A few little fairies were flying among the flowers, flapping their translucent little wings like cicada wings, and constantly sprinkling little bits of light behind them. They hummed cheerful songs, like butterflies and bees, constantly collecting nectar from the spiritual flowers and helping them pollinate.
"What kind of creature is this!" Ye Ping'an asked Ye Zan with surprise when he saw those little goblins.
Although the Moi religion has been passed down for a long time, from the time when the heaven and the earth broke apart to the present day, there are not many legends about extraterrestrial things left. In other words, it’s not that they didn’t stay, but that the Moi religion back then didn’t reach the level where they could come into contact with these things.
Although Ye Ping'an was the former leader of the Moyi Sect, he was trapped in that void for tens of thousands of years because of his intention to sacrifice blood to all living beings, and he had no chance to contact extraterrestrial creatures.
What's more, this little goblin is not the commonly known demon from outside the world, but a pet that those demons from outside the world kidnapped from elsewhere. Although there was a huge war between the monastic world and the outer world, who would pay attention to the pets raised by their enemies
Ye Ping'an's exclamation did not get an immediate answer from Ye Zan, but it frightened the little fairies who were naturally timid. Several little goblins paused when they heard the sound, and then like streams of light, they instantly shot into the flowers and disappeared.
"This... fellow Taoist, don't be surprised, I didn't mean to scare them." Ye Ping'an felt a little embarrassed when he saw the little goblins being scared like that. He is also quite old, and he still has the cultivation level of Dharma Realm. There is no way he should scare those little guys as big as fingers, even if it is unintentional.
Ye Zan was amused when he saw this, and persuaded Ye Ping'an: "Senior Ye, you don't have to be like this. These little guys are naturally timid and extremely wary of any abnormal movements. This is probably their way of survival."
It is true that although creatures like goblins have quite magical abilities, they do not have much strong fighting ability, or the ability to protect themselves. Therefore, for them, if they want to survive in a dangerous world and continue to reproduce, they must remain vigilant enough.
"I have never seen this kind of creature before. I wonder where they came from?" After listening to Ye Zan's persuasion, Ye Ping'an's embarrassment faded a little, and then he asked again about the origins of the little goblins.
Ye Zan motioned for Ye Ping'an to follow him forward, and took a few steps to the side of the flower bed. He said to the inside: "Come out, everyone. The senior next to me is not an outsider. He will stay in this fortress for a long time in the future. Your safety is still there." It depends on him."
After Ye Zan finished speaking, a few minutes passed before he saw a little goblin peeking out from the flowers.
"Hey, Ye Zan, it's you!" The little goblin breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw it was Ye Zan, but he still huddled in the flowers and did not dare to come out. He carefully looked at the people around Ye Zan. Have a peaceful night.
It was only then that the little goblin knew that it was Ye Zan who was coming. It can be seen that when they just "escaped", they didn't even have time to pay attention to who was coming. But this is understandable. To "escape" is to escape first and then worry about safety. It is better to escape wrongly than not to escape at all.
"Okay, stop hiding. If this senior wants to do you harm, do you think it's safe to hide in the flowers?" Ye Zan reluctantly persuaded the little goblin.
Ye Zan really had nothing to do about the timidity of the goblins. Even if he arranged a safe enough living space for them, he still couldn't make them let down their guard. As for the medicine garden at Tongtian Peak, although most of the goblins live there, the disciples who go to plant and collect medicines still rarely have the chance to see them.
Of course, Ye Zan has no intention of making the goblins fearless of heaven and earth. After all, timidity is the way to survive for their tribe.
Fortunately, Ye Zan provided the goblins with a new home and gained their trust.
So, seeing Ye Zan there, even though there was a stranger next to him, the little goblin still had the courage to fly out and come to Ye Zan. However, she was the only one who flew out. The other fairies still hid in the flowers and refused to show their heads.
"Ye Zan, why are you scaring us?" The little goblin flew up to Ye Zan, crossed his waist as thin as a wasp, and angrily asked Ye Zan.
