242 - Gifts
Strictly speaking, the Kai Gui Imperial Spirit Sacrifice and the Three Realms Road Feast Sacrifice involved in the Enxia Palace were essentially just supplements to Teyvat's background.
This kind of activity doesn't necessarily need to be empty to solve the trouble.
Even if it doesn't come empty, there won't be much danger, and at most, Watatsumi Island may be cold.
This result can only be said to be a big problem, after all, compared to other tasks, the Forest Book and the Divine Sakura Great Purification are often a danger to the whole country.
And what is involved in the Imperial Spirit Festival is just an island.
The same is true for the Three Realms Road Festival, where the erosion of elemental power may be a problem, but these are all things that the big guys need to pay attention to.
The reason why Watatsumi Island is so directly inherited from the elements is also largely due to the particularity of this land.
"If dragon lizards can teach speech and writing, they must have their own civilization, right?"
Rama wasn't sure what he would get, but just like Enkami's advice, when you're faced with a tricky problem, you don't know how much you'll get in return for your actions, but you have to do something.
If you don't do anything, the trouble is just the trouble, and there is no time to solve it.
Accumulate some hole cards, may not be able to use, and there is always a use.
The masked witch approached and stopped beside Rama.
"I thought I would be able to meet the ancient masters of Teyvat." Rama bowed slightly, "But I didn't expect that it was their spokesperson who came." ”
"What do you mean by this?" The shrine maiden who calls herself Tsumi doesn't mean to introduce herself.
When it comes to the Seven Dragons, it shouldn't be a problem.
After all, the Grass Dragon is now on Sumeru's territory, and I don't see Sky Island trying to kill him.
"After the ancient Seven Kings withered, a new generation of Seven Kings is being born one after another." His words were lamenting, "If time had been enough, they would have welcomed their new king." ”
The Ruotuo Dragon King was surrounded by a whole group of rock dragon lizards, and around the Ruotuo Dragon King, the rock dragon lizards had a complete evolutionary echelon.
After he was sealed, both the Rock Dragon Lizard and the Ancient Rock Dragon Lizard fell into a deep sleep until the seal was loosened and the Dragon Lizards resumed their activities.
And the living environment of the deep-sea dragon lizard is obviously very suitable for ushering in a dragon king of the water element.
However, stories don't always follow logic.
In the language of the people of the Enshita Palace, the Water Dragon King will be born in human form.
Although in Eastern mythology, the human form is the lifelong pursuit of many youkai, the humans of Teyvat do not occupy this advantage.
Eastern mythology involves spiritual practice, and the human form is the most suitable for spiritual practice, which is quite stable logic.
The Teyvat people do not have the concept of cultivation at all, they use elemental power to rely on external objects, and they also need to bear the price of using abyssal power, and basically do not belong to their own power system.
Without this advantage, compared to the human form, the body type of the dragon is indeed more suitable.
This is actually a pity.
Yuanxia Palace appeared suddenly, and for the deep-sea dragon lizards, a piece of land suddenly appeared in the environment they were already familiar with, and there was a group of special lifeforms on the land.
This was followed by the appearance of the Great Serpent Orobus.
The deep-sea dragon lizards of this period have the corresponding power of the [Ancient Rock Dragon Lizard] at most, and they may even have the strength of this level because they do not have the Water Dragon King.
In the face of a demon god like Orobus, and the humans he shelters, the living environment of the deep-sea dragon lizard was suddenly changed.
Dragon lizards have a strong ability to adapt to the environment, and when the environment changes, they also change themselves to adapt.
They even have mastered forces other than the water elemental, including the thunder elemental and the ice elemental.
This is evolution, an advantage, for the survival of the race.
It's a pity that the evolution route of the dragon lizard requires pure elemental power, and the alien ice and thunder element of the race makes the entire deep sea dragon lizard group lose the conditions for the birth of the water dragon king.
