I reign supreme in the Western fantasy world for eternity.

As an S-class adventurer who spends many years on missions, Mia is an expert at setting up tents.

She crossed and inserted several support frames, unfurled the canvas, tightened the ropes, and in one go, the four tents were erected one after another under the moonlight.

When Ji Tian picked up Lilith and carried her into her tent, the girl was already fast asleep. Her long, silvery-white hair was scattered around her delicate, fair cheeks, and there was still some drool at the corner of her mouth. She was mumbling something incoherently, which sounded like:

"...It's mine, don't you dare take it...I won't share it with anyone except my older sisters..."

"Tsk, even in his dreams he's still thinking about delicious food."

Ji Tian placed her on the sleeping bag that had been laid out, pulled a blanket over her shoulders, and got up to leave the tent.

Elena and the others have already gone to their respective tents to rest.

The golden dragon was lying on the edge of the camp, and the tiger demon was pinned to the ground by one of its paws and stopped moving.

Ji Tian walked over and whispered in Xiao Hua's ear, "You should rest first, I'll take care of this one."

As if granted a pardon, Little Flower loosened her grip and immediately got up to go outside Mia's tent.

It circled halfway around the tent, then flicked its tail to encircle the small tent. It rested its head on its tail, its vertical pupils half-closed, and began to doze off.

Ji Tian squatted down, his gaze falling on the tiger demon lying motionless on the ground.

It is quite large; even when it crouches down, its back reaches Ji Tian's waist.

Its fur gleamed dimly in the moonlight, and its breathing was steady, suggesting it was still unconscious.

An ordinary wild beast would surely die on the spot after taking two punches from Ji Tian, ​​but this is a second-generation demon after all, so we can't generalize.

Several hours have passed since it was knocked unconscious; it should have woken up long ago.

"Stop pretending to be dead, your acting is unconvincing. Lilith's acting is better than yours."

The tiger-shaped fairy had clearly suffered from being too strong as usual. After a long silence, it slowly opened its tightly closed eyes.

Seeing that Ji Tian did not react, the fairy slowly raised its head again, and its body also straightened up slightly. Its front paws stretched forward slightly, its head lowered, and it made a posture of bowing down, making a series of purring sounds in its throat that were almost like submission.

But to my surprise, this fairy in front of me is a two-faced person.

Contrary to its outward appearance, it was snoring and cursing in front of Ji Tian, ​​using a language unique to fairies:

"This is unbelievable! How can these two-legged creatures be so troublesome? My head and front paws are still throbbing... If it weren't for needing a chance to escape, I wouldn't be playing dumb with you..."

Ji Tian, ​​who had been given a language-enhancing spell, did not interrupt it and listened with great interest as it finished cursing.

"When I find an opportunity, I'll pounce on him when his back is turned, bite his neck off, and then run away as far as possible, so that the golden lizard can't catch me..."

"Oh ho, you're quite arrogant, aren't you? Little tiger, plotting how to bite me right in front of me?"

The fairy suddenly trembled, her eyes filled with disbelief, and she instantly forgot her humble and submissive demeanor.

"You can understand me?! How could you possibly understand me?!"

Ji Tian crouched down in front of it, looking directly at those golden vertical pupils.

"Why not? Come on, you can try taking a bite and see what happens."

Having said that, Ji Tian, ​​who possessed a body at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, exposed his neck without any defenses.

The tiger-shaped fairy was a real tiger, and upon hearing this, it bit down.

"You actually bit me?!"

Ji Tian quickly raised his arm to block in front of him, breaking most of the tiger-shaped demon's teeth, causing it to bleed profusely.

The tiger-shaped demon, in pain, released its grip, howling as it retreated a few steps, no longer daring to attack or flee.

Seeing this, Ji Tian took out a handkerchief, wiped the drool off his arm, and looked disgusted.

"Luckily you didn't bite my neck, otherwise I would have had to wash my hair again."

You can use localized magic to heal your injuries. Now I have some questions for you. Don't try to run away; my patience is limited.

The tiger-shaped demon shook its head in pain, pointed to its mouth with its paw before Ji Tianxia could throw a punch, and shook its head again.

Ji Tian frowned:

"You mean...it won't localize into magic element?"

The tiger-shaped fairy nodded vigorously in affirmation.

"You call yourself a second-generation fairy, how come you can't even do this? Fine, listen to my command, first gather the magic energy within your body..."

After a while, the tiger-shaped fairy finally succeeded in partially transforming into a demonic entity and restoring its wounds to their original state, though its spirits were considerably weakened.

"Phew, I never expected you to be a legendary human fairy. As a second-generation fairy, how come you are so powerful?"

"Oh ho, so you're trying to get on my good side just to save your life? Are you going to start saying I'm your long-lost brother or something? Now I'm going to ask you questions, and you can't lie, or you'll face the consequences."

The tiger-shaped fairy had actually intended to say that she and he might be related by blood, after all, there was a one in seven chance.

Seeing how assertive the other party was, he had no choice but to give up and obediently agree to their demands.

"Name?"

"The esteemed second-generation tiger-shaped fairy who rules over the waters."

"That's too long. From now on, I'll call you Tiger Demon. How long have you lived?"

The tiger demon wanted to argue that its name sounded nice, but seeing Ji Tian's unyielding expression, it deflated.

It answered somewhat uncertainly:

"I haven't counted, but it's probably around 18,000 years ago. I only remember that back then, humans were still hunting with sharpened stones, and there weren't so many fancy knightly orders."

It seems these fairies live longer than elves of the same level.

Ji Tian didn't dwell on that issue, but instead asked the question he was most concerned about:

"It's said that you second-generation fairies are born from the blood of the first-generation fairies? Have you ever seen the first-generation fairies? What did they look like?"

The tiger demon shook his head.

"I've never seen one, and none of the other second-generation fairies have either. However, human legends do tell the story of the first-generation fairies:"

Their blood, when dripped onto animals, gave birth to second-generation fairies; when dripped onto plants or stones, it attracted animals, also giving birth to second-generation fairies.

When Ji Tian was instructing the tiger demon on how to use magic essence, he discovered that the tiger demon only possessed water-attribute magic essence, and asked in return:

"So second-generation fairies usually only have one attribute?"

"That's right. But fairies of the third generation and above are different. They can have multiple attributes, but their bloodline is thin and their power is weak. The fairies in those towns are like that."

"But the fairies in the small town I passed through were quite formidable. They were very skilled in using magic energy and could even create the illusion of time reversal when repairing houses."

"Hmph, just fancy tricks. Even if they all attacked together, they couldn't beat me."

After listening, Ji Tian finally understood why the tiger demon had mistaken him for a "second-generation demon".

In the tiger demon's eyes, the human who could easily defeat it, communicate with it, and guide it to use such skills must be an existence of the same or higher level.

Ji Tian didn't explain the difference between himself and the fairy system, and then asked:

"Do you know about the World Tree?"

"The World Tree? That's a wonderful thing. If you eat it, you'll gain limitless possibilities and power."

As he spoke, a greedy glint appeared in the tiger demon's eyes, as if just hearing the name excited it immensely.