Original God, but the real world

Chapter 181 180-The Same
"What else do you know?"

Xiao couldn't help but ask.

This demon-conquering sage is a representative figure of the concise and to-the-point type, a character honed purely by the environment.

Because the guardian Yakshas fight against all kinds of filth all day long, their final fate is mostly to be destroyed by karma.

Basically, the cause of death is being infected by filth, and after losing their sanity, they don’t know what they are doing.

This infection will not only affect the Yakshas, ​​but even people who get close to them will lose their minds.

It just so happens that these guardian yakshas tend to be friendly to humans. Since getting close to humans will bring disaster to them, they simply live in seclusion for years and have no contact with anyone.

Therefore, the basic moral level of Teyvat is still very high.

But this is the average level. There are people like Orobasi who are so high that they would sacrifice themselves for just one meeting, and there are naturally people so low that they are unimaginable for ordinary people.

Jiang Qing is in the middle level, and morality does not affect what he does.

The same is true of Xiao's personality. Among the five Yakshas, ​​he is the only one who has persisted until now.

Among the remaining four, the one who persisted the longest was Fushe. He fell in the black disaster five hundred years ago.

Of course, Fushe should be able to last longer.

After all, he later lived in seclusion and was not exposed to filth, so it was easier to suppress his karma.

Jiang Qing continued to recall.

The records related to Fushe had to be dug out from the stories of the holy relics. He had read them, but they were quite crude.

Fortunately, he now has an exceptional memory, so of course he can remember it clearly.

"After the three guardian Yakshas died for various reasons, the Yaksha named Fushe hoped to escape from the mortal world and end his life."

"Afterwards, he left behind Yasha's treasure and came to the Layered Abyss to rest alone."

However, the symbol of four arms makes it clear at a glance that he is not a human.

The mountain people had no intention of provoking him. Although they knew he was not a human, he did not attack them, so they naturally would not take the initiative to seek trouble.

"Later, the black disaster in Kanreya spread, and the mountain people were desperate. They thought of this special four-armed being."

For ordinary people, being able to survive a disaster, let alone fight it, is already extremely lucky.

But no matter how you think about it, this special visitor with four arms is definitely not an ordinary person.

"So the mountain folk prayed to this special guest to help fight the disaster."

Jiang Qing paused at the right time.

Xiao sighed deeply, his expression difficult to tell whether he was sad or happy.

There is no need to say the rest.

Although Fushe retreated on his own initiative, he didn't want to get involved in these troubles again.

But Trouble took the initiative to catch up with him, and he would never sit idly by and watch ordinary people die in the disaster.

Even though he gave up his identity as a Dharma Protector Yaksha, he did not give up his responsibilities as a Dharma Protector Yaksha.

So this four-armed Yaksha took the initiative to throw himself into the war in the Rocky Abyss, and at one point he fought to the point where he didn't even know who he was.

This is also the fate of Yaksha.

They cleaned up the filth, but were eventually entangled by karma and died an unnatural death.

One committed suicide, and the other two killed each other. In the plot, Xiao also looked like he was about to lose control of himself.

Fushe was better. Although he also lost his mind, at least he knew who his enemy was.

In the end, he sank together with Boyang, and at the moment of life and death, he barely recalled some things.

But it was no use, they had no ability to leave and they all stayed there.

These are things that don't need to be described, because Xiao can completely guess the story that follows.

Since the people have already prayed and Fushe has heard their prayers, he will definitely not sit idly by and watch these people suffer misfortune.

Given his condition at the time, the fight naturally got worse and worse, and in the end it ended there.

This is the fate of Yaksha.

They were active in the war and finally fell in the war.

The war with demons ended long ago, but the war with Yakshas has never ended.

Xiao folded his arms with a complicated expression.

The answer he had been looking for for a long time suddenly appeared in front of him.

Under normal circumstances, even someone as indifferent as him would have asked a few questions.

But now, he had no interest in the source of the truth.

The truth is much more important than how to get the truth.

"Are you really not afraid of being exposed at all?" Ye Lan found it a little difficult to understand.

This is a completely undisguised act, the only thing missing is telling everyone that he can predict the future.

"You should only be afraid of a child carrying gold in a busy city," Jiang Qing glanced at her, "If an adult carries gold, people who are eager for gold will come to you and seek cooperation."

"Aren't you worried about the Fatui?" Ye Lan asked with interest.

