Chapter 8: The Fairy's Bazaar
Before, there was only one person on the road, but now there are demons walking in front of her. They are old and young, and they actually imitate human beings, wearing the same gowns they wore during the ceremony!
She heard their chatter, relaxed and cheerful. It's like the joy of the Spring Festival.
With the old man, she forgot about the festival and the time, only knowing that the grass sprouted, spring came, snow fell, and winter arrived. Suddenly, Yuexian found that she had been isolated from the world for many years. She no longer knew what year and month she was in.
Silently following the few goblins in front of them, those monsters even spoke human words.
Thinking that the words of the fairies and ghosts in the story are also human words, Yuexian was relieved. It seems that the story is not all deceitful.
"At the last rally, my mother bought a sapphire for my sister and bought me an emerald, but this time I don't want green, I want the same color as my sister. A little goblin with a human head and a snake body said to her mother.
Sapphires, emeralds, these things are sold, and they cost a lot of money!
"Okay. However, we already have seven or eight of those gems at home, and if we buy them again, we will repeat them, so let's change them to other treasures this year, shall we?" said the little snake spirit's mother kindly.
"What!" Yuexian's heart was suddenly deeply shocked!"What??The color is repeated?Hey, don't you want to be so extravagant!!How rich are you?!"
Are all the demons in this world so rich?
Yuexian had to think about it seriously, after finding her sister in the future, should you persuade her to marry a demon with her?
"Children are really easy to pass by, and some beautiful stones and beautiful flowers can satisfy them. Hehe. Seven or eight steps behind the snake demon family, a woman who looked like a human except for her beautiful golden hair said with a smile.
As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on the black-feathered man she was nestled on, the man's eyes were those of a black hawk.
"Xianggong, what will you use to send me away this year?"
The black-feathered man looked at his wife dotingly, "It's hard to say it's too bad." Naturally, I'm going to have to pick a gift for you. β
"I heard that the merman from the South China Sea brought a lot of treasures from the bottom of the sea this time, it seems that he also got a few soul regeneration grasses from Penglai, can you give me his soul reviving grass as a gift?" the golden feather woman asked with a coquettish smile.
"If you like it, I'll buy it. The black-feathered man said.
Hey, you're going to get the job done. Yuexian looked at the banshee and muttered carefully, don't want gems, just a few broken grasses.
But the concept of rich people is different from that of poor people like her. She can also understand, after all, when she lived in her adoptive mother's village, she heard a lot of strange hobbies about rich people.
"Ding Ding Dong...... Ding Ding Dong ......" A few piano sounds suddenly dripped down from the sky above the mountain like water droplets.
Yuexian's heart was suddenly touched by the sound of the piano, and her thoughts were played somewhere in the sound of "ding ding dong".
After a few plucks of the strings, the ethereal and melodious sound of the flute suddenly came through the night.
The melody is leisurely and pleasant, and with her lanterns fluttering in the wind, her heart is filled with a certain throbbing emotion.
"It's music!Hurry!The festival is about to begin!" said the goblins in front of the moon string to each other emotionally.
Infected by their emotions, Yuexian also followed them with great expectations. After all, she's a child, too.
The galaxy was now in the sky. I don't know when the crescent moon has passed the middle of the sky. Who would have thought that there would be a lively gathering in this barren mountain range?
Of course, there is an enchantment to isolate it.
The green bamboo dances lightly in the night breeze, adding to the joyful atmosphere. The flute was blowing in a dashing manner, and the ethereal and melodious melody reached her ears more and more clearly.
She looked back at the stone steps when she came down, the little lanterns and the starlight reflected each other, it looked so small, but also so poetic, she was a little abrupt, not like the world.
There are more and more voices talking, and all kinds of talking make up the noise in the night. The two female ghosts didn't know which little demon they were attached to at this time, and they should have been mixed in this lively gathering. At this time, the assembly had not yet begun, and conspicuously tied in the center of the assembly was a stage, on which many ribbons with strange patterns but solemn colors were wrapped, a sign that she did not recognize, it should be their totem or something, and it was greatly printed on the stage, and she guessed that was where they held the festival.
The sound of the harp and flute that I had just heard was played by the priests below the stage, and they were playing casually, as if adjusting their instruments.
