I'm in the Teyvat running group

[Passing on the Torch]: You can temporarily transfer the "fire" of a spell you possess to another's "fuel," designating a target to perfectly pass on a spell three levels lower than your own casting level. Upon mastering the spell, the other person's spell effects will be enhanced.

[Bloodline Inheritance]: Through a ritual, you can stably inscribe one of your spells or talents into your bloodline, greatly increasing the chances that your descendants will inherit your talents and spell abilities.

[Spell Sign Inscription]: You can permanently imprint a spell that is 3 levels or less below your own casting level into a specific magic circle, object, or field with zero cost.

【Tao Spreads All Laws】: For each true disciple you formally guide and who comprehends the essence of your teachings, your affinity for the basic elemental energies of the world will permanently increase by 1% (currently 1%), with a current cap of 110% (10% per point of Intelligence).

The Seat of Inheritance offers very little benefit to Yunxiu himself, at least for now, because it shows that he only has one true disciple—Zhiqiong, which can be seen by clicking on his portrait.

However, judging from the effects of the Destiny Seat, this Destiny Seat is in no way inferior to the other two Destiny Seats. This is mainly because the [Dao Evolution of Myriad Laws] is actually quite promising. The creation of a series of products by Yunxiu, such as [Elemental Isolation], Return to the End, and Sealing Spirit Cave Yuan Mirror, will eventually form his own lineage of Dao.

As the number of his disciples increased, this advantage grew even greater.

Once he advances to the legendary level or even higher, creating legendary magical artifacts with zero cost will be a breeze. At least for now, he can create third-circle spell items with zero cost.

As for passing on spells and bloodlines to one's descendants, it's not entirely useless. This means that one's offspring are guaranteed to become high-level sorcerers at the very least...

After pondering over the past few days, he has basically come up with some ideas for the fourth constellation. When Yunxiu was developing [Tears of the Ruins], he had already utilized some elemental reactions and related spells native to Teyvat.

Therefore, after studying the resonance feat of Tsukihime's "Blessing of Awakening," Yunxiu also chose a similar spell design basis.

Of course, his choice was the "empowerment" spells in the sixth ring of the Transmutation tree. The sixth ring Transmutation tree of mages has a series of elemental enhancement spells, such as fire, ice, wind, and rock, but in reality, Yunxiu only needs a part of the characteristics of each spell, and can develop "elemental empowerment" through mind control.

The biggest problem for Teyvats is that, in most cases, they can only use one element to cast spells.

Even if one possesses extraordinary talent, sometimes at the cost of sacrificing one's life, one can only use a maximum of two methods.

Only beings like the Descendants and Transcendents can use the Light Dimension Power or the Void Dimension Power without any obstacles, and then convert these powers into elemental power.

However, in other worlds where the elements are stable, even if a level zero mage has enough power, they can still cast spells of multiple elements.

Of course, it is actually very difficult to teach the elemental empowerment to disciples. Even if it is taught, at most a simplified version can be taught.

And so things went on until after New Year's Day, with less than a month left before the ritual to invite the immortals.

Finally, the Sumeru fleet, which had been delayed for several days due to a storm, arrived. Yunxiu, along with Yueji and Sugar, welcomed the group from the Kyoryoin at the port.

“I should call you ‘Mr. Yunxiu’. I am Tinari, a scholar of the Theory of the Order of the Instruction, and also the ‘Fungi Observation Diary’ in the Void.” A powerful figure with long fox ears, dressed in a ranger’s uniform, walked over with several people of different shapes. Among them, Yunxiu immediately noticed a scholar who looked dejected and was carrying a strange mechanical box.

"Hello." Yunxiu extended her hand and shook hands with Tinali in a friendly manner. Yunxiu looked at Tinali and Kavi with interest and joked, "You're here to make money, is there anything that's bothering you?"

"The boat broke down on the way, and he helped someone repair it, but ended up losing some of his own materials in the process!" the girl with blue twin ponytails said sarcastically. "If the boatman hadn't waived our fare, we wouldn't even have money for food now!"

Kavi was too exhausted to reply, while the green-haired girl following behind lowered her head shyly. Yunxiu knew that this was most likely Cole, and gently instructed Sugar to take care of Cole.

Sugar nodded and took the initiative to hold Cole's little hand. This was the first time the two socially awkward people had met on this timeline.

