The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 420 Encounter with Ye Lan
"Traveler, this place is too dangerous for you. The Layered Chasm is one of the most mysterious places in Liyue. If an accident happens, I cannot guarantee your safety. For the sake of your lives, I advise you to leave here as soon as possible."

Seeing that the danger had been resolved, Ye Lan calmly removed the water elemental thread that bound Ying. Ying was one of the heroes who saved Liyue. Regardless of their personal friendship or for Liyue's reputation in Teyvat, Ye Lan did not want to see Ying encounter any danger in the Stratum Abyss.
"Hey, hey, hey, Ye Lan, I was commissioned by Ningguang to help explore the Layered Abyss. Why can't I come here? Yes, the letter of authorization is still here."

Ying, who was slumped on the ground, was originally feeling lucky to have met Ye Lan and Shen He, and was happy that she might be able to team up with Ye Lan and Shen He to explore the Layered Abyss with increased safety. But when she heard Ye Lan ask her to leave, Ying was so furious that her hair wouldn't have been naturally smooth. If Ying's hair hadn't been so naturally smooth, she would have been called the Golden Lion King.

You know, the reward Ningguang offered for this commission was very generous. In order to avoid sleeping on the streets when traveling to Fontaine later, Ying was determined to get this commission. She did not give up even though she encountered so many dangers on the way.

But now, as soon as Ye Lan met her, he asked her to leave without saying a word of explanation. It would be strange for Ying, who was only thinking about completing Ningguang's commission and getting the reward, to be happy. So in order to be able to stay, Ying took out the letter of authorization given to her by Ningguang from her arms and shook it in front of Ye Lan, because according to Ying's understanding of Ye Lan, Ningguang seemed to be Ye Lan's boss.

Your boss personally gave you the commission. You can't force Ningguang to leave as she works for you, right? Even if you don't give face to me, the Traveler, you should at least give face to Ningguang, right?

Thinking of this, Ying's originally somewhat irritated mood began to stabilize. Having stayed in Liyue for such a long time, she didn't believe that Ye Lan would still drive her away if she took out the letter of authorization issued by Ningguang herself.

"I didn't expect that this letter of authorization was actually issued by Ningguang."

After taking the power of attorney from Ying and taking a quick look at it, Ye Lan, who had worked under Ningguang for many years, recognized at a glance that it was indeed issued by Ningguang himself, which surprised Ye Lan a little.

However, when Ye Lan thought about what the great disciplinary officer of Xumi had mentioned when he met Ningguang about strengthening the economic exchanges between Xumi and Liyue, a glimmer of understanding flashed in her eyes. No wonder Ningguang had been so anxious to send her to the Layered Abyss to investigate the situation. It must be because she wanted to open up a ground trade route between Liyue and Xumi as soon as possible.

However, there are many unknown secrets hidden in the Abyss. It might be inappropriate to let travelers explore the Abyss at will. Thinking of all the strange things found in the Abyss in the past few days, Ye Lan silently returned the letter of authorization to Ying. Under Ying's slightly smug eyes, she said indifferently.

"Traveler, this letter of commission asks you to assist the staff in exploring the Layered Abyss. According to the contents written above, you should stay with the exploration personnel of the General Affairs Department instead of going out alone."

"So if you have nothing else to do, you should hurry back to the camp. The people in the camp may need your help. This deeper place is not where you should go."

Ye Lan's words made Ying's face freeze. After she carefully looked at the power of attorney in her hand, Ying unexpectedly discovered that it seemed that what Ye Lan said was indeed correct. According to the content of the power of attorney written on the letter of authorization, she seemed to be required to stay in the camp and assist the General Affairs Department staff there, rather than act alone.

Ah this. . .

After carefully reading the contents of the letter of authorization, Ying scratched her head, her face slightly embarrassed. As a traveler who had traveled to four countries, this was the first time Ying had encountered such a low-level mistake. For a moment, Ying didn't know what to say. "By the way, I remember that there were a lot of black mud-like things blocking the road to here. Did you clean up the black mud to get here?"

As if she suddenly remembered something, Ye Lan asked Ying with some confusion. She didn't know if she had tried to clean the black mud on the road, but neither elemental force nor physical force had any effect on the black mud, which forced Ye Lan to give up.

"Of course, Ying also cleaned up all the black mud that could be seen on the road."

Paimon put his hands on his waist and had a very proud expression on his face, because this matter had something to do with her. If she hadn't seen a treasure chest looming in the black mud while flying in the air, Ying might not have spent so much time cleaning the black mud.

"No wonder I saw her. If you guys solved the black mud, then everything would make sense."

Hearing Paimon's words, Ye Lan nodded thoughtfully, and it seemed that the doubts in her heart had been resolved. However, this made Ying and Paimon even more confused, especially Ying. She felt that Ye Lan in front of her was developing more and more in the direction of the Riddler.

Could it be that this layer of rock abyss can affect people's thinking and turn them into Riddlers? Thinking of Dainsleb whom he met not long ago, a strange idea suddenly popped up in Ying's mind. However, after seeing Shen He standing next to him with a blank expression as usual, Ying shook his head and shook off this strange idea in his mind.

"Okay, now that I've asked all the questions I wanted to ask, it's time for you to leave here. Just keep going in this direction and you'll be back at the camp."

After asking the questions she wanted to know, Ye Lan pointed in a direction to signal Ying and Paimon that it was time to leave. However, Ye Lan's attitude of not recognizing anyone made Ying couldn't help but glare at her.

However, Ye Lan didn't take it to heart at all. Just when Ye Lan was still thinking about urging Ying to leave quickly, a voice suddenly appeared around him.

"Ye Lan, Shen He, Traveler, Paimon, why are you all here? Did Ning Guang ask you to investigate the Layered Abyss?"

"You found him after all. I wanted to send this traveler away first."

Hearing the familiar voice ringing in her ears, Ye Lan sighed slightly. She had originally thought of sending Ying away and then sending this troublesome woman away, but she didn't expect that this woman would actually come directly to her. She miscalculated this time. She must have been attracted by the sound of the cliff breaking just now. If she had known this, she should not have let Shen He break the cliff.

(End of this chapter)