Chapter 82
◎Welcome to the World of Monsters (Part 2)◎
When they returned to Fuyu Mountain, most of the demons and gods in the mountain knew the news. Because of work, Long Ying had not seen Lian Jiu for a long time.
Even though what she did can be known through the Internet and daily online communication, there are still many details that can only be obtained through face-to-face interviews.
Since the netizens selected this time came from all over the country, and Lian Jiu was busy dealing with the specific matters of the exhibition, all the registration materials were sent to Long Ying. In just one day, the mailbox was full. Long Ying was dazzled even when he called Yuan Qing and Jiang An to help.
When they returned to the mountains for dinner and a meeting that evening, Long Ying asked, "We're letting humans in this time, but will we do it again in the future?"
"It's fine if it's necessary," Lian Jiu said. "Besides, the youkai are gradually moving out now. If they meet human friends in the future and want to bring them in as guests, that's their freedom."
Inviting these people in this time is itself a major breakthrough, as it is intended to allow humans to slowly begin to accept the existence of monsters.
One person from each province is the best representative.
Si Lan was in a stalemate with the human world for a long time.
But if you want to boil the frog in warm water, you must keep the water temperature rising and cannot stay still.
In the end, Si Lan's persistence naturally won.
Although this was a necessary measure, Yuan Qing's scalp tingled when he thought about the dizziness he felt while sorting through the application forms. "We have to think of a way, like the security check."
That's indeed a good idea.
It’s impossible that every monster that wants to invite humans to their home will have to ask Jiang An to interview them one by one.
There are four demon realms, and Jiang An can't run around everywhere, not to mention that he will have no private time at all.
But being able to identify whether a person is good or bad is Jiang An’s special skill, and other monsters are not demon gods, so what should he do?
Si Lan suddenly said: "There is a way."
"What?"
"Auspicious beasts identify people based on their spiritual energy," Si Lan said. "Spiritual energy can be sensed, otherwise monsters wouldn't appear. Not only monsters possess spiritual energy in the monster world, but plants and animals do as well. They subconsciously reject those who disagree with them, especially the more sensitive plants. As long as Bai Ze transfers some of his divine power to these plants, they can intercept them."
"Oh, yes!" Jiang An was also reminded, "When we lived in the human world before, I personally planted some small plants and placed them outside the barrier to keep humans away."
It turns out this is possible. It's just like the horse drawn by Si Lan can become a monster.
Can the plants grown by Bai Ze be used as a scanner?
"Then I'll trouble you, An An." Lian Jiu said, "There probably won't be a demand for this in the short term, but after the New Year, more and more monsters will go out, and then every monster world will need this plant."
Being able to help Jiujiu solve his troubles was what made Jiang An happy. He immediately took the responsibility and said, "No problem! I'll start planting in a minute!"
"Also..." Lian Jiu opened the PPT file he had prepared. "You may not have seen exhibitions in the human world. They are similar to a catwalk. I plan to select some suitable monsters in the monster world to serve as our models."
Netizens have been looking forward to those peripherals for a long time, but the peripherals will be somewhat different from the natural ones on the little monsters.
Simply putting it there didn't seem convincing enough, so Lian Jiu came up with the idea of choosing a model.
If you want to buy peripherals, then you can go with the four demon realms together. There are many kinds of goods, and some require the demons to act out and try them on.
And those pearls.
Professional jewelry design requires specialized designers. Obviously, there are not many monsters in the monster world who have such talents, so most pearls are pure natural and unprocessed.
A small number of them are female monsters with relatively good aesthetics who have undergone micro-processing based on their own types.
This kind of thing needs someone to display it. After all, it will not only be shown to visitors, but also to the majority of netizens.
The business is aimed at people across the country and even foreign markets.
Long Ying agreed with her idea and said, "Then I'll go pick some big monsters whose behavior is more mature and appropriate now?"
Lian Jiu pondered for a moment and said, "We have exactly opposite ideas. I prefer to let the children come."
"Children?" Su Caifeng was a little worried. "They don't know enough about these things, and they haven't been to the human world much. Will there be any accidents?"
Lian Jiu smiled and said, "Ever since we opened the kindergarten, we've been worried about the children getting into trouble. But until now, not a single child has had any problems."
