What bad intentions could the original dragon have?

"Long time no see, Barbatos." Naga said with a smile, putting her hands in her sleeves.

"Long time no see, Aunt Naga... Hey!" Wendy felt herself flying into the air before she could finish her words. She quickly grabbed the statue's fingers to prevent herself from being kicked down by Naga. "Woo waaa, it was just a joke!"

"I really miss that little guy back then. How could he become like this?"

"Hey~" Wendy smiled and turned over again.

"Tell me, what do you want to do?" Naga looked at Wendy and asked. "Although I concealed the real reason for Tevarin's rage from the Knights of Favonius, Tevarin's revival and rage are not that simple. What is going on?"

Naga said it so easily, saying that Tevarin's attack on Mond was just a knock on the door and that the activation of Thousand Winds was just because he was 'drunk'.

Although this was indeed the reason for Tevarin, it was definitely not Tevarin's original intention.

"Tevalin was bewitched, or led." If the target is a Naga, there is nothing that cannot be said. "Look at this."

Wendy took out a silver branch from her arms and handed it to Naga.

"...What is this?" The moment Naga grasped the branch, she could feel the elemental power in it.

Not powerful, but...

"Earth veins?" This power is too familiar. It is the power of the earth veins, a power that shares the same origin as the Naga.

"Have you heard of the Abyss Cult?" Wendy asked Naga.

"The Abyss Cult? What is that?" Although Naga had heard of the 'Abyss', she had never heard of the Abyss Cult.

"Five hundred years ago, the people of that country were twisted and formed into an organization." Wendy looked into the distance. "Although I occasionally wake up and play in Mondstadt, the last time I woke up was the day before yesterday."

"I woke up from my deep sleep after sensing Tevarin's aura and found Tevarin corroded by poisonous blood. I wanted to suppress the poison or even remove it, but I didn't expect that when I took action, Tevarin suddenly emitted a power that did not belong to him."

"I was attacked by that power. I was infected with Durin's poisonous blood and the curse of the Abyss."

"It's very mild and it's not difficult to get rid of, but..."

"But behind Tevarin's incident, there is the work of the Abyss Cult." Naga finished speaking for Wendy. "I don't know what the Abyss Cult is. I only have a poison similar to Durin's. Other than that, there is no curse."

"Well, that's a good thing." Wendy nodded.

Naga is different from Tevarin. Tevarin swallowed poisonous blood, which is equivalent to the poison being diluted countless times.

And Naga seemed to have been hit directly, the poison in her body was much more concentrated than that of Twarin.

Although he wanted to help Naga, he really didn't have the energy to do so.

Five hundred years ago, he was visited by the maintainer of heaven's law and was asked to destroy the underground kingdom.

However, when the seven gods left their homeland, gathered underground, and joined forces to destroy Kanreia, serious events occurred one after another in the territories of various countries.

Liyue was the first of the seven kingdoms to encounter trouble.

The super berserker in the war between demons, second only to the Rock God, the Naga Dragon King, who tore countless demons apart with his bare hands, went mad. At the same time, there was the dark disaster that filled the Rock Abyss.

[Geogod] returned to Liyue as quickly as possible after dealing with Kanriya, but when he arrived, Naga had already regained consciousness and sealed herself with the help of the immortals.

Because all the immortals came to stop the Naga, there was no immortal support in the 'Layered Abyss', and the Thousand Rocks Group also suffered heavy losses.

Although [Geo God] solved everything in the end, Liyue did suffer a big blow.

Except for Liyue, all countries suffered considerable losses in that incident.

Xumi's [God of Grass] and Inazuma's [God of Thunder] died directly in it.

As for Mond...

The reason why [Yan Shen] is fine is because the old man's fighting ability is so strong, so he was not injured. He is an exception.

As for the other [Seven Rulers of the World]... [God of Grass] and [God of Thunder] both died instantly, and as the [God of Wind] who didn't care about anything and whose divine power was greatly reduced, it was naturally difficult for him to save himself.

[Wind God] fell into a deep sleep as soon as he returned to Mondstadt. He didn't even make it to the inner circle of Mondstadt. He fell asleep almost the moment he stepped into his home.

But he didn't expect that he would be awakened by the people's wishes after only a few days of sleep.

Faced with Durin, whose power was comparable to that of a demon god, the severely injured [God of Wind] was simply unable to cope with him and could only summon Tevarin.

With his blessing, Tevarin was poisoned and fell into a deep sleep after a battle with Durin. Barbatos, who was already seriously injured, was unable to help Tevarin remove the poison.

