He changed Tiwat

The name comes from the bone whistle that Yura always carries with her.

When Yura first joined the Knights of Favonius, her duty area was near the coastline of Mondstadt. The sound of the waves was a great asset to Yura in battle. By blowing her bone whistle during combat, she could both disrupt the enemy's judgment and mislead low-intelligence monsters into thinking that a tsunami was approaching, causing them to scatter and flee.

With this skill, Yura repeatedly won against overwhelming odds, accumulating merit and advancing in rank. It was also because of this unique fighting technique that she earned the nickname "Wave".

Those familiar with Yura might say that the title "Ice Knight" is more fitting for her than "Wave Knight".

Because the Lawrence family is a family named after "Ice," and their family crest is also known as the "Ice Seal."

The current heir of the Lawrence family, Yura Lawrence, gives the impression of being consistent with the Lawrence family crest, always cold and aloof—closed and sharp, clear and dazzling, like solid ice that has never melted...

But compared to cold, hard ice, Yura herself prefers rolling waves.

—The free and unrestrained waves are what Yura yearns for.

Chapter Eighty: A Free Nation's Power Outage for Life

Before long, the search and rescue team organized by the Adventurers' Guild was already ready to set off at the entrance to the snow mountain camp.

Han Fulai and the others stood aside, waiting for the association's president, Mr. Serius, to announce the search and rescue plan. Although they were not members of the association, since they were going to accompany Amber in the search and rescue operation, they still had to follow the association's arrangements.

At first glance, a dozen or so gray-haired adventurers, fully armed and carrying backpacks and weapons, stood in a row. Their movements were neat and their spirits were high, giving them the air of battle-hardened veterans. The green uniforms of the Adventurers' Guild they wore even had a bit of a military feel to them.

Adventurers usually prefer to act alone and are generally quite free and easy, so it's rare to see such a large group of them.

Most of the people present had over thirty years of adventure experience, making them some of the most senior adventurers in the Mondstadt Adventurers' Guild. Most of them were old enough to wear dentures... well, in fact, a few of them did wear dentures.

Although they've passed their prime, the years have only made them more resolute and reliable. Which of them wasn't a legend in their youth, capable of persisting as adventurers for decades? Those without skill would have perished long ago in the secret realms.

The adventurous experience accumulated by this group is the Adventurers' Guild's greatest asset—their physical skills may not be as agile as those of younger adventurers, but their experience can be far more valuable in such situations. Surviving in the perilous snow-covered mountains and searching for rescue targets requires precisely this adventurous experience they are so proud of.

In addition to these veteran adventurers, two legendary adventurers from the Mondstadt Adventurers' Guild are also on the list.

One of them is, of course, Mr. Serius, the president of the Mondstadt Association. Although he has stepped back from the front lines and no longer participates in adventures in recent years in order to cultivate fresh blood for the association, this burly uncle with a full beard is a legendary figure who has completed the association's "S-rank quests" - one of the hard requirements to become a branch president of the association is to have completed "S-rank quests".

For example, Lan, the girl in Liyue Harbor, was promoted to branch leader because she completed two "S-rank quests".

Most of the so-called "S-rank quests" are major calamities that can affect the survival of a nation. For example, the "Dragon Plague" caused by Stormterror in Mondstadt meets the conditions for an "S-rank quest" from the Guild—defeating Stormterror, the elemental dragon king corrupted by poisonous blood, and resolving the "Dragon Plague" plaguing Mondstadt is enough to make the adventurers involved become legendary figures in history.

Ying's fame in the Adventurers' Guild was largely due to this incident. In the eyes of Guild Master Serius, Ying was a strong candidate for the next Mondstadt branch guild master.

Of course, defeating the Demon God Oser and his familiar, Bách, would also qualify for an "S-rank quest." If the legendary Han, the acting leader of the Guhua Sect who supposedly teamed up with Heroine Shenhe to defeat Bách, is also an adventurer, then Sister Lan, the president of the Liyue branch, would probably be very happy to invite him to become the next president.

Another legendary adventurer is a beautiful woman—the biological older sister of Guild Master Serius, Ms. Yuxia, also known as "Sister Xia" whom Zhiqiong mentioned as having explored the snow mountain ruins.

Compared to her blond, blue-eyed, bearded brother Serius, this lady Yuxia, with her short black hair and square-framed glasses, appeared exceptionally quiet and refined, perfectly embodying the image of a well-educated and traditional Liyue woman.

Although Yuxia thought she looked very similar to her big, burly younger brother... well, only she thought so.

