The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Yes, I already know." Yu Jin nodded in agreement beside Zhi Qiong. Then, pointing, he turned to her and asked:

"Doesn't that big mushroom look like this?"

Following the direction the embers pointed, Zhiqiong saw a mushroom head sticking out of the mud.

What's even more eye-catching is that there are several gaps on the cap of the large mushroom, which look exactly like they've been gnawed on by someone.

"It's...it looks like this." Zhiqiong also noticed the teeth marks on the mushroom cap and nodded somewhat awkwardly.

She was so hungry she was dizzy and saw a mushroom and just started eating it, not even caring about the surrounding mud or why the mushroom was so big.

"This thing... doesn't look like a mushroom at all to me?" Yu Jin stepped directly into the mud, picked up a dry branch from the ground, and poked the large mushroom lying on the ground.

Judging from the head beneath the cap, it's not a mushroom at all, but just an unknown beast with a mushroom cap growing on its head.

"This thing looks like a fungus, and a second-stage terrestrial fungus at that." Zhiqiong's voice came from behind, surprising Yu Jin.

"How did you suddenly become so knowledgeable?" Yu Jin turned around and asked with surprise and doubt.

He now strongly suspects that Zhiqiong has been possessed by some kind of demon. It's not impossible for a demon capable of stealing minds to appear in the Layered Rock Abyss.

“It’s not that I’m erudite, it’s what this ‘Sumeru Travel Guide’ says,” Zhiqiong replied, pulling out a green-covered book.

"Why bring this instead of a proper adventure book? You really like Sumeru?" Yu Jin picked it up and flipped through it; it was a book introducing the customs and culture of Sumeru.

The mushroom beast, as the iconic animal of Sumeru, was described in detail. The information about the mushroom beast that Zhiqiong just mentioned came from this description.

"Because after crossing the giant abyss of layered rocks, we will arrive at Mount Sumeru!" Zhiqiong held the "Mount Sumeru Travel Guide" in her hand, her eyes shining.

Yu Jin first looked at Zhi Qiong's shining eyes, then at the small green book in her hand, and felt even more that he needed to find a good time to throw her to the ground.

Otherwise, given Zhiqiong's nature, she might still run into the depths of the giant abyss.

"By the way, now that we've discovered the giant mushroom is a monster, senior, do you still want to save it?" Zhiqiong suddenly realized something, looked at the unconscious mushroom beast on the ground, and asked Yu Jin.

"Save it, of course we'll save it! You bit it a few times, and it didn't do anything to you. Even if it's a monster, it's a good one."

Yu Jin immediately nodded, then stood up and pushed Zhi Qiong back.

"Move aside, I'm about to unleash my power!"

Chapter 621 Yes, I'm very good at growing grass.

2024-04-21

"Whoosh!" Yu Jin pretended to push his hand, and flames burst out from his palm.

When silt encounters firelight, it vanishes without a trace, just as snow melts under the blazing sun.

"Amazing!" Zhiqiong exclaimed in surprise when she saw Yu Jin's move.

"You're making a fuss over nothing. If you had brought more Elemental Alchemy Bottles, you might be just like me." Yu Jin stopped his movements and didn't forget to nudge Zhi Qiong with his words.

His words were not unfounded; the mud had been tempered by the power of the Frostfire Nail and had long since become extremely stable.

With enough condensed elemental power, it's not impossible to directly wash away this clump of silt.

Of course, if one were to eliminate the sludge solely with elemental potions as Ember suggested, the requirements for alchemists who concoct potions would be rather "high."

"Is that so? Then I'll guide them more often in the future." Zhiqiong nodded thoughtfully, having learned another point!

No wonder so many novice adventurers like to pester a veteran; they can learn so much from them!

The embers were not on Guan Zhiqiong's mind. The firelight swept across a patch and then returned to his hand.

Meanwhile, the unconscious fungus on the ground gradually woke up.

"Hah..." After a few hoarse, aged breaths, the rock-colored mushroom beast on the ground gradually rose up.

"Cao... Cao Zhi, who are you?"

"And you... you're the human who bit me?!"

This terrestrial rock mushroom had just awakened when it was completely bewildered.

This seems to be "a little bit" different from the awakening scene it had envisioned.

"Grass? How do you know I'm good at growing grass? I not only like growing grass, but I like growing trees even more!" Yu Jin conjured a bunch of lush green grass from his hands as if by magic.

Clinging to it were soil and dew, as if it had just been plucked from the ground.

"Here you go. You mushroom beasts eat grass, right?" Without saying a word, Yu Jin fed the grass in his hand to the mouth of the Iwamoto mushroom.

"Th...thank you." Iwamoto Masaki opened and closed her mouth blankly, somewhat confused about what had happened.

Why did a bunch of grass suddenly appear in its mouth? And it actually tastes pretty good!

"Want more? If you still want to eat, then do some work for me!" Seeing the mushroom beast eating with relish, Yu Jin immediately pulled out another handful of grass leaves to tempt it.

It's not easy to find a monster that you can communicate with, and it's so strong too. It's definitely a great tool for carrying Hilichurls!

Although there are fewer and fewer Hilichurls in the Laminaria now, every minute counts, and Ember doesn't mind.

"I'm sorry, but I cannot agree." To everyone's surprise, Iwamoto Maki refused the temptation of the delicious food.