The assembly consisted of one after another tents with strange patterns, and in front of the tents, bonfires were lit. But the biggest bonfire was the one in front of the stage, and she didn't know what they were doing with so many fires.
After a while, the crowd was almost gathered, and a drum sounded, "The festival begins!"
The demons immediately became excited.
Yuexian couldn't bear the attitude of those guys towards her identity, in order to prevent her half-demon identity from being exposed, she had been careful to hide herself in the demon group, not daring to be as excited as them.
"Don't you like this year's festival?" a voice rang in her ear.
Yuexian was keenly aware that a demon was approaching her. He was not hostile, though.
She looked back, her body was taller than her, he should be as big as the young master of Qiutong who was green and thunder, he looked like a human, if it wasn't for this place, Yuexian must have thought he was human.
"I love it. In order to end the conversation as soon as possible, she replied briefly. Although this guy was not hostile to her now, she could not guarantee that he would be able to speak to her so politely when he noticed that she was different from them.
"But I don't think you're happy. The demon said kindly.
Yuexian thought that maybe he saw that everyone else was happy, and she was the only one who didn't have any expression, so he asked her like this. So she lied and said, "I have a toothache, so I can't laugh, it hurts when I laugh." I'm afraid of pain. β
At this time, the sacrificial music had already sounded, and someone had already begun to perform on the central stage, and the demon's eyes had been attracted by the center of the stage, so he didn't ask her again.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the moon string quietly flashed to another place where there were few demons.
Then, I looked at the center of the stage with peace of mind.
The priest in the center of the stage seems to be a skilled performer, and every movement that rises with the music can touch people's emotions, whether it is joy, solemnity, peace, or calm. The long sleeves are sometimes stretched and sometimes gathered, all of which are pleasing to the eye. She was so fascinated by it that she almost forgot that the place she was in was the place of the elves.
As she shook her mind, the priest's dance on the stage suddenly stopped. I didn't know what she was going to do, and suddenly the demon group around her began to crowd, and the demon group on Yuexian's side kept retreating, as if to make room for something. After retreating a few steps, the demons on her side finally stopped moving, and then, Yuexian heard the flute sound again, and at some point, there were many demons in dance costumes around the campfire, both men and women, and they danced around the campfire with the melody, and a group of guys danced around the bonfire.
When dancing on the bonfire, the priests on the stage also began to dance, and the leading dancers together brought together the atmosphere of the festival*. Yuexian finally understood what the big bonfire was for.
She thought that this day must be a very happy day for the demons here. It's like the New Year.
"I haven't seen you in fifty years, and the dance of the Blue Creek Priest has improved a lot!" said a bull-headed male banshee next to Yuexian.
"yes, yes. At every rally, what I look forward to most is to see the Blue Creek priests appear. His companion, a leopard-headed fellow, said.
Five, fifty years?! Yuexian couldn't help but cover her mouth and look at the stage. Do they mean that this assembly is only held once in 50 years?
In this way, is she very lucky today? The event that happens once in fifty years is actually touched by her moon string.
If she misses this one, will she have to wait until her hair turns gray?
Wait a minute.
Yuexian suddenly thought of an excited question. She has half-demon blood, could it be said that she can live as long as a demon? She can live for hundreds of years?
But it's hard to say, after all, she's still half human-blooded.
Tsk, Yuexian complained a little about her unreliable father.
Why would that bastard find a human to have her? Did that guy take the wrong medicine? He wasn't worried about the day when his daughter would live shorter than he was? Or was he not worried about the day he was still alive and his wife and daughter were old and dead?
Or was it because of these considerations that they abandoned her?
Thinking wildly, the banshee who was called the priest of Lanxi on the stage had already finished the sacrifice ceremony, and before she could see her face clearly, she had already wrapped up a light veil, and her whole face only showed a pair of eyes as beautiful as stars.
Under the reluctant gaze of a group of male banshees, the Blue Creek priest slowly returned to her resting tent with her attendants.
After the festival ended, people began to gather. Soon, the demons who had just gathered around the altar dispersed and walked towards various tents.
Yuexian also plans to leave, ready to go and see what treasures are in this gathering. A rare opportunity to make a fortune, she didn't want to miss it.
"Do you still have a tooth ache?" a voice sounded above her head again.
Yuexian frowned, what a troublesome guy! Why did he keep staring at her?
