The three of them walked together toward the place where Andrius's soul energy was gathered. By the time they arrived, Andrius's soul had completely converged and transformed back into the blue and white giant wolf.
Andrius opened his eyes and immediately roared in anger.
"That despicable bastard!! How dare he..."
Halfway through his sentence, Andrius found himself in a new place, on a desolate, grayish-white ground. This puzzled him greatly. He remembered that he should have been put away in a small bowl by that arrogant bald man. How did he end up here? Could this be inside some kind of small bowl?
"Hello, Mr. Giant Wolf."
The gentle greeting interrupted Andrius's thoughts. The huge wolf head turned and saw a familiar face.
"big..."
“Mr. Giant Wolf, my name is Ah Ci, and I am a guest here.”
"Ah Ci? A guest?"
Andrius looked at Ah Ci with some confusion, but he quickly realized that there were two strangers behind Ah Ci. Ah Ci was hiding his identity. With the Great Tree King present, he calmed down a bit.
"where is this place?"
"This is Mr. Li Yue's inner world."
Because they were acquaintances, the Great Tree King helped explain, but she didn't know why Andrius appeared in Li Yue's inner world, so she looked at Li Yue.
"As for why Mr. Giant Wolf is here, you should probably ask Mr. Li Yue."
Li Yue looked at the Great Compassion Tree King with satisfaction. It was so kind of him to take the initiative to speak for her!
"Hello, Wolf. My name is Li Yue, and I'm from Liyue. I just encountered a bald guy on my way back to Mondstadt from Sumeru. I fought with him and broke a golden bowl in his hand. After the bowl broke, a green light flew out and attached itself to me. After he ran away, I found a safe place to look into my inner world, and that's when I saw you."
Li Yue made up a story in front of Andrius without changing his expression. Andrius did not believe it immediately, but looked at the Great Tree King.
“Mr. Giant Wolf, Mr. Li Yue is a trustworthy person. He saved me and gave me tremendous help.”
"Is that so, human? Thank you."
Andrius lowered his massive head slightly. He knew very well the duties of the Great Tree King, and being able to provide the Great Tree King with tremendous help was no exaggeration; it would be an immense help to Teyvat as well.
"Thank you for rescuing me from that monster. Please take me back to where I came from."
"I'm afraid that won't work."
Li Yue shook her head helplessly.
"Brother Wolf, I need to tell you something. The bald guy who captured you is an envoy of the Abyss. I roughly know their purpose in capturing you: to corrupt your soul with the power of the Abyss and turn you into their weapon."
"What? It's the Abyss!"
Andrius stared intently at Li Yue.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm certain because not long ago, people from the Abyss appeared in Mondstadt and took control of Dvalin, the East Wind Dragon, wanting to turn him into their weapon. But I stopped them. Jean, the acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius in Mondstadt, also knows about this because she was there at the time. Probably because they didn't get the East Wind Dragon, they started searching all over Mondstadt for targets that could be used as fighting forces. Wolf, with your big size, you look very powerful. Capturing you to use as fighting force will definitely not be a problem."
It's not that Li Yue is making baseless accusations against Kong Ge; after all, Kong Ge really did consider capturing Andrius.
"Hmph, that must be it! I know about Tvalin's affair, and I could sense the commotion he caused before. It was something those guys from the Abyss would do!"
"So no matter what, you can't go back now. If you go back, they will definitely attack you again. The Knights of Favonius in Mondstadt don't have enough troops to protect you right now."
"Hmph, they're just a bunch of abyssal worms. I was careless before, but I won't lose to them again next time!"
Andrius disregarded the abyss and insisted on returning.
"You may not be afraid of those Abyss Messengers, but what about your wolf pack? Wolf Brother, you look so strong, you must have many wolves following you. The people of the Abyss won't care about any means to capture you, and those wolves will be in trouble then."
"Brother Wolf, you don't want anything to happen to your little wolves, do you?"
Li Yue's words silenced Andrius. He could boast that he wasn't afraid, but he couldn't say the wolf pack of Benlang Territory was.
"Moreover, because of the special nature of the power I possess, your soul has already merged into my inner world after I snatched it from the Abyss Messenger, which means it has merged into my soul, just like Ah Ci. Under these circumstances, you can no longer separate yourself from my soul."
Andrius opened her eyes and looked at the Great Tree King beside her. The Great Tree King nodded again, something that Yama had told her.
"Therefore, whether it's for the sake of your wolf packs or your current situation, you cannot go back. Not only can you not go back, you must also stay as far away from the wolf packs as possible, so that the Abyss's attention will be diverted from there, thus causing the wolf packs to avoid the Abyss's messenger."
Andrius lowered his head and closed his eyes.
"I understand. In that case, please allow me to stay here for now."
"I never expected that you, Mr. Li Yue, would still be fighting against the abyss."
