The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

With endless anticipation for the future, the lady left humming a little tune, and the melody sounded very much like one that Mondstadt bards liked to sing.

……

Shortly after the lady left, the Fools who delivered the Blood Branch Coral arrived. Seeing that there were no further surprises, Xin Hai asked Yu Jin with an incredulous expression, "Yu Jin, are you really planning to give General Thunder's Heart of God to the Fools?"

"Who said I was going to give the Shadow's Heart of God to the Fools?" Ember waved his hand; he wouldn't use someone else's things he had promised.

Xin Hai was taken aback. She looked down at the embers, which were quite peculiar in Inazuma, and then she realized what was going on.

Shinkai had heard about what happened at Narukami Taisha. Only other gods could defeat a god.

"Wouldn't it be even more wasteful to use your own? Although I don't know much about the divine level, the Heart of God must be an extremely important thing, right?"

Before Yu Jin could respond, Xin Hai continued, "Actually, to weaken the dragon lizard, you don't necessarily need to use Blood Branch Coral. There are many other ways that can do it without paying such a high price."

"You're overthinking it. I don't have the heart of God."

"..."

Xin Hai was silent for a while, then looked at him with disbelief.

"Then why did you agree so readily? Could it be... you're trying to scam the fools?!"

A sudden realization flashed in Xin Hai's eyes. She felt that she was probably close to the truth: deceiving the foolish masses was a very good idea.

"Alright, no need to guess anymore. I have my own way of satisfying the demands of the Fools." Seeing that Xin Hai had been guessing for a long time without getting to the point, Yu Jin waved his hand at her, telling her not to waste her brain cells.

Reaching the Blood-Branch Coral on the ground, Ember hoisted the blood-stained basket in front of him.

Thick strands of blood dripped from Yu Jin's body onto the ground. The elemental energy in the blood was exceptionally concentrated, clearly indicating that he was not human.

"Are you really planning to use Blood Coral to deal with the Dragon Lizard?" Xin Hai saw the bright red at the broken end of the Blood Coral and took a few steps back in disgust.

Her heart was filled with turmoil. The offering for the spirit restoration ritual was a terrifying creature that grew from the flesh and blood of a dragon lizard, something that filled Xin Hai with a deep-seated loathing.

However, without holding a spirit-returning ceremony, the trend of Haiji Island becoming a sacred site cannot be avoided.

As a living, divine priestess, Xin Hai understands that she cannot act solely based on her own preferences.

But I wonder if the energy in my "secret notebook" will become a negative number after I personally preside over a spirit return ceremony?

"What do you think? Using things that grow from the corpse of a companion to deal with someone, do you think I'm such a despicable person?" Yu Jin glanced back at Xin Hai, then retracted the Blood Branch Coral from his shoulder into his body.

"呲-"

The temperature rose, and a bloody smell filled the air. After cleaning the bloodstains from his body, Yu Jin continued, "This stuff is for boosting favorability. You guys have almost driven the dragon lizard's favorability to negative numbers, how can we not boost it?"

In fact, Yu Jin felt that the dragon lizard's goodwill towards humans was already negative, and he used "almost" to give Xin Hai face.

"Who would have thought that blood coral grows like this?" Xin Hai was also a little embarrassed.

No matter how vague or ambiguous the ancient texts may be, they cannot change the established facts. Once something has been hidden for a long time is unearthed, the time it has been buried underground will transform into infinite power, allowing the buried object to soar to the heavens.

As someone who is half buried deep within, Xin Hai now feels that he is showing signs of taking off.

If no other way to alleviate the sanctification of the sacred land can be found, Xin Hai will truly have to suppress his disgust and use the Blood Branch Coral to perform the spirit-returning ceremony.

Thinking of this, Xin Hai couldn't help but raise his head and look at Yu Jin.

"Ember, regarding the dragon lizard, without the Bloodthorn Coral..."

"Don't worry about that, I have plenty of ideas." Yu Jin shook his head to reassure Xin Hai.

He originally thought that it was somewhat unfair to use methods from other worlds on the native dragon lizards.

But now, we can't do without it.

Yu Jin shook his head with a touch of emotion. Then, a string of swaying purple round pots appeared in his hand.

The purple teapot is engraved with soft yet intricate patterns, giving one a slightly drowsy feeling at first glance.

The spout of the kettle was covered with hemp paper bound by hemp rope, and faint purple smoke seeped out from the hemp paper, giving people a hazy feeling as if they were in a dream.

"This...this thing..."

Xin Hai took a few steps back and shook her head violently, trying to shake off the heaviness in her mind.

But whenever she regained a little clarity, a heavy feeling would immediately flood into her mind, taking up all the empty space.

The feeling was like being in the deep sea. Every crevice was filled with seawater, but instead of the body, it was the head that sank into the deep sea.

"Actually, I didn't want to cheat like this, but plans can't keep up with changes, so I have no choice but to do it this way."

Yu Jin swung the hypnotic pot around twice, using the rope attached to it.

