I'm in the Teyvat running group

"I would like to if I could, but we wandering travelers don't have that much energy, I'm sorry." Yunxiu patted his head and said, "I'm sorry, I can't make any promises to you."

“Really…” the little boy said sadly, “Then can you take me to find the ‘wooden reed flute’? It’s one of the most important things in the festival.”

That's something we can look for...

Yunxiu smiled and nodded. The little boy excitedly grabbed Yunxiu's hand and shook it before placing a strange feather in it, saying, "Then you can continue heading north. Can I go with you?"

"I'm sorry, I'll try to be back as soon as possible." Yunxiu flipped the feather away and put it away. "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

"Hmm... if you could, could you please help make offerings to the 'Perching Tree' as well?" the little boy said, grabbing Yunxiu's sleeve. "But it would be even better if you could take me with you."

Looks like I still need to go find the feathers and then repair the perch...

After saying goodbye to the little boy and the many bustling people, Yunxiu and Yueji continued walking forward.

"What...is that festival?" Tsukihime finally spoke after they had walked quite a distance. "Why are you surrounding that little boy?"

"It's a long story... but it's hard to explain. In short, the Thunderbirds destroyed Tsurukan because of the ignorance of their people. The reason for their ignorance was that the sacrifice they offered to the Thunderbirds was Aru."

"The reason why Aru is so important to Thunderbird is because he is Thunderbird's friend and the one who named her."

"Naming it?"

"Yes, Suga Nakapachiri, which means the Great Eagle of Thunder. The name of Washi Island comes from him."

"So that little boy is...?"

"It's not certain yet."

While communicating with Yueji in her mind, she walked towards the first perch. This peculiar tree was also quite strange in appearance, at least not to Yunxiu's aesthetic standards.

"Big brother!" Suddenly, a voice came from behind, and the person jumped directly in front of Yunxiu. It was the little boy!

“My name is Aryu. May I come with you?” He looked at Yunxiu and the other woman with a big smile and said, “If we find the Feather Offering Perch together, Capachiri will be very happy!”

"My brother will be very happy too."

"is it?"

"of course."

But the next moment, a huge amount of spiritual energy suddenly erupted in front of Yunxiu, rushing straight towards Alu. It was the incomplete version of the ninth-ring spell Mind Scream [Mind Roar]!

[Mind Roar] Eighth Ring/Enchantment:

You unleash your mental power, bombarding the minds of up to three visible targets within casting range. Creatures with an intelligence value below 2 are unaffected.

Each target must make an intelligence saving throw. If the throw fails, the target suffers 14D20 psychological damage and is stunned.

In an instant, Aryu's head exploded, but instead of flesh and blood, it turned into a cloud of mist, screaming as it merged into the mist!

"But what does my happiness have to do with you?" Yunxiu sighed.

"You've tested me so many times since you came in, haven't you given up yet?"

Chapter 150 The Spell in the White Box (Second Update on Sunday!)

"How did you realize that something was wrong with him?" Tsukihime asked curiously.

“Actually, I’m not sure either.” Yunxiu shrugged. “Anyway, the rules say that people in this place are forever trapped in today. It doesn’t matter if you kill them; they’ll forget about it tomorrow.”

What if the rules lie to you?

"If the rules are deceiving me, I don't need this bullshit information; I'll just ask the gods to destroy this island."

It seems that because they sensed the terror of Yunxiu, from the moment they blew up Aru until they found Qimu, the two of them were no longer harassed.

"Next, we need to find the feathers and repair this perch..."

This is the simplest part of the entire plot, because it can indeed be solved simply by violence.

Yunxiu and Yueji found the feather in less than ten minutes and finished making offerings to the tree. After making offerings, the next step was to enter the underground passage of Zhibi Mountain, which was actually where the most information was available.

"What time is it now?" Yueji suddenly asked. "According to the timeline of Heguan, if it really only cycles through 'today', then wouldn't this place be restored again tomorrow?"

“What’s cycling isn’t time, but memory,” Yunxiu said calmly. “In fact, they themselves do have a concept of time, but their own memories are forever stuck at this moment.”

"Is what's cyclical... memory?"

"Yes, the people of Heguan actually have a concept of time, and that's the most creepy part."

“They know that time will pass, yet they are still trapped in time…” Tsukihime sighed, looking in the direction of the Mochi Festival.

Yunxiu shook her head helplessly, and the two of them headed towards Zhibi Mountain together. The perches on Zhibi Mountain were a bit more complicated, requiring some puzzle-solving, but Yunxiu quickly solved them thanks to her strong intelligence.

After completely offering sacrifices to the perch, the two entered the cave at the foot of Mount Chibi.

This is a true ancient relic, from a super civilization that predates even the Heguan civilization.

Is this the only place in Inazuma?

That's not entirely true, at least there are quite a few similarities between the ruins of the desolate sea and this place.

Is this the only one in Teyvat? Not entirely. It seems to be from the same era as the White Night Kingdom, the Rocky Abyss, and Fendnir, the civilization atop the snowy mountains.

Compared to the Crane View underground cave in the game, the caves here are much more complex and troublesome, but this is not a problem for Yunxiu.

Perhaps because this was a relic of a pre-civilization, neither the Thunderbirds nor the strange fog could penetrate the cave beneath Crane Pavilion; the only obstacles blocking the two were some mechanisms.

The only thing that could be considered slightly difficult was a few ruin mechanisms, but before Yunxiu could even make a move, Yueji flashed her sword energy, and the sword light instantly killed all the ruin mechanisms, including several demons that were clearly at the ninth-ring level.