"Thank you, Mr. Yunxiu. My apprentice is a bit shy, so I'll trouble you to take care of him," Tinari said with a smile. "Shall we begin our work now, or...?"

"Just call me Yunxiu. I've already prepared lunch at Liuli Pavilion," Yunxiu said with a smile. "After lunch, let's talk about the work ahead."

Chapter 94 A Mysterious Shadow Arises in the Salt Abyss (Third Update on Tuesday)

Liuli Pavilion, Room A.

Xianyun and Kavi, both deeply immersed in technology, had already started discussing something. Sugar and Cole huddled in a corner, carefully eating their food while talking about something.

While Tina Li smiled and accepted Yue Ji's various strange remarks, she occasionally expressed her admiration. Meanwhile, Farusan began to scrutinize Yun Xiu and said with a playful smile, "Brother Yun Xiu, you are so young and promising, it is really unexpected that you need the help of an old man like me."

"Senior Falushan, you are a rare master of mechanical arts in Sumeru." Yunxiu wasn't surprised by this senior's personality at all; as long as she flattered her, there wouldn't be any problems...

"Not at all, not at all. I've never even met a young man like you who has already risen to the ninth sage upon entering the Void." Falushan said a few words of modesty before quickly shifting the topic to mechanical arts: "I've heard that there are ancient Liyue mechanisms that can be studied. May I take a look?"

“Of course.” Yunxiu took out a set of measurement blueprints for the Returning Machine from her spatial bag and handed them to Falushan. She took them and began to flip through them quickly.

Yunxiu secretly used an appraisal skill and discovered that Farusan's profession was very strange: a relic scholar from the branch of mechanics, and a master of mechanics who retrieved four life stars from the sixth ring.

Although his primary attribute, Intelligence, is not high, only reaching the average of 20 points for a Teyvat spellcaster at this level, he has the talent [Red King's Enchanting], which adds an extra 8 points to his Intelligence values ​​in Mechanics, Ruins, and Ancient Writing, making it equivalent to 36 points of Intelligence!

Although it cannot be used for spellcasting, it makes her research ability comparable to many high-level scholars.

Like Kolai, Tina's profession is Ranger, specifically the Forest Dweller, a branch of Rangers, a powerful Ranger with a strong perception-based primary attribute.

A level 13 player with 7 rings isn't weak, but it's only just the beginning of the "Genshin Impact" experience.

As for Ke Lai, having just reached level 5, she could only be a trainee forest ranger.

Kavi is a level 11 mechanic, a branch of battlefield craftsman. He has retrieved three life stars and possesses two unique specialties: [Refined Through a Thousand Hammers] and [Born Genius]. The former increases his manufacturing speed by 120%, while the latter directly grants him 3 points of intelligence.

Most remarkably, among Kavi's three life stars is a seven-colored "Concentration Seat"! It can increase intelligence by 6 points after entering a state of concentration and can also maintain concentration for more than 8 hours.

This is certainly both a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that once Kavi focuses on a particular area of ​​research, his research ability will increase rapidly. However, focusing also means a decline in other areas, which is probably why Kavi is a mess in all aspects except research.

Seeing that the group had already become engrossed in their research, Yunxiu was not surprised. These people were indeed focused researchers, and he himself had benefited greatly from the research.

Especially after Farusan finished looking at the blueprints, she began to enthusiastically join Kavi and Xianyun's discussion. Several of Teyvat's top mechanical masters had met; who knew what kind of monster they could create for Guizhongji...

Suddenly, a waiter came in and handed her a note. Yunxiu glanced at it and her expression changed drastically!

"There has been an unusual disturbance near Mingyun Town, suspected to be a strange geological ley line disorder. The Great Sage Who Subdued Demons has been away for several days and has not returned - Ye Lan."

"Excuse me, everyone, I must take my leave." Yunxiu stood up, cupped his hands and said, "You can directly contact Xianyun Xianren for your follow-up work. I have already deposited the payment into the Northern Bank. You only need to sign to receive it. I have urgent business to attend to now and cannot stay with you any longer."

"The matter is urgent, Mr. Yunxiu, please make yourself at home."

"It's alright, I'm not a child~"

"Huh? Ah... I shouldn't need to do anything, right..."

