Chapter 1081: Snake Intestine Road, Gate of Trial

"Intercepting the Water Dragon's followers..." Zhen smiled in Jiang Yi's mind. Just like what Ying said, she also thought that Jiang Yi had a collecting habit.

"This shouldn't be called collecting addiction. It should be said... that we are working hard to make all creatures and spirits in Teyvat a community with a shared future, and to work together to embrace the future of a beautiful universe." Jiang Yi shamelessly praised his own collecting behavior.

That's right, I am the one who ends all wars and creates peace.

The dragon lizard of the Abyss Palace that has eternal feud with humans, the pitch-black hound that destroys the world and devours civilization, everything should belong to the new peaceful order and be given a new position by me.

If you want to overthrow the world, in addition to personal military force, the hearts of all living beings are also very important.

In this way, the order of heaven can also be reshaped.

Do things according to your strength. Now that I have the qualifications to weave a new destiny and a new order on the chessboard, why not make preparations?

"Wow! That sounds like a great ideal." Paimon praised, "That's... uh -! Come on!"

She actually wanted to say that this ideal was too unrealistic, but when she saw the Coral Palace soldiers around her who were excited and looking at Lord God with admiration after hearing Jiang Yi's dream, Paimeng swallowed her words.

"Compared with the noble ideals of the God, our mortal hearts tainted by desires are so shameful..." A soldier from the Coral Palace shook his head and sighed at his own narrow vision as a human being.

Ying felt that when Jiang Yi said this, adding some holy light to himself might make the Coral Palace soldiers next to him more convinced.

"Yeah, that's a very beautiful wish." I really felt that 80% of Jiang Yi's words came from the heart.

Liyue's philosophy of immortality is "to protect the world and save people, and cherish all things."

Of course she knew.

The immortals protect not only humans, but also all spirits in nature.

The way of heaven is unkind; it treats all things as straw dogs. This is the equality of all beings.

Since everything is equal, then the fate of all things is naturally the same in the eyes of heaven and earth. There should be no prejudice against dragons and lizards. There should also be no prejudice against demons, ghosts, puppets and monsters.

Jiang Yi looked at the soldiers of the Coral Palace and said, "You can choose to continue to stay here, rest up, and then follow the path I took to the real Yuanxia Palace."

"Ying and I will leave first."

He waved his hand, and a breeze seemed to appear between heaven and earth.

As the saying goes, snakes have their own paths, and tigers have their own ways. These predators leave their scent on the paths they walk on, and other lives dare not walk on them.

The path the dragon passes through leaves behind a dragon's might that can suppress the heaven and earth, and naturally it can also drive away the dragon lizards and monsters in the darkness.

The road is invisible and can only be sensed by dragon lizards and monsters. Humans can only see it if they open their elemental vision.

But in order to make it easier for the Coral Palace soldiers to find the way, he left behind this breeze that represents safety and peace. By following the wind, most dangers can be avoided.

The dark waters in front of him began to ripple. The leading soldier from the Coral Palace sent two people to follow Jiang Yi and escort him to the gate of the Abyss Palace deep in the water.

In the ancient books and murals, there is a vague message that this road is called "Snake Intestine Road". Perhaps it is to commemorate the scene when the huge Oropus, who had not yet become the great god of the sea, fell here and lived.

Able to accommodate a body as slender as the coastline of a giant snake, the Snake Intestine Road is naturally very long and vast, with a dome like the sky and some places are very high.

Starting from the swirling underground cave in the layered rocks corresponding to the Lunar Desire Abyss, after passing through a long and narrow tunnel, you will reach the camp of the Coral Palace Investigation Team. In front of you is a vast expanse of dark waters dotted with stone pillars.

The stone flowers made of purple giant clams and the luminous plants in the ground give the cave a faint blue and lavender light.

Drops of water occasionally fell from the dome and dripped onto the water area, like a localized light rain.

In the darkness, the blood-red eyes of a dragon lizard were peering out.

Moving forward step by step, Ying and Paimeng borrowed Jiang Yi's treasure-hunting spirit and looked for treasure nearby from time to time.

