Chapter Seventy-One: Respond to Me! Anping!
Kamisato Ayaka and Yae Miko heard that Shenhe had the method of summoning Anhe's soul, and immediately decided to help.
Ayaka asked the craftsman to carve the two Yaksha statues she needed. Yae Miko fetches seven lamps and an incense burner that can carry the Shenhe Immortal Dharma.
After three days when everything was ready, Shenhe set up an altar in the inaccessible place behind the Shadow Mountain, arranged the lamps in the direction of the seven stars, and waited for night to fall.
"Shenhe... Is it really up to me to do such an important thing? Ying was inevitably a little nervous.
After all, if you fail, you will fail everyone's efforts these days. And there is no way to know Anping's whereabouts.
"Well, I want to use the power of the ice element to maintain the low temperature in this area, traveler, your body has withstood the immortal power of the immortals, there is absolutely no problem." Shenhe nodded.
"Okay then." Ying took a deep breath and waited for the moon to travel in the middle of the way, and the sleepwalking method could begin.
"Traveler, you can get started." Shenhe looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and the position of the altar was instantly filled with ice and mist, and the temperature plummeted.
"The first step is to offer incense." Paimon pulls out his notes and reminds Ying next to him. Ying lit the incense, and according to the requirements of the immortal law, with the awe of the rock king and emperor, she inserted the incense into the incense burner.
"The second step is meditation." Facing the incense burner, cutting off all distracting thoughts, the image of Anping is fixed in his mind.
There was no need to recall, and An Ping's smiling face naturally appeared in Ying's mind. It seems that from the beginning of the meeting, Anping seems to have been smiling in front of her.
Even the last time he saw him, he kept a smile on his face.
"The third step is to cast a spell."
"Deva Yaksha! Three corpses are pressing! Ying opened her eyes and uttered the incantation. Placed on the east and west sides, the waists of the two Yaksha statues shone brightly.
"Yay! That's the last step left! Paimon cried out excitedly when he saw the light on the waists of the two statues.
This shows that there is no problem with the previous step, and the last step is also the easiest step, Ying only needs to draw her bow and arrow and shoot at the glowing place on the waist of the two Yaksha statues, and the contract as an envoy is completed!
Paimon struggled to raise his bow and arrow and handed it to Ying's hand. Full of longing for Anping, Ying pulled out her bow and aimed it at the glowing position on Yaksha's waist.
"Respond to me—Anping!" Huxiu - two arrows shot out almost at the same time, hitting the glow of the Yaksha statue with precision, and the two rays of light shot into the sky...
"How so... I didn't expect the traveler's archery skills to be quite good, but the words in her mouth just now... Even I feel a little embarrassed..."Yae Miko, who was standing on the sidelines, touched her nose and whispered to Kamisato Ayaka.
"It doesn't seem like that's what a traveler would say...", Ayaka touched the spot behind her ear as well.
"What are you talking about?" Ying suddenly looked at Shenzi and Ling Hua, who were whispering eagerly on the side.
"No, no... Miss Shenhe, is this a success? Miko immediately changed the subject.
"The traveler is doing a perfect job, and it won't be long before Anping's soul will be here, and then we can inquire about his whereabouts." Shenhe didn't think there was anything wrong with Ying's words.
"Great... That's great... Finally see Anping again... Wooh," Paimon said, crying.
... An Ping's soul curled up like a baby, immersed in the power of the dark abyss.
Suddenly, his hand was grabbed and pulled away from side to side. Anping, who had been disturbed from sleep, opened his eyes. Then I saw that I was being dragged out by two light people.
Well?! What's the situation?! Could it be that he was really killed by the broken furnace this time? Are these two here to take me to heaven?
! Seeing that he was dragged by two light people and was about to get out of the power of the abyss, thinking of the black-and-white impermanence story of picking people up and going to the underworld, An Ping suddenly became nervous.
No way! I can't die yet! Even if Lord Yama comes, he won't want to take me away today! This space filled with the power of the endless abyss is Anping's absolute home field, and with a random thought, the power of the abyss surges like a tsunami and directly pounces on the two light people and sweeps them away... It's so horrible that my soul was almost taken to hell for judgment... An Ping breathed a sigh of relief and continued to sink into the power of the abyss to nourish his soul.
The injuries he suffered this time were even worse than Ruotuo's, the shield didn't last long, and his body was roasted to a half-cooked almost blink of an eye, if it hadn't been for the last-minute explosion that destroyed the Fatui's forbidden teleportation seal, I'm afraid he would have really vaporized in the core of the explosion of the Mikage furnace core... Anping fell into a baby's sleep again.
