Chapter 357: Exploring the Depths, Strange Spirits
Hu Tao looked at Zhongli, whose expression did not change and who did not get annoyed even after he circled around several times.
"The layout of our Hall of Rebirth is very interesting, isn't it?"
"Yes!" Jiang Yi nodded, "We have walked this road twelve times. If the hall master has forgotten how to unlock it, I can help."
"Who said I forgot? I just wanted to test you!" Hu Tao snorted, returned to the room with the will-o'-the-wisp, walked around with the will-o'-the-wisp, got a new will-o'-the-wisp in the room, lit the stone lamp, and opened the door.
After walking a little further, a little yellow light appeared in front.
"Okay, let's jump from here!"
There is no way forward, and there is bottomless darkness in front of the cliff.
Hu Tao said to Zhong Li with a smile.
"Let's go!" Jiang Yi took a step forward and let himself fall.
"So decisive?" Hu Tao hugged her chest and looked at Zhongli who fell and disappeared into the darkness in an instant.
"Could it be that I am overthinking it?"
She glanced at the soul behind her and jumped down.
Jiang Yi fell into the water, unharmed.
According to common sense, at such a height, even if a person jumps into the water, it would be enough to turn him into a meat paste.
But the strange rules here subvert common sense.
"Plop" sound.
Kurumi fell beside him at an extremely fast speed.
A group of souls fell down and drifted towards the shore at the end with the current.
Jiang Yi and Hu Tao swam over slowly.
Walnut stood up from the water, and the fire element evaporated the water vapor, keeping her clothes dry.
She looked at Jiang Yi with a scrutinizing gaze.
The other person stood up, without a drop of water on his body.
Zhongli is a guest official who possesses the Eye of the Rock Elemental God.
But at this moment she did not feel the power of the rock element.
I didn't even feel the fluctuation of power.
Jiang Yi looked at Hu Tao looking at him and his heart skipped a beat.
I am Zhongli, there is no way I can show myself in such an embarrassing state of being soaked in water.
Using the most hidden "Blessing of the Fountain Spirit" to remove the water should be the best solution.
As the knowledgeable Zhongli, what's wrong with having some secret techniques?
"Master, why are you looking at me?" he asked proactively.
"Nothing?" Walnut walked ahead, jumping up and down, "Down below, you can explore freely."
Jiang Yi stroked his chin and fell into thought.
Free movement was exactly what he wanted.
Hu Tao took the initiative to suggest it, so he didn't have to waste his time thinking about it.
"Let me go to the end of this place!" Jiang Yi walked forward quickly with curiosity.
The world before my eyes was very bright. One side of the sky was filled with warm light and golden sunlight was shining.
The sky on the other side is gray-purple.
This place is nothing like the underworld in Liyue legend, or rather, it is not the underworld at all.
Jiang Yi saw the rockery floating island, the white sea of clouds, and the ancient trees with golden leaves.
"The scenery of the fairyland cave."
“The beauty of death.”
He let go of his perception, and his spiritual power felt particularly comfortable here.
There is a soul standing in front.
Jiang Yi chatted casually.
"My name is Lanxi. I have been waiting for someone here for an incalculable amount of time." The female soul introduced herself. "It is said that waiting is hard to endure, but if I just walk around here and chat with old and new people, there is nothing to worry about."
Jiang Yi could feel that the other person's soul was not weakened by the long wait, and the power of the earth veins here nourished the soul's longevity.
He followed the quaint stairs and met the next soul.
"I didn't expect the scenery to be so beautiful! I thought it would be dark and cold, and I couldn't even tell the direction!" The soul named Zhu Ming was amazed at the scenery here like Jiang Yi.
"Yes! It's very unexpected!" Jiang Yi sighed in his heart.
He looked into the distance and decided to go deeper into the sea of clouds.
Only souls with obsessions stay here, while souls without obsessions go to where they should go.
This is like a way station for death.
Jiang Yi explored forward, where the space was very large.
Hu Tao said this was an ordinary place, but in Jiang Yi's opinion, it contained the mysteries of life and death, and the immortality of the soul.
The veins of Teyvat are very magical. As long as there is obsession, even after hundreds of years, the soul can be preserved deep in the earth, and then summoned by unexpected people or things and manifest in the world of the living.
The clouds and mist covered his figure, and countless souls were startled along the way.
Jiang Yi went deeper and deeper, and a soul asked him if he was looking for someone?
Jiang Yi shook his head.
After going deeper again, hide your body to avoid being disturbed by the soul or disturbing the soul.
In the ears, one hears the conversations between the dead souls before and after death.
Jiang Yi didn't know how far he had gone. He felt that the space was changing with the flow of the earth's energy, and his Yin Spirit was absorbing the Yin and Ming attributes of the earth's energy.
"Zhongli?" After Hu Tao held a farewell ceremony for the soul of Wuwangpo, she found that her guest was missing again.
I asked those souls and they said they saw them traveling towards the depths.
"What's going on?" Hu Tao muttered. After waiting for a few minutes, he couldn't wait any longer and took the initiative to look for it.
At first, the spirit on the road said that it saw people and gave her directions.
But later, the soul directly said that it didn’t see it and might have gone back.
"???" Kurumi was annoyed, "Haa——"
"I said you can enjoy the tour freely, but you really let yourself go, didn't you?"
"This hall master wants to see when you will return."
She was very sure that since she hadn't seen Zhongli along the way, he must still be somewhere deep inside and hadn't returned.
Holding the Homa, he stood with his hands on his hips and waited.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
half an hour.
A ball of flaming butterflies exploded on Walnut's back.
The direction Jiang Yi was heading was the gray-purple sky.
The mountains blocked the sunlight and it began to fail to shine.
There were no souls with clear human forms around.
A chilly feeling penetrated into the soul.
This is a desolate and cold place where no soul wants to stay.
Jiang Yi walked forward for a while and calculated the time.
"Forget it, I'll explore again next time I have a chance."
He found that it was impossible to complete the entire journey in such a short time.
Although he felt a little regretful, when he thought of Master Hu, he knew he should go back.
His figure was like the wind, blowing through this empty space.
The spirit that had dissipated its form watched silently.
Jiang Yi saw Hu Tao from afar, holding a Homa, with his head lowered, one foot on a stone and one hand on his waist.
"Master, why are you here?" he asked in surprise.
After saying this, he suddenly realized what was going on and apologized, "I forgot the time for a moment. Please punish me, Master."
"Hall Master, please take back all those awards!"
Hu Tao, who was planning to give Zhongli a lecture, was defeated by this.
"Could it be that... Zhongli deliberately irritates me in order to take away the reward given every morning?"
"Good fellow, how can this hall master be fooled by you."
With all sorts of thoughts in his mind, Hu Tao looked up and smiled.
"No, no, I won't be waiting long!"
"The scenery here is so beautiful, it's normal for you to linger."
"Today, you accompanied me to accomplish another great task, maintaining the order of life and death."
"Let's go back to Wangsheng Hall and have a good meal."
Jiang Yi sighed inwardly, it’s over.
However, the hall master's anger was finally put out.
He breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the flames of the Goma recede.
But why is my neck still warm?
Jiang Yi stretched out his hand in confusion, but touched nothing.