After being reminded of this, everyone thought back and it seemed to be true!
Lian Jiu added, "Because these children have never been to the human world and haven't been troubled by the complexities of reality, what they reveal is the most pure and genuine."
Aren’t all things in the demon world just about being true and simple?
There are no better models than children.
Lian Jiu added, "And these peripherals were popularized by children in the beginning."
Cuteness and sincerity are always the killer moves.
Whether in real life or on the Internet, humans are accustomed to seeing all kinds of shows.
This was what Ke Yuansi reminded me of before.
Especially for rich people like them, they have been to all over the world and have seen famous and unknown shows, and they are tired of them.
At times like this, a show that is inexperienced, simple and clean is just the thing that attracts this kind of people.
The demon gods were persuaded. It happened that New Year's Day was a holiday, and the little demons were worried about having no place to play, so this provided them with an opportunity to have fun.
Thus, the Fuyu Mountain Monster Model Team was officially established!
In the recent outdoor classes, several human teachers were teaching the children how to display things to everyone.
The kids are studying very seriously.
This concerns the future sales of all the peripheral products in the demon world!
To round it off, they are actually advertising for the demon world!
So they all tried their best to bring out the characteristics of their species to the extreme.
Everything flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water... can be displayed.
Before New Year's Day, the Fuyushan Kindergarten, which took several months to build, was finally completed and the children could finally move in.
Compared to the previous small and shabby school, the new school is big and spacious, with bright lights and all the newest desks and benches.
It is not much worse than the classroom of the previous aristocratic kindergarten, mainly because LK contributed during the decoration process.
The live broadcast started as normal on the opening day.
A group of demon gods and teachers stood at the entrance of the new kindergarten, with Lian Jiu standing in the middle.
All the monsters, big and small, came, their eyes filled with excitement and anticipation.
Worried that the electric door might injure the little monsters, Lian Jiu had the masters install a very wide and large iron door during the renovation.
She stood in the middle and said with a smile: "Children, from now on we can go to school in the new school!"
As she spoke, she also pushed open the door of the new kindergarten behind her.
Jiang An and Yuan Qing stood at both ends, setting off fireworks like they did when the supermarket first opened.
The demon gods were all a little emotional, because this was not just the door to the kindergarten, but also a door for the entire demon world to start moving towards the future.
If it doesn't last long, this door may not open in a short time or at all.
Lian Jiu looked at all the monsters and said loudly, "Come in and take a look at our new learning environment!"
The children cheered: "Thank you, Teacher Jiujiu!!"
Then he pulled his parents into the school.
The new school is very large and has various areas. The cafeteria alone is as big as the previous kindergarten.
A new dormitory building was also specially prepared for the teachers.
There is also a large playground in the back where children can play football and engage in other leisure activities in the human world.
Even the equipment and various ball toys are prepared in the equipment room.
It turns out that there is motivation only when there is pressure.
If the demon world had not developed later and Si Lan had not gone to the human world to cooperate with those people, even if this kindergarten had been built, it would have only been a more solid place to shelter from the wind and rain, and it would not have been so complete.
Even the big monsters without children came to join in the fun. After running around inside and outside, they returned to Lian Jiu.
At least by following the director, I know where to go and what to do, just like visiting from outside.
"I'm ashamed to say this," Ba Wu said, "I never went to kindergarten or school, so I have no idea what those things are used for."
"Yes." Another monster nodded. "When I built that kindergarten with these monster gods, I never thought we would have such a good environment in the future."
Ba Wu agreed: "Actually, I thought at the time that as long as the children could go to school and didn't have to live like us, that would be fine."
"You'll have schooling in the future," Lian Jiu said gently. "Haven't I already given you the textbooks?"
Ba Wu immediately screamed, "Yes, yes, yes! I've already learned the third-grade curriculum. I think by the end of next month, I'll be able to become a qualified junior high school student!"
The learning ability of big monsters is much stronger than that of small monsters, not to mention those simple elementary school basic knowledge.
"Hehe." Another big monster scratched his head, wanting to prove himself, "I even learned English vocabulary. Hello~how are you."
"Not bad," Lian Jiu praised. "The pronunciation is very accurate!"
The monster suddenly became more confident and felt that he had more ambition to make progress.
