Chapter 118 The completion of the dungeon is not a pardon, it's restoration! ...
Shu Xin stood in the incredibly spacious underground tunnel, lost in thought.
Only a week had passed since Xi led more than two thousand demons to the Land of Sin. In those seven days, the demons built the complex underground city at an astonishing speed. Shu Xin carefully inspected it and found that every detail was perfect and every magical rune was correct. Most incredibly, the demons, who worked day and night, were still full of energy!
If there's any problem, it's that the scale of this underground city after its completion is far larger than Shu Xin imagined. Take this underground tunnel, for example. Shu Xin took a look at it after the demons started digging, and its size shocked her. At that time, she only thought it would be like a subway passage after it was completed, but the underground tunnel that the demons finally built was so spacious that it was comparable to a subway hall!
If Shu Xin hadn't repeatedly confirmed that the sturdiness spell was working properly, she would have worried that the ground in the Land of Sin would collapse. Thankfully, this is a magical world…
Shu Xin asked, "Do you also have night vision?"
...This is really terrible, my voice echoes when I speak!
The little lamb nestled in Shu Xin's arms immediately wagged its tail: "Of course!"
Shu Xin's feelings at this moment were extremely complicated.
During this week, the demons not only excavated the dungeon with super efficiency, but also maintained a high intensity of hunting activities. At first, they hunted snow oxen, which was normal. However, after that, the demons sent giant foxes, giant leopards and other magical animals with enormous bodies to the land of sin. On one occasion, they even sent back an incredibly huge snow lion!
Startled, Shu Xin quickly found Xi and begged them not to hunt overly large magical beasts. When Xi told her that the demons were preparing to hunt a snow elephant, Shu Xin was glad that she had arrived in time... Fortunately, the demons listened to her advice, and after the snow lion, they sent over small animals such as snow rabbits, snow chickens, and snow squirrels.
In just one week, the meat reserves in the Land of Sin surged to enough to feed the flower fairies for a whole year. Shu Xin had to expand the underground warehouse again—she specially opened up two large ice rooms to store frozen meat. Even Mei Meilin, under the guidance of the recipes given by the Tree of Life, began to use salt powder to marinate meat in large quantities.
Thinking about the food problem, Shu Xin couldn't help but sigh. She was still the one using water and fire spells to cook soup. She had considered asking the demons for help, but who would have thought that all the demons' magic was poisonous! Whether it was fire magic or water magic, it was all poisonous, and the stronger the demon's magic, the more poisonous it was!
Xiao Shui, a female demon whom Shu Xin mistook for a merman, turned all the mushroom soup water balls into a deep blue color with her magic when she was distributing them. Since Lan Jiao had confidently stated that Xiao Shui's poison was not strong, Shu Xin tried to get Xiao Shui to help cook the soup.
Xiao Shui was very quiet and reserved. Shu Xin gave her instructions, and she silently followed them. At first, it was fine. The water ball that Xiao Shui summoned and condensed was clear and transparent. However, after adding the ingredients, Shu Xin started using fireball magic. As a result, the soup became bluer and bluer as it cooked, eventually turning purple. It didn't smell like soup at all; instead, it was quite pungent.
Xiao Shui split off a water ball, and before Shu Xin could stop her, she shoved the water ball into her mouth. The next second, Xiao Shui closed her eyes and fainted.
Lanjiao, who had come to check on the situation, comforted Shuxin, saying that Xiaoshui was fine and would wake up after a while. She also said that this was definitely the water ball's fault and suggested that Shuxin switch places with her to help, as she was very good at using fireballs. Shuxin was skeptical, but considering that Lanjiao had always seemed very calm and reliable, she agreed.
Shu Xin conjured a water sphere and tossed the ingredients into it. Then, Lan Jiao began heating it with a fireball spell. As the broth simmered, it started to turn blue. Under Shu Xin's silent gaze, the broth eventually turned completely bluish-black. The smell wasn't unpleasant, just sweet and sour, but the way the broth smelled... something just didn't seem right!
Blue Horn also swiftly pulled out a small ball of water and stuffed it into her mouth, and the next second she also fainted.
Shu Xin: …………
Thinking of this, Shu Xin lowered her head and asked Xi, "When you cooked the soup for me, how come the soup wasn't poisoned? Aren't you also a demon?"
Xi was very proud: "Unlike them, who have become poisonous from staying in the poisonous fog wasteland for too long, I am the strongest hybrid! Converting the nature of magic is a piece of cake for me!"
Poisonous Fog Wasteland? Could it be a wasteland filled with poisonous fog? Did the demons originally live in this place? Then it's not surprising that their magic would feel poisonous.
Shu Xin nodded and happily made a decision: "That's great, from now on you'll be in charge of cooking for the demons."
"Huh?" The little lamb practically jumped out of Shu Xin's arms: "I, I don't have time! I—"
Shu Xin interrupted him directly: "Just because you don't have time doesn't mean I do?"
Xi felt a little guilty, but was still very reluctant: "They can process that little bit of poison..."