In fact, judging by appearances alone, Yuxia looks to be no more than thirty years old, while President Serius, who is deep in thought, is at least fifty years old... It would be easier to believe that they look like "father and daughter".

The siblings are of Mondstadt and Liyue mixed blood, seemingly inheriting blood from one side of their parents. When others ask Yuxia why she looks so young, she usually replies, "It's nothing special, just take good care of yourself."

However, Han Fulai, who possessed immortal power, sensed a fluctuation of immortal power from Yuxia. If nothing unexpected happened, this Ms. Yuxia probably also had the inheritance of some Liyue immortal family. The story of this brother and sister slaying evil dragons when they were young reminded Han Fulai of a friend who wielded a "dragon-slaying spear" but was a cook.

Yes, using magic to maintain youthful appearance is definitely a great way to stay young!

The executive secretary of Yuehaiting is over 3,000 years old this year, but he still looks like he is 19 years old.

This Ms. Yuxia was said to have received an invitation from the association headquarters to serve as the branch president of Liyue, but she declined, citing her simple love of adventure and a desire to avoid worldly affairs. However, in the eyes of Liyue adventurers like Zhiqiong, Ms. Yuxia was definitely a president-level figure on par with Ms. Lan, belonging to the "honorary president" category.

Since Mr. Serius took over as the Mondstadt branch president of the Adventurers' Guild, he has been entangled in various trivial matters, and this world-renowned legendary adventurer duo has not been able to adventure together for a long time.

But today, the legendary adventurers of Mondstadt have reunited at the foot of the snow-capped mountains.

It's no exaggeration to say that even if the demonic dragon Dulin in the snow-capped mountains were to be resurrected, this group would still be a match for them.

This was practically the entire strongest force of the Mondstadt Adventurers' Guild mobilized, all for the sake of rescuing Joseph, an ordinary member of the Adventurers' Guild.

Han Fulai was somewhat moved. In this country where the Grand Master of the Knights helped residents find their cats, there might really be instances of "power outages for the sake of life"... Does this mean that "a free country is willing to stop for any humble life"?

Thinking of this, he secretly glanced at Yura beside him.

He now understands more and more why Yura was hostile towards adventurers, or rather, "heroes."

—Look, the Adventurers' Guild has done what your Knights Order couldn't. In the eyes of the Mondstadt people, the Adventurers' Guild is obviously more useful than your Knights Order.

Yura seemed to notice his gaze, but did not say anything.

At this moment, President Serius stood in the center of the crowd and announced loudly, "Everyone, our snow mountain rescue operation has officially begun. We must bring Bennett and Joseph back!"

The group of old adventurers around them all raised their weapons and cheered.

"We can't let that Bennett kid get killed here!"

"Dad, I'm still waiting for that kid to take care of me in my old age and see me off when I die!"

"I only have this one son!"

"Pah, that's my son too!"

Guild Master Serius responded emotionally to the group of elderly adventurers who were all alone, without wives or children: "I watched Bennett grow up. I was the one who sent him out, and I'm the one who has to bring him back. In my capacity as the guild master, I promise you all that I will bring Bennett back safe and sound!"

Yura glanced back at Han Fulai with a half-smile.

Han Fulai's lips twitched uncontrollably—he finally understood; the adventurer sent to Amber's aid was none other than the infamous unlucky Bennett...

The Mondstadt Adventurers' Guild mobilized its elite forces to rescue Bennett, a "connected" individual. These veteran adventurers were Bennett's adoptive fathers, and they were there to rescue their own son... As for poor Joseph, who had been missing for almost half a month, well, he was just a side effect.

Chapter 81 Aberdo's Problem

Han Fulai and others followed the Adventurers' Association's search and rescue team into the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain.

If we don't count the Frostbite Nails, the highest peak of Dragonspine is the "Summit of Fendnir" that Han Fulai is very familiar with in the game.

Generally speaking, there are two routes to the summit, one to the east and one to the west. The western route is gentler and has well-maintained paths up to the halfway point, making it more suitable for climbing, although the route is relatively long. The eastern route, while shorter, is all cliffs and steep slopes, requiring adventurers to climb on their own, making it quite difficult. However, confident adventurers prefer to conquer this dangerous route.

Since they didn't know which route Joseph and Bennett had taken in the snowy mountains, the adventurers were led by Guild Master Serius and Sister Xia, each searching along the eastern and western routes respectively.

Amber and her group, acting as unofficial helpers, were given a relatively easy task: patrolling around the foot of the snow-capped mountain—because Joseph and Bennett might have already descended after reaching the summit, but were delayed at the foot of the mountain due to some accident.

