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As if he felt that it was a bit too monotonous, Dain walked in front and said casually: "I heard about your deeds during the dragon disaster."
"Before you came, this place was called the Wind Dragon Ruins. In fact, in my memory, this place had nothing to do with the dragon most of the time."
"When I first saw the ruins of Old Mondstadt, the Dragon of the East Wind had not yet fallen, let alone built its lair here."
As Dain thought about it, he recalled it at the same time. He was very focused, as if searching for the memories deep in his mind was a bit difficult for him.
"But I remember that Tevarin's accident happened hundreds of years ago?" Paimon scratched her head. She seemed to have discovered something unusual in Dain's words.
"No need to go into this further." Dai Yin replied perfunctorily, obviously not wanting to talk more about this.
"Actually, he's just an old otaku who has lived for hundreds of years." Yu Jin came over and mentioned it briefly.
"Hundreds of years?!" Ying and Paimon both widened their eyes in disbelief.
Dain also stopped and nodded without denying it. Of course, he didn't explain it either.
"Why are you all making such a fuss?" Yu Jin was also surprised when he saw the looks on Ying and Paimon's faces.
"Dain has lived for hundreds of years, hundreds of years!" Paimon flew over and opened his palms towards the embers.
"But you have seen a lot of people like this." Yu Jin thought for a moment, counted his fingers and said, "Let's not count the gods for now. Albedo is hundreds of years old, Ganyu is thousands of years old, and Grandma Ping is also thousands of years old..."
Yu Jin snapped his fingers for a while, then felt annoyed, so he waved his hand and said, "At worst, look at the Fatui executive officers. There are thirteen of them, and all of them are old and immortal."
"Oh, the young man who is still digging ditches doesn't count. He is really just a young man." Yu Jin said at the end, and stabbed the young man with a knife from mid-air.
"It seems to be true. It turns out that long-lived people are quite common." Paimon looked as if he had suddenly realized something.
She hadn't paid attention to it at first, but after Yu Jin said that, Paimon suddenly felt that immortality was nothing great.
"It's not common, it's just that the people you met were of a higher level. But as far as you two are concerned, you can say that." Yu Jin corrected the small mistake Paimeng said.
She felt that immortality was easy, it was just because Ying was very powerful and the people she met were at the top level.
Apart from other things, Bai Shu, the boss of Bubulu, is still struggling to find a way to immortality. Even the boss of the largest medicine shop in Liyue is like this, let alone ordinary people.
"It's rare that you would say something so sensible." Dain rarely agreed with Yu Jin's opinion.
"You've seen too little. When I get serious, I'll kill anyone who stands in my way, even gods who stand in my way!"
As he spoke, Yu Jin started practicing Tai Chi.
This is something he secretly learned from Liyue Park. It is very useful for strengthening the body. As for the others, it can only be said that it is better to lie on the ground and call the Qianyan Army.
"Don't show off your old man's boxing skills. There are three light guides, and we will each be in one of them."
"If my guess is correct, the Abyss Cult will be interested in these ancient relics."
Dain stopped and looked around, looking like he had a plan in mind.
Unfortunately, plans cannot keep up with changes.
"What, a light-guiding mechanism, what is that?"
“I’ve never heard of it.”
"It seems to be a machine commonly used in secret realms. I have only seen it in books."
Among the three, Ying's answer was the most competent.
"Huh..." Dain took a deep breath, turned around, and said to the three people while suppressing his anger:
"Didn't you solve the dragon disaster? How can you unlock the seal on the tower without triggering the mechanism?"
"Sorry, that's not necessary. We'll fly." Yu Jin flew a circle in the sky with a half-blade propeller, and then landed again.
"..."
With Yu Jin's actions, Dain was silenced. Can he still fly like this?
“You guys wait here, I’ll go investigate on my own.” Dain glanced at the three people with confused faces… well, actually two people - Yu Jin was wearing a helmet, so nothing could be seen.
But judging by the way he scratched his head, the expressions on Ying and Paimon's faces should be similar.
"No need! Why do you always want to do it yourself?" Yu Jin waved his hand, then walked forward and began to synchronize the movements of his hands with before.
Dain suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Twalin, come out, something's up."
"boom!"
The strong winds around became even more violent. In the swirling winds, a giant green dragon rose into the air from the high tower!
The green figure circled in the air, and soon landed on the broken bridge where Yu Jin and others were.
"call!"
The four dragon wings blew up the rubble on the bridge, and a huge shadow enveloped everyone.
"What's the matter? If you want to come to my house, you have to wait a while. I haven't built it yet."
