The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 271 Uncle, are the will-o'-the-wisps safe?

Bayun Island, the head of the snake gods.

Thousands of years ago, due to various reasons, the demon god Oropus chose to lead the people of the Coral Palace to brazenly invade the territory of Ming Shen from the east, actively provoking a war, which led to the death of Ming Shen's beloved general Tengu Sasayuri.

Later, Orochi was killed by His Majesty the Ogosho and died on Yamashima Island.

The remains of the giant snake almost took up half of the island. Even after thousands of years, if you stand on a high place and look down, you can still see the bones clearly. The knife mark that almost cut through the island and caused the seawater to rush in - the narrow space of the Wuxiang Blade lies quietly. Except for a few exotic plants that can survive, it is still a forbidden area for living things.

Today, the remains of the giant snake have merged with Bayun Island. The wind-eroded and petrified snake head opens its huge mouth, and its fangs are covered with moss, but one can still see its hideous appearance when it was alive.

Ying tilted her head back and marveled at the shock of the giant snake skeleton along with Paimon.

"so big……"

Paimon kept tilting his head back, successfully doing a half backflip in the air, and then simply lying on the air, as if the air was a big, soft bed: "Shadow was able to kill such a huge snake god with just one blow!"

She sighed in amazement, and suddenly thought of something. She turned her gaze to Chen Tianfeng, her face full of seriousness: "Tianfeng, you have to be careful of Ying, it's best to stay away from her... Well, in any case, you must not make her angry!"

"Huh? Why?"

Chen Tianfeng didn't understand what the little mascot was thinking for a moment.

"Look, you are a snake god, and Orobas is also a snake god, and Orobas is bigger than you." Paimon said with reason: "But Orobas still can't stop Ying Yidao, so you must be careful!"

"Ah? No, how could Orobas be better than me..."

Chen Tianfeng retorted subconsciously, then stopped in a hurry and glared at Paimon. He noticed Ying's slightly widened, smiling eyes from the corner of his eye, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Anyway, I'm much more powerful than Orobas, so Ying should be careful not to make me angry."

"But……"

Paimon scratched his hair, as if he wanted to continue discussing this issue.

"Nothing to worry about."

Chen Tianfeng interrupted immediately and took out a portion of sweet flower-stuffed chicken from the Eye of God and stuffed it into Paimeng's mouth: "You have been out for so long, little Paimeng has not eaten for a long time, you must be hungry, come on, come on, you are welcome."

"Huh? Oh."

Paimeng, who had just eaten a whole serving of squirrel fish two hours ago, took the sweet flower-stuffed chicken, twitched his little nose, and smiled: "Thank you, Tianfeng~"

"Pfft~"

Ying couldn't help laughing, but quickly stopped laughing. She glanced at Chen Tianfeng, who rarely looked embarrassed, and pursed her lips to look at Paimeng: "Come to think of it, little Paimeng ate a lot of delicious food during his recent journey."

Especially after accepting Yae Shinko's invitation to go to Inazuma, Paimon has been eating non-stop.

She thought about it and asked curiously, "Hmm...if he gets fat, will little Paimon be unable to fly?"

While fighting with the sweet flower stuffed chicken, Paimon said proudly, "Hehe, no way! I'm the type that never gains weight!"

"Um……"

“So I want to eat more delicious food!”

Ying pinched her round chin, thinking: "Eating without gaining weight, from the perspective of emergency food, it is no longer qualified."

"!"

Paimon caught an important signal and ignored the sweet flower-stuffed chicken that tempted her. She immediately looked up at Ying with astonishment, as if she saw her own shit shoveler secretly using good cat food to feed the little wild cat: "Hey - do you have any other qualified emergency food outside?"

Ying: "Huh?"

This time it was Chen Tianfeng's turn to laugh out loud.

After some laughter, the three of them started to get down to business.

First, he chose a Feng Shui treasure land among the snake gods - that is, the place with the most pollution from the evil spirit. Then he repaired the Feng Shui treasure land and built an "ancient gate" imitating the ruins of Teyvat that was enough to deceive mortals.

Chen Tianfeng closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his deep black pupils turned into cold gray-white snake pupils. He stretched out his palm and pressed it, and his sense instantly covered the remains of Orobas. It was as if endless tiny points of light overflowed from his palm, drilled into the pale snake bones, and began to devour them silently bit by bit.

Ying and Paimeng silently took a step back, then another step, to distance themselves from Chen Tianfeng.

It was not because they were worried about being accidentally injured by Chen Tianfeng, but because His aura at this moment was too special, causing the living to involuntarily feel fear.

The evil spirit that permeated Bayun Island began to gather towards the head of the snake god, and its concentration continued to decrease until it reached a certain critical node and stopped.

