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After all, it was said from the beginning that the most fundamental reason why King Ruotu has not been discovered by the law of nature until now is that Yu Qi is standing here!

"Okay, so what do I need to do?"

"It's very simple..."

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Chapter 7.2 Are you sure he is not the second generation rock god? (k, please subscribe)

"It's very simple." As he spoke, Zhongli raised his hand, and a golden jade talisman slowly emerged, which he then handed to Yu Qi.

"Mr. Yu Qi, you just need to inject the rock elemental power into this talisman." Watching Yu Qi take the golden jade talisman, Zhongli explained: "In this way, this talisman will temporarily have the effect of helping Ruotu Dragon King to block the observation of the heavenly law."

"Is that so? That's quite convenient." Nodding, Yu Qi looked at the talisman in his hand and tentatively input a trace of rock elemental power into it. Looking at the talisman that was faintly flickering with light, he couldn't help but frowned.

"Strange, why do I feel that the power I put into this talisman is constantly draining away? At this rate, the power in the talisman will be lost in about 150 to 60 hours. Wouldn't I need to replenish it by then? Is there no way to preserve it for a long time?"

"That's right." He nodded with a little regret. Zhongli seemed helpless about this: "Mr. Yu Qi, your power seems to be the same elemental force as ours, but the essence is completely different."

"Compared to the elemental power we possess, Mr. Yu Qi, your elemental power has a natural 'alienation' from the continent of Teyvat. Once it leaves your body, it will quickly dissipate. No material on the continent of Teyvat can preserve your elemental power."

"Even with my ability, I cannot preserve your power for a long time."

"This golden jade talisman contains a part of my power, and it also contains the same rock elemental power, so it can last for seven days. Otherwise..."

Having said this, Zhongli shook his head and said no more, but Yu Qi and Ruotu Dragon King already understood what he meant.

"Eh... is that so?" Yu Qi frowned. He had never noticed this before. Now that he suddenly heard this, he couldn't help but feel confused for a moment: "Why have I never noticed this before?"

However, thinking back carefully, Yu Qi had used the elemental power many times since he had it, but most of the time he used it to assist in alchemy and refining, and put it away after use. Naturally, he had not paid attention to how long the elemental power could be preserved.

"Okay, but this is a bit too troublesome. I have to recharge every seven days..." After weighing the golden jade talisman in his hand, Yu Qi looked up at Zhongli and asked, "Is there no other way?"

"For example, since the materials from Teyvat can't preserve my power for a long time, what about the materials from non-Teyvat worlds?"

As he spoke, Yu Qi rummaged through the inventory and quickly took out a crescent-shaped, dark black "scale" the size of a normal person's arm.

The two-star card, Steel Scale, was what Yu Qi won in the first lottery after traveling across time. Unfortunately, he couldn't find a use for it, so it was hidden in the inventory until now.

According to Zhongli, since the matter from Teyvat cannot preserve its own power, what about this matter from another world? Can it do this?

Thinking of this, Yu Qi tentatively input some elemental power into the Steel Scales.

After trying it out, Yu Qi stopped with some regret: "Unfortunately, it doesn't work at all. If I use this thing to store elemental power, I can't even last three days, let alone a week!"

"And this thing can't even contain rock elemental power, but is closer to grass elemental power?"

If you think about it carefully, this does not seem unacceptable. After all, although the feel, hardness and density of Steel Scale are very similar to steel, it is actually a plant that grows on a thousand-meter cliff; naturally, it is closer to the grass element.

"That's quite a pity." Zhongli nodded in understanding. His expression was very calm and he didn't care about Yu Qi's failure.

Yu Qi weighed the Steel Scale in his hand, thought about it and decided not to put it away. He handed it to the Ruotu Dragon King beside him: "Here, there is no use keeping it. I heard that eating this thing can slightly increase bone strength. Do you want to try it?"

"Hmm? Although I don't mind eating metal, you said this is edible?" After taking the Steel Scale, Ruo Tuo scratched his head and couldn't help muttering: "Isn't it possible that you have been deceived?"

"Oh, a different world? Everything is possible." Yu Qi said perfunctorily. Looking at the golden and jade talismans in his hand, he couldn't help scratching his head.

Although he didn't mind helping Ruo Tuo Dragon King recharge the Golden Jade Talisman every week, after feeling the capacity of the Golden Jade Talisman, Yu Qi sighed: "What a trouble!"

"Is that so?" Nodding thoughtfully, the Dragon King of Ryota brought the Steel Scale to his mouth, then opened his mouth and gently bit it...

