I'm in the Teyvat running group

"Alas, the mournful cry of Xuanwen, the dark pool where my thoughts lie."

This folk song is still frequently sung in Shenyu Valley today. Its meaning is not complicated, but the poem is actually quite strange. The reason is that the poem "I wish to give you Du Ruo" can explain a lot.

If you look through current materials, most will tell you that this phrase means leaving the Du Ruo flower or the herbs for you, but that's not actually the case. The meaning of Du Ruo itself is quite beautiful: pure, elegant, and symbolizing love and beauty.

However, if we combine the text of Genshin Impact itself with the story of Du Ruo and related events, the meaning of this demon god is completely different.

"I wish to give you the fragrant herbs, but who will I leave them on this islet?" The underlying meaning is a strong desire to pick fragrant herbs and give them to the one she longs for, but to whom can she give them? "Who will leave them" is actually a rhetorical question: why stay? This reveals her immense dilemma and helplessness—why is she staying, and where is the one she longs for?

If we only look at this sentence, we may not be able to draw any conclusions, but let's look at the second sentence.

Where is the laurel banner of yesteryear? I seek the lofty carriage amidst the secluded bamboo grove.

In other works, this idea might be difficult to understand, but in Genshin Impact, it actually has a very clear meaning.

So, if we turn to the story of "A Moonlit Night in the Bamboo Forest," it mentions:

"The moon is the daughter of poetry and song, and the queen of the moonlit night. They travel in their silver chariots, and every ten days, one sister succeeds another to the throne. This cycle continues until the day of great calamity..."

"Wolves are children of the moon; they always remember the great calamity and the sorrow that followed. Therefore, every time the moon is full, they weep for the fate of their mistress... And for this reason, the children who live with the wolves call the morning star—the moon's surviving lover—the mourning star."

The meaning of this statement is likely that this demon god has a deep relationship with the one in the moon palace, and the reason why the demon god fell into madness is likely related to this.

The meaning of "Seeking a high carriage amidst secluded bamboo groves" is...

The story of searching for the Gaoche in the bamboo forest is told in the poem "The Moonlit Bamboo Forest".

The wolf corresponds to the Xuanwen beast, which is said to have degenerated into a ferocious wild animal after the immortal's death. The legend is now lost to history, and the identity of the immortal remains a subject of much debate.

However, judging from Lingyuan, Luwu, and Kaiming, the original form of all Xuanwen Beasts may be Lingyuan, and Luwu and Kaiming are Lingyuan's followers. Lingyuan is also a follower of that demon god. If Lingyuan is the child of the moon, then the identity of that one is actually obvious.

Although it is unlikely that she was the earliest March goddess in terms of time, there may still be a second-generation March goddess, just like Columbia. Columbia was actually the second Frost Moon, which later evolved into the New Moon.

It wouldn't be surprising if it were just an angel descending to earth, after all, Marikata also transformed into the goddess of flowers in Sumeru.

As for how crazy...

During the Demon God War, there were many mad demons. The Red King eventually went mad because of forbidden knowledge. Remus created the Great Symphony, turning his people into a legion of golems, and finally sank to the bottom of the sea.

In terms of sheer superhuman abilities, Shen Yugu, this demon god, was actually quite ordinary, especially considering that Changsheng and several other immortals eventually suppressed her, which further illustrates that she wasn't truly insane.

Therefore, Gu Hua's own identity becomes even more questionable, since how many people would designate their territory here...

If he was an immortal, a follower of a demon god, or simply a manifestation of the remnants of a demon god, and ultimately dissipated because he could not sustain himself, then it would not be surprising at all.

Yunxiu casually gathered up all the books around her, intending to read them slowly when she got back. Then, she took Hu Tao's hand and continued walking forward.

Regardless of whether Gu Hua is an immortal or a human, as long as it can be confirmed that he is indeed related to that demon god, then we can slowly look for more information later. The most important thing now is to find the origin of this demon god as soon as possible.

Following the hall downwards, they soon arrived at a strange narrow passage. It was obvious that some force inside had created a gap. Hu Tao gently kicked a stone down and took a moment to feel the sound. She found that it took several tens of seconds for an echo to be heard.

