The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

As expected, the Golden House is where the Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Body will indeed be hidden.

"He who comes is stopped!"

Two Thousand Rock Army soldiers, their spears crossed, addressed the large group of their comrades standing before them at the archway.

Although they had received the message, the necessary procedures still had to be followed.

"The Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Body, this is a joint edict from the Seven Stars." The leader of the Thousand Rock Army didn't waste any words. He directly lifted the curtain covering the Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Body and handed the edict from the Seven Stars to the guards.

The Thousand Rock Army soldiers stationed there trembled when they saw the Immortal Ancestor's physical form hidden behind the curtain.

After quickly glancing at the warrant and confirming there were no problems, one of the armored soldiers returned the warrant, saying in a trembling voice:

"Is the Emperor really dead?"

The leader nodded and said gravely, "That's most likely the case, as you've seen. From now on, everyone will be quite busy."

Patting the guard on the shoulder, the leader of the Thousand Rock Army led his companions, who were transporting the Immortal Ancestor's mortal remains, into the Golden House.

The Emperor's departure is certainly heartbreaking and unbelievable, but now is not the time to be depressed.

With the Emperor dead, all sorts of monsters and demons will surely emerge in Liyue. As members of the Thousand Rock Army, they must not let their guard down at this time.

Crossing the archway and passing through the lotus pond, you will reach the main hall of the Golden House.

After a brief conversation with Director Gongming, the doors of the Golden House reopened, welcoming its most distinguished guest in history.

"Phew—, let's leave it here! How to preserve the Emperor's immortal ancestral remains is up to the alchemists. We should go now."

After silently admiring the jade-like celestial ancestor's physical remains, the Thousand Rock Army turned and left.

What should Liyue do next? They didn't know, but fortunately, they could escape for a while and leave this grand question for the Seven Stars to ponder.

"Bang-"

The heavy doors of the golden house slowly closed, leaving only the faint golden light reflected from Mora inside the enormous golden house.

"Zhongli's prestige is that high?" Yu Jin poked his head out from beside the Immortal Ancestor's mortal body, and said with some surprise.

Liyue and Mondstadt are quite different. Perhaps because Venti started slacking off early, a considerable number of people in Mondstadt still have doubts about whether their Anemo Archon is even still around.

Naturally, Barbatos's presence is rather faint in the daily life of Mondstadt. Only on festive days do most Mondstadt people remember their god.

But Liyue is different. After Zhongli's death, most of the people of Liyue were not only saddened but also confused.

For the people of Liyue, the days without gods were once just a nightmare, but now that nightmare has become reality.

Without Morax, how will Liyue proceed? What will happen to the circulation of Mora? Who will oversee the Seven Stars...?

The people of Liyue have a long history of business, and many are quick-witted. Even a cursory thought is enough to anticipate many of the problems that will arise. No wonder they look bewildered.

Fortunately, at least one of these problems can be solved now.

Ember glanced around furtively; there was no one around, a perfect setting!

"Little Yellow! Little Yellow!" Yu Jin kicked the floor, the sound of metal clanging echoing inside the Golden House.

"Rumble..."

The faint sounds were barely audible; if you listened carefully, you would find that the sounds seemed to come from deep within the earth.

"Crash!"

The sound suddenly became louder, but it changed from the original drilling sound to the sound of mortar colliding.

The golden tree grew out of the ground.

Looking at the golden tree roots gleaming with golden light, Ember could now confidently guarantee that everyone in Liyue would receive a copy of Morax's Celestial Ancestor's Manifestation!

Chapter 274 The Golden Tree That Stole Things

2023-11-05

"Raise it higher, even higher!"

"Alright, alright, spread your limbs out!"

"What, you can't stretch it? Didn't you eat? Try harder!"

……

Inside the vast golden house, Yu Jin was directing the Golden Tree to "remodel" the Immortal Ancestor's physical body.

A slender, golden sapling emerged from the floor and gradually wrapped around the body of the Immortal Ancestor's physical form.

"Om-"

Like the tip of a fine needle piercing the surface of the Immortal Ancestor's physical body, it immediately emitted a tooth-grinding buzzing sound.

It seems that even if it is an incarnation of Zhongli, the toughness of its body is not something that the young master can match.

"No? Why do you keep sticking to the thickest parts of the scales?" Yu Jin leaned over to take a look and found that the Golden Tree was struggling with the jade horn of the Immortal Ancestor's molted body.

He grabbed a twitching branch from the golden tree and plunged it into the neck of the Immortal Ancestor's physical body.

Without the protection of the jade scales, the golden tree branch finally penetrated deep into the body of the Immortal Ancestor's physical body.

Seeing this, Yu Jin shook his head. Not having eyes is such a hassle.

Seemingly having found the trick, more branches penetrated deep into the Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Body. They seemed to transform into tendons and bones, supporting the limp Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Body as it rose from the ground.

However, this stance was a stance of standing on both feet. Even the forelimbs of the half-dragon, half-scaled immortal ancestor were raised.

