I'm in the Teyvat running group

What's truly remarkable about these materials is that once a monster dies, the materials left behind are remarkably pure alchemical ingredients, even purer than the materials Teyvat itself possesses. This might be the incredible power of Rhinedoth, the "Golden One" who already possessed a status comparable to a world leader and later merged with Nabelius, the ruler of life…

Seeing that the purification would take a little while, Yunxiu couldn't help but start thinking about the magic array power she felt when she entered the Wind Dragon Ruins today. In Teyvat, the most difficult thing to develop spatial magic is how to stabilize space. Otherwise, anchor points and teleportation arrays wouldn't be considered incredible powers by the Teyvats. Spatial artifacts are also relatively few, with only a handful.

Even a disciple of the immortals like Shen He, whose strength was close to that of a demon god's companion, had to "carry the Floating Life Stone and leave."

It has a feeling of "a young lady from the Shen family has come of age, with strength to uproot mountains and an aura that overshadows the world," which is indeed quite interesting.

But from another perspective, is it reasonable for such a powerful character to not have any spatial artifacts that wouldn't be considered expensive in any worldview?

It wasn't until Yunxiu saw the enormous cost of Diluc's teleportation array, coupled with the fact that the entire Knights Order had very few spatial artifacts, and that Watt seemed to have only a few masters of spatial magic, that she finally wanted to delve deeper into this matter.

In the spatially unstable Teyvat, the actual cost of creating a stable space or conducting a teleportation is far greater than many people imagine. Otherwise, the anchor point wouldn't be usable only by the Adventists, and spatial magic wouldn't have been used by only a few powerful, at least Demon God-level characters like Alice and Zhongli.

But it wasn't until today, when he observed the massive magic array of the Wind Dragon Ruins, that his gradually increasing strength and the enormous magic array of the Wind Dragon Ruins allowed him to observe the secrets buried within the magical patterns.

If the magic circle hadn't been large enough, Yunxiu would have had a hard time noticing the details. And if he hadn't just received the artifact from Wendy and come into contact with the rare spatial artifact, the Swallow Bag, he would have had a hard time understanding it either.

To understand all of this, one needs the Codex, a rulebook that records almost all kinds of spells in the D&D world, because Teyvat's spells and spellcasting are not only based on bloodline, but also because the laws are incomplete.

The world's magical research is highly specialized, and the few top archmages all have other important matters to attend to, making it impossible for them to devote their energy to magical research.

But all of this eventually came together with Yunxiu, and he finally discovered the essence of Teyvat spatial magic.

As mentioned before, Teyvat's spatial spells must actually be bound to divination spells for causal and fate "anchoring" to ensure that when teleporting or creating space, the "process" is directly guided from the necessary "result". However, any related spell must be at least at the fifth level to provide anchoring, making modification even more difficult.

However, recently, with the battle against the Abyss and the observation of a large number of beast-like creatures escaping into the void, coupled with the spirituality of the Swallow Bag, Yunxiu seems to have discovered another possibility.

For low-level mages, the greatest challenge is actually finding spiritual materials. With spiritual materials, combined with the divination school's ability to find the veins of the earth and stable spaces, one can then unleash spatial spells from the incantation school to create spatial artifacts or build teleportation arrays.

The problem is that materials with spiritual properties must be guaranteed to retain their spirituality even after being made into props, which is quite troublesome.

At least in terms of related spatial artifacts, even Alice and the Emperor don't have many. Otherwise, with a product as convenient as Granny Ping's Dust Pigeon Pot, at least every immortal would have one.

However, for Yunxiu, it seems that there is indeed a way to solve the problem.

The Transmutation school has spells that can animate objects. This is actually a simple way to create spiritual materials. You can first create the materials and then imbue them with spirituality. As for how to maintain the spirituality during the casting of spells and the creation of items, both the Enchanting and Conjuration schools have solutions.

Although it looks complicated, Yunxiu doesn't actually need this spiritual object to have any great function, or even to fight. It only needs to firmly "remember" the frequency of the earth veins themselves to stabilize the space within a certain range and time.

Even creating a magic bag that can only last for a few dozen days would be good, at least much better than the current one.

"It seems that the first goal is to develop this spell..." Yunxiu muttered to himself. If he could really develop this spell, it would mean that it would be entirely possible to modify a series of spells in Teyvat at this stage, and even contribute more to maintaining the boundaries of Teyvat in the future. This is the fundamental solution to the problem of calamity.

"Hmm?" Feeling that the damage from the Abyss had completely stopped, Yunxiu also stopped considering the spells, deciding to deal with the plan later. Looking up, she saw that all the filth in the entire space had been completely cleared away, and the aura of the Abyss had been almost completely swept away, leaving only some residual traces.

