People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 246 Lin Feng: Drilling the earth veins? It's like going home.

The northern entrance to the Layered Rock Abyss, Fu'ao Valley.

At the edge of the unique spiral landform of the Stratochasm,
Countless huge and strange rock peaks like the ribs of a giant dragon stand here.

As the only entrance and exit connecting the mining area to the Caiqiao Valley,
On weekdays, miners would pass through a small path between the rock peaks on their way back and forth.
On this morning, which was no different from any other day,

In preparation for the next action, Lin Feng and Zhongli formed a group and came to the edge of the abyss.

Looking ahead at the unique golden rock pillars formed by the deposition of rock elements,
Lin Feng looked at the Emperor beside him and asked curiously:
“Old man, isn’t this the place where you mentioned the battle with Ruotu?

Does that mean that, along the route you fought at that time,
The line from Fu'ao Valley to the Fulong tree diagonally above is the best place to start retrieving memories?"

——At the end of the Demon God War, the Ryota Dragon King, who was affected by the wear and tear, once attacked the Layered Rock Abyss area where the earth veins were damaged.

Zhongli and the immortals fought with him, dragging the Ruotu Dragon King all the way to the foot of Hulao Mountain on the north side of Nantianmen before sealing him.
That is where the Fulong tree is now.

"Yes, that's right."

Perhaps because he was only one step away from achieving his goal, Zhongli was in a good mood.
After smiling and nodding, he began to explain:

"——Although the texture of rock is extremely hard, the memory in it is easily weathered and difficult to preserve for a long time.
The only exception is extremely strong emotions and thoughts.
Even memories that are integrated into the earth veins will instinctively cling to the area where the strongest emotions were generated.

This is the same reason why the ruins agencies in Kanreya would instinctively stay close to the ruins to guard them. "

After a brief pause, Zhongli turned his gaze to the north and continued:
"If it was before Ruotu was worn away, there might be many options for where these memories would go."

"—but what was still etched in the memory of my old friend at that moment,
Probably all that is left is the offense of humans and the betrayal of old friends."

Shaking his head, Zhongli put aside the past memories for the time being.
Looking at Lin Feng in front of him, he said very seriously:
".I am absolutely sure that Ruota's last and deepest obsession must exist somewhere along the path of this battle.
His memories that were dissolved into the earth veins due to wear and tear must also exist here."

"therefore,
The task of separating those memories from the earth veins and accelerating their return later is left to you, my friend."

"Only the dragon race, the pinnacle of elemental creatures and the one who once dominated the continent's veins, can do something like this.

The most suitable candidate at the moment is only you, my friend."

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Although the division of labor had been arranged before coming,
But as the action approached, Zhongli once again made the entrustment very solemnly.

Lin Feng, who was no stranger to the earth veins,

Looking at the emperor who was so serious about something, he smiled and responded:
"——Don't worry, old man. Not to mention that I have obtained the power of rock elements and the complete power of ancient dragons,
Even at the beginning, it wasn’t difficult for me to spend some time in the leylines.”

"Under today's conditions, even if we want to separate thousands of years of memory, it won't take long.
——Old man, you and Wendy just need to wait for a few days, I will bring back good news soon. "

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Even though Zhongli had some concerns before,

But when he saw Lin Feng in front of him, who seemed to be in his professional field and full of confidence, he laughed and said:

"Haha, then I will wait for these last few days.

Don't worry, my friend. I will arrange everything in Liyue before you finish your work.
Make sure that you can act without any restrictions when the time comes."

"Okay, while I concentrate on sorting out the earth veins, I'll trouble you to take care of other things."

"If there are any unexpected situations, just remind me through the Void System and I will respond in time."

Lin Feng nodded, knowing that if Zhongli wanted to get the entire Liyue to make way for this battle, he would also have a lot of work to do.

He also wanted to practice the power of rock elements in the process of contacting the earth veins to prepare for further progress.
After talking to the Emperor, I didn't waste too much time.

After waving his hand, he entered the abyss through the gap in the earth veins of the rock abyss.

