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"Traveler, those are the Beast Realm hounds, right? Then what are those dark figures?"
From the perspective of Ying and Paimon, they could see that the beast hounds were fighting with the dark humanoid creatures. From a distance, the beast hounds' attacks on the dark humanoids were completely ineffective. Soon, the beast hounds were destroyed cleanly and neatly, and their bodies fell from mid-air to the ground. They became corpses. Then the dark figures carried the corpses of the beast hounds and began to move.
"Those dark guys are coming! Travelers."
Paimon hid behind Ying, and Ying held his weapon, the edgeless sword, in his own hand.
There was no fighting between the two sides. The dark figures seemed to ignore Ying and Paimon and walked past them.
Paimon patted his chest and took a deep breath, "You scared me to death, Traveler. I thought they were going to fight us! So where are they going next? They turned a corner."
"Paimon, let's follow."
"Ok."
The process of tracking the humanoid shadows was easy. The humanoid shadows carrying the corpse of the beast hound were only part of the group. The other part of the humanoid shadows were still able to fight and cleared the monsters they encountered along the way. They were moving along the path, and even a dirt road was much easier to walk on than a place without a road.
"What do you think these things are, traveler?"
“Maybe they’ll know when they reach their destination.”
Ying didn't know the answer. After traveling to three countries, she had never seen such a thing.
Time will give the answer.
Following the humanoid shadows, they entered the desolate sea from Shadow Mountain. There were many self-regulatory organizations here, which were much stronger than the hillbillies and slimes. These monsters had a great influence on the humanoid shadows. So much so that the humanoid shadows carrying corpses put down the corpses and chose to fight.
But the balance was still maintained. When Ying was hesitating whether to help, a large number of humanoid shadows came from afar, many of whom were also carrying the corpses of Beast Realm Hounds.
With the addition of these human-shaped black shadows, those autonomous mechanism-type monsters are no match at all.
Then, the human-shaped black shadows gathered together and moved forward in one direction in a mighty manner.
"Wow, Traveler. Those shadowy things don't care about these corpses at all. Should we take down the materials on the autonomous mechanism?"
Paimon is not an adventurer, but after a long time of adventure with Ying, the adventurer, he also understands that the materials from killing monsters are one of the major sources of income for adventurers. For example, the core dropped by the slime after death, the arrows dropped by the hillbilly after death, etc. have recycling value.
There is more material on the self-regulatory bodies.
Ying shook her head: "Let's catch up."
It takes time to collect materials from autonomous monsters. After the slime dies, its body will naturally dissolve, leaving only its core. For autonomous monsters, you need to do it yourself to get the materials.
Instead of wasting time, Ying and Paimon continued to follow those humanoid shadows.
From what I've seen, those humanoid shadows are targeting monsters. They don't react to Paimon and me. So are they setting us as friends?
The movements were in perfect unison, with the same time interval between each movement. It was indeed a mechanized existence.
But why is the appearance a dark shadow?
Ying observed that from the outside these things looked like a person's shadow being filled with something, becoming a three-dimensional existence.
Who would do such a thing?
Taking Paimon from sneaking around to following openly, Ying kept thinking, and she had a rough answer in her mind.
Such a fancy ability. Maybe it's that person...
Soon, the conjecture was confirmed by reality.
After walking for quite a while in the large area of the desolate sea, we came to the side of the suspected ruins. The humanoid shadows were piling up the corpses of the beast realm hounds on their bodies, and soon formed a small hill.
Then the human-shaped black shadows walked towards the shadow of a person one by one, and finally merged into one with that shadow.
Ying knew that person.
Li Mo, the priest of Narujin Taisha Shrine.
Chapter 436: Meeting
Li Mo was very familiar with the vast area of the Desolate Sea. When he first came to Teyvat, he landed on Renlian Island. At that time, he helped a group of wandering warriors to fight against the private soldiers of certain families. After that night, everyone returned to Ming Shen Island and landed around the Desolate Sea.
The desolate sea at that time was very different from what it is now.
Li Mo didn't feel anything about this change. Young people are like this. It's the time to accept new things. It's far from the stage of the elderly who reject anything new.
After walking down from Mingjin Taisha, Li Mo released all the "Dragon Relics" and began to hunt the Beast Realm Hounds. The erosion ability of the Beast Realm Hounds was effective against the soldiers created by the "Dragon Relics", but they could not withstand their endless supply.
It was only a matter of time before all the beast hounds near Yingxiang Mountain were killed, and it was also very easy. The only difficulty was probably that he was responsible for finding the answer to the question of why the beast hounds appeared on Ming Shen Island.
These monsters should only appear in Heguan.
However, he originally wanted to wait at the former Naruto-taisha Shrine, where he and Hanasari used to set off fireworks together. But in the end, he changed his mind for other reasons, and Li Mo still came to the desolate sea.
Then, stay here and communicate with this blind old man.
"How about tea?"
Li Mo responded: "It tastes great. The old man is worthy of being the general's tea master."
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the corpses of the beast hounds piled up into a small hill. They were the spoils brought by the returning "dragon relics". Looking further ahead, I could see the traces of Ying and Paimon.
"No, no, it's great to receive your praise, the priest. It's just a pity that the general can't taste my tea now..."
"There will be a chance." Li Mo said as he dealt with the old man in front of him. At the same time, he raised his hand and the shadow of the witch emerged from the shadows to communicate with Ying and Paimon over there.