Chen Tianfeng scanned the remains of the giant snake several times, and only after confirming that there was nothing missed did he retract his senses. With a flip of his hand, most of the evil spirit power of Bayun Island gathered and condensed in his palm, turning into a beautiful crystal the size of a fist, sparkling with colorful light.

"Eight Hearts and Eight Arrows, meticulously crafted. How about it? Isn't it beautiful?"

Chen Tianfeng turned around, his dark eyes looking at Ying and Paimeng who had taken several steps back, and smiled proudly: "In the Holy Spirit Kingdom, I don't know how many people hope that I can help them cut a gem, saying that they want to keep it as a family heirloom."

"Well……"

Ying took two steps closer, looked at the irregular crystal in Chen Tianfeng's hand, blinked, and said with a slightly puzzled tone: "Tianfeng, are you sure this is... um, the Eight Hearts and Eight Arrows of the Holy Spirit World, and other worlds - at least the worlds I know, they are not the same concept?"

If she remembered correctly, Eight Hearts and Eight Arrows refers to a gemstone cutting design. When looking down from the top of the gemstone, one can see eight arrows of the same size, shining brightly and symmetrically; when looking from the bottom of the gemstone, eight hearts are perfectly symmetrical and full.

But this crystal in front of me, well... its facets and edges are very free.

"Well, you guessed right."

Chen Tianfeng coughed lightly, and his mind moved slightly. The crystal melted quietly and turned into an amorphous purple liquid: "Actually, I'm not very good at cutting gems. It's all because of the people's love... Well, Ying, give me that scale, I'll transform it."

Ying took out the scales that she kept close to her body and handed them to Chen Tianfeng, and considerately did not mention the matter of the Eight Hearts and Eight Arrows.

"Earlier we guessed what kind of locator Ying would send. Although we didn't come to a conclusion, it reminded me of another thing."

Chen Tianfeng took the scales, changed them to the right size, and then attracted the purple liquid, and took out some materials rich in elemental power to blend into it. Then his fingers flew up and down, and the liquid quickly turned into silk, weaving something into shape under his hands.

"what's up?"

Ying was a little curious, and at the same time, she stared at Chen Tianfeng's hands dancing like butterflies without blinking.

"We left in Liyue in such a hurry that we didn't have time to take many good things. For example, Mr. Zhongli is very good at the cave method and can create a teapot that can contain a small world, which can make the journey more comfortable. Although we can go back again, we can't make do with this period of time, right?"

"It just so happens that I have some knowledge of space, so I thought I would do it myself, so as not to trouble Mr. Zhongli." Chen Tianfeng stopped, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's done."

A beautiful and delicate filigree bracelet lay in the palm of his hand, about the size of a fingernail, with gem-like white scales inlaid in it, occasionally flashing colorful lights.

Ying opened her mouth slightly, looked at the filigree bracelet, then looked at Chen Tianfeng, and finally smiled with her lips pursed, raised her hand to show her wrist, her eyes wandering: "I like it very much... Help me put it on."

It seems that I haven't given Tianfeng any decent gifts yet... Well, this won't do. Think carefully, what would be more appropriate to give?
The girl pondered this in her mind, feeling unusually distressed for a moment.

"It really fits. My craftsmanship really hasn't deteriorated." Chen Tianfeng held Ying's hand, carefully looking at the matching degree between her smooth wrist and the bracelet, and nodded with satisfaction: "The bracelet doesn't have a lot of space, but the environment inside can be changed according to your wishes, which is quite convenient."

Ying's spiritual power reached out and established a connection with the bracelet. She sensed the seemingly boundless wilderness and the gentle, bright sun in the sky. She blinked, "Isn't this big enough?"

"It's barely enough. After all, the quality of the materials is limited."

Chen Tianfeng said seriously, "But it doesn't matter. The most important function of this bracelet is not to be a small cave with you."

He pointed at the white scales: "These are my scales. They are closely related to me, so..."

"So this is the locator you gave me?"

Ying thought about it, tilted her head slightly, and smiled: "Tianfeng, don't learn bad things from the demons of Teyvat."

"What kind of locator is this? Although it does have a locating function, that was before the upgrade."

"So now there is none?"

"That's not it. There is one more, and it's been enhanced - it's now a positioning communicator."

"Wow, you actually admitted it."

"Doesn't this make me look honest?"

Chen Tianfeng smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'm getting off topic. The most important function is that with it, you can borrow my power for a short period of time - burn everything you don't like with it."

Ying finally widened her eyes and subconsciously tried to take back her hand to examine the bracelet carefully, but failed. She was stunned for a moment, looked at the wrist that Chen Tianfeng had caught, pursed her lips, and looked away: "Tianfeng, hand..."

