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Ember let go of Alex and Bayeta and said with a smack of his lips.
"Surpass...Rhinedort?" Bayeta looked up.
The darkness that was like a mountain covered all of them; the stirring darkness seemed to evoke the darkness deep in people's hearts; the red and ferocious dragon eyes seemed to be bathed in blood.
But the master of all this, Du Lin, was extremely sober. From those scarlet eyes, one could even see Du Lin's inner confusion.
"Surpass Rhinedort? But why do I feel that we have succeeded?" Bayeta smiled confidently.
She was sure that even Golden Rhinedort could not create a masterpiece comparable to Durin before her eyes!
"I'm a person who is quite reserved in what I say." Yu Jin scratched his head and then explained, "When I say 'surpass', I mean pin me to the ground and rub me hard!"
As Yu Jin said this, he took out a rag from somewhere, threw it on the ground and started rubbing it hard.
"That's what I mean, do you understand?" Yu Jin moved his feet away, and the rag on the ground had turned into a heap.
"This... I think I'd better forget it." After hearing what Yu Jin said, Bayeta felt like a deflated ball.
Although Dulin is very powerful now, Bayeta feels that he is still a little short of defeating Rhinedort.
And she herself did not have the confidence to allow Du Lin to move to a higher level.
"Super...surpass my mother?" When Du Lin heard Yu Jin's words, he also felt deflated like Bayeta.
Surpass the mother who awakened me from the dark universe and shaped my former body?
Du Lin began to shrink his head again. Deep down in his heart, he didn't think he could surpass his mother, the alchemist known as "Gold".
"Du Lin, you should be more confident in yourself." Yu Jin saw Du Lin's timid look and knew that his inferiority complex had come back again.
"I remember I once told you: Your body is big enough to hold the eyes of countless people."
Yu Jin raised his head again and looked at the dark ring burning on Durin's chest, and continued:
"Now I will add: your soul is pure enough to outline the figures of countless people."
"So, Durin. You must use your lost pure whiteness to immerse the darkness in your body. This is what you must do, and it is also your atonement."
"When the darkness in you turns completely into pure white, go find gold!"
"Use your pure whiteness, with countless faces, to question her about everything!"
Yu Jin said this, and waved his hands excitedly. It seems that he still has some talent for public speaking. He even wanted to find Rhinedot and give her a good beating.
Why did you only care about the birth but not the upbringing? Why did you let Durin go even though you knew he was in such a terrible state? Why did you abandon Albedo...
If you can't answer a question, you will be slapped in the face.
Looking at Yu Jin punching with his left hand and slapping with his right hand, Du Lin blinked his big red eyes.
He has been with Yu Jin, Alex, and Bayeta for a long time. Alex must not be disturbed when he is tinkering with machinery, and Bayeta doesn't like strong light...
Durin had figured out all these things, but there were only embers, and Durin knew nothing.
Ember seems to like everything, and yet seems to dislike nothing.
For example, now, Du Lin doesn’t know what the embers are doing.
Feeling the gazes of Alex and the other two, Yu Jin finally calmed down. He pretended to cough and said to Du Lin:
"Do you know what I meant by that?"
Du Lin shook his head. What pure white? What thousands of faces? He was a little confused.
"Actually, it means that you should bring the people you rescued with you when you meet your mother."
"A group of people are quarreling with one person. If you can't win the argument, don't come back to me!"
Chapter 239: Teyvat's Poor Infrastructure
2023-10-18
"Let's go, Xiao Huang."
On the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, Yu Jin waved to the huge golden tree behind him. If he left, Xiao Huang would have to stay here alone, which was really unbearable.
"I will take good care of the golden tree." Under the golden tree, Albedo also waved his hand and said to Cinders.
Yu Jin glanced at Albedo's tent at the foot of the golden tree and the thick notebook in his hand, and immediately put aside his worries about the golden tree.
It seems that Xiao Huang will not be lonely for a long time.
There are two roads from Mondstadt to Liyue. One is through the stone gate and goes straight to Liyue along the road; the other is through the snow-capped mountains, passing a small town called Mingyun Town, and then turning to Liyue.
Generally speaking, everyone tends to take the first route. Not only is the Qianyan Army guarding there, but there is also the Wangshu Inn as a temporary resting place along the way.
As for the other road, not to mention other things, the fact that it has to go through the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain is enough to discourage 99% of people.
But for Yu Jin, this little difficulty is just a piece of cake.
Running down from the top of the mountain, I found that the scenery of Longji Snow Mountain had changed a lot without me noticing.
There was still some snow, but it had already melted. Yu Jin's iron boots stepped on the mountain, leaving behind a very eye-catching large footprint.