"So deep..." Hu Tao pouted and said, "This demon god is hiding a bit too deep. Could there be something strange down there?"

It lasted approximately thirty-five seconds...

Yunxiu made a rough estimate and estimated that it was about three thousand meters deep, which is not very deep, and quite different from the Layered Rock Abyss.

"Let's go down and take a look." Yunxiu picked up Hu Tao and jumped down. Perhaps because the pass was forcibly "squeezed" open, it was actually quite smooth, and you could even see the jade-colored luster on the rock walls on both sides.

The deeper you go, the more the rock walls resemble jade. By the bottom, they are almost entirely jade. The beautiful blue jade itself is breathtaking. If this is the place where the demon god perished, then it is indeed much more beautiful than the place where the salt god perished.

However, this does explain the peculiar terrain here. From this perspective, the demon god itself was likely pierced directly into this place by a sharp weapon, smashed into the ground and perished. After its demise, the demon god's power rose up along the pass, affecting everything in the vicinity like this.

As for what sharp weapon pierced it...

It's obvious that only one demon god in Liyue could have created such a deep and relatively smooth crater through their death.

However, if the Emperor's rock spear can create a pass three or four thousand meters deep, wouldn't that mean the Emperor's Law of Heaven and Earth can transform into something tens of thousands of meters high, and the spear itself could be tens of thousands of meters long? That would truly be the Law of Heaven and Earth...

Finally, the two landed underground. The place was quite vast, but the surrounding area had been completely stained with jade. The very center was even crystal clear, and the jade itself had a peculiar color, condensing a huge amount of elemental power.

Yunxiu casually cast another shield on Hu Tao before the two of them walked to the platform in the very center and looked at the energy core in the center.

It is a beautiful piece of jade, crystal clear, radiating a warm luster, and seemingly harmless.

But Yunxiu's eyes clearly saw the intense resentment on the ruins, which was indeed the energy core left behind by a demon god!

Chapter 279 The Witch Breaks Boundaries to Guard the Way Home (Fourth update on Sunday!)

The last time Yunxiu saw an energy core was during the battle for Heguan, when it was the core of Orobas.

In terms of energy intensity alone, Orobas's is indeed superior, but in terms of energy purity, it is far inferior to the core of this demon god.

The purity of the energy was so great that Yunxiu could not identify its specific attributes. It was a unified whole, and even when Yunxiu activated the Unrestricted Examination Technique, it could not penetrate it. However, Yunxiu naturally had a way. Simply sealing it would not be enough to take the jade away.

However, he happened to possess a weapon of weak divine power level. The weapon's power itself was not important, but conceptually, weak divine power was still a level higher than legendary power. Yunxiu summoned the Myriad Laws Record and guided the weapon's power out, using it to perform the Twelve-Ring Bubble Technique.

In order to imprison this rock-like object, Yunxiu even used water element to cast a bubble spell to imprison it.

The bubble spell's confinement ability sealed all energy fluctuations and auras inside. Although the energy core briefly erupted, it merely bounced back and forth inside the bubble and had no effect whatsoever.

After the energy core was taken away, the jade platform quietly shattered, and a stream of light escaped, heading straight for the earth's veins.

Is this what is meant by lingering consciousness?

Yunxiu casually pointed, and the light of the Prayer and Imprisonment spells erupted in her hand. A Soul Condensing Jade suddenly appeared, forcibly imprisoning this wisp of consciousness within it.

However, the moment he held the Soul-Gathering Jade in his hand, a powerful force suddenly pressed down on him. Its immense power far surpassed that of the Demon God himself, as if a supreme aura had descended upon this place!

“This…is…?” Yunxiu shook his head with difficulty, but when he saw that Hu Tao was not affected at all and was still standing in the same place, he realized that this was a suppression that was completely aimed at him!

The oppressive force grew stronger and stronger. Even though Yunxiu mobilized all his energy to resist, the enormous force still pressed his body down little by little. In less than two minutes, his feet were pressed into the ground. His physique, which was stronger than that of an average legendary knight, was extremely helpless under this oppressive force.

