The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Because feathers were falling from the sky.

Every now and then, cracks would appear in the sky, and from these cracks, large amounts of feathers would fall down.

"How come there are so many? Did the Embers pluck Dvalin bald?" Yuan Shang frantically flung feathers from the other end of the abyss passage.

The more he sprinkled, the more worried he became about Dvalin. He had only intended to hand him a handful of feathers to see the embers, but who would have thought that this handful of feathers would never run out no matter how much he sprinkled.

This made Yuan Shang begin to suspect that Yu Jin had actually shaved off all of Dvalin's feathers.

"Wow! A dragon! A real dragon!"

"Why is it the Wind Dragon again?"

"Wind Dragon it is! If you don't want it, I'll take it!"

The group of dragon lizards behind the giant dragon lizard became agitated when they saw the blue feathers falling from the sky.

They leaped and bounded, grabbing the feathers in their claws before they even touched the ground.

Not only the small lizards, but also the two large lizards were attracted by the scent drifting from the sky.

Their unsettled state manifested in the fact that their elemental missiles were now being fired haphazardly and without any discernible pattern.

"Dragons are more important than humans! I'm going to find the dragon's aura!" The blue dragon lizard was about to tell its companion beside it when it discovered that the creature had already vanished without a trace.

"Damn it! Leave some for me!" Watching the leaping purple figure, the blue dragon lizard raised its limbs that connected to the earth's veins and ran towards the area where the feathers had fallen without looking back.

"What...what's wrong with them?"

"Going crazy?"

"Could this be some kind of ritual performed by the dragon lizards, as if they want to summon even larger dragon lizards?!"

The soldiers around them were completely bewildered by the jubilant dragons. Just moments ago, the dragons had been shouting and threatening them; how could they have suddenly become preoccupied with such inexplicable activities?

Seeing the group of humans still watching the spectacle, Yuan Shang was furious.

He immediately opened several deep passages and tapped each of the soldiers watching the show on the head.

"Ouch! Who is it?"

"Who do you know who I am? Run!"

"What are you? How can you speak human language?"

"What business is it of yours? If you don't run now, it'll be too late!"

"A bouncy, jumping dragon lizard. Quite endearing... Ouch... Who hit me?!"

"Still watching the show! Still watching the show! If you don't run now, you'll be food for these idiots! Let's see if you still like it then!"

……

Thanks to Yuan Shang's efforts, many soldiers realized what was happening. Now was not the time to watch the show!

"Back off, back off!"

"I need to go back and rest properly. The dragon lizard almost kicked me so hard I threw up my dinner from last night."

"Get back quickly, General Kujo needs treatment more than anyone else."

Whether relaxed or serious, the soldiers' complaints varied, but they all had one thing in common: they ran incredibly fast.

Before long, while the dragon lizards were still excitedly picking up feathers from the ground, all the soldiers withdrew from the battlefield and ran back to where they had initially assembled.

Yu Jin and Kanoin Heizo had already gathered together. Looking at the disheveled group and Kujo Sara lying unconscious on the board, Yu Jin suddenly felt a headache coming on.

"Let's go! Let's go up!" With a wave of his hand, Yu Jin led the way and ran up. Now, the second scene was a complete failure to film.

They originally thought that with so many Shogunate troops and rebels, a few people working together could surely catch one of the dragon lizards.

But who knew that today the dragon lizard was like it had been injected with chicken blood, not only with each punch stronger than the last, but also by unleashing a powerful move right from the start, directly causing the people who rushed over to run away with their heads in their hands.

After running from below Haiqi Island to the high ground camp on the edge, it was bustling with activity again.

Fortunately, the lizard stopped causing trouble after they left; otherwise, if it had continued to cause chaos as it did in the morning, the busy period would have been even longer.

By the time everything was finished, it was already night.

Yu Jin sat by the large campfire and, just like in the past few days, began to review the day's gains.

"What are these pictures of? A dragon lizard beating up a human?" Yu Jin frowned as he looked at the images on the phonograph in his hand.

Fortunately, he didn't release it on the big screen today as he did before, otherwise the good reputation he had just built for the shogunate would probably have been completely wiped out today.

Not only that, it might even backfire and build up a bad reputation.

The reason is simple: the scenes depict soldiers being chased and fleeing in terror by dragon lizards, whether it's the shogunate or the rebel army.

"There's nothing we can do, that's just how it is." Paimon shrugged. Even after being hit by a stray bullet, she persisted in working, truly a role model.

"Sigh—you guys are really bad." After hearing Paimon's words, Ember sighed, shook his head, and said to the soldiers around him.

Hearing Yu Jin's complaints, everyone felt ashamed. Although Yu Jin's words were harsh, the truth was that none of them could defeat a single dragon lizard.

"Yeah, yeah, how did you manage to drive those dragon lizards into a corner when you were underground?"

Having nothing else to do, Fuchigami also came over and asked. Of course, he was dressed as an ordinary Inatsume woman at the moment.

Looking at the dejected crowd, Yuan Shang couldn't help but ask curiously. During his time in Yuanxia Palace, he had often heard the dragon lizards recount the atrocities humans had committed against them.

The most common reason given was that humans had taken their land. This once made the Inatsumi people a synonym for ferocious humans in Fuchigami's mind.

