The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Seemingly finding it a bit too monotonous, Dain, walking at the front, casually said, "I've heard about your exploits during the Dragon Plague."

"Before you arrived, this place was already known as the 'Wind Dragon Ruins.' In fact, in my memory, this place had little to do with that dragon most of the time."

"When I first saw the ruins of Old Mondstadt, the East Wind Dragon had not yet fallen, let alone nested here."

As Dain pondered, he focused intently, as if searching for memories deep within his mind was proving difficult.

“But I remember that Dvalin’s accident happened hundreds of years ago?” Paimon scratched her head, as if she had noticed something unusual in Dain’s words.

"No need to delve into it," Day replied dismissively, clearly not wanting to discuss the matter further.

"Actually, he's just an old otaku who's lived for hundreds of years," Yu Jin leaned over and mentioned it briefly.

"Several hundred years?!" Ying and Paimon stared wide-eyed, looking incredulous.

Dain stopped and nodded, neither denying nor offering an explanation.

"Why are you all making such a fuss?" Yu Jin was surprised to see Ying and Paimon's reactions.

“Dain has lived for hundreds of years, a full several hundred years!” Paimon flew over and opened his palm toward Ember.

“But you’ve seen plenty of people like that.” Yu Jin thought for a moment, then counted on his fingers and said, “Let’s not count the gods for now. Abedo is several hundred years old, I estimate Gan Yu is several thousand years old, and Grandma Ping is several thousand years old too…”

Yu Jin counted on his fingers for a while, then got a little annoyed and waved his hand, saying, "If all else fails, look at the Fools' Enforcers. There are thirteen of them, and they're all old fogies."

"Oh, and the young master is still digging ditches, he's really just a young lad." Yu Jin said at the end, adding a sarcastic remark about the young master from afar.

"It seems that's really true. It turns out that long-lived people are quite common." Paimon looked as if he had just realized something.

She hadn't noticed it before, but after Ember said that, Paimon suddenly felt that immortality wasn't so great after all.

"It's not common; it's just that the people you've met are of a higher level. But for the two of you personally, you could say that," Ember corrected Paimon's minor mistake.

She thought achieving immortality was easy; it was simply because Ying was very powerful and the people she had met were at the top level.

Putting aside other matters, Bai Shu, the owner of Bu Bu Lu, is still desperately pursuing the method of immortality. If the owner of Liyue's largest apothecary is like this, one can only imagine how ordinary people are.

"It's rare for you to say something so reasonable." Dain rarely agreed with Ember.

"That's because you haven't seen enough. When I get serious, I'm a killer, ruthless and unstoppable!"

As he spoke, Yu Jin even started practicing Tai Chi.

He stole this from Liyue Park; it's great for strengthening the body. As for the rest, it's better to just lie on the ground and call yourself a Thousand Rock Army.

"Stop showing off your old man's boxing skills. There are three light-guiding mechanisms; we'll each take one."

"If I'm not mistaken, the Abyss Order would be interested in these ancient ruins."

Dain stopped and looked around, as if he had a plan in mind.

Unfortunately, plans cannot keep up with changes.

"What? A light-guiding mechanism? What's that?"

"I've never even heard of it."

"It seems to be a machine commonly used in secret realms; I've only ever seen it in books."

Of the three, Ying's answer was the most insightful.

"Phew—" Dain let out a deep breath, turned around, and, suppressing his anger, said to the three of them:

"Didn't you resolve the dragon calamity? How can you break the seal on the tower without triggering the mechanism?"

"Sorry, no need, we'll fly." Ember flew around in the sky with the propeller of the half-leaf sword, then landed.

"..."

Ember's actions completely silenced Dain. Can you even fly like that?

"You guys wait here, I'll investigate myself." Dain glanced at the three bewildered people... well, actually it was two people—Ember was wearing a helmet, so nothing could be seen.

However, judging from his head-scratching gesture, his expression was probably similar to that of Ying and Paimon.

"No need! Why do you always want to do it yourself?" Yu Jin waved his hand, then stepped forward, his hands moving in sync with what they had done before.

Dain immediately had a bad feeling.

"Tvalin—, come out—, something's wrong—"

"boom!"

The surrounding winds grew even stronger, and amidst the swirling gales, a giant azure dragon soared into the sky from the tower!

The cyan figure hovered in the air and soon landed on the broken bridge where Yu Jin and the others were.

"call!"

Four dragon wings blew up the rubble on the bridge, and a huge shadow enveloped everyone.

"What is it? If you want to come to my house as a guest, you'll have to wait a while, as I haven't finished building it yet."

