Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

She chuckled and silently appeared behind the two men after they disembarked.

Ichidou felt a tap on his shoulder. He instinctively turned around and saw a terrifying ghost face only one centimeter away from him.

"Ghost!"

He screamed in terror and jumped three feet high.

Seeing how frightened he was, Hu Tao took off her mask and laughed so hard she almost fell over.

The little ghost floating to the side also clutched its stomach, laughing heartily.

"Hahahaha, how come you're still so easily scared..."

To be afraid of other demons as a member of the demon race is a disgrace among demons.

Upon seeing that it was a walnut, Yi Dou, who had been frightened just moments before, instantly perked up.

"Boss! I've missed you so much!"

He spread his arms wide, like a bull charging forward.

Seeing this, Hu Tao quickly dodged, but Yi Dou couldn't brake in time and fell straight into the sea.

"Pfft~"

He coughed up a mouthful of seawater and poked his head out of the water.

Hisaki Shinobu stood on the shore with his arms crossed, gloating.

"I told you to take it easy, boss. Look, you've fallen into the sea."

"Rin, pull me up quickly!" Ichidou wiped the water off his face, looking extremely annoyed.

The surrounding area consists of wooden walkways, making it difficult to find footholds.

“Just swim up from the side.” Hisaki Shinobu pointed to the dock next to him.

Yidou glanced at them dejectedly and climbed up from the side.

I just arrived in Liyue and immediately got soaked.

Yidou turned his head to wring the water out of his hair while looking at Hu Tao with a resentful expression.

"Boss, really, why are you hiding?"

"If you charge in like that, I have no choice but to dodge," Hu Tao said matter-of-factly.

"Why did you have to learn from Jiang Bai of all things?"

Is she someone anyone can hug?

Yi Dou pouted, "Boss, you're here, where's Ah Bai?"

If the eldest brother won't let him hug, then surely he can hug his younger brother?

"He went to the Abyss of Layered Rocks and won't be back for a while. It's a good thing you guys came, otherwise I would have been so bored."

Ever since Jiang Bai started accompanying me in everything, I feel like something is missing when he's not around.

Things that I used to find quite interesting have become boring to do now.

"Layered Rock Abyss? Where is that?" Ito had never heard of this place before.

"Our largest underground mine in Liyue. Forget about it, it's currently sealed off and we can't get in."

Hu Tao's words immediately extinguished Yi Dou's desire to go in.

"Then why was he able to get in?"

I really want to go and see it.

It's such a pity that I didn't get to see Jiang Bai after all this trip to Liyue.

"Why do you have so many questions? He must have had his own way of getting in. Come on, come on, let's go sit in our Rebirth Hall and change our clothes..."

Beneath the towering abyss of craggy rocks, Jiang Bai was unaware that Yi Dou had already arrived in Liyue.

After eating and drinking his fill, he bid farewell to the survey team and returned to the vicinity of the upside-down ruins.

I originally just came to take a look to see if the black mud had revived, but I didn't expect to see an unexpected person.

"Night Orchid?"

It was dark underground, so he couldn't see clearly, but the figure seemed to resemble Ye Lan.

He wasn't very familiar with Ye Lan, but they did have some connection.

Ye Lan turned her head and glanced at him, her gaze returning to the fragment of the Frostfire Nail.

Compared to the core-like fragment filled with pure energy that they encountered earlier, the one Jiang Bai brought over was truly just a fragment.

They simply smashed a large piece off the Cold Heaven Nail and moved it here.

"What are you doing here?" Jiang Bai walked over.

Ye Lan's identity is unusual; wherever she appears, it usually indicates that something is about to happen.

"Now that the seal on the Abyss has been broken, I naturally have to check on the situation."

Ye Lan looked up at him. Although she didn't say it directly, Jiang Bai's act of coming down without permission was clearly illegal.

"I came in with the Great Sage Who Subdues Demons, so the sealing has nothing to do with me." In front of this official, Jiang Bai immediately shifted the blame.

He had a perfectly legitimate reason, and he also cleared away a lot of the black mud from the ground; the General Affairs Department should be thanking him.

Ye Lan showed no emotional reaction to this, nor did she say anything; she simply nodded and said, "I know."

She came down after the seal on the Abyss was broken. At first, she didn't notice that Jiang Bai was also down there, but as they appeared at the location of that crystal, she naturally couldn't hide it from him anymore.

Although the investigation team was ostensibly in charge of dealing with the anomalies beneath the Abyss, she was the one truly keeping an eye on it.

“You’ve come at the right time. I encountered an Abyss Apostle here earlier. The Abyss Apostle has gathered so much black mud here; he must have something in mind.”

Jiang Bai briefly recounted his encounter with the Abyss Apostles to them.

In addition, it also talked about the Abyss Order's "Loom of Fate" project.

Although Jiang Bai felt that she should already know, it would never be wrong to say it again just to be on the safe side.

Chapter 613 There's actually a camp here?

