Chapter 242: The Mystery of Strata Rock
Tassel looked at Yae Miko and Kage, who were constantly eating in the courtyard of the salted fish, and said, "You two, you went to Mondstadt for two days and stayed here with me?" β
"It's not like there's nothing interesting out there." Yae Miko replied, "Moreover, the traveler is also lying at home these days, so we can't find anything to do." β
"Miko is right." Shadow echoed: "If you still think it's inappropriate, then Miko will give you two rua blows." β
Yae Miko: "??? β
Tassel: "."
Tassel glanced at the two of them and sighed, thought about it for a while, and decided to go fishing.
On the other side, Paimon said to Ying, who was playing Genshin Impact II frantically with a game console, "Ying, when are we going to Sumeru, it's been a few days since we two came to Liyue, so we should have rested enough." β
"Not yet, when I finish these tasks, why do I have to do the pre-set task for the Chasm Chapter!" Ying couldn't help but complain as she looked at the task, "Paimon, have you done this task?" β
Paimon shook his head and said, "No, because there are too many legendary quests, there are not enough keys at all, and if you give one key key fragment a day, it will take eight days to change one, how can I unlock it." β
"And some legendary quests still need to be pre-loaded, just like being Wendy, Jean's legendary quest must first complete Klee's legendary quest." Paimon scratched his head and continued.
"And what have you done now?" Ying wondered.
Paimon replied, "The generals, Zhongli, and Nahida, because unlocking these can unlock the Zhou Ben materials, I think we have to do it first." β
"How did you know that these quests were unlocked?"
"Isn't there a little manual in the upper right corner? Open it to know what these copies have to be done first? Ying, you won't stop watching, will you? Paimon asked, suspiciously.
Ying: "."
Well, she really didn't look at it, all the tasks were unlocked randomly, and one was completed one by one.
"Hey, isn't there still eight days to wait for my Chasm mission?" Ying rubbed her head in some pain and said.
Paimon suddenly thought of something when he heard Ying's words, and touched his chin and wondered, "Speaking of the Chasm, I took a special look at the place where we left that time. Isn't it strange that there seems to be light in that pit in the ground? β
"The place you're talking about has the same huge blue nails as the Mondstadt Mountains?" Ying replied.
"yes, but you seem to be angry that day, because someone suddenly appeared while you were collecting data, and knocked the nail down, causing the relic serpent to be destroyed by the nail, and we missed a lot of Mora." Paimon nodded.
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Glowing asked, glancing at Paimon.
Paimon scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "That's not because you were too angry at the time, I was afraid that if I talked about it, you would deduct my food money for the next month, so I planned to wait until you were angry and then talk about it, but something happened later that caused me to forget." β
"Heh, even if you tell me now, I'm very angry, you will halve your food expenses next month!" Ying said with a huff.
Paimon: "."
Paimon was silent for a moment, then whispered to Ying, "Why don't we go over and have a look now?" I think there should be something good that will be useful to your strength. β
"Then let's go, if you have something good, I will increase your food expenses next month, and if not, I will halve your food expenses for next month again." Ying put away the game console and stood up and said to Paimon.
"Ying, do you want to go now? You don't play Genshin Impact II anymore? Paimon looked at Ying as she got up.
Ying shook her head and said: "Don't play, my tasks are all stuck, and if I play again, I can only destroy a few monsters and get a few treasure chests, which is meaningless." β
Paimon listened to Ying's words, and spread his hands helplessly, "Okay, then I'll go." β
Paimon opened the map of Skynet and suddenly saw that there were some golden anchors in the Chasm, and shouted in surprise, "Huh? There is also an anchor point there, but it seems to require a golden anchor permission, and it is estimated that the tassel has passed, so it would be good if our words were directly teleported over. β
Ying nodded and said, "Then let's teleport over directly, this can save a lot of effort, it's better to tassels, otherwise we have to walk over step by step from above." β
After Ying finished speaking, she took Paimon's figure in a flash, and came to the bottom of the Chasm.
"Well, it's still so eerie here. I wouldn't want to come if it weren't for the investigation. After the two appeared, Paimon looked at his surroundings and whispered.
"It's not you who mentioned it, if you don't say it, I'll forget about it." Ying replied.
