The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 6 Yelan
Chen Tianfeng picked up some firewood, lit a fire, smashed the camera with a hammer, and threw it into the fire along with the photos he had carefully found.

Amid the crackling sound of the flames, it seemed as if he had turned back into that innocent young man.

But this is ultimately impossible.

"I don't want to do this, really. But I don't have a choice, man."

Chen Tianfeng kicked the bandit leader into the fire, sat down next to the long knife bandit, and took a breath: "Among these people, you are the only one who sincerely hopes that I will live, although I don't know what you are going to do."

"But when a person dies, his debts are wiped out, right? It doesn't matter anymore."

"I originally wanted to spare your life, really, I promise. But then I thought, firstly, poisoning like this is too flawed, and secondly, you will definitely take revenge, right?"

"After all, you four brothers are friends who have known each other through thick and thin. We've only known each other for two days. No matter how much you want to, you won't help me kill your boss, right?"

Chen Tianfeng muttered to himself and to the Long Knife Bandits: "So there is no other way. I don't want to die. I want to live a clean life... Doesn't that mean you have to die? I have no choice, brother."

He was silent for a moment, looked at the thief leader who had transformed into a "fire man" again, and lowered his head to look at the evil gem in his hand.

[Evil Eye] - If I remember correctly, this is the name of this thing.

From the Ice Kingdom to Winter, the Doctor, one of the eleven executive officers of the Fatui under the Ice God, developed something modeled after the God's Eye, which allows the holder to exchange lifespan and vitality for power.

However, the [Eye of God] is different. It seems to be an "external magic organ" that allows the owner to control a certain element at no cost.

It is generally believed in the continent of Teyvat that when people's desires are too strong, they may attract the attention of gods and obtain the external elemental magic organ "Eye of God" to guide the power of elements.

Every living being that possesses the [Eye of God] has the qualifications to become a god, and is therefore called the [Original God].

——But what the reality is is a matter of opinion.

Teyvat has seven elements: wind, rock, thunder, grass, water, fire, and ice. There are also seven kingdoms in the mortal world, each with a god who controls an element. They are called the Seven Lords of the Mortal World and are nominally "employees" of Sky Island.

The owner of Sky Island is [Tianli], who seems to be sleeping at the moment and his specific situation is unknown.

Pulling away, get back to business.

[Eye of God] is the mainstream and most recognized way to gain power in the continent of Teyvat.

Of course, in addition to the [Eye of God], the creatures of Teyvat have other ways to gain power. For example, the monsters of Inazuma in the Land of Lightning use their demonic powers, the Abyss Cult that wants to subvert the world will use the power of the Abyss, and the immortals of Liyue in the Land of Rock may practice Qigong.

It is said that the original inhabitants of this world were dragons. After experiencing various events, they were defeated by the law of nature, and dragons became the remnant forces. They may use other powers, or they may be able to use elemental forces without the [Eye of God] - just like a certain blond traveler.

The Golden Traveler is a brother and sister, the protagonists of the game, who came from the sea of ​​stars. After experiencing one thing or another, the brother and sister were separated. One became a prince (or princess) of the Abyss Cult and planned to go to war with the law of nature; the other started from Mondstadt and planned to travel through the seven kingdoms to find blood relatives and the truth.

I don't know if the plot has started yet. Is the blond traveler a boy or a girl...
Chen Tianfeng patted his cheeks, collected these messy thoughts, looked at the evil eye in his hand, and hesitated.

This thing looks like a half-finished product. I don't know how the thief got it. It's probably not clean. It's too expensive to use. The thief, who is so burly, became thinner than Scarface not long after it was activated.

The cost is even higher than that of a certain loser's cheat. Once activated, there is no telling what the enemy will do, but the user will definitely die - there is no need to choose such an extreme method if one wants to gain power.

The most important thing is that this thing is a bad one... Chen Tianfeng sighed. He originally thought that no matter how bad this evil eye was, it was still a good thing that could allow people to die together. At least in some cases, it could allow people to die with dignity.

But he didn't expect that when he tried to activate the evil eye and calculated and controlled the speed of losing his vitality, this thing didn't react at all and it looked like it was a disposable thing.

Thus, the evil eye changed from a "troublesome but useful treasure" to a "troublesome and useless waste".

He sighed again, and with the idea of ​​out of sight, out of mind, he threw the evil eye into the fire and returned it to the thief leader.

"Brother, I promised you that as long as the brothers are still here, I will always be a thief of the Silver Wing Treasure Thieves...but now the brothers are not here."

Chen Tianfeng took out the Tibetan Silver Crow Seal from his arms and threw it into the fire: "So brother, I am not lying."

After a while, Chen Tianfeng felt that he had rested enough, so he hung the long-knife bandit's knife on his waist, held up a torch, and walked into the darkness behind the small temple.

Soon, Chen Tianfeng moved the stupid boy back to the open space in front of the small temple, where he had piled up firewood.

"Since the people of Liyue are based on Shenzhou, I think they all care about being buried in peace. But I don't have the ability to carry you back to Liyue, so this is the only way."

Chen Tianfeng looked at the silly boy who had finally calmed down, and carefully wiped the blood off his body. His clothes had cuts from branches and blades, and were also stained with blood. Chen Tianfeng thought for a moment, then took off his coat and put it on him.

"This is the most valuable thing I have, it's the finest cashmere."

Chen Tianfeng muttered, threw the torch in his hand into the firewood pile, and threw two more gunpowder bottles. Then the flames blazed, covering the face of the foolish boy.

