In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

As for Rhodes, he had more to consider.

The Great Tree King did not die.

This means that Nasita failed to inherit the past of the Great Tree King.

And this brings about problems.

Nasita was unaware that the Great Tree King had once made an agreement with some displaced mushroom beasts to save the Grass Dragon.

Grass Dragon.

This refers to Apep, one of the original dragon kings of Teyvat.

An elemental dragon king who has long been corrupted by a massive amount of forbidden knowledge.

As the primordial dragon king who has lived since ancient times, Apep once faced the laws of nature and participated in the war for control of Teyvat. Although he was defeated by the laws of nature and a portion of his grass elemental power was stripped away to become the throne of the grass god, at least ten thousand years of accumulation have kept the concentration of elemental power in Apep's body at an extremely terrifying level.

Now Nasita has cleansed the World Tree of its forbidden knowledge.

As a result, all calamities related to forbidden knowledge, except for the existing dead zone, will disappear.

This includes taboo knowledge within Appepp's body.

This caused a huge hole to appear in Apep's body, which had previously been able to barely maintain a balance between elemental power and forbidden knowledge. If this hole was not plugged, Apep would surely die.

If a dragon king with such terrifying accumulated elemental power were to die unexpectedly, the wave of elemental power and boundless resentment that erupted at the moment of his death would be enough to destroy the entire Sumeru, and even Liyue and Fontaine, which are adjacent to Sumeru, would be affected.

Previously, when entering the consciousness space of the Great Compassion Tree King.

Rhodes's idea was that if Nasita erased the consciousness of the Great Tree King, then she, who inherited everything from the Great Tree King, would have a vague memory of the agreement from back then. If he saved the Great Tree King, then the Great Tree King herself would remember the agreement from back then, and there would be no need to remind her of anything else.

But the situation we face now.

However, the Great Tree King did not disappear, and Nasita did not inherit the Great Tree King's past memories. Furthermore, the Great Tree King's remaining consciousness was in a state of being uncommunicable.

This raises the question of how to get Nasita to find the spark that can heal Apep and save him.

"call--"

"My only advantage is that I know how to save that dragon."

Rod thought to himself, but an unnatural expression unconsciously appeared on his face.

He also knows some things.

For example, Appepp ended up in this state because he was outmaneuvered by the Red King.

He now wields the power of the followers left to him by the Red King.

in other words.

Faced with Apep's immense rage towards the Red King, if Rhodes, who possesses the power of the Red King's familiar, were to help Narcida find her, he would likely be swallowed whole by the nearly maddened mother dragon the moment they met.

"tsk"

Rhodes rubbed his temples and continued to focus his attention on how to awaken the consciousness of the Great Tree King.

Nasita tried many methods.

Infuse the Grass God's elemental power into the Eye of God, and with the Grass God's authority, attempt to pull this fragment of consciousness into the dream, and send one's own consciousness into the Eye of God, etc.

It can be said that she used almost every method she could think of.

However, no matter what they did, it was like a clay ox sinking into the sea, receiving no feedback whatsoever.

After Naxida finished trying.

Rhodes also manipulated elemental forces through the Eye of God, attempting to communicate with the fragments of consciousness.

The result is still the same.

Nothing happened.

"Well"

Rhodes stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

Nasita did the same thing.

Both of them focused their attention on the Eye of God, pondering what other methods they could use.

This thought.

The thought started during the day and then moved to the night.

During this time, Narcida also tried using the power of gods, such as her own Heart of God and Wendy's Heart of God, but still to no avail.

So, when they really couldn't think of any good solutions...

Rhodes said, "I'll borrow your Heart of God for a moment."

"Ok?"

"Heart of God?"

Nasida was a little confused at first, but she didn't ask anything and handed her God's Heart to Rhodes as instructed.

"call--"

Holding the heart of the Grass God, Rhodes did not look at his own eye of God. Instead, he tried to draw a trace of power from the Grass God's heart, just as he had done with the heart of the Wind God.

