Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

Hu Tao held her little ghost in her arms, the fiery spirit continuously providing her with warmth.

Jiang Bai took out the hand warmer made by Abedo. This hand warmer, which could serve many purposes outside, could only warm hands here.

Jiang Bai moved closer to Keli, rubbing against her warm fire element.

"Let's go. We can't hold out in this cold for long. Let's finish this quickly," Hu Tao urged.

Even holding Little Ghost, she was still cold.

There was no other way, so she made the little ghost grow bigger and completely wrap herself up in it. Although it looked strange, it did make her much warmer.

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"Hurry up, hurry up!" Jiang Baidong's teeth were chattering.

Three out of the four people had ways to keep warm, but he didn't; he was so pitiful.

"Ah."

The group didn't linger and continued walking forward.

As soon as you step onto the largest platform in the middle, a giant Hilichurl Frostlord and an Ice-type Abyss Mage appear on the platform.

King Frostlord, holding a thick ice shield, roared to the sky, and layers of ice and snow covered his body, forming a solid ice armor.

The abyss mage floated within his shield, raising his staff and chanting strange incantations as he launched his attack.

Jiang Bai immediately cast a shield around all four of them and took out his weapon.

All four of them are experienced in combat. Even the young Klee has fought more monsters than Jiang Bai.

The group quickly assigned monsters: Klee and Abedo dealt with the Frost Armor King, while Kurumi and Jiang Bai dealt with the Abyss Mage.

With Jiang Bai's shield, Hu Tao felt completely safe and charged towards the Abyss Mage, carrying the Staff of Protection.

The fiery red flames spread from the tip of the spear, striking the thick ice shield, which sizzled as it melted.

The Abyss Mage obviously wouldn't just stand there and let Hu Tao hit him; he teleported to a place far away from Hu Tao.

Meanwhile, the cold white mist summoned by the Abyss Mage spread across the ground, making the already frigid secret realm even colder.

If one remained motionless in this cold mist, one would likely be frozen into an ice sculpture in an instant.

"We propose building Yanghua!"

Abedo waved his hand, creating a rock flower on the ground. A 5-meter radius around this flower was enveloped by a domain.

Within this area, the Geo element is very active and flows faster, allowing shields to be maintained for longer.

Similarly, it is also more likely to react with other elements to form crystals.

"Klee, come up here!"

This wasn't Klee's first time fighting Abedor. She skillfully dodged the attacks of the Hilichurl Frost Armor King and jumped onto Abedor's Sunbeam.

Yang Hua lifted her into the air, and the golden pages of the magical artifact flipped around her. The scorching fire element condensed in the air, turning into powerful explosives that struck the Frost Armor King.

The frost armor on King Frostfire's body was slowly melting under the attack of the flames.

Abedo, on the other hand, kept attacking the Hilichurl King and the Frost Armored King, drawing the attention of the Hilichurl King and providing Klee with a safe environment to deal damage.

However, his longsword did not cause much damage to the Frost Armor of the Hilichurl King; it could only serve to restrain him.

Jiang Bai watched their coordinated battle and helplessly slack off on the sidelines.

He shouldn't interfere in Klee's battle; he'd easily get accidentally injured by Klee's bombs.

Even Abedo only avoided damage from the explosion thanks to his agile movements and rock shield.

He had finally witnessed Klee's fighting prowess.

It's safe to say that even without Abelard's cooperation, Klee alone could completely handle this enormous Hilichurl Frost Armored King.

Abeldo's role is more about restraining and protecting Klee.

Walnut's side was equally impressive.

Her attacks were also incredibly swift; no matter where the Abyss Mage moved, Hu Tao would always appear next to him in the next instant.

Her red-flaming homa staff struck the abyss mage's thick shield, which melted at a visible speed.

Once the shield melts, the abyss mage will be powerless to fight back.

As for the Abyss Mage's attacks, they were completely blocked by her shield. Even if the shield couldn't withstand the pressure and shattered, Jiang Bai would immediately replace it with a new one.

It can be said that Jiang Bai had absolutely no need to participate in the battle.

Even if you just stand still, you can still win effortlessly thanks to Klee and Kurumi.

But Jiang Bai was a restless person. Even though he knew that his attacks would have little chance of breaking the Abyss Mage's shield, he still charged forward with the "Persuasion Through Reason" technique.

He swung his spiked club at the shield, but the shield's rebound nearly knocked the weapon out of his hand.

"Ouch~ This spiked club is freezing my hands!"

The temperature was too low, and his fingers were a little stiff. The metal spiked club felt like a block of ice, and he could barely grip it.

He was particularly envious of the fire element attached to the Walnut Homo Staff, as the fire element was simply unparalleled in terms of warmth.

Seeing that Jiang Bai wasn't doing well, Hu Tao quickly said, "It's too cold here, you can't handle it! Go to the side and help me out!"

"it is good!"

Jiang Bai retreated, put away his spiked club, and distanced himself.

At such low temperatures, he could feel his weapon becoming very brittle, its toughness greatly reduced.

