The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"puff--"

As they spoke, the fountain of blood reappeared on the battlefield.

"Then should I follow too?" The rebel soldier nodded thoughtfully as he saw the man opposite him shaking his head and spitting blood.

He then took a big gulp of the fake blood plasma in his hand, and with a squeeze of his puffed-out cheeks, a spray of blood mist appeared above his head.

"puff--"

Now there are two blood fountains.

Their unconventional actions not only drew the attention of Ember and Ayato Kamisato, but also attracted the attention of others on the battlefield.

"Make way! Make way! Someone's injured!"

"So much blood! Could someone have taken advantage of this to do something sabotage?!"

"Using underhanded tactics? Don't get caught, or Lord Kujo will teach him a lesson about what real underhanded tactics are!"

……

A path parted in the noisy crowd, and from among a group of armored soldiers, a group of figures dressed in long robes, out of place on the battlefield, emerged.

These are the army's medics, who are always on standby at the edge of the battlefield in case of any unforeseen circumstances.

"What's going on? Weren't we just acting? Who's going to take it seriously first?!" The doctor, wearing a mask, broke through the churning blood mist and came to the two of them.

As the doctor spoke, he kept pressing on the two men's carotid arteries with his hand, hoping to reduce the bleeding.

"Cough...cough cough! Doctor, stop pressing! I'm fine!"

"Cough cough cough! Me too! It hurts so much when I press it!"

Strong, powerful fingers pressed firmly against the pressure points of the two men who were spitting blood, almost choking them to death.

"..."

The doctor watched silently as the two men on the ground sat up, their mouths surrounded by crimson blood, looking like vampires who had just drunk human blood.

"You two..."

“It’s fake.” The shogunate soldier lifted his armor, revealing large and small bottles and jars filled with bright red blood.

"He gave it to me." The rebel soldier wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and opened the leather bag in his hand to show it to the doctor.

"Hiss..." The doctor suddenly felt like he was about to spit blood. Why had he rushed over here in such a hurry?

Wasn't it just because I was afraid of something going wrong? I never expected that it would turn out that these two kids were just playing around.

"Where did this 'blood' come from?" the doctor asked the shogunate soldier after pouring out the blood-filled liquid from the leather bag and observing it for a while.

"Dry the blood cloves and soak them in water," the shogunate soldier replied.

"Did you come up with this formula yourself?" the doctor asked.

"I figured it out myself when I had nothing else to do," the shogunate soldier nodded.

"Would you be interested in becoming my apprentice?" The doctor's interest in talent was piqued.

Ordinary people under the heavy pressure of war have no time or inclination to tinker with these things.

However, this kid did it, and even achieved results, which shows his deep interest in plants.

Although the only purpose of this thing was to scare people, the doctor did not look down on this shogunate soldier much because of it.

After all, sometimes being "interested" is the best talent.

"Really?!" The shogunate soldier was so excited he almost jumped up.

"Congratulations!" A rebel soldier standing nearby also offered a few words of congratulations.

"Of course." The doctor nodded with a smile, then his smile faded as he continued:

"But that will have to wait until this 'show' is over."

"Alright, I'll continue acting!"

"puff--"

After a brief exchange, a spray of blood mist reappeared in one corner of the battlefield.

Chapter 509 Don't drink milk tea in front of the Forge Knight

2024-02-25

"Could it be that Kujo Sara, Kujo Masahito, and Goro are really geniuses?"

Yu Jin was utterly shocked by what he saw. Books often referred to certain events as "wars without gunpowder," but today he was witnessing a real war without gunpowder firsthand.

“No, ‘genius’ is too much. They’re just ordinary people now.” Yu Jin thought for a moment and then took back the title of “genius.”

After all, both the Shogunate army and the rebel army had done despicable things. To balance out, the current commanders of both sides are neither geniuses nor nobles, but ordinary people.

"What exactly did you say to them?" Ayako Kamisato was just as shocked as Yu Jin.

He had initially judged that there might be something wrong with the war based on the absence of a nauseating smell of blood in the vicinity.

However, Ayato Kamisato never expected that the shogunate army and the resistance army would pull such a stunt in front of him.

I must say, it was quite exciting.

"I didn't say anything, just told them to stop fighting, because it's not good for anyone." Yu Jin shrugged, he himself hadn't expected that Kujo Sara and the others could come up with such a brilliant idea.

This deserves encouragement.

"Fine, whatever you say, it's still something that old man Kujo will have a headache about." Upon hearing this, Ayato Kamisato stopped dwelling on what Yu Jin had said to Kujo Sara and Kujo Masahito after falling to the ground.

If Kujo Takayuki knew about this scene, he would definitely be so angry that his beard would be askew.

"It's good, but I don't know how long they can keep up this act." Yu Jin looked at the crowd below, who were fighting hard, and couldn't help but worry about how long this scene could last.

