The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

This also indicates that the ritual to invite the immortals is about to begin.

"Shh!"

The young master's vision blurred, and when he came to his senses, he found that the embers had vanished without a trace.

"Such speed!" The young master's pupils shrank slightly. He hadn't sensed anything when Yu Jin left.

The young master leaped into the tree and turned to look at the bustling Jade Capital Terrace. There, Tianquan Star Ningguang had already led the master of ceremonies to the center of the sacrificial altar.

Ningguang looked up at the sky, and the jade at her waist seemed to sense something, beginning to emit a faint glow.

"The auspicious time has come!"

Ningguang's rhythmic shouts immediately resounded throughout the entire Yujing Terrace. The previously noisy crowd instantly fell silent.

"Hoo—" Ningguang looked at the huge incense burner in front of her and took a deep breath. Despite having rehearsed it many times, she still couldn't help but feel a little nervous when it came to actually presiding over the ceremony of inviting the immortals.

This feeling of tension didn't linger in Ningguang's mind for long. She quickly composed herself.

Taking a step forward, Ningguang's mind stirred, and the jade used for the sacrifice flew out from her waist, circling around her.

Because of the Liyue Heavy Stone, jade is an indispensable material for any sacrificial ceremony, in addition to the usual incense and yellow paper.

"Clang, clang, clang!" The jade stones flew and accurately embedded themselves in the notch of the incense burner.

Then, as if receiving some kind of instruction, a pillar of light rose from the giant incense burner in the center, reaching straight to the sky.

Thick clouds gathered around the pillar of light. Countless clouds swirled and intertwined, forming a giant vortex.

"Not bad, Zhongli has quite the presence!" Yu Jin praised from the rooftop of the Jade Capital Pavilion, looking at the magnificent scene before him.

Putting everything else aside, just the spectacle of their entrance was absolutely top-notch.

"Um... something seems off?" Yu Jin looked at the huge vortex in the sky and squinted his eyes slightly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a patch of pitch black began to appear in the originally pure white vortex in the sky.

The darkness grew ever greater, eventually staining the entire sky a somber, oppressive hue. Within the dark clouds, streaks of crimson lightning flashed, creating a chilling atmosphere.

"What...what's going on? This didn't happen during the annual summoning ceremony!"

"This red lightning, these dark clouds, they look like a legendary tribulation!"

"Will Prince Yan be alright?"

……

The strange sight in the sky sparked a flurry of discussion among the people below.

Not to mention the onlookers, even Ningguang, who was presiding over the ceremony of inviting the immortals, looked somewhat flustered. Such a scene had never been recorded before.

"boom!"

The gloom didn't last long. With a loud bang, a dark figure descended from the sky, bringing immense force that not only shattered the incense burner in the center of the sacrificial altar but also caused the entire Jade Capital Platform to tremble.

As the smoke cleared, Ningguang hurriedly looked at the dark figure that had fallen in front of her. Then her eyes widened in surprise.

The Rock King Emperor is dead.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Yu Jin scratched his head. That's it? Was Zhongli's death too hasty? Anyone who didn't know better would think he fell to his death.

After a brief examination of Morax's "corpse," Ningguang stood up, waved her hand, and shouted:

"The emperor is assassinated, the whole place is blocked!"

With Ningguang's loud shout, the Thousand Rock Army, some visible and some hidden, filed in and surrounded the entire Jade Capital Terrace.

Meanwhile, Ningguang wasn't idle either; she was surrounded by a crowd. It seemed those people were the leaders of various units within the Thousand Rock Army.

Under Ningguang's command, the Jade Capital Terrace, which had been in chaos due to the Emperor's death, was quickly restored to order.

The soldiers of the Thousand Rock Army each performed their duties: some guarded key roads, some questioned passersby, and others conducted reconnaissance in various places...

"Hey! You upstairs! Come down!" A patrolling soldier looked up and saw Yu Jin picking his toes on the roof of Yujingtai Tower.

"what?"

Yu Jin leaped off the roof, startling the armored soldiers in front of him.

"Come with me to see Lord Tianquan!" The armored soldier glanced at Yu Jin's strange attire and then at the broken floorboards.

Even if this person wasn't the murderer who killed the Emperor, he was definitely guilty of damaging public property!

“No problem, I was just about to ask her what she thought.” Yu Jin nodded. Ning Guang was surrounded by a group of people, and he was wondering how to find her!

Looking around, Ember spotted Firefly and Paimon in the distance.

"You two! How was the viewing?"

Ember waved from a distance, but it sent a shiver down the spines of the furtive Firefly and Paimon.

The two seemed to spot the Thousand Rock Army next to Ember, and turned to run!

