Hutao uses me to judge my performance

They had been underground for quite some time, and it was okay if they couldn't see the sun occasionally, but after staying for a long time, they really missed the warm feeling of the sun shining on their bodies.

"Have you seen Jiang Bai?" Kong asked.

"No, this place was like this when I came here. It should be Senior Jiang Bai who defeated this huge snake."

"You didn't see it either... Then where did he go..."

Sora looked around, there was no other way here.

After thinking for a while, he shouted loudly:

"Mandrill, can you hear me?"

After shouting for a while, there was no response, and the mandrill did not appear.

"Weird..." Kong frowned, feeling something was not right.

Under normal circumstances, Mandrill would definitely come out if he shouted for it, but this time he shouted for so long, and Mandrill didn't respond at all.

Did you go somewhere?

But it doesn't look like there is an entrance here.

"It's a bit strange." Paimon couldn't figure it out either, but he didn't think too much about it.

"But there's no need to worry about them. Let's finish drawing the map first, and then meet up with Khedive and the others."

"Ah."

……

In the unknown space, Jiang Bai did not see Mandrill.

Although they came in one after the other, there was not even a second between them, but they were separated.

He looked around. It was a huge cave, surrounded by the same underground rock formations as the Great Abyss. Only some vegetation grew. Those low plants that lived in the darkness all year round emitted a faint light, preventing the surrounding people from reaching out. No fingers visible.

"Where are we now? What's going on down here?"

Jiang Bai looked confused.

One cave after another, this abyss is too deep. Is the underground of Teyvat really hollow?

He touched the earrings on his ears. Before coming down, he sent a message to the hall master to find the location. According to the past, the hall master would reply to him soon.

It's been a few minutes now, why hasn't there been any movement?

Or did you say you didn't receive it?

Jiang Bai didn't pay too much attention. After all, the message could only be sent once in three days, and Hutao didn't reply instantly every time.

As he walked, he called Mandrill's name.

"Mandrill? Where are you? Do you hear me?"

Since he came down from behind with Mandrill, Mandrill shouldn't be too far away from him.

Mandrill did not appear, but the voice came over, and his voice was a little annoyed:

"Why did you come down?"

Jiang Bai put his hands on his hips and said confidently: "How dare you say that you came down without taking me with you. I promised Master to take you back well!"

Fortunately, the master asked him to follow him, otherwise the changes in the underground would have an unknown impact on Mandrill. If he died underground, the last Yasha in Liyue would be gone.

"Where are you? Can you sense my position by following the sound? Why are we not in the same place?" Before Mandrill could reply, Jiang Bai asked a series of questions.

Mandrill was silent for a while, but finally didn't hide anything.

Some things are better to be honest than to hide them all the time.

"This space is very special. It's easy to get in, but when you get out..."

"What are you afraid of?" Jiang Bai didn't care about what he said. "Isn't there still a master? If we don't go back for a long time, can the master just sit back and watch?"

They can report it when they come to Juyuan. With Zhongli here, are you still worried about something happening in Liyue?

Besides, Hu Tao is still outside. If he can't be contacted, Hu Tao will definitely know that something is wrong and will come to him as soon as possible.

There was someone outside to help them, so it didn't matter if they were trapped inside all the time. They just waited for Hu Tao to bring the old man to fish them out.

Mandrill seemed to have never thought of this possibility and was silent for a long time.

"How dare you trouble the emperor?"

He came to Juyuan to find Fushe because of his own selfish thoughts. How could he disturb the emperor because of his own selfishness?

The emperor asked Jiang Bai to accompany him as a considerate gesture. If he bothered the emperor to take action himself, wouldn't he be relying on the emperor's generosity to go further?

Jiang Bai thinks Mandrill is good at everything, but he takes himself too lightly.

When facing the emperor, he always subconsciously puts himself in a very low position.

He feels that he is a [tool], a weapon that does not require emotional investment, so he never dares to ask for too much.

Zhongli told Jiang Bai that this was related to Mandrill's past experience. It was a kind of self-protection after suffering, and it had always been like this for thousands of years.

Zhongli never regarded the mandrill as a tool, it was because he took himself too lightly.

Zhongli also wanted him to change, but there was no good way.

It's okay to go to him occasionally, but if you go there too often, it will only make him cautious and worry about whether he has failed to do something, whether he has disappointed the emperor, or whether something strange has happened in Dihuazhou.

He would never think about whether the emperor came to see him.

Zhongli could only ask Jiang Bai to visit Mandrill at Wangshu Inn more often when he had nothing to do.

This time, Zhongli directly asked Jiang Bai to accompany him.

If this does not reflect attention, then what does it mean?

Chapter 617 Do you want to know her fate?

"What's the trouble? Do you want the emperor to watch you, the last immortal Yaksha, die?"

Jiang Bai's tone was stern, and Mandrill's concept must be corrected.

