confirm the true meaning behind Phifis's words. Finally, she replied, "A fifty-year curse, three fruits."
Before Phifis could even open her eyes and start haggling, Xiao Feng explained clearly:
"Flower fairies cannot eat tree demon fruits; they will die if they do. I need to specially condense wood spirit fruits. My wood spirit bloodline can only produce a maximum of three wood spirit fruits."
Unlike other hybrids, Xiao Feng's bloodline comes entirely from the demonic plant race. In other words, she is the only demonic plant among the hybrid demons who followed the Demon King's son to the material plane.
Although after entering the material plane, all demons could no longer maintain their original forms, but instead had to compress all their power into humanoid bodies and move around in such an extremely small humanoid form, Xiao Feng still found it incredible.
Hybrid demons are still demons, and as elemental beings, they naturally possess the laws of chaos and destruction. Under normal circumstances, all demons who attempt to descend into the material plane, regardless of their strength, will be rejected and expelled by the power of the laws of order. The more stable the laws of order, the more powerfully they reject and expel demons.
...That's why the demons devised various methods to project themselves onto the material plane, instead of descending in their true forms.
These demons from the dimensional demon realm entered the material plane in their true forms with such ease that Xiao Feng didn't even sense any rejection from the laws of order!
There are some records in her mixed and ancient bloodline heritage—
This situation could occur either because the laws governing the material plane are about to collapse, or because the demon race itself is about to perish.
The former is because the laws of order themselves are too weak, so they are powerless to reject and expel the demons; the latter is because the demons are about to be annihilated by the laws, so they naturally will not feel any additional rejection or expulsion.
...The hybrids all seem to be alive and well. Does this mean this continent is going to be destroyed?
Xiao Feng is very satisfied with her current life. The air and soil of the material plane are rich in pure magic. She has never grown as comfortably as she does now, and she does not want this land to collapse at all.
Although the wind element in the Sinister Lands is indeed a bit weak for her, the reason she likes the wind element the most is because it is only with the help of the wind element in the Poison Fog Wasteland that she can perfectly hide herself. Now, she can still perfectly hide herself by using more light element.
Moreover, the Land of Sin has a wide variety of delicious food, and it has been a long time since any demons have come to steal her fruits.
...It wasn't until she arrived in the Land of Sin that more demons were willing to exchange their possessions for the fruit.
Xiao Feng had carefully sensed the area, but she had not yet detected any signs of collapse in this land. However, she also couldn't understand why the hybrid demons could enter the material plane in their true forms. In the end, she gave up thinking about it with great concern.
Seeing that Phifis had cast a spell on the spot and generously lent him her two wings, Xiao Feng also decisively squeezed out the thin wood spirit bloodline in his body. It took quite a while before he presented three fruits with pure aura.
"Hehehe~ I have friends now~" Fifis hummed a strange little tune as she flew, clutching the fruit. "La la la~ Mommy will be so happy~"
Despite the constant noise attack from above, Xiao Feng covered her ears with her newly borrowed wings, her face expressionless. She thought to herself that maintaining her human form had its advantages; now it was much easier to block out her hearing.
Having acquired the Wood Spirit Fruit in exchange for her wings, and with her good friend bound by a spell, Fifis returned to the Dragon Bamboo Forest full of pride. However, on her way back, she was stopped by the flower fairies of the patrol team:
"It's Phifis, right? Manmanli wants you to go to the central square. Everyone's already there, just waiting for you!"
Without thinking much, Phifis immediately turned around, humming a nonsensical tune.
Xiao Feng, who had turned on her hearing, noticed the meaning behind the flower fairy patrolman's words, "Everyone is waiting for you." But before she could ask any questions, she was pulled into the teleportation array by Phifis.
The central plaza surrounds the Flower Castle, which is located directly beneath the massive canopy of the Tree of Life. Xiao Feng had never been here before; she was actually quite hesitant to approach this enormous tree, which exuded both a sacred and terrifying aura.
Many flower fairies had gathered in the central square; they had all been summoned by Manmanli, who wanted to adopt a demon daughter.
Manmanli originally planned to hold a formal adoption ceremony under the Tree of Life the next day, but Phifis said she was going to visit a friend and didn't return for a long time, so the sweet soup she had cooked had gone cold.
Not knowing when Phifis would be back, and considering that tomorrow was a workday, Manmanli thought it best to hold the adoption ceremony today, since there was nothing else to do at the moment.
Seeing two large demons emerge from the teleportation station, one flying and the other walking, Manmanli went to greet them, and together with the flower fairy mothers following behind her, they sang in unison:
Phophis, you are a leaf on a branch;
Phophis, you are the fruit on the branch;
Phaephis, may you always be kissed by the gentlest breeze;
Phifis, may you always be bathed in the warmest sunshine;
Goddess of Flowers, grant you freedom and health;
Goddess of Flowers, grant you courage and happiness;
From this day forward, you will be my dearest family member.
For your life, I am willing to give my life;
For your freedom, I am willing to give up my freedom;
My dearest Phifis
My dearest child
Why not stretch out your hands and welcome the sunshine!
My dearest Phifis
My dearest child
Why not open your arms and hug your family?
Phophis, you are a leaf on a branch;
Phophis, you are the fruit on the branch;
Phyllis... ..."
Amidst the song carried on the wind, a leaf swayed lightly and flew towards the demon who stood there dumbfounded with wide red eyes.
Phyllis instinctively raised her hand, trying to catch the leaf, but she missed. The leaf vanished silently from her fingertips. Before the fear in her heart could even rise, her vision suddenly changed—
Xiao Feng exclaimed in surprise, "Phifes, you've shrunk!"
At this moment, Phifis no longer cared about her vision or figure, because her flower fairy mother flew over from a distance and gently embraced her with open arms.
Shu Xin, who was adjusting the water-cooled bed temperature inside the Flower Castle, looked up in confusion: "Tree of Life? What's wrong?"
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Author's note: Just to clarify, the inspiration for the Flower Fairy adoption ceremony song "Dearest Family" comes from the Kazakh song "Relatives".
Happy 520 everyone! I still love you all! [Tears welling up]
When I encounter authors who can't continue writing their serials, stop updating for months, or even have their accounts delisted and refunded despite having good data, I always think, "Even if I only write a hundred words a day, I can still write three thousand words a month!"
Now that I've personally experienced writer's block, I can say with certainty, "I just can't write! I can't write a hundred words a day!" [The speaker bursts into tears.]
But this month I also managed to write five more brainstorming ideas! Five! Five, my friends!!
On one side are the wild grass seedlings that grow strong in the wind and thrive with just a little sunshine, and on the other side are precious flowers that need careful nurturing and easily lose their leaves. It's only natural that I want to water the wild grass seedlings and loosen the soil... Humans are inherently lazy...
However, some people are also obsessive-compulsive, at least I am. If I can't finish the previous project, I feel restless and can't concentrate on starting the next one. So, after much deliberation, I decided to take good care of the beautiful flowers that are already in full bloom. I'll leave the seedlings for now; they'll grow on their own!
I recently went through the outline again. I refuse to believe it! I'll try to write a little more every day, and then a little more still. I'm determined to finish this book this year!!!
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