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"So ugly! Where did you buy it? I need to avoid lightning in the future!"
Before Zhong Li finished speaking, Hu Tao couldn't wait to complain.
She had wanted to ask for a long time, where did this stone lion with dyed hair come from? Even if the hair was dyed, the hair was also dyed purple. It was so ugly.
"Um..., I carved this myself." Yi Yan scratched his head, and he also looked up at the two stone lions at the door. They were indeed a bit ugly.
But what can he do? You can’t blame him if the materials are not good! Who makes this hanging statue glow purple all day long?
When the stone lions were carved out, Yi Yan himself was shocked, but after careful consideration, he kept the two stone lions.
The main reason is that there is no lantern at his door, and these two stone lions can be used to illuminate it.
Although the two purple lights flashing at the door at night are very strange.
"Haha, it is indeed an ember. The materials used to carve the stone lion are so... so special." Ruotu adjusted his thick glasses, shook his head and smiled.
It was surprising enough that the statue of the Seven Heavens God was eroded by the abyss, but in the end, the statue was actually carved into a stone lion, which was really unexpected.
But when they thought that it was Yan Yan who did this, everyone suddenly felt that there was nothing surprising.
"Do you want me to give you one?" Seeing Zhongli and Ruota looking at the two stone lions from time to time, Yu Jin felt that they had found their New Year's gifts.
Each person will receive a purple-haired stone lion, take it and we won’t give it away!
"Forget it, only Brother Yu Jin can control such a strange thing." Zhongli smiled and shook his head.
If this thing hadn't been next to Yu Jin's house, Zhongli would have estimated that the abyssal power in it would have escaped long ago.
Since this thing can be firmly controlled here in Ember, let it stay here.
Everything about the abyss was very troublesome, and Zhongli didn't want to have to work overtime at the end of the year.
"So, what are you looking for me for?" Yi Yan raised the skin in his hand and covered the frame of the hot air balloon.
From a distance, it really looks like a big sky lantern.
"I invite you to be my guest. We will meet at Crescent Pavilion on the day of the Sea Lantern Festival! Then, I can teach you how to weave Xiaolan lanterns!"
Hutao circled the hot air balloon in the yard and told them the purpose of their trip.
"Can your sky lantern carry people?"
Ember asked immediately.
"Well..., it seems that the Xiao Lantern cannot carry people." Hu Tao was almost caught in the embers, but she reacted quickly.
Xiaodeng is not something that can carry people, right?
"Forget it, I have something to do on the day of the Lantern Festival." Yi Yan waved his hand and refused.
"Is that so? Then... okay then!" Hutao didn't expect Yi Yan to refuse so simply, and didn't react for a moment.
"In that case, let's not disturb Brother Yu Jin." Zhong Li nodded when he heard this, but there was no regret in his tone.
He still has a long life left, and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.
"Bye!" Yi Yan was not polite and waved goodbye to everyone.
Everyone walked away and the courtyard became quiet again. But Ember always felt like something was missing.
He slapped his head and suddenly remembered, where is Menggert?
"Ahem! I'm here, King." Yu Yan suddenly felt that Mengt appeared in front of his eyes.
But he took a closer look and found that Menggert's position had not changed at all. Why was he ignored?
"Have you learned skills from Black Knife?" Yi Jin looked at Menggert and asked curiously.
This concealment skill is almost the same as a black knife. If you were to put on a suit of scale armor, it would be a large black knife.
"No, could it be that the king has forgotten the magic you cast on me?" Menggert reminded.
Only then did Ember react. This was a good trick he learned from Paimon, called the Great Ignore Technique!
The function is to make others ignore the anomalies in the ruins, but now it seems to be a bit too much, and it has directly turned into ignoring the existence of this person.
"anyone there?"
Just as Ember and Menggert were discussing the direction of improvement on the neglect technique, other people's voices came from outside the door.
"Come in." Yi Yan raised his head, why are there so many people today? Isn't this place usually a place where birds don't poop?
This time, it was also a trio who pushed in the door. The trio of Baizhu, Qiqi and Agui.
"Let me guess, you invited me to dinner?" Yu Yan looked at the three people and said while pacing.
"It seems that Mr. Yu Yan is also good at divination." Bai Shu was a little surprised when he heard this. Yu Jin guessed right. They just wanted to invite Yu Jin to a New Year's Eve dinner.
"No, it's just that someone has been here before, and they also wanted to treat me to dinner." Yu Yan stopped and spread his hands.
"I didn't expect Mr. Ember to be so popular. It seems that we arrived too late." Baizhu chuckled and shook his head, saying with some regret.