A crisp sound of "Crack~" made Yu Qi and Zhong Li couldn't help but look over.

There was a small gap on the steel scale in the hand of King Rādhāraṇa, and the tight teeth marks at the broken part were clearly visible.

"Crunch, crunch, crunch~" Chewing the steel scale fragments in his mouth with some effort, the Dragon King Ryota had a somewhat inexplicable expression: "Hmm..."

"How does it taste? Is it delicious?" Looking over with some curiosity, Yu Qi couldn't help but ask, "Is it the same as metal? Or does it taste something else?"

To be honest, Yu Qi was quite curious about this from the very beginning. If he could chew it properly, he would have tried it himself a long time ago.

"Hmm~" With a slightly tangled expression, the Dragon King Ryota chewed the steel scale in his mouth and hesitated for a moment: "How should I put it? I can't say it's not delicious, but I can't say it's delicious either..."

"It's not the same as eating metal or ore. It has a hard texture when you bite it, but it becomes softer after entering the mouth. It's not that hard to chew." The voice seemed a little dry. King Rhodo looked at the half of the Steel Scale left in his hand, and a look of slight disgust appeared on his face.

"As for the taste, if you chew it carefully, it feels like chewing wood chips, but the taste is a bit bitter, and it tastes a bit sweet at the end of chewing... How should I put it, this thing is probably not a medicinal ingredient, right?"

"Hey, did you taste it?" Yu Qi raised his eyebrows and nodded: "You can say that, according to the information I have found out, this thing should be a medicinal herb..."

Of course, it is not ruled out that some perverts in a certain world really make a living from it.

"Tsk, forget it. This stuff tastes a bit hard to swallow for me. Why don't you keep it for yourself!" As he said this, the Dragon King Ruota broke off the small piece with his tooth marks, then weighed the remaining part and suddenly turned to look at Zhongli.

"Morax, would you like some? Don't worry, it's actually not that bad, it's just that it doesn't suit my taste, and its effect is not very useful to me."

"Are you sure it's not so bad that you can't swallow it, so you say that on purpose, trying to drag Zhongli into it? Good brothers should 'share the suffering', right? ! "Yu Qi silently complained in his heart, but he didn't stop Ruotu Dragon King's behavior.

Since the Steel Scale has been given to him, it is up to King Ruota to decide what to do with it. As long as it is not ruined, Yu Qi will not say anything.

"..." He looked silently at the Steel Scale handed to him by the Dragon King Ruota, then looked up at him who was smiling as he put a small piece of it into his mouth. Zhongli nodded and reached out to take the Steel Scale.

"Snap~" Zhongli broke off a small piece with a slight force of his palm, and then put it into his mouth under the expectant gaze of Yu Qi and Ruotu Dragon King.

The next moment, Yu Qi and Ruotu Dragon King clearly saw that Zhongli's expression stiffened slightly for a moment.

“Hahahahahaha…” Swallowing the crumbs in his mouth, the Ryota Dragon King summoned a large ball of water to rinse his mouth while laughing: “How about it? I told you, it tastes good, right!”

His expression gradually relaxed. Zhongli chewed slowly for a while, swallowed the Steel Scale in his mouth, and calmly uttered two words: "Not bad."

“…Gah!” The laughter suddenly stopped. Hearing this, Ruotu Dragon King couldn’t help but roll his eyes at Zhongli and complained in a low voice: “You, you are still so old-fashioned. You are about the same age as me, but you look like an old man.”

"..." With the corner of his mouth twitching, Yu Qi couldn't help but look up at the Ruotu Dragon King and secretly complained in his heart.

Is it possible that compared to humans, you two are already antiques?! You should be the one with personality problems!

Even now, Yu Qi has become somewhat accustomed to the slightly erratic appearance of the Ruota Dragon King, but it is still difficult for him to imagine that changes in the mind can have such a big impact on a person's character.

As he was thinking, Yu Qi's eyes accidentally glanced at the Eye of God hanging on Zhongli beside him, and a piece of information suddenly surged in his mind.

"?!!" Yu Qi paused while charging the golden jade talisman, and looked thoughtful: "This seems to work!"

After thinking for a moment, he looked up at Zhongli and asked, "Mr. Zhongli, I have a question. Is the Eye of God on you real?"

"Of course it's real." Nodding, Zhongli casually took off the Eye of God hanging on his body and said, "Since I am disguised as a mortal, I will naturally act in the way of a mortal. Although the Eye of God is useless to me, in order to avoid revealing flaws, it is better to obtain it in a formal way."

