The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Kutri lowered its massive dragon head, glanced at Shin only once, and then turned its gaze to Shadow beside Shin.

"Familiar?" Shadow looked up at Kutri, who was radiating heat, and frowned.

Familiar? How come she doesn't remember ever having any interaction with the dragon?

When he saw Shadow confronting Kutri, he reached out and pulled Shadow behind him.

"Oh? Familiar? You certainly will be familiar with it, after all, a lot happened after the fall of the seven terrifying kings."

“You are…” Kutri then looked directly at Shin, who was standing next to Shadow, his gaze shifting back and forth between the two.

But soon, Kutri's gaze fell on Ember, who was whistling idly beside him.

If you encounter something incomprehensible, just pin the blame on Yu Jin; you can't go wrong.

"Never mind, we didn't come here today to talk about these old stories anyway." Seeing that Ember didn't react, Kutri put his doubts aside.

Indeed, even after he fled to the Dark Sea, there was still a lot of turmoil on the continent, and there were several incidents that left an impression on Kutri.

With such a massive movement, it's not impossible that part of the usurper's body would be torn apart.

Despite this, Kutri had no intention of counterattacking. Tenri was seriously injured, and so was he.

It's still uncertain who is more seriously injured!

Thinking of this, Kutri endured the pain and straightened his body even more.

We must never show weakness in front of humans!

"Didn't you say there were other dragons? Where's the dragon shadow?" Kutri straightened his back for a moment, then bent over again.

The main problem was that he found it difficult to see the people below when he straightened his back. As he got older, Kootri's eyesight wasn't as good either.

"It should be soon, right? Just wait a bit." Ember glanced at Firefly and Paimon, who gave him a "V" sign.

"There are other dragons?" Zhen's face showed a hint of surprise upon hearing this. One dragon wasn't enough; there was actually a second one?

“Of course, one is used to pull the dragon lizard, and the other is for actually helping.” Yu Jin waved his hand.

He looked up at Kutri, who was fiery red and didn't seem like the type to manage Haizhi Island well.

In comparison, Ruotuo is much more reliable. As a rock dragon, he must have some way to make the land of Haiqi Island prosperous.

"Then this one..."

“As you can see, he’s here to pull the dragon lizard.” Ember shrugged at Zhen.

Kutri's lips twitched upon hearing this. How could he have just come here to be a bystander? Otherwise, Ember wouldn't have gone to such lengths to pull him out of the Dark Outer Sea.

Kutri already had a general idea in mind, but whether he could actually implement it depended on whether the other dragon would cooperate.

If he performs admirably, then Kutri will naturally be happy to relax. If this junior isn't so capable, then Kutri will show him what the "power of a dragon" truly means!

Yes, Kutri had already accepted that the other dragon summoned by the Embers was a second-generation dragon. After all, given the survival rate of the other first-generation dragons, Kutri had little hope of ever seeing them again.

“And I think you two might even know each other,” Yu Jin said to Zhen and Ying after thinking for a moment.

"know?"

“Yes, it’s that big fat dragon from Liyue,” Ember explained to the puzzled Shin and Shadow.

"The dragon of Liyue... I see, I understand now. If I remember correctly, his name was Ruotuo?"

After thinking for a moment, she called out Ruotuo's name. As for Ying? Her eyes were still filled with confusion.

In fact, five hundred years ago, the Shadow existed as a true shadow warrior.

As for demons from other regions, potential victors from other kingdoms, and the situation in other places, sorry, Shadow knows nothing about any of it.

All she did was hit wherever she was told to.

Therefore, Ying naturally had no recollection of Ruotuo, a name that only appeared briefly in Liyue.

"But... wasn't he eventually sealed away by the Rock God?" Shin struggled to piece together more information in her mind. Since her return, she needed to adapt to many things.

For example, fragmented memories—this could be considered a side effect of being reborn.

"Of course, but who can predict how things will change? As the first Thor, shouldn't you be dead by now?"

Before Yu Jin could answer, someone else preemptively addressed the real question.

Then, a figure arrived on the shore. Judging by his bulging muscles and thick glasses, who else could it be but Ruotuo?

Zhen paused upon hearing this, then seemed to realize something and feel a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing both understanding and reflection).

"Yes, people who should be dead are already standing here, so what else is impossible? Ruotuo, how have you been lately?"

"呲-"

The sound of boiling seawater rang out, followed by a sarcastic, insincere praise from above.

"Yes, yes, so that's why dragons turned into humans?"

"call--"

Kutri was engulfed in flames, and as he looked down at the humanoid figure on the ground, he was truly "fuming with rage."

No... no, it shouldn't be three zhang, but thirty zhang, three hundred zhang!

"Hey! Kutri, calm down!"

