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As Ying and Paimon played around, the originally silent atmosphere dissipated a lot.
"What should we do? Should we continue planting here?" Lisa looked at the golden tree seedling held by Yujin and sighed in her heart.
This tree planting trip was full of twists and turns.
"Plant, why not? This is a perfect location, I don't even have to dig a hole." Yu Jin nodded and said, looking at the huge deep pit.
"But before that, some important cultural relics still need to be preserved." Yu Jin said, pointing to a red light in the ruins.
"Hmm? The gate to a secret realm? Or a secret realm that has never been discovered?" Lisa looked in the direction pointed by the embers and saw a faint red light.
That was the unique light of the secret realm gate, and it was a secret realm that no one had ever set foot in. The secret realm gate had a characteristic that it would turn blue once it had been explored, and red for unexplored secret realms.
There are many secret realms scattered across the continent of Teyvat. They form a small world of their own, and no one knows how they appeared.
The buildings in the secret realms are also different from those in the seven countries of Teyvat, but all the secret realms are connected to petrified ancient trees without exception. And the petrified ancient trees are connected to the earth veins deep underground.
The earth veins record everything that happens in the secret realm. As long as there is enough original resin, the ancient tree can be activated, and the memories blocked in the earth veins can be turned into reality and burst out.
As for what comes out, it depends on luck. It could be an ancient person's underpants, or a holy relic that contains the will of the ancients.
If a five-star holy relic appeared, it would be a huge profit. After all, there was only one set of five-star royal relics in the entire Mondstadt, and it was a group treasure passed down by the Knights.
This is also the reason why there are so many adventurers in Teyvat. On the one hand, adventure is really exciting, and on the other hand, the secrets of Teyvat can be explored repeatedly.
"With this secret realm, everything here won't be completely destroyed." Yu Jin put down the golden tree seedling and stretched out his hand, "But let's move it a little bit!"
"Boom!" A huge space crack suddenly appeared above the secret realm. The crack did not have the bright light like the starry sky in the abyss passage, but only chaotic and disordered light.
Yu Jin didn't have the Abyss Cult's technology to use force to pry open space, he simply tore space apart.
Although the technical content is not high, it is indeed easy to use.
"Go!" Yu Jin waved his hand, and a huge entrance to the secret realm rose from the ground and flew into countless streams of light.
"Okay, now we can plant trees!" Seeing that the cleanup was completed, Yu Jin grabbed the crown of the golden tree seedling and pulled it out of the flowerpot.
Sand fell from the roots of the golden tree seedling, revealing its roots that were as transparent and golden as amber.
"Swish~" As soon as the golden tree seedling emerged from the soil, the whole tree shrank up. Its crown was about to shrink into an emerald ball.
"Okay, stop pretending. Don't I know you? You're not even as good as a soil but you can live longer than humans. Why are you pretending here?" Yu Jin looked at the pitiful look of the golden tree sapling and went up to give it a big beating.
He may not know about others, but he is very familiar with the golden tree. Go ask the golden tree guard at the border, which golden tree has not been touched by him?
Yu Jin jumped into the bottom of the deep pit and started digging. The brown soil flew up and down, and under Yu Jin's iron hand, a tree pit of moderate size appeared before his eyes.
Yu Jin placed the golden tree seedling in his hand into the tree pit and said earnestly: "Xiao Huang, you have to behave well. You can't be like your mother, eating meat every day. Eat more junk... Oh no, forbidden knowledge."
"Forbidden knowledge is delicious. I'll tell you."
Yu Jin patted his chest guiltily and almost let the cat out of the bag. Then he buried the golden tree seedling in the soil as it struggled.
The leaves of the golden tree drooped immediately after it was planted in the soil. It cannot leave the soil on its own initiative now. Once it is planted in the soil, it is almost the same as an ordinary tree, and at most it can move slightly.
Seeing the golden tree sapling looking dejected, Yu Jin grinned and shouted to Lance Shanks in the distance behind him:
"Lance Shanks! Come here! Show you my hands!"
Chapter 205 Blood Flows Again
2023-10-01
"Where? Where? Where?" After hearing Yu Jin's words, Lance Shanks turned into a white flash and instantly came over from a distance.
"Ahem! Calm down. It's just a look at your hands. Why get so excited?" Yu Jin waved his hand to fan away the dust raised by Lance Shanks and said to Lance Shanks with shining eyes.
"That's different! We've never seen what the king looks like!" Lance Shanks said, holding the camera and staring at the embers.
Anyway, in Lance Shanks's impression, Yu Jin has always been wearing this old knight's plate armor. His body is tightly covered by this armor, and no unique characteristics of Yu Jin can be seen.
Even though Yu Jin said this time that he was just removing the arm armor, Lance Shanks' curiosity was not diminished at all.
What kind of body can carry such power? Lance Shanks can't wait.
"If it's convenient, can you let me take a look too?" Lisa and the others also walked into the pit and followed Lance Shanks to the bottom of the pit.
"Things beyond gold, I want to see them in advance." Albedo's expression was no better than Lance Shanks's. To some extent, he always showed great enthusiasm for things he was curious about.
"And us!" Paimon tried to fly up behind Lisa and waved his little hands.
"Senior, you wear this armor every day, and I've been curious about it for a long time." Ying walked around Lisa and came to Yu Jin and said. Her eyes also revealed great curiosity.
Yu Jin's surroundings suddenly became lively. Seeing this, Yu Jin scratched his head and said helplessly: "You can look at it, but don't think that there is anything magical about my body. I am very ordinary."
"Hmmmm!" ×5
Everyone nodded quickly, but they didn't believe what Yu Jin said at all. Ordinary? If Yu Jin was ordinary, then what were they? Trash?