"No, I am old. Compared to the eternal General, I will return to the dust sooner or later. Thank you, Priest."
The shadow of the witch stopped halfway through her journey.
Because the old tea maker in front of him just disappeared out of thin air.
Then it would be meaningless to stop Ying and Paimeng from coming. Next, there should be another place where the information leaked out. I just don't know who will be there? Soldiers? Or ordinary people? It should be soldiers, right? Ordinary people can't hold on for such a long time.
While he was thinking, Paimon and Ying came over.
"Priest, Priest. Why did the person who was talking to you just now disappear in a flash? Where did he go? How did he leave?" Paimon asked.
Li Mo: "Where do you think a person who died in 500 years would go?"
“Ah…!!!” Paimon covered his mouth and flew backwards, his little face full of shock.
"Don't be so surprised, little Paimon." Li Mo said, pointing to the damaged roots of the God Sakura tree next to him, and said: "The God Sakura tree is the sacred tree that purifies the filth of the entire Inazuma. The absorbed filth flows through its roots and is purified."
He pointed to the small hill of corpses of Beast Realm Hounds nearby and said, "Monsters like Beast Realm Hounds destroyed the roots of the Divine Sakura Tree, and the purified filth inside flowed out, causing this situation. They are just the remnants of memory."
Having completed the Great Purification of the God Sakura and become a priest of the Mingjin Taisha Shrine, Li Mo knows a lot about the God Sakura tree. When he saw the soldier who died in the battle before, he knew the reason for his existence.
They are a weakened version of Hanasari.
The memory of Kitsai-gū is so strong that even filth cannot completely erase her existence. People like Hanasari were born... Li Mo suspected that the tree tumor-like existence that was purified by the divine cherry blossom purification in the past was because it could not digest Kitsai-gū's memory...
"In other words, the memories of the deceased in the past have reappeared?"
"Yes."
Li Mo pointed to the table in front of him and said, "Come and have some tea. That was the last time the old man made tea."
After a pause, he smiled and said, "I will take this pot of tea back to Narugami Taisha Shrine later."
"Alas, won't it be cold by then?"
"Paimeng, I have special heat preservation skills." Li Mo said.
This technique means putting something directly into the inventory to save it. According to previous research, time is stopped in the inventory, and things like food will not decay. Once you put it in, no matter when you take it out, it will be the same as when you put it in.
It is perfect for storing food and drinks.
Li Mo thinks the inventory is very convenient and is one of the only two useful features of this broken system.
When they each had a cup of tea, they put the teapot into the inventory.
It was natural to talk about Ying's purpose of coming.
"So that's how it is. Are you here because you saw the battle between the shadow soldiers and the beast hounds? I didn't expect you would take on this mission. I was thinking that after we were done, we would go to the Adventurer's Association to cancel this mission." Li Mo said, pinching his chin.
Paimon asked: "Was the mission issued by the priest?"
"Yes, I wanted to deal with this matter slowly. The Beast Realm Hounds' range of activities is in the wild. But Naihe Ying takes this matter very seriously."
"Then, will the priest cancel the mission?" Paimon rubbed his hands together, looking rather nervous.
"I'm too lazy to cancel it. You can just take these materials and complete the task later."
"Great, the priest is really a good person." Paimon raised her hands high, very happy. Then she came to Ying's side and cheered: "Traveler, traveler, we can go eat delicious food!"
Ying touched Paimon's little head and asked, "Priest, is this okay?"
"The mission reward is just Mora, not worth mentioning." Li Mo said: "Speaking of which. Ying, since leaving Mingshen Taisha, you went straight to Qinglai Island, right?"
"Yes, Master Priest. Paimon and I accepted the adventurer's mission and headed to Qinglai Island for reconnaissance." Ying said.
She had met General Raiden at the Mingjin Taisha Shrine. Later, Ying had another conversation with the priest in front of her, and learned more from him.
Li Mo shook his head: "I am confused because I haven't seen any relevant reports. I guess you guys just came back? Is your next destination Xumi?"
"Yes."
"I have been observing historical materials on Inazuma recently. Although Kanreya is a godless country, it has exchanges with the Seven Kingdoms. Records of it can be found in past historical materials."
Thanks to the complete system created by Lei Dianzhen in the past, Li Mo was able to fully search for historical materials in this regard. The name of Kan Ruiya still remained in those historical materials hundreds of years ago.
Li Mo said, "If my inference is correct, then Kanreya is deep underground near Xumi. Therefore, it is necessary to go to Xumi."
"I understand. Thank you, Priest." Ying knew very well that her blood relatives had a deep connection with Kanriya.
"Speaking of help, I need your help with something. Ying." Li Mo said.
Chapter 437: Sad Association
The origin of the name of the Desolate Sea is unclear. But this is a rare plain on Ming Shen Island. There is a certain height difference, but it doesn't matter. The sun shines here, dyeing everything around with an orange filter.
Now, it was already dusk. For the sake of convenience, we stayed where we were.
The priest of Naruto-taisha Shrine is a powerful and reliable person. In Paimon's eyes, the priest is more reliable than the singing boy.
The street singer had a dark history of being knocked unconscious by the Fatui's executive officer. Paimon sometimes wondered, is he really the God of Wind?
"Ying, what do you think when you see those warriors today?"
"Is the dark disaster that happened to Inazuma five hundred years ago also related to Kanreya?"
Ying asked.