But it won't be long before the water from the melted snow will wash away these footprints, and the snow-capped mountain will look like no one has ever been there again.
Ember glanced at the trickle of water flowing past him and stopped.
He looked at the snow-capped mountains behind him that were still covered in white, and thought that if all the snow on the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain melted, not only Mondstadt, but even Liyue would be in great trouble.
As if sensing Yu Jin's doubts, a tender golden seedling grew out of the slightly muddy soil.
When the streams formed by melted snow meet the tiny seedlings, it is like meeting a bottomless pool - they don't know where they will go.
The golden tree is also a tree, it also needs nutrients and water. The snow on the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain is its best source of water.
Seeing this, Yu Jin stopped worrying. He pulled the golden leaves off the golden tree and ran down the mountain.
As the embers moved forward, the ubiquitous white snow gradually became less and less common, replaced by the rare green of the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain.
When a large area of emerald green appeared in his field of vision, Yu Jin knew that he was about to reach the foot of the west side of Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, which was the location of Mingyun Town.
With his foot stepping on a rocky plate, Yu Jin exerted his strength suddenly and flew out.
Mingyun Town was built around a mine, so there is a large depression in its center.
"boom!"
Mingyun Town, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly became noisy. Smoke and dust accompanied by a loud noise appeared at the mine in the center of the town.
"Damn it, I used too much force." Amidst the dust and smoke, Yujin crawled out of the "pit within a pit" under his feet.
I was too excited just now and jumped a little high, and the noise when I came down was too loud.
But it seemed that no one was hurt. After all, he had stepped on many people before, and the feeling of meat paste under his feet was not like this.
Yu Jin waved away the dust in front of his eyes and began to look at everything in front of him.
The unique stale smell of rotten wood, coupled with the dilapidated house, gave Yu Jian a bad feeling.
"anyone there?"
No one answered.
"Is anyone there? I want to steal something!"
No one answered.
Well, it seems that Mingyun Town is completely deserted.
Embers walked out of the lower part of the mine and began to wander around the town.
"Due to the work arrangement from above..."
Yu Jin stopped in front of a relatively intact message board. Looking at the densely packed words on the message board, he finally understood why there was no one in Mingyun Town.
In fact, the mineral deposits have been exhausted and all the minerals have disappeared into the abyss.
"A solitary tree stands alone, with no forest to lean on..."
"Fuck, where did you come from, old man?" An illusory figure suddenly appeared next to Yu Jin, which scared him directly.
However, the figure seemed not to hear Yu Jin's exclamation, and continued to mutter woodenly:
"Gold, silver, and treasures... it's all a joke, a joke..."
"Actually, it's not a joke. Things like money are sometimes very useful." Yu Jin stood aside, listening to the shadow's whispers and pointing out his mistakes.
It seemed that Yu Jin's words had some effect. The illusory figure paused, turned his head, and said to Yu Jin:
"Young man, can you..."
"Go! Go and tell me what's going on!" Yu Jin waved his hand, and the illusory figure was sucked into his body. Also sucked in were four other illusory figures from nowhere.
"Fortunately, I reacted quickly, otherwise I would have to stay in this damn place for a few more days." Yu Jin patted his chest and said thankfully.
Based on Yu Jin's experience, if there was such a development, he would definitely have to run back and forth several times in the end.
So in order to avoid being treated like a slave, Yu Jin decided to take direct action and not give Phantom any chance to speak.
But then again, this leyline is still a magical thing. Once it is disturbed, everything will be messed up.
It was obvious that those phantoms just now appeared due to the disorder of the earth veins.
I heard that sometimes the disorder of the earth veins will produce something called "Hidden Gold Flower". Once it is unblocked, Mora will gush out continuously.
It's a very strange thing, but unfortunately Yu Jin has never seen it. This is normal. If the Hidden Gold Flower is very common, Mora will probably depreciate drastically.
While he was daydreaming, Yu Jin had already walked a long distance. His speed was very fast, but that didn't mean the road was easy.
On the contrary, Yu Jin felt that if the passerby was not him, he would definitely be annoyed to death by this broken road.
There were countless big rocks, waist-high weeds, thorny assassins in the weeds, and so on.
If it weren't for the Ember Armor that he always wore, I'm sure he would have had countless cuts on his body.
After passing through a crevice in the mountains, a wide river appeared in front of Yujin.
The river is beautiful and Ember's mentality is explosive.
As for why? It was because there was no bridge here at that time.
It cannot be said that there is no bridge, but the wooden bridge across the river has long been dilapidated and is completely impassable.
Under the wooden bridge, several pieces of driftwood tied to supporting pillars were floating with the current. It seemed that this was the only way to cross the river.