……

outside world,

Seeing Lin Feng eagerly entering the earth veins without saying a word,

Zhongli, who stayed where he was, couldn't help but shake his head, feeling that his friend really had many differences from ordinary people.

——What is flowing in the earth veins is not only the special energy that can drive the ruins mechanisms,
The chaotic and disordered memories are the key that ordinary creatures dare not touch.

It was not clear what Lin Feng had done before that made him so familiar with the behavior of drilling the earth veins.
Zhongli felt inexplicably relieved. He looked out over the impressive environment near the Layered Rock Abyss.
He sighed slightly and disappeared among the towering rock peaks.

To the northeast of the abyss is Guiliyuan.

Among the endless yellow weeds, countless collapsed and dilapidated stone buildings lie between the rocks.

In this area that was once prosperous but is now deserted.

Today, apart from the animals that seek shelter in the corners of the building and the crows that build nests on the tops of the stone pillars,

Today, two strangers arrived with a mission of exploration.

I don't have the mood to appreciate the dilapidated beauty around me.

Ying and Paimeng traveled with difficulty through the mountains where the road conditions were extremely bad.
Recalling the warm reception from Yunjin's father yesterday when they arrived at Yunhan Club and explained their purpose,
Even if you just want to try it out at first,
But seeing his persistence in the lost history,

She had obtained the key information of the mission and planned to try her best.
Let’s see if we can find a way to record more about the other party’s family during this exploration.

".Speaking of which, Ying, the mission you accepted this time seems to be to defeat a ruins guard in the Guiliyuan area and bring back its Chaos Furnace Core, right?"

"——Is it really okay to take on such a difficult mission right from the start?
If you are a Hilichurl, Paimon can cheer you on.
But the ruins guard. Sorry, Paimon can only hide."

Thinking of the monster's indestructible shell and huge body,

Even Paimeng, who had vowed to fight alongside Ying before coming, began to back down for a moment.

Ying: “.” So even if they are from the Hillilchir tribe, you can only cheer them on?
Ying had already anticipated the reliability of her companions and had never expected them to be able to help her.

He shook his head slightly and explained:

".Because the area we are heading to is very remote even in Guiliyuan,
And recently, the number of Hilichurls in Liyue has been decreasing for some reason.

It seemed as if someone saw them being guided by something and they disappeared in a certain direction one after another.

The common ground projection monsters have no research value, so there are no related tasks."

After a brief pause,
Thinking of the elemental power he had acquired a few days ago and the monster information he had found in the void,

Ying, who originally wanted to test how much strength he had left, continued:
"Don't worry, Paimon. This commission itself is not very dangerous."

"This commission to investigate the ruins guard,

Not only is the location very close to the area we are going to, but the pay is also quite good.
Moreover, we only need to activate the Ruins Guard at the edge of the enemy's activity area, so it is actually very easy to escape."

When Ying searched for information before, she found that the Xumi Teachings Institute was encouraged by the current policies of the gods.

There is a fairly complete research report on the ruins series of mechanisms.

Not only that, it seems that in the school called Miaolun School, there is a group of scholars who specialize in various monsters of the ruins series.

They made a popular science comic about how to avoid these monsters and placed it in the void.

Make sure that most people can understand it easily. Ying also got the information about monster weaknesses and triggering methods from there.

Moreover, I heard that there seems to be an exhibition area for various self-regulatory organizations there.

When I go to Xumi later, I'll take Paimon with me to take a look.
".But, we haven't had time to buy the right weapons yet, right?"

"Although you now have elemental power, ordinary weapons cannot perfectly transmit such power.

It will still be a drag in the battle."

Paimon had no memory of Ying buying weapons.

For a moment, I even thought that it might be because I ate too much.
So in order to save money, Ying chose to fight with bare hands.

Just when she was about to reflect on herself and eat less,
But I saw the blonde girl in front of me smiling slightly.
I don't know where he took out a short knife that was completely green and looked like it was made of plant branches.

"——It doesn't matter. When I successfully joined the Ordinance House,
The scholar Lin Feng who saved us also gave us a weapon as a personal gift the next day.
When I got it, Paimon, were you still sleeping? "

After a brief pause, thinking of the letter that came with the weapon, Ying continued with some confusion:

".The letter said that this short sword was the best sword in the village and was a gift from a group of little guys.