"Let's go." Yunxiu tugged at Yueji and gave Sugar instructions on how to handle the hospitality and bill. Then, she quickly led Yueji to the Rock Tea Room, where, as expected, Tian Shu and Ye Lan were already waiting.

Ye Lan was reprimanding several agents who didn't dare to utter a sound, while Tian Shu calmly sipped his tea to the side. Yun Xiu was astonished. What on earth had happened? Ye Lan was usually calm yet ruthless, and it was rare to see her so angry.

"What happened? Has something happened to the Great Sage Who Subdues Demons?"

"Probably not. If the Great Sage Who Subdues Demons is in trouble, the Emperor will definitely take action." Tian Shu handed Yun Xiu a cup of tea and said, "The thing is, I have a fishing friend named Zhi Yi, you've met him before. He was one of the three candidates I originally selected for Tian Shu Star..."

Zhiyi? Is he the one in the original work who poisoned his father, only to be outmaneuvered by Yelan and have a bunch of Fools killed?

“He poisoned my tea a while ago. Although I felt unwell, I quickly figured out why.” Tian Shu stroked his beard. “After the antidote, I asked Ye Lan to investigate the situation. It turned out that he was actually colluding with the ambassador of the Fools, and behind that ambassador was the executive officer ‘Rich Man’.”

"So the three of them failed to arrest Zhiyi, and he and the Fools escaped into the Salt of the Earth." Ye Lan shook her coat and sat down. "They also took a Salt Industry Bureau employee named Wan Yan with them."

"What does this have to do with the strange events in Mingyun Town?" Yunxiu asked, puzzled. "If I remember correctly, the Salt of the Earth is the place where the 'Salt God' perished in ancient times. The descendants of the Salt God should have joined Liyue..."

“You’re right, but the underground kingdom of ‘Salt in the Earth’ is not small, and it may have spread to Mingyun Town.” Ye Lan said seriously, “According to our investigation, about a month ago, there was a dense concentration of demons in the Dihua Continent area, but because of the continuous actions of the Demon-Slaying Great Sage, this matter did not attract anyone’s attention.”

That's right! Zhiqiong was surrounded by many ruins and traps in that area, and it was I and Yueji who rescued her. Later, Xiao also mentioned that there had been unusual activity in Dihua Prefecture recently...

“I’ll go.” Yunxiu stood up and said, “I’d like to trouble Yelan to go to Wanmin Hall and bring Shenhe over. Also, please tell Xiangling that I won’t be coming back for dinner tonight.”

Yunxiu had a headache. Ying had gone off on another adventure. This Ying girl always had all sorts of strange and wonderful adventures. She couldn't contact her for the time being. She could only hope that this time she wouldn't encounter any "purification" situation.

Ye Lan nodded and walked out directly. Yun Xiu looked at Tian Shu and teased, "Dad, you're quite strong, how could you be poisoned... and you didn't even notice when someone poisoned you."

"Hey! Who would have thought that the poison was put in the tea leaves, and that it was a poison specifically designed for the strong?" Tian Shu clapped his hands and said with a headache, "I don't know who developed this poison that disrupts elemental power. Fortunately, the great array you developed has been basically completed at Yujing Platform, so even if the elemental power is in chaos, it will be suppressed by the array."

Suddenly, Tian Shu looked at Yun Xiu seriously and said, "Zhi Yi has essentially gone down the wrong path. Just bring him back and imprison him. Of course, if he tries to harm you, then don't hold back!"

When he said the last sentence, Tian Shu's face was filled with undisguised murderous intent.

"Okay." Yunxiu didn't say much, but silently poured her father a new cup of tea.

Half an hour later, Ye Lan returned to the Yan Shang Tea House with Shen He and Xiang Ling. Xiang Ling also brought a small package that she had prepared for Yun Xiu, which should be the dried food she had made.

"Xiuxiu!" Xiangling, as energetic as ever, pounced on him. She had just sat in Yunxiu's lap when she saw Tianshu with a playful smile next to her and said awkwardly, "Uncle Yun... you're here too."

"Alright, alright, you two don't need to pretend in front of me anymore." Tian Shu smiled and tapped the table, saying, "When I have time, I'll prepare some gifts and go talk to Lao Mao to settle things between you two."

"It doesn't have to be... that fast..."

Seeing that even the usually cheerful Xiangling was acting coy, Tian Shu couldn't help but laugh a few times. Then he stood up and said to Xiangling, "Let's go! I'll take you back to Wanmintang. We can have a meal there."