"Okay, okay." Paimon scratched his head and said, "Hey, Ying, look, is there someone there?" β
"Look at the dazzling eyes, where will there be here, there are really people, or Yanfei." Ying turned her head to look in Paimon's direction and saw a red figure running away and hiding behind a rock.
"Yanfei? What is she doing here? Let's go over and ask. Paimon wondered as he listened to Ying's words.
Ying interrupted: "Okay, okay, you don't have to say so much, I'm not dumb here." β
Paimon: "."
Yanfei noticed that someone was approaching behind her, she hurriedly turned her head, and when she saw Ying and Paimon, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Traveler and Paimon? I didn't expect to meet you guys in a place like this. β
"I'm just about to say that, Yanfei, don't you usually work in Liyue Harbor? How did you get to a place where this kind of bird doesn't? Paimon asked.
"Well, to be honest, this job is a bit special. The bottom of the Chasm looked like this, and this was the first time I'd seen it. Yanfei replied, "Oh no! Do me a favor, someone is looking for me, and if they ask, you'll say they haven't seen me! β
"Huh? Yanfei, can't you just teleport away? Paimon wondered.
Hearing Paimon's words, Yanfei wondered, "Teleport? I'm teleporting back and running back again, there's no anchor here. β
"But we teleported by anchors, huh?" Paimon scratched his head and pointed to the anchor behind Yanfei and said, "Look, it's the anchor behind us." β
"Huh? You say this, this is a special anchor point, except for a few true monarchs, ordinary people can't use it. Yanfei said.
"Isn't Yanfei an immortal disciple? Why can't I use it too? Paimon wondered.
Yanfei explained: "This is different, the golden anchor is a special anchor, the appearance of these anchors also represents a crisis, and it is also the location of the Immortal Cave Mansion, but each immortal has their own anchor authority at the entrance of the Cave Mansion, and only those who are allowed by them can use the anchor at the entrance of their Cave Mansion, and the golden anchor that appears outside means that these are not something we can use, these are what the master told me." β
"I see." Paimon nodded, "Then what did you mean by that before?" β
Ying also nodded on the side and said, "Yanfei, don't you know the law and break the law!" β
"No, it's a long story." Yanfei replied: "Anyway, I'll leave the prevarication to you, I'll see you later." β
"Hey!" Paimon shouted at Yanfei's back as she hurriedly left, "Yanfei, she's really gone, and she said that it's dangerous here, what should I do, I'm suddenly a little scared." β
Saying this, Paimon touched his chin and said to Ying, "You say, she can't have broken some law to escape here, right?" Isn't it going to be something horrible?"
"How is it possible, I was joking and teasing Yanfei just now, she wouldn't do such a thing." Ying shook her head.
Paimon clasped his arms in his hands and said to Ying with a preachy look, "Don't be too naΓ―ve! This society is very complicated, prepare for the worst first, and if something really happens, we will become her accomplices! β
"Then I'll just put the blame on you then." Ying said with a smile.
"Hey! If you don't have compassion, how can you be a good partner like this, hmm, it's hard to worry about whether to protect her."
Looking at Paimon, who was entangled in some trivial matters, Ying sighed helplessly and said, "Paimon, you are really stupid and naΓ―ve."
Paimon huffed, "Well, don't talk about me like that, I'm really worried." β
"Hey! Guy over there! β
Hearing another voice from behind him, Paimon spoke in surprise, "Huh? Anyone else will come? β
"But this voice, I always feel like I've heard it somewhere."
After hearing Paimon's words, Ying replied, "This voice is Arataki Kazuto, haven't you seen it at the Rongcai Festival before?" β
"Oh, I'll just say it's so familiar." Paimon scratched his head.
And Arataki Itto also came to the front of the two, and he greeted Ying and Paimon with a smile, "Haha, is it actually the two of you who came to this kind of place for a vacation?" β
"Yes, I think the atmosphere here is good, come here for a vacation." Ying replied.
"Well, yes." Listening to Ying's words, Arataki Ichito's smile froze, and then changed the subject: "Oh! Judging by the way you look, the corners of your mouths should be good, right? Me too, oh, hahaha. β
Paimon looked at the green-haired woman behind Arataki Itto who he hadn't seen before and asked, "Who is the person behind you?" β
"Hello, I'm Kuki Shinobu, a member of the Arataki faction." The woman greeted.