Is this a matter of digestion or not?! Shu Xin was speechless. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Let's dig a stove next to the underground lake in the planting area. I'll make you a big wooden pot and give you some flint. The demon's poison won't be able to seep into the flint. Oh well, I'll arrange for a flower fairy to come and help you too."
"Okay, okay! Thank you so much, my dear master~"
After being inspected by the Flower Fairy, the demons happily moved into the underground city.
Most demons prefer to act in their original forms, but not all demons have such enormous beast forms. Therefore, only a small portion of the caves in the residential area are unusually large. The demons carefully hid these huge caves at the very back of the residential area. Although Shu Xin could see them clearly within the range of her detection magic, she pretended not to see them.
Although the demons also had night vision, Shu Xin still distributed the lantern fruits to them as well. It just so happened that the caravan led by Cocona had recently returned to the Land of Sin, bringing back a lot of lantern fruits. After distributing them to the flower fairies, there were still quite a few left, so Shu Xin gave them all to the demons. As for how to distribute them, that was up to the demons to decide, and Shu Xin did not interfere.
Shu Xin also helped set up several large ice storage rooms in the storage area, so that Xi could put the demons' hunting spoils directly into the ice storage rooms instead of sending them to the kitchen of the Flower Castle—the kitchen was already full of cured meat!
After carefully instructing Xi to remember to arrange for the demons to cultivate fields in the planting area and plant delicious mushrooms, and also instructing Lanjiao to remember to place the demons in the preparation area for guarding and watching over them, Shu Xin no longer had time to pay attention to the demons. Instead, she returned to the ground and began to busy herself with the flower fairies' affairs.
The large prey sent to the kitchen has fully demonstrated the demons' combat power. Shu Xin and Peng Peng An discussed and finalized the patrol plan during the harvest month. They decided to hand over the entire border of the Land of Sin to the demons for guarding. The 30 combat teams were all assigned to patrol the borders of the Tree of Life's coverage area, working in shifts to ensure that there was a patrol team on duty day and night. The 17 medical teams were treated the same way.
Then Shu Xin went to the kitchen to find Mei Meilin and asked her to select a flower fairy from among the servants who was also good at cooking. The demons needed a chef to guide them in cooking. After thinking for a moment, Shu Xin added, "Don't worry about safety. I will arrange for a patrol team to escort you."
Meimei hesitated for a moment, then asked, "My Lady Flower Fairy, I know a flower fairy who is very good at making soup, but she is not a servant of the Flower Castle. Can I still recommend her to you?"
"Of course! I wanted you to choose from among the servants because I thought you were more familiar with these flower fairies; whether they were servants or not doesn't matter." Shu Xin asked with some curiosity, "Are they common flower fairies?"
Memeline nodded, her eyes sparkling: "She's a flower fairy commoner, but Lilia only recently went from being a slave back to a commoner. She's really good at making soup! The mushroom bread soup you had yesterday was taught to me by her!"
Shu Xin let out a small "wow"—the mushroom bread soup was quite delicious. She hadn't expected it to be a recipe developed by the flower fairy herself. She had thought it was a recipe given by the Tree of Life. There were indeed hidden talents among the flower fairy slaves. Thinking about it carefully, it made sense. Flower fairy slaves who could survive in such a barren and harsh magical environment as the Land of Sin must have some special qualities.
The best course of action would be to entrust the important task of teaching demons how to cook to this flower fairy who can develop new recipes. However, it depends on whether she is willing to deal with demons. After asking Meimeilin to convey her request to this flower fairy named Lilia, Shuxin left the kitchen, let out a soft breath, and flew towards the conference room.
"Have you made up your minds?" Shu Xin asked, looking at the flower fairies in the caravan.
“I’ve made up my mind! Fairy Flower!” Peppert, who had just traveled with the caravan, now seemed much more mature. He spoke first, his tone firm, “My parents and family will definitely agree! As for my friends and fellow countrymen, with acorn wine and acorn bread, I guarantee I can persuade them to come to the Land of Sin!”
Kokona then spoke up, looking somewhat hesitant: "Of course I'd like to move to the Land of Sin with my family, but sir, my hometown is really far away. Not just me, but Gegoro and Ninya's hometowns are also very, very far away. There are only two weeks left until the Harvest Month, sir. Even if we wanted to move here with our family and friends, we wouldn't be able to make it in time..."
“I understand, and I’ve thought of that too, Gege Luo,” Shu Xin said, looking at the flower fairy who had become nervous after being called out. “I have a way to solve your friend’s problem.”
Gegro nearly fell from the sky. He stammered, "Really?! You...you can pardon the slaves?!" Tetson popped his head out of his pocket, his eyes wide open, too excited to speak.
“If you want to interpret it as an absolution, that’s fine too. But I prefer to say it as restoration, from flower fairy slaves to flower fairy commoners, and from flower fairy commoners to flower fairies. Tetesen, I think you’re ready. Nonori, are you ready?” Shu Xin turned to look at the purple-haired flower fairy who had been silent behind her.
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