"How can you expect me to stay calm! Get out of my way! I'm going to clean house!"

Kutri roared to the sky, lamenting the disappointment of the second-generation dragon.

Chapter 584 Ruotuo's Method

2024-04-03

With a long howl, Kutri spewed out bursts of flames from his wide-open mouth.

"Close it!"

Seeing this, Yu Jin flew up and kicked Kutri, shutting up his gaping mouth.

"Calm down, okay? As a senior, can't you listen to the explanations of your juniors?"

"Hmph! What hardship could he possibly have! A disgrace to the dragons!" Kutri moved his chin from side to side a few times. Although Ember had held back his kick, it was still quite forceful.

His chin still feels numb and tingly.

"Is this... my senior?" Ruotuo raised his head, adjusted his glasses, and said without any concern.

He was absolutely certain that the behemoth before him was his predecessor. The elemental power within him, even more concentrated than his own, was undeniably genuine.

However, there was one thing that puzzled Ruotuo: the elemental power within this senior was far too... far too "rigid".

Despite being a turbulent fire elemental force, its inertia far surpasses that of the rock elemental force within him. It's as if what's accumulating within Kutri isn't elemental force, but rather a collection of stones.

A pile of stubborn, stable, hot stones.

"I'm not your senior, and you shouldn't call yourself a dragon!" Kutri immediately expelled Ruotuo from the dragon ranks.

Damn it, it's one thing for dragons and humans to mingle together, but he could tolerate this Kutri. However, he never expected that a dragon would actually appear in human form.

Could it be that the dragons have already forgotten the hatred they harbored back then?!

The ideal is lofty, but reality is cruel. The current reality is that almost all the second-generation dragons have been "recruited" by humans and the Seven Gods.

This filled Kutri with a sense of depression and sorrow; it seemed that regaining the land was only a dream for him.

"Senior, what is this..." Ruotuo took a few steps back after hearing Kutri's outburst.

He was somewhat worried that Kutry might suddenly retaliate.

"Never mind him, he's an old-fashioned guy who's out of touch with the times. Take a look at this soil, see if you can work with it."

Yu Jin glanced at the heartbroken Kutri, then turned and pulled Ruo Tuo to dig in the dirt.

"This soil..." Upon hearing this, Ruotuo stopped paying attention to Kutri, who was sulking behind him. He originally had many questions he wanted to ask. But seeing Kutri's expression, he figured that asking these questions might just "expose" the two of them to their idiots.

Ruotuo glanced at the whitish sand in his hand and pondered for a moment.

"How is it, Mr. Ruotuo?" Xin Hai saw Ruotuo and Yu Jin digging in the soil and immediately ran over.

Although the flaming serpent is spectacular, the land of Haiji Island is clearly more important!

"Just call me Ruotuo, or Ajiu. The soil in your area has a lot of elemental energy." Ruotuo poured the sand in his hand down and came to this conclusion.

"Um... Ruo Tuo, you really have keen insight, you saw the crux of our Haiqi Island right away."

Xin Hai really wanted to ask Ruo Tuo why she had a name like "A Jiu," which sounded like a little girl's name, but seeing how focused Ruo Tuo was, she put the question aside for a while.

"The reason why the land elemental power of our Haiqi Island is so strong is because there is a place called Yuanxia Palace below."

“That place is very unusual; elemental energy is always surging up from the Abyss Palace,” Xin Hai described the situation on Haiqi Island to Ruo Tuo. Upon hearing this, the latter plunged her palm into the ground.

After a long while, Ruotuo slowly opened her eyes.

"Your choice of location at the intersection of the three realms is not very good."

"We have to accept it even if it's not good. How can we easily give up the land that our ancestors found?"

"This is true."

Ruotuo nodded to Xinhai, and then he stood up.

"Well? Ruotuo, do you have a solution?" Xinhai asked somewhat nervously.

"I have a general solution," Ruotuo said, giving Xinhai a look of delight.

Ruo Tuo jumped into the sea from the shore. Before anyone could understand what he was doing, they felt the earth tremble again.

Then, a huge mountain gradually rose from the seabed. The mountain was covered with jagged rocks and looked completely impassable.

As the "mountain" rose, a dragon's head with two jade horns appeared before everyone's eyes.

"I thought you didn't have a dragon body," Kutri said sarcastically, looking at the "rock mountain" beside him that was about the same size as him.

"Senior is too kind. Since my birth, I have been bound to the Rock God and then to the human race. I really cannot bear to part with them now, and I hope you will forgive me."

Ruo Tuo spoke in a muffled, buzzing voice, like the sound of rock being squeezed together beneath the earth.

It is substantial and full of power.

"What are you talking to me about? I'm not your senior." Kutri tilted his head, indicating that he didn't want to talk to Ruotuo.