Hearing this, Ye Zan was a little dumbfounded. He shook his head and sighed: "You are obviously too timid, okay? This senior was just talking to me, and he scared you like this. Can you blame me?" Besides, what kind of place is this? If he’s not someone I trust, would I bring him here?”
"Humph, we are just vigilant, not cowardly!" The little goblin shouted very dissatisfied.
"Okay, okay, you guys are on alert!" Ye Zan naturally wouldn't argue with such a little guy, and then turned around and introduced him: "This is Senior Ye Xing'an Ye. He will stay in this war fortress for hundreds of years. I will give it to you." Let’s talk about it to avoid any misunderstanding in the future.”
"Oh, then I understand, I will tell the sisters." The little goblin looked at Ye Ping'an next to him, but did not go forward to say hello. After only replying to Ye Zan with these words, she turned around and fled back to the flowers, as if she didn't want to stay in front of Ye Zan for a moment longer.
Seeing the other party's appearance, Ye Zan looked at Ye Pingan with a wry smile and said, "Senior Ye, don't blame them, they are born with this temperament, and even I don't get a good look."
"Such a fragile creature must be vigilant if it wants to survive in this world." Ye Ping'an nodded quite understandingly, then asked the previous question, and said: "Fellow Taoist, can you still be careful?" I didn’t tell me what kind of creature this was. I had read a lot of classical books when I was teaching, but I had never seen such a creature.”
This little goblin is neither a native creature of the monastic world nor the main force among the evil spirits outside the world, so naturally it will not be recorded in any classics. In fact, when Ye Zan calls these little creatures goblins, he just relies on some literary works in the world of science and technology to name them. Therefore, Ye Zan has no idea what the names of these little goblins are in the outer world.
Of course, no matter what the goblins are called in the outer world, it does not affect Ye Zan from calling them goblins. It can be regarded as a translation.
"These little guys, I call them goblins, can be regarded as a kind of plant elves. They are born with a very high affinity for plants. The few goblins in this flower bed just help me take care of these flowers and plants. Their tribe They are all arranged by me in the medicine garden of Tongtian Peak," Ye Zan introduced to Ye Ping'an.
"Little goblins?" Ye Ping'an was still a little confused and asked curiously: "Are these little goblins creatures born after the heaven and earth collapsed? I wonder if they come from the Shenhua domain or from some other domain? I am in the Moyi domain. In this world, I have never heard of such a creature.”
At this point in the peaceful night, the little goblin has not yet been connected with the evil spirits outside the world. After all, the evil spirits outside the world are terrifying existences that can compete with the Immortal Court, and a war between immortals and demons even tore the whole world into pieces. But those little goblins are just a group of fragile creatures with little power and can only survive by being vigilant against everything.
"Haha, they are not creatures born in this world, but from the outer world." Ye Zan said without any secret.
"What, you said they come from the outer world! Is it possible that such fragile creatures are actually evil spirits from the outer world?" Ye Ping'an obviously didn't believe Ye Zan's statement.
"Senior Ye, who said that if you come from the outer world, you must be an outer demon?" Ye Zan asked with a smile.
"Since it comes from the outer world, how come it's not an outer world?" Ye Ping'an asked back with a puzzled look on his face.
Ye Zan shook his head funny and said: "Senior, what you said is wrong! For us, everything outside this world can be called outside the world. Just like in the secular world, there is a country like stars, you If you are born in one of these countries, then thousands of other countries can be called foreign countries. If there is a country that has enmity against you, are all the people who do not belong to your country your enemies? It’s a general reference, but there are Shenhua Realm, Tianyuan Realm, Great Desolate Realm, etc. How can we generalize.”
What Ye Zan said was not that profound, and Ye Pingping naturally understood it as soon as he heard it. In other words, compared to this world, although the world outside the world is collectively called the Outer World, there is not only one Outer World. And those extraterrestrial evil spirits may only come from one world among many extraterrestrial worlds, and they cannot represent all extraterrestrial worlds.
