Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

"By using the jade branch to perform the Sea God Spirit-Controlling Ritual, we can bring back the sunken 'spirits' and stop the erosion of the sacred land."

"So, do you want me to retrieve the coral jade branch, or do you want me to suppress the dragon lizard?"

"Take the coral jade branch. As for whether the dragon's offspring needs to be suppressed, it depends on the situation."

“No problem!” Jiang Bai readily agreed.

He needs the coral jade branch from Yuanxia Palace to enter Haiqi Island, which is a completely mutually beneficial thing.

Jiang Bai agreed too easily, and Xin Hai felt it necessary to inform him of the hidden dangers.

"We haven't opened the entrance to the Abyss Palace for centuries, and there aren't many historical records of any value. What dangers lurk below, nobody knows, and there might even be creatures more dangerous than dragon offspring that have infiltrated it..."

The history of the Sea Gods has mostly been passed down orally. Thousands of years have passed, and they still have no idea what lies beneath the Abyss Palace.

This is why Xin Hai entrusted Jiang Bai, an outsider, to find the Coral Jade Branch.

"No problem, I've been to more dangerous places before. Besides, I'm not alone, my companion is equally capable."

Jiang Bai reached out and put his arm around Ah Mao's shoulder, pulling him close.

"Let me introduce you to Xi Liu, he's really amazing!"

Ah Mao greeted me politely.

"Then I'll leave it to you two. I will hold the ceremony as soon as possible to break the five seals and open the gate to the Abyss Palace."

The seals of Yuanxia Palace are quite complex, and these seals are scattered throughout Haiqi Island. Fortunately, with the orders personally given by the current human goddess priestess, Jiang Bai only needs to sit and wait.

Ah-mao hasn't been idle these past few days either; he found the advance team of the Fools who were strolling on Haiji Island.

However, these people had very little information, and their understanding of the Abyss Palace was far less than that of the current human goddess priestess.

The passage to the abyss opened successfully. Jiang Bai, carrying the Key to the Abyss given to him by Xin Hai, and Ah Mao, leaped into the huge deep pool in front of the Coral Palace.

The pool was so deep that the bottom was not visible, and the light became increasingly dim as one went deeper, giving one a sense of fear as if one were about to enter an unknown place.

After diving for an unknown amount of time, I finally passed through the curtain of water, was able to breathe, and my feet touched solid ground.

This is a vast underground space, buried deep in the seabed, with only some fluorescent plants emitting light.

Jiang Bai took out a lumen stone to illuminate the area, and the surroundings immediately became bright.

This underground cave is cylindrical in shape, and the seawater is isolated above the entrance by an unknown barrier.

"Luckily it was us who came, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get back down."

The great serpent who led the people of the White Night Kingdom away from here probably never intended for them to return.

Even for someone with divine vision, climbing to the entrance to return to the sea and then swimming back to the surface from the deep sea would be an extremely difficult task given this terrain.

Unfortunately, he did not anticipate the sacredization of Haiqi Island, which meant it would be opened every few hundred years to retrieve the coral and jade branches.

Jiang Bai stuffed all the plump pearls that had been nurtured in the surrounding seashells into his pocket, and looked expectantly toward the cave entrance.

Chapter 817 About the Abyss and the Surface

No one has been here for hundreds of years. There must be many more of these beautiful pearls. Hehe, I'll take them back and make a necklace for the master.

Humming a song, Jiang Bai and Ah Mao continued walking inside.

The further you go in, the larger the cave becomes.

It's hard to imagine that such an underground world exists in the deep sea.

Plants emitting a faint fluorescent glow, short grasses growing with the aid of this glow, and enormous flowers that are hard to tell whether they are coral or plant.

Several blue dragon lizards, which are very similar to rock dragon lizards, were either resting in the shallows or patrolling their territory, while the water from a waterfall flowed from afar.

Jiang Bai dipped his finger in the water and tasted it; surprisingly, it wasn't salty.

Is this really deep underground?

"Once you've been to the abyss, you'll know that there's not much difference between the surface and the underground."

Ah Mao crossed his arms and was used to this sight.

"How to say?"

Jiang Bai has never been to the Abyss and still doesn't know how to get there.

Do you know why there are so many inverted buildings deep underground?

"Why?" Jiang Bai really didn't know.

"Because they come from the other side of Teyvat, which is—the Abyss."

As someone who has fought in the Abyss for many years, Ah Mao knows the Abyss very well.

“In the abyss, these structures face the normal direction, but from our perspective, they face the exact opposite. To put it another way, it's like turning the entire Teyvat upside down…”

Hearing his words, Jiang Bai subconsciously conjured a stone, released his grip, and let the stone fall from his hand.

"Could it be that Teyvat's gravity isn't at the Earth's core? Come to think of it, is Teyvat really a sphere?"

Jiang Bai subconsciously assumed that Teyvat was a planet, but there seemed to be no evidence to prove it.

Just like how he could never touch Sky Island no matter how he flew, no matter how high he went, he could never see the atmosphere, and from high altitude, the curvature of the ground was not obvious.

Even the world has boundaries, and barriers stand firmly on those boundaries.

But if it's a spherical planet, how can it have boundaries?