The vast waters began to shrink, and a clear road appeared. It was another long journey, passing countless stone pillars and hillsides, seeing countless wonders under the sea, crossing new waters, and finally seeing the buildings that represented the existence of civilization.

"That's the entrance to the Changshi world as recorded in the Coral Palace." said the Coral Palace soldier who followed.

Ahead, slender trees grew up from time to time, their leaves glowing blue, and there were always orange lights on the ground.

A building appeared. It was a magnificent gate consisting of two stone pillars on the left and right. Many branches emitting a faint blue light were wrapped around the stone pillars.

There are red "key patterns" on the two stone pillars. In the middle of the towering stone pillars that make people need to look up, there is an ancient stone door that is slightly smaller than the others. There is a cubic stone mechanism on the large stone platform on the ground.

Jiang Yi looked around at the other broken stone pillars, ground plants, and building fragments floating in the air under the mysterious force.

At this time, passing through the stone gate and bypassing the stone gate, you will arrive at the cave space that you can see.

"Ying, Paimon?" he called softly.

"Here they come, here they come." Treasure-hunting fairies flew over Jiang Yi's hands. Ying and Paimon came over with the collected Mora, ores, weapons, and relics.

"The treasure is not as much as I imagined..." Paimon sighed a little.

On the way, she and Ying confronted deep-sea dragon lizards, fought against sneaky abyss mages, hillbillies, and floating spirits who were guarding supplies. They also opened ancient trial mechanisms, chased after the elegant wind-colored fairies, and kicked the sleeping ruins guards... The treasures here are no different from those found above.

Moreover, the enemies encountered are similar.

It's these guys that are everywhere.

The most precious thing is probably...

Ahem! Paimeng glanced at Jiang Yi secretly.

Hide the coral pearl in your hand.

She and Ying found a coral pearl on a shell that had been nurtured for who knows how many years.

As the economic pillar of Haizhi Island, these pearls are worth thousands of gold each compared to ordinary pearls. In Liyue, pearls are one of the treasures that alchemists believe are necessary for cultivating immortals.

"It looks like a good harvest." Jiang Yi looked at Ying and Paimeng, who had collected a lot of pearls and pretended not to have any harvest. "You probably saw this kind of key pattern on the way to treasure hunting. Take out those key pattern keys!"

"Dear Ying..." He stretched out his hand.

"I have goosebumps all over my body!" Ying pouted, "We should be paid for our labor!"

Just one word "dear" can wipe out the overtime pay of the workers, right?

You yourself are also a member of the trial.

She handed over the five different "key pattern" keys. Jiang Yiyu used the "key pattern" key to float to the "key pattern" position corresponding to the stone pillar and pressed it.

Paimon raised his head and complained: "The positions of these key patterns are so high. If I can't fly and don't have a ladder, I'm afraid I'll have to climb the stone pillars for a long time before I can push the key pattern keys in..."

The Coral Palace soldier who followed: "..."

I always feel that Paimon’s words are talking about them.

"Hehe, maybe this is also part of the trial of the brave!" The Coral Palace soldier muttered quietly.

After being inlaid, the key patterns turned into blue energy and floated between the two towering stone pillars, forming complex blue glowing ancient patterns.

Just like a circuit board, Jiang Yi watched the pattern spread downwards, penetrating the intact stone gate below, lighting up the ancient texture on the stone gate, forming a blue energy line in the center of the stone gate, and a transparent barrier at the edge.

Then, as if a door was opening, the line split into two and moved to both sides, and a wonderful scene appeared.

A cave passage glowing with dim light and composed of countless ancient cliff gates stacked on top of each other.

The hanging orange lamps illuminate the river and ancient trees on the road.

After passing the stone gate, there is still a cave. Only by passing through this gate can you enter the space with a road above the cave.

"The techniques of ancient civilization... the use of space..." Jiang Yi was slightly amazed at this technique.

"After passing through here, we will enter the real Yuanxia Palace." Paimon was a little excited, looking forward to more treasures, "Let's go!"

"Let's go!" Ying perked up, and her golden eyes would never miss any treasure in her sight.

