The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 244 Please Don’t Eat Me
Inazuma, the wild place of white fox.

The woman with shoulder-length hair wearing a white fox mask and a red and white witch costume secretly glanced into the distance again, then quickly retracted her gaze, hid behind a big tree, and patted her chest lightly.

How scary! How could such a scary guy suddenly appear in Inazuma?

Obviously, she came here because she felt that a destined person who could purify the filth of the earth veins had appeared... Hanasari sighed, struggling in her heart.

I wanted to take another look to see if the scary guy had left and to confirm his location, but I was also worried that if he found me by mistake, I would really...

She struggled for a long time and finally made up her mind.

Take one more look, just one more look!
If He had completely left or walked far away, he wouldn't have to worry and hide carefully. He could make a little more noise and escape as quickly as possible to the deepest part of the root system of the sacred cherry tree at the Shadow Mountain Mingjin Grand Shrine.

It's a pity that I didn't find my destined person...

Hua Sanli was filled with regret. She quietly poked her head out from behind a big tree like a thief and looked in the direction of the terrifying existence.

Huh? Why is it gone?
Hua Sanli was slightly stunned. Could it be that He finally left?
"Oh!"

"boom!"

The blade flashing with lightning swept across the thick tree trunk, and with the explosion of thunder, the tree was split into two and fell to the ground with a loud bang.

"Alas--!"

Hanasari screamed and was about to run away, but the lightning blade was across her neck, making her dare not move. The red and white priestess swallowed her saliva, and her eyes passed through the mask to see the purple-haired woman with a cold face holding a naginata, who was very familiar in her memory, and the black-haired man standing beside her, looking at her with interest.

!!!

When the black-haired man glanced at her, Hanasari shuddered, closed her eyes, and shouted without thinking: "Please don't eat me! I'm not delicious at all!"

"Who wants to eat you?"

Chen Tianfeng twitched the corner of his mouth and recognized the identity of the red and white priestess in front of him: Hanasari.

Five hundred years ago, Inazuma was engulfed by a pitch-black disaster. Kitsunesaigumi, the chief priest of the Narujin Taisha Shrine at the time, stepped forward in the crisis and successfully resisted the disaster, bringing a crucial turning point for Inazuma, but she herself was also engulfed by the disaster and died.

But the memory of the Kitsai Palace was so strong that even the Dark Disaster could not completely dispel it. After the disaster was defeated, it itself flowed into the earth as a burning filth.

Thus, the shrine maiden named Hanasari was born.

She is the filth condensed from the memories of Kitsunayamiya. She inherited Kitsunayamiya's memories and understood her responsibilities because of these memories - to protect Ming Shen Island and purify the filth, even if she disappears as a result.

Anyone willing to sacrifice himself for protection is honorable.

Chen Tianfeng winked at Ying, indicating that the red and white witch in front of him was not a threat, and turned his gaze back, folding his arms: "Tell me, why are you peeking at us."

Ying put away his naginata, his purple eyes lit up slightly, and in an instant he saw through the true nature of the red and white priestess, then he frowned slightly.

There was no doubt that the red and white priestess in front of her was the embodiment of the filth of the earth veins, but for some reason, she felt that she was somewhat familiar... Was it an illusion?
"..."

Hua Sanli opened her eyes and first looked at Ying with a complicated expression, then turned her gaze to Chen Tianfeng, half surprised and half testing: "You...really don't plan to eat me?"

"Why would I eat you?"

Chen Tianfeng found it hard to imagine what kind of image he had in Hua Sanli's mind.
Before his body was resurrected, he did swallow a lot of earth energy in a panic due to hunger, but these are things of the past.

Since sneaking into Inazuma, he has not eaten a single bite of earth vein energy. Seeing that Hua Sanli still looked a little unconvinced, Chen Tianfeng grinned: "Don't worry, I've eaten a long time ago. I'm not hungry at all now. I won't eat you."

"……I see."

Hua Sanli was obviously relieved, then he thought of something, looked at Chen Tianfeng, and hesitated: "Um...when you feel that you are getting hungry, can you tell me in advance?"

"...Okay, I agree."

"Many thanks!"

Hua Sanli bowed to Chen Tianfeng with gratitude. She still had her duties to fulfill and could not die like this.

Ying's eyes moved between the two of them, and his lips moved slightly, and his voice reached Chen Tianfeng's ears: "You even eat the filth of the earth veins?"

Lord Ogosho was greatly shocked.

"…Life forced me to live a hard life. I had just arrived in Teyvat and was quite hungry."

Chen Tianfeng also moved his lips slightly, allowing a breeze to carry the words into Ying's ears.

But before coming to Inazuma, Mr. Zhongli said that the sacred cherry tree and the earth veins of Inazuma might contain important information about the resurrection of the soul... Hanasanri is the dark disaster that flows into the earth veins, is absorbed by the sacred cherry tree, and gathers in its roots. It happens to be related to both the earth veins and the sacred cherry tree.

Could it be her that Mr. Zhongli is talking about?

Chen Tianfeng stroked his chin and looked up and down at Hua Sanli, feeling a little unsure.

Hua Sanli noticed Chen Tianfeng's scrutiny and quietly distanced herself from him, wondering if this terrifying existence was hungry. But she didn't dare to get too far away, fearing that the two would misunderstand her, so she had to stay as far away from Chen Tianfeng as possible and closer to Ying.

"I'm too hungry... So, you can't eat now, or you're not hungry so you don't want to eat?" Ying thought for a moment and asked.

"The latter. Why do you ask?"

"What else can you eat besides leyline filth?"

"I eat energy. Your description makes me feel like I only eat garbage."

"Um... then, sorry?" Ying seemed to smile, with a faint expectation in his tone: "Tian Feng, can you eat the evil god?"

"You mean the pollution after the fall of Orobas on Bayin Island?"

Chen Tianfeng raised his eyebrows slightly: "I can eat it, but I remember that part of Inazuma's business was built on the energy of the evil spirit. If I eat it like this, won't the loss be too great?"

Inazuma is most famous for its sword forging, and even gave rise to its own sword legend. The reason why Inazuma can forge sharp and hard swords is because of a special material called "Tama Steel" - to produce Tamagotchi, one must rely on the power of the evil spirit.

The Inazuma people built a smelting plant for producing Tamaguteri on an island called Tamaguteri Sand. In order to expand the scale of production in the past few years, they invited a consulting team from Fontaine to build the [Myōkage Furnace Core] that can fully utilize the power of the evil spirit.

If Chen Tianfeng could eat the evil spirit completely, the legend of the Inazuma sword would probably just be a legend.

"Just eat half of it. After all, humans have never truly utilized the full power of the evil god. The jade steel forging only uses some of the evil god's [scraps]."

Ying shook his head and said seriously, "Everything is excessive. Moreover, the evil spirit has always done more harm than good to Inazuma."

(End of this chapter)