Chapter 324 The Secret of Fairies! Are All Fairies Filial Daughters?

Chapter 324 The Secret of Fairies! Are All Fairies Filial Daughters?

Lin Shuang's words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.

Coral stood still, her robe swaying gently in the night breeze. After a moment of silence, she slowly raised her hand and took off the hood that covered her face.

Soon, a breathtakingly delicate face appeared.

Her skin seemed to glow with a faint blue light, like the finest pearls.

His eyes were a deep ocean blue, as if they could see right through people's hearts.

The most eye-catching thing is the scales on both sides of her ears that are shining with light blue. They extend along her cheekbones, appearing and disappearing, like the most exquisite decoration.

The scavengers gasped and some even took a step back subconsciously.

The legendary sea people, half-human, half-fish beings, now actually appeared before them.

Shanhu looked directly at Lin Shuang, her voice still gentle, but with a hint of caution:

"How did you recognize me?"

Lin Shuang was trembling slightly, not sure whether it was due to fear, excitement or weakness caused by injuries.

She took a deep breath and tried to keep her voice steady:

"Your voice... Miss Coral, I grew up listening to your singing."

Her eyes sparkled with memories, and her tone gradually became firmer:

"I was born in a small fishing village on the border of the Sea Country. Every night when the tide surges, the children in our village can hear songs coming from the sea..."

"I also collected a lot of shells that recorded your singing..."

Coral's expression relaxed slightly.

Seeing this, Lin Shuang continued, "Ten years ago, when the disaster beast attacked our village for the first time, it was because of your singing that the sea surged up and formed a barrier to protect us, giving us time to escape. That sound...that feeling, I will never forget it in my life."

Lin Shuang took a step forward, pleading in her voice:

“I can feel the tenderness and power in your singing.”

"Take us with you, no matter what you want to do, we can help you."

She looked around and motioned to her companions:

"Although we are just ordinary people, we have never been protected by big shots, so we can adapt to all kinds of dangerous environments."

"We can guide you, carry supplies, and even... distract those dangerous creatures."

Lin Shuang lowered her voice at the end of her speech.

She knew that in this world, the weak only had two choices.

Either rely on the strong or die.

And she was tired of the life on the run.

Coral looked at the group of scavengers in front of her who were covered in scars, and her expression became complicated.

Most of them were dressed in rags, with various new and old scars on their bodies, but there was still a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

These people have lost everything and have almost nothing left except the desire to live.

Just as Coral was struggling, a pool of water quietly appeared beside her ear, turning into a whisper that only she could hear:

"If you really can't bear it, you can accept them."

There was a hint of impatience in the water spirit's voice, but there was also some practical consideration.

"I am sure that the twin flowers are still in these ruins."

"This city is complicated, so it's not a bad thing to have a few more tools."

"Besides, with them blazing the trail ahead, they can also help me find those two annoying goblins."

Coral was struggling internally.

On the one hand, she knew that bringing along this group of ordinary, powerless people would slow down her actions.

On the other hand, looking at their desperate yet expectant eyes, she found it difficult to refuse.

After all, her singing was meant to protect these weak lives.

"Fine……"

Coral finally sighed and made a decision.

But she immediately added:

"But I may not be able to guarantee your safety."

"The purpose of my trip is very dangerous, and may even be more dangerous than you wandering alone."

"If you really want to follow me, you must always follow my instructions and obey unconditionally."

Her voice was calm and serious, and her eyes swept over every scavenger:

"Understand?"

Lin Shuang's face lit up with joy, and he immediately straightened his back:

"We understand!"

The other scavengers also nodded, with excitement and gratitude in their eyes.

"Great!"

"Thank you, Miss Ashan... No, Lord Coral!"

"We will definitely become your most loyal assistants!"

"..."

……

The mechanical city, the tower.

The night wind blew through the broken window, bringing with it the smell of rusty metal and an indescribable loneliness.

In the room on the top floor of the tower, a small figure in a black robe was sitting quietly by the window, staring at the exquisite flower pot in front of him.

The goblin of death, Xiao Hei.

Or the flower of death. She gently stroked the edge of the flowerpot with her slender fingers, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

There is a strange twin flower planted in the pot, with two flowers of similar shape but different colors growing on one stem.

However, at this moment, the white flower has begun to shrink significantly.

The edges of the petals turned an ominous brown, as if life was slipping away bit by bit.

Xiao Hei's face is as delicate as a porcelain doll, with snow-white skin set off by blood-red eyes and jet-black short hair. This extreme color contrast makes her look both beautiful and weird.

