The legend of Liu Xiaoxiao in Douluo mainland

"Since humanity defeated the demons ten thousand years ago, the Holy Temple Federation has recovered the entire continent and subsequently divided it into two parts: the Holy Temple and the Federal Government. It is divided into thirty-six provinces. Tenglong City, where we are now, is the main city of Anno Province and a tourist destination in the central and western part of the Federation."

Long Dangdang led the group on a leisurely stroll through the streets, introducing the place as he went.

Liu Xiaoxiao looked around. Tenglong City was indeed the main city of the province. High-rise buildings dozens of meters high were everywhere, indicating that the construction technology was very advanced. The clothing was mostly made of silk, and there were even some artificial fibers. Occasionally, you could see monster fur. Of course, you could also see people wearing armor and robes. The restaurants on the roadside looked quite formal, with glass facades. However, there were no communication soul tools or computers. In terms of transportation, they were still using horse-drawn carriages. In terms of technology, it was at the level of the pre-mecha era of Douluo Continent.

However, the Temple Federation also has its own unique characteristics. Its highly developed magical civilization has given it conditions that are difficult for purely technological civilizations to achieve, such as teleportation magic circles, and virtual reality technology and remote group chat technology based on magic and artifacts.

Liu Xiaoxiao had always planned to use spacetime beacons to forge a spacetime gate, thereby connecting the Holy Temple Federation with the Douluo Federation. However, that required a large number of spacetime beacons, and he had not yet collected enough materials. He would have to buy some from the Hermes Merchant Alliance or other places later.

Incidentally, the men and women here are all quite good-looking, almost as good-looking as elves, but he is certain that they are all of pure human blood.

The group continued on their way and soon arrived at a grand hall.

Because of the sword and shield symbols, this place is easy to identify; it belongs to the Knights' Temple.

"Among the six great temples, the Knight Temple has always been the most important. People with affinity for the light element and high innate spiritual power often choose the knight profession," Long Dangdang explained. "The most iconic feature of the Knight Temple is its six divine thrones. Now all six divine thrones have owners, and the throne of Eternity and Creation is temporarily under my use."

“It seems there aren’t enough chairs.” Liu Xiaoxiao said bluntly, “Although they are considered flagship artifacts, as the Holy Temple Federation develops into the interstellar era and god-level powerhouses emerge, the problem of insufficient level and quantity of Divine Seal Thrones will create an awkward situation. In the future, there will only be more and more people with the qualifications of Divine Seal Knights. Relatively speaking, although other Holy Temples do not have as many artifacts, they do not use them as their signature.”

“That’s right.” Long Dangdang nodded. “The current discussion has reached the conclusion that after achieving godhood, the divine artifact will be automatically returned, and only the most outstanding holy knights will be qualified to become divine seal knights.”

"In my opinion, we should improve our forging and alchemy techniques and create more divine artifacts." Liu Xiaoxiao shook his head. "I'll upgrade all those divine thrones for you later. As long as you can provide enough materials."

Long Dangdang's eyes lit up. This meant that the processing artifact was free, which was like a windfall for them.

As for owing favors or such, we're all in the same boat anyway, so it doesn't matter if it's a little bit.

"Then I thank Your Majesty in advance." Long Dangdang pounded his chest with his right fist and gave a knightly salute.

Liu Xiaoxiao naturally had his own intentions. These small favors were nothing to him now, but ten thousand years later, before they had grown up again, the connections he had built up would come in handy, so that they wouldn't be eliminated by the enemy too early.

They were just visiting, so they only strolled around the first floor of the main hall before leaving.

"The six holy temples are divided into three temples for warriors and three temples for mages. In the early stages of cultivation, there is no difference between warriors and assassins, and the distinction only becomes apparent at the fifth rank. Relatively speaking, warriors and assassins do not place much emphasis on attributes, but some warriors have special cultivation methods or weapons/spiritual furnaces that require specific attributes. As for assassins, the most important thing is willpower." Long Dangdang continued to explain as he led the group forward, "In the three temples for mages, priests must cultivate with the light element, although the life attribute is also possible, but that is extremely rare. The cultivation of mages is related to elemental affinity, while the cultivation of summoners places more emphasis on mental strength and some rather special individual talents."

