The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Who are you? Why are you here? What did you do to the World Tree?" Nasita then fired off a series of questions, leaving Ember unsure of which to answer.

"It's just treating the World Tree, little one." Yu Jin felt extremely tired. He now doubted whether Nasita could have cured the World Tree if he hadn't come.

"Healing?" Nasita lowered her head in thought. "Is it forbidden knowledge hidden deep beneath the World Tree?"

This is the problem left to her by the Great Tree King, and it is also the problem that Nasida still has no clue about.

The impending taboo was like a Damocles' sword hanging over Nasita's head. A large part of the reason Nasita absorbed knowledge day and night was to resolve this crisis.

"It seems you do know something about the World Tree." Ember was slightly relieved, finally able to connect with this little guy.

"Is your method of healing the disease the golden tree that grew down here?" Nasita looked at the outstretched roots of the golden tree with some doubt.

That suffocating feeling, and the golden tree roots growing and swaying wildly in the ocean of information below, didn't seem like something you'd be doing for healing.

"Of course! Otherwise, why would I plant trees underground when I have nothing better to do?" Yu Jin said matter-of-factly.

Nasita nodded at the roots of the golden tree below, then said cautiously, "Thank you for your kindness, but I think the World Tree doesn't need your help."

The World Tree is crucial to the stability of the entire Teyvat continent, and she cannot simply hand it over to this guy of unknown origin.

Nasita gently placed her palm on the World Tree, hoping that the voices within the World Tree could give her some clues.

But she was disappointed; there was nothing inside the World Tree except for the flowing data.

"Stop looking, that guy's already done for," Yu Jin said, noticing Nasita's subtle movements.

"You don't need me to lift a finger? Heh heh, then I've been working for nothing?"

"Besides, little one, you don't have a choice. As a family member, just wait patiently for the doctor to perform the surgery!"

Chapter 212 God of Wisdom?

2023-10-05

“Little guy, judging from your appearance, I don’t think you can handle the pollution inside the World Tree.”

"So watch closely! Witness how the power of the gods will manifest miracles!"

As soon as Ember finished speaking, the white ocean beneath the World Tree surged even more violently. Nasita knew that those waves were not stirred by the World Tree, but rather something was moving within them.

The familiar feeling of suffocation returned, and Nasita clutched her neck, collapsing to her knees on a branch of the World Tree.

She is part of the World Tree, and changes in the World Tree will be reflected in her.

"Hehe, it'll be over in a bit. It's time for the surgery, so it'll be a little painful, that's normal!"

Beneath the unseen ocean of Nasita, the roots of countless golden trees entwined themselves around the roots of the World Tree.

Among these intertwined golden tree roots, several are exceptionally thick. These are the main roots, the roots that reach directly to the source of the taboo.

Unlike the other roots, the massive taproot did not entwine around the World Tree's fine roots; instead, it grew and eventually reached the World Tree's dark trunk.

"Boom!" The ripples of the vast ocean of earth veins seemed to reach the World Tree, and under the impact of the golden giant root, the entire World Tree trembled.

"Ah!" In addition to the feeling of suffocation, Nasita also felt a sharp pain in her chest.

Her body was trembling, as if something invisible was trying to tear open her chest and burrow inside.

That's exactly right. The gold on the surface of the giant root of the golden tree became incredibly solid, unlike its previous translucent appearance.

If the golden color of the previous golden tree was the bright glow emitted by gilded lamps, then now this color has become the true color of gold, reflected from the gold itself.

Although not as bright as a lamp, it is substantial enough to be impossible to ignore.

A massive amount of gold crashed against the trunk of the World Tree. The once utterly silent area around the World Tree was now filled with the sounds of trees cracking and breaking.

Nasita's chest pain grew increasingly intense, becoming more severe with each passing second.

When the pain reached its peak, it suddenly dissipated.

"Wh...what happened?" Nasita's forehead still had the fine sweat that had just seeped out from the pain, but now that pain had disappeared.

The feeling of suffocation also disappeared.

Nasita's hand remained on her chest, where a large hole seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. All the pain and discomfort flowed out of her body through this hole.

Beneath the World Tree, the Golden Tree finally broke through its bark. Huge golden roots extended into the World Tree.

There was no flow of information within, only endless darkness. Perhaps there was information, but it was all useless, meaningless screams and whispers.

It was they that eroded the pure white World Tree.

But they couldn't corrupt the golden tree. A faint golden light shone through the darkness.

The giant root extending into the World Tree became a source, from which more slender roots branched out, gradually filling the darkness.

Then they loosened the restrictions and began to actively absorb this forbidden knowledge.

"It tastes awful..." the Golden Tree whispered to Ember. Compared to Ember's blood, this stuff was like stinking mud, something it found repulsive.

