The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 418: Walnut is worried about Ying
"Ahhhh, it's been two days, why is there no news about Ying? I wanted to wait for her to come back and have dinner together."

"A Jin, do you think Ying is in any danger?"

In the hall of the Rebirth Hall, Hu Tao went to check on Ying's room early in the morning. After finding that Ying had not come back yet, she lay weakly on the table. At first glance, she seemed very unhappy, but after drooping the corners of her mouth for a few seconds, Hu Tao still showed her concern for Ying.

Before this, no matter how busy Ying was, she would never go two days without returning to Wangsheng Hall to rest. Now, two days have passed. Hu Tao said that she wanted to have a dinner together, but in fact, she was very worried that Ying had encountered some danger. After all, Hu Tao had always regarded Ying as a good friend, and she didn't want Ying to use the employee discount package of Wangsheng Hall so early.

"Kurumi, you have known Ying for such a long time, don't you know her well? As a traveler, she will not give up until the commission is completed."

"Besides, the situation in the Layered Abyss is extremely complicated. Even if Ying is very powerful, it will take some time to deal with it, so let's wait a little longer."

Seeing Hu Tao looking a little worried, Ruo Jin, who had poured a cup of tea for Hu Tao, also spoke to comfort Hu Tao. Ruo Jin had read news about the Layered Abyss in the past few days. After learning about the situation in the Layered Abyss, Ruo Jin could roughly understand why Ying had not returned after two days.

Because according to the information about the Layered Abyss that his sister gave him, if Ying, who had accepted the commission to assist the Liyue staff in exploring the Layered Abyss, wanted to complete this commission, the first thing he had to do was to clean up all the monsters in the Layered Abyss. Otherwise, the people from the General Affairs Department would have no way of exploring the Layered Abyss in depth among a bunch of monsters.

Secondly, according to the intelligence records, since there are various hard minerals crisscrossing in the Abyss, if you want to explore the Abyss in depth, you need Ningguang to use the bouncing bombs she bought from Klee and Albedo to blast some of the minerals that block the way. Blasting also requires a long time to calculate. After all, blasting is not like playing with firecrackers. It would be terrible if something collapsed.

One last point is that since the seal of the Layered Abyss has been lifted, some treasure-hunting groups have also set their sights on the ores in the Layered Abyss. And given Ying's character of not missing a treasure chest within her sight, she certainly doesn't want those ownerless ores to be taken away by the treasure-hunting groups. If anyone is to take any ores, it should be her, so Ying will definitely take the time to deal with those treasure-hunting groups.

Considering the above three reasons plus some other reasons, Ruo Jin could understand why Ying had not returned in the past few days. After all, the round trip from the Layered Abyss to Liyue Harbor was quite a waste of time. According to Ruo Jin's understanding of Ying, Ying, who did not have much Mora in his pocket, definitely did not want to waste so much time on the road.

As for whether Ying was in danger, which Hu Tao was worried about, Ruo Jin was not worried about this issue at all until he sensed that the jade pendant engraved with a defensive magic circle that he gave to Paimon was activated. After all, even Paimon, who had only one-fifth of the combat power of the owner, was not in danger, so there was no need to worry too much about Ying's safety.

"Well, if I had known that Ying would be busy for several days, I shouldn't have waited with Xiangling for Ying to come back before holding the dinner party. We could have held a dinner party first and then held another one after Ying came back. I really miscalculated this time."

After being comforted by Ruojin, Hu Tao let go of her worry about Ying. However, once she let go of the worry, the only thing left in Hu Tao's mind was the dinner party. So, with this thought in mind, Hu Tao's little head moved and she spoke with some ideas.

"Ajin, how about I go to the Layered Abyss to take a look? It just so happens that I haven't been to the Layered Abyss yet, and I can also promote our Wangsheng Hall's business by the way... Hey, Ajin, what are you doing~"

Before Hu Tao could finish her words, she was hit on the head by Ruo Jin. She let out a cry and covered her forehead with her hands, glaring at Ruo Jin with dissatisfaction in her plum blossom pupils.

"Hu Tao, there are many monsters in the Layered Abyss, and there are many unknown dangers. You are not allowed to go to such a dangerous place." Knowing the dangers of the Layered Abyss, Ruo Jin's face was very serious when he said this. Looking at Ruo Jin's serious expression, Hu Tao knew that her little thoughts were seen through by Ruo Jin. She had not seen Ruo Jin make such an expression in front of her for many times, so she pouted and muttered softly,

"If you don't want to go, then don't go. This hall master doesn't want to go yet."

Ruo Jin sighed slightly in his heart, because he knew that if he didn't act seriously at this moment, with Hu Tao's character, she would definitely sneak away to the Layered Rock Abyss when he wasn't aware, because he knew Hu Tao's character too well.

Just as Ruo Jin and Hu Tao were discussing about Ying's safety, Ying, who was preparing to launch a sneak attack on a Hill King on the second underground level of the Layered Abyss, sneezed without warning. A sound of "Aqiu" was heard, and along with the sneeze, Ying rubbed her nose, which was a little uncomfortable, and said in confusion.

"I don't know who is talking about me behind my back, Paimon. Could it be you who is saying bad things about me behind my back?"

"Eh? Ying, how can you say that to me? I won't say bad things about you behind your back just because you ate the last chicken leg."

Paimon was a little excited when she heard Ying's words, but maybe Paimon was so busy explaining that she didn't notice that she had unknowingly said what was in her heart.

"It's you, Paimon, who's saying bad things about me behind my back."

Ying tightly grasped the Ame-no-Kage katana in her hand and glared at Paimon fiercely. No wonder her ears had been hot since dinner last night. It turned out that Paimon was saying bad things about her behind her back.

It seems that it is necessary to educate Paimeng after this commission is completed. At least let her know who is the boss. Just as she was thinking about how to educate Paimeng, Ying suddenly felt the light in front of her eyes dim, and it seemed that something was blocking her way.

Oh no, it’s the Hilliard King!
Ying looked up in confusion, and discovered that the Hilichook King in front of her was already ready to gather strength. She thought to herself that something was wrong. She had been so busy bickering with Paimon that she had completely forgotten that she was still near a Hilichook camp, preparing to launch a sneak attack on the Hilichook King.

No, the terrain here is too narrow and there is no place to hide. We cannot fight this Hillichule King here.

After taking two seconds to look around and determining the surrounding terrain, Ying pulled Paimon and ran away to the open space behind them. The Hillichul King behind them saw that the enemy who broke into his territory just ran away. After letting out an angry roar as if he wanted to tear Ying to pieces, he also quickly chased after Ying's back.

(End of this chapter)