Her expression was confused and melancholy, her brows were slightly furrowed, and she seemed immersed in some thoughts that no one could understand.

The door behind him was gently pushed open, and Hualei's voice broke the silence in the room:

"Xiao Hei, are you thinking about something?"

The bud was wearing a lavender dress, gardener-style gloves on her hands, and had a gentle smile on her face.

She is one of the few fairies who survived in the Mechanical City.

Responsible for caring for this nearly abandoned tower and its remaining plants.

The Death Fairy simply looked up at the bud.

Then he turned his attention back to the flower pot in front of him and responded softly:

"Ah."

Perhaps it was because of the time she was a black flower before her resurgence.

Because Hualei has always taken good care of Xiao Hei, his attitude towards Hualei is quite kind, and there is even a rare sense of closeness between them.

This attitude is extremely rare in Xiao Hei.

If it was that reckless fire fairy Feiying who broke into her space, she would have been blasted out by the force of death.

Hualei walked slowly to the side of the Death Fairy.

She looked tenderly at the withering white flower in the pot and asked cautiously:

"Is it about Sister Xiaobai?"

Xiao Hei nodded silently, and his slender fingers gently touched the petals of the white flower, as if feeling something.

The black flower in the pot, which is the symbol of Xiao Hei, is still full of vitality.

However, the white flowers were withering day by day. This unbalanced state obviously caused great distress to Xiao Hei.

Hualei hesitated for a moment, as if trying to organize her words, and finally asked in a low voice with curiosity:

"Then...can I know about your affairs?"

She saw Xiao Hei frowning slightly, and immediately added:

"Um...if it's inconvenient, you can choose not to say it..."

Xiao Hei, the fairy of death, remained silent for a long time, his eyes never leaving the dying white flower.

When the bud thinks she won't get a response.

Xiao Hei suddenly spoke, his voice was low and distant, as if it came from ancient times:

"There's nothing I can't tell you. Xiaobai and I are inseparable. It has been like this since the beginning of the world."

Her voice didn't have much emotion, but it made people feel a little sad:

"We hold together the power of life and death, and are the basis for the functioning of the world."

Xiao Hei raised his head, his blood-red eyes seemed to contain endless years:

"She is responsible for giving new life to the dead, and I am responsible for giving death to the living."

"She will bring life to all things, and I will bring withering."

"This is the balance of our authority, and neither can be missing."

Her fingers gently stroked the petals of the white flowers, and her tone was bitter:

"In the past, humans loved Xiaobai but hated me."

"They built temples to worship her, but tried to seal me away in various ways."

"They praise life but fear death..."

"Foolish humans, they will never understand that the absence of death would be the most terrible curse for life."

Xiao Hei's voice gradually became cold:

"But Xiaobai never dislikes me."

"She said that we are two sides of the same coin, twins, inseparable..."

"She was always so gentle, and even when I was cursed for doing my duty, she stayed by my side."

The bud listened quietly without interrupting.

She noticed that when Xiao Hei talked about Xiao Bai, a rare hint of tenderness flashed across his usually cold red eyes.

Hualei's eyes brightened, and she sat down carefully next to Xiaohei, like a child waiting to hear a story.

"and after?"

Hualei couldn't help but ask, with undisguised anticipation in her voice.

"What happened between you and Sister Xiaobai?"

Xiao Hei glanced at her, and a hint of helplessness flashed in his red eyes, but he did not reveal any impatience.

She turned her gaze back to the withering white flower and spoke softly:

"Later, we received word of the original injury."

"It is hard for us to imagine that the powerful Primordial can also be hurt."

These words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing Hualei to suddenly hold her breath.

Xiao Hei continued: "It is this news that has caused more and more fairies to desire the Original Flower, and Xiao Bai is no exception."

Her voice was low, revealing the pain of some memories:

"Because of the power she holds, she instinctively wants to understand the origin of all things."

“The essence of life is to constantly pursue its own source. This is an instinct that no one can resist.”

Xiao Hei's fingers tapped gently on the edge of the flower pot, the rhythm was slow and heavy:

"I don't want Xiaobai to take risks."

"Because at that time, there were many revived fairies, and quite a few powerful fairies."

“The various authorities conflict and contend with one another.”

"The war among the fairies will only bring greater disasters."

Her eyes dimmed. “But even if there were no fairies, the world would still be in chaos.”

"At least for humans, there is no way to see the future."

“At that time, even if I didn’t create death, there would still be lives falling.”

"War, famine, disease...all kinds of death spread."

"And the more deaths there are, the more powerless Xiaobai becomes. He can only desperately create opposite deaths and lives to try to maintain balance."