The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Wow...what an amazing move!"

"Brutal force broke through."

Xingqiu and Chongyun were utterly shocked by what they saw.

Xingqiu was amazed by Yu Jin's unprecedented moves, which were neither martial arts nor magic, and as for elemental power, they were impossible.

Chongyun was shocked that Yu Jin had actually broken the largest formation he had ever seen with brute force.

Judging from the way those nine stone pillars collapsed, it was obvious that the power flowing through the nodes of the great formation was too great, and the stone pillars that served as the positions of the formation could not support it.

"Close your jaw, I don't care what kind of poison you inhale," Yu Jin kindly reminded them, seeing their stunned expressions.

He poked his head into the hole that had just been exposed to the light of day, sniffed it, and found it to be odorless.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Scared me!"

One by one, eerie blue candles lit up, illuminating the dim cave and startling Ember.

With the help of the light, everyone finally saw that the so-called "cave" was actually a corridor leading underground.

"Are we going or not?" Yu Jin looked into the dark depths of the corridor and asked Xing Qiu and Chong Yun, who were curious beside him.

The Dark Embers are certainly not afraid, but Xingqiu and Chongyun are not so sure.

"Let's go! Why aren't we going!" Xingqiu's eyes were shining again, and he jumped up and down countless times.

In the desolate wilderness, in a secret cave, Xingqiu could already see the peerless secret manual beckoning to him.

Chongyun wasn't as excited as Xingqiu. He looked at the corridor bathed in a deep blue light.

The yin energy there was almost suppressing the yang energy in his body.

Faced with the demons, Chongyun had the thought of retreating for the first time. This level of yin energy was something that even the great demons active in the strange tales in "The Records of Demons and Evils" could never possess.

Chongyun even suspected that what was being suppressed inside was not a specific demon, but an aggregation of countless evil spirits.

"Let's go. This is your only chance to see the demons." Yu Jin grabbed Xing Qiu by the collar and waved to Chong Yun.

Speaking of Xingqiu, he's really quite a troublemaker. If Yu Jin hadn't been holding him by the collar, he probably would have disappeared by now.

"Did you see any demons?" Chongyun looked up at Yu Jin. The scene of Yu Jin "forcibly demolishing" the gate just now flashed through his mind, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, slowly calmed down.

With Yu Jin around, what else could he be worried about? Even if Yu Jin didn't have any way to deal with demons, judging from the speed he just demonstrated, Chong Yun probably wouldn't have anything that could catch up with him.

We can always run away!

Thinking of this, Chongyun's heart sank completely.

"They're here, but before that, I need to prepare." Chongyun took a deep breath while rummaging through drawers and cabinets.

Then, under the shocked gazes of Yu Jin and Xing Qiu, Chong Yun covered his entire body with glowing talismans.

He completely turned himself into a walking light bulb.

Chapter 368 Fireworks

2023-12-26

"Da da da!"

In the deep, blue-glowing corridor, the sound of steel striking stone echoed repeatedly.

Xingqiu's expression had shifted from initial excitement to numbness. He had initially expected this demon-slaying journey to be thrilling, but now it seemed...

"Chongyun, come to the back! You're blinding me!" Xingqiu rubbed his red eyes and pulled Chongyun, who was covered in talismans, behind him.

Chongyun was walking at the front of the three. The light emanating from the talismans on his body was so bright that it illuminated the dark underground corridor, completely dispelling the gloomy atmosphere that should be present in a place for suppressing evil spirits.

"Well... okay, but if anything happens, remember to run to my side immediately."

After thinking for a moment, Chongyun followed Xingqiu's suggestion and went last.

Actually, he wanted to use his intense yang energy to drive away the hidden evil spirits, but after walking for so long, apart from the yin energy becoming more and more intense, he didn't see a trace of evil spirits at all.

Furthermore, considering that Xingqiu might need to help his father with accounting in the future, and that a good pair of eyes would definitely be essential, Chongyun decided to step down.

"This place is quite big. I wonder what's inside." Yu Jin looked up, and thanks to the Chongyun brand light bulb, he was able to see the entire corridor.

The corridor was wide and long, leading straight underground. Its width and height were sufficient to allow heavy machinery to travel together within the ruins.

What's even more thoughtful is that whenever Ember and the others come over, the blue lights on both sides of the corridor light up.

If it weren't for the heavy clouds, this would probably be the only light in this place.

"As for this, although we don't know exactly what's here, it's bound to be an extremely troublesome thing."

Chongyun raised his arm to adjust the angle of the light. He saw that the walls on both sides of the corridor were carved with many Yaksha and auspicious beasts, which in Liyue symbolized the exorcism of evil.

The corridor stretched deep into the earth, and as you walked through it, the surrounding scenery was almost identical, making you wonder if you had fallen into the legendary "ghost wall".

