People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

"Should we continue moving forward now? Or should we bypass that area and rush back to Mondstadt to inform the Knights?" Albedo asked for everyone's opinions.

He preferred to take a detour back to the city to alert the Knights to prepare for its attack, and given their strength, they would not be able to match it under normal circumstances.

"Let's follow it and see what's going on. It shouldn't come here. I'm worried that the Abyss Cult is up to something." Shen Qin held a different opinion.

Under normal circumstances, Tevarin should have stayed in the Wind Dragon Ruins. The Abyss Cult would not allow it to appear outside easily, lest the Knights destroy their plans.

Albedo glanced at him and said, "Okay, but once we get close, I can investigate alone. Even if it attacks me, I have ways to protect myself."

"no problem."

Albedo closed his eyes and extended the rock element to the ground beneath his feet, sensing the location of Tevarin.

When he realized that they were only two kilometers away from Tevarin, he asked the others to stop and continued to explore alone.

According to his senses, there were two life forms in front of him. One of them was very powerful, but it was also a little weak, as if its vitality was constantly draining away; the other life form was very ethereal and could not be detected at all without careful perception.

A few minutes later he finally got close to the two life forms and was surprised to see Tevarin lowering his head and talking to a short green figure, but he couldn't hear what they were saying, and if he got any closer he would easily be discovered.

Tevarin's dragon tail broke several huge trees. From his movements, he looked a little anxious. Then the man and the dragon seemed to have a quarrel. Tevarin yelled "Barbatos" and flew away. What relieved Albedo was that it did not leave in the direction of Mondstadt.

But he was also a little surprised: Barbatos? Could it be that the person talking to it was the god of wind?

During the dragon plague, some Mondstadt people said that they saw the wind god expelling Tevarin, and that the power protecting Mondstadt must also have come from the wind god.

But after the dragon disaster, He lost his whereabouts again, and now He appeared here.

When Albedo looked again, even the green figure had disappeared, leaving only a blood-red teardrop-shaped crystal on a rock.

What is that? He walked towards it, but the closer he got to it, the stronger his headache and nausea became.

He stopped moving forward and immediately returned to where Shen Qin and the others were hiding and brought them here.

"I don't know what that is, but the closer I get to it, the more uncomfortable I feel. It's a bit like the feeling I get from the abyss, but the energy isn't as pure as the abyss." Albedo took out a black sealed box, handed it to Haro, and asked him to put the crystals in it.

Harrow quickly took the box back, but when he was only three meters away from Ying, a faint fluorescent light appeared from Ying's body again, and the light automatically flowed towards the black sealed box.

When the fluorescence on her body dissipated and everyone was looking at her strangely, she quickly explained: "I, I don't know what happened. The power in my body suddenly emerged uncontrollably."

"Hmm." Albedo looked at her, then looked at the box, and said to Harrow, "Harrow, stay away from us and open the box to see if there are any changes in the teardrop crystals."

"Okay." Haro flew to a place ten meters away from them, opened the box, and told them loudly, "The color has changed. It has become aqua blue."

Albedo slowly approached Haro and didn't feel any discomfort when he was so close to it.

Picking up the pure crystal with his hand, he looked at Ying who was walking towards him: "It seems that the power in your body can purify this crystal."

Chapter 75: Only when you are full can you have the strength to be put in solitary confinement

"Purification? Is this its original appearance? Was it just contaminated by an evil force before?" Paimon looked at the crystal curiously.

Shen Qin and Albedo looked at each other and said in unison: "Poisonous blood!"

Seeing that Shen Qin and he were thinking the same thing, Albedo smiled and said, "Yes, it seems that it was the curse power of the poisonous blood of the evil dragon Durin that contaminated it before, so people will feel pain when approaching it."

"Poison blood? Curse? What are you talking about?" Paimon was confused.

Seeing Ying was also curious, Shen Qin began to tell them the story of Tevarin and the dragon disaster.

"So, that poor guy was in constant pain. Five hundred years later, he was deceived by a group of bad guys and then attacked Mondstadt!"

Although Paimon is a little dull sometimes, his brain works pretty quickly.

"Are you looking for a way to lift the curse on the East Wind Dragon and restore it to normal? If my power can be of help to you, I am willing to help." Ying said to them sincerely.

She could understand this feeling. After a long time, everything had changed and everyone had changed. Except for herself, everything had become unfamiliar. It was a huge feeling of loneliness.

Paimon agreed, "Yeah, we can help too! The big guys are so pitiful, and we don't like bad endings."

"It would be great if you are willing to help." Shen Qin said happily, "But Miss Ying, I want to confirm one thing with you first. Can you use the teleportation anchor point?"

Ying nodded: "Sure, can't it allow you to teleport to any anchor point that has been activated before? It's quite convenient. Also, you can just call me Ying or Traveler."

Albedo said in surprise: "Teleportation anchor... Could it be the strange device we mentioned that is all over Teyvat?"

"Yes, I learned the name 'teleportation anchor' from an ancient book. When it was first built, its function was to teleport between two distant places. But since some time ago, people lost how to use it, and it became a useless decoration." Shen Qin lied without changing his expression.

