Chapter 5: Xi'er's Harmonious Relationship with the Children of the Fairy Clan
After eating and drinking her fill, Xi'er quickly became sleepy.
The high priest manifested his true form to serve as a cushion for her. She lay on the soft, thick seaweed and quickly drifted off to sleep.
Xi'er was awakened by a chirping sound, which sounded like willow whistles and birdsong.
When she opened her eyes, she saw a dozen or so slender young men and women surrounding her.
They emitted a faint yellow halo, but interspersed within this yellow halo were many small gray particles.
They looked a lot like the daemons she had seen before, but those daemons didn't have the small gray particles on their bodies.
They all looked extremely malnourished, with dry, yellow hair, pale skin, and somewhat sunken facial features.
Seeing her looking over, one of the girls mustered up her courage and came closer: "Hey! Are you new here? Which puddle did you come from?"
“You look very strong. The water in the puddles over there must be very clean, right?” a boy said.
"You're not going to steal our water, are you?" a little boy behind the boy asked.
"You must be on the leaderboard, right? But I can't see any aura around you. Have you advanced to the Green Goblin level? I heard the Green Goblin's aura is a different color than ours," the first girl who struck up a conversation with her said.
The boys and girls saw a faint, transparent halo emanating from her, but they had never seen this color of light before, so they couldn't determine her level.
But being near her made them all feel comfortable, which is why they gathered around her asking her all sorts of questions.
Xi'er was a little confused. She could understand every single word they said, but when put together, she couldn't understand a single sentence.
Are the people here just too intelligent? Or has her intelligence regressed?
Xi'er's first reaction was to look for Zi Ling, but he was nowhere to be found.
"Could you ask one question at a time? With so many questions, which one should I answer first?" Xi'er said helplessly.
"Then tell us first, have you advanced to the Green Goblin level?" the bolder girl asked.
"Um, I don't know which stage I'm in right now. But I have a question, can you tell me what kind of place this is?" Xi'er said.
"This is Red Stone Bay. Do you see the rocks on that mountain over there? They're all red." The girl pointed to the hillside path hidden in the morning sunlight.
"Oh, so this is Red Stone Bay. Can you tell me your names?" Xi'er asked again.
"Name? What's my name? I don't know!" the little boy asked curiously.
"Idiot! The name is the ranking in the arena!"
I heard from Granny Huang, who takes care of us, that our Demon Clan holds a tournament every ten years in the Great Abyss Sea, the center of our Dust Continent.
The arena competition is hosted by the most esteemed Purple Demon Lord, and anyone ranked within the top five thousand is qualified to receive their own name.
Grandma Huang said that one of her childhood friends had placed 2,805th in the tournament.
He later evolved into the Green Goblin and went to conquer the New World with the High Priest!
"If only I could go to the New World with the High Priest! I would work incredibly hard to become a Blue Demon!"
The girl was excited, her eyes sparkling, completely unaware that she had gone off-topic.
"So, none of you have your own names?" Xi'er asked.
"Yes, we're all still young. We missed the previous tournament, so we're not qualified to have our own names," the girl said regretfully, lowering her head.
"So how do you usually address each other?" Xi'er asked.
"I took human form on June 6, 12552 of the Great Abyss Calendar, so my number is 125520606. They thought this number was too long, so they called me 606."
Anyway, our pond is very small, and there are very few people in our tribe, so it's not easy to encounter someone with the same name.
"Grandma Huang said, 'When I'm qualified to participate in the arena competition in the Great Abyss Sea in the future, I'll have to use my full number and can't be called 606 anymore.'" the girl replied earnestly.
“Yes, yes, my number is 125520105. I’m half a year older than her. They usually call me 105,” the boy continued.
"I am 125580303, you can call me 303. I am six years younger than them, but I will work hard and I will definitely be able to participate in the next arena competition with them!" The little boy also came over and said.
They were all very interested in Xi'er because their little pond was rarely visited by outsiders, and even passing tribesmen rarely came by.
Xi'er didn't sense any malice from them. The children of the Ximo tribe here seemed very innocent, completely different from those Ximo tribes who invaded the Misty Heaven Realm.
They couldn't even tell that she wasn't one of their kind.
Before making a pact with the High Priest, Xi'er knew that when encountering the Demon Clan, one could either flee or fight to the death.
After killing them, you can absorb their energy to quickly advance your level.
Although she did not directly absorb the energy of the Demon Clan, she did absorb the enormous energy from the energy-gathering shield that her brother brought back.
It is said that the energy-gathering shield was formed by the sacrifice of hundreds of Blue Demons by the Fine Demon Clan, which resulted in such a huge amount of energy.
But these little demon children in front of me all looked so thin and weak, clearly suffering from chronic hunger and thirst.
But when they saw her, this outsider, they neither tried to steal her belongings nor intended to trap her; instead, they all drained her dry.
They felt nothing but intense curiosity about her, the kind of curiosity a child has about all new things.
"Do you... all live around here? Where do you live?" Xi'er asked again.
"Yes! We all live in the No. 37 pond in Hongshiwan, but unfortunately the water quality here is very poor, you will definitely dislike it." Girl 606 said a little embarrassed.
"I won't mind, I just want to see what your home is like. Can you take me there?" Xi'er said.
"Of course! Come with us!" 606 said cheerfully.
Her body was very light; it was more like she was floating than walking. She would only put her feet on the ground every two or three meters.
The other children were about the same, except that they floated for shorter distances.
It's like how people's strides vary in length when they walk.
Although the spiritual energy here is extremely thin, it is not a truly desolate place. Xi'er is now at the second level of the Heavenly Inquiry Realm, so flying through the air is very easy for her.
Traveling close to the ground and flying through the air consumes very little spiritual energy.
To avoid arousing suspicion, she followed behind everyone, staying close to the ground and flying through the air.
The high priest, who had been secretly watching from the side, followed her at a distance.
He wanted to see if his young master could get along harmoniously with the demons here without his intervention.
After all, he had extremely high expectations for her; he wanted her to lead the entire Demon Clan to glory in the future.
The future queen is still young, and he wants to see how she copes with an unfamiliar environment on her own.
I also want to see what kind of personality she will show after she leaves the care of adults.
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