The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 84 Arriving in Liyue
Time is invisible and intangible. It has passed quietly when you are not paying attention. Before you know it, a morning has passed. Ruo Jin and Xiang Ling have arrived at the stone gate at the junction of Mondstadt and Liyue.

After passing through the stone gate and stepping onto the land of Liyue, Ruo Jin felt that the sense of strangeness he had in Mondstadt was gone. No wonder so many people's last wish when facing death is to return to their roots. If they die in a foreign land, their souls may not rest in peace.

Breathing the air of Liyue, Ruojin felt relaxed both physically and mentally. Guoba also became extremely happy, jumping and running around chasing the butterflies on the roadside.

"Guoba, don't run around. We'll have dinner soon."

After giving Guoba a word of advice, Xiangling started to set up the pot and light the fire to prepare today's lunch. She checked the strange ingredients that Sugar gave her yesterday, and took out the sweet flowers, which were the most difficult to preserve, first to prepare a sweet flower stuffed chicken.

This sweet flower is not an ordinary sweet flower. It is a super sweet flower passed down by a bard in Mondstadt. It is rumored that the taste of this sweet flower is sweeter than honey. Of course, the reason for this rumor is purely because the bard got drunk and chewed and ate the sweet flower that was three times sweeter than sugar.

When the bard sobered up and wanted to look for the sweet flower he ate when he was drunk, the flower had already been moved home by Sugar. The bard could not find it, and regretfully he gave the love he had been longing for to this sweet flower. Because of the high quality of his poetry, it was widely circulated in Mondstadt.

Even Wendy, who is known as the best bard in the world, expressed high praise for this poem and even sang it herself.

Knowing the truth, Sugar only told the secret to Xiangling. It's not that Sugar didn't think about clarifying the matter, but after the sweet flowers in the poem were given other things, Sugar felt that the beauty behind them should not be destroyed. So when giving Xiangling triple the sweet flowers, Sugar specifically told Xiangling not to cook this kind of sweet flowers in Mondstadt.

"Would you like to have chicken stuffed with sweet flowers for lunch? The sweet flowers seem to be a little bigger than the normal ones."

After observing the ingredients that Xiangling took out, Ruo Jin could tell at a glance what kind of dish Xiangling wanted to make after eating the food cooked by Xiangling for so many years.

Xiangling skillfully cleaned the pigeons she caught on the road. Although these pigeons were not as fat as the ones on Mond Bridge, they could still be considered good ingredients.

Unfortunately, in the end, not many pigeons on the Mondstadt Bridge were caught to make pigeon soup for Jin Ge. Next time, when she comes to Mondstadt, she must catch a few.

There was a gleam of determination in Xiangling's eyes. No food that Xiangling set her eyes on could escape. This time, Brother Jin was with her so she couldn't do it. But next time if Brother Jin was not around, she would have to get a few of those fat pigeons to taste.

As the ingredients were put into the pot, a strange fragrance quickly spread around. Guoba, who was chasing butterflies nearby, smelled the scent and stopped chasing the butterflies. He ran to the big pot and stared at it, with big doubts in his little eyes.

Ruo Jin also had this doubt. He didn't understand why the sweet flower stuffed chicken was so fragrant. Could it be that the sweet flower, which was a circle larger than the ordinary sweet flower, was really so strong in smell?
Ruojin noticed from the beginning that the sweet flowers used by Xiangling were unusual, so even if he was confused he would not be too interested. But Guoba didn't know that. When he smelled such a rich fragrance, Guoba took a small stool and stood on tiptoe to look into the pot.

Unfortunately, Guoba was too tall to see what was in the pot even when he stood on the small stool, which made Guoba even more puzzled. What kind of food could be so fragrant? Guoba, full of curiosity, could only tiptoe on the stool and carefully look into the pot.

It turned out that it was not known whether it was because the rice crust was too heavy or the bench was of poor quality, but the bench was unstable and one of its legs broke in the middle, and the rice crust stumbled and fell headfirst into the pot.

"Lululu! Lululu!"

"Guoba!" Guoba's cry quickly attracted the attention of Ruojin and Xiangling. Seeing Guoba's head facing down in the pot with his short legs constantly flapping in the pot, Xiangling didn't care about the rice in her hands that had not been washed clean yet and hurried to rescue Guoba with Ruojin.

Take the rice crust with soup all over its head out of the pot. The sweet flowers in the pot somehow stick to the rice crust's head. The fragrant soup makes the rice crust exude the beauty of delicious food just out of the bath.

"Pot Ba, you scared me to death. If the water in the pot wasn't very hot, you would have changed your hairstyle to become a bald bear at noon today."

Seeing the tuft of hair on Guoba's forehead curled slightly due to the burn and him secretly eating the sweet flower beside his mouth, Xiangling was amused and angry, but she felt more distressed for Guoba.
"Xiangling, you take care of the food first. I'll take the rice crust to the river nearby to wash it. If the soup dries on the rice crust, it will be difficult to wash."

Ruojin picked up Guoba and walked towards the river. The soup made from the sweet flower was too sweet, and it was a problem whether it could be washed off after it dried. Before, when Guoba was stealing syrup in Wanmin Hall, he accidentally got it on his body. As a result, the syrup on his body could not be washed off at all after it dried. There was no choice but to shave off the tuft of hair on Guoba. Guoba was depressed for two whole meals because of this.

When they arrived at the river, Ruojin took out the milk-flavored soap he bought in Mond and began to rub Guoba's head. The milky white foam soon enveloped Guoba's entire head. Guoba leaned on Ruojin and squinted comfortably. He had just eaten the delicious sweet flower and enjoyed the hair washing service. This was probably the peak of his life.

"Marcius really knows how to enjoy himself. Why didn't I think he was so good at it before?"

Seeing his younger brother Ruojin washing Guoba's hair, an inexplicable emotion lingered in the heart of the Dragon King Ruota, just as if Morax did not agree to let him live next door to him and instead let other immortals live next door to him, which made him very unhappy.

"When I can get out of the seal, I'm going to let the forbidden boy give me a thorough cleansing, hum."

With a cold snort, King Ruotu simply blocked his perception and fell asleep in the seal. Out of sight, out of mind. Except for matters concerning Morax, King Ruotu was very clear about other matters. However, King Ruotu, who was gradually falling into a dream, did not realize that Ruo Jin had unknowingly occupied a certain place in his heart.

"I'm almost done, Guoba. Wait here for me. I'll go get a towel from Xiangling."

After rinsing off the foam on Guoba's head, Ruojin touched the hair on Guoba's head and found that it was no longer greasy. He then went to Xiangling to ask for a clean towel. Usually, he would not wipe his face after washing it and let it dry naturally. He had no habit of bringing a towel with him.

"This place is really weird. How come there are no mushrooms around? I was thinking of asking Xiangling to have some mushroom soup."

Ruojin walked towards Xiangling while muttering in confusion. Not long after Ruojin left, a sound of leaves rubbing against each other suddenly came from the grass behind Guoba.

Guoba turned his head curiously and found that the sound in the bushes was getting louder and louder, which reminded Guoba of the little Klee he met in the bushes before.

Worried that he would scare people again this time, Guoba walked to the bushes and carefully put his head into the bushes. Before he could see clearly what was in the bushes, Guoba opened his mouth and bit his fragrant head.

"Lululu!!!"

(End of this chapter)