What this means is that although the effect of his Eye of God is of little use to him, it was obtained through formal procedures, so it is naturally the real Eye of God.

"Can you show me your Eye of God?"

"can."

Taking the Eye of God handed over by Zhongli, Yu Qi held it in his hand and carefully explored it with his mental power. He even carefully sensed the tiny fragment of power contained in it. Then, Yu Qi slowly opened his hand and returned the Eye of God to Zhongli.

"Lord Ruotu, could you please provide me with a ray of spiritual power?" Turning to look at Lord Ruotu, Yu Qi took out the Eye of Blankness that he had hung on his body as a cover and said, "A little bit will be enough."

"What's the use?" While asking, Ruotu Dragon King passed a strand of mental power to Yu Qi without hesitation.

Then, King Ruotu and Zhongli saw him suddenly clasp his hands together and press that strand of mental power into the Eye of the God of Blankness. Then, a tiny spot of light emitting an exceptionally sacred aura emerged and fell into the Eye of the God of Blankness.

The next moment, in the depths of the Blank God's Eye, which was originally dyed purple by Yu Qi, a dim mark of rock element lit up, and then it shone brightly!

"Huh, it's done!" Looking at the Eye of God in his hand which had already transformed into the form of Liyue, Yu Qi carefully checked it again before he breathed a sigh of relief and handed it to the Ruota Dragon King.

"This Eye of God contains my power, and it is also connected to your spirit, King Ruotu. As long as you carry it, it will be no different from carrying a golden jade talisman. The gods on Sky Island should not notice it."

"Eye of God..." After looking at Yu Qi with a little surprise, the Dragon King Ruotu looked at Zhongli strangely, then reached out to take the Eye of God and hung it around his waist.

"Hey, Morax, does this Mr. Yu Qi really have nothing to do with you? If others saw his tricks, they would probably think he was the second generation of the Geo God of Liyue!"

"…Maybe, but no one cares about that, right?"

"Tsk, from the tone of your voice, Morax, do you really want him to take over your job? He's not suitable in this situation, is he?"

"Who knows, maybe he won't take over my job!" Zhongli replied vaguely with his eyes flickering.

Maybe, there won’t be any more Rock Gods in the future!

"Okay, the problem is solved, let's go." Not knowing that the two old brothers beside him were chatting enthusiastically, Yu Qi clapped his hands, stood up, and walked out of the formation space: "If we don't leave now, it will be too late."

"Okay, here we come."

After walking out of the formation space one after another, the Ruotu Dragon King picked up Kunjun on the ground, and the three of them chose to leave this sealed cave.

When they arrived at the tunnel outside, the Qianyan Army seemed to have not found this place yet. Looking at the exhausted miners lying on the ground, King Ruota subconsciously showed an apologetic look on his face, and then he got busy, carefully moving them to the flat ground in the middle of the tunnel to lie down.

He took the blood-recovering pills from Yu Qi and fed them to them one by one. After confirming that all the miners were not in danger of life, King Ruotu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, nothing went wrong in the end."

"Don't worry, when we entered here, I had already used magic to restore their vitality." Seeing this, Zhongli suddenly told what he had done in secret before.

"What... That's right, Morax, you can indeed do such a thing."

Looking at the surprised Ruotu Dragon King, Zhongli smiled slightly: "If it wasn't for seeing you, why would I pretend to be unable to resist the attraction and fall into the seal."

"...You!"

Just as the two old friends were sighing with emotion, a chaotic sound of footsteps suddenly came from the entrance of the tunnel not far away. Then, a surprised voice sounded from the cave entrance: "Master Yuheng, there is a tunnel here!"

"Hurry! The miners might be inside!"

Several torches suddenly lit up in the dark night sky, and in the dim light, more than a dozen figures in military uniforms walked in from the tunnel entrance, led by Keqing holding a long sword.

"Keqing, we are here!" He raised his hand and called out to Keqing. Yu Qi could clearly see that when she saw himself and the others as well as the miners around her, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yu Qi, you are here! How are the miners? Are they all okay?" Keqing rushed to Yu Qi and the others and carefully looked at the miners at their feet. Finally, her gaze turned to Ruo Tuo who was standing next to Zhongli, and Kunjun who was being supported by him.

"Who is this? And what happened to Kunjun?"

"Oh, let me introduce you." Yu Qi, who had already prepared a speech in mind, was naturally not nervous because of Keqing's question. He raised his hand to signal and began to introduce her.

