Episode 20

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**Elfin Guild Hall** (妖灵会馆, *Yāolíng Huìguǎn*) is the 20th episode of *The Legend of Luo Xiaohei*.

## Description

A-Gen, Xiaohei and Xiaobai learn about the Elfin Guild. A-Gen gets a card that allows him to access to big sums of money. Afterwards, A-Gen is attacked by multiple elfins that believe he has the Shining Pearl. Meanwhile, Xiaobai and Xioahei meet Shanxin to go to an anime convention.

## Plot

Inside a building, director Kali gives tea to Xiaohei, Xiaobai and A-Gen, and some wood to Bidiu. He’s going to explain the basics of the guild to them. A-Gen had heard of the guild, but had no idea they had a branch near the city. Kali explains that they keep a low profile, so it’s hard to find them without investigating. He gifts a card to A-Gen, and a dark item to Xiaohei. The item is from Laojun, and will help Xiaohei heal faster. The card is for A-Gen to keep, and it’ll allow him to buy anything from the human world, as long as it isn’t too expensive. It also allows him to enter any other guild branch. A-Gen thinks he’s receiving the card because of something Laojun might’ve said, but no, any elfin that enters the guild is gifted a card like that one.

Kali explains that the Elfin Guild was founded by three deities, besides Laojun. It has branches in all mayor cities, and it provides services specifically to elfins. In ancient times, it used to simply be a series of inns, but now it also gives free financing to live in the human world. However, in order to receive the money, you have to comply to the guild’s rules. They are: you can’t kill other elfins, you can’t show yourself to other humans, and if you allow yourself to be summoned by the guild, you get even more benefits.

Kali moves the group outside, and they get to see a training ground below. There, Jiuxian is about to fight an elfin called Polao. They’re both part of Fu’s group. Fu and Qingqiu are watching from the sidelines, with Fu complaining that Jiuxian and Polao take too long to start fighting. Seemingly just to annoy him, Polao decides to exit the fight.

While they watch below, Kali talks to Xiaobai. He explains to her that Fu and his friends can’t live in the city because of the way they look. Xiaobai wonders why they can’t turn into humans, if they’re powerful but A-Gen tells her that having a human form has nothing to do with being powerful, and that it’s only to hide yourself among humans. Kali adds that there are “human form artisans” that can help one turn develop a human form if one can’t do it on his own, but that Fu and his friends simply don’t want to.

Xiaobai then begins to ask Kali a series of earnest questions, which he answers without batting an eye. She asks if Kali is stronger than Fu and his group, to which Kali answers that no, he’s weaker. In fact, he’s probably the weaker elfin there. He became director because he knows how to get money. He did it by selling the trees that grow there. Kali grabs a watermelon seed and makes it grow into a small plant, to demonstrate. Unlike most wood-type attackers, Kali is able to produce trees that last long. His trees are completely natural plants and will keep growing on their own. He says that a good tree can cost a fortune, especially those days.

Although they’re in the highest floor of the building, Kali invites them to go even higher. He leads them to a portal in the roof, and makes them float upwards. Everyone enters into a big white space, where they’re surrounded by a big world map that moves around them. It’s very impressive, even for A-Gen and Xiaohei. Kali explains that they’re in the branch’s center, a place where they can get the location and information of every other build branch. Xiaohei notices that they aren’t simply seeing a map, but that they’re in a space fluctuation, which they can use to teleport to the other branches. The map has multiple points, every one representing a guild branch. Above each point its a color that indicates the branches’ function. At that moment, an elfin named Qianzhen appears, teleporting from another branch. Qianzhen greets everyone and leaves, as he was meeting with Fu and the others. Xiaobai is surprised at how nice he was, but Kali explains to her that Qianzhen can’t notice the difference between a human and an elfin.

Suddenly, Xiaohei notices something that leaves him in a trance. It’s a small island on the map, with a crossed-out point on it, that’s colored black. He moves away from the rest to observe the island closer. Meanwhile, Kali points to Xiaobai and A-Gen where they are on the map, which is a point with a gold circle, because they manage finances. Below the mark there are three small points, which indicate how many elfins are residing there. Besides Kali and Tubei, there’s another elfin living there. Also, all branches use human employees. Kali explains that they share their money will all the other branches, allowing them to pay their employees. Directors are free to grab many things from the branches, like money, space, magic weapons or spiritual tools. There are plenty of humans that know elfins exists, like Xiaobai, or the employees of the branches, but many others don’t accept them, so the guild prefers to maintain the secrecy. It was okay before, but humans became too powerful, and being known by them became dangerous. Then, Bidiu jumps over Xiaohei, waking him up from his trance.