"A little bit." Jiang Qing nodded, "I heard that the top three of them have the strength of demon gods. I can't stand it."

Ye Lan looked stern.

"The gap between demon gods is greater than the gap between demon gods and mortals." Xiao said calmly, "Although I don't know what the background of this organization called Fatui is, since they are subordinate to the God of Ice, they must be no more powerful than the God of Ice."

Maybe it has been strengthened.

Jiang Qing also couldn't figure out the Ice Queen's ways.

But judging from the direction of the game, it is possible that Her Majesty the Queen has come into contact with some special power or path, and has been strengthened.

So the strongest of the Seven Gods in the past was the old man, and now it should be the Ice Queen.

It's impossible that he can't even defeat Zhongli after all his scheming and plotting, right?
Why start a war against Sky Island? Just lie down and wait for Ying and Kong.

“Don’t worry too much.” Jiang Qing was relaxed. “I have the old man’s protection in Liyue. It’s impossible for them to go deep into the Layered Abyss just to kill me.”

There are so many Thousand Winds troops here, as well as the most capable Xiao and Ganyu in the old man’s family.

How could Zhongli just sit back and watch them get into trouble?

"But you still have to go to Xumi," Ye Lan was also a little worried, "In Xumi, someone from the top three will definitely attack you."

The ability to predict the future is not surprising even if the ruler himself does it, let alone the top three of the Fatui.

Ye Lan was not only worried about Jiang Qing's life or death, but also worried whether there would be any opportunities in the future that Jiang Qing knew that would be exploited by the Fatui.

"Then there's even less need to worry." Jiang Qing spread his hands, "The gods of my family, Xumi, will protect me."

If the doctor can beat the Little Auspicious Grass King and the Thunder General, then fine, I will just restart.

"As long as you are sure."

Ye Lan didn't ask any more questions.

Her plan could not reach Xumi, and Jiang Qing insisted on going to Xumi, so she could not help with these troubles.

When you can't help, just ask fewer questions and don't make things more difficult for yourself.

"Then wait a moment." Jiang Qing found a place to sit down. "If nothing unexpected happens, someone should be here soon."

I just received the news that Ying arrived at the Abyss, and the story officially started... Could it be that the timing just happened to match?
Jiang Qing looked a little strange.

In terms of time, he should have first received the world mission to clear the black fog, and then escorted the team of experts all the way to the stone pillar.

Then he ran into the Demon God mission, entered the lower space, and found the upside-down city.

And now Ying was sent to Yuanxia Palace by him and was going crazy, but Qianyan Army and he had cleared the road in advance, saving her time to follow the expert team.

If fate could really be so coincidental, then the timelines would just happen to overlap.

In other words, although Ying is late, now is the time when the story officially takes place.

Could there be such a coincidence?

Jiang Qing couldn't help but ask himself.

There is no specific time description in the main plot. It does not say which day of which year Ying went there to advance the main plot.

But to explore the Abyss Palace, return by boat and then reach the Layered Abyss, all of this happened to coincide with the time when Ying followed the expert team to fight here, which can no longer be considered a coincidence.

Is this fate?
Jiang Qing sighed.

Fine.

It turned out that the reason he hadn't met Dainsleib before was not because he didn't have the luck, but because the other person hadn't arrived yet.

He was hunting down a certain apostle of the abyss, and then used the cult's teleportation network to jump into the Layered Rock Abyss, and just happened to appear in front of Ying who was going down.

As for Jiang Qing, he killed too quickly.

That's fine... After all, Ying came here alone with an exploration team. Even if there are some adventurers following the team, they can't be great adventurers.

But Jiang Qing was different. He rushed over with the organized Qianyan Army.

In addition, he also brought Xiao and Ganyu, as well as Albedo and Klee.

In terms of the team's efficiency and ability, it is at least several times more powerful.

As a result, the timing just happened to match, which was quite interesting.

"Found it!"

Paimon waved over here, "Ying, they are over here!"

I was very happy to see people. This was a side effect of the Yuanxia Palace.

There were only human figures in that place, no human habitation.

"Coming." Ying could only respond and then chase after him.

It’s hard to say anything else, but Paimeng ran away very quickly.

"Ah, it's Ganyu, and Xiao!" Paimon greeted them one by one, "Who is this person?"

She looked at Jiang Qing.

They all had some friendship, so Jiang Qing reached out and rubbed Paimeng's head.