Hearing Kuki Shinobu's words, Arataki Itto said in hindsight: "Ahaha, I almost forgot, I'm here to introduce you, this is the most powerful person in our Arataki faction, Ninja!" β
"Oh! It turns out that he is also a member of the Arataki faction! Paimon nodded.
Arataki Itto said: "The powerful people who are mixed in Hanamizaka will definitely join our Arataki faction." Usually, the things in the gang are settled by Ah Ren, and let her cover you. β
Kuki Shinobu greeted the two of them again, "The boss's friend is my friend, it's nice to meet the two, Traveler, Paimon." β
"It's very good, then I'll call you Ah Ren." Paimon smiled and nodded.
Ying also greeted politely, "Nice to meet you, Ah Ren." β
Kuki Shinobu nodded and said, "Well, please take care of me in the future." Actually, I have a hunch. Maybe I'm going to need you to take care of it in the near future. β
At this time, Paimon suddenly thought of something, and asked Arataki Itto, "But Ichito, you just said that she is settling the affairs of your gang?" So she's actually the boss, right? β
Listening to Paimon's words, Arataki Itto said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone, "Paimon, what are you talking about, it's me, the boss." The Hanamizaka Arataki faction in the sky and on the ground, I have never been the only boss! β
Paimon nodded, "I see, it's a useless boss and a powerful subordinate."
Arataki Itto was stunned by Paimon's sharp words, then shook his head and said, "Hey! Alas, forget it, it's normal that you can't figure it out with your little brain, and Uncle Ben doesn't have the same knowledge as you. β
"Closer to home, have you ever seen a pink lil. What is the law and what is the mage? Anyway, it's a person who knows a lot, not tall, and wears a weird hat. β
"Bah!" Listening to Arataki Itto's words, Paimon couldn't help but be surprised.
Kuki Shinobu explained, "It's a legal counselor from Liyue named Yanfei. I guess the two of you might know each other. β
Paimon said in a panicked tone, "No, I haven't seen it!" I never knew each other! β
"Aren't you not admitting yourself?" Ying couldn't help but complain.
Arataki Ichito wondered, "Oh? Looks like you've seen her? β
"I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything just now." Paimon hurriedly waved his hand.
Arataki Itto said with a smile: "I'm nervous, it seems that I said it." β
Kuki Shinobu continued, "When people lie, their eyes wander subconsciously, Paimon. β
"But we have no ill intentions, don't worry."
Hearing Kuki Shinobu's words, Paimon breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You know Yanfei? β
"Know, know, know. She's already my savior. Arataki Ichito hurriedly nodded and explained.
Hearing Arataki Itto's words, Paimon wondered, "What kind of benefactor?" Ay. Hey, wait, how did you two end up in The Chasm! β
"I'm sorry, Paimon has eaten too much these days, and her brain is a little slow and stupid, I'll cut down on her food next time." Ying said to the two of them at this time.
Paimon shouted at Glow, "Hey! β
"The ban on the country has been lifted recently, do you know about this?" Arataki Itto said.
Listening to Arataki Itto's words, Paimon wondered, "Wasn't it lifted earlier?" β
"Ahh Is that so? Arataki Ichito wondered.
Kuki Shinobu said: "Of course that's the case, otherwise how would Inazuma hold the Eicai Festival earlier, but boss, you have just come out of prison not long ago, and it is normal for you to understand it late with your character." β
Paimon: "."