I was praised by the principal!
Si Lan watched this scene silently, and recalled that Lian Jiu had bought him a set of study materials before, but he had never opened them until now.
In the past, I also learned poetry, books, etiquette, the Book of Changes, and arithmetic from those who went to school.
If you really learn it, won’t you be better than these monsters?
And she said she would study with me!
Si Lan suddenly realized what he had lost and felt a little sad. He secretly made up his mind to go home tonight, take out the set of study materials and start studying!
According to Lian Jiu, maybe he could take exams with her and go to college together in the future!
Thinking of this, I suddenly feel more motivated.
Seeing how much these big and small monsters like a new school, netizens feel very uncomfortable.
[This is a very common thing for us, but they have been looking forward to it for so long, which makes me feel sad.]
Now I feel embarrassed to insult people by saying, "You don't even have a kindergarten education." I feel morally rebuked.
[For them, the mud houses they had before were a great luxury.]
For those of you who were in the livestream from the beginning, let's take a closer look: from beginning to end, we didn't seem to hear any children or parents complain about the poor learning environment.
[Right, right, right! I remember that too. They almost never complained about anything. Even when new teachers came, they welcomed them with all their heart, fearing that the teachers might have any grudges.]
I don't know why, but I suddenly felt very ashamed.
【Fortunately, everyone is getting better now, and things will get better in the future! 】
Because the school moved to a new one, the school chose a weekend for all the teachers to move in and decorate the dormitories.
After packing up her things and standing at the gate of this shabby elementary school, Wei Jingxuan suddenly felt a sense of emotion: "I don't know why, but I always feel that the new school is not as good as this one."
She still remembers the shock she felt when she saw the mud house on her first day here.
But now that I am about to move to a more spacious and brighter dormitory, I feel reluctant to leave.
I used to eat, attend classes, and play here with teachers, demon gods, and monsters of all sizes. We were almost always moving around in this small space.
Now I don’t even want to leave this small place.
Wang Shanqing stood beside her and said with a smile, "Isn't that warm feeling gone?"
"Maybe."
Wu Shanshan shook her head: "The warmth is also because of the people who are with us. We are going there now, and we will see them in the future. How can it not be warm?"
Duan Zian, who was also feeling very sad, suddenly understood: "That seems to make sense."
"But..." he said worriedly, "I heard that if no one lives in this kind of house, it will soon fall into disrepair."
Lian Jiu walked out of his room and saw several teachers lamenting the passing of time. He was overjoyed and said, "It won't be unoccupied."
"Our demon school isn't finished yet. This will be the school for the great demons in the future," she said. "And as teachers from the human world, you can come and give them extra lessons anytime. You should know all the elementary school courses, right?"
Although they felt like they were being exploited by capitalists, the teachers were still very happy.
The melancholy feeling of parting disappeared in an instant.
If possible, they hope that this traditional school can remain here for a long time.
"There are still dormitories." Lian Jiu said helplessly, "Xiao Ke insisted on bringing the crew to live here."
Xiao Ke brought a team with him, and the dormitories in the old school were not enough, so they lived in temporary mobile cabins like those in Nanyushan.
Now that the new school has been built, there is room for them.
But the three Xiao Ke brothers refused to stay, especially Ji Luo and Qin Wenxuan, who insisted on experiencing the artistic atmosphere here.
At this moment, he was already standing at the school gate, carrying his suitcase and staring at me eagerly.
"Hurry up and leave." Ke Yuansi carried his large suitcase, "I want to take over the room where the principal used to live!"
"Dream on!" Ji Luo was dissatisfied when he heard it, "No, I'll go!"
Qin Wenxuan had already walked forward carrying his luggage: "Don't rush, first come first served."
"I'm the producer, listen to me!"
"I'm the director, listen to me!"
"I'm the acting director! How can we do without me? I want to stay there and rest well."
The other teachers looked at it and said, “…”
OK, now it looks like it won't be scrapped.
It’s different to study art.
Besides, what should I do if I want to stay and join them in the fight?!
But when I saw these three brothers were about to fight...
Forget it, let’s go.
People who study art are all mentally ill.
At this time, Si Lan also came out of his room.
He had nothing in his hands, and no one knew what he had packed.
