The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

That's how the little green men of the Adventurers' Guild are; they always want to go to unknown places, even if it means losing their lives.

It must be said that it is precisely because of this spirit that the Adventurers' Guild was able to plant the human flag in various uninhabited places before any other organization.

Of course, while I admire him, if Yu Jin were to actually encounter him, he would still inevitably receive a personality-correcting punch, just like Zhi Qiong in front of me.

"We are born with a strong spine and light limbs. With these two powerful weapons, who can live a life without storms?"

Zhiqiong glanced at Yu Jin and muttered a few words under her breath.

"What? Zhiqiong, what did you say? Say it more dramatically?" Yu Jin raised his head, wiping his fist until it gleamed.

It seems that small pebbles are useless for personality correction; only fists will do.

"No... I didn't say anything! Senior is right, what you said makes perfect sense!"

Recalling her experience of being tossed high into the air by Ember while surveying maps, Zhiqiong decisively backed down.

If that terrifying force were to fall on her small frame, the little boat of life named "Zhiqiong" would probably capsize completely.

"That's more like the behavior of a junior." Yu Jin nodded in satisfaction. He looked at the somewhat disheveled Zhi Qiong and asked:

"Since you have a mission, I won't keep you here to help. Where is your camp? I'll take you back and drop off a trail marker along the way."

Yu Jin then began to play with the glowing rainbow stone in his hand.

"Road sign?" Zhiqiong tilted her head, looking puzzled.

“It’s the stuff outside.” Ye Lan pointed to the exterior of the dilapidated building in front of Zhi Qiong.

It was only then that Zhiqiong realized that this area seemed to be much brighter than other areas of the Layered Rock Abyss.

Reaching the edge of the upside-down city, Zhiqiong took in the entire view of the towering, illuminated abyss of rock below.

"..."

She remained silent, just like the others before her. After a long while, Zhiqiong finally managed to utter a few words.

"As expected of a senior!"

"Good to know. Just stay in the camp. It won't be long before this place is all bright!" Yu Jin came to Zhi Qiong's side and said some bold words.

This left Yelan speechless. Why did the Embers have such a strange obsession with illuminating the Abyss of Layered Rocks?

"Then I'll just wait and see how powerful you are, senior! But I don't think it's time to go back yet." Zhiqiong first clapped for Yu Jin, then changed the subject, indicating that she didn't want to go back to the camp.

Yu Jin looked at Zhi Qiong, who had a fawning smile on her face, and her tone turned unfriendly. "You don't mean you're planning to go out and survey maps by yourself, do you?"

"No! No! Absolutely not!" Zhiqiong immediately took a few steps back, then chuckled and said mysteriously to Yu Jin:

"Senior, actually, besides the map, I've also made a major discovery in the Abyss of Layered Rocks!"

"What great discovery?" Ember was skeptical. The Abyss of Layered Rocks was large enough and mysterious enough.

Given Zhiqiong's adventurous nature, it's not impossible that she might make some great discovery.

"Senior, let me tell you, I found a huge mushroom!" Zhiqiong gestured, indicating that the mushroom was taller than her.

“I know that. I not only know that you found the mushrooms, but you also took a bite, didn’t you?” Yu Jin crossed his arms, looking like he already knew.

"Huh? How did you know, senior?" Zhiqiong asked, puzzled. She had originally wanted to share this amazing discovery with Yu Jin, but it seemed he already knew.

"Nonsense! Look what's on this!" Yu Jin poked Zhi Qiong's head and then led her to a pool of indescribable stuff.

Among the pitch-black vomit, tiny white floating objects could be vaguely seen, and there were also very obvious teeth marks on the floating objects.

"This was all scooped out of your mouth!" Yu Jin pointed at the thing on the ground. He didn't know how Zhiqiong could fit such a big lump in her mouth.

"Um...did I really do something like that?" Zhiqiong scratched her head awkwardly, her mind still fogged up from all the mud.

"What do you think? Do you think I'm so hungry I'm going to eat anything I see?" Yu Jin retorted.

"Okay... alright, I was probably really starving back then." Zhiqiong's face turned slightly red because she remembered that her last memory before she fainted was of hugging a big mushroom and frantically gnawing on it.

As her memories became clearer, voices began to emerge in Zhiqiong's recollections. In the end, she seemed to hear the angry roar of the giant mushroom.

"That's right! I remember now, that giant mushroom can not only survive in this mud, it can also talk!"

After saying that, Zhiqiong couldn't help but shrink back. Luckily, the big mushroom had a good temper; otherwise, given its size, it wouldn't be impossible for it to headbutt her to death.

"What?! The mushroom people from the Great Tree Hollow have attacked?!" Ember exclaimed in shock. Why would the mushroom people come to the Layered Rock Abyss?

Those mushroom people living in the Black Forest, Ulahiru, and the Great Tree Hole left a very deep impression on Ember—they could smash through his armor with a single punch, how could they not leave a deep impression?

"Mushroom people? Um... I remember the mushroom that cursed me at the end wasn't humanoid." Zhiqiong lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then reminded Yu Jin.

Although the giant mushroom lying in the mud was peculiar, it had absolutely no resemblance to a human.

It's more like a wild beast than a human.

“Alright.” Yu Jin calmed down a bit. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that the group of mushroom people who had maxed out their boxing skills couldn’t possibly go to the Abyss of Layered Rocks—mainly because they had already gone extinct before the era of the dying fire.

"Senior, do you still want to go and take a look?" Zhiqiong asked Yu Jin.