Upon hearing the words of the Golden Tree, the Embers, far above the ground, slapped its trunk hard.

"Children shouldn't be picky eaters; eating more will help them grow up faster!"

"I'm very old now."

"How old is she, and she can already talk back? No wonder the Supreme Will doesn't care about your mother, it must be arguing with the Supreme Will every day."

"..."

After a pointless conversation, Golden Tree ultimately endured everything in silence.

Actually, it's not that bad to eat. It hasn't fully absorbed the blood of the embers yet, so eating a lump of forbidden knowledge with a little bit of the blood of the embers isn't bad.

"What... what did you do?" Nasita automatically filtered out the conversation between the embers and the golden tree.

She looked at the golden patterns wrapped around her calves, something she had never had before.

"I didn't do anything, just placed a purifier inside the World Tree." Ember said this in an extremely relaxed and carefree tone, as if he had only done something insignificant.

"A purifier?" Nasita pondered, but not about what the purifier was; she was wondering who Ember was.

Is there such a powerful yet unreliable person among the Seven Gods?

Nasita didn't know. Perhaps the wind god fit this description, but what about that golden tree?

She had never heard of such a powerful tree in Teyvat. When it stretched out from the ground, the World Tree even thought it had come to replace it.

"Can you tell me who you are?" Nasita pondered for a while, but had no clue.

She looked down at the now calm, white ocean below, hoping for a response.

"Who am I?" Ember repeated Nasita's words in a low voice. Then there was silence.

Then Nasita saw the calm ocean begin to surge again. The roots of the golden tree, which had disappeared, reappeared from below.

However, this time the roots of the golden tree intertwined to form a flower bud shape.

Golden flower buds bloomed, and then a figure shrouded in knight's armor emerged from them.

"Adventurers' Guild, Ember makes its appearance!" Ember jumped from the flower bud to Nasita's side.

Strangely, his body landed on the branches of the World Tree covered in pinkish-white down without causing any ripples.

"Are you a consciousness?" Nasita looked at the somewhat illusory embers in front of her and immediately recognized his current state.

"Smart." Yu Jin nodded, readily admitting it. It's fortunate that he's a consciousness being able to reach this place; if Yu Jin really had to dig through the ground to get here, he wouldn't be willing.

“Ember…” Nasita looked at Ember, who was looking around, and countless demon god names flashed through her mind, but none of them matched the guy in front of her.

"Hehe, no need to look anymore, you won't find it." Yu Jin touched the pure white bark of the World Tree and looked up at the huge tree, which was about the same size as Xiao Huang.

A storage device for all memories? And it seems that the various information stored within it can be modified?

Ember stroked his chin, wondering what the point of setting this up was. Making the World Tree a database would be fine; why add a modification function?

Simply modifying data doesn't seem to truly change history, does it? At best, it would only cover up history, and there are plenty of ways to circumvent that.

To truly rewrite history, one would need to manipulate the flow of time. But that's far too difficult for someone of average ability.

Perhaps... it's used as a shortcut? Yu Jin suddenly realized, feeling that he had discovered some secret.

"Are you thinking about something rude?" Nasita asked suspiciously, watching Ember fiddling with the World Tree.

Was that powerful force really from this guy?

"How could you... no! How could you slander someone's innocence out of thin air?" Yu Jin was startled. Could this little guy read minds?

"Oh right, I still don't know your name?" Yu Jin suddenly realized that he hadn't asked her name yet.

Although he had already guessed who the little guy in front of him was.

“Nasita, you can also call me Buyer.” Generally, a demon's name shouldn't be revealed easily, but for this guy before me…

Nasita glanced again at the embers trying to pry a piece of bark from the World Tree, and her eye twitched. It didn't matter much to this guy.

“Buyer? Why don’t you just say Grass God?” Yu Jin tilted his head and thought for a while, but he couldn’t find the three words “Buyer” in his mind.

He doesn't remember the demon god's name at all.

The Seven Gods are too easily recognizable; with such a large mass of elemental energy, it's hard not to recognize them.

As for whether it's a god or a dragon king, we'll have to look at its appearance.

"I heard you're the goddess of wisdom?" Ember looked at Nasita before him, recalling what Cole and the others had said.

So he came up with the idea of ​​testing this little god.

"Then take a look at this and see what it is?"

As he spoke, Ember lifted his arm armor.

Chapter 213 The Grass God Attempts to Break Free

2023-10-05

An arm, seemingly made of kneaded mud, appeared beside the World Tree, emanating a twisted and desperate aura. It even made the pinkish-white fur beneath the feet of Ember and Narcida much rougher.

Fortunately, the arm only appeared for a moment before disappearing again. The pinkish-white down simply lost its luster.

"Hmph!" Although Ember instantly concealed his arm back under his armor, Nasita still saw what was inside.

Human face, fleshy mass, intertwined flames.