"Hey! Don't run!"

Upon seeing Ying and Paimon running away, the armored soldiers shouted and chased after them.

Yu Jin looked around at his empty surroundings, scratched his head, and wondered if he had just tricked Ying.

Chapter 273 Sneaking In

2023-11-04

Watching Ying and Paimon leaping and bounding in the distance, Ember was puzzled. Had these two done something wrong? Why were they running so fast?

Unlike him, who has nothing to fear from a straight body!

Yu Jin looked up, but no one came to talk to him. After sighing, he decided to talk to other people.

Then he saw Zhongli taking a stroll.

"So you're really bored, huh? Is this the scene in detective novels where the suspect admires their own masterpiece?"

Standing by the railing at the edge of Yujing Terrace, Yu Jin patted Zhong Li on the shoulder and said something.

He gazed into the distance, taking in the entirety of Liyue. It must be said, Zhongli really knew how to pick a spot. From here, one could see all four sides of Yujing Terrace above, and all eight directions of Liyue below.

It has a strong sense of having a mastermind behind it all.

"Brother Yu Jin, you'd better keep your voice down, otherwise you'll be taken to the General Affairs Department and we'll have to waste a lot of time talking to you."

Zhongli turned around and smiled at Yu Jin.

"What are you thinking about? The melancholy on your face is practically overflowing!" Yu Jin waved his hand in front of Zhong Li as he looked at the Jade Capital Terrace.

"Hmm?" A shadow flickered in front of him. Zhongli blinked, turned around, and said with some trouble in his voice, "Nothing, I was just wondering if what I did was right."

"Right? You're already done for, it's no use regretting it now." Yu Jin pointed to the avatar corpse surrounded by the crowd and said with a hint of schadenfreude.

With Zhongli's death, the various factions in Liyue are sure to be stirring up trouble. As the saying goes, trouble is best stirred up when the waters are murky, and Ember is already getting impatient.

“That’s true. It’s no use regretting it now.” Zhongli wasn’t a sentimental person. His expression just now was just a little confused about himself and Liyue’s future.

"Hmm... Brother Yu Jin, do you know the background of the girl in white below?" Zhong Li looked down and saw Ying and Paimon fleeing.

Judging from their speed, their strength should not be underestimated. Not to mention, they are accompanied by the young master of the Fatui Clan's executive officer.

"You don't know? That's Luminous, Mondstadt's new honorary knight, the rising star of the Adventurers' Guild, and a model of helpfulness, along with her companion and pet Paimon!"

"..."

There are so many flaws that Zhongli doesn't even know where to begin complaining.

"Okay, actually only the first one of these titles is true; the rest are all made up by me." Seeing Zhongli's expression, Yu Jin had no choice but to explain again.

"Although I don't know why Ying ran away, she probably just wanted to come and see you."

"Want to see me?"

“To be precise, it was to see Morax,” Ember added.

"Is that so?" Zhongli pondered for a moment, then said with a sigh, "The timing is really bad; I'm afraid it's another new variable."

"Be gentle! This is the immortal ancestral body of Lord Yan!"

"You try to do something so heavy! It's easy for you to say that when you're not the one suffering!"

“You guys are saying that Lord Yan wasn’t made of jade, because the texture is exactly the same as a stone.”

……

Just as Zhongli was lost in thought, the noise from Yujingtai brought him back to reality.

Upon closer inspection, Zhongli discovered the scene of Qianyan Army pulling the Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Body away from Yujingtai.

They wanted to see him, but he was a powerful traveler, the immortal ancestor of Morax, and a guest of the dignified Wangsheng Hall.

Zhongli nodded slightly; he already had a way to keep Ying, this variable, firmly under his control.

"Brother Ember..."

Zhongli turned his head to look at Yu Jin, but he saw nothing but the empty floor.

The embers had long since disappeared.

Zhongli stood with his hands behind his back, facing the sea breeze. The slightly fishy sea breeze lifted Zhongli's braids, broadening his mind and spirit.

"That's enough, that's enough. We've done our best, and we'll leave the rest to fate."

Zhongli shook his head with a wry smile and sighed. Why did he feel a little powerless?

The biggest variable is right beside him, and it's something he can't control.

……

It must be said that the Thousand Rock Army truly lived up to their training. Even carrying the enormous dragon bodies, they moved with incredible speed.

Behind the Thousand Rock Army were the Embers who had followed them all the way. However, it was clear that they hadn't noticed the bushes that were moving behind them.

As he moved about, the scene before him became increasingly familiar. Soon, a huge pavilion and lotus pond, nestled in the mountains like an alchemy furnace, appeared before Yu Jin's eyes.