"Eh? Can't you use it?" Ying was a little surprised.

"Traveler, could it be that you come from an era when those ancient lost civilizations still existed? So you know how to use it?" Albedo looked at her with burning eyes.

If she came from ancient times, then the things in her brain would be the most precious treasure. Unfortunately, she shook her head: "I didn't know it at first. It was Paimon who told me that I could use the teleportation anchor to instantly reach where I want to go."

Everyone's eyes turned to Paimon again.

"Hey - why are you all looking at me?" Paimon obviously didn't understand what was going on.

Ying put her hands on her hips and questioned her: "Paimon, how do you know I can use the teleportation anchor? Did you know about this thing before?"

"I, I don't know! When I saw it for the first time, a voice suddenly sounded in my head and told me that you could use it to teleport. Many times before, when you needed it, some knowledge that could help you would always suddenly appear in my mind." Paimon was a little panicked and revealed the secret that he had hidden for a long time (meaning at most two months).

"Paimeng--" Ying pulled Paimeng's face to both sides.

"I really don't know anything!" Paimon used flash to escape from her clutches and looked at her angrily.

Paimeng also has many secrets, but I'm afraid even she herself doesn't know them. Shen Qin didn't waste time on this and said to Ying: "Ying, can you activate the transmission anchor in front of us? We need to test some things."

"it is good."

Everyone rushed to the teleportation anchor point near the gate of Mondstadt. When Ying and Paimon saw the tragic battlefield, their eyes widened in surprise. From the potholes on the ground, they could imagine how fierce the battle was.

Of course, these big pits were mainly caused by the holders of the Eye of God and Shen Qin's Type I Dragoon.

It turns out that the ones who destroyed Mondstadt the most were not the monsters, but Shen Qin and his gang.

Damn it, I am the villain.

"I'm ready." Ying came to the teleportation anchor point.

Albedo closed his eyes and placed his palm covered with rock elements tightly on the anchor point. At the same time, Shen Qin turned on the scanning function of the smart bracelet and nodded to Ying.

She also closed her eyes and pointed her palm toward the anchor point. An energy extremely similar to the energy of the earth veins extended from her palm toward the anchor point. In the wide-eyed eyes of everyone, the main structure of the anchor point rose up, and the red light that had been emitted turned into blue light.

In Ying's mind, the anchor points she had activated formed a star map. As long as she wanted, she could instantly teleport to the location of any anchor point with just a thought.

Albedo opened his eyes with a look of joy in his eyes: "Got it! I just tracked the special energy of the traveler and roughly wrote down the energy's route. If I spend some time, I may be able to rebuild the internal structure of the anchor point!"

Shen Qin added: "The scan results of the material are also out. It is exactly the same as the material used in the Seven Heavens Statue, and it also utilizes the energy of the earth veins. There may be similarities between their structures!"

The others watched in silence as the two discussed something they didn't understand at all. Even Sugar found it difficult to join in their conversation.

"Write these things down first. After we finish investigating the remaining two Seven-Day Statues, we'll go back to the Alchemy Workshop and study them slowly." Albedo wrote down the data and information on the memo on his smart bracelet.

"It's getting late today. Let's hurry up and finish our work early. We can have barbecue steaks for dinner in Qingquan Town." Shen Qin looked at Ying gratefully. "Ying, thank you for your help. This is Mondstadt. I'll ask Sucrose to take you into the city. She's going to take Klee back to the Knights."

Klee, who had been in a very low mood the whole way, instantly perked up when she heard about the barbecued steaks in Qingquan Town. But when she heard that Shen Qin was going to send her back to the Knights, she immediately hugged his hand and started to act coquettishly: "Klee, don't go back to the Knights! Klee wants to eat barbecued steaks!"

"Alas..." Sandang sighed and said, "Shen Qin, after you start your research, she won't have a chance to go out and play. Take this opportunity to take her to Qingquan Town to eat barbecue steak."

Keli's eyes lit up, and she ran into Sandang's arms again, saying sweetly, "Sister Sandang is a good person!"

Sandang touched her head and said gently, "After all, only when you are full can you have the strength to be put in solitary confinement."

The expression on Keli's face froze.

“Little Klee is also very pitiful!” Paimon sighed, then pointed at the devastated city gate and said to Ying: “Look, the city gate has been destroyed like this, the situation in the city must be very bad, maybe all the restaurants are closed!”

She rubbed her hands expectantly: "Why don't we follow the locals to Qingquan Town to eat barbecue steaks? They must know which ones are the most delicious!"

Ying put her hands on her hips and looked at Paimon helplessly: "You just got greedy after hearing about the barbecue steak!"

Chapter 76: Want a drink? I'll treat you!

Since Ying and Paimeng have also decided to go to Qingquan Town together, there is nothing much to say, they can just go together. However, before going to Qingquan Town, they have to go to Fengqidi first to record the data of the statue of the God of Wind there.

Although Shen Qin has lived in Mondstadt for almost half a year, he has never been to Fengqi to see the giant tree. He is either developing products or preparing to develop products. His little free time is also spent playing with Klee.