Since then, it has indeed been as predicted by the people of Yuanxia Palace, the Water Dragon King was born in human form, but he was not the heart of the Coral Palace, who wrote a lot in the plot of the Yuanxia Palace, but came to Fontaine and became the Grand Inquisitor.
Among them, the people of Yuanxia Palace have made great contributions.
As far as the people of the Enshita Palace are concerned, the Deep Sea Dragon Lizards are a group of hunters, and before Orobas, they could only barely get a night's sleep with the help of the Great Sun Imperial Opinion.
For the deep-sea dragon lizards, this sudden arrival of this enclave changed their living environment, and it was the two gods who helped them one after another.
The great god of the eternal world descended on the divine revelation, and Abe Ryohisa was born, and the construction of the Great Day Imperial Court completely changed the surrounding environment.
The great god of the sea appeared, Orobas, and used the strength of the demon god to deter the dragon lizard, and guided the people of the Enxia Palace to study the dragon lizard.
It's not a problem at all to say that they're open.
From this point of view, it is difficult to say that the arrival of the Yuanxia Palace was an accident.
The Water Dragon King who came out of the deep sea dragon lizard should be the staunchest opponent of the Seven Ruling System, just like Apep.
But the humanoid water dragon king is accustomed to human society, and even becomes the protector of human society.
The eternal god, the ruler of time, it is difficult to say that he also saw this abandoned land.
Serendipitous, unexpected······ In a world where the past can be modified, and time and history are unstable, this is an inevitable consequence.
Nahida and the Great Tree King only stand in the present to revise the past, but His operation is to go to the future to modify the present.
The only thing that doesn't make sense is that the Water Dragon King is a new generation of dragon kings, and among the ancient seven dragons, Apep is obviously in Sumeru, but Sky Island has no superfluous actions.
If it's really worth killing, doesn't Apep have any new dragon worth killing?
Tsumi didn't understand.
Regarding the Seven Great Dragons, I'm afraid that even the Deep Sea Dragon Lizard itself doesn't know, let alone the spokesperson they have cultivated.
Tsumi was silent for a moment, but shook his head.
"It seems like it's important to them, but you say it's too late." She whispered, "Since it's too late, let's do what we can do first." ”
"You're right." Rama was silent for a moment, then smiled.
Water Dragon King······ It's really late.
This humanoid Water Dragon King has been a Grand Inquisitor in a foreign country for a long time, and it doesn't matter whether the Deep Sea Dragon Lizard will regret it or not.
"I am the Great Sage of a foreign land, and I am able to temporarily control the entire Watatsumi Island by order of Narutomi."
"I know you want to do something, I can let go of the Great Sun Imperial Shrine and help you rescue the dragon lizard underground." He smiled and said, "Of course, if you really resent this sun, I can also help you destroy it. ”
Rama said, "Oh, by the way, you may not know that Narutomi died at the hands of Orobas. ”
"So, what do you want?" Azumi did not refuse.
When chips are expensive, even if you know there's a problem, you can't say no.
"The truth about the Three Realms." Rama did not hesitate.
The Void, the Human Realm, and the Light Realm.
The Void is outside the world, eroding towards the Teyvat continent, and many people are picking up the power of the Void and using the power of outsiders to do their own thing.
The dragon king, the flower god and the red king, and Kanria who started a war of resistance.
But what kind of existence is the Light Realm, Rama is a little curious.
Is there a metaphysical idea, or is there really a place where all the elements of Teyvat come from the flow?
"I don't know much." Mi hesitated.
Knowledge in exchange for help, this is not a loss.
"You know, it's enough to tell me." Rama's face was gentle, but his words were very indifferent, "Please believe me, Watatsumi Island and Enxia Palace are of little value to me. ”
"Being able to trade them for anything useful, it's a deal for me to earn."
Atsumi silently recounted what he knew, and Rama listened quietly.