"It's Ye Lan, who can barely be considered a member of the General Affairs Department, but is actually Ningguang's intelligence officer." Jiang Qing explained.

Ye Lan's identity is no secret.

At least there's no need to keep it a secret from Ying.

Ying understood as soon as she heard it, that Ningguang's intelligence officer, in the current situation, meant that she represented the will of the Seven Stars.

Immortal, outsider, Thousand Rock Army.

She and Jiang Qing are outsiders. The immortals don't listen to orders or announcements. Ganyu and Xiao only came here by chance. Under the entire Layered Rock Abyss, there must be Qixing's confidants in charge of the overall situation.

No matter what Ye Lan’s past identity was, at least for now, she represents the interests of the Seven Stars.

"Hello." Ying stretched out her hand and greeted her.

She wasn't here to stab Qixing in the back, so naturally she didn't care.

"I've heard of you, great adventurer." Ye Lan smiled kindly, "Nice to meet you."

In fact, it is far more than just hearsay.

The appearance of Jiang Qing cannot change Ying's status. She will still be at the center of the storm for a long time in the past and in the foreseeable future.

The more he investigated, the more he realized that Ying was outrageous.

This is far more exaggerated than Jiang Qing.

If Jiang Qing's almost 100% ability to predict the future was already outrageous, then the outrageousness of Ying was something that Jiang Qing could never even try to match.

Because Jiang Qing knows the future and then does things.

But Ying knew nothing, yet she was at the center of the storm.

Ye Lan only needed to investigate a little to discover the key.

[Every time, Jiang Qing benefits from the Fatui's plan.]

Her smile was gentle and her eyes were not sharp, but they still contained a hint of inquiry.

Chaotic times are the premise for all actions, because when order is in place, status and identity are important when doing things.

And this is exactly what Jiang Qing lacks.

Jiang Qing is only qualified to enter the room during times of chaos.

And chaos is brought by the Faintheads.

From this perspective, Jiang Qing had to thank the Fatui.

If you look at the matter itself, you will find that every time the Fatui make trouble, there is another person who always stands on the opposite side of the Fatui.

The plans of the Fatui bring chaos, but there is one person who always restores peace to the chaos and solves the problems caused by the Fatui.

This person is Ying.

She has repeatedly stood on the opposite side of the Fatui, and she and the Fatui form the two poles of things.

But the plan of the Fatui was the result of countless years of planning, which involved a huge amount of manpower and material resources before it was finally put into action.

But Ying had nothing.

She was a person who came suddenly, had no past, and was said to be looking for her brother. She was not even a Teyvatian.

Even so, the God of Wind favored her, and the God of Rock took the initiative to invite her to participate in his funeral...

Ye Lan is well aware of Ying’s peculiarity.

Although she couldn't find the reason or cause, the result proved this guess.

"Long time no see." Ying pursed her lips and began to organize her words.

"Given our relationship, there's no need to start the conversation with a greeting." Jiang Qing looked at Ying seriously, "If your target is not the Layered Abyss, but me...it looks like you've gained a lot?"

Among all the characters in Teyvat, Ying, as the CG protagonist, is very ordinary in the game.

But this does not prevent [Ye] from being very popular.

At least, Jiang Qing still likes his own travelers very much.

However, when he really arrived at the Fire of Teyvat, he rarely communicated with Ying.

"A little bit." Ying nodded, with a look of pride on her face. "Although Yuanxia Palace is a terrible place, I still found what you asked me to do."

"That's right." Paimon nodded repeatedly, "It's really terrible!"

Fortunately, Xinhai from the Coral Palace gave a generous reward.

Before the matter came to an end, the Northern Bank set up by the Fatui in Inazuma was completely wiped out by the shogunate.

This kind of thing is somewhat... well, shameless. After all, the wealth stored in the Northland Bank does not just belong to the Fools.

Inazuma was once one of the seven kingdoms in the world, and many of the people there were foreigners who came here to stay temporarily or even settle down.

If they want to do business here, they can't use ships to transport Mora from their own homes every time.

The Northland Bank has been quite effective in the circulation of wealth.

The shogunate directly sealed off and plundered the Northern Country Bank stationed in Inazuma. The people of Inazuma were able to take away their own property, but what about others... Sorry, there are thunderstorms off the coast of Inazuma. If you can rush over, I can give it to you.

This method is really brutal.

But I'm in lockdown, so you can curse me as much as you want, I can't hear you anyway.