However, that's impossible. Even if he were truly trapped in a maze, Chongyun could eliminate the hidden evil spirits.

The unchanging scene finally changed. The flickering blue candlelight in the distance suddenly disappeared, and when Chongyun approached with his own light, everyone realized that the end of the corridor was a wide open space.

"Boom!"

Just like in the corridor, after someone was detected, one after another, a faint blue candlelight suddenly lit up in the open space.

Perhaps it was because blue light alone wasn't enough to illuminate this wide open space. Besides the blue flames that looked no different from flickering candlelight, several red lanterns had appeared on the ground.

The red lanterns, originally used for festive decorations, suddenly appeared in this gloomy place, causing Chongyun and Xingqiu to shudder upon seeing this scene.

With the help of the thin red and blue light covering the ground, everyone could see the structure of the place.

This place appears to have been transformed from a natural cave; apart from the stone slabs paving the ground, the cave walls still retain traces of groundwater erosion.

This cave is huge; the plaza paved with stone slabs on the ground alone is almost as big as the Thousand Winds Temple.

If we include the rest of the area, it would probably be enough to accommodate the entire Thousand Winds Temple.

Because the area was so large, the glowing clouds looked more like a light bulb.

"Wow, it's huge!" Xingqiu was utterly astonished by what he saw. Who could have imagined that beneath the seemingly ordinary Cuijue Slope lay a hidden paradise?

“It is indeed very large, but where are the demons and monsters?” Chongyun looked around. There was no demonic wind or the howling of ghosts. It looked like an underground ruin that had never been discovered by anyone before.

While discovering new ruins is exciting, for Chongyun, nothing is as important as encountering demons and monsters.

"Be careful."

“$＃…”

As soon as Yu Jin finished speaking, a mechanical voice that was quite familiar to the three of them came from the high place shrouded in darkness.

Then came a bright orange-red light. This light was easy to spot, because it was something every adventurer had experienced—being locked onto by the ruins' missiles.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Why are there ruins guarded here?!"

Amidst the deafening explosions and the engulfing heatwave, Xingqiu's bewildered shouts could also be heard.

Although everyone says that ruin guardians are everywhere, it's absurd to see them in such deep underground ruins.

Moreover, this ruin was clearly sealed by a great formation before. Could it be that the ruin's guardians can break the Liyue formation?

Despite the endless stream of doubts surfacing in his mind, Xingqiu's actions did not falter in the slightest.

"Take this Rain-Cutting Sword Technique!"

Xingqiu said this, but he unleashed a double-kick.

Pale blue water ripples covered Xingqiu's toes, transforming them into sharp blades capable of shattering steel.

"Wow!"

His toes kicked up bursts of white water, shredding all the missiles that were attacking Xiang Xingqiu.

The volatile, grayish-black gunpowder was ejected from the steel-cast cartridge case, never to ignite again.

In the distance, Chongyun was not to be outdone. He pulled out a two-handed sword almost as tall as himself and slammed it down at the incoming missile.

"The melodious sounds resonate, and all directions fall silent!"

"Crack—, bang!"

Frost and fire appeared simultaneously, but it was clear that the frost was superior, suppressing the gushing gunpowder and silencing the originally deafening explosion.

It sounds similar to the firecrackers that children set off during the Lantern Festival.

"Where is Senior?" Xingqiu asked, seeing that Chongyun was alright. He then began searching for Yujin.

"They're setting off firecrackers."

Yu Jin's voice suddenly rang out, and his figure suddenly appeared between Xing Qiu and Chong Yun, holding several long steel artifacts in his hands.

Xingqiu stared intently, nearly jumping for joy. Wasn't that the Relic Guardian's missile? How did it end up in Ember's hands?

"Senior, you're in danger! The missiles guarded by the ruins are incredibly powerful!" Xingqiu immediately tried to throw away the missile in Yu Jin's hand.

Don't be fooled by how easily they cut down the ruin guards; that's only because the ruin guards have been in disrepair for years.

Most of the ruins guardians wandering the land are poorly maintained, not to mention those mentally challenged ruins guardians who wander around and even run into the water.

Even when missiles are launched, most of them move erratically. Very few actually hit the enemy.

But this doesn't mean the ruins are safe. Anyone who sees a deep crater created by a missile would have to consider whether they are as thick as the crater on the ground.

"Sizzle—, whoosh—"

"boom!"

"Kakaka!"

The flames appeared, the flames moved, the flames stretched, the flames exploded, and the Relic Hunter landed.

"What? What did you say?" Yu Jin ran over carrying a huge pile of missiles with fuses attached.

"..."

"It's nothing, I just wanted to remind you, senior, that your face is dark." Xingqiu said with a pained expression as he saw the Ruins Hunter spewing sparks in the distance.

"Really?" Yu Jin touched his helmet, and several scratches immediately appeared on it.