As expected of something that can make demigods sleep soundly, it is still full of energy even here!

Chapter 571 Secretly Rubbing

2024-03-27

Swinging along the rope hanging from the hypnotic pot, Ember slowly made his way back to the camp.

His trip back and forth only took a day or two, so it was quite obvious that many people in the camp still had big pig heads.

"Wow! What is this? It's so pretty!" Paimon, who had just run back from outside, saw the purple thing waving in Ember's hand and his eyes immediately lit up.

As for why Paimon turned out this way, the reason is simple—the hypnotic pot in Ember's hand was just too beautiful.

The flowing cloud-like patterns, combined with the faint purple hue emanating from the body of the pot, make it look like a purple luminous pearl.

"Isn't it pretty?" Yu Jin picked up the hypnotic pot strung together in his hand and looked at it. To be honest, he thought the hypnotic pot was no different from any other pot.

However, considering that this thing was made by Torina, and Torina is Michaela's Southern Liang form, Ember thinks this thing should be pretty good.

"Here you go." Ember tossed the hypnotic flasks in his hand to Paimon. The flasks, strung together, were looped around Paimon's neck, almost slamming him to the ground.

"So generous? Ha—that's strange, why am I feeling sleepy? Didn't I sleep well last night?"

Paimon fiddled with the flask around her neck for a moment, and soon a sudden wave of drowsiness washed over her.

But soon, a single sentence from Ember woke Paimon from his drowsiness.

"Since you've taken my things, the job of hypnotizing the dragon lizards is yours. Don't let me down, Paimon!"

In her drowsy state, Paimon heard the dragon lizard and herself, which immediately made her previously sleepy eyes widen:

"What? You want me to face the dragon lizard?"

Paimon, who had been in a daze, took the flask around her neck off and threw it back to Ember.

"I don't want your things anymore!"

Paimon crossed her arms and snorted coldly. She no longer found these purple-glowing spheres so amusing.

"Actually, if you threw it from the sky, I don't think the dragon lizard could hit you at all."

"That won't work either, we already hit it!"

Paimon remained unmoved, but Ying, who was standing next to her, noticed the hypnotic pot in Ember's hand and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Senior, is this how Sea Spirit Island deals with dragon lizards?"

"No, that's not it. I figured it out myself." Yu Jin shook his head. Blood Coral was too ruthless. He was afraid that if he wasn't careful, the dragon lizards would be sucked dry.

So the hypnosis pot is still the most useful. With just a "snap," everyone, no matter who they are, will have to lie on the ground.

"From what I've heard, senior, it seems... we need to go down again?"

Ember nodded to Firefly, and then he heard a sudden commotion in the camp.

"Ouch...that hurts!"

"I won't be able to walk for at least a hundred days with these legs."

"Where...where am I? My eyes are swollen and I can't see."

……

The exaggerated screams amused Yu Jin. He looked at the soldiers "wailing" near the camp. They were indeed injured, but there was no reason for them to scream so outrageously.

After all, no matter what, Ember was watching from the sidelines as they were being unilaterally ravaged by the dragon lizard.

Crouching down, Yu Jin placed two fingers on his forehead.

"Boom-"

A faint golden light expanded outwards from him, weaving into the patterns of a large tree on the ground. As soon as the patterns touched the people in the camp, they clung to them and climbed up.

The light transformed into another heart within people's bodies, constantly surging vitality throughout the body.

"How are you? Are you healed?" Yu Jin stood up. After the blessing, all the "pig heads" in the camp disappeared.

It looks much better now than before.

"Alright, now who wants to say they have a problem with their legs? Come out here, I'll give you a new leg!"

After these words were spoken, the camp was briefly quiet for a moment, followed by a burst of mocking laughter.

"Haha, Lord Ember, you flatter me. My legs are quite nimble!"

"That's right, jumping three zhang high is no problem!"

"Right now, I wish I could kick the flying dragon lizard and show them what humans are capable of!"

The soldiers stood there dancing and gesturing, trying their best to show off their agility, afraid that they might be captured by the embers and "treated" if they weren't careful.

"That's more like it." Yu Jin nodded in satisfaction as he saw the soldiers' energetic appearance.

Grace and blessings are really useful!

After the crowd in the camp had been making a ruckus for a while, Yu Jin gestured for them to stop. He cleared his throat and, meeting the puzzled looks below, said:

"Everyone, get ready. Tomorrow we're going to have our third battle against the Dragon Lizard!"

"Huh? Still want to fight? Look at our weak arms and legs, we can't possibly overpower those dragon lizards!"

As soon as Ember finished speaking, the soldiers below began to groan. They showed Ember their "thin" arms, hoping he would realize the difference between humans and dragon lizards.

One of the clever ones even suggested, "Lord Ember, why don't you go and fight the dragon lizard? With your strength, you're sure to defeat it!"

"Well said!"

"Ouch!"

Ember picked up a pebble from the ground and threw it, instantly hitting the man on the forehead and giving him a big red bump.

"If I were to take action, who would embody your will and spirit?"