Chapter 438: Bright sky rises to sea level, heroic spirit returns

Time passed by minute by minute.

The bright moon is as big as a plate, shining brightly.

The stars are scattered all over the universe, forming vast galaxies and endless seas of stars.

In the sky, a few sky lanterns rose from Liyue Harbor, drifting with the wind to Guiliyuan, Dihuazhou, Cuijuepo...

Jiang Yi looked at Tianheng Mountain. The sky lanterns behind the mountain gradually became scarce and no longer floated up.

"Mingxiao Lantern, time to light it up!" He comforted the depressed spirit of Yingda, and handfuls of soil appeared in his hands, which were collected from all over Liyue.

Jiang Yi tamped the soil to make an altar in the shape of a round sky and a square earth, and placed an incense burner on it and lit some joss sticks.

Fingers slid across the ground, drawing out rituals and magic circles.

In the Guyun Pavilion, Xiao gently took off the Nuo mask on his face, and the evil spirit fell down behind him.

He looked at Liyue Harbor, the place where his old friend had died.

The peace only lasted for a moment before the roar of evil spirits suddenly began.

Xiao held the Hepu Kite in his hand and flew into the air. He put on the Nuo mask again and turned into a blue-black floating light.

In Liyue Harbor, Ying and Paimon each held a sky lantern that had not yet been lit, standing on the Yujing Terrace, looking at the stand with the "Ming Xiao Lantern" standing, and praying silently.

Next to them are Ganyu, Yaoyao, Granny Ping, Yanfei, Keqing...

"It's time to start setting off the sky lanterns!" Grandma Ping said with her hands behind her back, with an emotional tone.

"I believe that the heroic spirits will return every year during the Lantern Festival." Keqing leaned on the stone railing, looking around with a bright look. Although she did not believe in God, at this moment she was full of faith in the sages.

Ganyu held Yaoyao's hand, and Yan Fei scratched her head in confusion, wondering if she had missed something.

Below the Yujing Terrace, the pier, the streets, and the high lofts were all filled with people, forming a dark mass.

All the lights in Liyue Harbor began to go out, shrouding the entire city in darkness.

At the pier where the sea breeze was blowing, on the lotus stand where the "Ming Xiao Lantern" was placed, there was a sound of a mechanism moving, and "Yi Xiao Dao Tian Zhen Jun" slightly turned sideways.

An extremely handsome blue divine deer, with golden patterns, auspicious clouds, and ocean waves engraved on its body, seemed to be tumbling.

There is music coming from nowhere.

A white, dazzling, bright light shone on its outstretched hoof, and the light spread upwards from the hoof.

At the same time, another slightly bent deer foot also began to glow, spreading from top to bottom to the deer hoof.

The bright blue and white color is lit along the lines.

In a blink of an eye, the deer's body became gorgeous, and the light flew from its head and neck backwards like snowflakes and flares, until it dissipated from the deer's tail to the deer's hooves that were flying backwards.

The dim "Yixiao Daotian Zhenjun" in the night has become the only light in Liyue Harbor.

Golden antlers, golden eyes, golden neck, golden hooves, golden auspicious clouds and wave patterns.

The dark blue, almost black body, the red and black abdomen, and the slender and flowing dark blue deer tail turned into a bright and dazzling energy ribbon, gradually changing from incandescent white to sky blue, expanding and swaying, like fire and wind, floating behind.

Fire of the same color burned on both sides of the shoulders.

“Zhenjun Yixiaodaotian” looked down at the crowd in Liyue Harbor with his golden eyes, moved his ears (which were gold inside and blue outside), and slowly raised his head.

When the heroic spirit returns, the Mingxiao Lantern becomes a carrier, allowing it to take one last look at the human world.

The four hooves began to move, stepping on the void, and ripples appeared in the void, spreading like water waves.

"Yixiao Daotian Zhenjun" walked down from the lotus platform, from strolling to gradually running, leaving behind circular ripples of water with a blue-green glow in the air.

The deer's tail, emitting energy and burning with flames, sways, scattering dots of light.

Foreign tourists who came to Liyue Harbor looked at this strange scene in amazement. The people of Liyue Harbor raised the sky lanterns in their hands, took out matches and waited for the "Zhixiao Daotian Zhenjun" to come above them so as to light the wicks.