Tevarin’s first sentence confused Dain again. Can this dragon of the east wind really build a nest?
Not only Dain, Ying and Paimon were also very curious about what Tevarin said.
"Don't worry, I will ask you for help when the time comes." Tevarin glanced at Ying and Paimon. These two humans had helped him and could be considered his friends.
As for the one next to them...
Tevarin glanced at Dain, giving him a misleading aura.
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
Tevarin only took a quick look and stopped paying attention to Dain. After all, he was brought by Ember, so he must be trustworthy.
"Looking for the Abyss Apostle, have you seen him?"
"No, if it was an Abyss Mage, I might not have noticed it."
"But if it's an Apostle of the Abyss..."
Tevarin showed his dragon claws. The Abyss Singer had given it a pretty rough beating before. If they dared to appear in his territory again, none of them would be able to escape!
After listening to Tevarin's words, Yu Jin nodded. Then he turned to Dain and said earnestly:
"See, how can one person working alone be faster than having someone to help him?"
"There's a saying in Liyue: More friends, more paths. I think you just have too few friends."
Chapter 348 The End of the Journey
2023-12-12
"Why do you know so many people?!" Dain looked up at Tevarin who was sharpening his nails, and finally couldn't help but start complaining.
Let’s not talk about why Ember is so familiar with Andrius and Tevarin. Just the action of Tevarin sharpening his nails is enough to make people complain.
Why would a dragon need to cut its nails? And the nail clippers Tevarin used seemed to fit the dragon perfectly, as if they were made for it.
Could it be that Dongfeng Zhilong would specially hire someone to customize nail clippers?
Dain wondered if he had stayed underground for too long, so long that many things on the ground were difficult for him to understand.
"Because I love making friends!" Ember patted Tevarin's dragon claw, but the latter dodged it.
"Cut your nails and don't touch me."
With a "crack" sound, fragments of the dragon claw as big as a head flew out and almost hit Dain who was standing beside him.
"Friends..." Dai Yin turned his head to dodge the flying "hidden weapon" and muttered a few words in a low voice.
It seems like friends haven't appeared in my life for a long time.
"You're quite an interesting person." Dain crossed his arms and said to Ember as if with emotion.
He had met many people, but under the curse of immortality, these people became vague shadows, and nothing was left except memories.
As for Ember, Dain could be sure that no matter how much time had passed, his image would not fade much in his mind.
"I think you guys are more interesting." Yu Jin looked around and said as if in admiration.
"Let's not talk about whether it's interesting or not for now. It seems that we didn't see the Apostle of the Abyss this time." Paimon looked at Dain and spread his hands.
There was even a hint of regret in her tone.
"Humph, I can't call it a regret that I didn't look directly at that twisted thing."
"Besides, I believe you will definitely have some interactions with them in the future."
Dain snorted coldly. The sight of a monster like the Apostle of the Abyss made people feel uncomfortable.
If possible, Dain didn't want to have too much contact with them.
"Oh, that's right. It seems to be true." Paimeng looked as if she had suddenly realized something. Then she turned to Ying and said:
"Since it's a powerful monster, let's just avoid it next time we meet it!"
"Haha, it would be great if we could avoid the dangers during travel." Dain chuckled a few times when he heard Paimon's words.
There are some things that cannot be avoided no matter how hard you try. He felt this deeply.
"In fact, it's okay to go around it. When I become stronger, I can let the former 'trouble' know what real trouble is!"
Yu Jin looked very familiar to me, he was like this in the past. If you can't beat the trouble you encounter? Run first! When you become stronger, let the "trouble" feel the pain!
"Yu Jin, have you ever traveled before?" Paimon looked curious. Could it be that Yu Jin had also embarked on a journey?
"Um... forget it. I won't talk. You guys talk." Yu Jin thought for a moment and felt that his previous experiences could not be considered traveling.
Can it be called traveling if you just hack and kill your way through?
Seeing this, Ying stopped paying attention to Yu Jin. She wanted to ask Yu Jin some travel tips, but seeing this, she decided to give up.
“It would be great if it were so easy to become stronger. Things that happen during the journey are best solved during the journey.” Dain stretched out his arm covered by black leather sleeves and shook his head.
There are only three ways to become stronger in Teyvat - obtaining the Eye of God, extraordinary talents, and seeking external power.
As for what the external force is...
Anything is fine, the remnants of demons, the authority of gods, and even the madness of the abyss... as long as it can be controlled.
However, Dain himself was naturally insulated from the first path; as for the second path, when Dain's body fell into the curse, his former human talents were also destroyed.
So he seeks external strength.