The bones of his entire body creaked under the pressure.

"Yunxiu, are you alright!" Hu Tao rushed over and threw herself into his arms. Just as a streak of light was about to blast her away, a red glow suddenly emanated from Hu Tao's body. She then hugged Yunxiu without any resistance, gently touching his cheek and stroking his gritted teeth face. She said worriedly, "What... what exactly happened? I'll contact the Emperor right now!"

“No… This is most likely… the Ruler of the Void…” Yunxiu reached out with difficulty towards her storage bag. If it was the Ruler of the Void, even the Emperor might not be able to enter. In this case, only one person might possess even stronger spatial power.

Suppressed and unable to reach her storage pouch no matter what, Yunxiu could only look at Hu Tao with difficulty and say, "That... card... take it out and tear it to pieces..."

"Which card? Is it the one we got that night?" Hu Tao quickly opened Yunxiu's storage bag, gently took out the "Magician" card, took a deep breath, a flash of red light appeared on her body, and the next moment, the card was completely torn apart, bursting out with a dazzling white light!

A figure stepped lightly onto the jade ground, following the white light. It was the witch K.K. She had changed into a completely different outfit, perhaps because of her personality.

Seeing Yunxiu struggling, the witch smiled slightly, pointed her finger, and the pressure on Yunxiu disappeared instantly. But soon, another huge energy fluctuation came. However, the witch only moved her body slightly, and several strange doors appeared after the deaths of the people, swallowing up all the spatial fluctuations.

“It tastes so good…” The witch licked her lips, looked up at the sky, and seemed to laugh mockingly before disappearing after leaving behind a sentence: “Not the real body… The real body is not in Teyvat.”

What's the meaning……

The Void Ruler here is not her true form, but merely a wisp of power left behind, monitoring the energy source of the Demon God to prevent certain things from happening.

Yunxiu scratched his head and stopped thinking about these things. The most important thing now was to leave this place as soon as possible.

Hu Tao still looked at Yun Xiu with concern, but now she naturally had no time for romance. She picked up Hu Tao and the two of them soared into the sky, rushing forward along the previous path.

Compared to the slow pace of their arrival, the return journey took less than fifteen minutes, and Yunxiu landed on the platform of Chiwangtai. The three immortals breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the two finally emerge. Although maintaining this formation was not particularly difficult, the continuous pressure far exceeded their capabilities.

If something really happened to Yunxiu inside, the only solution is to go to Liyue Harbor and find the Emperor to resolve it.

"How... have you found it?" Changsheng spoke first. His body had begun to shrink and returned to the same snake form as before. Although Yunxiu provided him with enough energy, Changsheng himself had only recovered a portion of his strength. Being able to keep the formation open for so long was already his current limit.

"We found it. Although there were some minor hiccups, we managed to resolve them in the end." Yunxiu nodded, then said with a lingering sense of fear, "Although we used up some of our life-saving trump cards, we ultimately emerged without any major problems."

"So serious that you had to use your life-saving trump card? Does the goddess still possess enough power? Or has she recovered?" Ling Yuan was very surprised, because even she wasn't confident she could defeat Yun Xiu, let alone force her to use her life-saving trump card. She couldn't help but ask, "Or did other demon gods intervene?"

“None of them… but I can’t say, because it involves those few people.” Yunxiu thought for a moment and said, “As for which few people, I think you can guess.”

"Those gentlemen..." Fu Jin nodded, "If that's the case, then we really shouldn't ask any more questions."

"In that case... let's leave it at that. I'm going back to the mountain to rest." Lingyuan transformed back into her celestial beast form and slowly walked towards the depths of the Crimson Lookout. However, she was quickly stopped by Immortal Fujin, who called out, "Lingyuan, come with me to Liyue! Gechen also invites you to have tea together!"

"I'm not going. After the war, I won't have the face to see any of them." Ling Yuan didn't turn around, but continued walking inside and soon disappeared.

