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Chapter 429 Fairy Girl
Fifty years later, Spine Peak City was indeed no longer the same as Frilian remembered.

From the outside, the territory of Spine Peak City has not expanded much, but once you step onto Spine Peak Avenue and pass through the thin membrane at the edge of the territory that resembles ripples on water, you can see a vast territory that far exceeds the outside world.

Without a doubt, the entire space of the Spine Peak Territory was expanded by some kind of solidification magic.

The outer city alone has a diameter of nearly fifty miles and a population of over one million!

Of course, if you only look at the data, it's really just so-so. If you put it in other worlds, like the neighboring world of Shrouding the Heavens, it probably wouldn't even be comparable to a remote city in a mortal country.

But in the ancient world of Frilian, where humans are scarce, such a large city is already considered astonishing.

After all, the countries surrounding Ridge Peak City each have only two or three hundred thousand citizens, and even the strongest unified empire on the continent has a total population of no more than twenty million.

In terms of the number of residents in the capital, it is even an order of magnitude smaller than that of Jifeng City.

In such a stark contrast, Ridge Peak City naturally became the most magnificent megacity on the entire continent.

When Frilian last set foot in Spine Peak, the distinction between the inner and outer city was still quite clear.

But now, the Ridge City on the ground no longer distinguishes between inside and outside.

Because the true inner city had already detached from the ground and floated up under the effect of the formation, it became a world wonder of great renown on the continent—the Floating City!

The place where Frilian is standing right now is the suspended ladder connecting the two cities.

Every day, a large number of people come and go here, some of whom are local residents of Ridge Peak City, and others are tourists who have come from all over the world to broaden their horizons.

The way to identify them is simple: just look at the crystal cards they carry with them.

These crystal cards are magical creations that combine magic and technology, possessing many powerful functions such as ID cards, wallets, remote communication, and even small storage spaces.

It can be said that as long as one possesses such a crystal card, one can travel freely throughout the entire Spine Peak City.

But if you don't have any, even if you have billions in assets, you won't be able to spend a single penny here.

For this reason, all tourists who temporarily enter Ridge City need to obtain a standard blue crystal card from the Tourism Bureau's office at the city gate.

Anyone who sees this pure blue crystal card is undoubtedly a traveler from outside the country.

As for the local residents of Spine Peak, they are eligible to have their crystal cards customized.

Their crystal cards come in all shapes and sizes, with various stickers, patterns, and even cutouts and reliefs, and in a wide variety of colors, making them easy to distinguish at a glance.

Of course, this thing is, after all, a symbol of one's status as a subject.

Out of pride in their status and respect for their lord, most citizens would not modify their belongings too elaborately.

If you see a card that's so colorful and bright that you immediately think, "I'm a part-time cloth poet," then without a doubt, it belongs to someone from the Celestial race!

For example, right now, the pretty girl in front of Frillian took out a pink card. Not only was there a pink wavy background, but there was also a cute cat head wearing a bow printed in the lower right corner!
"Is this Hello Kitty...?"

Frillie stared at the cat head, thinking to herself.

Although Frilian had never set foot in Spine Peak City in the past fifty years, many of the Celestials she had met in the past had visited her and Vlame many times, bringing them many of Spine Peak City's specialties and novelties.

This includes a Katie doll, which is currently placed on her bed in her secluded retreat.

After swiping her card, the pretty fairy girl skipped and hopped into the suspended cloud ladder.

The local residents, who were already seated on the ladder, greeted her with smiles when they saw her.

Good morning, Nadia!

"Going to the outer city so early, are you skipping class again?"

"Nonsense!" The girl named Nadi said angrily, hands on her hips. "This time I have a serious project to do: I'm going to investigate pedestrian traffic data in the nine districts of the outer city!"

"is it?"

The person who had just made the joke raised an eyebrow, looking suspicious, and said, "But I seem to remember that investigative projects at the magic academy require at least two people to work together?"

"Could it be that your class has an odd number of students, causing you to neglect our dear little Nadi?"

Nadi's expression froze for a moment, then she forced a smile and said, "How could that be? I'm so cute, everyone in the class wants to be in a group with me. Who would ignore me?"

"What about your team members?"

"She...she's so lazy, she probably hasn't even gotten out of bed yet!"

Nadi's eyes darted around as she gave a perfunctory reply while glancing at the people behind her who hadn't yet entered the room.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and her gaze fixed on the silver-haired, twin-tailed elf girl.

Of all the passengers who stepped onto the suspended staircase, this person was the only one who looked relatively young, and his quiet and reserved demeanor was very much in line with the academic elites of the Book Tower Society.