From the work of sealing up the bank, it can only be said that Coral Palace Xinhai reaped great rewards.

She wanted to give up Haizhi Island directly, but some people were reluctant to leave their hometown.

Since Ying was about to go down to the Yuanxia Palace, he might as well pay her to pick blood branch corals to continue to extend the life of Haizhi Island.

Haizhi Island is a poor hipster place, but that doesn't mean Coral Palace is poor.

Even if there hadn't been this incident with the North Country Bank, the Coral Palace lineage was the only ruler of Haizhi Island hundreds of years ago.

No matter how poor Haizhi Island is, its king must still be rich.

Thanks to the blessing of Coral Palace Xinhai, Ying gained a huge fortune.

Even though things were bad, the rewards were great.

Thinking of this, Paimon put his hands on his hips, looking very proud.

"I didn't say anything." Jiang Qing shook his head. "I just think there might be something there, but I don't know what it is, and I don't want to know."

[Things that Happened Before the Sun and the Moon] Don’t tell him about this kind of weird stuff.

Jiang Qing had no intention of challenging a higher level opponent at this level, so he bluntly rejected the question that Ying had not yet asked.

"That's right."

Ying walked forward and looked at the huge pit in front of her.

"Mind if I come with you?"

I don’t know, but there must be something strange about this place called the Layered Rock Chasm.

Jiang Qing has come down, maybe he can track down something special.

"Of course." Jiang Qing agreed decisively, "Maybe, there are some troubles that only you can solve."

Ying's eyebrows raised slightly, her expression serious.

"I see."

Is it a religious group again?
The only villains and opponents she had come into contact with so far were the Fatui and the Cult.

The ones here are definitely not the Fatui. After all, it is clearly written in the newspaper that the Thousand Rocks Army came here to wipe out all the Fatui who are still alive.

All of them are religious groups.

Ying's spirits perked up and she became more calm.

The Cult has a great relationship with Sora, and her interest in the Cult is much greater than that of the Fool.

Although I didn't get any information related to the past events of Riyue, it turned out that following Jiang Qing did have some benefits.

"Since you two have almost finished discussing...how about we go down?"

Ye Lan also walked to the edge of the pit.

This was completely achieved by hard work.

At least four or five layers of rock wall were smashed through by the cube-like core.

"Let's go." Jiang Qing nodded and quickly followed Ye Lan.

Make a rapid emergency landing from the rugged stone hall, which is now the pit, and then you will arrive at the nameless ruins.

After landing, if you look up, you can see a strange area filled with a dark purple atmosphere. If you look up, you can see an inverted floating city.

"How could there be such a building under the abyss of rock?"

Ye Lan whispered softly.

Floating is nothing, Ningguang’s two jade pavilions can both float above the sky.

But the building in front of him, which was almost like a small city, seemed to have grown out of the rock wall, completely ignoring the rules of gravity and directly hanging upside down into the rock wall.

Jiang Qing's attention was focused on the black fog.

These are the two directions of the story.

The Hanging City is the main storyline of Dainsreb and the cult...but if the killed Apostle of the Abyss happens to be the one who presided over the ceremony in the story, then the main storyline can end here.

After all, it just came out and ran into two immortals who were ready to attack. It really deserved its bad luck.

The downward black fog and purple light are world quests that lead to deeper levels.

It’s probably the same old process, purifying the black fog and then moving forward.

The story is not complicated. The key is, will Deinsreb come out at this time?
Jiang Qing seemed to be thinking about something.

He just stared at Ying until the girl shook her shoulders uncomfortably, and then he turned his eyes away.

"There are two places worth exploring here." Jiang Qing did not hide it, "The upside-down city above, and the black fog below."

Continuing deeper from here is the second camp. There is a similar pit next to the camp, and you can continue down.

According to Jiang Qing's classification, the Layered Rock Abyss can be roughly divided into three layers, and it takes two jumps into the deep pit to reach Zanmalan.

Cross the big mushroom and continue going deeper, and you will reach the last ruins and the location of the secret realm.

In fact, the Fatui have now gone deeper into the third level.

One of the mission items is the Fatui's records, which record that the ancient bell may dispel the black fog.

The reason for this record is that they actually tried and then paid the price of death.

But they didn't really get through.

The whole black fog section of the abyss is like this. Find the mechanism, dispel the black room, go deep into the next place, and repeat the search for the mechanism.

Jiang Qing calmly explained as he recalled, "I thought that with our current strength, we could split our forces into two groups."

