Genshin Impact, I'm Slime

Chapter 429 The Preemptive Uninvited Guest

Following Zhongli's prompt, the traveler finally lit up all the elemental obelisks after going through a lot of twists and turns.

"Look, the seal has really been opened, as expected of Mr. Zhongli!"

When the traveler and Paimon returned, Wan Yan, who was guarding the seal, was praising Zhongli's knowledge; Clement curiously probed into the bottomless pit, as if wanting to determine what was inside.

Famas, whose main body was a slime, also stood beside the circular pit. He keenly noticed the fresh salt stains on the edge of the ruins, and there was a little slime of inactive slime on it.

It seems that uninvited guests have entered the ruins of the salt god before them.

The young man glanced at Zhongli, who was still in deep thought, and pretended to be casually approaching the inactivated slime, beckoning gently to cover the traces that might reveal the other's existence with soil.

"I only know a little bit... It's time for people to know the secret that has been buried for a long time..."

Zhong Li obviously didn't notice what Famas was doing, he just responded to Wan Yan's compliment with emotion, and then looked at Clement.

"But before entering the ruins, I have a proposal to avoid unnecessary quarrels."

Perhaps it was because Zhong Li broke the seal, Wan Yan and Clemente both nodded politely, waiting for Zhong Li's next words.

"Please sign the contract with the two of you. The content of the contract is: [Take things in order, one at a time]."

"To show your sincerity, you can choose, and you don't need to put me in the sequence."

As soon as Zhongli finished speaking, the traveler actively raised her hand to signal that she and Paimon would not participate in the selection of the relics.

After all, she and Famas had taken away the reward for dealing with the whirlpool demon god Oser in the warehouse of the Hall of Rebirth earlier.

"Hey, hey... Ying, don't give up such a good opportunity so quickly!"

Paimon protested softly, and Famas, who had cleaned up the traces, came out from behind the crowd, slightly spreading his hands, expressing that he did not need the relic of the God of Salt either.

"Oh, why are you both like this!"

Paimon pursed his lips in protest, besides, the greedy Clement also opposed the contract.

"I don't agree! Does this mean... I want to share the harvest with this half-assed archaeologist?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Seeing Clement's greedy face, Wan Yan was not happy anymore, and clenched her fists angrily.

"Hmph, these fools will only ruin the cultural relics left by Lord Heulia, right? I... I can't accept it either."

Zhongli didn't react too much to the protest of the two, but just nodded lightly.

"Then...if the contract cannot be established, I will no longer serve as a consultant. What treasures and traps are hidden in this ruins will all be identified based on the experience of the two of you."

Hearing that Zhongli was no longer going to continue to perform his duties as a guide, Clement panicked, and hurriedly changed his mind and agreed.

"This, this... Oh, okay, since it is the remains of the sealed Demon God of Salt, even if you can only get half of it, it is enough to make money."

Adventurers and scholars who have been exploring various ancient ruins all year round know that the existence of a knowledgeable person like Zhongli who understands various mechanisms will greatly reduce the difficulty of exploring ancient ruins.

Wan Yan was also a little shaken, hesitated for a moment, and gritted her teeth in embarrassment.

"If you want me to agree to the contract... that's okay, I only have one request, Mr. Zhongli... If you find out the truth about Lord Heulia, please make a fair judgment, even if the truth is not good for Morax. "

Zhong Li Shi Shi nodded, and stroked the golden wrench worn on the thumb of his right hand.

"The exchange condition is so, I can accept it, then, let's go."

Zhongli led the way down the steep rock wall, and the traveler and Paimon hurriedly followed.

"It's a good thing that these two guys have self-knowledge, knowing that they can't get anything by themselves..."

Paimon whispered in Yingmei's ear, while Famas, who had experienced the War of the Demon God, looked at the familiar architectural style in the ruins, feeling quite different.

Although Gaefeng Demon God ruled the salty soil in the north and Guili Shuangwang conquered the sea in the south, the surrounding demon gods did not look down on the barren land of Salt in the Ground.

The teenager also led troops to garrison in the salt soil. Although the salt in the ground was not a vast area at that time, it also flourished and developed by virtue of the salt trade, full of vigor and prosperity.

Now the remains of the Demon God of Salt are gloomy and depressing, without any vitality.

Under the dim yellow light coming from nowhere, the salt stains covering the ground and the white statues standing upright give people an inexplicable sense of eerieness. There are scattered wood and ruined stone walls everywhere in the ruins. It can only be vaguely distinguished that this is a settlements.

"Huh? These brittle-looking statues seem to be made of salt..."

Paimon stretched out his little hand to try to touch the lifelike salted statues, but Famas, who was following behind, stepped in front of Paimon, and raised his hand to pinch the back of the little mascot's neck.

"Don't touch strange things, Paimon."

"Are these really statues?" Wan Yan walked around the statue of the pillar of salt curiously, "It looks very delicate, but the atmosphere here is too bad."

"...No, they were once living humans."

Zhongli calmly told the terrifying truth, which made Paimeng let out a scream immediately, and before he could blame Famas for pinching the back of her neck, he quickly hid behind the young man.

Clemente didn't care about these things, he leaned in front of a kneeling salt sculpture with great interest, carefully observing the movement of the sculpture.

"Huh? This posture, is it praying to something?"

"Ah, by the way, this is the remains of the Demon God of Salt, so they are the followers of the Demon God of Salt back then?"

After Clemente finished speaking, he kept signaling to Wanyan behind him with his eyes, as if implying that the other party believed in the Demon God of Salt, and would end up the same as this statue.

"Then... why did they become like this?" Paimon still covered his eyes and didn't dare to look, "Wow, this look! It's scarier than finding a dead body!"

Wan Yan was also shocked by the tragic situation in the ruins, and did not respond to Clemente's provocation, and said to herself as if she had lost her soul: "What happened...in the past?"

Everyone carefully passed through the salt sculptures of various shapes, and walked up the stone steps. There were still mottled salt stains and dilapidated buildings along the way. They could easily observe that the whole city was destroyed in an instant, and it was destroyed by time. Gradually weathered appearance.

At the end of the steps is a hall where a stone bowl is placed and surrounded by salted worshipers.

"It's not so much a pious kneeling, it's better to say that it seems to be afraid of something?"

Clemente evaluated as he walked, and there were more and more salted statues in the depths of the ruins.

Until everyone came to a room that was clearly arranged as an altar, and found a salt cup on the enshrining table.

(End of this chapter)