The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Some of them no longer resembled living organisms; they were more like clumps of biological matter, wriggling and following this strange horde.

"Is this a mushroom beast?" Ember asked, pointing to the strange creature in front of him.

“That’s right. Don’t look at the appearance, look at the essence. They are family.” Iwamoto Masaki nodded.

"Well, your mushroom family really has a lot of different appearances."

Chapter 626 The Grass Dragon Emerges from the Ground

2024-04-24

"How did it become like this?"

Ember stopped the group of strange fungus-like creatures, picked one up and examined it closely.

“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”

The strange mushrooms caught by the embers immediately began to struggle. They were not as powerful and intelligent as the rock mushrooms, and could not speak, so they could only express their dissatisfaction by spitting out spores.

“Alright, I believe these are fungus beasts now.” Ember wiped the layer of spore powder off his armor and put down the strange fungus beast in his hand.

"Woo——"

A uniquely rhythmic cry came from behind; it was Iwamoto Masaki, seemingly trying to communicate with its companions.

Then it was also sprayed with spores.

"King of Trees, get out of the way!"

“My family survived the apocalypse, and they used everything they had to adapt. Now they are mentally unstable!”

"I already figured it out without you reminding me." Yu Jin jumped onto a tall cactus nearby and looked down at the strange fungus below that was spitting out spores and spinning around.

Would a normal fungus be this stupid? It only sprays spores in one direction, no wonder it keeps spinning in circles!

Ember and Iwamoto Musashi were leaping and dodging the spore attacks of the mutated mushroom beasts, while the white fruit they ignored rolled toward the rampaging mutated mushroom beasts.

"Puff puff!"

The grayish, inactive spores opened the white skin of the fruit without leaving a trace.

"Om-"

The large white peach emitted a green glow, but upon closer inspection, one could detect a hazy orange hue within this green light.

It is like the light emitted by an inextinguishable flame hidden under lush grass.

"Tinder..."

Iwamoto Masaki stopped in its tracks, for it had long felt the warmth of its "home".

But it knew very well that this was not its true home, but merely a simulated, altered, and imitation fire created by the King of Grass.

"Shh!"

The strange fungus beasts, illuminated by the firelight, shed their distorted shells and transformed into strands of pure green light.

These points of light hovered in the air for a moment, then swayed up and down in front of Yu Jin and the others.

Even without a physical form, one can still feel the indescribable excitement and relief.

Then, the points of light transformed into countless thin lines, streaking across the sky and returning to their true home.

"Should we follow them?" Yu Jin asked after a moment's thought, looking at the faint green light flickering in the sandstorm.

However, it's too late to say all this now, because elemental life is returning to the elemental surge at an unimaginably fast pace.

In just a short while, the flashing green light had completely disappeared.

"Homeland... they are finally free." Iwamoto Masaki still looked up at the sky, filled with emotion.

But it quickly suppressed its emotions. Recalling the scene of the white fruit emitting a bright light, Iwamoto Masaki asked:

"King of Grass, are you trying to become the spark of fire?"

"Tinder?"

Yu Jin leaned over and asked.

"That is a product created by the King of Grass simulating the heart of the Grass Dragon. Its elemental power can resonate with the true heart of the oasis, allowing the Grass Dragon to escape the [Apocalypse]."

"So amazing?" Yu Jin looked at the big white peach, which was just rolling around and didn't seem to know what to say.

"Never mind, let it do whatever it wants." Yu Jin glanced at it and waved his hand dismissively.

With him around, would he let this big white peach go to its death?

"Stop rolling! Take us to find the Grass Dragon right now!" Seeing the big white peach still rolling, Yu Jin stepped forward and slapped it far away.

The big white peach rolled back and stopped in the same spot, as if to tell Ember that he didn't need to leave and could just wait there.

"What do you mean it's not moving? Right here?" Yu Jin scratched his head, looking around but finding no trace of the dragon nearby.

So his gaze turned to the ground.

Just as Ember was about to carve a large crater in the desert, gesturing with his fist, the earth trembled first.

"Click——"

The sound of cracking soil came from an unknown depth underground, and the sandstorm on the surface became even more obscuring due to the swirling sand.

Amidst the deafening roar and the collision of sand and dust, the earth suddenly went dark.

As Yu Jin looked up, he saw a figure that blotted out the sky appear in the sandstorm.

Its slender body spiraled and rose, creating several rings on the earth that were even larger than mountains.

The dragon's body was hidden in the roaring sandstorm, but even so, countless black shadows could be seen spreading and growing on its surface.