"Fool···"

Chen Tianfeng paused, took a breath, forced a smile, and called out the silly boy's name for the first time: "Yuan Mu, please bear with it for a while. When I return to Liyue Harbor, I will go to the Hall of Rebirth to arrange a luxurious funeral for you. I will also deliver the medicine. Don't worry, I don't usually lie." The flames were still burning. It was impossible for the boy named Yuan Mu to answer Chen Tianfeng's words, nor would he mutter words like "mother-in-law", "I don't want to die", "the medicine was stolen" and so on.

Chen Tianfeng turned around and returned to the small temple, inheriting the unmarked and unrecognizable stolen goods from the Silver Wing Treasure Stealing Group, and no one objected. I think if the Silver Wing brothers knew about this in hell, they would also smile with relief.

By the time he had packed up everything, the flame that was embracing Yuan Mu had just gone out.

Chen Tianfeng held the hammer and, after some preliminary processing, wrapped the ashes in a clean cloth, put them into a relatively clean jar, and placed it on a cart.

The thief leader's pony was inexplicably wary of Chen Tianfeng. It started neighing and struggling when it saw him approaching. In contrast, the donkey pulling the cart was very docile and accepted the grass fed by Chen Tianfeng.

Chen Tianfeng did not force it. He just untied the donkey's reins, put it on the cart, and finally drove the donkey cart away along the same way they came.

The small temple behind him was engulfed in flames, illuminating the dirt road ahead of the donkey cart.

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The night gradually passed, and when a ray of dawn appeared on the horizon, all that was left of the small temple were the charred and collapsed ruins.

Another group of people arrived here before night fell, and the fire that was lit at night obviously guided them in the right direction. Thanks to their efforts, the small temple was left with ruins, and the forest did not cause a more severe forest fire because someone set fire to the small temple.

"Sir, we have confirmed that all the members of the Silver Wing Treasure Thieves are here. Judging from the appearance of the bodies, four members died from having their hearts pierced with a knife. The cause of death of the thief leader is more complicated. We found traces of lightning and fire elements, as well as penetrating knife wounds, and traces of the evil eye sucking away life force."

"It sounds like we've encountered some pretty tough people."

Ye Lan looked at the five people and one horse that had been stripped out and laid out. The severe burns blurred their faces, and she could only provide a small amount of information: "We are a step late...Have you found the evil eye?"

"Found it. The man didn't seem to have any intention of taking the Evil Eye away. I don't know if it's because he didn't recognize the Evil Eye." The subordinate presented the Evil Eye found in a pile of ashes to Ye Lan and expressed his speculation.

The evil eye is an evil object created by the Fatui executive [Doctor] - this is something they have known for a long time under the leadership of Lord Ye Lan. The purpose of their trip is to secretly cooperate with the Qianyan Army to suppress the bandits and capture these bandits who have received the evil eye and have committed serious crimes one by one, regardless of whether they are dead or alive.

However, no one expected that the core members of the Silver Wing Treasure Stealing Group were so cunning and decisive. They abandoned most of the members and property without hesitation and ran away before the encirclement and suppression network was formed.

After completing a more important mission to suppress bandits, Lord Ye Lan took these people and followed the traces. Unfortunately, an accident happened - these bandits died silently in a small temple in the mountains.

They are led by Lord Ye Lan and are the force walking in the darkness of Liyue. Naturally, they are very interested in such an accident.

"No, he recognizes the Evil Eye." Ye Lan shook his head and looked at the thief leader: "Someone used the Evil Eye in front of him. If he didn't recognize it, he would take it away as a great treasure instead of just leaving it here."

As for being scared by the cost of using the evil eye and thus abandoning it...How could a ruthless man who had killed five people in a row and even refused to let go of the horses be scared?

"Anything else you found?"

"Yes, the Mora and some of the valuables on these bandits were taken away."

"Could it be that they are trying to rob and kill? But how much Mora can these treasure-stealing gangs, who are like stray dogs, have on them?" Ye Lan frowned. "Or is this [accident] someone who loves Mora as much as Ningguang does?"

The subordinate, disguised in black, lowered his head and pretended not to hear.

Mora is a round metal currency commonly used in the seven countries of Teyvat. It is golden in color and has seven denominations: one, five, ten, fifty, one hundred, five hundred and one thousand.

Mora of different denominations not only have different sizes, but also contain different energies.

In the continent of Teyvat, Mora is not only a currency, but also an alchemical material. Mora is made of a precious metal that everyone can understand.

Among the seven kingdoms of Teyvat, only the Golden House of Liyue can cast and produce Mora in large quantities with the help of the authority of Morax, the God of Rock, who is also known as the "God of Precious Gold".

What is different from the game is that the prices in the countries of Teyvat are not that outrageous. The purchasing power of Mora is equivalent to that of RMB in the original world, and it is not the case that an ordinary home-cooked dish will cost thousands of Mora.

"Anyway, all the evil eyes have been confiscated, and the planned plan has been completed."

Ye Lan collected her thoughts and looked at the latest wheel track: "As for this accident... I'll handle it. You guys clean up the scene and go back to Liyue Harbor."

"Yes, my lord."

The subordinate in black nodded in response. There was nothing to clean up at the scene. A big fire burned all traces of the "accident". The only clue left was a vague tire track.

He looked up at the sky, which was gloomy. He thought it would rain heavily soon and wash away the last traces.

Ye Lan also noticed the gloomy sky, so she did not delay any longer and chased along the wheel tracks while quietly completing her amazing disguise: her pretty face became ordinary, and her bulging chest became flat.

In just a moment, she went from being the ambitious Queen of Night to an ordinary Liyue merchant.

I don’t know what “Accident” is doing now... Ye Lan glanced at the increasingly dark sky, wondering which pseudonym to use.

(End of this chapter)