Looking at Chongyun who had turned like a stone because of the disappearance of the black wolf, Xingqiu shook his head and walked to his side.

"Don't be too sad, there must be more in the mountains."

Perhaps Xingqiu's comfort had an effect. Chongyun, who was squatting on the ground, straightened his color and put the talisman in his hand back again, returning to its previous appearance.

The hot-blooded guy just now disappeared in an instant.

"You're right, let's go."

However, there was no change on Chongyun's face, but his ever-accelerating pace betrayed his heart.

How much does this guy want to meet a monster?

Bai Qiyun sighed secretly in his heart, and then followed him.

The three of them continued walking in the mountains, but because of their previous experiences, they became more serious as they hurried on.

"Speaking of which, it seems that I have never seen that monster before."

As a disciple of the Guhua Sect, Xingqiu had read through many ancient books, but he had never found any records of that kind of monster, and he had never seen that kind of monster during his journey with Zhongyun throughout the land of Liyue.

It was really fate to meet him in this mountain today.

After all, ordinary monsters cannot get close to Chongyun Shen. Now that it appears in front of everyone in such a grand manner, it means that the other party must have its own uniqueness.

"Well, I have never seen it in the family records. I didn't expect there to be monsters here that can resist my pure Yang body."

As he spoke, Chongyun's expression became more excited.

He clenched his fists in front of his chest, as if he wanted to give her a hard blow.

"But think about it from another perspective, what if the monsters are not special."

Bai Qiyun, who was walking aside, put forward another guess, which made the excited Chongyun stunned.

"Brother Yun, you mean..."

Xingqiu, who was still in a calm state, reacted faster and realized the profound meaning of Bai Qiyun's words.

"Well, since you said that the treasure that can suppress Ji Yang is here, then maybe the monster just now was affected by the treasure to appear in front of Chongyun's pure Yang body."

Bai Qiyun nodded to Xingqiu and expressed all his suspicions.

"But no matter what the situation is, as long as we keep moving forward, the answer will always appear in front of us."

The three young men looked at each other with different expressions and continued to go deeper into the valley.

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After a long journey of unknown length, several people finally encountered the first thing that looked unusual.

Deep in the mountains surrounded by trees, there is an ancient altar with various patterns all over it, as if it is worshiping something.

"Yandora, do you understand?"

The moment he realized that he had never seen this thing, Bai Qiyun's first reaction was to ask for help from the pure water elves who had inherited racial knowledge.

Unfortunately, Yandora shook her head and said that there was nothing she could do.

"Even pure water elves don't know about it."

While the other two people were observing the surroundings, Bai Qiyun held his chin and began to think.

Although Yandora didn't recognize the pattern, it actually explained a lot of things from the side.

Firstly, this thing should not be a common pattern across the continent, because as an elemental life form of Fontaine, Yandora does not recognize it either.

Secondly, this thing is likely to last for a long time, because Yandora's racial vision covers all kinds of knowledge in the past hundred years, which Bai Qiyun, who has been fused with Yandora, naturally understands this very well.

"Does that mean it's Liyue's local pattern..."

Looking at the dusty altar, Bai Qiyun murmured to himself.

"Hey, come here and take a look at this!"

Chongyun, who was looking for clues on the side, called the two of them over as if he had discovered something.

Walking towards the young alchemist who was squatting on the ground, Bai Qiyun's eyes passed by him. A pile of brown crystals was piled near Chongyun, which was extremely eye-catching.

"Isn't this a rock seed? There's nothing to be surprised about."

Xingqiu walked helplessly to the rock seeds on the hillside and chopped them down with his sword.

The fragile shell instantly succumbed to the sword's blade, revealing a little bit of starlight.

Similar to Mondstadt's Wind Seeds, Rock Seeds will follow humans when they are around.

However, its inert shell must be split open first, so that the unstable rock elemental power crystals inside can be exposed and follow people's actions.

A flash of brown surrounds Xingqiu, like an elf.

He led the rock seeds to the lampstand next to the altar. In an instant, the rock elemental power lit up the surrounding area. The rock seeds surrounding Xingqiu were also like topaz, embedded in the stone lampstand.

"Um?"

Looking at the illuminated surroundings, a creepy feeling crawled up Bai Qiyun's back.

He turned his head stiffly and looked at Xingqiu and Chongyun who still knew nothing.

It was as if something heavy was hanging on his mouth, preventing him from opening his mouth.

However, as the water elemental power slowly overflowed around Yandola, Bai Qiyun regained his composure and informed the two of them of his findings.

"Hey, Xingqiu, this thing can only be lit with rock seeds, right?"

Even though he had the strength to back him up, Bai Qiyun's face still didn't look good at this time.

The cold green light around him shone on his face, making it look deathly white.

"Ah, well, this thing is left over from the Demon God War. It can only be lit by the power of rock seeds."

Listening to Bai Qiyun's question, Xingqiu quickly went through the knowledge of the Guhua Sect in his mind.

Rock seeds are the same as wind seeds. They can only be produced in areas with high elemental power concentrations. However, these areas often do not change for hundreds or even thousands of years. Therefore, people at that time followed this principle and built structures that could be

A stone lampstand lit by rock seeds is used for lighting.

And as time goes by, the power of the rock seeds trapped in the lampstand will gradually weaken, until the lampstand goes out, and the rock seeds will regenerate at nodes with sufficient element concentration.

Bai Qiyun, who grew up in Liyue Port, knows all this knowledge.

He just checked with Xingqiu to avoid making any mistakes.

However, following Xingqiu's answer that was the same as in his memory, Bai Qiyun's face became paler again.

The corners of his eyes twitched unconsciously.

As the saying goes, if the left eye twitches, you will be happy, and if the right eye twitches, you will be in trouble.

But why are his eyes twitching now?

Bai Qiyun swallowed, thought for a while, and organized his words.

"Then do you still remember those lampstands when we first entered the valley? How did they light up if no one lit them?"

While the two were still discussing the lampstand, Chongyun over there had already led the second rock seed to light the lampstand next to the altar.
Chapter completed!