Seeing Abedo's gesturing look and Ying's departure, Yunxiu once again released Mage's Hand, picked up all the crystals and stuffed them into her Swallow Bag. Then she took out the feather given to her by Wendy, gently brushed it on the Spirit Cocoon, and then used a Shadow Step to retreat behind Abedo.

"Roar!!!!!!!!!!"

A powerful dragon roar swept out, as if all the wind elemental energy in the world had been concentrated here. The condensed elemental energy grew stronger and stronger, but gradually transformed from a violent surge into an almost solidified feeling.

However, the feeling this solidified element evokes is not one of oppression and pain, but rather a soft, comforting sensation, like being enveloped in cream.

The outer layer of fierce winds was violently compressing the wind elemental energy between heaven and earth, while the inner layer was unusually comfortable. This visual and physical disconnect allowed Dvalin's power to be displayed so realistically and unrestrainedly before Yunxiu for the first time.

"Crack..."

A crisp sound rang out, and the first crack appeared on the cocoon. From it surged an extremely dense wind elemental force that was almost solid. Then the second, the third, the hundredth... cracks spread across the cocoon. The entire spirit cocoon was like a flower bud being released, slowly disintegrating, from large pieces to small pieces, from small pieces to fragments, and then from fragments to wisps of breeze, revealing the figure of the giant dragon in the center.

At this moment, all the wind elements that had solidified from the entire Wind Dragon Ruins surged into Dvalin's body!

As if summoned, countless wind elements transformed into countless strange streams of light, converging from all directions into every scale of Dvalin, dyeing his scales with a magnificent cyan-gold light.

Five minutes later, the absorption of the elements finally stopped, and Dvalin's eyes snapped open. They were beautiful, lapis lazuli-blue eyes, radiating a peaceful aura like calm amber.

With a flap of its wings, its body, hundreds of meters long, stretched out. Its cyan-gold scales gleamed with a warm light, and its massive dragon body exuded a refreshing aura like rain and dew. Yet, its enormous wings and body did not create any eddies, and even Yunxiu, who was not far away, only felt a gentle breeze.

Then, a beam of light emanated from Dvalin, sweeping away all remaining traces of the abyss. At a speed visible to the naked eye, lush little lamp grass, windmill chrysanthemums, and Cecilia flowers rapidly sprouted on the ground.

The runes on the eight surrounding platforms were also lit up, and the entire Wind Dragon Ruins began to flow with a wind elemental aura.

Finally, Dvalin folded his wings, lowered his head, and stared at Yunxiu and Abedo with his huge eyes. He did not speak, but his voice resounded in the hearts of everyone: "I feel the sound of the wind... It sounds again. Are you entrusted by Barbatos?"

“Dvalin, Guardian of the Four Winds of Mondstadt, I am honored to see your clear eyes again.” Yunxiu stepped forward and said, “Yes, but no, because this is not our first meeting.”

"To be precise, it was I who discovered your condition that awakened Barbatos."

Chapter 49 Knights and Dragons

"It's you?" Tvalin was clearly taken aback, then seemed to remember something and said, "You're that kid from back then?"

"It was me. I thank Lord Dvalin for showing mercy back then." Yunxiu readily admitted that he was the one who had spied on Dvalin. Then, before Dvalin could speak, he continued, "I discovered that you were being controlled by the Abyss Order, so I came to Mondstadt, contacted the Knights of Favonius to help awaken Barbatos, and finally stood before you."

“Is that so…” Dvalin slowly nodded at the massive dragon head before continuing, “Mondstadt… still acknowledges my existence…”

“Tvalin.” Abedo slowly walked up and said quietly, “You have endured too much pain. This peace is what you deserve.”

He then pointed to the other people, then to himself, before saying seriously, "We formed a team to save you because we wanted your help. But that's not the real reason we saved you."

"It's because you've been corrupted by the abyss and suffered pain you shouldn't have had to bear." Yunxiu continued, "Mondstadt is in crisis again. Saving you is just as important as saving Mondstadt, so we've come. As an honorary knight of Mondstadt, I invite you, in the name of the Knights, to return with us to the skies of Mondstadt."

“You are the dragon of freedom, no one can force you.” Ying also whispered, “Lord Barbatos also specifically instructed us that he does not want you to submit to the abyss, but he will not make you submit to the gods either.”

“So…” Yunxiu extended her hand and said earnestly, “Can we become our comrades-in-arms and protect Mondstadt’s freedom and songs together?”