As they were talking, Liu Xiaoxiao saw several people sitting in a small shop in the distance. One of them was Long Kongkong, and the others were undoubtedly members of the Long family.

Long Dangdang naturally noticed his gaze, but before he could speak, Long Kongkong in the distance waved to them.

"Let's go, let's give the shop owner some business." Little Fatty chuckled and took the lead, with the rest of the group following behind.

The shop wasn't big, but it was more than enough to accommodate them. Liu Xiaoxiao looked at the signboard, which read "He's Ribs Shop".

“Kongkong’s lover, Hepburn’s father, originally ran a shop in the Holy City. However, Kongkong is now a member of the Knight Temple, and Hepburn holds a high position in the Magic Temple. They moved back to Tenglong City, and Hepburn’s father also moved his small shop here,” Long Dangdang explained.

"So it's still my own shop." Liu Xiaoxiao nodded and walked into the shop.

"Dad, Mom, let me introduce you. These are my friends." They could hear Long Kongkong's loud voice even before they entered the door.

A faint black line appeared on Liu Xiaoxiao's forehead. There were even people in their group that Long Kongkong had never met before. How did they become friends?

However, he didn't expose him. He nodded and greeted Long Kongkong's parents, Long Leilei and Ling Xue, and introduced himself as well.

However, there were too many of them. Even if everyone introduced themselves at once, it would take a long time, and they probably wouldn't remember them all. So they only selected a few people to introduce themselves before taking their seats in the restaurant and ordering food.

Long Kongkong was about to volunteer to introduce them one by one when He's father called him to the kitchen to help out, since there were quite a few of them.

Long Dangdang didn't choose where to sit. In a flash, he split into two, one sitting next to his lover Ling Menglu, and the other sitting at Liu Xiaoxiao's table.

While the food was being served, Long Leilei and Ling Xue enthusiastically introduced the city's attractions to them. As a tourist capital, there were simply too many places to introduce.

"The reason why our Tenglong City is famous throughout the Federation is not only because it has many handsome men and beautiful women, but more importantly, because it was once the border between the human and demon realms," Long Leilei said enthusiastically. "Not far to the west of Tenglong City is the Demon-Controlling Mountains. In the dark ages, the Demon-Controlling Mountains were the front line of humanity's fight against the demons. Six passes guarded the human border, the easternmost of which was the Demon-Exorcising Pass guarded by the Assassin's Temple. Although it is no longer the front line, it still retains the name Demon-Exorcising City. In this area, there are also some well-preserved historical sites."

“The Demon-Suppressing Mountains stretch for over a thousand kilometers and extend for hundreds of miles, naturally forming a barrier,” Long Dangdang said. “Although the Federation has developed for tens of thousands of years, the mountainous areas have still received relatively little human intervention. There should still be many pits formed by forbidden spells in the Demon-Suppressing Mountains. If we were to observe them by going back in time, we could more directly understand the situation of the war back then.”

"If I had to recommend one, the ancient elven ruins would be the most worthwhile to visit," Ling Menglu said. "Elven ruins are often a perfect blend of natural scenery and architecture; they have a unique art in living in harmony with nature."

"Compared to these, I'd rather see information about potions and spiritual energy arrays," He Qiang said.

“The Magic Temple should have relevant records on this,” Ling Xue said. “As you should know, the Holy City today is not the Holy City of the Dark Ages, but is located in the central part of the continent, which is where the former Demon Capital City was once located. After the Demon Clan was defeated, the Temple Federation moved the Holy City there in order to better govern the entire continent. Furthermore, the headquarters of the six major temples were also moved there, instead of guarding the six major passes as before. This also symbolizes that humanity no longer needs to resist the threat of the Demon Clan, and the six major temples no longer fight alone, but have united together.”

"After we finish exploring here, let's head to the Holy City next." Liu Xiaoxiao nodded. "I happen to have some information I'd like to look up."

"What are you looking for?" the chubby boy asked directly.

"The Warcraft Compendium of the Knights' Temple," Liu Xiaoxiao said in a deep voice, "I want to know what the twelve mythical races are."

