novelzi Chapter 416: Another Side of the Fey Race
Chapter 416: Another Side of the Fey Race
Chapter 416: Another Side of the Fey Race
Countless shrimp-like and crab-like Lesser Feys roamed the depths of the sea.
Fey Race that had not reached Rank Eight and could not transform into human form were referred to as Lesser Fey.
Both Vicious Beasts and Spirit Beasts belonged to the Fey Race and, upon reaching Rank Eight, could transform into human form and attain intelligence comparable to that of humans.
However, only some of the older generation still knew of this and recognized those above Rank Eight as intelligent species—the Fey Race—rather than mere beasts.
The rarity of Rank Eight Vicious and Spirit Beasts, combined with the general lack of knowledge about the Abyss' history, meant that most inhabitants of the Abyss remained ignorant about the Fey Race.
Whoosh!
Several enormous shells drifted along the deep-sea floor, carrying humans atop them.
Like Pang Jian and Hu Yuanfei, these humans also had their protective shields activated, indicating they were likely rogue cultivators.
The humans were taken aback when they spotted Pang Jian and Hu Yuanfei.
"Granny Bai, these two guests look unfamiliar. Where are they from?" someone called from a distance,
The Rank Eight White Python pointed at the sword tokens hanging from Pang Jian's and Hu Yuanfei's waists with a proud expression.
"They're from the Sword Pavillion!"
The rogue cultivators hastily bowed respectfully to Pang Jian and Hu Yuanfei.
"Lord Yuan Min is entertaining guests now, so keep your distance!" the white-robed old woman ordered.
“Understood!
The rogue cultivators on the shell quickly made themselves scarce.
"Many small factions on the fragmented lands surrounding the Sacred Soul Continent maintain relations with us," she explained offhandedly. "They bring us foods, herbs, and precious minerals from the various worlds of the Abyss.
"In return, we give them special ores that help with their cultivation."
Pang Jian gently nodded and spread his divine sense to investigate the world beneath the sea.
Palaces built from coral and gemstones, resembling the residences of Sea Gods, were scattered across different regions of the seabed.
Pang Jian could sense powerful members of the Fey Race moving about within each uniquely designed palace, including Rank Sevens, Rank Eights, and even several Rank Nine Fey Kings.
There were also a number of humans accompanying the Fey Race.
He also noticed piles of human bones left completely exposed in the sand near the palaces.
"You guys seem to have killed quite a few humans," Hu Yuanfei said with a frown.
The old woman's eyes glinted frostily.
"Human cultivators have insisted on exploring our lands for thousands of years.
"They were accustomed to their ways outside and thought the Sacred Soul Continent was no different. So, here they remain, buried."
She bared her sharp fangs in a cold laugh.
"What kind of life do we, the Fey Race, lead on the continents and fragmented lands outside the Sacred Soul Continent?
"I'm originally from a fragmented land in the Third World.
"As far back as I can remember, human cultivators hunted all the Fey Race on that fragmented land.
"They flayed our skins, extracted our bones, and harvested our hearts, claws, and teeth to be refined into pills and artifacts.
"No matter how many lower-level human cultivators we killed, it wasn't long before more powerful human cultivators arrived in droves.
"Our fate was ultimately for human cultivators to hunt us down and turn our bodies into trophies.
"I am Yuan Min." Gesturing to two other Fey Kings in human form sitting on his left and right, he introduced, "Golden Carp and Black Stork. They're good friends of mine."
The two Rank Nine Fey Kings consisted of one man and one woman, with several Rank Eight Great Feys standing behind them.
All the Fey Race in the lavishly decorated hall were in human form, making Pang Jian feel like he had entered a human sect rather than a Fey Race's domain.
Young maidens and pale, youthful boys moved gracefully among the crowd, serving delicacies and wine to the guests.
Occasionally, a brutish Great Fey would pull a favored girl or boy into their embrace and toy with them, lecherous smiles on their face.
The young boys and girls were actually cultivators in the Marrow Cleansing Realm, each with a Water-Breathing Pearl in their mouths.
They wore stiff smiles and held a bone-deep fear in their eyes.
"What're you cowering for? Do you think you're still in the outside world? Your life and death became ours the moment your kin sent you here!"
A Great Fey with a slender male human form suddenly bit down on a young girl's pale neck, viciously sucking the blood from her body.
The young girl's blood seemed ten times sweeter than the wine in his hand, and he greedily gulped down her blood with a look of blissful satisfaction on his face.
Snap!
A female Great Fey twisted the neck of a young boy.
The female Great Fey then reverted to her true form—a massive Black Elephant—and swallowed the fair-skinned young boy in a single gulp.
"Many thanks to Lord Yuan Min for the hospitality!" She laughed heartily
Fey King Yuan Min watched indifferently from his high position.
Perhaps he intended to intimidate Pang Jian and Hu Yuanfei through the unrestrained actions of the Great Feys.
Pang Jian's expression was grim. He avoided looking at the laughing Great Feys and focused instead on Hu Yuanfei.
"Senior Sister, have you come to the Sacred Soul Continent before? Is it always like this? Have the Fey Race on the Sacred Soul Continent always behaved this way?"
Hu Yuanfei also wore a troubled expression.
"No," she replied. After a brief pause, she directly addressed the Fey Kings and Great Feys, "As far as I know, the Sacred Soul Continent was not like this when the Celestial Phoenix ruled the Fey Race."
Fey King Yuan Min descended from his jade throne and approached Hu Yuanfei, a glass of crimson wine mixed with the blood of young girls in his hand.
"In that case, may I ask you, how did Lady Celestial Phoenix die?" He took a sip of his blood-wine drink before sneering, "If not for your True Gods scheming to lure Lady Celestial Phoenix away from the Sacred Soul Continent, Lady Celestial Phoenix would not have perished so easily.
"Could the human race have erected the Seven Heaven Ascension Tribulation Pillars in the Fifth World without Lady Celestial Phoenix's help?"
He downed the wine in one gulp.
"I'm merely giving you a glimpse of how the human race has always treated our Fey Race, and you already can't bear it?" Fey King Yuan Min mocked. "Isn't this how you humans treat our Fey Race outside the Sacred Soul Continent? In all the continents and fragmented lands across the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Worlds of the Abyss?
"I'm simply treating your kind with the same courtesy you treat us with! Can't handle it?"
Yuan Min's laughter echoed like thunder, causing waves to crash and spiritual power within the sea to surge wildly.
"There's no rule saying that only humans are allowed to hunt and kill the Fey Race, but the Fey Race aren't allowed to eat humans!"
Howl!
Roar!
Each of the transformed Great Feys seized the young boys and girls moving through the lavish hall.
Over a dozen young boys and girls were devoured in the blink of an eye.
Blood dripped from the mouths of the Great Feys. Bits of flesh caught between their teeth as they tossed aside bloody bones without care.
It seemed this was Fey King Yuan Min's usual way of entertaining guests.
Only today, there were also two young humans among them.