If he had knocked a few more times, he might have ended up with a broken "persuasion through reason" weapon.

In contrast, Walnut's weapon was completely unharmed.

This difference is partly due to variations in weapon materials, but it also depends on the quality of the weapons themselves.

His weapon, the one he used to persuade people with reason, was just an ordinary spiked club, only slightly superior in weight.

Walnut's staff is an extremely rare and exquisite weapon, a treasure passed down from the Hall of Rebirth for a thousand years.

Jiang Bai felt he might need a better weapon.

But how to obtain a good weapon that suits him is a problem.

The topic then shifted back to the Abyss Mage.

Seeing his shield getting thinner and thinner, the Abyss Mage became somewhat impatient.

A continuous stream of icy mist emanated from his surroundings, and with the wave of his staff, ice spikes rained down from the sky like hail.

Cold icicles swirled around it, trying to block the walnut's attack.

Earlier, Walnut would have faced considerable trouble in this situation, needing to expend a lot of energy trying to avoid it.

But things are different now.

With the shield in place, she can just focus on attacking.

The sense of security provided by rocks can protect against any harm.

Abel and Klee worked together seamlessly, and the massive Hilichurl Frost Armor King was repeatedly forced back under the overwhelming firepower.

Walnut's side also made rapid progress; the mage's life-saving shield finally shattered, leaving him like a fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.

Jiang Bai slacked off on the sidelines, acting as a shield-bearer.

Finally, the two demons could no longer hold on and turned into dust and vanished.

The battle ended, and Klee jumped down from the sun in Aberdos, cheering excitedly.

Klee's adventure was a success!

"Little Klee did a great job!" Kurumi affirmed her fighting ability.

Klee looked smug and proudly said, "Hehe, Klee is the Spark Knight, you know."

Seeing Klee fight like this, Jiang Bai gained a new understanding of the overall combat strength of the Knights of Favonius.

If even one child is this good, wouldn't the others be even better?

"Let's go! Let's go to the petrified ancient tree."

Jiang Bai couldn't wait to see the petrified ancient tree.

The group continued walking until they reached the ancient tree.

As Jiang Bai got closer, he was able to see the entire ancient tree.

Chapter 143 Klee is so angry!

This ancient tree is quite large, with a silvery-white body, and its thick trunk requires at least three people to encircle it.

Although this ancient tree is called an ancient tree, it is actually the root of a ley tree that grows from the ground, so there are no leaves or anything like that on the tree.

Behind the petrified ancient tree, on the huge stone wall, some patterns were engraved with golden strokes.

These patterns are identical to those on the gate to the secret realm, only clearer and more comprehensive.

On this pattern, Jiang Bai saw the same three-leaf pattern as the one engraved on Mora.

He had previously thought that the pattern might have some special meaning, but after guessing for a long time, he couldn't come up with a reasonable answer.

It now seems that this pattern is very versatile and may serve more of a symbolic purpose.

It symbolizes Teyvat, or something else entirely.

“Let’s begin. Just touch them,” Abedo said.

The four of them stretched out their hands and placed their palms on the silvery-white ancient tree.

The silvery-white ancient tree felt cool to the touch, unlike the rough texture of a typical large tree; instead, it felt like smooth steel.

Jiang Bai closed his eyes, and a series of somewhat scattered images appeared before him.

That was in the distant past.

In the past, this snow mountain was not called Longji Snow Mountain; it had no name and was just a lush green mountain range.

That was the blessing from the ancient, silvery-white tree.

Before the appearance of the wind god, when the land of Mondstadt was still covered in ice and snow, this massive mountain range on the west side was the only paradise.

One day, a group of people came here.

They settled here and lived here.

God's messengers descended from the sky, teaching them knowledge and leading them towards a better life.

Guided by the messengers of the gods, people built a shrine and various magnificent buildings at the highest point of the mountain.

They prayed to the sky, listening to the voices that came from it.

Guided by the divine messenger, the priest arrived at the location of the ancient silver tree in the mountains and learned its purpose.

As the nation gradually came into being, the one who could hear the voice of the gods became king and named the nation "Shar Fendnir".

With the blessings of the divine messengers and the earth's veins, the country developed at an extremely rapid pace, reaching its zenith with the birth of the princess.

The princess was born under a white tree. Her name is unknown, but in people's hearts, she is as pure as the moonlight.

Time passed little by little, like the pages of a book turning to a new chapter.

Disaster struck unexpectedly.

The princess dreamed of a jet-black dragon that blotted out the sky.

That same month, a warrior from a foreign land came to this place and fell in love with the princess at first sight.

However, not long after, a long nail fell from the sky, shattered into three pieces, and destroyed the white tree that protected this land.

The ancient kingdom was shrouded in ice and snow overnight, and a large number of people died from the sudden cold.

The sounds from the sky ceased, and people were bewildered, wondering what they had done wrong to anger the sky.

They followed the guidance of the heavens and listened to the teachings of the divine messengers, without transgressing in the slightest.

Why did the sky suddenly unleash such punishment?