"Then... Lord God, we will stay here for the time being." The two Coral Palace soldiers knew that they would only hinder their progress if they followed, so they decided not to follow.

Jiang Yi nodded.

He Ying and Paimeng quickly passed through the passage and entered the ancient ruins inside.

The sky of the ruins suddenly became extremely vast, as if in a secret place. Surrounding it were huge stone buildings full of historical atmosphere, wrapping the wide ruins avenue.

Surrounding it is an ancient, dead city, gray and dark, with tall, dense buildings, collapsed gray and white giant trees, faint fireflies, and golden strange minerals, which seem to allow people to see the glory of the civilization in the past.

"Statue of a snake!"

Arriving at the end of the city, in a temple-like doorway, Jiang Yi looked to both sides.

On the stone platforms on both sides, there were huge snakes coiled together, covered with strange dark purple corals, watching them walking on the road.

There were some on the city roads just now, but they were not as densely spaced as here.

On the stairs, there were rows of stacked white candles, all lit.

"Why is it so eerie..." Paimon was stared at by these snakes and suddenly felt a little scared. There were too many statues on both sides, one every few steps, and too many white candles on the ground, as if there were gathering ghosts.

Especially the dark sky and gloomy dome at night.

Even Ying became alert.

Walking here is like walking in an ancient tomb, an ancient tomb of civilization.

"You won't see so many snake sculptures even on Haizhi Island." Jiang Yi looked at the sediment of civilization in front of him. His shadow appeared long and winding under the light of the white candle.

Then, it spread its jet-black wings.

He was using the pitch-black world-destroying Yinglong to devour the decaying and deadly aura of the ancient city, and to comprehend the rules beyond the order of that day, where the darkness seemed active and primitive.

It brings a hollow feeling like nothingness and the disappearance of civilization.

As the shogunate army said during the five hundred years of fighting against the darkness, the proof of human existence will also be devoured.

This place gives people the feeling that it is proof that something has existed, and it seems that it will also be submerged in darkness.

But there are two other forces here that maintain the ruins.

There is another big door and a cube mechanism in front.

"Luzi told us that the 'Key to the Moon Bathing Abyss' opens the door. This must be the place!" Paimon looked around and saw no key patterns, only a mechanism.

"The Key to the Moon Bathing Abyss... Paimon, say it three times." Jiang Yi took out the blue water drop-like "Key to the Moon Bathing Abyss" that Luzi gave him.

"I've already played this joke on Luzi." Paimon put his hands on his hips, "You think I'll fall for it!"

The key to Yueyuyuan is not the key of the key, but the key of the moon.

Some of the characters in Inazuma are very similar to Liyue in pronunciation.

The way this item is named is too confusing.

"Open the door quickly!" Ying urged in front of the door.

"Zhen, squint your eyes." Jiang Yi put down the "Key to the Moon Bathing Abyss" and watched the blue light of the door light up. The door slowly opened. He maliciously reminded only Zhen in his body, but did not remind Ying and Paimeng who had their eyes wide open to guard against the danger behind the door.

"Ah!" As the door opened, Paimon covered his eyes and screamed, "Why is it so bright!"

A blinding white light burst out from behind the door, illuminating the darkness. The scene was similar to seeing a high beam light up in the dark at night.

Ying felt like tears were almost in her eyes.

Saw the sun!

"It's really bright, no wonder you reminded me!" Zhen smiled and spoke in Jiang Yi's mind, "But you are too mean. You only reminded me and didn't remind Ying and Paimeng."

A blue mist of light blew in from outside the open door.

Jiang Yi stepped forward to slightly block the light for Ying and Paimeng.

"It's spectacular!" After walking in the dark passage for so long, looking at the light and the huge world in front of me, I felt refreshed.

Ying and Paimon also adapted to the light and looked ahead.

Behind him was a huge stone gate covered with ivy, in front of him were an enormous floating island and the sun, as well as hazy clouds and endless void.

"Come on! I'll take you to ride a fantasy creature mount that you will never be able to ride in your lifetime." Jiang Yi walked to the edge of the cliff and looked at the bottomless abyss that was exactly the same as the void in the secret realm.

A call was sent out to some creature in the void.