"Lance Shanks, get ready." Seeing them nodding, Yu Jin said to Lance Shanks.
"I've been ready for a long time!" Lance Shanks raised the camera in her hand, and then she said slightly mischievously: "By the way, Wang, can you tell me why you want me to take a photo?"
If Yu Jin hadn't asked her to do so, Lance Shanks would never have brought a camera. Yu Jin wanted to record his arm, and he asked her to do it. Could it be that...
"Haha, you're thinking a lot." When Yu Jin saw Lance Shanks's dreamy look, he knew what she was thinking.
"Part of the reason is that Melina and the others have long wanted to see what I look like. I can't show them my face yet, but my hands should be okay."
"The deeper reason is the Fire Keeper. Give her the photo when you get back. Just tell her I know what she's thinking and that I'm fine now, and tell her not to worry."
Yu Jin said this in a very serious manner, without any embarrassment or shame at all, and Lance Shanks's excited expression immediately dimmed.
Well, the king was still the king she was familiar with, purely satisfying other people's wishes without any other emotions.
"Oh~" Thinking of this, Lance Shanks couldn't help but feel sad for Melina and other older single women. They would definitely not be able to get married in this lifetime.
"Fire Keeper, Melina... are they your friends?" Ying listened to the conversation between Lance Shanks and Yu Jin, and came up to Lance Shanks and asked.
This was the first time Ying heard Yu Jin and Lance Shanks discussing other people at the border, so she was naturally curious.
"More than friends!" Lance Shanks raised his eyebrows and whistled.
"Just friends." Yu Jin nodded, then said helplessly: "I have clearly rejected them, but it doesn't work."
"Is that so?" Ying was stunned after hearing what Lance Shanks said. He was able to speak out his private affairs so generously. He was indeed worthy of being a senior!
"Hahaha, this won't work, you little idiot." Lisa listened to the conversation between the few people and burst into laughter.
"I don't have such worldly desires." Yu Jin crossed his hands and made a diagonal cross gesture to express his refusal.
However, Yu Jin only gestured for a while and then put down his arm because he saw the wilting golden tree seedling.
Although the Frost Nail has been burned, the severe cold accumulated on the top of the mountain cannot be eliminated so easily.
Therefore, the top of Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain is still very cold, but without the strong winds and thick snow, the cold is not as fierce as before.
But it was still very cold, and the golden tree seedlings were almost frozen and wilted.
He said to the crowd, "Alright, alright, let's get down to business! Can't you see that Xiao Huang is about to freeze to death?"
So Yu Jin took off his arm armor under everyone's expectant gaze.
Then a blurry black shadow appeared in everyone's eyes - it was Yu Jin's arm after he took off his arm armor.
"Hey! Yu Jin, if you don't want us to see it, you don't have to fool us like this!" Paimon looked at the black shadow on Yu Jin's left forearm, and his eyes immediately turned dead fish eyes.
How can you tell what a ghost is from a dark shadow?
"Why are you in such a hurry? There's something on your hands. It won't take time to clean it up." Yu Jin immediately retorted.
In the eyes of others, Yu Jin's arm was a blurry black shadow, but not in his own eyes.
Familiar spots, familiar human faces, familiar flames... together they constitute this ugly arm.
This arm seems to have no main body, and looks like a ball of burning mud that has been forcibly kneaded into the shape of an arm.
But how is this possible? Even an ordinary arm has bones to support its shape, and this is even more true for Yu Jin's.
Under Yujin's gaze, the mud that had covered his arm for a long time began to retreat backwards on its own, revealing Yujin's own arm that had been buried deep underneath for a long time.
The arm was very thin, similar to the wet humanoid figure in his body. It was also a layer of skin covering the bones, and it was hard to tell whether there was flesh and blood on it.
However, the skin of the wet human figure was pale, as if it had been soaked in deep water for a long time; the skin of the ember was indeed flesh-red, just like a human.
In fact, Yu Jin was originally a human, but he became the monstrous appearance he is now in the endless battle.
Now that I have stopped and can take a breath, I will naturally return to my previous state.
Yu Jin closed his eyes and began to sense from his arms. There was no burning of flames, nor the roar of countless people, but only the stirring of water.
The blood, which had always stained Yu Cinder, finally flowed in his own body.
The consciousness moved in the opposite direction of the blood flow, and finally came to Yu Jin's chest. The familiar burning sound sounded again, and Yu Jin also withdrew his consciousness.
He touched his chest with his hand, and his thin and slender fingers like dead branches scratched on the breastplate, making a very harsh sound.
The breastplate was still as warm as before, without any change. But the ember smiled, one day, there would be a beating sound here too.
The blurry light and shadow on the arm disappeared, and the true appearance of the Ember Arm appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone was silent when they saw Yu Jin's arm, which looked like a mummy. They had never expected that Yu Jin's body, hidden under the armor, would look like this.
Thin, shriveled, and looks like it will break at any moment.
"Ember..." Paimon didn't know what to say when he saw how thin Ember was.
But she soon thought of a good way to make Yu Jin return to normal. Paimon turned around and said to Ying who was in shock:
"Ying, we have saved up a lot of Mora, right? Take it out and treat Yu Jin to a feast! He looks so thin, he must not have eaten much!"
As he said this, Paimon rubbed his hands. Even though the protagonist is Ember, it’s okay for her to eat a little, right?
"Hahaha! Thank you, Paimon!" After hearing what Paimon said, Yu Jin touched Paimon's head with his dry palm.
Then, he shook his head and said, "But no need, it's just to get back something that originally belonged to me, there's no need to go through so much trouble."
Chapter 206 The Growing Golden Tree
2023-10-02
"How is it? Have you finished reading it?" Yu Jin raised his dry arms and said to the people in front of him.