Ye Lan's smile was somewhat playful.

Before coming down, it was this man who claimed that he could split his troops into two groups and asked the Seven Stars to bow to the immortals, and it would be best if they could bring all the immortals to the Layered Rock Abyss.

Given Jiang Qing's caution, he was able to say something like splitting the troops into two groups. Ye Lan could already guess what was going on.

Not only Ye Lan, Gan Yu also thought of the same answer.

Their gazes swept over Ying who had just joined inconspicuously, with similar thoughtful expressions in their eyes.

Jiang Qing was too scared to death.

He is used to taking risks and seems to not value his own life, but that is precisely because he believes that if he risks his life, he may have a chance to survive. If he avoids these dangers, he will surely die.

Those who fear death are, in such circumstances, braver than most warriors.

The reason he said to split the troops into two groups was, of course, because he really didn't think it was that dangerous underground.

In theory, if there aren't so many people able to open up a road, the danger shouldn't be too high.

The variable he added was to guard against the secret realm where Boyang and Fushe were buried.

"Okay." Ying nodded, "I want to explore the city high up."

【High place】

This is what Jiang Qing told her.

"Then let's go down and explore the black fog." Jiang Qing looked at Xiao, "The Demon-Subduing Great Sage can wait and see what happens, and then decide when to take action."

Xiao nodded slightly.

The more the guardian Yaksha exerts his full strength, the closer he is to going crazy.

He has already accepted this fate, but he doesn't have to rush to the front if he doesn't have to take action.

There are no problems that have been exposed so far that require him to take action.

Except for that special human life form, its abilities are limited and it is not worth taking too seriously.

After slightly dividing the action routes, everyone formed two small teams.

Ye Lan and Gan Yu walked towards the black fog below, and the Qianyan Army that followed them built a camp on the spot.

They are not directly responsible for incidents involving the black fog, and are usually only responsible for search and backup.

Because it is not necessary.

Soldiers really shouldn't shy away from risks, but there are clearly people here who can solve the problem, and their involvement could result in unnecessary sacrifice or injury.

There are more ways to make a contribution that don’t necessarily involve taking risks.

The black fog gathered here had a sense of resistance and did not allow people to enter directly.

"It's rejecting us." Ganyu said seriously, "Does the black fog... also have its own will?"

If so, then it should be considered a life.

Previously, they had only considered the black fog beneath the abyss as a thorny disaster.

"reject?"

According to the plot, the two ancient bells should be cleared before the black fog can be dispelled.

But... there's no need.

"Can we destroy this layer of black fog?" Jiang Qing looked at Gan Yu.

You rejected me, that's your business.

But I'm going to go in and fix the trouble, and that's my business.

"You can try it."

Ganyu pursed her lips.

She raised her right hand, and a frosty colored glass bead gathered in her palm.

The overflowing ice elemental power rose into the sky and turned into icicles that fell down again.

Then, her figure retreated, leaving an ice lotus on the spot, and then a full bow of arrows shot out.

Full of life.

Jiang Qing seemed to be thinking about something.

When the ice arrow exploded, Jiang Qing subconsciously wanted to throw out a bomb to see if he could cause a melting reaction.

It was a wrong decision. I should have started a fire first before taking action.

The black fog condensed and then expanded again, blocking the exploding ice elemental force from the outside.

"It works." Ganyu looked at the black fog and found that the color of the black fog had become lighter.

Archery is an instinct for Ganyu, even though she has a record of choking giant beasts and forcing them to beg for mercy because of her fat body.

But since then, Ganyu has been determined to practice well and even gave up sweet flowers.

Archery skills were also honed during that period.

The important thing about this kind of attack is the elemental force attached to the arrow, and with Ganyu's strength, she is confident that she can completely disperse the black fog.

"Really not considering other means?" Ye Lan, who had already gained something, raised the notebook in his hand, "I found the records of the Fatui. They said that ringing the ancient bells in the ruins on both sides should be able to break the black fog here."

She also became more serious.

The previous black fog was almost cleared away smoothly all the way, and only here did it feel necessary to ring a bell.

Different methods of solving a problem indicate the difficulty of the problem.

Obviously, this is a node that can be called a key point.

"We'll find the ruins here, then push through the ruins and ring the bell, and finally come back to solve the problem in the black fog." Jiang Qing looked at Ganyu who had already drawn the bow, "Anyway, the result will be the same."

(End of this chapter)