... After comforting Paimon, the group fell into an anxious wait. Without waiting for Anping's soul, he saw that the light on the waists of the two Yaksha statues suddenly flickered, and then instantly extinguished.
At the same time, there was a kacha sound from inside the Yaksha statue, and the body of the Yaksha statue was instantly covered with cracks. The seven ever-bright lamps extinguished themselves without wind and fell to the ground, and the incense in the incense burner was also extinguished.
Everyone was alarmed.
"Shenhe... Did it fail? Ying looked at Shenhe anxiously.
"No... It's impossible, it should have been successful..."Shenhe immediately rushed to the front of the appliance to check.
"Could it be that Anping hasn't fallen asleep yet... Didn't you say that you had to be asleep to summon his soul? Paimon encourages everyone to think on the bright side.
"But in that case, the Yaksha statue shouldn't be cracked, and the seven-star lamp shouldn't be extinguished..."Shenhe is also the first time to encounter such a situation, it stands to reason that even if the spirit conjuring fails, there will not be a situation where the Yaksha is like a split, and the seven-star lamp goes out...
"It seems that the ritual was forced to be interrupted because it was attacked..."Yae Miko picked up the seven-star lamp on the ground and observed it, and then touched the crack on the Yaksha statue, and had a rough judgment in his heart.
"Attack!? Isn't there anyone who doesn't want us to see Anping's soul? Ying turned her head to stare at Yae Miko.
Ying has always had doubts about how Anping had an accident. Although Kamisato Ayaka told Ying that Anhei would choose to send the Shadow Furnace Core into the sky in order to prevent the explosion of the Mikage Furnace Core from affecting the rebel forces on the Sea Island that he joined, Ying instinctively felt that things were definitely not that simple.
"Who knows? Maybe it's because the little guy himself is worried about being taken away, so he takes the initiative to attack the Yaksha. In fact, the Son of God also wondered in his heart whether it was the Fatui who were doing the trick again.
It's just that they can't say it in front of Ying and Shenhe, otherwise the two of them will know that Anping was killed by the lady and his whereabouts are unknown, and they will definitely go to the lady to avenge Anping.
That's reserved for the little guy to come back and solve it with his own hands, and no one wants to rob it. Miko has been keeping an eye on the lady's movements these days.
It's just that Miko's casual excuse accurately hits the truth.
"It's a possibility... With Anping's strength, it would be impossible for him not to resist if he found out that he had been detained by the Yaksha..."After Shenhe inspected the equipment, he felt that Miko's words were very reasonable.
If others want to block the sleepwalking method, the easiest way to do this is to directly destroy the altar, rather than blocking the Yaksha spirit.
"So what now, if Anping's soul is unwilling to follow Yaksha, can we just continue to wait for news from Liyue or the end of the world?" Ayaka's expression was not so lost.
Because this at least proves that Anping is still alive.
"No... Miss Kamisato, can you please do me a favor? Shenhe picked up a seven-star lamp and looked at Ayaka.
"Please."
"Please ask Miss Kamisato to help me maintain the low temperature environment in this area, and this time I will perform the sleepwalking method again!" Shenhe seemed to have thought of a solution to the problem, and her expression was unusually determined.
"This is no problem, but the Yaksha statues have already cracked, if you don't have to wait two days to re-emit the two Yaksha statues, Miss Shenhe, you can try it again." After all, the Kamisato family is in charge of the Inazuma cultural festival, so they naturally understand how strict the equipment requirements for the ceremony are.
Now that the Yaksha statue has been destroyed, I am afraid that the last step will not succeed.
"It's okay, I have my own way, as long as Miss Kamisato helps me maintain the temperature in the field."
"Okay, then I'll take care of maintaining the temperature of the venue, Miss Shenhe." Looking at Shenhe's confident appearance, Ayaka chose to believe her.
"Is it really okay, Shenhe? But don't force it..."Ying looked at Shenhe worriedly. She was afraid that Shenhe would act reluctantly because of Anping's affairs.
"Don't worry, Traveler." Shenhe nodded, then re-lit the seven-star lamp, took out the sigil and stuck it to the crack of the Yaksha statue.
"Shenhe, is this using a talisman to repair the crack?" Paimon is speculating about Shenhe's intentions.
"Don't talk, don't disturb the kid." Miko could see that Shenhe was reconstructing the ritual.
Everything was ready, Shenhe held the fragrance in his hand, and began the steps of sleepwalking in the realms again. Offering incense. Meditation.