Several human teachers looked at him secretly. Duan Zian asked, "It seems that the Divine Lord didn't bring anything?"
"You're stupid," Wu Shanshan said. "Even the gods have their own Qiankun sleeves. Do you think you can't fit everything in two big suitcases like me?"
At this time, Si Lan had already walked in front of Lian Jiu and seemed very unhappy.
Lian Jiu could now fully understand his emotions. He was not only unhappy, but his ears were drooping, which meant he was angry and a little aggrieved. She asked, "What's wrong?"
Si Lan turned his wrist, and the night light stayed quietly in his hand.
He whispered, "It's not bright anymore."
Lian Jiu took it and saw that the light inside was burnt out.
It doesn't seem surprising.
Si Lan kept it open all the time, day and night, whether in Fuyu Mountain or Nanyu Mountain.
It’s not so bad over at Nanyu Mountain, they have prefabricated houses and the wiring is done by professionals.
But the houses on Fuyu Mountain were originally built by the monsters themselves, and the electrical circuits were in a mess, with short circuits occurring from time to time.
This night light was originally a cheap item that Lian Jiu bought when he first came to the mountains and had no money. Now that Si Lan has been using it day and night, it doesn't seem surprising that it broke.
She was silent for a moment. "So why do we have to keep the lights on all day and night?"
Si Lan lowered his eyes and said in a lower voice, "This is from you."
Wei Jingxuan suddenly pinched Duan Zian next to her, who bared his teeth and said, "You're crazy!"
Crazy, crazy, going crazy.
The real owner is desperately trying to show off his affection in front of me!!!
Originally, after they went to Nanyu Mountain, they could only watch the show online for a long time. Moreover, because they had to attend classes during the day, sometimes they couldn’t catch up with the live broadcast and could only watch it in the super topic.
Now happiness is back again!
Lian Jiu, who hadn't expected such an answer, was slightly relieved. "I gave it to you, so you keep it on day and night?"
Silan’s normal default.
Jiang An couldn't help but disdain: "This lamp is really painful. Shouldn't you protect the things Jiujiu gave you well?"
"An An, be good, stop talking." Wei Jingxuan pulled her over and said tactfully, "You are still young."
Could you please not be so straight!
Seeing Si Lan's ears drooping lower and lower, Lian Jiu couldn't help but lift them up a little for him, and couldn't help laughing: "It's no big deal, I'll go to the supermarket and buy you a new lamp later."
The ear in his hand moved slightly, and Lian Jiu continued, "Buy a good quality one. You can use it every day, day or night. Now that we have moved to the dormitory, there will be no short circuit problems. You can use it for a long time."
The ears moved even more happily.
Lian Jiu rubbed it gently and smiled: "Let's go to the new dormitory first."
Si Lan put away the night light and said, "I read the book you bought."
Thinking of the materials he was preparing for the academic exam, Lian Jiu nodded: "How is it going?"
"There are a few things I'm not sure about." Si Lan said, "You said we could study together."
After a moment of silence, Lian Jiu looked at him.
Si Lan lowered his eyes slightly, as if looking at the ground.
"That's good, the college entrance examination will be held in the second half of the year after the New Year." Lian Jiu chuckled, "Then after get off work, come over to my place and study with me after dinner."
"good."
Plan√.
Everyone returned to their new rooms and started packing. Thinking of Si Lan's lack of life experience, Lian Jiu thought for a moment and went to the supermarket to buy a small light bulb first, then went around to the door of Si Lan's room.
Now that living conditions have improved, teachers can all have single rooms, and Jiang An has started to build a nest in his own room.
Si Lan's room is right next door, also in the corner. This is a special arrangement, and no one usually comes here.
At this time, the door was wide open, and Si Lan was staring at the quilt and quilt cover that was messed up into a ball.
Lian Jiu knocked on the door gently, turned around, and covered the messy quilt behind him in an attempt to make it even more obvious.
Lian Jiu smiled and said, "You can ask me for help."
Si Lan pursed his lips: "I want to try it myself."
It just kind of failed.
As he said this, he lowered his head again and turned the wrongly installed quilt around, and this time he was finally able to align the four corners.
He poked his head out from under the quilt, and, imitating Lian Jiu's previous behavior, shook the quilt a few times, and finally stretched it out.