"Yixiao Daotian Zhenjun" who was running towards the sea suddenly kicked, and a huge blue-green ripple appeared in the void.

With one leap he rose a thousand meters, and with another leap he went deep into the night sky.

A long tail of flame rose up, above the clouds and in the sea of ​​stars. It was the last leap of “Yixiao Daotian Zhenjun”. At that height, it seemed that no matter where the people of Liyue were, as long as they raised their heads, they could see him.

Jiang Yi saw it. He saw “Yixiao Daotian Zhenjun” draw an arc, swooping down from the sky, and landing back in Liyue Harbor.

He passed between two attics in the sea, jumped up from the pier, ran to Bubulu, Yujingtai, and then turned back to Feiyunpo...

Suddenly, wherever it passed, dots of red lights lit up. Bright fire, one after another, lit up from west to east from Liyue Harbor, illuminating the entire dark street.

Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands... countless sky lanterns of various styles, carrying the blessings of the people of Liyue, floated from Feiyunpo to Chihuyan, to the shipyard on the easternmost side of Liyue, following "Yixiao Daotian Zhenjun" and slowly flew into the night sky.

At this moment, there are no lights in Liyue, but sky lanterns are everywhere, replacing the usual lighting.

It seemed as if endless flaming stars were emerging from Liyue Harbor, and the deep sea was sparkling, reflecting a layer of fiery red of the world.

More and more, more and more, bright sky lanterns rise in all directions, like galaxies converging, like a sea of ​​stars surrounding.

At this moment, Liyue is brighter than the night sky.

Jiang Yi felt that the incense and faith between heaven and earth were so strong, and the sacrifice to the hero was so pious.

Walking up to the altar, the magic circle under your feet lights up, talismans burn, and paper money flies.

"Appeal to Huang Tian and pray to Hou Tu."

He picked up the sandalwood and bowed to worship.

"Please open the three paths and return my heroic spirit to me."

The Dust-Cleansing Bell swayed, and the white lanterns hanging on the left and right under the Soul Banner were illuminated red by the flames.

"The sound of the bell leads the way home."

The wind suddenly blew up, and golden spots of light gathered like fireflies.

Black smoke swept in, evil energy turned into a whirlpool, and the resentful demon god filled with hatred cast dozens of long shadows, transforming into ghosts, monsters and evil spirits looking around.

Jiang Yi stared at the sky blankly.

Yingda's spirit looked over together.

The incense from the incense burner rises straight up, and the green smoke is like a column.

In Liyue Harbor and Yujing Terrace, Ying and Paimon slowly released the lit sky lanterns in their hands, allowing the two lanterns to merge into the sea of ​​lights on earth.

Keqing, Ganyu, Yaoyao, Granny Ping, Yan Fei... one after another.

Hu Tao, Zhongli, Xiangling, Xingqiu, Chongyun... and Beidou and Manye who are now on the Southern Cross.

“Manye, come and take a look at our Liyue Lantern Festival to commemorate the heroes! I’ll give you a sky lantern and write a wish on it.” Beidou patted Manye’s shoulder, and sky lanterns rose into the sky from the ships on the sea.

Wan Ye took the carving knife, thought for a moment, carved his wish, and released the first sky lantern in his life.

The Qianyan Army guarding various places in Liyue were bathed in the cold wind of the mountains. When they saw the sky lanterns rising from the Tianheng in the distance, they smiled and released the sky lanterns that were sent by the General Affairs Department.

The shopkeeper, the boss, and the guests of Wangshu Inn lit up the lanterns in their hands.

At Qingce Manor, Baizhu and Qiqi accompanied the elderly and children in the manor to set off lanterns.

In Jueyunjian, the immortals' cave, Shen He and True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng, True Lord Lishui Dieshan, True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang and other immortals took out the sky lanterns woven by Jiang Yi and Ying and left behind.

This was the first time that the immortals in Jueyunjian had obtained such an item from the human world.

The lights are lit and the sky lanterns fly into the sea of ​​clouds.

They looked up silently and gazed at the night sky.

The immortals are the heroes commemorated by the Sea Lantern Festival. These lanterns are not lit for themselves, but to commemorate their deceased friends.