"What sphere?" Ah Mao didn't understand.

"Uh, a planet? A spherical planet."

"I don't understand what you're saying..."

Although Ah Mao lived for over five hundred years, unfortunately, he was not highly educated and did not know the concept of a planet.

"That's not important. The real question is, how do we get to the Abyss?"

Jiang Bai really wanted to go to the Abyss to take a look. He had an old hand who had been in the Abyss with him, so he could go with him without worrying about not being able to come back.

"Through abyssal passages or abyssal rifts... there are more such passages at the borders, but a large abyssal passage has appeared in the Northern Wastes in recent years, and Mondstadt's expeditionary force and the [Captain] are there..."

Ah Mao accidentally revealed something very important.

"Huh? I've never heard of such a thing before!"

Jiang Bai hadn't heard any news about this, and even Jean, who remained with the Knights of the Order, didn't know where their destination was.

"There's no need for ordinary people to know about this kind of thing."

If ordinary people knew this, it would only cause panic.

Even among the high-ranking officials of the seven kingdoms, very few knew about this matter.

The reason why Grand Master Falgar of Mondstadt set out on an expedition was because they had set out on an expedition five hundred years ago and had been keeping a close eye on news from that place ever since.

"Too……"

"If you're curious, I can keep an eye out for news from over there later."

"Then it's up to you."

Jiang Bai didn't even know where the northern wasteland was, let alone go there to see it.

"Let's keep going in."

Jiang Bai had no intention of harming these dragon lizards. He was still unclear about the situation here and wanted to avoid the situation where he killed one only to have a whole group of them attack.

He didn't intend to take action, but the dragon lizards were extremely hostile towards human beings.

Upon seeing them, the dragon lizards attacked them without hesitation, causing a commotion that drew other dragon lizards from the surrounding area to rush over.

"Whoa!" Jiang Bai flew into the sky, looking at the densely packed dragon lizards below him with a bit of a headache.

It's true what they say, if you shoot one, a whole bunch will come, and he hasn't even shot one yet!

The wind blades flew down, and the dragon lizards that had gathered together had no way to dodge them.

However, their hard scales provided ample protection, and Ah Mao's two wind blades did not draw blood at all. They merely knocked several dragon lizards upside down, only to have them quickly flipped back over by their companions.

“That’s interesting…” Ah Mao became slightly more serious.

Before long, the entire group of dragon lizards turned into corpses, their blood staining the stream red.

Jiang Bai covered them all with rocks to prevent the blood from attracting more lizards.

"Let's keep going in."

As they ventured deeper, a magnificent gate appeared before them.

The magnificent buildings that have stood for thousands of years are now in ruins, but time has not been able to wear away the exquisite patterns carved on them.

"Huh? Is this a door? Why is there only a door frame?"

Jiang Bai felt that this thing should be a door, since they had already reached the end of the cave and had not seen any other buildings besides this door.

Perhaps opening this door will reveal a passage to the Kingdom of White Night.

"There must be some kind of mechanism involved," Ah Mao said.

Since it's already sealed off, it means they don't want people to get in easily.

The two searched the surrounding area and found some sacrificial items and some scattered records left behind.

These were clearly left behind by people who came down to harvest coral branches.

These records describe how to open the gate, and according to the records, the gate was opened smoothly.

However, rather than opening a gate, it was more like opening an invisible barrier, revealing the true passage to the White Night Kingdom.

Where there used to be a stone wall, a man-made path has appeared.

"What a clever design."

The towering, narrow passageways, illuminated thousands of years ago, create a sense of awe and reverence, making one feel incredibly small.

As you walk further in through the passage, you see more and more buildings, with statues of the eternal god Orobas scattered throughout the palace.

Arriving at the final door, Jiang Bai placed the Key of the Abyss inside. The stone door, which had not been opened for hundreds of years, slowly moved inward, revealing the lost ancient kingdom behind it.

Bright light shone in, and Jiang Bai, who had already adapted to the dim environment, subconsciously squinted his eyes.

It wasn't the light from the real sun, but a towering, man-made, bright light that illuminated the entire dark cavern, standing atop the floating islands.

That is, the Great Sun Imperial Carriage.

Chapter 818 What is Kanria doing here?

"So this is the Kingdom of White Nights..."

An underground kingdom without sunlight, relying on artificial light sources for illumination.

Above, there were thick layers of rock; below, there was a bottomless void.

Giant islands seem to float in the clouds, with collapsed buildings standing on them.

"It truly lives up to its name as an underground kingdom," Ah Mao remarked with some emotion.

White Night, White Night, is both day and night.

Jiang Bai casually activated the nearby ley line anchor point.

Even deep underground, there are still ley line anchors covering the area.

This indicates that this area is still within the Teyvat region.

Jiang Bai walked to the edge of the island he was on and looked at the broken bridge that had stood for thousands of years, connecting several islands, and had now collapsed.

He looked down into the bottomless void, where he could only see thick clouds and mist, unable to discern just how deep it was.

If you throw a stone down, you can't hear it hit the ground at all.

"Wait here for me, I'll go down and take a look."

"Be careful."

"Ah."

Jiang Bai slowly descended, his figure completely obscured by the clouds and mist.