"Go, why not go? It's something that the younger generation rarely discovers, so of course we should go and see it."

Ember nodded. Although what Zhiqiong discovered couldn't possibly be a mushroom man, it was still amazing enough.

The silt of the Abyss of Layered Rocks is, after all, a product of the stabilization of forces from outside the world. The fact that the mushroom could stay in the silt, and that it didn't seem to be in too bad a state, is quite remarkable.

More importantly, it could talk, which was what intrigued Ember the most. A talking mushroom—he wanted to see how it differed from a mushroom-man.

"Yay! That's great! I can finally find the map I didn't finish drawing!" Zhiqiong cheered excitedly.

"So happy? Okay, when you get back, you'd better write me a proper self-criticism at the camp! Just tell me why you recklessly ran around here all by yourself!"

Yu Jin pressed down on Zhi Qiong, who was jumping around, and the latter's excited face instantly turned into one of utter despair.

Chapter 620 The Comatose Mushroom Beast

2024-04-21

"Senior, could you please not make me write a self-criticism?" Zhiqiong walked at the front, leading the way, and occasionally looked back at Yujin behind her.

After discarding the handful of rainbow stones, the dark area instantly became as bright as day.

Yu Jin clapped his hands, then smiled at Zhi Qiong and said, "More importantly, you should lead the way! Otherwise, in addition to your self-criticism, you'll also need a written guarantee."

"Okay, I didn't say anything just now." Zhiqiong shrank back and silently led the way.

Soon, a pale blue light appeared before their eyes.

"Huh? I don't remember this being here before?" Zhiqiong looked up and exclaimed in surprise.

She clearly remembered that this place was pitch black before, so why is there a large blue pillar suddenly appearing in mid-air now?

"You don't need to worry about that. Just think of that thing as a balloon." Yu Jin was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that the place where Zhi Qiong encountered the magical giant mushroom was near the Frost Nail.

It's estimated that Zhiqiong encountered the giant mushroom shortly after the embers hammered a large crater into the area.

"Alright." Zhiqiong suppressed her urge to investigate and turned her gaze back to the nearby ground.

"This should be it!" After carefully examining the surrounding terrain, Zhiqiong jogged over to a surging, dark spot.

It was a large lump of silt, with alternating black and red patches. The flowing red intertwined with the blue from the sky, giving the silt an eerie purple hue.

"Ouch!"

Just as Zhiqiong was focused on finding the map she had lost here, a terrifying roar suddenly rang in her ears.

Not only that, but a foul stench wafted from afar, making her feel nauseous.

"Be careful when venturing out!"

"boom!!!"

A blur flashed past Zhiqiong, followed by a deafening roar.

Ember emerged from the dust, carrying two unconscious wolf-like monsters in his hands.

"Beast... Beast Realm Hound?! Why would there be such a monster here!" Zhiqiong saw the monster in Yu Jin's hand and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead in fear.

If it weren't for the embers, she probably would have already been torn open by those two beast-like hounds.

In the absence of medical care, being scratched by a hunting dog is almost tantamount to death.

"What's so strange about that? You can always find these things in places where the space is unstable." Yu Jin threw the two beast-like hounds, whose heads had been smashed flat, into an unknown place.

Like Ember, the Beast Hounds are not from this world. Ember once stuck his head into the spatial rift of the Golden King Beast while at Crane Watch.

It can only be said that the world of the Beast Hounds is barren and boring, which explains why they relentlessly invade Teyvat.

"New knowledge! I'll remember it!" Zhiqiong nodded to Yu Jin with sudden realization.

"To explore the Layered Rock Abyss, strength that even the Beast Realm Hounds have never seen is not enough."

Yu Jin gave a warning to the surprised Zhi Qiong, and then came to the rather large patch of silt.

“Haven’t I already seen it?” Zhiqiong immediately followed. She looked around and then picked up a worn-out backpack from the ground.

"Thank goodness! None of my things are broken!" After rummaging through her backpack and finding nothing damaged, Zhiqiong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Having this map at least proves that her life-risking adventure has yielded some results. If she couldn't even find this map, Zhiqiong would be truly devastated.

"The painting is quite good, but I think it's not worth risking your life for it."

Ember ran over to admire Zhiqiong's masterpiece. It must be said that as a surveyor for the Liyue Adventurers' Guild, Zhiqiong's skill level is absolutely top-notch.

The map of the Abyss in her hand was so detailed and accurate that Ember marveled at it.

Of course, while the map is great, it's not worth risking your life for it.

"I understand, senior. Could you please stop bringing this up?" Zhiqiong rolled up the map with a hint of helplessness.

Along the way, Yu Jin would poke her whenever he had the chance, making Zhi Qiong's ears almost calloused.

"I hope you really understand." Yu Jin looked at Zhi Qiong. He could sense that the girl's desire for adventure had not diminished at all; it had only been temporarily suppressed by him.

"When are we going to throw you up there?" Yu Jin muttered to Zhi Qiong, sending a chill down her spine.

"Why do I feel a little cold, senior?" Zhiqiong rubbed her arms and looked around in confusion.

"It's just your imagination. This is the place where you encountered the giant mushroom?" Upon seeing this, Yu Jin decisively changed the subject.

Upon hearing this, Zhiqiong no longer cared about the strangely cold temperature that had just dropped. She observed the surroundings more carefully, then nodded firmly.

"That's right, I'm sure this is the place where I encountered the giant mushroom before!"