Speaking of their group, they were the smallest, with only four people, but three of them possessed the Eye of God. In addition, there was the professional "scout knight" Amber and Sugar, who was familiar with the snow mountain environment, making them ideally suited for such a wide-area patrol mission.

President Serius made an agreement with them that the search and rescue operation would have a three-day deadline, after which they must return to camp, with the primary concern being the safety of the search and rescue team members. Whichever team found the person, they would all meet at the camp. Furthermore, he generously provided Han Fulai and his team with various emergency supplies and equipment, and marked the locations of the association's emergency supplies buried in the snow-capped mountains.

Despite his rugged appearance, President Serius is actually quite meticulous. He seems to have already learned Han Fulai's identity and his purpose in coming to the snow mountain from the association's intelligence network, and the route he arranged for them was obviously carefully selected—this time it really is "on the way" to finding Abedo.

The fact that Mondstadt's Adventurers' Guild has grown to a point where its prestige surpasses that of the Knights of Favonius is largely thanks to its shrewd yet ruthless guild master.

After parting ways with the adventurers, Sugar began to trace the elemental marks left by Abedo.

Along the way, Sugar also explained to them the reasons why Abedo was looking for star silver ore.

Star Silver Ore is a specialty of Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain. It is a precious gem born from the unique environment and disordered ley lines of the snow mountain. It is deep blue in color and has sparkling fluorescent spots like stars, much like the night sky, hence the name.

Abedo's recent research project, "Exploring the Essence of Life," happens to require this star silver ore.

This topic seems to have arisen from her contact with Luminous, the honorary knight who saved Mondstadt, and Paimon, the white sprite who accompanied her.

Abedo noticed Luminous's performance during the Dragon Disaster, her unusual control over elemental forces, and many other unique and mysterious aspects, leading him to conclude that she came from another world.

To this end, he invited Ying to help him conduct some experiments, including "Is Paimon an 'external elemental organ' of the Traveler?", "Can the Traveler store elemental power in his body?", "Using elemental power as a cooking seasoning", and "The Traveler's physical limits", etc., and collected a lot of valuable data.

According to Abedo, this was a study to "compare the differences between life forms from other worlds and life in this world, and thus explore the essence of life." For this study, he invented a completely new alchemical potion.

As a product of ley lines, Star Silver Ore contains the chaotic elemental forces flowing within them, making it seem ideal for extraction and use as an elemental catalyst. Alchemical potions made from Star Silver Ore can be used to test the smooth flow of elemental forces within the user's body.

The principle behind it is that all humans in this world possess the innate constitution to utilize elemental power. If the flow of elemental power within the body is obstructed, for example, if there is a disease in a certain organ, the elemental power will be unable to flow. When Abedo's detection drug encounters such an obstruction, it will produce a strong rejection reaction in the human body as a warning.

From this perspective, the testing agent invented by Abedo has similar effects to modern computed tomography (CT) scans, making it very suitable as a health testing agent for Knights' group checkups.

So Abedo is currently collecting raw materials to try to commercialize this drug, which can be considered a common "unintentional success" in scientific research.

"In addition, when Professor Abedo is thinking, he often uses painting to help clear his mind and find inspiration, and the powder of Star Silver Ore is also a very beautiful paint. Besides collecting Star Silver Ore, Professor Abedo also sketches the special creatures of Dragonspine Mountain, such as the special Hilichurls..."

Sugar's "Abedo Encyclopedia" stopped here.

Because Amber, who had the best eyesight among them, had already excitedly shouted, "Look, it's Abedo!"

Even the wind and snow couldn't obscure Amber's sharp, hawk-like eyes; the "Scout Knight" possessed eyesight comparable to that of a modern air force pilot!

Han Fulai looked in the direction of the sound and saw figures in the valley ahead.

Wearing the same alchemist uniform as Sugar, bearing the diamond-shaped emblem of the Knights of the Crusade, with pale blonde hair, black over-the-knee boots, and a slightly thin back... it was indeed Abedo.

Less than half an hour after entering the mountains, before the group had even had a chance to truly experience the harsh cold of the snow-covered mountain environment, the person they were looking for simply appeared.

"Hehe, is this what Grandpa always meant by 'searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly'?"

Amber grinned and tried to run up to greet Abedo, but Yura stopped her.

“Wait, Amber. I kept feeling gazes and sounds, like there were people around…”

As Yura spoke, she pointed to the high slopes on both sides of the valley.