Arataki Kazuto waved his hand and continued to the others, "Of course, this matter is not important, the important thing is that Ninja came to Liyue to get her graduation certificate, I was afraid that it would not be safe for her to go out alone, so I came with me." β
Listening to Arataki Itto's words, Paimon wondered, "Graduation certificate? Ninja: Did you go to school in Liyue? β
"I studied law at Liyue Tongwen School, but unfortunately I happened to come home to visit my family on the eve of graduation and was several years late in obtaining my diploma." Kuki explained, "When we went to Liyue Harbor on an errand, the boss was in line with the Millelith soldiers and was almost arrested, but Miss Yanfei passed by to help. β
"If it weren't for my benefactor's great help, I'm afraid I'd be in Liyue's prison, but Liyue's Millelith Army is really strong, much stronger than the army of the Heavenly Domain led by Inazuma Kujo Tengu, so I want to do something for her." Arataki replied, "But she said she didn't need our help, so that's not okay, how can you not get into trouble when you're away?" Just follow her, and when I need to, I jump out at once. β
Ying said helplessly: "You are forcing you to buy and sell this kindness, right?" β
"No, no, I really just want to protect her! Because she was in a hurry, she felt like she was going to do something important. Arataki Ichito shook his head and said, "If you want to do something great and important in this world, you will inevitably encounter some trouble, you know?" I'm kind. β
Kuki Shinobu suddenly shouted, "Traveler? β
Hearing Kuki Shinobu's shout, Ying turned her head suspiciously, and then after seeing Kuki Shinobu's eyes, Ying pointed to Arataki Itto in the wrong direction and said, "Yanfei just now, she went over there." β
"Oh, thank you, I'm going to find her! Hey, Ren Ren, let's go. After saying that, Arataki Ichito turned around and left, and Kuki Shinobu, who didn't forget to greet him, heard him shouting while running away: "Benefactor, wait for Uncle Ben to help you!" β
Kuki Shinobu nodded at Ying before leaving, "Thank you, see you next time." β
Ying: "."
"Ying, you've pointed them in the wrong direction so that Assaki Kazuto won't cause trouble for Yanfei." Paimon looked at the two of them who were leaving, and said to Ying, "Then let's go to the place where we were smashed last time." β
"Okay, okay, I don't need you to remind you, let's go over, you just behaved as stupid as Arataki Itto." Ying complained.
Paimon scratched his head and said, "Hmm. β
Ying spread her wings and flew towards the nail's position, and when she landed, she found that Yanfei was actually here.
"Yanfei, why are you here? The person who tracked you has been only fired by me. After Ying hit the ground, Paimon said to Yanfei.
Yanfei smiled and nodded, "Great, thanks to you." That fancy big brother is really enthusiastic, if I should be able to make a friend, but unfortunately I have something to do today. β
Hearing Yanfei's words, Paimon wondered, "Hmm... What kind of business needs to be done in such a strange place, maybe you also want to change careers and become an adventurer, right? β
"I'm a legal counselor, and occasionally I have to travel far away in person. This time I came to the Chasm because of a will. Yanfei explained.
Paimon was surprised, "Will.?" β
Yanfei nodded and said, "Hmm." I found a will in an ancient book, which was supposed to have been left by some of the great people in the past. He has a magic weapon that is missing and wants to get it back. β
"Isn't this the kind of thing about the Afterlife? Do you want a law counselor to do it? Paimon scratched his head.
Yanfei shook her head and explained: "Of course not, the Afterlife Hall is only responsible for funeral business, and executing the will on behalf of the will is also a part of the work of a legal counselor, of course, such a situation is really rare." The Chasm doesn't come just as you want. β
"So you know?" A voice came suddenly.
Paimon exclaimed, "Who! β
Yanfei beckoned to the source of the voice, "Oh, are you there?" Sure enough, I guessed it right. β
Ying turned her head to look, and then her eyes widened, it was the woman in front of her who robbed her of her two million Mora here! Although two million Mora is nothing to her now, it is still very valuable to her at that time.
"Ying, are you alright?" Looking at something wrong, Paimon asked in a whisper.
Ying said with an indignant face, "Paimon, that's her, last time she dropped the nail, my Mora is all gone!" β
The blue-haired woman jumped down from the high platform and said to Yanfei calmly, "The Great Law Counselor has come to the Chasm to do business, where do you need to ask for my opinion." β
Yanfei said, "Where Yelan is there, my words don't count, right?" β
"She, who is she!" Paimon wondered.
"Didn't you hear Yanfei just say the other party's name? Yelan. Ying complained helplessly.
Paimon scratched his head and said, "I mean I know her name is Yelan, but what does she do?" β
Yanfei explained to the two of them, "This is Yelan, Liyue, can I say that you are in the Department of General Affairs?" Anyway, a friend of mine. β
Yelan bowed her head and said, "Yes." It just so happens that I've been doing something in this area lately, and I've had a little fate with you. β
Speaking of this, Yelan turned to Ying and Paimon and said, "Traveler and Paimon may not know me, but I've heard of you. β
Yinghu said with a grimace, "Laughing, I have too many friends in Liyue."