Language and writing can be regarded as the cornerstone of civilization, and the wisdom of the deep-sea dragon lizard has an obvious upward trend in the test of the people of the Yuanxia Palace.
As for the study of intelligence, they only studied the fourth line of the mother's body, and they had already judged that the other party had the intelligence level of a nearly twelve-year-old human schoolchild.
The researchers were so frightened by the research that they had to suspend it.
What they wanted was to study the intelligence of livestock, not to discover a strange life that was far superior to humans in intelligence and physique.
As the master of the world of Teyvat, the dragon heir has indeed shown the superiority of this species in many aspects.
They have their own civilization and are naturally able to keep their own records and perceptions of the world.
"You're too honest, ma'am." Rama looked at her deeply, "Humans are not beings who will keep their promises. ”
"So, are you going to kill me after you just got the trade item?" Tsumi didn't seem to be afraid.
"No, no, no, it's going to damage my reputation." Rama shook his head, "Don't worry, that's all I said. ”
Useless truth.
Ah Mi is really not modest, she really doesn't know much, and it overlaps with what Rama knows.
If you try to get the truth from her, you might as well try it from Fuchikami.
But a contract is a contract, and you can't break the agreement just because the items traded by the other party are useless.
Even if no one knew, Rama did not intend to break the contract.
If you do this kind of thing for the first time, it is difficult to guarantee that your reputation will be used a second time, even if no one knows about it.
"By the way, I actually have a different set of arguments about your identity."
Rama glanced at the girl, and his words carried the anticipation peculiar to the musicians: "No matter which side you are on, you can't be unaware of Orobas. ”
This demon god who completely pushed the dragon lizard down.
But if the wisdom of the dragon lizard is enough to pass it on, it is impossible for Ah Mi not to know the name.
"He has two kinds of dependents, one is the Coral King Worm you know, which is used to hold the Imperial Spirit Sacrifice and purify the special life of excess elemental power."
The blood branch coral is the condensation of the life force of the big snake, and the power of the big snake can be matched with the ritual to awaken the sleeping coral king insect in the Yuanxia Palace.
When the king insect wakes up, it begins to devour and purify the elemental power, so that the concentration of elemental power on Watatsumi Island returns to normal, which can supply the normal life activities of humans.
"And his first family is called the Watatsumi Envoy."
"The people of the White Night Kingdom use half-human, half-snake statues to promote the gods on their bodies, but this is the image of the early Watatsumi envoy, with the loss of Orobas's divine power, the later Watatsumi envoys and humans are undoubted, but their pupils are like dragons and snakes."
The pupils under Tsumi's mask shrank.
"The Watatsumi envoy was born out of the power of Orobus, but in order to fulfill the wishes of the people of the White Night, the power of the Great Serpent was consumed a lot, including the coral he obtained, which was also used to accomplish this."
"Because of this, the number of Watatsumi envoys is becoming more and more scarce."
"And the last Watatsumi envoy, she had high hopes of becoming a bridge between humans and dragon lizards, but when she was a baby, she was attacked by dragon lizards along with her guardian shrine maiden, and her whereabouts have been unknown since."
"Impossible." She quickly regained her composure, "That guy, say I'm a dragon lizardman. ”
Rama wasn't surprised by her reaction, so he said softly, "My words come from the Coral Palace lineage of the White Night Country, after the Great Serpent entered the White Night Kingdom, the witches who served him were the masters of this country. ”
"Besides, you may not be sure what kind of life a drake man is."
Words of a dragon lizard in human form······ I'm afraid this is something that only the Seven Dragon Kings are capable of doing.
The Ryota can take on human form, but he is most often in dragon form.
Enkami says she's a dragon lizard, probably because it found the dragon lizard research institute, where it saw a researcher's left record.
And this researcher, who was recorded by his colleagues as "the guy who wrote the fantasy stories of the dragon lizardmen", was eventually expelled from the institute.