The Great Tree King finally had a chance to speak. She looked at Li Yue seriously. Before, she only knew that Li Yue had adopted Naxida by chance and then healed the World Tree. She did not expect that Li Yue would have the ability to fight against the Abyss. No, it should be said that it was precisely because he had the ability to fight against the Abyss that he was able to heal the World Tree.
"After all, I live on the continent of Teyvat, and the Abyss wants to overthrow Teyvat, so I must stop them."
Li Yue was filled with righteous indignation.
"Actually, I was just an ordinary person at first, only thinking about living a peaceful life. Until one day, I unexpectedly awakened my power. I could absorb certain souls around me. Then, the Yama Blade appeared in my inner world and was willing to lend me its power. After obtaining the power of the Yama Blade, I was a little confused until someone told me a sentence."
"With great power comes great responsibility!"
Both the Great Tree King and Andrius looked at Li Yue in surprise.
"It was this sentence that made me realize that after gaining power, I should use it to do something. So I chose to use this power to protect the people I want to protect, to protect Teyvat where everyone lives. I want to be a partner of justice!"
With a bunch of buffs stacked on him, Andrius looked at Li Yue with approval in his eyes. "He's a good guy, fighting against the Abyss and protecting Teyvat."
"Borrowing someone else's power? If it's an upright human like you, no problem! I am the wolf king who roams the wilderness of Mondstadt. You can call me Boreas. Take my power as you please, use it to fight against the abyss and protect Teyvat!"
Like the Great Tree King, Andrius chose to hide his true name.
With Andrius's approval, new power flowed into Li Yue's soul, and a new color appeared on the tips of her hair once again.
48. Teacher Bai'e, I'm your fan!
After eating two demons in one night, Li Yue's hair was covered in white, blue, and green hues. Li Yue said she was full and would stop eating here for today.
Of course, it wasn't that she couldn't eat, but rather that Li Yue's spiritual pressure was almost depleted.
The spiritual pressure consumed in searching for the World Tree space in Sumeru was too much. Asking Li Yue to directly open a portal to Inazuma now was simply impossible. Not only was his spiritual pressure insufficient to open a portal that far away, but even if he had enough, Li Yue couldn't guarantee that the portal he opened would open directly in Inazuma. Given the extremely long distance between Mondstadt and Inazuma, even with enough spiritual pressure, he wouldn't be able to open the portal many times. Moreover, considering the randomness of opening portals in Sumeru, Li Yue felt that the possibility of opening a portal directly to Fontaine was much higher. It would be better to wait until later, take the Hokuto Ship to Inazuma, and then unlock the coordinates to teleport there.
Unfortunately, Inazuma's location on the Teyvat continent is too remote. It is completely independent of the mainland and extremely far away from the mainland. It can be said that it is truly completely isolated from the world. There is nothing but sea around it, and there is nowhere to set foot.
Li Yue, who wasn't planning to go to Inazuma for the time being, took Aizen to Mondstadt to rest for a while. He kept asking Aizen to help him absorb power, because he had to let Aizen get something out of it, like the demon god-level life form that he longed for.
Grass Dragon Appepp is hard to find now, but there are plenty of good ones in Mondstadt.
"Dragon Dulin?"
"That's right. The Demon Dragon Durin is not a demon god, but he still possesses demon god-level power. He is an artificial life form created by the Golden Rhine, a man-made magical beast."
At the foot of Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, Li Yue and Lan Ran, who had come from Benlang Territory, began to climb this mountain that was shrouded in wind and snow all year round.
"Remember when I said that the Seven Gods ruled seven countries inhabited by the vast majority of humans, and that the remaining part of the humans lived in a place without gods, a country called Kanria?"
"Rhinedoth are the court alchemists of Kanria, known as the Golden Rhine. Kanria is located underground, so there are few species, and because it is a land without gods, they do not have the Eye of God. However, they possess a special technology, alchemy, and even the alchemy that can create life. The Golden Rhine used alchemy to create homunculus, the most outstanding of whom is Abedo, known as the Child of Chalk. This homunculus currently lives in Mondstadt and has been conducting research on this snowy mountain for a long time. In addition, she has also created many magical beasts, the strongest of which is the dragon Durin, which possesses the power of a demon god."
"Alchemy to create life? That intrigues me."
Compared to Dulin, Aizen's focus was more on alchemy. As expected of a researcher, he was more concerned with the fishing method than the fish.
“I’m not very clear about the specifics of alchemy, but Abedo inherited Rhine’s alchemy. If you’re interested, you can communicate with him. He should be happy to talk to you.”
When Li Yue left Liyue, he said he wanted to find Abedo and Noelle. Although it was just a joke and teasing Zhongli at the time, he now really has something he wants to talk to Abedo about. He can take advantage of the trip to the snowy mountains to communicate with Abedo.
"Then after we come down from the snow mountain, I'll ask Li Yuejun to take me to Mondstadt. I'll definitely have a good chat with that Abedo."
Aizen adjusted his glasses and agreed.