After witnessing Durin's death, the Wind God, who had relaxed a little, fell into a deep sleep.

A.38 Want to experience alchemy?

"So, Barbatos, how do you plan to get the 'Sky Harp'?" Naga looked down, and time penetrated the distance and fell on Zhong Ling who was strolling around Mondstadt with Ying.

This Naga is just an incarnation formed by Zhong Ling controlling the water element.

Just host a part of the consciousness in this clone.

"Hey." Wendy laughed. "Of course... using some special means~"

If you can't get the 'Sky Harp' through regular means, then use some informal means.

Anyway, I can just return it quietly when the time comes.

"You have to use special means to even take care of your own things. You are really miserable as the Wind God." Naga said with a low laugh. "By the way, how did you escape after eating the free meal yesterday?"

"Hmm~" Wendy moved the glass beads around her waist.

It was the Mond style 'Eye of the Wind God', but it did not contain any elemental power. It was just an ornament that looked lifelike.

There are several Nagas themselves, namely wind, water, ice and thunder.

Among them, the 'wind glass beads' are now hanging on Ying's scarf, and the 'water glass beads' are hanging on the hem of Zhong Ling's sleeves.

There is no way around it. According to the common sense of the people on the continent of Teyvat, if one wants to use elemental power directly, one must possess the 'Eye of God'.

However, Naga is not the 'three-eyed and five-manifested immortal' in the traditional sense, so naturally she does not have the 'Eye of God'.

"Okay." Naga took one look at the 'wind glass bead' and knew that he must have pretended to be the owner of the 'Wind God's Eye' and then quietly turned into a ball of wind and slipped out.

"Whose fault is this?" Wendy crossed her arms and complained to Zhong Ling. "You still owe me a song, Mora."

Wendy held out her hand, with a 'give me Mora' look.

"Actually, I already paid yesterday, and even gave you a little extra, which will be counted as your fee later." Naga thought about how much Mora he had thrown out yesterday. "Well... I paid two million Mora yesterday, which should be enough for you to drink for a while."

"!?" Wendy's eyes widened in disbelief. "Wait, you've already paid, why won't they let me go?"

"Oh, because I specifically told you that it's your 'future' expenses. In other words, even though you're drinking at 'Angel's Gift', the money you spent can be deducted from my payment."

"But you have to pay for yesterday's expenses yourself, yes, including the few drinks I drank yesterday."

"Do you understand? You have to pay back the money first, and then you can enjoy the two million Mora wine money."

"..." Wendy stared at Naga blankly for a moment. "Naga, you are very despicable now."

Naga did not reply, but just smiled slightly. Then the clone shattered into countless water droplets, and then decomposed into water elemental force and dissipated.

----

"I didn't expect that the alchemy workbench in Teyvat would be so casually found on the street and anyone can use it." Standing in front of the empty alchemy table, Ying said in surprise.

"Because alchemy is also 'knowledge'." Zhong Ling gave Ying an answer that was confusing but impressive.

"?" A row of question marks popped up on Ying's head. What does it mean?

"Can't understand?" Zhong Ling tilted her head. "Well... let's put it this way, the 'knowledge' of Teyvat is very open, whether it's alchemy, magic, or anything else, it's all open."

"It's like the Knights' library. Anyone can read it if they want."

"Oh... so that's how it is..." Perhaps to people from other worlds, alchemy is a very mysterious and hidden existence.

But this is not the case for Teyvat. Alchemy has a wide range of uses...

In a sense, brewing, cocktail making, fruit juice...all kinds of food and drinks in Teyvat actually have something to do with alchemy.

Although not everyone can see elements, the requirements for the amount of elements used in daily alchemy are not that strict.

Just like adding salt to food makes it salty, as long as you don't add too much, it generally won't become completely inedible.

"Ying, do you want to try alchemy? I happen to know a little bit, so I can let Ying experience it."

"Oh?! Well, I want to give it a try!" In the past, she often traveled through the world with her brother, so she had not had much contact with alchemy, which involves the mystery of rules.

Because the rules of each world are actually different to a certain extent.

It's like alchemy in Teyvat is an everyday thing, while alchemy in other worlds is a secret art.

Different rules will cause huge changes in alchemy, so there is no need to learn too much. After all, if you change to another world, the alchemy you learned before will be useless.

"Then... let's make a potion?" Zhong Ling thought for a moment and nodded. "In fact, many times, potions made with completely different formulas have the same effect."

