I'm in the Teyvat running group

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"Abedo is not here for the moment, please wait a moment." A peculiar cat sat down in Abedo's hut, staring at Yunxiu and Yueji, and said, "Both of you have the aura of a 'witch' on you. Were you introduced by the master?"

"If the master you're referring to is that witch R. Rhinedoth, I don't know her, but I did see other witches a few days ago," Yunxiu said with a smile. "Do you know when Abedo will be back?"

"Soon, very soon, he should just be going out to drive away some monsters."

After saying that, the cat lay down, seemingly no longer wanting to talk to the two of them.

After Abedo advanced to Legendary status, he spent some time training in the Dead Zone before returning to Mondstadt. He even took the time to upgrade all the major formations in Mondstadt.

Although the Dead Zone has a very high demand for legendary alchemists, it is nearing a period of dormancy again. Furthermore, Abedo himself needs to constantly monitor 'Dulin' on the snow mountain until he can replace Dulin's fate with a new 'Dulin', at which point all of this will come to an end.

Yunxiu and Yueji waited quietly in the hut for a while before Abedo returned from outside, looking travel-worn.

Seeing the two of them leisurely drinking tea in the room, Abedo wasn't surprised at all. Instead, he smiled quite happily and said, "When did you two find the energy to come here? Is there something I can help you with?"

“I’m sorry, I’ve only come to you for help every time…” Yunxiu scratched his head before speaking, “I need your help to enter the ancient kingdom of Fendnir once. I need to find a ‘divine artifact’.”

“The artifact…” Abedo hesitated for a moment, “Of course I have no problem with it, but right now Dulin’s activity level is at its peak. If I’m gone for a long time, then the question is who will control Dulin…”

"Is that so..." Yunxiu thought for a moment, "If that's the case, then I just need to find someone to guard this place, and that won't be a problem, right?"

"Of course... but you need to be strong enough."

"This is easy." Yunxiu took out the Spirit Realm Terminal and sent a message. Soon, a figure with powerful energy fluctuations descended to the spot.

“Aunt Xianyun, I’d like to ask you for a favor, and also take a look at these things of mine…” Yunxiu took out a large amount of technical data and documents she had obtained from Grammer and handed them to Xianyun before saying, “I want to go into Fendnir for a few days, so I’d like to ask you to stay here and guard it for a few days…”

"Let me see..." Xianyun put on his glasses, took the information handed to him by Yunxiu, glanced through it briefly, and then said happily, "No problem, this is perfect for studying. It even gave me some inspiration. Kid, when you get out, you have to study these things with me."

"After the matter with Fontaine is settled, I'll have some time to think about it with you, Aunt Xianyun," Yunxiu said with a smile. "I also have some additional inspiration."

The three of them then entrusted some matters to Xianyun. Abedo, seeing this powerful immortal come to guard the place, naturally had no objections. The group had cooperated when making the Spirit Realm Terminal, and this was just a new collaboration.

“It’s very difficult to fly over the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, and even running is difficult to do very fast.” Abedo ran quickly ahead, leaving deep footprints in the snow. “That’s why I rarely let Sugar come here, especially since the ancient kingdoms at higher altitudes are even less suitable for human habitation.”

"Abedo, how much do you know about the ancient kingdom of Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain?" Yunxiu asked curiously. "The ancient kingdom here is called Fendnir. I think you must have seen a lot of information about it from the documents."

“Fendnir…” Abedo thought for a moment before speaking, “I don’t know much about Fendnir, but there is a lady in the Witches’ Guild whose code name is N. Both my mother and Aunt Alice say that she is the one who knows the most about the history of this world.”

N... Nikolai's...

Aside from that one sound at the bottom of the Abyss of Layered Rocks, Yunxiu had almost never encountered this woman again.

But suddenly, a blur appeared before his eyes, and a figure with long, silver-white and golden hair seemed to rush towards the three of them...

Chapter 218 Angels, Blood, and the Ice Palace (First update on Tuesday!)

"The thing you're looking for in Fendnir requires a special bloodline to find..."

A voice rang in the minds of the three. Yunxiu felt a blur before his eyes, and a woman with long golden hair, wearing only thin clothes, suddenly appeared in front of him!

The moment she appeared, a string of magical text appeared around her: "An unrecognized peerless sculptor," "A literary giant for all time once she picks up a pen," "An observer of world lines when she doesn't speak," and so on.

She frantically tried to deactivate the spell, but then she saw a series of magical characters appear on Yunxiu's body opposite her: "Bushgaro Destroyer", "Wanmintang Live-in Son-in-Law", "Rock King Emperor, Son of God", "The Little Mage Who Endures the Tide"...

The air fell silent for a moment, and the four of them stared at each other wide-eyed.

"You're also a victim of Alice, that's great... oh no, that's a shame."