Originally, he thought that Yan Yan was alone and could just invite him to join in the fun, but he didn't expect that he was not the only one who had this idea.
"I didn't know there would be so many people coming to me for dinner." Yi Yan scratched his head, this was really a strange thing.
"Actually, you can treat me to a local meal, which will save you money."
Yi Yan thought for a while and felt that he needed to tell them one thing: eating and eating dirt were the same thing to him.
Chapter 395 Big Sky Lantern
2024-01-04
"Clap clap clap!"
"Bang bang bang!"
"Shhhhhh!"
"I've had chicken blood injections today, right? Why is it so noisy?"
Yan Yan got off the bed and looked at the dense firelight in the early morning sky and said irritably.
This crackling sound has not stopped since the past few days, and today it has reached its peak.
Looking up, the clear sky is filled with colorful fire rain. They bloom in the sky for the most beautiful moment, and then quickly dissipate.
Countless epiphyllums that only belong to the sky are in full bloom continuously, and the brilliant light even completely covers up the blue of the sky background.
Regarding the scene in front of him, Ember said that he could not understand it, but he was greatly shocked.
"Do you know what day it is today?" Yi Yan ran to the yard and sat next to Menggert.
He reached over and looked at the thick book in Mengt's hand. The words written on it were square and square, and the wording and grammar were completely different from the common Teyvat common language.
Unable to understand, Yi Yan stretched his head back knowingly.
"What day is it today?" Mengt's eyes showed a little confusion, and he looked around.
Sure enough, in Ember's house, there is no such thing as a calendar.
This is a little troublesome. He, like Ember, is not sensitive to dates. Menggert really doesn’t know what day it is today.
Looking up at the sky that could be called light pollution, Menggert sighed.
Then he narrowed his eyes, holding the book in one hand and the pen in the other, and began to check the calculations in front of the ember.
"Shhhhh!"
Amidst the crackling sound of firecrackers, the sound of the pen tip scratching the paper was faintly heard.
Not long after, Menggert took back his pen and paper, rubbed his eyes and said, "To tell the king, today should be a full moon night."
"And judging from the stars, it's the first full moon night of the new year."
"The first full moon night of the new year, isn't that the Sea Lantern Festival?" Yi Yan exclaimed when he heard this.
Since it is the Hai Lantern Festival, why not join in the fun? Thinking of this, Ember ran out of the door.
Mengt saw it, smiled and shook his head. Then he sat down again and read the book in his hand.
He is not a person who likes to join in the fun. No matter what day it is, Menggert's daily life will not change in any way.
……
Walking into the streets of Liyue, Yi Yan once again felt what it means to be "crowded".
There seemed to be a lot more people in Liyue all of a sudden. Walking on the streets, it was a bustling scene.
But the most eye-catching thing is the huge deer statue in the center of the street.
The giant deer faced the sea, holding its head high and looking like it was about to take off.
A crowd gathered in front of the giant deer, including many familiar figures to Yi Yan.
Holding Guoba's tail, Yan Yan came to Xiang Ling.
"Hey, your good friend almost disappeared." After patting Xiang Ling's shoulder, Yi Yan threw the rice cake into her arms.
"Where did I say the rice cake went? Thank you, Yu Yan." Xiang Ling put the rice cake down and knocked on its head.
"What is this?" Yi Yan waved his hand and asked about the giant deer in front of him.
When he walked in and took a look, he realized that this thing was not a statue, but an empty shelf made of bamboo wood.
Judging from the way Xiang Ling placed food on the table above, she should know something about this thing.
"You don't know?" Xiang Ling seemed surprised that Yu Yan didn't know about this giant deer.
Even if Yu Yan is an outsider, he should know a little bit about it after these few days of publicity, right?
"Should you know?" Yi Yan spread his hands. He is a model adventurer. He completes the daily tasks of the Adventurers Association without hesitation every day. He spends much more time in the wild than in the city.
"Okay, this is Xiao Deng." Xiang Ling thought for a while. It seemed that Yan Yan was not from Liyue. He didn't know that it was quite normal.
"Is this thing also a Xiao Lantern?" Yu Jin took a few steps back and looked at the big guy in front of him in shock.
Ordinary sky lanterns are only half the size of a person, but this giant deer lantern is several meters tall and has a unique shape.
If this could be called a sky lantern, Yu Yan felt that the hot air balloon he had made with his hands in the past few days was called a sky lantern.
"Actually, it's not just a sky lantern, it's also a large firework. You'll find out later in the evening." Xiang Ling added a few words mysteriously.
"Then what is this for?" Yi Yan saw the incense burning table again, and the incense burner on it was about to burst with the incense sticks.