It is the same as Ying's action just now, there is almost no difference, except that from the first step, Shen He only has Anping in mind.
An Ping's appearance came to Shenhe's mind.
"Shenhe, you look good when you smile, so let's smile more once in a while." Shenhe still remembers that day, Anping held his chin in his hand, and his eyes were full of tenderness.
When An Ping's appearance in his mind was condensed, the corners of Shenhe's mouth hooked a beautiful arc, and the two lines of tears reflecting the moonlight in the corners of his eyes slid down.
Would you like this smile?
"Ice becomes a god! Follow the law! "Shenhe does not intend to use the power of the Yaksha to summon Anping's soul with the power of the ice puppet.
Anping had seen my ice puppet, and if the ice puppet had gone, he would have known that I was calling him.
The divine vision on Shenhe's body bloomed, and a large amount of elemental power converged on the two stone statues with talismans and seals, and almost instantly emptied Shenhe's elemental power, Shenhe stumbled under his feet, and almost fell to the ground.
Changing the Immortal Family Spell is not such a simple thing. For example, if Shenhe wanted to replace the Yaksha with an ice puppet at this time, then naturally he could not simply use the immortal ritual to conclude a contract to drive the Yaksha gods.
Now, the elemental power that drives the ice golem must be borne by Shenhe.
"Shenhe! Stop it! You won't be able to hold on like this! Ying found out that Shenhe's body had become shaky due to the evacuation of elemental power, and she immediately rushed to stop Shenhe from continuing to carry out the immortal method.
"Wait, travelers." Miko grabbed the traveler's wrist.
"No, if it goes on like this, Shen Hehui will be seriously injured because he can't bear the exploitation!" Ying wanted to shake off Miko's hand.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine." Miko has already seen the clue. Do you remember that the first step in casting the immortal method was to have reverence for the Rock King and Emperor and then offer incense?
This ritual was originally performed by borrowing the power of the Rock King Emperor. However, after Shenhe's revision, what he never forgot was Anping.
So... An Ping, who had just fallen asleep, suddenly felt that his body was hollowed out. Well? Anping woke up from his sleep.
What happened? Just as Shenhe, who was squeezing her strength, was about to go limp and fall unconscious, a force from nowhere replaced her elemental power and poured into the shattered Yaksha statue, and the rune paper that Shenhe had held on to for a long time without movement suddenly shone brightly.
"Succeeded?!" Paimon exclaimed. Shenhe didn't have time to think about the reason, so he immediately gathered up the last bit of strength, pulled his bow and arrows, and aimed at the rune paper.
"Respond to me, Anping!" When the arrow was about to be shot, Shenhe couldn't help but recall what Ying had just said.
She also thinks it's a good fit.
"Is this necessary for the ritual?" Miko and Ling Hua glanced at each other, because they had witnessed Shenhe's performance, so they recalled the way they looked just now, the tips of their toes were constantly tense, and Ying, who lowered her head.
Xiu Xiu shot two arrows, Shenhe almost fell down because of the loss of strength, Ying hurriedly went up to help her. Looking at the two blue rays of light soaring into the sky, the tired smile on Shenhe's face became more and more gentle.
"Anping will definitely come this time."
"Shenhe has worked so hard, if that guy from Anping still doesn't come, when we find him, I'll help you stomp on his face a few times." Paimon stomped his foot as if Yaspei's face was already on the bottom of his feet.
An Ping scratched his body suspiciously... Or rather, spirits. He was still thinking about what was the wonderful feeling of being hollowed out just now?
A trace of fluctuation suddenly came from the ocean constructed by the power of the abyss, and An Ping looked up, and two blue lights fluttered.
Isn't it still coming!? An Ping was about to raise his hand to scatter the two light people again, but Tong Kong Yining suddenly found that it was Shenhe's ice puppet, and his hand was quickly put down.
Shenhe?! Is Shenhe looking for me?! Two ice golems flew in front of An Ping, gently lifted his armpits, and carried him out of the ocean of abyssal power.
Realizing that this was Shenhe looking for him, Anping stopped resisting and let the two ice golems carry him to the path formed by a wisp of green smoke illuminated by the lamplight.
I don't think you'll be fooled... Lord Yama won't also play beauty tricks, right? The doubts in An Ping's heart quickly dissipated.
Because he had already seen Shenhe and Paimon lying in Ying's arms. Why are Miko and Ling Hua also there?
! Wrong!? Why did Shenhe come to Inazuma with Ying?!