Chapter 27: Compensation, Fountain Spirit
Driving the carriage, we came to the pond where the spring elves lived.
Jiang Yi looked at a man stealthily filling a bottle with water.
"Good boy, you're late but you're here!"
Seeing that he had finished pretending, Jiang Yi waved the whip and let the horse go down the stairs.
Going up the stairs is strenuous but not dangerous. Going down the stairs may cause the carriage to lose control and an accident may occur.
In order to prevent the other party from running around in a panic to claim compensation after his evil deeds were discovered, Jiang Yi deliberately whistled to make a noise.
The amazing Hopkins took one look and stuffed the bottle into his clothes.
Haha, laughed awkwardly.
"It's so late, are you still in a hurry?"
"What are you doing?" Jiang Yi asked casually.
"Shh..." Looking at Jiang Yi's unfamiliar face, the magical Hopkins' eyes lit up. This was a foreigner who had never been deceived before.
"Do you know the legend of the spring spirit?"
Such familiar words! Jiang Yi looked at the other person speechlessly.
The amazing Hopkins quietly took out a mysterious bottle.
"This is the holy water I just received as a gift from the God of Spring Water!"
"Have you ever been troubled by your own lack of strength? Do you want to have a stronger power?"
The amazing Hopkins, with a sincere look on his face, stopped in front of the carriage.
"For only 3000 Mora, I will sell you the holy water, allowing you to gain divine enlightenment and increase your chances of obtaining the Eye of God."
"No matter how bad it is, you will feel refreshed and your strength will be doubled after drinking it... It will only take ten years, no! One year, to see the effect!"
Jiang Yi clenched his fists.
Good man, you don’t even care about your shame when it comes to fraud, right?
The price is actually one zero more expensive than in the game!
Under the shadow of the light, Jiang Yi pretended to be surprised and asked, "Really?"
"Of course it's true!" Jiang Yi's question made the magical Hopkins look happy.
Hooked! Hooked!
Stay calm! Don't let any flaws slip. After you finish this order, go to Mondstadt for a drink!
"Have you drunk this holy water?" Jiang Yi suddenly whispered to his soul.
"Are you very strong? Where is your God's Eye?"
The amazing Hopkins' smile froze as he defended himself, "I didn't... No! I drank!"
I wanted to say that I had never drunk it, to explain my ordinariness.
But then I thought, the other party will definitely ask, how can I know the effect if I haven't tried it, so I changed my words immediately!
"I've personally verified that my strength has become so great that I never use violence when arguing with others, for fear of accidentally beating them to death." He flexed his muscles.
"As for the Eye of God, I have heard the revelation of the God of Wind. One day, he will give me an Eye of God of the wind element."
He looked so serious and confident that he even believed the lie!
Jiang Yi let out a strange laugh.
"You're very strong, let's have a competition! If you beat me in strength, I'll buy it!"
"This..." The amazing Hopkins looked hesitantly at his own body and Jiang Yi, who had no visible muscles and looked thin.
Grit your teeth and gain confidence!
He raised his head, his face full of the demeanor of a master.
"I'll arm wrestle you with just 1% of my strength!"
"I'll show you the magic of holy water!"
Jiang Yi got out of the car and held out his hand: "Come on!"
……
One minute later.
“Ah! It hurts! Let go, let go!”
"I'm a liar! I'm a liar!" The magical Hopkins' face was distorted, and he felt that his palms were about to be crushed by Jiang Yi.
"You cheated me three times before, 300 Mora each time, pay me back!"
Jiang Yi looked ferocious, "Using ordinary spring water to disguise holy water, according to the law, if it's fake, you have to pay ten times the price! 9000 Mora, hand it over!"
"No! No! No... Brother! When did I lie to you when we first met?" The amazing Hopkins looked genuinely confused.
He did sell a bottle of Mora for 300 before, but he had never seen this Liyue person!
"Bullshit! We've met before many times! Tell me, why don't you pay back the money?" Jiang Yi held back the smile on his lips and pinched it hard.
"I... I'm back! I'm back! Brother, let go!" The amazing Hopkins shouted in pain.
Maybe... once... I did deceive this brother.
Looking at Jiang Yi's confident expression, he began to doubt whether his memory was wrong.
"Get lost! Next time, if you cheat again, I will report you to the Knights of Favonius!"
Jiang Yi looked at the 9000 Moras he had obtained and kicked the magical Hopkins away.
Evildoers need to be punished by other evildoers!
How could the other party readily take out so much money? Did he cheat several people?
"I made some nice extra money today!"
He felt happy when he remembered that he still had the reward for saving the life in his pocket.
Looking at the surrounding scenery, I feel it is very pleasing to the eye.
In the sky, the moon is shining brightly, as brilliant as water.
In the pool, clear springs gushed out from the cracks in the rocks, shattering the bright moonlight.
Jiang Yi looked at the reflection of the moon.
Many things come to mind.
Since acquiring the ability of photographic memory, the vague memories of previous experiences have become clear.
All the mysteries of this world were imprinted in his mind along with the game.
"Spring spirit?" he called.
With a trying attitude!
Simply curious.
Unusual ripples appeared on the surface of the pool.
Cold drops of water seemed to drip on the forehead.
Jiang Yi recalled the story of "Heart of Clear Spring" and Diona, then lay down on the ground and fell asleep.
Since what happened just now was not an illusion, then the cold touch was the response from the spring spirit.
Meet her!
With this thought in mind, the scene in the dream became hazy.
A water spirit that looked like his favorite game elf Yandora, and also like the Light Water Lotia, in an intermediate state, appeared in front of him.
The glowing azure body is as slender as a woman and as beautiful as a lake.
"You have really been here all along!"
It was like a lucid dream, making Jiang Yi's thinking active and logically complete.
A beautiful sound like the sound of a flowing spring, with an endless sense of loneliness: "Yes, I have always been here!"
"Thank you for stopping that kid from continuing to use my blessing to deceive others with ordinary spring water."
"Amazing Hopkins?" Jiang Yi smiled, "It's just a piece of cake!"
"You know a lot, a lot... a lot..." The spring water elves danced around Jiang Yi's consciousness.
This human was so sure of her existence.
The dream fluttered slightly, bringing with it scenes she had never seen before.
Jiang Yi realized that the game scenes and words that he associated with the fountain elf had turned into a dream.
Instead of restraining himself, he let his memories and consciousness run wild.
The spring spirit fell silent.
"what is this?"
"Maybe it's the past, maybe it's the future!" Jiang Yi said.
"A fellow from the Land of Water, a child who admires Lotia, the strongest spy who betrayed Fontaine, who only seeks the peace of a quiet water..."
"Also, the secret of the pure water spirit."
The spring elf shed tears and seemed to be crying.
Yes! She came here on orders and settled here.
The clear spring water healed a desperate mother and son who were living by a dry well.
The dying child recovered, and people came to see the blessed spring and built a settlement around it, which became the "Qingquan Town".
After a long time, after the death of the God of Water, he was affected, lost most of his wisdom, and was forgotten.
She relearned and looked at the world, and once again created a futile wait.
The spring water spirit responded to Jiang Yi's doubts: "The story of "The Heart of Qingquan" is a legend passed down by word of mouth among the hunters in Qingquan Town."
“Reality and illusion are intertwined in people’s words and become the embellishment of art.”