"Of course I understand what you are saying. However, since these little goblins come from the outside world and appear in our world, doesn't it have anything to do with the evil spirits outside the world?" Ye Ping'an asked with a slight frown.
Indeed, no matter how many outer worlds there are, only the outer demons have invaded the monastic world. Then, the extraterrestrial beings that can be left here are naturally related to the extraterrestrial evil spirits.
"Senior is right about this." Ye Zan nodded and continued: "However, although these little goblins were brought by evil spirits from outside the world, it does not mean that they are in the same group as those evil spirits from outside the world. Senior I have seen them, and I should be able to guess what position little creatures like them should be among the evil spirits outside the world."
"You mean, these little creatures are just pets raised by evil spirits from outside the world?" Ye Ping'an guessed following Ye Zan's words.
"In my opinion, it should be so." Although Ye Zan's words were not very sure, his tone did not hesitate much, and he continued: "At the beginning, I led people into the underworld to stop the evil spirits outside that day. Conspiracy, meet them in the sea of flowers on the other side. They have been living there for countless thousands of years, maybe they were left behind by the battle when the world collapsed. "
"That's it!" Thinking of the strength of those little things, Ye Ping'an also agreed with Ye Zan's statement.
"We are here, these little guys don't dare to show their heads. I'd better take the seniors to the industrial area of the fortress." After explaining the origin of the goblins, Ye Zan suggested to continue to visit the industrial area to avoid disturbing the goblins. We have too much pressure.
Visiting the industrial area of the fortress was the plan that Ye Pingping had planned from the beginning. It was only because of curiosity about the goblins that he was delayed here for a while. As for Ye Ping An, although these little goblins came from the outer world, their own strength was too weak, so naturally he was not interested in continuing to study them.
So, at Ye Zan's suggestion, the two of them left the Flowerbed Square and walked toward the industrial area of the fortress. But here in the flower bed, it was not until the figures of the two people could no longer be seen with the naked eye that the goblins finally emerged from the flowers.
Although these little goblins were frightened, they actually did not continue to look panicked after the fright. For them, hiding after being frightened is actually more like an instinct imprinted in their bodies. When the shock is over, they will not have any sequelae, but will continue to do what they need to do as if nothing happened.
In the blink of an eye, the goblins resumed their previous work and continued to fly freely among the flowers, collecting nectar and spreading pollen, humming songs and taking care of the flowers and plants.
As for Ye Zan, he walked slowly with Ye Ping'an, passed through a group of buildings, and came to the industrial area of the fortress.
In the industrial area, the first thing Ye Pingping saw were the government puppets that kept coming and going. Those machine puppets are actually working robots. Naturally, they come in various shapes to meet the needs of different jobs. Some are like boxes that move on wheels underneath. The boxes contain various materials. Some have multiple arms, with different types of tools mounted on the top of each arm. Others only have one or two thick arms in addition to a base, which are used to load and unload various items from the box.
"Are these all puppets you created?" Ye Ping'an asked Ye Zan curiously after being dazzled for a while.
"You can't say it was made by me. Senior will know it after he came here with me to see it." After Ye Zan said this, he turned and walked towards a nearby factory.
There was no movement inside the factory. When Ye Zan and Ye Ping'an came to the door, they slowly and automatically opened the door, revealing the scene inside. There were rows of production lines there, with densely packed machine arms hanging on both sides of the production lines. To those who didn't know the truth, they still looked a bit scary.
At this time, the production line was not working and all machines were in shutdown state.
"What... is this for?" Ye Ping'an asked in confusion.
"This is where those machine puppets are made. I can show my seniors how those machine puppets are made." As he spoke, Ye Zan came to a machine and reached out to operate it a few times.
With Ye Zan's operation, the production line in the factory quickly started running. Various materials were processed into different shapes, and then assembled while moving along the conveyor belt. In just ten minutes, a finished work robot was assembled at the end of the production line and delivered to Ye Zan and Ye Ping'an.