Chapter: Chapter 267
Finally, the dinner ended in Zhimeng’s shock. Watching Bai Ling eat all the dishes she made without changing her expression, she didn’t know whether to be proud that her cooking was welcomed by Bai Ling or surprised that Xiao Ya’s sister had such a good appetite.
Xiao Ya dragged Qila to help with the dishes. With nothing to do, Leticia sat on the sofa with Bai Ling, preparing to watch some TV.
The guild war was still about an hour and a half away. They only needed to log in an hour in advance, so there was no need to rush.
In this time, Bai Ling could have a good chat with her sister’s deskmate.
“Sister Bai Ling, that…” Zhimeng, who was called over by Bai Ling, felt a bit flustered. She didn’t know what to say now and worried that what she said might give Bai Ling a bad impression of her.
Seeing Zhimeng’s nervousness, Bai Ling gave a kind smile, “Don’t be nervous. I’m not a monster that eats people. Come, sit over here.”
Patting the empty seat next to her, Bai Ling gestured for Zhimeng to sit closer.
Leticia, sitting on the other sofa, had already taken out her phone and entered a state of ignoring everything outside.
She needed to catch a few pigeons quickly for the guild war, so she wouldn’t be disappointed when she logged into the game and found that none of the guild war main players were online. That would be awkward.
“@All members, the guild war will start promptly at 7:30 PM. If I see anyone offline when I log in, you’ll be in trouble!”
As soon as Leticia sent this message, the group chat exploded.
The members of the guild greatly respected this veteran of the guild. Although this boss had been missing for the past few months and hadn’t spoken in the group chat, everyone still remembered her.
After all, there were really few girls in this game, and powerful girls were even rarer.
And now, their guild had three rare talents, which made them feel very proud. It even gave them an advantage in recruiting new members compared to other guilds.
Some people, upon hearing, “What, your legion has several very powerful girls?” immediately ran over and joined.
“Sister Qian, are we going to reach purple tonight?” a guild member asked.
“If you know, you know. Work harder, everyone, and let our guild wear purple clothes, understand?”
“Damn, our guild is going to be promoted to purple?”
“Can I also become a legendary purple guild big shot?”
It seemed that everyone’s enthusiasm was high. Seeing everyone so active, Leticia’s mood was greatly improved. With these energetic little brats around, their guild reaching purple seemed a sure thing.
“@The homeless demon king, if we reach purple tonight, I’ll send Qian Qian a big red packet.” Suddenly, the guild leader, who had been out of contact recently, popped up.
This made the group chat even more lively. People from all walks of life switched from lurking to popping up. For a moment, Leticia could barely keep up with the speed of information refreshing.
“Are we going with the usual lineup tonight?” Leticia had no choice but to enter the guild war exclusive channel. The members here were active participants in the guild war, and chatting with them was more useful than chatting outside.
“Let’s stick to the usual, my spot will be given to Sister Qian.” A commander in the guild said. He had replaced Leticia’s position after she left, and now that Leticia was back, he wisely gave up his position again.
He also knew his own abilities. Previously, they could consistently climb the ranks during the green guild phase entirely due to Bai Ling’s unreasonable combat power. Once Bai Ling was defeated, they had no ability to resist.
It could only be said that everyone had been spoiled into foolishness by Mommy Bai.
After deciding on the matters for the evening, Leticia shifted her attention from her phone and was somewhat surprised to find that Bai Ling and Zhimeng were chatting quite congenially.
They were even discussing some rather private matters.
“I’ve been having some very strange dreams recently. In my dreams, I seem to be with many people, but I can’t remember what happened in the dreams at all,” Zhimeng said to Bai Ling with some distress. “Sister Bai, do you have any solutions?”
“I don’t understand these things well, but if little Meng is willing, I can help you make an appointment with a doctor,” Bai Ling said to Zhimeng with a smile.
Why were they talking about this?
Leticia scratched her head. What happened before she wasn’t listening? Why would this Bai be talking about these things with Zhimeng?
It couldn’t be that Bai Ling saw something was wrong and asked proactively, right?
Sensing Leticia’s doubtful gaze, Bai Ling turned her head to explain, “Because I noticed that little Meng’s face looked a bit tired, so I asked her if she slept well last night.”
Tired?
Leticia rubbed her eyes. How come she didn’t see Zhimeng looking tired anywhere? This girl looked perfectly healthy.
Could this Bai be playing a trick on her?
“Your eyesight is really good,” Leticia shook her head, indicating that she didn’t see it at all. “I’m going home now. Don’t forget about the guild war later.”
There was nothing else to do here. Sit here and listen to Bai Ling and Zhimeng chat about family matters?
Forget it, Leticia couldn’t stand it. With this spare time, she might as well take a bath and welcome the promotion match tonight in the best condition.
“I know, but you can stay a bit longer.” Bai Ling wanted Leticia to stay a bit longer.
However, Leticia was really not interested in listening to the conversation between Bai Ling and Zhimeng. She stood up without hesitation, walked to the kitchen, and pulled out Qila, who was eavesdropping with Xiao Ya.
“Qila, you’re learning bad habits from Xiao Ya.”
“I just felt that there was nothing I could do in the past, so it was better to hide here.” Qila shrugged. Why should she go over? Did the conversation between Bai Ling and Zhimeng have anything to do with her?
It was somewhat inexplicable that Xiao Ya was also hiding here.
“I think it’s good for Little Meng to chat with Sister alone for a while,” Xiao Ya explained softly. When she was present, both Sister and Little Meng would be reserved, so she hid here to allow Sister and Little Meng to communicate without pressure. Isn’t that good?