Xiangling nodded shyly, kissed Yunxiu on the cheek, and then followed Tianshu toward Wanmin Hall.

After a brief moment of tenderness, Yunxiu's expression visibly darkened. This incident had indeed exceeded his expectations. The good news was that since neither Xiao nor the Emperor had informed him in advance, it meant that the situation was still under control. However, this did not mean that it could be easily overcome.

Fortunately, he obtained a divine artifact and activated two destiny constellations in succession, which greatly increased his strength and gave him the confidence to deal with the situation.

"Please inform Seven Stars and the Immortal about this matter. If we still don't hear from them in three days, we'll need the Emperor's help." After thinking it over carefully, Yunxiu added, "Also, check with my father to see if there are any spies in the Salt Bureau and the Gold Bureau. Since this incident was instigated by a 'rich man,' he might have planned it all along."

“Alright, you can use the resources of the Rock Tea House as you see fit.” Ye Lan responded and vanished in an instant. Yun Xiu then looked at Yue Ji and Shen He and said, “Let’s go. This operation is very important. Don’t do anything extra, especially Yue Ji…”

"Of course this general knows his limits!" Tsukihime huffed and puffed, picking up Kirigiri and transforming into a streak of light as she sped away, leaving behind a string of cheerful sounds: "Another fight to be had!"

With a helpless smile, Yunxiu and Shenhe also got up and quickly followed. The two were no slower than Yueji. In particular, Shenhe seemed to have learned some kind of magic from his master. He flew as lightly and swiftly as a crane, which looked quite beautiful.

As the group raced against each other, their speeds increased continuously, eventually approaching the speed of sound!

In the end, Yunxiu had no choice but to use various buffs on herself to catch up with the two of them. Of course, the good news is that they did indeed arrive at the Salt of the Earth two hours later...

Looking at the unique entrance to the salt flats, the group couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of nature once again. The environment and the unique structure of the salt flats were truly eye-opening.

Especially the entrance mechanism, which is actually made entirely of various kinds of rock salt! I've never seen such a wide variety of salts in my past life except for Taobao Yunxiu.

"So... this really is the kingdom of the Demon God?" Tsukihime asked in confusion.

"Yes, it could certainly be the weakest of the demon god kingdoms..."

Chapter 95 Floating Abode's Fierce Battle Reveals Divine Power (First Update on Wednesday)

Heureia, the salt goddess, is undoubtedly the weakest of all the demon gods.

When he was assassinated, the assassin was a "mortal," not even a strong person among his people, and it was hard to say whether he could use elemental power.

What is the limit for Teyvats if they don't use elemental power to train their bodies? At level three, they'd be roughly equivalent to a Thousand Rock Army squad leader.

Of course, according to Yunxiu's understanding, even if one were to truly "kill a god," that is, deal with beings above the legendary level, even with the help of divine artifacts, it would be unlikely without strength approaching that of a legendary being.

Because most demons possess the power of "concepts," just like Zhongli, the old man who gave him the divine artifact. To hit his shield, you need to pass a DC40 judgment, and an attack strength of at least eight or nine rings is required to reliably hit it...

The maximum dice value is 20. DC40 means that the intelligence bonus and proficiency bonus need to reach 21 to break through the defense once with good luck.

While the Salt God is far weaker than Zhongli, Zhongli is actually just an avatar. Just like the time he went all out under the Dragon Tree, his strength was much higher than when he first appeared.

Therefore, even if the Salt God's strength is not comparable to one of the Rock God's avatars, they are conceptually on the same level.

Judging from the earth-deep salt itself, which possesses astonishing power, this deity is not weak.

Then there is only one tragic possibility, even more tragic than Zhongli's speculation—this god was simply unable to bear the responsibility of protecting his people, nor did he want to continue fighting in the war between demons and gods, so he chose to end his own life and shift the blame onto his people...

The magic array posed almost no challenge for Shen He and Yun Xiu. The two easily solved all the mechanisms and then went down to the bottom of the cave with Yue Ji.

"Hmm... I sensed it, it should be this way." After observing the traces of elemental energy on the ground, Yue Ji quickly determined the direction. Yun Xiu estimated it briefly and confirmed that it was indeed the direction of Mingyun Town.