"Haha, you don't need to worry about that, Ember." To everyone's surprise, Ayato Kamisato laughed upon hearing this.

"What do you mean? Could it be that this old man, Kujo Takayuki, trusts Kujo Sara and Kujo Masahiro so much that he hasn't left any of his own confidants behind?"

Yu Jin pulled his head back and asked Ayato Kamisato. But before the latter could answer, he patted his own head.

"It seems that's really true. With an eldest daughter and an eldest son, if he doesn't trust Kujo Sara and Kujo Masahito, then there's no one he can trust."

Ember nodded; this must be the truth.

"From what I understand, that old man Kujo Takayuki only trusts himself."

However, Ayato Shinri shook his head at Yu Jin upon hearing this.

"What I meant was that even if Kujo Takayuki's confidants are in the army, with their back-and-forth dealings, plus the obstruction from Kujo Sara and Kujo Masahiro, the actual battle order might be delayed for a very long time."

"So it really can only delay things for a while?" Yu Jin sighed, looking back at the battlefield, becoming the sole spectator of this grand spectacle.

If Kujo Takayuki weren't so suspicious, he probably could have kept it a secret forever.

"So that's why you're so engrossed in looking around here? Why don't you take me to Hisaki Village right away?"

Ayato patted the unblinking Ember and said with a hint of helplessness. He suspected that if he hadn't pointed it out, Ember would have watched the entire battle between the Shogunate army and the rebel army.

"Hiss! If you hadn't told me, I would have really forgotten! Sorry, I'll take you there right away!" Yu Jin immediately realized.

What are you looking at! You haven't even finished your important business, and you still have time to look around?

After quickly identifying the direction, Yu Jin took the lead and led Shen Li Ling across the battlefield, heading towards a more distant place.

……

Sunny days have vanished, replaced by overcast skies. It seems the effects of the pervasive evil spirits won't be so easily eliminated.

Ayato Kamisato had been running quite a distance behind Ember.

They had already arrived deep within Bayun Island. Aside from the terrain, the most distinctive feature of Bayun Island was probably the faint, ethereal aura of evil spirits.

"Cough cough cough! Demon god..." It felt like countless ants were crawling in his throat and chest. Ayato Kamisato finally couldn't bear it anymore and started coughing.

"Is the evil spirit feeling bad?" Yu Jin, who was ahead, glanced back at Ayato Kamisato, but showed no intention of stopping.

After all, Ayato Kamisato is a person with divine eyes. Nowadays, the evil spirits on Hachiyū Island have weakened considerably. As long as he doesn't settle down here, he won't have any problems.

"It really wasn't pleasant. I can't imagine how the residents of Hachiyū Island managed to get through it." After using her water elemental power to cleanse her body, Ayato Shinri felt much better.

However, he knew that ordinary people did not have this ability; neither elemental power nor evil spirits were like deadly poison to them.

"Ha, survived? To put it bluntly, if I hadn't planted a tree out of boredom, Bayun Island would probably be completely dead by now."

"By then it will be too late to seal the evil spirit!"

Yu Jin snorted coldly. If he hadn't thought the island was somewhat dangerous and kept a backup plan, it would probably have become a dead island like Qinglai Island and Heguan Island long ago.

"Isn't this all thanks to Yu Jin? Once everything is settled, feel free to make any requests you have. I'll fulfill them even if it means giving up my position!"

Ayato Kamisato awkwardly touched his nose. How should I put it? It was all a failure on their part, both the shogunate and the rebels.

"Forget it, you're doing a great job in this position. I'm afraid the next person to take over will be some kind of inhuman mess," Yu Jin waved his hand and refused.

Ayato Kamisato is one of the few normal people among Inazuma, and he stands out among a group of humanoid stars.

Yu Jin didn't want him to retire like this.

"See that big tree ahead? We're almost at Hiki Village."

The two chatted idly as they continued on their way. Before long, a golden light appeared before them.

"Hikimura... how can it be so big!" After gazing at it from afar, Ayato Kamisato exclaimed in surprise.

The reason is simple: the village of Hiki is just too big; it doesn't look like a village at all.

"That's for sure, after all, the people in this village are the majority of the survivors of Bayun Island today."

"Is that right?"

After observing for a while, Ayato Kamisato fell silent.

Arriving at the village entrance, Ember looked left and right, but couldn't find Washi or the Forge Knight. So he grabbed a villager and asked:

"Where's your village chief and those new 'tin can' workers?"

"Oh, you mean them. The village chief said they were strong, so he took several dozen people with him to open a new mine in the back mountain."

The villager pointed to the low hills behind Hikiki Village and said, "Those low hills are probably formed from an inconspicuous part of the giant serpent's body. Although they are small, they can still yield a lot of crystallized bone marrow."