But looking at him today, he seems no different from an ordinary person. If I had to say something, it would be that he's exceptionally skilled at escaping and runs incredibly fast.

"What? When did we ever herd them into a corner?" Someone looked up, puzzled.

Most of these people were seeing the "dragon lizard" monster for the first time, but now Yuan Shang said that they had conquered this group of monsters before. How could people not be surprised?

"You don't know? Yuanxia Palace?" Yuan Shang was even more puzzled than them. He pointed to the ground, scratched his head, and asked.

Then some of them came to their senses. One of the soldiers, who had originally belonged to the resistance, waved his hand and said:

"Yuanxia Palace? That was almost a thousand or two thousand years ago, who would know?"

“Yeah, it’s too far. How did you know that?” The other rebel soldiers chimed in.

It is true that the people of Yuanxia Palace are the ancestors of the people of Haiqi Island, but the history of Yuanxia Palace is little known.

The people of Yuanxia Palace climbed to the surface on the body of a giant serpent in a hasty manner, and they brought only a limited amount of things with them. They also experienced several wars in between, so only a very few people are probably familiar with the history of Yuanxia Palace.

The general public on Haigi Island only knew the basics.

"Uh... I read it in an ancient book, an ancient book." Yuan Shang quickly made up a few excuses. He couldn't very well say that he asked the dragon lizards, could he?

Chapter 567 Migration Plan

2024-03-25

"Ancient books?" The soldier from Haiqi Island looked up at Yuan Shang, who was wearing glasses. He looked so refined and cultured, clearly an intellectual. No wonder he knew so much about the history of Haiqi Island.

Hearing Yuan Shang and the others' conversation, Yu Jin looked at the large group of soldiers around him with bruises and swelling on their faces, and immediately started complaining.

"I'm not trying to be mean, but the people of Yuanxia Palace defeated the dragon lizards a thousand or two thousand years ago. Now you descendants are being beaten like this by your former adversaries. Don't you feel ashamed of your ancestors?"

"Don't drag us into this. The people of Yuanxia Palace are the ancestors of the people of Haiqi Island, not our ancestors."

As soon as Yu Jin finished speaking, a soldier from the shogunate waved his hand to distance himself from him.

“Do you dare say your ancestors never intermarried with Haiqi Island?” Yu Jin retorted, pointing at the soldiers waving their hands.

He couldn't believe that the people of Umijima, being so close to the other main islands of Inatsume, hadn't intermarried with people from other islands over the past few thousand years.

"If you ask me, you've all disgraced your ancestors!"

Now no one could defend themselves; they were all filled with self-doubt. Could it be that they had actually become weaker over the past one or two thousand years?

Or perhaps everyone in Yuanxia Palace is a superhuman?

Yuan Shang was also puzzled. He examined the arm of the person from Haiqi Island several times, turning it over and over.

"What do you want to do?" The soldier was getting annoyed. He pulled his arm back and looked at Yuan Shang with a strange expression.

"Nothing much. I was just wondering how you guys defeated the dragon lizard before? You guys don't seem any different from the others, do you?"

Yuan Shang scratched his head. He had just taken a close look at the soldier's body, which was just an ordinary human body, nothing special.

"I don't know. If you hadn't told me, I would have thought these dragon lizards grew out of the ground."

The soldier shook his head, looked up and thought for a moment, then said to Yuan Shang and Yu Jin:

"If you two are truly curious, you can go to the Coral Palace and ask the current Goddess Priestess."

"The Coral Palace has the largest collection of books, and the current Goddess Priestess loves to read, so she must know more about the details of history than us ordinary soldiers."

Upon hearing this, Yu Jin nodded. "I understand. Judging from your appearance, you probably won't be able to move tomorrow. I'll just have to make a trip to the Coral Palace."

The huge makeshift campfire gradually died down, and the camp fell silent.

However, it is clear that some people do not need to sleep.

"Stop! What do you want to do?"

Outside the camp, the shadows floating on the ground were stopped by the embers.

Ying looked up at Yu Jin and said calmly, "I'm not doing anything, just doing what I should be doing."

As Ying spoke, she was about to cross the embers. Now that she was truly in charge, the burden on Ying's shoulders suddenly felt lighter.

She found her true calling again—the shadow warrior. No need to concern herself with the steadiness of a god, nor with the supreme majesty of a general…

All the Shadow Warrior needs to do is eliminate all potential threats from Inazuma, whether this "elimination" is done openly or covertly.

"Hit, hit, hit! Can't you use your brain for once?! Is this what you came here for?" Yu Jin stood in front of Ying and poked her forehead hard with his finger.

Shadow was trying her best to dodge Ember's finger strikes, but after dodging for a long time, she couldn't dodge even once.

Left with no other choice, Ying turned her back to the world. She rubbed her flushed forehead and suddenly felt a little dejected.

Even setting aside the fact that she, as a spirit, could still poke at Ember, the fact that she couldn't dodge Ember's attacks no matter what truly frustrated Shadow.

But what she didn't know was that Ember had been dealing with souls ever since she had memories.

It's just a matter of poking souls with your bare hands. If Shadow knew that Ember's greatest skill wasn't poking souls, but eating them, I wonder what she would think.

Lowering her arm, Ying turned around and asked, forcing herself to remain calm, "Otherwise what?"