The successful God Lord turned around and looked at Lian Jiu at the door: "Look."
I'm quite proud of it.
"That's great." Lian Jiu praised it like a child and asked, "Can I come in?"
"You can anytime."
Lian Jiu walked in and placed the small light bulb he had bought on the table. Originally, he had brought all the things into his own space, so it was not visible at that time.
But now everything is a mess. You can see that he is trying hard to learn how to tidy it up, but the progress is a bit slow.
He had never lived in a human environment, let alone in such a bright and tidy large room, so he seemed a little confused about how to use some of the living furniture.
Noticing Lian Jiu looking at his messy room, Si Lan silently began to tidy it up: "I'm just a little slow."
"I know." Lian Jiu comforted him, "You've done very well."
Si Lan didn't say anything, but his ears betrayed that he was in a low mood.
"Where's the night light?" Lian Jiu took out a new bulb. "I'll change it for you."
Si Lan immediately handed her the night light.
Lian Jiu said as he changed the lightbulb, "Don't feel any pressure. Even humans would need to learn like you if they were put in this kind of environment."
Si Lan sat in front of her, watching the movements of her fingertips, and replied: "Do you think I'm useless?"
Lian Jiu stopped in surprise and looked up: "Why do you feel that way? You are very powerful."
Si Lan frowned: "I don't know anything."
Now, Lian Jiu seemed to finally understand Si Lan's thoughts a little bit. He seemed to have always been a little inferior.
"You've done so much for the demon world, how could you be incapable of doing anything?"
Si Lan pointed at her hand: "I don't know how to do this."
Lian Jiu quickly turned on the light bulb and handed it to him: "Try it."
Although he didn't understand what she was going to do, Si Lan did it anyway.
After successfully tightening the bulb, she connected the night light to the line and turned on the switch. This time the night light was even softer and more beautiful than before: "See, now you know how to do it, don't you?"
Si Lan was stunned.
"Things you haven't learned won't be normal. You don't have to be sad about this kind of thing." Lian Jiu said, "Your existence has many more important meanings and values."
Si Lan looked at the lights that came back on: "I think it will be better."
At least it won't be so painful when I think of her.
"It's okay." Lian Jiu chuckled, "Aren't we getting better all the time? Besides, you're already very good."
Si Lan's eyes were a little confused: "I'm fine?"
Lian Jiu nodded affirmatively: "Yes, very good."
Looking at her serious eyes, Si Lan looked away and suddenly smiled: "Thank you."
He stood up and continued to pack his things. This time he did not refuse Lian Jiu's help. When Lian Jiu was helping him pack, he found a large box under the table.
Because he has a portable space, Si Lan never uses a box. The last time I saw him, he didn’t have one.
"What's in the box?" Lian Jiu didn't open it first, but turned around and asked, "Do you want to take it out and put it on display?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Si Lan immediately flashed in front of her, took the box and carefully placed it on the cabinet in the corner: "This, leave it like this."
It seems to be a secret.
Lian Jiu hadn't thought about prying into other people's secrets for a long time: "Okay, that's enough. I'll go back and pack my things. You should go to bed early."
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After moving the school and dormitories, the New Year's Day exhibition at Fuyushan began.
This New Year's Day is on Sunday, so we also have a holiday on Saturday.
In order not to affect the monsters' first New Year's Eve, Lian Jiu set the exhibition date on Saturday.
The live broadcast began early that morning.
The specially selected human world tour group, several teachers' family groups, and LK employee team-building group set off together in the human world.
Then I got on the exclusive bus to Fuyushan.
The tour groups are all loyal viewers of the live broadcast room, so they naturally know who the bigwigs are in the kindergarten.
Move to the gathering bus stop and you will find it.
LK’s boss Wei Jingchen and senior executives, the owner and his wife of HomeMart, and the leading doctor from a Chinese medicine family are all here.
Ordinary people from all over the world trembled and nervously entered the live broadcast room.
[My family, who understands? Even though I don’t have that much money, I can actually ride the bus with these people! ! ! ]
[Rounding off, do I have the potential to become a wealthy person? ]
[What kind of status do these big guys have? They actually have to ride the bus with us! ]
[Fuck, I'm so jealous, can you guys stop showing off? ]
[I've heard before that you can't drive into the mountains by yourself, you have to take a special bus.]