If you want him to say, if you need to act coquettishly, act like a spoiled brat, if you need to be miserable, be miserable, if you need to ask for help, then ask for help, what's the point of holding on for dear life?

If something happens, it will only make the people who care about you sad and painful.

"Master cares so much about your safety. He asked me to deliver medicine and food, visit you from time to time, and even asked me to accompany you to Juyuan. Do you think Master will be happy if you die here?"

"……That was not what I meant."

After being scolded suddenly, Mandrill lowered his eyes.

He didn't mean it, but... didn't know what to say.

He just didn't want to trouble the emperor...

"That's what you mean! There's no such thing as trouble. You help me and I'll help you. Isn't this how worldly relationships and bonds are established?

"You said you were not willing to trouble Master, but have you ever thought that Master wanted you to trouble Him?

“You think you don’t want to cause trouble to others, but have you ever thought that this will cause even greater trouble?

"You said that finding Fushe is your private matter, but how can the traces of Yaksha guarding Liyue be considered a trivial matter to the people of Liyue?

"No matter I, the hall master, master, or Zhiqiong, I don't think this is an unimportant matter. Everyone wants to know what happened to Fushe Yaksha, not just your own wishful thinking!"

"Master knew you would think so, so he asked me to look at you."

If Mandrill wasn't here now, Jiang Bai would really want to poke his forehead with his finger to educate him.

Although there is a suspicion of disrespecting the immortal master, it is not the time to care about this.

There was a long silence on the other side of Mandrill, so silent that not a single sound came from it.

He was left speechless by Jiang Bai.

Jiang Bai didn't expect to be able to explain him in one or two sentences. Anyway, he had already come in, and Mandrill had no choice but to come in even if he was angry.

"Where are you? I'll go find you." Jiang Bai asked directly.

There was no sound from Mandrill's side for a long time. Just when Jiang Bai thought he had been silent, Mandrill's voice came over.

"We are not in the same space. The space under the Sky Nail is very weird, like multiple spaces overlapping each other, and some people have made modifications. It seems safe, but it is chaotic and dangerous. I can hear To your voice, but we are not in the same space.”

Jiang Bai was very surprised by Mandrill's explanation.

He thought Mandrill was somewhere in this cave, but it turned out not to be in the same space!

He doesn't seem to have the ability to travel through space.

"Then do you have a way to come to my place?"

"I need time."

Mandrill did not give a definite answer.

He has just arrived in this space, and he doesn't know much more about the situation here than Jiang Bai.

If you want to go to the space where Jiang Bai is, you must first find the weak point where the two spaces intersect.

Judging from the sounds conveyed in the dialogue, the two spaces are very close to each other, so it won't be too difficult to try.

Although the fact that Jiang Bai came in put a lot of pressure on him, the [backing] also made him relax a lot.

With the emperor around, you can feel at ease even if you are in a dangerous place.

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

After knowing that the two were not in the same space, Jiang Bai began to explore this space by himself.

He has not felt the danger of chaos that Mandrill mentioned yet.

Jiang Bai originally thought that the cave was not big, but he couldn't find the end no matter how hard he walked.

He could even clearly feel that the physical exertion in this space was several times that of the outside world.

Jiang Bai stopped and frowned to observe the surrounding environment.

The surrounding environment was not much different from the path he had taken, but there were no more changes.

Instead of walking on his legs, Jiang Bai directly took up the wind element and galloped towards the depths of the cave.

After flying for more than ten minutes, the surrounding environment still did not change much despite the high-speed flight. It was still a closed cave, and the road ahead was pitch dark.

Jiang Bai stopped and did not make any more meaningless attempts.

He felt that the space he was in had no end at all, like a cyclic Möbius strip.

He took out Baiyuan and tried to violently clear the way.

Since there is no way to go along the original road, just open one and see if it can lead to somewhere.

Elemental bullets continuously bombarded the thick rock wall, causing rubble to fly away, and a road was blasted out.

Keep walking along the blasted road, and suddenly, the surroundings suddenly become clear.

But seeing the scene in front of him clearly, Jiang Bai's pupils shrank into pinholes.

He saw the sideways palace he had seen under Wuwangpo.

The palace that he once wanted to find again, but disappeared.

It's just that this palace is not turned sideways now, but upside down.

It stood upside down on the dome, and the cave was illuminated by light coming from nowhere.

Dots of shimmering particles floated in the air, and this ancient ruins remained as dead as ever.

Jiang Bai couldn't help but cursed.

Oh shit!

Why is this palace here?

This palace was really evil, so he turned around and left.

The last time I went to this palace, although my memory was restored, the experience was not a good one.

In particular, he also encountered a strange thing who claimed to be [the man who knows destiny].

He is an outsider to Teyvat. Even if that "thing" knows destiny, can it still know the destiny of an outsider?