However, he didn't have high expectations.

After all, once he obtained the Eye of the Wind Element, he could no longer activate the Heart of God.

And indeed, no matter how hard he tried, the Heart of God remained completely unmoved.

See this.

Naxida, who had initially held a sliver of hope, immediately showed a look of disappointment.

Having tried and failed repeatedly, Rhodes was at a loss. After pondering for a while, he suddenly had a brilliant idea: to simply manipulate the power of Hermanubis and try to activate the Heart of God once more.

And this time.

He finally succeeded.

Under the light of the Heart of God, Rhodes's Grass Element Eye of God emitted the same soft light as the Heart of God. Immediately, a large amount of grass elemental power began to emanate from the Heart of God, heading straight for the Eye of God and surrounding and enveloping it.

In the blink of an eye.

The Eye of God, enveloped in the power of the grass element, transformed into the shape of a seed.

It needs no soil, no watering, and no sunlight.

Stimulated by elemental forces, the seed sprouted out of thin air and grew until it reached the height of Rod's forearm before stopping.

Rod recognized him.

This is a Patissa orchid.

It's purplish-red.

Plants that are generally recognized as extinct from Teyvat.

Meanwhile, within the budding flower of this Padishal orchid, Rod and Narcida clearly saw a figure.

The figure, with its knees drawn up and body curled up like an infant, was fast asleep in the Patishalan flower with its eyes closed.

The infusion of elemental power into the Heart of God had already stopped when Patishalan sprouted her flower bud, and there was no response even when it was tried to be activated again.

The seed formed from the Eye of God was no longer recognizable, as if it had merged with the Patishalan flower.

Rod tried it.

Even after leaving the Patishalan, he could still use his grass elemental power normally, so it seemed that having his Eye of God occupied had no effect on him.

Rhodes then carefully examined the fragments of consciousness dormant within the flower bud.

It is clear.

Nourished by the Eye of God and the Heart of God, this fragment of consciousness has grown considerably stronger than before. Although it still cannot communicate with people, it is no longer so weak that it could dissipate at any moment.

As things stand at the moment.

If nothing unexpected happens, the moment this Patisha orchid blooms should be the moment when the consciousness of the Great Tree King returns to the world.

Rhodes and Narcida exchanged a glance, and besides surprise, they also saw the same doubt in each other's eyes.

The Great Compassion Tree King, the embodiment of the World Tree, did not transform into a tree, but into a flower? Or perhaps a crimson Padissane, symbolizing the goddess of flowers?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 189. Helper? (Chapter 180)

Chapter 180 Helper?

(Now I understand why I can't use elemental power. It's because I used the knowledge from the eighth level of one-handed sword combat techniques in Sumeru, and the knowledge got into my brain, so I became obsessed with using the sword. Haha, I'm such a genius!)

I don't understand.

No matter how much Nasita researched, she couldn't understand why the Great Tree King had turned into a Patisha.

The only explanation.

It is the ancient covenant of the three gods.

Nasita did not inherit the memories of the Great Tree King, nor did she know what kind of agreement the Great Tree King, the Flower Goddess, and the Red King reached when the three gods jointly ruled Mount Sumeru.

For now, we can only speculate whether the Flower Goddess Nabu Marikata once gave the Great Tree King some special gift, and then this unknown gift, combined with the Grass King's ability to reincarnate, achieved the current effect of resurrection.

However, now is not the time to discuss these things.

The immediate task is to get this Patisha orchid to bloom successfully and awaken the consciousness of the Great Tree King.

Naxi Da's demands were not high.

The Great Tree King would be satisfied as long as she could return to the state she was in the consciousness space.

Of course.

If the Great Tree King can recover even better, that would be even better.

As for the nutrients this Patisha orchid needs to grow.

It's very simple, it's the power of grass element.