“Miss Nicole, I think we have something in common on a certain issue…” Yunxiu said with a hint of helplessness, “I exchanged this information for this bit of dignity, I wonder what you want in return for this exchange.”

"Me... I want some anonymous 'Spirit Realm' accounts so that I and the fairies can also enter the Spirit Realm space..." Nico waved her hand rather embarrassedly, making an unexpected request.

"I see... Then of course there's no big problem, but you'll need to prepare a bit, and I'll send it to you later."

"Thank you then. Please send it to Dolly, the merchant in Sumeru, and I will pick it up..."

Nico bowed slightly in thanks before continuing to speak in the minds of the group.

"Fendnir was founded by the descendants of Hyperion. They brought one of the four items you are looking for, the 'Book,' here, but the ancient kingdom of Fendnir ultimately could not withstand the majesty of the Heavenly Nail."

"If the four artifacts are combined, it is possible to open up a new space and create a world completely different from Teyvat. Of course, we are far from being qualified."

"Regarding the book itself, it is actually closer to a tool for recording. A colleague of ours once came into contact with this treasure and later created his own children's book."

"Would you like to know her? Her name is Anya, she is the M in our Witches' Guild, and also the creator of many fairy tales."

"She told me that if you want to record many things, you need to use fairy tales, legends, and various other methods to transcribe them so that they can be preserved in this world..."

Seeing Yunxiu's smiling eyes, she seemed to sense something and said in a flustered manner:

"I'm sorry, I'm a talkative person, did I disturb you...?"

“Miss Nicole, actually I’d really like to hear your thoughts. How about this, I’ll personally deliver the things to Dolly later, and we can talk slowly then, okay?” Yunxiu smiled somewhat helplessly. “If possible, could you please tell us how to find that ‘book’ first? I think that’s what I need to focus on most right now.”

“Okay… okay…”

Nicole gently waved her hand, and a drop of crystal-clear blood appeared out of thin air on her hand, which she handed to Abedo. Abedo nodded quietly.

"Abedo should be able to use this to simulate the existence of 'bloodline'... I, I'll be going now."

After saying that, she walked away quietly. Although she seemed to be walking slowly, it was as if the space beneath her feet was compressed. What was most amazing was that the spiritual light on her body was constantly changing, and there were even spiritual lights that directly transformed into various creatures!

Upon reaching the end of their line of sight, it transformed into a flock of white doves and scattered, disappearing from sight.

The legendary, pinnacle of the Transformation School of Archmage...

This is indeed a remarkable achievement. In fact, the difficulty of reaching the legendary peak varies among different schools of thought, with the divination school being the most notoriously difficult.

The main reason is that in the later stages of the prophecy system, one needs to understand the so-called "river of destiny" in most cases to advance. However, the problem is that any world itself has to pay a huge price for interfering with destiny and the river of time.

Add to that the paradox of self-fulfilling prophecies and the chain reaction caused by attempting to alter the timeline, and it's likely that 99 out of 100 prophetic mages who ascend to legendary status will die at this point.

However, the difficulty of the change school is definitely underestimated by most people.

In terms of all-around capabilities in the later stages, the Transmutation school can almost be considered the best among all mage schools. Turning lead into gold is just the basics, distorting physics and creating divine creations are also commonplace, and they even have the ability to control time.

However, precisely because of this, the later stages of the Transformation School are extremely difficult to master.

Putting everything else aside, simply in terms of manipulating time and altering order, the School of Change is the enemy of most gods...

At least in this world, the angels are also enemies of the natural order, so in most cases, their activities are very troublesome.

However, this made Yunxiu start to think about a question: if that's the case, could the eight witches of the Witch Association correspond to the eight major schools of magic...?

Although Rhinedoth is an alchemist, judging from her research on creation and various deeds, it would be reasonable to say that she is a necromancer. So now the Witch's Guild has mages from four schools: spellcasting, prophecy, transformation, and necromancy.

The witch M Anya Marie Anderstot, who wrote "The Wild Boar Princess" and continues to create new worlds and stories, may very well be a powerful magician specializing in illusions...

"If that's the case, then who is the protective magic user?" Yunxiu murmured to herself. "If I knew which witch it was, perhaps I could find some of her belongings..."

Yunxiu's initial reason for choosing the defensive system was actually very simple: she wanted to live a little longer.

The Arcane Protection and Spell Counterspell classes in the Protection tree, along with various later-game concept protections, can be considered the most powerful forms of defense.

However, a strong defense also means a lack of mystery. Although this can be made up for by learning spells, the inherent advantage is not so easy to catch up with.

Abelardo, however, didn't think that far ahead. As a legendary alchemist, he immediately began analyzing the blood the moment he obtained it.

The blood itself was crystal clear, like a crystal, and you could even say that it didn't feel like blood. However, this was not a strange problem for a legendary peak mage. Not to mention Nico, even Yunxiu's own blood now contained a lot of energy and was extremely pure.