"This is Mr. Ruo Tuo. We met him near Nantianmen before. He is here for the miners' matter."

"Ruo Tuo..." Keqing frowned and looked at him with some doubt. Out of her female instinct, she vaguely felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the identity and origin of Mr. Ruo Tuo. She couldn't help but ask, "Hello, Mr. Ruo Tuo, how did you know about the miners?"

"As I recall, this matter should only be known to the Layered Rock Abyss Mine and the Seven Stars, right?"

"Oh, I have some special sources of information." Looking at the slightly immature girl in front of him, the Dragon King Ruotu calmly replied according to the content discussed before: "And the culprit this time has some connection with me. I am here to deal with him."

"The culprit, could it be that..."

"Ahem..." With a light cough, Yu Qi interrupted Keqing's questioning. He gestured to her and pointed in the direction of Jueyunjian not far away: "Mr. Ruo Tuo is from that side, understand?"

"..." After a moment of silence, Keqing slowly put away the doubts in her eyes and nodded: "I understand, but what's going on with Kunjun? Why is he unconscious?"

"Well..." Zhongli sighed and began to explain half-truthfully: "It's embarrassing to say that the mastermind behind this incident, that evil spirit, had actually been possessing Kunjun before."

"It's a pity that I am not a skilled fighter. I didn't notice his presence at all along the way. It was only when I got here that he took the initiative to attack me."

"Yes!" Nodding, Yu Qi continued what Zhongli said: "It was very dangerous at that time. If it wasn't for Mr. Ruotuo's sudden action, Mr. Zhongli would probably be in danger of his life!"

“What? He has been possessing Kunjun all this time?!” Keqing looked at Zhongli with shock, and immediately saw the torn marks on his collar and large patches of dried blood. She no longer doubted their story, “I didn’t expect the evil spirit to be so cunning this time. I’m so glad you’re okay, Mr. Zhongli!”

As she spoke, she suddenly thought of something and frowned, "But if that's the case, doesn't that mean..."

"No, it's not what Miss Keqing thinks." Shaking his head, Yu Qi interrupted her again: "Mr. Kunjun is actually innocent. His memory was deliberately disturbed by the evil spirit before, and he did not take the initiative to help the evil spirit."

"And now, the evil spirit has been defeated by Mr. Ruo Tuo and us, and Kunjun has returned to normal. However, I'm afraid his memory of the past few days will be affected and he will be forced to forget."

"Is that so?" Keqing nodded after her gaze lingered on Kunjun for a moment. She asked the Qianyan Army to carefully lead the miners and Kunjun out of the tunnel and transport them to the camp on the other side of Nantianmen, while she called for Yu Qi and the others to leave with her.

"It just so happens that the rock dragon lizards in Tianqiu Valley suddenly withdrew for some reason. The roads on both sides have been opened. You can rest at Nantianmen for one night. Tomorrow you can return to Liyue Harbor with the miners."

"With the Qianyan Army's escort, the journey will be safer." As Keqing spoke, her eyes kept drifting towards the Ruota Dragon King: "How is it?"

There's nothing we can do about it. Ever since he walked out of the tunnel, he has been looking around with undisguised nostalgia and excitement on his face. Anyone would be suspicious!

"Also, if Mr. Ruo Tuo does not live in Liyue Harbor, you can also tell us and I will arrange for someone to escort you home."

"Ah? Uh..." Hearing this, Ruota was obviously stunned for a moment, and then turned to look at Zhongli.

He had been sealed for a thousand years, and his previous residence was no longer there. Even the cave he had opened up had completely collapsed because of the previous battle. Now the Dragon King Ruota was truly homeless.

“No need to bother.” Shaking his head, Zhongli glanced at Keqing and said, “Ruo Tuo has something else to do, so he needs to go back to the Hall of Rebirth with me. You don’t need to bother escorting him alone.”

“That’s fine.” After quickly crossing the water, they soon returned to Nantianmen. Next to an obviously makeshift camp, Keqing stopped and pointed to a tent not far away.

"By the way, I'll have to trouble you all to rest here for a while today. This happened suddenly, and the Qianyan Army didn't bring many tents with them."

"It's okay, it's okay. We are just a bunch of rough guys and don't care about this." Waving his hand, Yu Qi said casually.

Seeing this, Keqing nodded and took the initiative to turn around and say goodbye: "Then I'll be leaving first. I still have things to arrange over there. You guys should get some rest first!"