As a descendant of the Lawrence family, Yura, who is used to being spied on by malicious eyes, is very sensitive to the gaze of others.

The sights and sounds on the snow-capped mountains could come from animals... or from monsters or thieves.

“Stay alert, there might be unexpected dangers. And look, Abedo is standing there, it seems like he's waiting for something too,” Yura said.

Although somewhat surprised, Amber unconditionally trusted Yura and, upon hearing this, began to cautiously observe her surroundings.

Just then, a crossbow bolt shot from the hillside next to Abedo.

As if he had expected it, Abedo waved his right hand, and a strange, deep purple straight sword appeared in his hand, blocking the crossbow bolt.

At the same time, several figures with black veils appeared on the hillsides on both sides—it was the treasure-hunting gang.

"Boss, it really was this little brat who did it!" a member of the treasure-hunting gang shouted.

The leader of the thief gang pointed his long sword at Abedo: "Hand over the goods, you thief!"

Chapter 82 Abedo's Bloodbath

A treasure-hunting gang... calling others "thieves"?

Isn't this a classic case of "the thief crying 'stop thief'"?

If Han Fulai saw this as a gamer, he would probably laugh out loud. However, he is more concerned about something else right now—why would the treasure-hunting gang target Abedo?

Meanwhile, the battle has already begun on Aberdo's side.

Upon hearing their leader's order, the thieves of the treasure-hunting gang immediately hurled their crossbow bolts and alchemy flasks at Abedo.

They already had the advantage of being on higher ground, and they also had long-range weapons such as bows and arrows and freezing potions. Even with Abedo's skills, he was temporarily overwhelmed and could only parry and dodge.

Seeing her teacher being besieged by thieves, Sugar couldn't possibly stand idly by. She flipped her hands and pulled out a bottle of alchemical potion that emitted a green glow.

She handed the flask to Amber and said urgently, "Miss Amber, please help me shoot this flask over there!"

Although Amber didn't know what this thing was for, she could still understand Sugar's desire to help Abedo.

Without much thought, Amber summoned her hunting bow, attached an arrow to a flask, and fired at the bandits on the hillside.

The arrow landed precisely behind the treasure-hunting group.

The flask shattered, and in the next instant, a giant wind crystal butterfly appeared.

It flapped its wings, and a whirlwind swept through, creating a vacuum wind tunnel on the spot!

The thieves, all of whom lost their footing, were involuntarily drawn into the air and collided in a chaotic mass.

The wind tunnel attracts not only people, but also the surrounding rubble, snow, and the freezing potion in the hands of the treasure-hunting team's apothecary.

This was originally intended to freeze Aberdo and restrict his movements, but it ended up being enjoyed by the members of the heist gang themselves.

Then the wind crystal butterfly suddenly disappeared, leaving behind a group of thieves who were lying on the ground, completely disoriented.

—This is Sugar's "Wind Spirit Creation · 75 Isomorphic Type II".

The green fluorescence inside the flask is actually an unstable form of the elemental life form "the wind of no form," which can also be called the "prototype."

The term "formless" refers to abandoning the forms and ecology of elemental creatures such as slimes and storm dragons, reaching a pure state composed entirely of elements.

The "Wind of No Form" has an alternative name derived from the script of an ancient civilization, called "Beth (??)," a naming convention that comes from the series of papers on No Form by scholars of the Sumeru Order Academy.

On the continent of Teyvat, besides the Anemo Hypostasis, there are also elemental lifeforms of the seven elements, such as the Electro Hypostasis and the Cryo Hypostasis. Research on these elemental hybrids is primarily led by scholars from the Sumeru Order, but due to its inherent dangers, aside from codenames and designations, the scholars have yielded virtually no noteworthy research results…

The contents of the sugar flask far surpass all the current research findings of the Sumeru Academy on the elementless realm—even if it is only a failed experiment.

This is something that sugar created in its "bio-alchemy" experiment. Once the flask is broken, the pure wind element crystals inside combine with trace elements and earth vein energy from the outside world to create a high-level elemental life form called "Formless Wind".

Although she did accomplish the great feat of creating elemental life... unfortunately, this elemental life is not stable and usually only exists for less than a second before quickly dissipating. From an alchemical perspective, life forms that cannot exist for long cannot be called "life creations".

As the creator of this elemental life, Sugar once wanted to name each unstable, formless wind with a motherly attitude... but its lineage quickly surpassed the 893rd generation of "Earl Rabbit," so Sugar eventually gave up on naming them.

—But this unstable, formless wind is really useful when fighting an enemy.