Dvalin's first words left Dain speechless again. This East Wind Dragon really knows how to build a nest!

Not only Dain, but also Ying and Paimon were very curious about what Dvalin said.

"Don't worry, I'll treat you then." Dvalin glanced at Luminous and Paimon, these two humans had helped him and were considered his friends.

As for the person next to them...

Tvalin glanced at Dain, his expression suggestive.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Dvalin glanced at Dain briefly and then paid no more attention to him. Since he was brought by Ember, he was probably trustworthy.

"Looking for the Abyss Apostle, have you seen him?"

"No, if it were an Abyss Mage, I probably wouldn't have noticed."

"But what if it's an Apostle of the Abyss..."

Dvalin revealed its dragon claws. That Abyss Singer had given it a hard time back then. If they dared to show up in its territory again, none of them would escape!

After listening to Dvalin's words, Ember nodded. Then he turned to Dain and said earnestly:

"See? No one can work as fast as someone with help."

There's a saying in Liyue: "Having more friends means having more paths to take." I think you just don't have enough friends.

Chapter 348 The End of the Journey

2023-12-12

"Why do you know so many people?!" Dain looked up at Dvalin, who was filing his nails, and finally couldn't help but start complaining.

Putting aside why Ember is so familiar with Andrius and Dvalin, Dvalin's nail-filer habit alone is enough to make people laugh.

Why do dragons need to sharpen their nails? And the nail clippers that Dvalin uses look like they were made specifically for dragons.

Could it be that Dongfeng Dragon would actually have someone specially commission nail clippers?

Dain wondered if he had been underground for too long, so long that he could no longer understand many things on the surface.

"Because I really enjoy making friends!" Ember patted Dvalin's dragon claw, but the latter dodged it.

"Clip your nails, don't touch me."

With a "crack," a fragment of the dragon claw, as big as a head, flew out and almost hit Dain, who was standing nearby.

“Friend…” Dain turned his head to dodge the flying “hidden weapon” and muttered a few words under his breath.

It feels like friends haven't been a part of my life for a long time.

"You're quite an interesting person," Dain said to Ember with a wistful expression, crossing his arms.

He had met many people, but under the curse of immortality, they became blurry shadows, leaving nothing but memories.

As for Ember, Dain was certain that no matter how much time passed, his image wouldn't fade much from her mind.

“I think you guys are more interesting,” Yu Jin said, looking around as if in admiration.

"Let's not worry about anything interesting for now. It seems we haven't seen any Abyss Apostles again this time," Paimon said, glancing at Dain and shrugging.

There was even a hint of regret in her tone.

"Hmph, not being able to look directly at that distorted thing shouldn't be called a 'regret'."

"Moreover, I believe that you will definitely have some interaction with them in the future."

Dain snorted coldly. Just looking at the Abyss Apostles was enough to make one feel uneasy.

If possible, Dain doesn't want to have too much contact with them.

"Oh yeah, that seems to be true." Paimon looked like she suddenly realized something, then turned to Ying and said:

"Since it's a powerful monster, let's avoid it if we encounter it in the future!"

"Haha, it would be even better if we could avoid the dangers of the journey." Dain chuckled a few times upon hearing Paimon's words.

Some things you can't avoid. He felt this deeply.

"Actually, it's fine to take a detour. Once I'm strong enough, I can show those former 'troublemakers' what real trouble is!"

Ember acted as if he knew this all too well; he'd always been like this. Encountering trouble you can't handle? Get stronger first! Once you're stronger, you'll make that "trouble" suffer!

"Ember, have you traveled before?" Paimon asked with a curious look. Could it be that Ember had also embarked on a journey?

"Um... never mind, I won't say anything, you guys talk." Yu Jin thought for a moment and felt that his previous experiences shouldn't be considered a trip.

Can a journey filled with constant fighting and killing be called a trip?

Seeing this, Ying stopped paying attention to Yu Jin. She had originally wanted to ask Yu Jin some travel tips, but seeing this, she decided against it.

"If becoming stronger were that easy, that would be great. It's best to resolve things on the journey itself." Dain stretched out his arm, which was covered by black leather sleeve armor, and shook his head.

In Teyvat, there are essentially three ways to become stronger: obtain a Vision of God, possess extraordinary talent, and seek external power.

As for what the external forces are...

Anything is acceptable: the remnants of demons, the authority of gods, even the madness of the abyss... as long as it can be controlled.

Dain himself was inherently cut off from the first path; as for the second path, when Dain's body was afflicted by the curse, his talents as a human were also destroyed.

Therefore, he sought external power.