"Let's continue talking about Dulin. As the most powerful artificial magical beast, Dulin was innocent, but he was corrupted by the abyssal darkness overflowing from Kanria, turning into a mad dragon and launching an invasion of Mondstadt. The Aeolus sent the East Wind Dragon Dvalin to fight against him. With the efforts of the Aeolus and Dvalin, Dulin was bitten to death, and his body fell into this snow mountain and was buried by the wind and snow. However, Dulin was not completely dead. As an alchemical creation, his life characteristics were different from ordinary creatures. Although his body had completely decayed, his heart was still intact and was still beating, providing a continuous source of life force."
Li Yue smiled and looked at Aizen.
"I think that heart would be excellent research material."
"A body that's rotting but still has a beating heart? That's fantastic research material."
On Dragonspine Snow Mountain, the heart of the demon dragon Durin is considered the essence of Durin, the greatest masterpiece of Golden Rhine Alchemy. If you give it to Aizen for research, he will be very happy. Look at him now, he can't even suppress the smile on his lips.
Moreover, it's better to give Dulin's heart to Aizen to take back for research than to leave it in Teyvat and let the Fatui and the Abyss use it for research. Before the Fatui and the Abyss make their move, Li Yue should act first and send Dulin's heart away! Anyway, that thing is useless to him.
"If we're lucky, we might even run into Abedo, who happens to be conducting research on Dragonspine Mountain, since he spends most of his time in Dragonspine Mountain rather than in Mondstadt."
"That would be great."
As the two walked, they entered the snow-capped mountains. The Longji Snow Mountain is shrouded in snow and wind all year round. If you enter the snow mountain without preparation, you can easily freeze to death.
Andrius's power granted Li Yue mastery of wind and ice elements, as well as the power of the North Wind. The so-called North Wind is a deadly wind that can quickly freeze the earth, freeze rivers, and even freeze life. It is far more terrifying than the snow and wind here in Dragonspine Mountain, because it is a power that even blankets and campfires cannot withstand.
Ignoring the swirling snow, the two quickly made their way up the mountain along the path cleared by the adventurers. In Li Yue's memory, Abedo's temporary laboratory was located halfway up the mountain, and not far below the laboratory was Dulin's burial ground, the very spot where Dulin's heart remained.
In the game, it might only take a few minutes to get to Sleeping Dragon Valley, but in reality, it would take a very long time to walk there. Fortunately, Li Yue and Aizen are not ordinary people. They used Instant Travel along the faintly visible path and completed the journey in less than ten minutes, a journey that would take ordinary people several hours.
Sleeping Dragon Valley, the burial place of Dulin, can be reached by simply following the Snow-Covered Road upwards from the Adventurers' Guild camp without taking any side roads. From afar, you can see Dulin's skeleton, which resembles an arched bridge. Dulin's heart is located in the cave beneath his massive, arched skeleton.
Li Yue helped Aizen find the hole in the heart and let Aizen deal with the heart by himself first. When this big boss of the Bleach world saw Dulin's heart, the corners of his mouth turned up so wide that even an AK couldn't suppress it.
Li Yue, meanwhile, headed upwards towards Sleeping Dragon Valley to find Abedo's laboratory. Abedo's laboratory was located above Sleeping Dragon Valley, a place where Abedo often stayed, especially at night when he would rest. When Dvalin attacked Mondstadt, Abedo was not in Mondstadt, indicating that Abedo had been in the snowy mountains recently. And in the snowy mountains, the chances of finding Abedo were highest in his laboratory. Indeed, Li Yue sensed a spiritual pressure in the direction of the laboratory.
Sure enough, when Li Yue found Abedo's temporary laboratory camp, she saw Abedo resting in a chair, with soup still simmering in a pot in front of him.
"Whoa~~ I finally found it!"
Li Yue immediately revealed herself and walked towards Abedo with an invincible expression. Abedo, who was stewing soup, was taken aback by Li Yue's appearance. Seeing the invincible expression on Li Yue's face, Abedo frowned slightly, knowing that she was up to no good!
Despite his wariness, Abedo still asked the question very politely.
"Excuse me, who are you?"
Li Yue walked up and directly grasped Abedo's right hand with both hands, looking very excited.
"Professor Bai'e, I'm your fan!"
"what?"
Aberdo let out a questioning cry.
49. I want to become a light novel master!
"Want me to draw illustrations for you?"
"That's right, I'm planning to write a light novel, but I'm missing an illustrator, so I'm hoping that you, Mr. Shirakake, can draw a few illustrations for me!"
Abedo looked at Li Yue in front of him, pinching his chin as he fell into thought. He originally thought Li Yue was an enemy, but he didn't expect that she would come to ask him for a commission. This was really unexpected, especially since she knew his stage name, Bai'e. If he remembered correctly, although he was a contracted artist of Yaedo, he had never met her in person. Theoretically, no one should know that he was Bai'e.
But that's not the point right now. The point is...
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