"I took this fragment from the Frost Nail in the Snow Mountain and brought it here. It shares the same power as the huge crystal underground, and keeping it here temporarily can also suppress the production of black mud."

"Yes, you did a good job. If it's not enough, I'll have someone move the fragment from Chenyu Valley over as well."

Yelan couldn't figure out what the Abyss Cult was up to, but she just couldn't let them succeed.

Since the underground anomalies are caused by the conflict between two forces, we should weaken the power of the abyss while increasing the power of the Heavenly Nail.

"Have the researchers from the Fools Group gotten any results?" Jiang Bai asked curiously.

He sensed that the Fools took the Sky Spikes very seriously.

"I guess so, but I can't reveal the specifics of what we've discovered."

The Fools have always studied the Sky Nails, and many researchers were among the teams they sent to the Abyss.

They played a significant role in preventing the anomalies below the abyss from becoming particularly severe.

"I'm heading deeper into the area. What about you? Want to come with me?"

"No, I need to explore the surrounding area further."

She needs to thoroughly investigate why the Abyss Order chose this location, and what's so special about that upside-down ruin.

Without disturbing her any further, Jiang Bai followed the path Zhiqiong had pointed out and walked deeper into the area, calling out as he went.

"Xiao! Can you hear me!"

Not long after, Xiao appeared beside him.

"Any results?"

Jiang Bai was already quite used to the elusive Xiao.

He took out the cube and nodded.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the cube we found is the key to the door that Zhiqiong mentioned."

“I just went inside and found the door, but I can’t get in.”

He tried to force the door open, but it seemed to be protected by some unknown energy, making it impossible to open with brute force.

But that doesn't mean it's impossible to get in. Just take some time to avoid that door and make a hole in another direction.

Now that they have the key to open the door, that's perfect.

"Wow, that's fast!" Jiang Bai exclaimed in amazement at its speed.

If he didn't need to be accommodated, Xiao would probably have already reached the deepest point.

"Come with me."

There was still a long distance between the nameless ruins and the gate, but for Xiao at full speed, that distance was nothing.

However, if we're taking Jiang Bai with us, there's no need to rush.

After walking for an unknown amount of time in the dark underground, when Jiang Bai's eyes were so sleepy he could barely keep them open, the door finally appeared before him.

The gate was not grand, nor did it possess the ancient aura of the many underground ruins. It appeared to be a gate built later to keep out those who wished to enter.

Jiang Bai took out the cube and placed it into the groove in the middle of the door. Without any operation, the door, sensing the key, automatically opened from both sides, revealing a winding and deep passage inside.

"What a huge passage! Could it have been opened up by the Heavenly Nails as well?"

Sky nails are usually straight up and down. Even if you drill a hole horizontally, it should still be straight. But this hole is unusually winding, which doesn't seem like the style of a sky nail at all.

"I don't know, but judging from the marks on the cave, it doesn't look like it was dug by man."

"Ah."

First, we can rule out the possibility that the cave was dug out by the Liyue people. Before this, very few Liyue people had ventured so deep underground. Even Zhiqiong, who was very familiar with the Abyss, had only been here once.

Jiang Bai felt it was unlikely to be the work of the Fools; the Abyss Order was more likely.

"When I was asking the miners about the Abyss, someone said they'd seen a giant serpent underground..."

It's a pity that the miner couldn't describe what the giant snake looked like; he only exaggeratedly described it as being able to crawl in and out of the rock strata.

"Let's go inside." Xiao wasn't interested in how the cave was carved out.

Exploring these things may be meaningful, but for him, the main purpose is to find a floating dwelling.

"I need to rest for a bit..."

As Jiang Bai ventured deeper into the cave, he felt like he was floating, as if he hadn't slept for days and nights.

"Go to sleep, I'll stay here and keep watch."

Upon hearing Xiao's words, Jiang Bai immediately pulled out his sleeping bag, crawled inside, and soon began snoring loudly.

Xiao sat down to the side, took out the Lianli Zhenxin Powder, swallowed it, and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

The further you go in, the stronger the mutation becomes.

These abnormal forces inevitably affected his spirit, and the karmic obstacles on his body gradually became agitated due to the influence of these abnormalities.

Rest and adjustment are essential; he's about to reach the depths, and he needs to be in peak condition.

Jiang Bai slept soundly and woke up feeling refreshed and full of energy.

He stretched, wiped his face with a wet towel as if he were washing up, and set up a stove to cook a steaming hot meal.

"We're almost at the deepest point. Let's try to find the traces of the Floating Yaksha as soon as possible!"

He felt like he had been underground for quite some time and missed the sect leader terribly.

Xiao didn't say anything and finished the last bite of almond tofu.

The two continued walking and unexpectedly discovered an abandoned camp.

"Strange, there's actually a camp here?"

Logically, with that gate blocking the way, no one should be able to get in, but there is a camp here. Judging from the relatively intact tents and various facilities, the camp has not been abandoned for very long.

Jiang Bai went inside and checked, finding many items bearing the mark of the Fools, and even a logbook.