Chapter 719: Fox and Miko, Inazuma Scenery, Magical Transportation

The road to Narukami Island is a rock-built staircase mountain trail.

It was covered with mud, with weeds and reeds growing on both sides and a few shrubs casting shadows in the sun.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the stone altar on both sides.

Jiang Yi, Ying and Paimeng walked up the stairs and saw lifelike fox statues on the altar.

The foxes are big and small. The big fox sits on top with its tail curled up in a spiral. The small fox holds its head high and is only half the size of the big fox, looking cute and delicate.

There is a wooden shrine in front of the fox, with shimenawa and paper hangings hanging on it.

There were white candles in front of the shrine, five in a cluster, burning.

Obviously there were many people worshipping.

"Look! It's a real fox!" Ying pulled Jiang Yi and looked curiously at a big fox with brown and yellow hair and white jaw and belly next to the statue.

The fox was slender, dignified and elegant. It lay leisurely on the grass. It was not afraid of people and just turned its head to take a look.

In Inazuma, they have a very high status and are messengers of God, so no one dares to harm them.

The three of them walked up the stairs and their view became broader. Following the dirt road, they could see the village ahead in the distance.

Looking left and right, blue unknown flowers were blooming in the grass, and one, two, three... foxes like before were sitting or lying, playing nearby, or enjoying the incense.

Ying went to the side, touched an ancient teleportation anchor point, and recorded the information.

The three of them admired the surrounding scenery and continued forward.

At the back, a human figure slowly appeared in front of a fox sculpture, changing from a ghostly illusion to a solid figure like an ordinary person.

It was a woman wearing a white top and red bottom shrine maiden costume, wooden clogs, and a fox mask on her face.

The mask is white, with the fox's squinting eyes and ears drawn with black, and a pattern dotted between the eyebrows with red, outlining the fox's mouth, nose, and beard.

She placed her hands in front of her abdomen, hidden in the wide sleeves of her shrine maiden's costume, and looked at the backs of Jiang Yi, Ying and Paimeng.

"Alas!" She sighed, "It seems that there are more important things ahead of me. It seems that I have to wait until they are done before calling them back."

When the foxes around saw the witch, they whimpered and rolled around on the ground.

"Are you hungry? I don't have anything to eat. I rely on others for my food."

A fox thought about it and brought an apple.

Jiang Yi paused and looked back.

You can see the red and white witch next to the fox statue.

"What's wrong?" Yingfa asked.

"Nothing!" Jiang Yi came back to his senses, clapping his left hand with the folding fan in his right hand, "What if the consciousness is stored in the mask?"

He murmured words that puzzled Ying and Paimon.

He walked along the dirt road, which was dotted with wooden fences and remains of wall foundations.

The village gate and wall were built with thatch, bamboo and wood. A fox guarded the gate and rested under a big tree.

White paper lanterns with black patterns were hung on the gate.

Next to it is a tall pole with a carp flag hanging on it.

Three carps of three colors, black, red and green, are fluttering in the wind.

Entering the village, you can see carts, pottery jars, canals, scarecrows and fields full of crops on the side of the road.

"Compared with Qingce Manor in Liyue, the pastoral scenery of Inazuma is also quite interesting." Jiang Yi did not take out his camera. He just slowly appreciated it with his eyes, which was leisurely and enjoyable.

If you spend too much time looking for the angle to take the photo, it will ruin your mood.

"I feel like walking this slowly is the right way to experience the atmosphere of travel." Ying looked at the low houses around her with straw roofs and wooden walls.

On the eaves, there was a bird's nest and Thunder God's Eye, which made her feet and hands move restlessly.

The children in the village ran by shouting and looking at these three strangely dressed and weird foreigners.

The old man in the village stood in front of the house, muttering to himself.

The three of them did not stay long. They walked across a stone bridge built over the canal, fed the fish in the canal, and left the Inazuma village.

After passing through "Konda Village", you will enter the "White Fox Field" of Inazuma.

Jiang Yi looked at the road sign. This "White Fox Wilderness" did not quite live up to its name. There were many foxes, but no white foxes were visible at all.

The "White Fox Wilderness" is very vast and has many unique landscapes.

In other words, each country of wind, rock and thunder forms different scenery under its unique elemental force environment.

On the roadside, there grows a strange shrub that looks like two saplings entangled together, half a person tall, with purple-red flowers that glow with a little lightning elemental light. Its name is "Thunder Cherry Branches".

Magical elves live on the branches of the thunder cherry, some are strong, some are weak, symbolizing the protection of thunder, and are called "thunder seeds" by scholars.

Just like the magical elves such as Wind Seed and Rock Seed in Mondstadt and Liyue, Thunder Seed also has various powers.

"Come on, let's try Inazuma's most magical method of transportation." Jiang Yi pulled Ying to the side of the Leiying branch, and they reached out to touch it.

Whether or not you are the holder of the Eye of God, you have the opportunity to receive the favor of Inazuma, gain the recognition of these magical elves "Thunder Seeds", and go on a dream journey.

Not surprisingly, Jiang Yi and Ying were both qualified to be recognized by "Thunder Seed".

Two purple dots of light, tiny elemental elves, surrounded the two people.

"Next, we can try to make use of the thunder." Paimon always has some strange knowledge. He doesn't know some things, but knows some other things in detail. He is worthy of being the guide of Teyvat.

The lightning poles, like purple butterflies, flew in the air, with lightning elements condensed throughout their bodies. The lightning poles formed routes one after another, like the Mondstadt wind ring and the Liyue floating stone.

This is a common strange thing in Inazuma, distributed in low and high altitudes all over the place. If you carry a thunder seed or attach a thunder element, you can use it to move as fast as lightning...