Dvalin nodded slightly, but made no further move. Instead, he closed his eyes, seemingly deep in thought and weighing his options. After a full minute of silence, he let out a long sigh: "Barbatos, more than two thousand years have passed, and you're still so irresponsible..."

He then bent down and extended his dragon body, gently tapping Yunxiu's hand with his claw, and said, "Come on up."

Yunxiu and Ying exchanged a glance and jumped onto the dragon's back first. As Alejandro was about to leave, Abedo took out the already signed contract and handed it to her, saying, "Three days later, Dawn Winery."

"I believe you will not make a choice that goes against your promise." Arecino took the contract directly, carefully put it into her backpack, and without saying a word, she turned into a streak of blood-red light and disappeared in a flash.

Watching Arecino's departing figure, Abedo shook his head helplessly, then jumped onto the dragon's back. Seeing that everyone had boarded, Dvalin spread his body, and a stream of light covered his entire body. A flash of light appeared before Yunxiu's eyes, and Dvalin's huge body actually arrived directly outside the Wind Dragon Ruins.

Looking at the monsters, autonomous combat mechanisms, and the army of knights confronting each other at the entrance of the Wind Dragon Ruins, Dvalin suddenly took a deep breath. His wings spread out and the light intensified. His already huge body, plus the light and shadow that emanated from it, turned into a pair of blue giant wings that were a thousand meters wide!

"The final curtain call of the day!"

With a few casual strikes, a massive amount of wind elemental light swept across, creating huge blank spaces in the monster horde. Its power was terrifying!

Several beast-like hounds, seeing Dvalin's massive body, dove into the distorted spatial fluctuations to attack. But Dvalin simply spread his six wings, his enormous body displaying extraordinary agility. He flew at an extremely low altitude over the horde of monsters, the incredible speed creating immense wind pressure. Many monsters were instantly crushed to the ground by the shockwaves generated by Dvalin's supersonic speed!

It takes two seconds for the Beast Hound to escape into the void, but in just two seconds, Dvalin plowed out a huge hole a thousand meters wide and several thousand meters long in the horde of abyssal monsters. The dead monsters were densely packed together, and the killing power was comparable to that of an entire legion!

"Such immense power is the birth of gods..."

"What?" Ying leaned closer to Yunxiu, who was muttering to herself. "What great power?"

“I’m somewhat surprised that Dvalin’s power is so terrifying…” Yunxiu pointed to the destroyed monster horde on the ground and said seriously to Ying, “Even Arecino’s strength is something I can understand, but this kind of strength is a bit hard for me to comprehend.”

“Five hundred years ago, the destruction of Kanria was even more terrifying,” Ying replied calmly. “I experienced that war. The earth crumbled, the sky was filled with endless blood, and the crimson moon hung high in the sky…”

“Is that so…” Yunxiu nodded, but did not continue the topic. The history of five hundred years ago was a lingering pain in Ying’s heart. Separated from her loved ones, she was sealed by the maintainers of the natural order until she woke up five hundred years later. Even this strong woman was not willing to talk about such a story every day.

"Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Just then, the knights who had witnessed Dvalin's rampage suddenly lit their campfires, a long horn blast sounded, the camp gates opened, and a tall knight, clad in heavy armor from head to toe, including his horse, charged out!

He wielded a massive knight's greatsword, his entire body enveloped in ice shards, while his horse shimmered with the aura of lightning. The immense speed, coupled with the superconducting currents generated by the elemental reaction, propelled the heavily armored knight behind him into a colossal arrowhead through the horde of monsters!

The snow-white storm arrow charged left and right through the monster horde, its immense speed making the impact of the heavy-armored knights terrifying, and the screams of the monsters rose and fell.

Trampled to death by heavy warhorses, crushed to death by charging knights, pierced through by lances, and easily shattered by the solidified icicles that surround them!

Even when a few powerful magical beasts tried to stand in the way of this heavily armored cavalry, they had barely raised their bodies to prepare for a counterattack when the lead knight thrust his lance forward. Three enormous ice flowers bloomed directly in front of him, followed by a charge that sent the magical beast flying and crippling it. Then, with his horse's head held high, a storm of ice elementals swirled around the steed's hooves, and his hooves slammed down, crushing the beast to death!

The heavily armored knights behind them marched in perfect unison over the monster corpses, crushing everything in their path!

"It's Kaiya!"

This is precisely the peak combat power of Kaeya, the cavalry captain of the Knights of Favonius! And this powerful heavy cavalry is one of the fundamental reasons why the Knights of Favonius have been able to protect the vast fertile plains of Mondstadt!

"Let's go down." Abedo waved his hand and summoned a few rock flowers, taking the lead on stepping onto them. Yunxiu and Ying also stepped onto them. The three of them nodded to Dvalin and then flew towards the Knights' camp.