Now give it to me, hoping that I can become their friend after receiving it. "

——Although Ying didn't know why this weapon called the 'log sword' was called the best 'sword' in the village,
I don't know what kind of village the other party mentioned.
But she still remembered this favor.

——After all, if I didn't have this weapon,
Then she would most likely have to choose the cheapest and easiest to replace and maintain edgeless sword as her weapon.

"Huh, that's good, that's good. I thought Paimon would have to live frugally in the future.

From five bowls of boiled fish per meal to four bowls."

".Is there really any difference?"

Ying was a little too tired to complain.

Talking while walking,

After a while, I saw a pillar leaning against the ruins ahead.

When guarding the ruins that were covered in rust and seemed to be completely unable to move,

Ying and Paimeng both lowered their voices tacitly and carefully retreated in the direction they came from.

After roughly determining that you have left the opponent's activity range,

Paimon looked at Ying beside him and reminded him:

"The body hardness of the Ruins Guard is very high.
Ying, you must change your fighting habits from when we were drifting on the island together.
——It would be better to use more elemental power and attack as I taught you before."

"it is good."

Under Paimon's gaze, Ying nodded, as if she had completely accepted the other party's suggestion.

"——Then Paimon, you should hide first. I want to activate this Ruins Guardian at the edge of the enemy's activity area.

If the situation is not right, we can just evacuate and reunite at the previously agreed location.”

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".Ying, don't worry, I will definitely cheer for you in my heart."

Ying's words had just fallen.

Without any hesitation at all,

Paimon nodded, being quite self-aware.

After turning back halfway through the flight and leaving this word of "encouragement",
He simply used hiding skills that even Ying herself was amazed at, and disappeared from her sight.

Where did she develop this hiding skill? Is this also her talent?
shook his head,

Forget about this partner of mine who is apparently "multi-talented" but also subtle and completely useless.
Ying tried to mobilize the surrounding rock elemental power.

Next to the relic guard, a huge golden rock formed.

"boom--"

Accompanied by a loud explosion,

The ruins guard in the distance suddenly lit up his yellow eyes.

at the same time,

Not far away, in a hollow formed by a mountain depression,

Having perfectly ensured his own safety, Paimon patted his chest with his little hands and breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked with great satisfaction at Ying who was using elemental power to activate the ruins guard.

".Huh, luckily Ying finally remembered that she still has elemental power.
If you keep forgetting to use it like you did during the previous practice, it will be troublesome."

In addition to his work as a guide, Paimon also works part-time as an elemental force teacher.

He was deeply aware that this seemingly weak blond girl in front of him had some strange bad habits.
——No matter what kind of enemy we face,
As long as he could choose close combat, he would always subconsciously pick up the sword and chop, with no awareness of using elemental power at all.

Therefore, after seeing Ying actually choose elemental power to start with,

Paimeng even felt a rare sense of emotion.

“Okay, let me see what kind of fighting style Ying will choose under the guidance of Teacher Paimon!

It will definitely be a textbook use of elemental power."

I haven't finished speaking yet,
Paimon carefully looked out and saw a man holding up a short knife and slashing at the ruins guard.
A blonde girl who looks like a 'melee master'.

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"——Hey, we fought like this before we had elemental power, and we still fight like this after we have elemental power.
Then what on earth are you going to do with the elemental power, Ying?!"

Paimon, who could no longer suppress his desire to complain,
Even in hiding, he still felt that his previous teaching of elemental power was a complete failure.

".Forget it, I'll go to the place we agreed to meet before and wait for Ying."

"It's just a gift from the other party. It shouldn't be able to physically harm the ruins guards."

"boom--"

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I haven’t finished expressing my feelings yet.
Looking at the ruins guard in front of him who was easily cut in half and lost the ability to move in the explosion.

Ying, who was about to have a big fight, and Paimeng, who was about to evacuate, fell into deep silence for a moment.

Is this the best sword in the village? Is there something wrong?
(End of this chapter)