I'm a local, but I rarely see this bus. Doesn't it have a fixed route?
[I have seen it, but only once. It never stops at the station.]
At this time, the bus came.
Su Caifeng, wearing a suit, and the smaller version of Yuan Qing got out of the car.
Xiao Yuanqing gestured for invitation and said with a smile, "Welcome all tourists aboard this Fuyushan BRT line. Except for Mr. Wei Jingchen, please provide your ID cards for inspection and board the bus in an orderly manner. I hope everyone will enjoy this trip."
Because they have all been screened and there are so many of them, this is the first time that Fu Yushan has received so many guests from the human world, so they need to confirm their names, identities and photos one by one.
Everyone except Wei Jingchen suddenly felt nervous as if they were being scanned before an exam.
Even the little Yuan Qing, who always seemed so cute, now looked extra serious.
After everyone's identity was verified one by one, everyone boarded the bus. Xiao Yuanqing followed and stood at the front, saying, "A friendly reminder: when riding our special bus, you are not allowed to take photos or videos, let alone live broadcasts. If you are caught, you may be kicked out. It is legally permitted."
Say it again, is it legal?
But everyone knew the specialness of the mountains, and even signed a confidentiality agreement before coming here, so even if some people were curious and wanted to take pictures, they all put their phones away quietly.
Yuan Qing: "Then next, we will unveil the mystery of Fuyu Mountain for everyone."
After saying that, he and Su Caifeng took out the calming pills that Bai Ze had specially prepared and distributed them to everyone present.
Mother Wu was puzzled: "What is this?"
"This is our Fuyu Mountain special tranquility pill, which contains traditional Chinese medicine ingredients." Yuan Qing explained, "It is specially prepared for everyone to recuperate."
Mr. Duan, who was visiting, had heard from his son that there were many miraculous healers in the mountains. He put the pill under his nose and sniffed it. He could smell the aroma of Chinese medicine, and it made him feel particularly refreshed. "If I have the chance, I really want to consult this doctor."
Yuan Qing already knew his identity and treated his teacher's family with great enthusiasm: "There will definitely be one."
Seeing that these big guys took the medicine with great trust, everyone swallowed the medicine as well.
As expected, I immediately felt refreshed and my tension was relieved a lot.
Yuan Qing then nodded, indicating that the horse painting could begin.
Hua Ma immediately shouted, "Please fasten your seat belts, passengers! Hold on to your belongings and do not walk around in the carriages!"
At this time, the bus had already driven onto an empty side road. Before everyone could react, the scene in front of them suddenly changed after it turned a corner.
It doesn't snow much in the south in winter, and the climate is cold and humid, which is particularly uncomfortable.
But in the blink of an eye, they went from a deserted, damp and muddy path to a vast forest covered in silver.
Everyone was stunned on the spot, unable to react for a moment.
At this time, in order to allow tourists to see the scenery of the demon world more clearly, Huama turned the car into an open-top sightseeing car.
The cold wind and thick snow blew in our faces, but no one felt cold.
Because Xiao Yuanqing and Su Caifeng, who were originally standing in the carriage, had now walked to the front.
Xiao Yuanqing smiled slightly, and under the gaze of everyone, he transformed into a one-legged divine bird, with a faint red light seeming to glow around his blue feathers.
Su Caifeng instantly turned into a dragon head with a pair of gray-white wings behind him.
The two men flew in the air, their bodies continuously emitting heat that enveloped the tourists in the car, preventing them from feeling cold. Their bodies seemed to have merged into one with the ice and snow outside.
It's even more shocking than watching a 3D movie.
I don’t know if it was because of the pill or the immersive feeling that made everyone forget to react, but no one screamed.
Yuan Qing and Su Caifeng's voices seemed to come from the sky: "Next stop, Fuyu Mountain."
The car slowly stopped at the entrance of the mountain.
Lian Jiu and Si Lan stood there in white coats, next to a door that seemed to be made of vines.
Lian Jiu raised his head. For some reason, her voice was as profound as Yuan Qing and the others, yet very gentle.
"Dear visitors, welcome to the world of monsters, Fuyu Mountain."
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