Fu Jin stood there, slightly taken aback. This invitation was actually initiated by Ge Chenlang City True Lord, also known as Granny Ping. In fact, she had already decided not to talk about the past, but unfortunately, Ling Yuan himself still couldn't get over that psychological hurdle.

"I'll tell Grandma that we'll have tea at Chenyu Valley this year." Yunxiu smiled and handed a spiritual terminal to Fujin, pointing to it and saying, "You can also use this to contact Gechen, who is also Grandma Ping. We can have Lingyuan come over and we can just talk things out together."

"Really... Thank you..." Fu Jin excitedly took the terminal, quickly figured out how to play, and started contacting Grandma Ping.

"Mr. Bai, do you need me to give you a ride?" Yunxiu said after bidding farewell to Fujin, looking at Bai Shu who was resting on the side. He had just recovered. Although the longevity had not consumed his life force, the two of them were one, and this powerful consumption had made him very tired, which was unavoidable.

“I don’t need to… Changsheng wants to stay with Fujin Lingyuan for a while, and then Immortal Fujin will send me back.” Bai Shu smiled and said, “Qiqi and my senior sister are at Bubulu, so nothing will happen for the time being. I will also cultivate here for a while.”

“Alright…” Yunxiu shook her head and looked at Hu Tao, saying, “Then… shall we go back to Yilongbu first?”

"it is good."

Hu Tao nodded and jumped into Yun Xiu's arms, catching Yun Xiu off guard.

"What's wrong? Are you a little uncomfortable with me taking the initiative?" Hu Tao patted Yun Xiu's face and laughed, "Take me flying!"

Yunxiu chuckled helplessly, then took Hu Tao and soared into the sky. It wasn't far from Yilongbu; they could even see it with their own eyes. So, a dozen minutes later, they landed at the entrance of the small courtyard that the two of them had already bought.

Of course, she didn't have the energy to cook, so Yunxiu casually ordered takeout from a restaurant in the Spirit Realm. After finishing their meal with Hu Tao, they quickly lay down to rest and slept from the afternoon until the early hours of the next day. The rare leisure time allowed the two of them to go out and buy breakfast, but this time they didn't see that strange shop again.

Yunxiu was quite relieved that he ended up buying a normal breakfast from a regular shop. When he ate the perfectly normal soy milk and fried dough sticks, he almost shed tears of emotion.

Who knows how grueling it is to eat with Hu Tao!

"Speaking of which... what other adventures are coming up?" Hu Tao asked curiously, "I've encountered more things these past few days than I have in a long time before!"

"Yes, there is, but it will probably take some time, right? I can help you renovate the Hall of Rebirth first." Yunxiu looked at the items in the storage bag and the energy source of the Demon God. Although she had obtained them, there was no news from the Witch Association or the Wind God, so it was highly likely that they were not yet ready and would contact her later.

As for what I've been waiting for these past few days...

Since we've already bought this whole street for Walnut, why not help her renovate it properly?

Let's open the shrine for the deceased in Yilongbu first!

Chapter 280 The Immortal Craftsman Paints Shadows and Builds a Cloud Corridor (First Update on Monday!)

The idea of ​​renovating it into a branch of the Hall of Rebirth is actually quite interesting. On the one hand, it's naturally impossible to have as many old items as the headquarters of the Hall of Rebirth in Liyue.

On the other hand, as mentioned before, the Hall of Rebirth is not actually a place that seems so sad. Birth, old age, sickness and death, there are happy times too. For example, before Xingqiu's great-grandfather, there were not many sad times. He lived a long life and did a lot of important things.

With a house full of children and grandchildren, this was truly a joyous funeral.

Therefore, generalizations cannot be made in many cases; these are all factors that need to be considered when decorating.

Yunxiu's aesthetic sense in this area is practically nonexistent, not because he is unfamiliar with the culture, but because he has virtually no aesthetic sense whatsoever.

This person's aesthetic sense is still at the level of red and green. If it weren't for the fact that the girls around him basically take care of his clothes and appearance, even the author can't imagine how muddled he would be. He would probably have to go out wearing a burlap sack.