Damn it, there are so many beautiful scenery in Teyvat, how can I stay in the city all day long?

He decided that after he had dealt with the matter of Tevarin, he would find some time to take a walk around Mondstadt, see the scenery and take a rest.

"Wow! What a big tree!" Paimon saw from afar the towering tree standing quietly in the windy land. The shade cast by its dense branches and leaves was enough to cover a small village.

Under the shade of the towering trees, clusters of windwheel daisies swayed in the wind, rising and falling like waves along with the calf-high grass.

Clear river water flows past the trees, white cranes land in groups of three or two on the shallows, and groups of sparrows fly low in the sky, disappearing from time to time into the green treetops.

"It is said that the Blue Sky Tree was planted by Lady Vanessa before she went to Sky Island. It has been protecting Mondstadt for thousands of years." Sugar explained the origin of Wind Rising Land to Shen Qin and Ying. "After the Blue Sky Tree grew up, the people of Mondstadt called this place 'Wind Rising Land' because it was Lady Vanessa who brought the wind of freedom to the people of Mondstadt."

Paimon looked as if he understood: "Oh, it seems that Lady Vanessa is a very remarkable person!"

"If you want to know more about her story, you can go to Mondstadt and borrow a copy of The Legend of Vanessa from the library. It's a story that all Mondstadt people love very much!"

Shen Qin complained in his heart: Except for the people of Lawrence family.

"Ah? I still need to read a book! Then I won't read it." Paimon backed off. "It would be great if someone could sing to me. Isn't there a profession called bard in Mondstadt? Ying, when we get to Mondstadt, let's go find a bard to listen to stories!"

"Oh? Do you want to hear a story?"

The sudden sound startled everyone. They looked up and saw a bard in emerald green clothes sitting on a branch. He gently played the harp in his hand, and a pleasant melody rang out.

"Eh? It's a person dressed strangely!" Paimon said in surprise, then realized that it seemed impolite to say that, so he quickly covered his mouth.

Shen Qin looked at this unemployed vagrant who did nothing all day speechlessly and greeted him: "It's you, Wendy."

Then he told Paimon: "He is a bard, they all dress in strange costumes like this."

"Ah, you make me sad when you say that." Wendy jumped down from the tall tree, and the wind lifted his body to the ground. "This is clearly the costume that shows the freedom of us bards!"

He looked at the others and greeted them with a smile: "Hello everyone, I'm Wendy. As you can see, I'm a bard."

Albedo looked at him with some confusion. He intuitively felt that he was not an ordinary person, but it seemed too rude to test him directly with elemental power.

"It's Brother Wendy!" Kelly remembered him.

Rosalia said calmly: "You still owe me a bottle of wine. When do you plan to pay it back?"

"Ahahaha!" Wendy scratched her head awkwardly. "When I have money, hehe!"

They were both frequent drinkers at Angel's Gift, so they naturally knew each other. One night he didn't earn enough Mora to buy a drink, and in the end she was kind enough to lend him the money for the drink.

Paimon introduced himself very politely: "I'm Paimon, and she's Ying."

"Paimon and Ying, I've got that. You were the one who said you wanted to hear a story, right? How about I play a song for you now?"

"Great, great!" Paimon clapped happily.

"Then you guys play here for a while, and we'll go collect some data on the statue." Shen Qin nodded to Venti, and walked towards the Wind Statue with Albedo and Sucrose, and Rosaria followed.

Klee, Paimon, and Ying sat down in a row on the grass. Wendy plucked the strings of her harp and told Vanessa's story: "The story begins a long time ago, when Mondstadt was groaning under the shackles of the nobility..."

When Shen Qin and his team finished their work, Wendy had just finished telling Vanessa's story. He waved to everyone and said, "See you next time. I hope you can give me some money for a drink after you enjoy my performance in Mondstadt next time."

"Wait." Shen Qin stopped him, "Want a drink? I'll treat you!"

Wendy's eyes lit up: "Oh? That's great!"

So there was one more person in the team heading to Qingquan Town.

Klee and Paimon pestered him to tell more stories, while Ying asked him if he knew the whereabouts of Barbatos, the god of wind, which made Shen Qin look sideways.

"Oh - the God of Wind, He is freer than us bards, how can I know where he is." Wendy spoke nonsense without changing his expression, but he still had self-awareness.

Shen Qin naturally would not expose his lies, and when it was time to confess his identity, he would naturally take the initiative to confess.

The group passed Qingquan Town but did not slow down. They wanted to go to the statue of the God of Wind to the west of Qingquan Town to collect data first. But at this time they saw someone below being chased by a group of wild boars, so they quickly flew down and drove away the wild boars.

The girl in yellow and brown contrasting clothes was panting, and the bow tied with her hair on her head was trembling. She took a deep breath and thanked everyone: "Thank you, thank you! I am Xiangling, and this is Guoba."

She pointed at Guoba, who had collapsed to the ground.

Paimon looked at Guoba curiously: "What a strange creature! And why is its name food?!"

"Hehe, because rice crust is my favorite snack. What about you, what are your names?" Xiangling said with a smile.