"A few of you come here to do business, and my job is to monitor the Chasm. According to the regulations, I should have been accompanied. Yelan continued: "But this time I have other things to do, I'm afraid I won't be able to follow the whole process, just don't make any big moves." β
Yanfei listened to Yelan's words, and said with a pity on her face: "Oops, I still want to ask you for help."
"For the sake of past friendships, can you take a little time to help me get this legacy?"
Yelan listened to Yanfei's words, clasped her arms and said flatly: "Please show sincerity to me." β
Yanfei smiled and nodded: "Okay, you have to pay for the tour guide, it just so happened that Grandma Ping gave me some good tea, if you don't dislike it, let me invite you to have a cup of tea." β
"Hehe, why don't you tell me the details of your coming here first, I'll do it."
"Hey! You guys! β
Before Yelan could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a voice.
Hearing this familiar voice, Paimon said with some surprise, "Why did Ito come back!" β
Ichito walked up to a few people with Kuki Shinobu and said to Ying and Paimon with an unhappy face, "Okay, you guys, deliberately split me!" I said, Traveler, why don't you turn to my brother? β
Hearing Arataki Itto's words, Ying's expression was a little unnatural, although she knew that this was the world's problem, but Arataki Itto's brother still heard her weird.
Ying spread her hands at Arataki and said, "Because this side is also our friend."
After listening to Ying's words, Arataki Itto planned to walk here, and Yelan said lightly to Arataki Itto at this time: "Stay." β
Arataki Ichito stopped and wondered at Yelan, "Huh? Who are you? β
"I'm sorry, this area is all strata, please stop." Yelan spoke.
After listening to Yelan's words, Arataki Ichito said with a disdainful face: "What are you kidding, you don't have a notice fence here, and you don't let people walk?" β
"Where it's really dangerous, there's no notice." Yelan replied.
"That's such an important place." Paimon spread his hands.
"Of course, that golden anchor says it all." Yanfei whispered to cut off her voice with a spell and said to Ying and Paimon: "Yelan doesn't know that there is an anchor here, don't say it, because after the Emperor and Xianjun are gone, the only people who know that they still exist are Ningguang and Keqing, and Yelan doesn't know all this." β
"In her opinion, I am just an ordinary legal counselor, you should not expose the identities of the immortals and me, the current immortals of Liyue are all hidden in Liyue Harbor, and their identities will not be revealed under normal circumstances, so it is better for you to use the identity of ordinary Liyue people to talk to her."
"I see, no wonder she looks arrogant." Paimon said suddenly.
Yanfei continued, "I know you may have had a little trouble with Yelan before, but she's a good person, and she should have been careless about what happened before, so I would like you to help me with some things for Liyue's sake. β
"Well, we got it." Ying replied, "We're not going to do anything. β
Yanfei smiled and replied, "Well, thank you." β
There is a reason why Yanfei talks to Ying like this, she knows that Ying is very strong, and her style of acting is also a little moody, if it sounds good, it is chic and free, and if it is not good, it is crazy, she is afraid that it will be bad if Ying is unhappy and will be beaten by others.
And when Yanfei is talking secretly with Ying and Paimon, Arataki Itto and Yelan also have a conflict, and both of them exude elemental power and confront each other.
"Why are they fighting?" Paimon scratched his head.
Yanfei hurriedly came out and persuaded: "Alas, wait a minute, the two of you are here, this matter is caused by me, it is better to give me a face. Ay? β
Before Yanfei could finish speaking, the ground began to shake.
"Oh no, it seems to be here!"
Arataki Itto said dissatisfiedly: "Don't pull away from the topic! I'm but... Huh?"
Then, the ground collapsed, and everyone fell straight down, and Ying spread her wings in an instant, and then landed smoothly, as for Paimon, like everyone else, fell to the ground, which made Ying feel a little puzzled.
Paimon covered his head and said, "What the hell! Hey, Ying, are you alright? β
"I'm fine, but you, why did you fall to the ground?" Ying wondered.
Paimon twitched his fingers in embarrassment and replied, "This, this"
It's broken, and he forgot that Yinghui will fly, so his previous actions were seen by the other party, and when he thought of this, Paimon's expression was a little tense.
(End of chapter)