It looks like a magnified specimen.

"Alright, alright! I'll cut off a piece. Little Huang, try to restore your body."

Yu Jin examined it and was quite satisfied. The next step was to test whether the Golden Tree could repair the body of the Immortal Ancestor's molted form.

If not, I'm afraid I'll have to ask him to take action.

As he spoke, Yu Jin casually picked up a straight sword and began to slash with fluid, effortless movements.

"boom!"

The entire body of the Immortal Ancestor's mortal form was forged from jade. It also contained the divine power of Morax, and its toughness was comparable to that of fine steel.

If it encounters scales or keratin formed from pure elemental force, even the Golden Tree will find it troublesome.

But all of this seemed to be nonexistent with Ember. The worn-out straight sword pierced, cut, and exited, and a piece of the Immortal Ancestor's mortal body composed of elemental force fell down.

The straight sword was old and worn, but also very sharp. When the embers made their cut, even the branches of the golden tree that were deeply embedded in the Immortal Ancestor's mortal form involuntarily recoiled. The golden tree feared that if the embers' hand trembled, they would cut themselves as well.

Fortunately, Yu Jin's hand was steady, and as the sword pierced through the air, it perfectly avoided the slender golden branches.

Yu Jin sheathed his straight sword, looked at the Immortal Ancestor's physical body with a gash in its thigh, and nodded. It seemed that even after a long period of inactivity, his skill was still as exquisite as before.

"Come on, Little Yellow, give it a try!"

Yu Jin clapped his hands and looked at the wound on the Immortal Ancestor's mortal body, which resembled the cross-section of a broken stone, and said.

Upon hearing Yu Jin's words, the Golden Tree naturally began to exert its power. This manifested outwardly as the Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Body began to sway—because the branches of the Golden Tree supporting the Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Body were swaying.

"Kakaka!"

The protruding keratin on the Immortal Ancestor's molted body clattered and jostled as it swayed. After a brief, constipated-like gathering of energy in the embers, the wounds on the Immortal Ancestor's molted body finally began to change.

"Pfft~"

That voice sounds so familiar. Have I heard it somewhere before?

However, before Yu Jin could think further, the changes in the Immortal Ancestor's mortal body caught his attention.

"Snap! Snap!"

A sound of rocks colliding arose, and then the embers saw the wounds on the Immortal Ancestor's mortal body begin to heal.

And then, that was it.

"..."

Yu Jin looked down at his wound, which had probably healed less than a centimeter. He then looked up at the golden tree branches hidden within the Immortal Ancestor's mortal body and fell silent.

"Little Huang, do you have a problem with me?" Yu Jin reached into the Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Body and pulled out a branch that shimmered with golden light.

Why only repair one centimeter? Is it because they look down on it? Or is it because it's a golden sloth?

Regardless of the reason, Yu Jin felt that Xiao Huang's personality—no, his character—had a problem and needed to be corrected.

Upon hearing this, the golden tree immediately began to twist and turn its branches incessantly, looking quite anxious.

"What? You're saying all the favor was used to nourish that big white fruit? Not a single drop could be squeezed out?"

Ember loosened his grip on the golden tree's branch and exclaimed in disbelief, "That big fruit consumes so much energy, it's almost drained Little Yellow dry!"

Of course, it's also possible that Teyvat allows the Golden Tree to absorb too little, resulting in insufficient Bounty Drops.

According to Xiao Huang, it now mainly feeds on memories from places where the ley lines are broken and disordered, as well as the filth that grows deep within the World Tree.

They literally grew up eating garbage.

Hmm? Does this mean Ember is being insulted as well? After all, the Golden Tree consumed Ember's blood when it grew up.

"Hiss—" Yu Jin suddenly felt a dull pain in his arm. How long had it been, and he already had to bleed again?

Even if he's physically strong, he can't withstand this kind of abuse!

"Ugh—, this is so annoying!" Ember yelled a few times and was about to remove his arm armor. But to his surprise, the branches of the golden tree reached out and stopped Ember's movements.

The golden branches swayed rhythmically. It meant, "I've found something good!"

……

Deep underground, amidst the ruins, a campfire suddenly ignited—a fire that shouldn't have been there. This was once the site of an ancient kingdom, the closest place in Teyvat to the abyss.

Above the campfires floated obscure and incomprehensible purple runes. These runes emanated chaos and madness, seemingly beyond human comprehension.

Amidst the ruins stood a blond boy. In the light of the campfire, his expression was incredibly complex.

Sora is also the current "Prince" of the Abyss Order. Sora raised his hand and looked at the white tie in his palm, which was an accessory for his younger sister, Ying.

"We can't meet yet, Ying. Let's wait a little longer." Sora put away his white tie, and the complicated expression on his face became firm again.

"Your Highness, everything is ready. Only the core of Unit-01 is missing." From the depths of the darkness emerged a non-human creature in black and blue.

Abyss Apostle - Torrent.