Perhaps they are specialized scales? Or perhaps fluttering feathers? Or even wildly growing branches...

What exactly those things growing on the dragon's body are can probably only be found out by getting closer.

But it was clear that the dragon did not want the people to get close. The sandstorm around it was much larger than usual, and only its long, narrow eyes, which emitted a green glow, could pierce through the sandstorm's cover.

"Gods, depart..."

"Oh? Sounds like a female dragon?"

Apep paused, because she suddenly realized there were no gods here, but if there were no gods, where did that unpleasant aura come from?

Ember was quite excited because he had finally seen the Grass Dragon that Iwamoto Masaki had mentioned.

After looking around and finding no trace of the gods, Apep's terrifying aura dissipated considerably.

She looked down at the strangely dressed human jumping around in front of her and snorted coldly.

"Human, your words are utterly disrespectful! Considering this is your first offense, get out of my territory at once!"

Although he didn't see any gods, seeing humans didn't exactly make Apep feel happy.

Despite his discomfort, Apep had no intention of doing anything to the humans in front of him.

After all, humans are just ants and not worth fearing. What she truly deserves revenge against are the seven gods of the earth and Sky Island.

"I've noticed that you old dragons are all quite stubborn. Can't you learn from the second-generation dragons? They're so much easier to talk to."

When Yu Jin heard Appepp's first words to him be "get lost," he helplessly shrugged. He was now 100% certain that Appepp and Kutri got along very well.

Recalling the relationship between the first and second generation dragons, Ember suddenly realized. Wasn't this just the generation gap between the older and younger generations?

However, before Ember could ponder this topic for long, he was interrupted by a shocked dragon.

"What did you say? You know the whereabouts of other dragons!" A dark green dragon's face appeared before Ember, its narrow eyes wide open in shock.

Ember looked up and realized that those flamboyant and dancing things on the surface of the grass dragon were just giant flowers and plants.

"Why does your face look so pale?" Yu Jin asked with concern after examining Apep's face for a while.

After careful examination, he discovered that the dragon indeed had a problem. The green on its surface was not the vibrant green of life, but rather the pale color of a dying person.

"Never mind that. I'm asking you, do you know any trace of the other dragons?"

But Apep showed no signs of discomfort; her voice remained loud and clear, and the wilted flowers and plants on her body began to sway again.

“That’s natural, but they, like you, each have their own difficulties.” Seeing Appep’s agitation, Yu Jin nodded in response.

What difficulties could the other dragons possibly have? Dvalin is probably off gallivanting somewhere, Ruotu is having a blast playing with stones in Liyue all day, and Kutrina is probably still fast asleep.

Ember said this mainly to prevent Apep from dying of a heart attack on the spot. She looked like the kind of dragon who secretly planned a revenge scheme. If she knew that her companions had fallen into such a state, wouldn't she be furious?

"Is that so? Phew... that makes sense." Apep nodded slightly upon hearing this.

If even my grass dragon is like this, then the other dragons are even worse off.

Knowing that other dragons existed immediately lifted Apep's spirits.

Chapter 627 Opening Your Mouth to Take Medicine

2024-04-24

A smile appeared on the dragon's lips, but it didn't last long before it was interrupted by a sudden sharp pain.

"Hiss..." Apep gasped. She turned her head to look back and saw that a section of the flowers and green grass on her body was missing.

Turning his head back, Apep saw the embers in his hand, which were pulling at huge pieces of grass.

"You're laughing so happily, I thought you were cured." With a few shakes of the enormous leaf in his hand, big enough to cover a house, Yu Jin saw countless dust particles rise up.

This dust is caused by the surface of the grass blades peeling off due to dryness.

Alright, let's not worry about the other illnesses for now. The skin disease on this dragon alone will keep us busy for a while.

"Is it an illness? You could say that. It's an old problem caused by being schemed against." After learning that Ember had connections with other dragons, Apep's attitude softened considerably, and he was even able to recount some of his past experiences to Ember.

"Being schemed against?" Yu Jin raised his head in surprise. What kind of good man would dare to scheme against such a big dragon? Not only did he dare, but he actually succeeded!

I wonder if his skull was blown off by Appepp.

“That’s all in the past. Those who plotted against me have long since turned to dust.” Appepp shook his head, seemingly unwilling to discuss anything further.

The guy who plotted against her was a man whose real name was "Amon," and who was also known as the "Red King" by the humans on the ground.

Apep was a little out of her mind at the time. The Red King said that what he was researching could overturn the heavens, and she believed him.