"It still hurts, what's wrong?" Yuexian looked at him angrily.
"My father has many rare herbs there, and I can ask him to give you one if you need one. He smiled.
Is this caring for her?
Inexplicably, Yuexian paid more attention to this young man. Did this guy come from the sun? Why did his smile, laughing at the burning flame, make her feel warm?
"yes, but I'm not rich. Although Yuexian didn't need it, it was the first time someone showed her goodwill, and she was embarrassed to refuse him.
"Don't worry, I'll ask my father to give you a cheaper price. All it takes is a pearl. He said kindly.
A mouthful of old blood almost made Yuexian vomit out. Stared at him for a few seconds. One, grains, pearls, this is his cheapness? Yuexian has a feeling that someone has been tricked.
"I don't have any money on me, not a single copper plate. She looked at him with a smile. Deliberately pronounced "a copper plate" out loud.
The demon in front of her looked at me in disbelief, "Didn't you give you pocket money?"
Lord, he thought she was accompanied by an adult.
Yuexian couldn't help but be a little funny, one of her two adults wanted to kill her, and the other abandoned her directly, so there was a ghost if she could come.
That being said, why is her nose a little sour?
"Yes. My father said that he was afraid that I would buy things and spend money indiscriminately, so they generally didn't give me money. However, they all know what I like, so when I go home, they buy what I like and take it home with me. Yuexian smiled sweetly.
"Oh, that's right. The demon in front of her smiled, "But they don't know you have a toothache." So be it," he looked at Yuexian, "I won't take your money, I'll give it to you." β
Uhn Yuexian looked at him incredulously. I asked her for pearls just now, why did she give them away for free in a blink of an eye?
After carefully looking at the other party for a long time, and finding that the other party did not have any bad intentions, Yuexian said generously, "Okay." β
"But I have a small condition. He said mysteriously.
Yuexian looked at him amusedly, thinking, you won't let me do something for him, right?"
"You're going to tell me your name. He said.
Her name?βYuexian suddenly put away her smile. If it's an ordinary person, it definitely doesn't mind. But she is a disciple of the Green Snake King, and the old man of the devil said that the name of the killer cannot be easily told to others.
But soon Yuexian smiled and said, "Yes." My name is Lianxiang, the priceless Lian, the fragrant incense. "This is the name her adoptive mother gave her.
The demon heard Yuexian's answer, and gently repeated her name, and then his face turned red for some reason. Just when Yuexian was puzzled, he suddenly turned around, turned his back to her and said, "My name is Chengzi." After speaking, he walked forward, took two steps, and then stopped to look back at her, "Lian Xiang, let's go, I'll take you to my father to get the herbs." β
Moonstring blinked and looked at him, "Oh. β
"Orange, why is it the name of a fruit? Could it be that he became a demon of fruit, so he took this name?" but she didn't say anything about this impoliteness.
Orange's father's shop was not far away, and after passing three tents, they walked to his father's tent.
Moonstring saw a stall set up in front of Orange's father's tent, and there were many strange things on the stall, such as some old mirrors, short swords, and puppets. In addition, there are many incense, all kinds of incense, and I don't know what those incense is made of, but I only know that after only a few glances, I feel that there are many invisible hands stretched out of the incense, pulling people's souls to strange places. It's not a good thing!
Hearing "Orange" say that his father had rare herbs, Yuexian thought that his father would be a Langzhong, but he didn't expect it to be an old man who sold these strange things.
When Orange and Tsukistring arrive at his father's place, his father is talking to a monster with a tiger head. It seems to be a conversation on price.
Since his father was busy, "Orange" had to make her wait first.
Anyway, Yuexian didn't really want herbs, so she didn't care. While she was free now, she happened to study these weird things about his father.
As she leaned down, she saw the doll that had been motionless before, and suddenly her eyes rolled and her head turned to her.
It changed so unexpectedly that Yuexian was not prepared at all, and she couldn't help but be a little startled.
"You, live, no, live, live, ten, six, years. The strange thing actually said to her word by word in a child's voice. Yuexian had never seen such a ghostly thing, and she couldn't help but hate it in her heart.
She immediately got up, ready to look at something else.
"What's wrong?" "Orange" looked at her inexplicably. Didn't he know that the doll was talking?