The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"So that direction leads to Fontainebleau? Perfect, I've never been there before. I'll treat it as a trip and see if there are any powerful individuals there!"

The young master scratched his head, and then decided on his itinerary—mainly to find a fight.

As for whether to beat up the other people first or the big whale first, that depends on which one you encounter first.

"Is that so? Let me take a look too."

Yu Jin thought for a moment and followed. He needed to see if the water level in Fontaine had dropped after the lake was filled.

Chapter 760 The Unyielding Water Level

2024-07-07

"I'm asking you, what kind of place is Fontainebleau?"

Running wildly along the only river in the desert, Ember turned to the young master and asked.

"do not know."

"What? You don't know?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Jin nearly pushed the young master into the nearby river.

"I'm not an adventurer. Who runs around to different countries all day for no reason?" The young master shrugged, looking completely innocent.

If it weren't for the mission, the young master wouldn't bother going abroad at all.

Feeling the growing excitement in his heart, he said with anticipation, "Anyway, it won't be long before we arrive. Instead of just listening to others, I'd rather explore it myself."

"Too."

Yu Jin rarely agreed with the young master's statement. After running along the river for a while, the long-lost coolness once again swept over them.

This time, the water vapor wasn't coming from a large lake, but from a real ocean.

"Hiss... Wasn't there supposed to be a port where the Sumeru Desert meets Fontainebleau? I haven't seen anything there."

Looking at the boundless ocean before him, the young master felt somewhat troubled.

“Perhaps we took the wrong route across the desert,” Yu Jin pondered for a moment before replying.

The terrain of the Sumeru Desert had been altered during the previous great war. For one thing, traveling along the great river to Fontaine was absolutely impossible before.

Therefore, it's highly likely that the two of them have run off to some unknown corner of Sumeru and Fontainebleau.

Ignoring the young master's gloomy face, Yu Jin ran to the edge of the beach by himself.

The yellow sand turned quite white after being washed by the sea, and it even looked dazzling in the sunlight.

And right there on this pristine beach, rows of broken iron swords lay silently, letting the waves crash against them, drawing a winding, dark curve on the sand.

"No way? The water level hasn't changed at all?" Standing next to the iron sword, Yu Jin rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

These iron swords were originally planted by Ember on the shore as a water level marker. He had thought that after the water from Fontainebleau was poured into Sumeru, the water level would drop at least a little, but now it seemed that not only had it not dropped, Ember even suspected that the water level had risen again.

"What's wrong with you?" The young master had also seen the beautiful "scenery" on the beach and, out of curiosity, he ran over as well.

"Nothing, I just think the water in Fontainebleau is a bit strange," Yu Jin said casually, sitting cross-legged on the beach.

“Strange? I don’t see it. But there seems to be a famous prophecy about Fontaine, saying that water will flood Fontaine, leaving only the water god weeping on his throne.”

The young master kicked the water, sending white waves splashing.

"How did you know about Fontaine's prophecy?"

"Please, this old story has been passed down for hundreds of years, it's almost become a stereotype of Fontainebleau, okay?" The young master shrugged, looking completely nonchalant.

The prophecy sounded terrifying, but hundreds of years have passed, and Fontainebleau has not been submerged.

"I see." Yu Jin nodded thoughtfully. Originally, this prophecy was common knowledge; he had thought it was Fontaine's top secret!

Thinking about it this way, Yu Jin suddenly felt that the prophecy was cheap. Shouldn't this kind of thing be said by a very powerful person in a mysterious way?

How did it become such a scary urban legend for kids?

Just as Yu Jin was lost in thought, he saw the young master leap over the "fence" surrounded by iron swords and plunge into the sea.

"Phew! We've finally arrived in Fontainebleau. I'm covered in sand and dirt, it was so uncomfortable!"

The young master swam near the beach like a nimble fish. But before he could wash in the water for long, the calm sea suddenly began to tremble.

"Boom!"

A long, resonant vibration came from the deep seabed, and then the young master felt the seawater become turbulent, as if something was stirring up the seabed.

"An undersea earthquake?"