After seeing the three leave, Dvalin no longer had any scruples. He spread his six wings and actually rolled and flew at extremely low altitude over the monster horde, heading towards the top of the Wind Dragon Ruins tower. A large number of dense monsters behind him were directly crushed into pieces by the wind pressure and elemental light.

Meanwhile, Dvalin, who had returned to the top of the tower, began to kill one Beast Hound after another that floated in the air, proclaiming who was the true Sky King of Teyvat!

Abedo piloted the Rock Flower, carrying the three of them directly to the central camp of the Knights Order. There, he saw Lisa calmly issuing one order after another. Jean and Diluc had disappeared. Just as he was about to ask, Lisa spoke first, "You've worked hard. You can rest for a while now."

"What about Jean and Diluc?"

“Diluc has led a force to confront the Fools’ camp on the other side of the Wind Dragon Ruins,” Lisa said casually. “Jane and Lord Barbatos are monitoring the battlefield from the air.”

"Surveillance?"

“That’s not surprising,” Abedo answered Yunxiu’s question first. “The Abyss Order’s actions were thwarted, and the Fools didn’t gain enough benefits from this. It’s entirely possible that a war of gods will break out.”

"Then the acting leader..." Yunxiu suddenly realized, "It's Vanessa's power!"

“Yes, it seems you’ve already seen it.” Abedo nodded and said, “We should indeed rest now. With Dvalin, Kaeya, and the Knights, clearing out the monsters is no longer a big problem, but other wars may break out later.”

“Especially Ying.” Abedo turned to Ying and said, “Although you fought the least, you contributed the most during the purification process. Get some rest; you are very important to us as well.”

Ying nodded and was about to leave when Lisa waved and stopped her: "If you're looking for that little white thing, I've brought her back. She's resting in the barracks now. You can find her in the second room on the left after you go out."

A hint of joy appeared on Ying's face. She quickly went out and turned left to look for Paimon. Yunxiu and Abedo exchanged a glance, and the two of them sat down in the tent to rest. For spellcasters, meditation was actually a very suitable way to rest.

The shouts and sounds of battle outside lasted for less than an hour before almost completely dissipating. But what was very puzzling was that the twisted and eerie feeling on the battlefield did not leak out at all; on the contrary, it continued to spread, as if something had been overlooked.

Yunxiu quickly started to process his panel and status. In the series of battles just now, even though he only got 25% experience due to being in a team, the huge number of monsters and several high-level monsters still directly boosted his experience to level 10.

For Yunxiu, the level 10 upgrade merely added a few attributes and the Proficiency in Protection for a Protection-oriented mage, allowing him to allocate the proficiency bonus to Protection spells that require attribute identification. However, regarding the spells themselves, he locked onto a series of fifth-circle spells, a crucial and important spell in his recent series of spell modifications and research:

【Activate Objects】: Cast a spell to bring objects to life at your command. The number of objects that can be activated is based on your attribute modifier (currently 10+8).

Chapter 50 The Sweetness of Spirituality

As mentioned earlier, during the spellcasting process in Teyvat, Yunxiu gradually discovered that due to the instability of space, casting spatial spells in Teyvat is extremely difficult.

Teyvat's "other dimension" directly corresponds to the Abyss, which makes the casting of a series of spells by the Conjuration School extremely difficult. Simply put, when summoning otherworldly creatures, you have no idea what you're summoning. With the physical strength and Abyss resistance of most ordinary spellcasters, they can only hope for the best in this unstable space.

However, from the Swallow Bag, the magic array of the Wind Dragon Ruins, and the poem of the Thousand Wind Feathers, Yunxiu discovered a new possibility.

That is, the combination of spiritual materials and the magic of the prophetic school may create a stable space, or at least a space that the materials consider "stable".

This concept is quite peculiar. Just like the stability of spatial arrays we discussed earlier, it's not "because space is stable, teleportation can be successful," but rather "because I 'inevitably' arrive successfully, space 'inevitably' remains stable."

This may be because Teyvat itself, in many aspects of its power, is idealistic.

Therefore, even when crafting a spatial array or artifact, spiritual materials become crucial. Those who have played Genshin Impact will notice something interesting: spatial items are rare in the game, but when they do appear, they are almost always accompanied by a spirit and various accompanying spiritual entities—this is what is meant by "spirituality."

It is indeed difficult for alchemy alone to imbue a product with a spiritual quality, and the combination of technology and alchemy is also very difficult. Therefore, even for the two top masters who came from the Narcissus Cross in Fontainebleau, René and Aranjijodan, it was extremely difficult to achieve this.