Of course, the researcher who was responsible for studying the intelligence of the dragon lizard found that the intelligence growth rate of the dragon lizard was ridiculously high in the subsequent experiments, and he was worried that there would really be dragon lizard people, so he shut down the experiment on intelligence research.
But in short, Ah Mi shouldn't be a dragon lizard, she really doesn't have the level of strength.
To change from a monster to a human, you still need some strength in the context of Teyvat.
Although the human form is not strengthened, Fanes is the pinnacle of human power, and he has pressed the seven dragons into the ocean, and he favors humans.
He loves people, so all other beings should love them.
"So, you want to say that I'm an envoy of Watatsumi, but I was attacked and adopted by a dragon lizard, and I think I am a dragon lizard instead?" Ah Mi couldn't hold back, "Don't you really think this statement is ridiculous?" ”
"Of course, of course I find it ridiculous." Rama spread his hands, "You see, the people of the White Night Country at that time took the dragon lizard to conduct research, completed the transplantation of coral fragments, and before leaving, said to the family of Orobas, cub, we look forward to you leading us to complete reconciliation with the dragon lizard and become a bridge of communication between the two sides." ”
"Of course I found it interesting."
At present, there are still a lot of precious dragon lizards imprisoned under the Great Day Imperial Palace, and the basis of the existence of Watatsumi Island is the coral on the backs of these dragon lizards, and picking corals once means that they must be killed, otherwise the dragon lizard will not lie on the ground at you and show favor to your belly.
And then the White Night Kingdom needs an envoy of Watatsumi to communicate with the dragon lizard - why don't you want her to learn to communicate with the dragon lizard?
Declaring war on dragon lizards?
Rama was also curious.
Before the Great Day, it was an enclave where dragon lizards hunted humans.
After the Great Day Imperial Opinion, humans and dragon lizards stood side by side, and with the protection of the Great Day Imperial Opinion, the people of the White Night Kingdom finally had the opportunity and time to fight.
During this period, there was a series of processes including oppression and rebellion, including the minister's manipulation of the children of the sun, and the propulsion of the children of the sun into the Great Sun Imperial Court when they were about to reach adulthood, so that they would not really mature and take control of their own power.
This is normal, there is a little peace to speak of, or even no peace, and the struggle for power is not surprising.
Until someone encounters Orobus and worships him as the god of the White Night Country.
The rebels saw the true God, the oppressors saw the true God, and the rest of the story speaks for itself, while the dragon lizard saw the true despair.
This is no longer the offensive and defensive exchanges between the early hunting and the Great Day Imperial Period, with the support of the Demon God, the dragon lizard has become a research object in the hands of the people of the White Night Country.
Rama had a hard time understanding why the White Nights needed an envoy of Watatsumi to communicate with the dragon lizard.
What do you want to do with her?
Tsumi can't understand either, so she can't accept her identity.
"Of course, I can understand your thoughts." Rama paused, "If what she said is correct, then you already have the wisdom to support your own thinking before the people of the White Nights leave. ”
"And they're gone, and in this long darkness, your only companion is the dragon lizard."
If there is evidence, the token in Azu's hand is one of them.
This is Orobus's efforts to balance the power of mankind, and he has witnessed that the Minister of the White Night Kingdom will not completely hand over power to one side of the forces with the help of the oppression of ordinary people and the resistance of the rebels with the help of the Great Sun Imperial Opinion.
Those who got the tokens included the one line of the earth and the one line of the coral palace, and the last part was left to the envoy of the sea tsutatsumi, symbolizing the true theocracy of the party.
Later, the official lineage withered, and the Watatsumi envoy was left with one, and the Coral Palace lineage became the only owner of Kaigi Island.
Fortunately, there is a shogunate in the outside world that oppresses Kaijujima, and although it is a dominant family, the Sangonomiya family does not have the heart and ability to consider the matter of squeezing the people of Kaigi Island.
But there is more direct evidence.
"If you think you're a dragon lizard, have you ever seen your own kind?" Rama's words were fluttering, but they fell on Aji's heart, but there was an uproar.