After wandering around for a while, the two finally arrived at the key mural wall.

"If I'm not mistaken, the key information is actually right here..." Yunxiu touched the mural on the wall. The biggest difference between the mural and the material on the ground was that it was completely different!

As mentioned earlier, the floor was almost entirely covered in a strange, soft wood shaving feel, while the wall had a warm, jade-like texture.

The murals are actually not much different from what Yunxiu saw in the game in her previous life; they just have a few more scenes...

It was still a huge moon and a few stars, but now there were several blurry figures standing behind the moon.

Yes, there are several.

Yunxiu counted them briefly; there were exactly eight figures...

Yunxiu could vaguely make out that one of them had horns on his head, but the others were drawn indistinguishable.

"Who are these people..." Yunxiu murmured to herself, "Could one of them be the dragon-scaled girl who appeared in Inazuma? But that's unlikely, since the destruction of the Heguan ancient civilization happened at least before the Demon God War..."

The Heguan civilization was destroyed thousands of years ago, but this destruction refers to the civilization that Heguan once was, not to an even more ancient civilization that worshipped the moon, if this civilization truly shared the same origin as Yuanxia Palace.

This suggests that it could very well be an ancient civilization, perhaps even earlier than the one that was first in Teyvat.

But these eight people made Yunxiu think twice.

Because if we consider the scenario of one person being responsible for one country plus one person plugging the Kanria loophole, that makes exactly eight people...

"Yunxiu, come here quickly!"

"what's up?"

"Come and touch this spot!" Yueji pointed to a spot and said to Yunxiu, "This feels a little off!"

Something felt off? Yunxiu touched it briefly and found it did feel strange. The entire mural had a warm, jade-like feel, but here it seemed to have reverted to that peculiar wood-shaving feel.

With a flick of her finger, a burst of fire elemental light appeared in Yunxiu's hand and gently "poked" into the spot, as if poking into a piece of tofu. This small section of the wall became transparent, revealing a small box and a small cloth bag.

Hmm... this feels off? It seems... it shouldn't be like this?

She was about to think about it some more, but soon, Yunxiu was drawn to what was inside.

"This is……?"

After a quick inspection, the box turned out to be impossible to open, had no password, and didn't even have an opening.

Yunxiu turned the box over and over before finally finding a small opening at the bottom, but it was blocked by a strange magical light.

"It's a bit like a combination of Bubble Spell and Super Wish Spell..." Yunxiu took a quick look and realized that this magic rune was something he couldn't fully understand at his current level; he could only roughly figure out what it was.

Even the simplest bubble spell is one of the most powerful legendary spells. Although the name sounds absurd, the spell's sealing ability is actually quite strong...

Furthermore, with the 12th-circle spell, Super Wish, which is on par with Karthus's Divine Consecration, even a Legendary wouldn't be able to open this little box!

Yunxiu had no choice but to put the box into a separate storage bag, seal it, and store it in her large storage bag.

He then took the small cloth bag and shook it slightly, and another coin fell out. It was the same as the two coins that Yunxiu had obtained from Kaiya and Yuanxia Palace. The front had a Cecilia flower pattern, and the back had strange runes.

However, this time the coin has 46 serrations on the edge.

Yunxiu took out the three coins and put them together. Apart from the slightly different runes and the slightly different teeth on the edges, they were almost indistinguishable.

"Um……"

Not having much of a clue, Yunxiu put everything away and left with Yueji.

"I'm pretty amazing, aren't I? (〃'▽'〃)" Tsukihime excitedly patted Yunxiu on the shoulder: "I could tell something was wrong right away!"

"Why do you feel something's off?" Yunxiu asked curiously. "The overall quality of the murals shouldn't be too bad. Is it through energy perception?"

"No, it's mushrooms." Tsukihime said seriously, "There are lots of mushrooms growing all around here! But there's none here, and there's a small empty space, so I went to check it out."

Mushrooms? I hadn't thought of that...

Speaking of mushrooms, there's actually an Easter egg in the game: after you pick all the mushrooms in front of the mural, a young man will appear and scold you for picking them...

Yunxiu shook her head. Now that she had obtained the most important information, all she needed to do was to handle the He Guan plot step by step and then settle everything.

Leaving this underground palace leads to the third perch. After resolving the issue, they returned to the sacrificial site and obtained the "Wooden Reed Flute." The two then withdrew from the area, but the "Wooden Reed Flute" would disappear whenever they entered the vicinity of the Seven Gods statue.

Yunxiu sighed, "Just as I thought." After resting, she entered the mist again. When she arrived at the sacrificial site as before, she saw those people again, and the wooden flute reappeared in her hand!

"Perhaps, it really is time to play it?" Tsukihime looked at the wooden reed flute from side to side.

"Seventh, you will find the 'wooden reed flute,' but it is not a musical instrument; rather, it is a scalpel for the senses. Blow it, and you will see them, and they will see you."

“Then… let’s blow on it.” Yunxiu nodded.

Tsukihime picked up the strange, feather-like object and gently began to play it.

Flocks of thunderbirds and the aura of feathers came to her side, along with one spirit after another. Strange lightning and flowing light danced around Tsukihime, as if summoning souls.

The strange sound made Yunxiu feel a little uneasy...

But in reality, nothing happened.

A strange thing happened: everyone here ignored them and instead began to lift Aru up step by step and put her on a fire!