Xiaohei returns with the rest. Xiaobai asks Kali why they can’t simply create more money, or gold, instead of having to sell trees. Kali answers that creating more money would destroy human’s financial systems, so the best long-term solution is to follow the human’s rules. A-Gen jokes that he may have to start selling ice, and Xiaohei says that he’ll have to start stealing stuff, but A-Gen tells him that’s not an actual business. Xiaobai asks if they could use the branches system to send packages, and everyone laughs at her. That concludes the basics of the guild, and A-Gen says they’ve heard enough. After another cup of tea, they decide to leave.

Kali asks them if they’d like to stay for dinner, but they kindly refuse. Grandpa is waiting for A-Gen back home. Before they leave, Tubei gifts a box to Xiaobai. It comes from Laojun, as a thank you for promising she’d give him stuff. Above them, Tanjiu watches them using a bird construct.

Once they leave, A-Gen and Xiaobai decide to go separate ways. A-Gen will return to grandpa’s house to help him rebuild the pavilion, and Xiaobai will go to Shanxin’s house, and they’ll go to a convention the next day, and A-Gen will pick her up the day after. However, at that moment, a public phone rings. When Xiaobai answers, it’s Shanxin who’s calling, who tells her she’s right outside the phone boot. Xiaobai and Xiaohei leave with Shanxin, and A-Gen gets on the bus to return with Grandpa.

Back in the guild, Tubei notices something. Fu and his friends have left the city, and are following Xuanli. Kali gets serious, but remarks that they’ll behave. While on the bus, A-Gen gets a telepathic message, telling him to get off the bus. A-Gen gets down in order to protect the passengers, and is left in the middle of the road, next to a rocky mountain. Before him appear Fu and his friends: Polao, Qingqiu, Jiuxian and Qianzhen. Above them, Tanjiu, A-Xian and Moss are watching the scene. Moss has faith the fight’ll grant them a chance to steal the Shining Pearl. Fu tells A-Gen he wants to fight, but before he has the chance, Qingqiu notices Tanjiu and his friends. Jiuxian quickly attacks them and makes them fall to the ground. A-Gen is surprised to see them, and Moss tells him they were there to help him, but he’s a terrible liar and nobody believes it.

In Shanxin’s house, Huangshou is really happy to see Xiaohei, much to his dismay.

## Features

### Characters

Xiaohei and friends

* Xiaohei
* A-Gen (also called Xuanli)
* Xuanli (mentioned when talking to A-Gen)
* Xiaobai
* Xiaobai's grandpa (mentioned)
* Bidiu
* Laojun (mentioned)
* Shanxin
* Huangshou

Guild Hall

* Tubei
* Kali

Fu and his friends

* Mr. Fu
* Qingqiu
* Jiuxian
* Polao (Debut)
* Qianzhen (Debut)

Elfin artist trio

* Moss
* A-Xian
* Tanjiu

### Items

* Elfin Guild Card (for A-Gen)
* Laojun Healing Item (for Xioahei) (as revealed in Episode 21, it contains Spirit Stimulating Pills (*Beilingdan*))
* Box from Laojun (for Xiaobai) (as revealed in Episode 25, it contains a game console to play All Living Creatures)

### Locations

* Elfin Guild Hall
* Shanxin's house
* Road near the city

### Abilities

* Kali's plant manipulation
* Tubei's supernatural perception
* Polao's camouflage
* Qingqiu's camouflage
* Qingqiu's advanced hearing
* Jiuxian's advanced agility and speed
* Tanjiu's animal constructs
* Human form artisans (mentioned)

## Trivia

* Doctor Who can be seen near the end of the episode

## Notes

1. ↑ The four founding deities are Laojun, Nezha, Yanming and Yan.
2. ↑ As seen in the Lanxi Zhen comic.
3. ↑ This island is where Xiaohei used to live with Fengxi and his friends, as seen in the Legend of Hei movie.