If Nadi hadn't known all the students in her class, she might have mistaken this person for a student.

—It's her!

With a firm resolve, Natie immediately stepped forward with a grin, grabbed Frillie's wrist, and said proudly, "Look, here we are!!"

"..."

Frilian looked up in surprise at the pretty girl in front of her.

The girl blinked and used magic to transmit her voice, "Excuse me, could you cooperate with me? I'm willing to swipe your card for you as an academy student, plus ten crystal coins as payment, how about it?" "...Not interested."

Frilian shook her head, immediately broke free from the girl's grasp, and prepared to take out the crystal card she had just received from the city lord's mansion.

The girl panicked upon seeing this and quickly said, "No, how about I add some more, fifty crystal coins?"

"..."

Frillie glanced silently at the six zeros on the crystal card and calmly shook her head.

"Fine, you win!" the girl gritted her teeth. "Then let's add a brand new Lizhi doll. It's a life-size version that they haven't released yet, and you can't buy it anywhere else!"

"..."

Frillie paused in taking out her card, then stared intently at the girl.

"Life-size?"

"Yes!"

The girl said proudly, "And it even has a built-in magic circulation matrix, so you can cultivate while sleeping in it!"

Without further hesitation, Frillie decisively put away the card, turned around, and looked at the passengers earnestly, saying:
"Good morning, I'm Nadi's team member."

"See, I told you so!"

Nadi's face lit up with a smug expression, and then she waved her hand generously, saying, "Since you helped me out of that predicament, today's Sky Ladder is on me!"

After saying that, she took out the cat-head card and swiped it for Frillie.

The person who had just made the joke couldn't help but roll their eyes and mutter to themselves:

"It's just a crystal coin, and you call yourself the young lady of the Liz family..."

"..."

As soon as Frilian sat down, she keenly caught this key word and couldn't help but turn her head to ask, "Is Natie's the famous Liz Toy House?"

No wonder she could pull out the latest unreleased model...

The person next to him exclaimed in surprise, "Yes, you didn't know?"

Frillie nodded honestly and said, "I just heard about it..."

Upon hearing this, the person next to him seemed to understand something and said with a smile, "Don't misunderstand, I was just joking. This girl is actually quite nice. She hasn't spent a single penny of her family's money since she entered the academy. The only problem is her personality... well, she's a bit eccentric!"

"But she's from the immortal race, so it's understandable!"

It was obvious that he had realized that Frilian was not a true member of Nadi's group, which was why he suddenly changed his tone and began to speak up for the fairy girl.

After all, saying this in front of acquaintances is just complaining, but if it's a stranger, it's considered veiled slander!
Upon hearing this, a smile appeared in Frilian's eyes, and she nodded quietly in response.

She could also tell that these people didn't really have any ill intentions towards Nadi. If she had to say, they were probably just looking at the mischievous kid next door!

As they were talking, Nadi had already returned after swiping her card.

She glanced smugly at the person next to her, then plopped down next to Frillie.

Seeing this, the person next to him chuckled silently, clearly not intending to expose Natie's lie.

Nadi, oblivious to his reaction, continued to transmit her voice with a grin:
Thank you so much this time!

"Don't worry, I always keep my word. I promised you the latest model, and I'll personally take you to Lizhi Toy Store to pick it up when I get back tonight!"

She paused, then asked curiously, "I haven't asked yet, are you a tourist?"

Frillie thought for a moment, then said uncertainly, "I don't think so..."

"Is this really acceptable?"

Nadi made a sarcastic remark, then looked at Frilian's pointed ears thoughtfully and said, "You're an elf, could you be Lucia's daughter?"

Frillie's heart skipped a beat: "Who is Lucia?"

Nadi casually replied, "It's that female elf who runs a jewelry shop in the central area of ​​the floating city."

Frilian asked, "Are there many elves in Spine Peak City?"

Nadi thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Not many, only about a hundred people in total. But compared to the outside world, it can be considered the city with the most elves!"

...Does Spine Peak City already have over a hundred elves?

Frilian turned to look at the floating city beyond the cloud ladder, and couldn't help but sigh.

Since the Demon King issued the order to massacre the elves, she had not encountered any of her kind outside for a long time. She never expected that there would still be more than a hundred elves surviving in Spine Peak City.

They must have fled from the north, enduring countless hardships and dangers before finally settling in this city, which is known as the safest place on the entire continent...

Nadi seemed to know this history as well, and deliberately avoided the topic, instead saying with a smile, "Judging from this, you don't seem to be Lucia's daughter—well, it makes sense, elves have a hard time reproducing. According to my parents, they only got married about thirty years ago, how could it be so fast!"

(End of this chapter)