However, the mystical energy and peculiar conceptual laws contained in this blood are something that Yunxiu does not possess.

This is a strange power derived from bloodline. Yunxiu's bloodline is simple; she is just an ordinary Liyue human.

According to my father, the Yun family did receive the favor of immortals in history, having had several disciples of immortals, but being a disciple of an immortal does not mean having the bloodline of an immortal... at least Yunxiu does not.

Therefore, he was certain that his mother was also a pure human. As for where his mother was now, the most amazing thing was that he once tried to use the Prayer spell to find her, but his inexplicable senses yielded no results.

However, Abedo's alchemy skills had reached an extremely high level, and he quickly deciphered the key components of the blood. Soon, a small, phantom-like figure appeared in his hand, shimmering with a strange light.

“I used this drop of blood to create a phantom of my bloodline. When the bloodline is tested, I just need to cover my body with it.” Abedo nodded and said, “Now we can go. Let’s go straight to the entrance of Fendnir’s palace.”

"Fendnir is in such a dilapidated state, can we just go straight into the palace?" Tsukihime asked curiously. "Even in the Abyss Palace, which is Delphi, it takes a very complicated way to get in..."

“Miss Yueji may not know this, but Yuanxia Palace has probably not experienced any terrible battles. As far as I know, there have been at least three such battles in the Snow Mountain.” Abedo laughed, “The most recent one was the great battle between Dulin and Dvalin, two dragons comparable to demon gods. They fought and almost completely destroyed the ruins of the ancient kingdom. It is quite remarkable that a few palaces were left standing.”

“I see…” Tsukihime nodded. “So you’re on the snowy mountain now to ‘guard’ Dulin and prevent him from reviving?”

“Yes, but not entirely, but that’s not important.” Abedo led the way, and soon the three of them reached the top of the snow mountain, the entrance to the ice palace.

Abedo gently pushed open the door of the Ice Palace and led the three inside. The entire area was firmly sealed off by the "Sky Nail" in the sky, as if the entire spacetime had been cut out of Teyvat.

In Yunxiu's perception, like the Heavenly Nail beneath the Layered Rock Abyss, this Heavenly Nail also seemed to possess the ability to forcibly alter the world and one's understanding.

This strange feeling made Yunxiu feel somewhat uncomfortable, but the scene inside the Ice Palace surprised him. The extent of damage to "Fendnir" itself seemed to be the highest among all the ruins he had seen so far.

The Fukushita Palace still retains almost the entire city and the Great Sun Palace, and even some of its functions. Below the giant abyss of layered rocks, which is what Abe Yoshihisa called "Eliusios", the city is dilapidated but still has a certain vitality.

Fendnir itself was almost completely destroyed. Could this really have been accomplished by a battle between two dragons?

Or is it for some other reason?

If you keep walking along the road, you will see Fendnir's palace and the final throne.

Abedo went up first, looked at the left side of the throne, and gently kicked it, where a peculiar runic mechanism popped out.

“This is it… I found it before, but I couldn’t get in.” Abedo nodded, waved his hand, and “attached” the illusory figure to himself. He then reached out and gently pressed his hand on the rune.

A beam of light shot out and covered Aberdo's body, seemingly detecting something. The detection took a long time, with the light lingering on Aberdo's body for several minutes.

Finally, the slow test ended, the runes emitted a soft sound, and then the wall cracked open, revealing a large door.

Behind the gate was a pool of water. In this place where the temperature had reached tens of degrees below zero, there was actually a pool of liquid water!

"I can feel it, it should be inside." Tsukihime looked at the pool, but soon she seemed to sense something was wrong and said, "However, it seems the power is not complete. I'll go down and take a look myself."

“Be careful, and if there’s a problem, just come up directly.” Yunxiu nodded: “If it really doesn’t work, we’ll find a way to enter the primordial sea of ​​fetuses later.”

Yue Ji laughed and leaped into the pool, quickly disappearing from Yun Xiu's perception. It seemed that there was a different kind of space inside the pool.

Abedo and Yunxiu stood quietly on the shore until Abedo spoke up: "Yunxiu, have you seen Aunt Alice recently?"

Chapter 219 Mother and Self (Second update on Tuesday!)

“If we’re talking about the same Alice, then I did see her…” Yunxiu nodded, “and I also saw Mona’s master, Ms. Barbie Ross.”

“If that’s the case, you should still remember my mother, the Witch R, also known as ‘Golden’ Rhinedot.” Abedo smiled before slowly speaking, “I only recently learned that the ‘Heart of Nabelius’ that she once obtained was a relic of the Reign of Life. She and Nabelius have merged, and she has become the new Reign of Life.”

The timing of this event was indeed around this time...

"So, has your mother made any moves recently?" Yunxiu asked seriously. "According to the records I've reviewed, the water goddess Ergolia is very likely a creation of the Ruler of Life. Is your mother's fusion related to her current disappearance?"