It swallowed the grass in its mouth and said, "My people once made a pact with the King of Grass. I have waited too long and cannot give up at this crucial moment."

“You woke me up, and although I didn’t want to be woken up at this time, I will never forget this kindness.”

"I'll help you after I meet with the King of Grass!"

Iwamoto Masaki shook her head, which was covered by a huge umbrella, and said somewhat dazedly.

The time it woke up was a bit off, and its mind was full of things, but there was one thing that Iwamoto Masaki was certain of—that it had an extremely important agreement with the King of Grass, and that it could not go anywhere until the agreement was fulfilled.

“Oh, I understand.” Yu Jin nodded, then took a few steps back.

He raised his hands and said loudly and mysteriously to the mushroom beast, "Let me tell you a secret: I am actually the King of Grass!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a deafening roar echoed from the silent, towering abyss.

"Boom!!!"

The earth began to tremble, the ground and cave walls cracked, and countless golden rays of light began to gush out from the cracks.

Behind the embers, thick, golden tree roots swayed and rose up, like pillars reaching to the sky.

Along with the rising tree roots came Zhiqiong's shouts.

"Senior—, why am I flying—"

Ember rubbed his ears, indicating he hadn't heard anything. Zhiqiong, she's definitely better suited for adventures on the surface. Let's take this opportunity to have the Golden Tree carry her back to the surface!

Looking back at the endless golden forest behind him, Ember turned around and added a clarification to his earlier statement.

"You're mistaken. I'm not the king of grass, I'm the king of trees."

"Well? Do you recognize me as the King of Trees?" Ember jumped down from the platform raised by the roots of the Golden Tree and patted the dumbfounded mushroom beast's head.

"Hey, you dropped your grass." Seeing that Iwamoto Shinzuru hadn't reacted for a long time, Yu Jin looked down at the grass that had fallen from the mushroom beast's mouth and reminded it.

"Oh...oh?! It's okay, I'm already full!"

"By the way, is the human who bit me just now really alright?" Iwamoto Shinzuru finally came to its senses. It looked up at the golden expanse in front of it, its heart filled with utter shock.

However, it was eventually drawn to the figure of a person flapping about on the rising tree roots.

"It's alright, you don't know, she loves adventure." Ember waved its hand, telling it not to worry. Zhiqiong loves adventure, and she's currently experiencing what she loves, so why bother her?

"Okay... alright." Iwamoto Masaki nodded with some doubt. Was being carried into the sky by the tree roots considered an adventure?

Perhaps in human terms, Iwamoto Masaki didn't want to think about it anymore. It carefully examined the embers in front of it and sensed that faint, familiar aura. A complex expression appeared on its beast-like face.

"So... after you grow up, you become the King of Trees?" Iwamoto Masaki looked up at the grown-up "King of Grass" in front of her, not knowing what to say.

Um... it still thinks the King of Grass looks better when it's smaller. At least it wouldn't be so dirty now.

"Huh? What's wrong with your mushroom-like brains? You actually believe I'm the King of Grass?"

Yu Jin was surprised to hear that Iwamoto Masaki believed he was the so-called "King of Grass" so easily.

Seriously? He was a real person, how could you believe him?

"Not the King of Grass?" Iwamoto Musashi clearly hadn't considered this. It closed its small eyes under its umbrella and began to more carefully sense the surrounding atmosphere.

Countless tiny, almost imperceptible spores were released by the Iwamoto Musashi, and these spores instantly filled the entire space, using the unique tactile senses of the mushroom beast to gather information for the Iwamoto Musashi.

Iwamoto Masaki opened its eyes instantly, looking at the embers and the shimmering golden forest behind it, blinking its little eyes in surprise.

What did it sense? It sensed nothing!

That's not quite right. It should be said that none of the surrounding scents were familiar to it.

The enormous forest, the figures clad in iron armor, their bodies devoid of any elemental power, as if the space in front of Iwamoto Masaki were merely an empty field.

The only thing that gave it some peace of mind was that the unique, vibrant energy of the King of Grass still existed.

"The King of Grass... has it turned into a giant tree?" Iwamoto Shinzuru asked, looking at the dense jungle formed by the roots of the Golden Tree behind Ember.

The aura of the King of Grass that it sensed was too strange; it was not solid, but rather diffuse.

The Queen of Grass seemed to have transformed into a giant tree, and the entire tree was imbued with her aura. This completely baffled Iwamoto Masaki.

With its limited knowledge, the mushroom beast could only conceive that the king of grass had suffered some kind of injury and had no choice but to transform into a towering tree.

"Um... it seems it didn't turn into a big tree, but into fruit." Upon hearing this, Yu Jin pondered for a moment.

Then he remembered the large white peach on the crown of the golden tree.

It can bear fruit… Yu Jin suddenly realized. Little Yellow actually has a gender! And it's a female tree!

To his even greater surprise, it had actually gotten pregnant by another male tree!

"Little Huang! Where's your other half? Do you want me to dig one up and plant it next to you?"

"..."

The golden tree immediately regretted bearing that fruit in the first place.

Chapter 622 is about to explode!

2024-04-22

"What? You're saying you have no gender?" Ember listened to the Golden Tree's cry and then exclaimed in surprise.