Hidden Head flapped its wings and circled around Ye Sisi a few times, its beautiful wings swaying as it proudly declared, "The word 'father' is well-chosen. Returning home in glory, I am now a first-rate handsome man. The girls of the Phantom Clan will surely be captivated by me."
Ye Sisi's lips twitched. She couldn't understand where she learned this acrostic trick.
As Ye Sisi walked, she asked, "Hey, what level of master is the most powerful in your Phantom Clan?"
She has been in the spirit realm for quite some time, but she hasn't had much contact with the demon race.
The demon race in the Spirit Realm mainly gathers on the Myriad Demon Continent of the Holy Spirit Domain and the Bamboo Sea Continent of the Azure Mist Domain. Demon beasts above the Nascent Soul stage can transform into human form, and their intelligence is not much worse than that of humans, so they can be treated as two top-tier sects.
The powerful figures at the Integration Realm and above who are stationed on the second continent of the Demon-Slaying Land are all demon cultivators, and those who kill the rampaging demons are all demon beasts.
Humans and demons have been enemies since ancient times. Cultivators need the sinews, bones, flesh, and blood of demon beasts, either for food, for Qi cultivation, or to forcibly sign contracts to make demon beasts recognize them as their masters.
Similarly, in the eyes of demons, humans can also be considered food and prey. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of the demon race, the human and demon races could not have lived in such harmony.
Although humans are not as physically strong or long-lived as demons, their talent for cultivation and innate abilities far surpass those of demons. Therefore, the humans guard the seals of three continents while the demons independently guard one, which avoids a lot of unnecessary trouble.
Of course, these matters are for the big shots to handle and negotiate, and it's not Ye Sisi's place to manage them for the time being. The reason she inquired about the situation of the hidden head's family was because she was a little uneasy.
She had gone to great lengths to send her son down there, only to have him sign a contract with her and then brought back. She was really afraid she would get beaten up.
Hidden Head chuckled: "Although our Phantom Clan isn't good at fighting, we do have two Mahayana stage ancestors in charge. There's nothing we can do about it; we demon beasts generally live quite long."
Ye Sisi did the math. She was still in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. If she were to face two phantoms in the Mahayana realm, it seemed like she had no chance of winning at all. She might not even be able to escape.
"How about this, I'll send you onto the teleportation array and you can go back by yourself. You can stay at home if you want, or come find me at that house in Xianyin City if you want to continue following me?"
Hiding his head, he tilted it and blinked: "Dad, are you scared?"
Ye Sisi nodded without hesitation: "That's right. Just thinking about it is terrifying. I'm a tiny distraction, and I'm going to venture alone into the Myriad Demon Continent, where there are powerful demons everywhere. I'm very timid now."
Zang Tou panicked and hurriedly said, "Dad, you can't leave me alone! I'm just a small Nascent Soul cultivator, and a Phantom Phoenix with extremely pure bloodline. If I go back alone, it's like carrying a mountain of gold around. Those brainless guys will eat me up, leaving not even bone fragments."
Ye Sisi had naturally thought of this as well, so she was just teasing the hide-and-seek guy for fun. She didn't want the guy who had been by her side for so long and called her "Dad" for so many years to suddenly become someone else's opportunity. However, she was also a little scared. What if she got beaten up?
Seeing that Ye Sisi remained silent, Zangtou quickly said, "Dad, don't worry. My ancestors are all very reasonable. Besides, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to revert to my ancestral bloodline. They're too grateful to even think about thanking you. Moreover, we signed an equal contract from the beginning, which is mutually beneficial, so they have even less reason to target you. Furthermore, the status of our demon race is based on bloodline. For example, the national treasure has a very high status in the Pixiu clan, and now I have the highest bloodline in the Phantom clan, so they all have to listen to me."
As Ye Sisi listened to the rambling of the hidden character, a smile unconsciously crept onto her face, and she felt a strange sense of pride, like a mother seeing her child grow up.
"Alright, alright. You've called me 'Dad' for so many years, I'll send you back eventually. Whether you stay or leave is up to you. We can even terminate the contract now."
Just as Ye Sisi said at the beginning, she really had no interest in spirit pets. Like Guobao and Zangtou, both of them had high bloodlines and great potential, but their presence by her side was not strong. Most people contract spirit pets to increase their combat power or simply because they like them, but she did neither. So she had no objection if they chose to leave her.
The reason she initially made the contract with Hidden Head was purely because Hidden Head walked right into her trap. In addition, it had fallen from the Spirit Realm and claimed to be a prince of the Phantom Clan. She thought that keeping it by her side would be useful for her future ascension to the Spirit Realm.
She never put the national treasures or the Hidden Head Society in danger, and she never even let them do anything.
Hidden head is a little better, at least it helped her gather a lot of information. The national treasure only took action once, and sometimes she would forget that she even had a Pixiu.
So she was sincere when she said she could terminate the contract immediately and let the beast choose whether to stay or leave. However, she would be happy if the beast was willing to continue following her, since the two of them could bicker when they got bored.
Zang Tou was taken aback upon hearing this, tilted his head, and asked doubtfully, "Dad, are you serious? I am now a Phantom Phoenix. Do you know how many cultivators want to contract a spirit pet like this? My current cultivation level is not high, so you may not feel it clearly. But when my cultivation level is higher, not only will I have powerful combat strength, but I can also replenish your physical body and soul through the contract."
Ye Sisi smiled and asked, "What level are you at now?"
The person in the hidden position honestly replied, "The Nascent Soul stage is complete."
Ye Sisi then asked, "What level am I at now?"
The hidden character continued to answer honestly: "Mid-stage of the Divine Distraction Realm."
Ye Sisi calmly continued to ask, "I've only been cultivating for a few years, how many years have you been cultivating?"
Hiding its head, it didn't want to speak anymore, as if it were truly dispensable to Ye Sisi.
Ye Sisi softened her tone: "Besides, I've never treated you as a spirit pet. If you hadn't been so annoying, I wouldn't have bothered signing a contract with you. You've been with me for so long, so we're friends, at least that's what I think. So I'll respect whatever choice you make."
The girl who hid her head was so moved that tears streamed down her face. It turned out that in this seemingly ruthless girl's heart, they were actually friends. Her life had been worthwhile.
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