After clearing the level, the fairies were reborn!

After listening, Xu Ze felt somewhat surprised, not expecting there to be such a story.

"Were you kicked out?"

Hearing that the monk in front of him was interested.

The pig demon seemed to have opened a floodgate, and began to pour out his grievances in a long, rambling manner.

It described how domineering the black boar chieftain was and how he couldn't tolerate those stronger than himself.

It also recounts how it suffered ostracism within its own tribe, how it was expelled from the country, how it wandered aimlessly, and how it eventually ended up in this human territory...

"The smaller ones don't want to steal their 'tree sap' either."

"But these are the only trees within a hundred miles that can help me cultivate, and I dare not harm anyone."

"The Demon Alliance has rules: demons who harm people will be hunted down. I just want to survive..."

Xu Ze was silent for a moment, then asked:

"This spirit liquid tree, was it planted by the Demon Alliance?"

"Yes."

The pig demon nodded repeatedly, "I think those great immortals studied for a long time before they found this kind of tree that can grow in land stained with demonic energy."

"Its sap can make crops grow, and it can also be used by humans or demons to cultivate demon alliances."

Upon hearing this, Xu Ze immediately realized what was going on.

"Is it so that cultivators can also emerge from among these mortals?"

How could he not understand the intentions of the people in the Demon Alliance?

As long as these mortals of the Eastern Divine Continent eat food irrigated with the sap of the Spirit Liquid Tree, their bodies will gradually improve, and some people may even awaken their spiritual roots.

Once they become cultivators, they will be absorbed into the Demon Alliance, strengthening its ranks.

I just don't know who invented this tree.

This person's research on 'demonic energy' is absolutely profound.

After failing to figure it out, Xu Ze simply stopped thinking about it and asked himself the question he had asked at the beginning:

"I'm not asking about your ethnicity."

"My question is, to whom do all the demon races on this entire continent submit?"

The pig demon did not answer immediately.

Its pace slowed, and its breathing became heavy.

“Great Immortal,” its voice trembled, “this is not something I can know.”

Xu Ze didn't speak, but just looked down at it.

That glance was very calm, as calm as looking at a stone.

But the pig demon felt as if a mountain was pressing down on his back, making it hard to breathe.

"I really don't know!"

It grew anxious, its voice trembling with tears, "Don't even mention the young ones, even our clan leader is just a mountain king."

"Above the clan leader is a Lion King at the Nascent Soul stage. The Lion King rules over the demon race within a thousand miles, and they must pay tribute to him every year."

"As for what's above that, I really don't know..."

It shuddered and dared not continue.

Xu Ze withdrew his gaze and did not ask any further questions.

The human cultivation world is divided into different ranks, and the demon race naturally has a strict hierarchy.

The pig demon knew nothing about the dragon clan, nothing about the empress, and not even who the true ruler of the demon alliance was.

It is merely a link at the very bottom of this vast food chain, driven out, oppressed, and exploited, no different from the mortals it bullies.

He reached out and pressed his hand on the pig demon's head.

The pig demon's body tensed up suddenly, its limbs froze on the spot, and it even stopped breathing.

"Don't move," Xu Ze said.

A wisp of spiritual energy surged from his palm and entered the pig demon's brow.

The spiritual energy was gentle, like a warm current, flowing slowly along its meridians, and finally condensing into a small rune in the dantian.

The runes flashed by, disappearing into the demon core and vanishing without a trace.

"Great Immortal, what is this?" The pig demon's voice trembled.

“It’s just an array.” Xu Ze withdrew his hand. “As long as you don’t harm anyone else, it’s just for show. But if you have bad intentions…”

He didn't finish his sentence, but the pig demon nodded frantically, its tusks digging two shallow furrows into the ground.

"I wouldn't dare, I absolutely wouldn't dare!"

Xu Ze patted its head.

"Let's go down the mountain."

Smoke from the chimneys below the mountain has already risen, drifting gently in the twilight, like the earth's breath, warm and peaceful.

Dog Egg stood at the village entrance, holding the new slingshot in his arms, his eyes fixed on the direction of the mountain.

A yellow dog was squatting at his feet, its ears perked up, barking occasionally towards the mountain.

Behind him, villagers gathered in twos and threes, some holding hoes, some holding machetes, some carrying children, and some supporting the elderly.

They are all waiting.

As dusk deepened, the mountain shadows loomed large.

After an unknown amount of time, a figure appeared on the mountain path.

A young man in a white robe carried a sword wrapped in white cloth on his back.

Beneath him rode a colossal creature.

The enormous creature was pitch black, with mane like iron and fangs like knives. With each step it took, the ground trembled slightly.

"He's back! The Immortal Master is back!"

Someone shouted, their voice sharp and clear, breaking the silence of the twilight.

The whole village was in an uproar.

People poured out of their houses and rushed towards the village entrance.

Torches were lit, one after another, forming a winding fire dragon.

Xu Ze jumped off the pig demon's back.

The pig demon lay on the ground, its massive body curled up in a ball, trembling all over.

Its appearance now is completely different from that of the arrogant mountain king it was just on the mountain.

The villagers were stunned at first, then burst into even louder cheers.

"The immortal has subdued the demon!"

"My God, he even brought that monster back on horseback!"

The village chief walked forward shakily, tears streaming down his face.

"We have no way to repay the Immortal's great kindness and virtue..."

Xu Ze quickly helped him up from the ground.

"Old man, there's no need for that."

His voice was calm, yet it carried a reassuring power.

He turned around, glanced at the pig demon lying on the ground, and then at the villagers who were both surprised and delighted.

"It will stay here to help you protect the trees and help you farm."

"It will return tenfold or a hundredfold whatever it has stolen in the past."

The villagers looked at each other in disbelief.

The monster that bullied them for three years is now going to help them farm?

"Don't worry, I've already placed a restriction on it, it will behave obediently."

Seeing everyone's expressions, Xu Ze added a sentence to reassure them.

Dog Egg was the first to react.

He ran up to Xu Ze, tilted his head back, and his eyes shone like stars.

"Immortal Master, you are truly amazing!"

His voice was crisp and bright, exceptionally clear in the twilight.

Xu Ze smiled, reached out and rubbed Gou Dan's head, then looked down at the pig demon.

Did you hear that?

"You stay here and help them protect the trees and help them farm."

The pig demon's eyes widened as it stared at Xu Ze, then suddenly shuddered.

The shiver ran from the top of his head all the way to the tip of his tail, and his mane stood on end.

"Yes, yes! I can do it!"

Its voice was urgent and loud, as if it was afraid of being beaten if it answered too slowly.

Dog Egg was startled by the sudden loud voice and took two steps back. Feeling embarrassed, he quickly straightened his chest and glared at the pig demon.

The pig demon glared at him too. Two pairs of eyes, one big and one small, met in the twilight, one filled with fear, the other with stubbornness.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

No one knows who started laughing first, but the laughter seemed contagious, one person after another, until the whole village was laughing.

The pig demon was embarrassed by the laughter and buried its face in its front legs, leaving only its two ears sticking out, twitching back and forth.