"Since Ying's elemental power is of wind attribute, let's make a bottle of 'Wild Wind Essential Oil'. After applying 'Wild Wind Essential Oil' on the body, it can make the body more compatible with wind elemental power, making the elemental power more obedient and easier to control. In addition, the power of the same attribute will also be increased to a certain extent."

"Can affinity for elemental forces be increased?" Ying asked in surprise. "I thought it was innate."

"It can indeed be increased, and the affinity of elemental forces is mutual. The more the human body is affinity with a certain elemental force, the more people will like that elemental force."

"But..." Zhong Ling's expression was very serious. "Unless it is necessary, it is best not to use such 'essential oils'."

"Eh? Why?"

"Because it's addictive." Zhong Ling's seriousness made Ying decide to be obedient. "The more you are close to the elements, the more the elements will like you, and you will feel comfortable because of your closeness to the elements."

"Well... just like in the summer, people who have a high affinity with the wind element will naturally be surrounded by the wind element to dispel the heat."

"But some people don't have a high affinity, so they choose to use essential oils to improve their affinity."

"Among these people, some will develop drug resistance due to excessive use. Those with weak wills will gradually look for other ways to improve their affinity. Some succeed, but some fail."

"Wow, what will happen if I succeed or fail?"

"It's going to be scary!" Paimon shouted, waving his hands.

"Well, Paimon-chan is right... If you succeed, and are lucky, you can permanently increase your affinity... If you stop right here, you'll become a super genius with a very high affinity for elemental forces."

"But many people will continue to improve their affinity because they are not satisfied with the current situation. Nine out of ten of these people will fail and turn into elements and disappear. The other one will be extremely lucky and turn into an elemental creature that still retains a human form and consciousness, such as a witch."

"If you're unlucky..." Zhong Ling approached Ying. "If you're unlucky and not very talented, your body will collapse and you'll disappear as an element. Some...will turn into slime."

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A.39 Ying is not liked

"Transform...transform into a slime?!" Ying's eyes widened. "Is this fake?"

"It's true." Paimon nodded quickly. "It's just..."

"If you just use 'essential oils', it won't be that serious." Zhong Ling waved her hand. "How about it? Do you want to give it a try?"

"Hmm..." Ying pondered for a moment and nodded very seriously.

Since Zhong Ling said it's okay, then it's okay.

"Well, watch carefully." Zhong Ling took out white silk thread and a handful of dandelion seeds from her sleeve.

"What is this?" Ying looked at the silk thread curiously.

"This is the hair of a wind dragon," Zhong Ling explained. "Generally, a lizard's tail is used, but this hair is just a substitute."

"Then why doesn't Miss Zhong Ling use a lizard tail?" Paimon asked, pinching his chin. "The hair of the elemental dragon is very precious, right?"

"Well... from a common sense perspective, if the hair of an elemental dragon is well preserved, it would cost about 300,000 Mora." Zhong Ling made a rough estimate. "But the effects of the essential oils made from the hair of an elemental dragon and the tail of a lizard are different."

"Although both can increase elemental affinity, the extent is different."

Place the elemental dragon's hair and dandelion seeds on the alchemy table.

Afterwards, the white silk thread resonated with the seed, and the wind element gradually entangled the silk thread and the seed, and the two began to melt under the entanglement of the wind element.

Finally, Zhong Ling took out a bottle, filled it with emerald essential oil and handed it to Ying.

"That's good. Do you want to try it?" In fact, in addition to being used in combat, high-grade essential oil has another very powerful function.

'Perception', because high-grade essential oils can greatly enhance the human body's affinity for elements, as long as the quality of the essential oils is high enough, people can experience in advance the feeling of the elemental force that they can control after lighting up the next star point.

Anyway, this kind of thing that increases your strength for a certain period of time has its pros and cons, and the key lies in how the individual uses it.

"Hmm...this smell..." Ying opened the bottle and sniffed it. "Such a refreshing fragrance has a relaxing feeling."

Ying expressed her feelings, and at the same time she could feel that the essential oil in the bottle had abundant elemental power.

"Let's try it. How do I use it?" Since it's called essential oil, how do I use it?

"Apply it all over your body." Zhong Ling explained. "Because the effect of increasing affinity does not take effect immediately after applying it, it takes some time for the body to absorb it. So generally speaking, before using essential oils, people will wash their bodies thoroughly, then apply essential oils and massage them so that the body can absorb the essential oils."