With these questions in mind, the young master quickly ran onto the beach. But strangely, the tremor came and went quickly, making only a sound before disappearing completely.

The swaying sea surface then calmed down again.

"Crash! Crash!"

The waves crashed against the beach as usual.

"Snapped!"

The armor on Yu Jin's body darkened, and he looked down at his body, which was soaked. He looked up and saw that the iron sword in front of him was submerged to a depth of about two fingers.

Just a moment ago, the waves here seemed like they would never reach Yu Jin, but now, in just a short while, he is already dripping wet.

Watching the waves surge and recede, Yu Jin felt it was a provocation, a blatant provocation!

An ocean with such rapidly rising water levels is absolutely not allowed to exist!

Having made up his mind, Yu Jin stood up from the beach. He turned to look at the young master who had run ashore, who was now shirtless and wringing out the water from his clothes.

"You are not allowed to go into the water in Fontainebleau!"

The young master stopped what he was doing, looking completely bewildered. What had he just done? Why couldn't he go into the water for no reason?

"Uh... no problem!"

After hesitating for a moment, the young master decided it was best to agree first, since judging from Yu Jin's appearance, he would get beaten up if he didn't agree.

Anyway, once we break up, I can do whatever I want, and Yu Jin won't know.

The young master thought this to himself, and then he saw the embers step into the sea.

"He won't let me go into the water, but he went in quite deep himself." The young master muttered to himself as he put on his wrung-out clothes.

He planned to part ways with Ember here. After all, he came to Fontainebleau to find the whale he had raised as a child, and how could he find a whale without going to sea?

"Gululu..."

Behind him came the sound of churning seawater. The young master turned around stiffly and saw countless bubbles rising on the surface of the sea.

"Pop! Splash! Smack!"

Bubbles rise from the seabed, some tens of meters in size, others only a few meters. When the whitish bubbles burst, they reveal themselves filled with scorching hot water vapor.

Gradually, the entire sea surface began to become hazy, as if at dawn. However, anyone who isn't blind knows that the sea surface at this time is not as cool as it is at dawn.

The young master had no interest in appreciating the beautiful scenery. He wiped the sweat from his brow and ran backward with all his might, even though the steam was only rising upwards.

"This guy...could it be..."

"laugh--"

As the young master had predicted, the bubbles disappeared, replaced by the constantly churning sea surface and billowing steam.

"The sea...is boiling...?"

The young master stared blankly at the scene before him, utterly shocked. How much heat is needed to boil the ocean?

He shook his head, somewhat afraid to even think about it. In any case, given his limited education, it was a number he couldn't calculate.

"Hulonglong!"

The ocean was swallowing up and spitting out excess, the boiling water roaring and rumbling, no less impressive than a thunderstorm.

After a long while, the raging sea gradually calmed down and returned to its usual tranquility.

The shocking scene he had just witnessed made the young master hold his breath involuntarily, but now that the pressure in his heart had eased, he began to breathe heavily.

"Huff—, huff—, um..."

Then he covered his nose. The reason was simple: who would have thought that the rising, white steam would be mixed with a foul stench?

The clouds in the sky thickened, the moisture dissipated, and the young master was able to see the embers gradually emerging from the sea.

"What did you do? It stinks!"

Holding his nose, the young master immediately ran over to ask. The stench was so strong that he had completely forgotten about the boiling ocean.

Are there any cooked fish on the sea?

Yu Jin asked, puzzled.

"No." The young master glanced into the distance, then said with a hint of surprise and uncertainty.

Right, the ocean is boiling, so why isn't there a single dead fish on the surface?

"Hmm... it seems that snacks are still quite appealing."

Yu Jin crossed his arms and nodded in satisfaction—he couldn't smell anything anyway.

"Snacks?"

"Yes, I'll give you one."

"No...don't come any closer!!!"

Chapter 761 Same Goal

2024-07-07

The little snacks that Yu Jin didn't end up being given away; the young master's resistance to them was puzzling.

It is clearly a symbol of humanity, so why is it so rejected?

"The water level can't stay like this..."

Ember stopped talking because he saw the sea level beneath his feet rising at a visible speed, quickly reaching his feet.