RELDCF 09

Chapter 09

Yirou

“Xiao.”

The elves gathered around were whispering, their voices as soft as possible to avoid disturbing the sacred atmosphere of the Elf Tree, or at least not to appear inferior to others. Thus, Murong Xiao satisfied one of their curiosities.

Upon hearing Murong Xiao’s answer, the surrounding elves couldn’t help but look at each other. They didn’t know Murong Xiao personally, but the name… it sounded very familiar.

They recalled that their leader, Die Wuxi, had accepted an exceptionally gifted disciple, and because of that outstanding talent, the disciple had been granted the title of “Saint.” There had even been a period of contention between the Elf leaders and Her Majesty the Queen regarding this news.

As for the specific details, given their status and level, they naturally weren’t privy to them, so they could only feel curious.

In the entire Fairy Star, there were very few elves with the qualifications to earn the titles of “Saint” and “Princess.” The appearance of this “Saint Xiao” during that time had made them extremely curious about what kind of elf this Saint Xiao was.

It was a pity that for the past period, Murong Xiao had been hiding in her own small room, immersed in cultivation, so their curiosity had been left hanging, unsatisfied until this very moment.

Because Murong Xiao was just an elf rescued by Die Wuxi, they hadn’t expected her background to be this significant. Not knowing the specifics of Murong Xiao’s status, all the elves were deeply curious about the answer.

However, they knew that this wasn’t the right time to ask such questions, and given their status, questioning Murong Xiao directly wasn’t appropriate. So, even if they were curious, they could only remain so, unless an elf with a higher status came to ask Murong Xiao; only then might they be able to get the answers they wanted.

Ignoring the gazes of those who were curious, Murong Xiao found a clean spot nearby to sit down after answering. She then focused her mental energy to probe the situation outside. With her current level of mental power, she could detect things at an exceptionally long range.

In an instant, with the World Tree as a bird’s-eye view, Murong Xiao could see everything happening around her from a 360-degree angle.

One by one, interstellar alien races that Murong Xiao had never seen before, and warships of levels Murong Xiao couldn’t identify, appeared in the sky. On the ground, there were even humans and mechs…

Finally, Murong Xiao’s mental focus locked onto a small totem on a warship. It was not huge, appearing quite small compared to the massive hull of the ship.

It was a totem with a black, monster-like pattern. Its head looked like a dragon but with short horns. It had a neck with golden patterns, blue patterns on its back, a red chest, and limbs that shimmered with colorful light like silk brocade.

Not only that, it had four legs, ends that looked like broad paddles, hard meat spikes on the tip of its tail, and protruding flesh blocks crossing at the eyebrows above its eyes… It was a Jiaolong (Flood Dragon).

Murong Xiao suddenly remembered; this was the totem of the Dark Flood Dragon Space Pirate Group. So, the danger this time was an invasion by space pirates!

The influence of this pirate group was vast. In the textbooks Murong Xiao had studied on the planet she came from, like the legends of many planets, this pirate group also had a long history, which could even be traced back to centuries ago.

It was precisely because the Dark Flood Dragon Space Pirate Group had a deep foundation that they wouldn’t collapse after a few expeditions. On the contrary, they continued to absorb wandering alien races to strengthen themselves. Their current power was not something ordinary forces could provoke.

“Let me go out, I want to go out and help.”

Hearing the voice, Murong Xiao slightly lifted her eyes and saw a petite elf princess kicking the wall of the World Tree in agitation.

However, no matter how the elf princess kicked, the World Tree didn’t respond to her demands, remaining very quiet.

Looking and looking, Murong Xiao’s attention fell onto the necklace the other party was wearing. Inside the necklace was a gemstone similar to her own, and on it was engraved the elf’s name… Yirou.

Clearly, this was also an elf princess with an illustrious status.

“What are you looking at?”

Although Murong Xiao was currently controlling herself well so her gaze wouldn’t be too obvious, the elf princess who looked like Yirou still noticed Murong Xiao and glared back.

Murong Xiao: “…”

She turned her face away indifferently. If the other party didn’t want her to look, then she wouldn’t look. It wasn’t a big deal.

However, not long after, Murong Xiao noticed a small, tender hand reaching toward her own chest.

Subconsciously, Murong Xiao reached out and swatted the other’s little claw away.

“Tch, let me take a look at your gemstone, what’s the big deal.”

That’s right, the owner of that tender little hand was the Elf Princess Yirou. After failing for a long time to get a response from the World Tree, she had no choice but to focus her attention on Murong Xiao. It was also her first time seeing Murong Xiao come out, so she was extremely curious.

Although Yirou was a noble Elf Princess, she had a background that Murong Xiao didn’t know: she was the only disciple of the current Elf Queen, Letyas, and one of the elves with the most hope of inheriting the position of Elf King.

Because of the Elf leader’s relationship, she knew a lot of things about Murong Xiao that she hadn’t seen before, such as the fact that Murong Xiao used to be a human, and that she had become an elf through various coincidences, and that Murong Xiao had been mentored by the Elf leader.

By logic, all of this should be very logical, but there was one point Yirou was very unconvinced about: her teacher actually said that her qualifications were not as good as Murong Xiao’s. How could she tolerate that?

Her element affinity was 98%, which was the highest qualification in the history of the Elf race. Even if the affinity could be improved later, it would become harder to improve, but she had the self-confidence to continue improving.

Facing Yirou’s questioning tone, Murong Xiao closed her eyes and replied calmly: “Not lent.”

“That thing isn’t some precious treasure, taking a look won’t damage it or anything.”

After a few seconds, seeing that Murong Xiao still didn’t respond or turn her way, Yirou felt quite annoyed in her heart. Although she had heard her teacher say that Murong Xiao had defects in her body due to the human transformation experiment, she was still angry…

A fight was impossible to start; not to mention the current situation, even if there were no battle outside, she wouldn’t dare to beat Murong Xiao, for fear that the Elf leader would fix her later if she were to return to Murong Xiao’s teacher.