"You mean..." He Qiang looked over.

Liu Xiaoxiao nodded. "I saw seven of them at Knight's Holy Mountain before, which basically confirmed my prediction, but further verification is still needed."

"If you're looking for a monster encyclopedia, the Soul Temple should have a lot of information, since they specialize in dealing with monsters," Long Leilei said.

“After we visit the Knights’ Temple, we will go there as well.” He Qiang nodded. “After all, the Knights’ Temple deals specifically with the twelve mythical races, and the remaining ancient magical beasts are also kept on Knights’ Holy Mountain.”

“Speaking of magical beasts, wouldn’t it be more convenient to just look up the records of the High Elves?” Just then, a girl with long, light blue hair and pointed ears walked in from the shop door. It was Iseria.

"In your time, were all twelve mythical races already fully formed?" Liu Xiaoxiao asked with some surprise. "I thought you left this plane much earlier."

"The so-called Twelve Mythical Races refer to twelve races that once reached a million spiritual power. They also transformed into gods, but that was in an era far more distant than ours," Iseria said. "The Dragon Race is the head of the Twelve Mythical Races, but among all the Dragon Races throughout history, only the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon lineage of the Dragon Emperor has been able to touch a million spiritual power, and even among the Dragon Emperors, only a few have truly reached that level. The same goes for the other divine beasts: the Devouring Rat, the Mighty Bull Demon King, the White Tiger, the Lunar Jade Rabbit, the Nether Serpent, the Sacred Unicorn, the Soul-Eating Immortal Antelope, the Amethyst Behemoth, the Seven-Colored Phoenix, the Howling Moon Wolf King, and the Mirror Treasure Divine Pig. In fact, before the great calamity of that time, some of them, under my guidance, traveled to different planes through my race's teleportation array, so the bloodlines of these twelve races have not actually been severed. On the Knight's Sacred Mountain, besides the Dragon Race, there should also be the Unicorn, Phoenix, White Tiger, Lunar Jade Rabbit, Soul-Eating Immortal Antelope, and Mighty Bull Demon King."

"It really is the twelve zodiac animals." Liu Xiaoxiao frowned. "Could it be that our previous deduction was wrong, and it's not the four mythical beasts, but the twelve zodiac animals?"

"Not necessarily." He Qiang shook his head. "The twelve mythological races here are based on the Chinese zodiac and have little to do with the behind-the-scenes arrangements."

"If we were to match the four mythical beasts with the Chinese zodiac, the Azure Dragon would be the dragon, the White Tiger would be the tiger, the Vermilion Bird would be the rooster, and the Black Tortoise would be the snake," Liu Xiaoxiao said.

He Qiang shook his head. "This is the Douluo Universe, and Xuanwu should correspond to the pig. What's important isn't the water element or the snake appearance, but the weight and solidity. Moreover, if it really is related to the zodiac, then it will inevitably be related to the Qilin. This is the logic of the Douluo Universe."

"Speaking of which, it seems there really is a Qilin King in the Divine Dragon Realm," Liu Xiaoxiao muttered.

At this moment, Long Kongkong had already brought out several bowls of pork ribs, prepared in various ways, from boiling to steaming to deep-frying, each emitting a different but enticing aroma that made their mouths water.

Liu Xiaoxiao had no time to think about those things anymore and focused his attention on the food in front of him, starting to eat heartily.

Before long, Long Kongkong brought out noodles, rice, vegetables, and a large bowl of pork rib soup with corn and white radish.

These are all gods, and they can eat a lot. This made the small shop very busy. Fortunately, it was afternoon and there weren't many customers. Long Kongkong was a god-king, so his energy was top-notch, and they were able to keep up.

Iseria sat down as well, but Liu Xiaoxiao noticed that she was only staring at the meat and had no interest in vegetables or rice.

This changed his stereotypes about elves somewhat.

While eating, Iseria secretly transmitted her thoughts to you: "There is one more thing I need to tell you."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoxiao continued eating smoothly while simultaneously adjusting her focus.

"The trail of the Great Tortoise Shell Technique has been found."