"According to your words, the dragon lizard people are a symbol of the dragon lizard's submission to the victor, so they follow and learn from the victor of the millennium battle, so you should not be the only dragon lizard in the deep sea dragon lizard race."
"Well, the other evolutionaries are there."
"How could it be ·····?" Tsumi bowed his head.
The identity she had been accustomed to and had used for a long time proved to be a failure one day.
Rama handed him the token that Kokomi of Sangonomiya had given him to Tsumi.
"This is the last order left behind by Orobas," Rama said, "and He decides everything in the abyss, but the god does not feel that all his orders are correct. ”
"So he told the people of the White Night Kingdom at that time, the Coral Palace family, the Jigo official family, and the Kaimi Imperial Envoy, and everything about the future will be left to the three parties to decide together."
"Once it has the support of any two parties, the Great Sun Imperial Opinion will collapse on its own, turning the entire White Night Kingdom into history."
This is normal, the Great Sun Imperial Opinion can open the barrier that shelters the entire White Night Country, and the energy level it needs will naturally not be a small number.
This energy can be used to protect the people of the White Night Kingdom from the hunt of dragon lizards.
On the other hand, if it explodes, it will also allow the people of the White Nights to never have to worry about dragon lizard hunting.
Of course, Orobus certainly doesn't mean that, Rama.
Presumably, their idea is to put the Great Day to sleep completely, rather than turning the Great Day into a bomb.
Tsumi didn't want to hear it.
But she understood what Rama meant.
"Orpent······ Orobus's orders dominated the tower, but he handed over the control of the Great Sun to the tripartite forces of his choosing. Tsumi looked at the tower in the distance, "So, you gave me the identity symbol of the Sangonomiya lineage, meaning they want peace talks?" ”
This is just a status symbol, and even if there are three of them, they do not have the final decision.
In order to complete the contract, Sangonomiya Kokomi must go to Enshita Palace in person and meet with the Watatsumi envoy.
"Nope." Rama shook his head, "That's not what the Sangonomiya thought was going on. ”
"The existence of Watatsumi Island relies on the deep-sea dragon lizard under the Great Sun Imperial Opinion, and with such a demand for interests, it is determined that they will never be able to give up the deep-sea dragon lizard."
"And you certainly won't want to, they will always be raised like pigs under the Imperial Court of the Great Sun, waiting for the people of Watatsumi Island to be slaughtered at regular intervals."
"This is a fundamental conflict of interest, and if the conflict of interest cannot be mitigated, there is no negotiation."
This is not a question of earning or not, earning more and earning less is in the category that can be discussed.
If you can get the support of the dragon lizard, you can earn less now, but you will have a chance to earn it back later.
But the underlying interest means a loss problem, which is difficult to concede.
The absence of these dragon lizards on Watatsumi Island means that Watatsumi Island will also become history.
Leaving aside the question of the homeland, it is clear that it is impossible for the Sangonomiya to budge until a new place of settlement is found.
You can't give up the land under your feet in order to make friends with the dragon lizard.
"So what do you want to say?" Tsumi wasn't surprised.
The conflict of interest was very simple, and she could certainly see it.
"From the standpoint of the Watatsumi Islanders, they can't reconcile with the dragon lizard, because they have to get the Bloodbranch Coral." Rama said slowly, "But I'm not from Watatsumi Island, and I don't have to think about things from their shoes. ”
"In addition, I have the power to make decisions for them."
"To be honest, Miss Azumi, what you can offer me is very shallow, and it is not worth giving up my friendship with the Sangonomiya."
Rama paused, "But it doesn't matter, because their friendship is useless. ”
He bowed slightly, and said calmly: "You have obtained the power to decide the Great Sun Imperial Opinion, and let it be my gift to the seven kings. ”
"Although, you have lost the opportunity to give birth to one of the kings forever."
(End of chapter)