That made sense. If Xiao Ya were there, Bai Ling would definitely be more reserved, and Zhimeng would become even more nervous. This would not be good for communication between the two.
“Xiao Ya thinks so thoughtfully,” Leticia smiled and patted Xiao Ya’s head. “No wonder so many people like you.”
“Hehe, I’m not as good as Qian Qian jie says,” Xiao Ya replied shyly.
The shy look of this girl was quite attractive, Leticia thought to herself. Although Bai Ling’s radiance was so strong that it almost made Xiao Ya herself almost unnoticeable, in terms of hardware, Xiao Ya was still worth praising.
Xiao Ya was also a very beautiful girl.
“Alright, alright, I’ll go back now. Remember to remind your sister not to ditch today’s guild war. If she dares to ditch, I’ll come up and force her to log in.” Leticia was a little worried that Bai Ling and Zhimeng would chat too congenially and she would be ditched, so she asked Xiao Ya to be her alarm clock.
As a member of the guild, Xiao Ya naturally knew what sister Qian was going to do today. She immediately patted her chest and promised.
Ah, Xiao Ya’s development seems to be very good too.
Looking at her chest that was being patted vigorously, a hint of awkwardness appeared in Leticia’s eyes. She was so much older than Xiao Ya, but in terms of development, she was perfectly defeated. It made her a little unhappy.
As for height… it could only be said that Xiao Ya’s growth in the past six months had been rapid. Leticia had already been surpassed by Xiao Ya.
It was very helpless. Was this the price that the owner of the Demon King’s bloodline had to pay?
“Is Sister envious?” After returning home, Qila couldn’t help but laugh. Her sister’s expression made it easy to guess what she was thinking.
She didn’t expect her sister, who had always regarded large chests as heresy, to show such an expression. Could it be understood that her sister actually hoped she had that kind of scale?
“Don’t talk nonsense. Am I that superficial?” Leticia waved her pink fists and defended righteously. “I just think Xiao Ya is growing so fast. She’s already taller than me, and I’m envious of that!”
To some extent, Leticia’s reason was indeed very convincing.
From childhood to adulthood, Leticia had always been dissatisfied with her height. She had been looking for ways to grow taller, at least to reach the average height for girls her age.
Unfortunately, not only could she not reach the average, but she was also dragging it down.
It should be known that demon girls were generally taller than human girls, and there were many more with long legs. Bai Ling’s height was only average among demons.
Just imagine, when Leticia, this demon king, gave orders to her subordinates, she had to look up. What kind of order was that?
Fortunately, the previous kings of the demon race were also troubled by this problem. At least in the main hall of the Demon King’s Palace, Leticia could issue orders while looking down.
Again, thanks to the previous demon kings for building the platform so high.
“There’s nothing that can be done about it. Our Demon King clan doesn’t seem to have the talent for growing taller,” Qila said helplessly. “But in the portraits of our ancestors, the ancestors were very tall.”
And Inferno wasn’t short either. It didn’t make sense that their Demon King clan should be shorties.
“Because theoretically, you are all still in puberty,” Inferno, who had been lurking for a long time, suddenly popped up, as if she had heard an interesting topic. “Because you have divine factors within you, which has caused some minor deviations in your life cycles.”
“Ah?” Leticia scratched her head, finding the ancestor’s words a bit difficult to understand. “What does that mean?”
“Do you know how long it takes for a god to mature from birth?” Inferno asked.
That was a good question. How could Leticia know these things?
Who knew how gods were born and how they developed? In Leticia’s imagination, gods should have popped out of rocks like Sun Wukong, and when they popped out, they were already in their complete form.
But according to Inferno’s statement now, it seemed not the case?
“I don’t know.” Leticia and Qila shook their heads together.
Their understanding of gods was limited to a few words from the prophecy book. They truly knew nothing about how gods grew up.
“Actually, I don’t know either,” Inferno said helplessly. “However, it’s a very, very long time. I can be sure of that.”
“And you have divine factors in you, which means you will be similar to gods in some aspects.”
“This ‘some aspects,’ is it developmental speed?” Leticia asked with narrowed eyes.
“From the current situation, it’s likely,” Inferno’s voice carried a hint of gloating. “Based on my estimation, as long as you live for tens of thousands of years, you’ll probably grow as tall as your ancestors.”
Tens of thousands of years? Leticia’s eyes twitched slightly. Even the longest-lived demons only lived for a few hundred years, and the longest-living demon kings only lived for nearly two hundred years!
“Then why did we inherit the developmental speed but not the lifespan? Was it because our ancestors had bad luck with gacha?” Leticia was speechless. Inferno’s words had completely shattered her hope of growing taller.
Inferno also had something to say about this. She only provided a little divine factor; everything else was concocted by Leticia’s ancestors.
“For every gain, there is a loss. At least you have obtained extraordinary magical talent, haven’t you?” Inferno stated that without her factors, the Demon King clan would not have such powerful magical talent. “Height and so on, at least you are not too short.”
Yes, at least not dwarf-level height.
Oh well, it was useless to think about these things anymore. Leticia shook her head. The ancestor had finally come out to pop up, so she had to seize this opportunity to ask something.
“Ancestor, among the gods you know, are there any gods who can put people into a deep sleep?” And the most pressing matter currently was undoubtedly the sleeping incident in the central city.
Although she wouldn’t stay here for long, what if the situation suddenly changed in the next few days?
Therefore, it was crucial to seize the opportunity to extract some information from the ancestor.
It definitely wasn’t for Bai Ling to ask, absolutely.
“Falling into a deep sleep, the first thing that comes to mind should be the God of Dreams. However, I haven’t met her. The place where she lives is too far from where I used to live.” Inferno thought for a moment before speaking. “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”