"Huh? Oh."

Chen Tianfeng reacted, let go of his hand, and thought about it again. He felt that it was better not to explain such a thing that would become more confusing the more he explained. He couldn't say that he forgot to let go because it felt so good, right?

While Ying was looking at the bracelet, he took out the bronze coffin that Inazuma had been lying in when he smuggled across the border in the Eye of God's Heart and began to make it look old. Soon, the golden coffin turned into a copper-green color, making it look like it had been drifting alone in the years for a thousand years.

"It's almost time. According to the plan, Ying, you go to Inazuma City to find the Eightfold Divine Child, and I will stay here to create a one-time secret realm."

Chen Tianfeng knocked on the coffin and said with a smile: "I will put it in the center of the secret realm and wait for you to come. Don't make a mistake."

"Well, don't worry."

Ying nodded and carefully took note of the coffin's appearance after it was aged.

"besides……"

"You said."

"I always feel that Yae Shinko asked me to pretend to be Orobas for another purpose, not just for Kaigi Island. After all, for a god, especially a god like Ying who actually has power, she has many ways to retake Kaigi Island. There is no need for me to help her, especially in this way."

Chen Tianfeng frowned and said, "When you meet Yae Shenzi in Inazuma City, try to hint at her and see if she will tell you everything."

"Yes, I took note of it."

Ying nodded, then became curious: "Tian Feng, if she chooses to play dumb, what should we do?"

"Then there's no need to follow their script."

Chen Tianfeng said calmly and casually: "I only promised Ying that I would pretend to be Orobath, but Orobath has changed a lot after being resurrected from the dead. It is reasonable to stage a drama of the return of the evil god on Haiji Island."

He is not mentally ill, there is no reason for him to happily offer help after being plotted against.

"I understand."

Ying nodded again and was about to turn around and leave when she suddenly thought of something. Her beautiful golden eyes glanced at Chen Tianfeng: "Tianfeng, I have another question."

"Hmm? Go ahead." Chen Tianfeng looked at the pair of golden eyes, and suddenly felt a subtle sense of danger in his heart. His expression immediately became serious and solemn: "I will tell you everything I know!"

"You just said that your craftsmanship hasn't deteriorated..." The blonde girl stared at him, raised her wrist and shook it, smiling: "Who else have you made such a gift for?"

Chen Tianfeng: “…”

Paimon suddenly realized that the atmosphere seemed to be a little wrong. His eyes shifted between the two of them, and he retreated quietly without making a sound.

"This... I am a god, I will always bless my people, right?"

Chen Tianfeng clearly had a clear conscience, but being stared at by those golden eyes, he inexplicably felt a little guilty. He scratched his hair and said, "Over time, I have acquired a good forging skill."

"Really?"

Ying took a step closer, standing on tiptoe, making the distance between them even smaller.

“Nothing false.”

Chen Tianfeng had a sincere expression. He glanced in a certain direction unnoticeably and muttered something in his heart.

"Ok, I trust you."

Ying raised her hand and placed it on Chen Tianfeng's shoulder, nodded, and naturally straightened his collar. Then she took a step back, put her hands behind her back, and smiled: "Wait for me here, don't run around, remember?"

"Yes, yes, I've made a note of it."

Chen Tianfeng smiled unconsciously, waved his hand, and watched Ying leave.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Only after he confirmed that Ying had gone far away did Chen Tianfeng sigh, look in a certain direction, and twitch his lips: "Brother-in-law, you've been watching for so long, come out and talk?"

"..."

The air somewhere in the head of the snake god twisted for a moment, and a space crack with purple-black smoke appeared. Kong, with a slightly dark face, walked out of it and stood seven steps in front of Chen Tianfeng, staring at this bastard who stole my sister with a sword: "Who is your brother-in-law?"

Regret, in short, it’s regret.

Why did he listen to Wendy's lies and let Chen Tianfeng become his sister's travel companion?
Now Ying is safe. No one in Teyvat will try to threaten Ying before they are able to deal with Chen Tianfeng - this is no different from seeking death. But while Ying is safe, his sister is not so "safe".

Kong stared at Chen Tianfeng with mixed feelings, and suddenly remembered what he saw and heard on a certain planet when he was traveling in the starry sea.

Then, it was like an illusion that Chen Tianfeng's hair had turned yellow, he was dressed in a frivolous way, had exaggerated tattoos on his arms, and a modified hoverbike was parked next to him. He grinned wildly and said, "Hey, brother-in-law, is it safe for my will-o'-the-wisp to park in front of your house?"

It's hard, the fist is hard.

High, blood pressure is high.

(End of this chapter)