The power of the thunder seed is connected to the thunder pole.

Jiang Yi and Ying turned into lightning and instantly appeared next to the first lightning pole in the air, and then went to the next lightning pole.

For safety during the journey, you can spread your wings of wind to float in the air.

The scene on the ground flashed by quickly, white wild flowers and green grass, and the blue Inazuma Inland Sea in the distance was visible from a high place.

This speed of advancement, which is like thunder escape, is countless times faster than simply walking.

"This is a good way to comprehend the Lightning Escape, but unfortunately I don't need it anymore." Jiang Yi felt a little regretful. This method is a bit like Keqing's elemental combat skills.

Keqing imitated Inazuma's method of transportation and learned how to deploy multiple thunder wedges to perform high-altitude flight and flashing.

Moreover, the transportation is much more convenient than this naturally formed landscape.

The lightning poles and fixed routes are naturally created by heaven and earth, but if you make them yourself, you can build the road wherever you fly.

"The stars return to their positions, thunder wedge!"

Jiang Yi watched as the lightning route in the sky deviated from its destination by tens of thousands of miles. He instantly commanded the lightning elements between heaven and earth, using multiple lightning wedges to condense a temporary lightning road, allowing himself and Ying to flash.

Lei Zhongzi was a little confused, as he always felt that something was not right with the communication with Lei Ji.

As their power gradually dissipated, they prepared to return to the cycle of heaven and earth elements and be reborn on the branches of the thunder cherry.

Jiang Yiqiang left them behind and walked for a while longer.

He and Ying fell to the ground, having already crossed half of the "White Fox Wilderness".

"Hmm, it's an interesting way of moving." Ying looked around. The grass here had turned into yellow wild flowers blooming in patches, which was completely different from the previous scenery.

The only thing that was the same was the brown and yellow white-bellied fox hiding in the grass.

"When looking down from the sky, you can see a lot of wild people, monsters and treasure-stealing groups." Jiang Yi shook his head, "Inazuma is really restless everywhere."

He stepped on the ground. The thunder element of Inazuma's earth veins was strong. He could also feel the roots of a new big tree, which was different from the earth veins, spreading across the entire island, or Inazuma.

A thick filth surges through the earth's veins.

"Thunder cherry branches...Thunder cherry." He looked at the branch. "Different environments, different elements, different trees...The ability of plants to adapt and change is truly magical."

I felt a little itchy and wanted to pick some branches to study, but I held myself back.

His eyes turned towards a pink mist floating in the air, with purple lightning elemental light spots scattered throughout, and pink cherry blossom petals floating in the mist.

Jiang Yi tapped his fingers lightly, and the lightning element flashed by.

Petals fall one by one.

He opened his fan to catch the petals, took one, and put it in his mouth to taste it.

"What is this?" Ying asked curiously.

"The Inazuma people call it 'Scarlet Cherry Blossom'." Jiang Yi ate the petals, "It is recorded in the 'Products of Teyvat' that the petals that fall from the sacred cherry blossoms of the Inazuma Narukami Shrine are favored by the land of Inazuma. They will float gently in the air under the power of the element of lightning."

"I saw it today, it's really magical."

"Of course the most amazing thing is that there is no dust in the petals due to static electricity."

Ying picked up a petal and found it was clean and didn't need to be washed at all.

"Just eat it like this?" she asked.

"Of course." Jiang Yi nodded seriously.

"Of course not!" Paimon appeared, "This thing is obviously used to make snacks. We can probably taste it when we go to Inazuma Castle."

"In order to study Inazuma's cuisine, I specifically asked Kurisu for a list of Inazuma's cuisine. Among them is a dessert called Hizakura Mochi."

"The Inazuma Shadow Mountain is extremely tall, and the petals of the sacred tree on it were blown down by the wind and scattered to several surrounding islands. But the islands are still too far away from the sacred cherry blossoms, and there are no red cherry hydrangeas, so there are no snacks like this." She crossed her arms and looked at Jiang Yi who was about to tease Ying, and snorted.

Ying watched Jiang Yi eat with relish, thought for a moment, and then picked up a petal and put it in her mouth.

“……” Paimeng was stunned, and all his words were in vain.

"Forget it, I'll have a taste too." She reached out to take the petals.

Then, a magical scene appeared on the road. Three strange foreigners gathered together to eat flower petals.

"It's bitter..." Ying's little face frowned.

"It has a light fragrance and a slightly bitter taste, so I guess... that Feiying cake must have sugar added to it." Jiang Yi chuckled.

Paimon spat out flower petals.

She shouldn't have trusted Jiang Yi's taste.

Jiang Yi took the water bottle from his waist and prepared to hand it to Ying.

"Stop!" A voice came from the water bottle, "Jiang Yi, have you forgotten Yandora?"

"Sorry, sorry." Jiang Yi hung the water bottle back, and bubbles came out of the bottle. Yan Duola was stunned just now. She didn't expect that one day, Jiang Yi almost took the water from her and gave it to Ying to drink.

"Puchi!" Ying covered her mouth to hold back her laughter.

“Hahahahahahaha—! Yandora, Yandora…” Paimon was already rolling on the ground in the air laughing.

Yandora rushed out of the water bottle, trapped Paimon with a bubble, and then went back in.

Soon, the laughter turned into Paimon's plea for mercy.

"Yandora, let me out."

"Ying, Jiang Yi, help..."

The wind blew, bubbles rolled, and Paimon flew away with a gurgling sound.

"Although Jiang Yi has let me down thousands of times, when it comes to assisting, Yandora is the one who does it." Yandora was filled with joy. "You see, without Bai Piaopiao, we are a perfect traveling duo."

"Yandora!!!" Paimon's voice was getting farther and farther away.

……