The cultivation record of the original demon in Teyvat continent

But we have already come this far. If we return now, wouldn’t all our efforts be wasted?Seeing Noelle and Sugar waiting for him on the other side after flying over first, Xia Yu was heartbroken and gestured to Sugar before quickly taking off.

You must land safely!Xia Yu, who was praying crazily in his heart, breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Noel and Sugar getting closer and closer. However, just when Xia Yu was about to grab Noel's hand that was reaching out to him, the sudden turbulence disrupted the situation. Artificial sylph of sugar.

"Oops!" Feeling that the situation was not good, Sanduang once again summoned the artificial wind elf in an attempt to change the direction to pull Xia Yu back down the cliff. However, as if wrapped by an invisible barrier, the artificial wind elf could not do anything at all. Get close to the special wind wings you made.

"Sugar! What's going on?" Xia Yu, who also realized that the situation was not good, was about to shout when he suddenly remembered that he was in a snowy mountain, and yelling randomly would only make him die faster.Although the Wings of Wind, which had completely deviated from its planned trajectory, did not lose its balance and crash completely, it would still be in danger if it continued to float in the vast white snowy mountains.

"Mr. Xia Yu, don't worry, I'm going to find Mr. Abedo to help you! Noelle, I'll ask you to monitor the specific direction of Mr. Xia Yu's taxi!" After saying that, he ran towards the camp in front of him in a panic. The worried expressions on Sugar and Noelle's faces made Xia Yu even more certain that something big had happened to him!

Hold it!You must hold back your screams!Xia Yu, who had stopped cheering for himself in his heart, felt desperate. The white scene all around reduced the possibility of survival even more.The only good news was that the storm was not as violent as when it first hit the mountain.

But can this really be called good news in the current environment... The feeling of despair made Xia Yu close his eyes.After an unknown amount of time, Xia Yu, who could still feel that he was gliding, breathed a sigh of relief as the storm diminished and the temperature became warmer for some reason.

Where did you slide to?Xia Yu, who recovered from the crisis, found that he had made another big mistake: closing his eyes.Although the vision in the snow-capped mountains is very poor, it is still fundamentally different from closing your eyes. Doesn’t this mean that you have given up the opportunity to detect the road in the snow-capped mountains when you are still at a high point?

Xia Yu, who quickly opened his eyes, was startled when he found the dark red object that was almost touching his face. Because the distance was too close, Xia Yu couldn't tell what the dark red and slightly beating thing was. What.

Oh my god, this...!Before giving Xia Yu time to think, the surface of the dark red unknown object that passed through like a lake swallowed Xia Yu up.Only the Wings of Wind, which fell to the ground after losing its controller, proved that Xia Yu had been here.

Longji Snow Mountain has once again returned to its former appearance...

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Burning heat, pain, and the emotions of regret, despair, and grievance that were constantly entering his mind made Xia Yu, who lost consciousness, feel like he had had a long dream...

In the dream, I turned into a giant dragon with powerful power. I was created by my mother. After being told by my mother, "Go to the place you think is the most beautiful~", you chose the place where the beautiful sound of the organ came from. direction.

The beautiful scenery along the way made me extremely happy. In order to express my gratitude to this beautiful area, I also worked extra hard when flying in the direction of the elegant and beautiful music.

Finally, I saw a beautiful wind dragon and an elf who could play beautiful music in a prosperous area, and wanted to play with them!With such emotions, I was led by them to a place that was not too beautiful.

But what's the harm?With good music and a partner who could dance together, I happily accompanied the two of them to play in the air for a long time, until the scenery in front of me suddenly changed dramatically...

The originally green grassy land was replaced by burning scorched earth, and the beautiful buildings were all turned into piles of dilapidated ruins. There were so many bones of animals and monsters scattered everywhere that even the scavengers couldn't handle them. The extent... No, not even scavengers can set foot on this land surrounded by plague...

As a result...it was me who caused this series of huge tragedies?It was precisely because of this moment of confusion that the beautiful fellow dragon bit his throat.

it hurts!It really hurts!But compared to the body, why is it the heart that hurts more... The beautiful wind dragon whines in pain but still refuses to let go, and the huge wind power condensed in the elf's hands... This is mine Is it over?...

Why is this happening?I really just want to play with them and show them my beautiful side... That's all, I feel so tired, so let's stop here...

"Mr. Xia Yu!" "Xia Yu!"

The suddenly interrupted dream made Xia Yu feel a little confused, but compared to the sense of mental disobedience, there was no pain anywhere in his body that was not like being pricked by needles, making Xia Yu break out in cold sweat on his forehead.

it hurts!It was much more uncomfortable than the time when Tvarin attacked Mondstadt, but perhaps because his physical fitness had become stronger, the pain this time was not as unbearable as the last time.After returning to his senses, Xia Yu began to look at the situation around him.

This is a medium-to-large underground cave that is well protected from wind and snow. The long slope shows signs of human construction before.But there doesn’t seem to be anything strange here, right?Except for the brown egg with blunt spines about the size of an ordinary slime that he held in his hands...

Wait, where did this egg come from?Xia Yu, who still didn't understand what happened, looked at the three people looking at him with confused eyes. In addition to Noelle and Sugar, a young man with medium-long light brown to beige hair also appeared. In his field of vision, for some reason, the young man's eyes looked at him with a bit of fanaticism.

Hiss... Before Xia Yu could ask questions, the unknown egg in his hand began to shake slightly, and the cracked marks on the eggshell began to gradually increase. After a while, a small black The eggshell was broken on the top of the dragon's head, and then the little guy stared at himself with as happy eyes as if he were looking at his own kind.

"Ow~"

Chapter 41 Temporary 'Amnesia' Albedo

This is...a dragon?

Although because of Tevalin, the little black guy biting the eggshell in front of him was not the first time he saw a dragon in this world, the meaning was completely different.

The mysterious feeling of blood connection allowed Xia Yu to easily feel the excitement of the little dragon that had bitten the eggshell. Although he used elemental vision to observe that the energy in its body was filled with dark aura, perhaps it was because of the dragon itself. For this reason, the dark energy in the young dragon that broke out of its shell did not go berserk.

"Ouch~" Although the baby dragon has just broken out of its shell, perhaps it is because the dragon race is naturally very powerful. Even the little dragon that is just born has its small wings that are flapping very regularly, which is enough to make it stay in mid-air. In the middle, the little guy happily flew to Xia Yu's shoulder and rubbed his head affectionately on Xia Yu's face. Xia Yu was so excited that he couldn't calm down for a while.

This is a dragon!And if the information in the dream when he was comatose was true, this little dragon was inseparably related to Du Lin, who had been killed by Barbatos, Vanessa, and Tevalin in the Dragon's Back Snow Mountain.The most powerful proof is the blood resonance between himself and this little dragon.

Where does the dragon blood in your body come from?The corrosive blood belonging to Dulin was extracted from Tevarin, and according to the information in the dream, when it fell down, he most likely plunged into the heart of the demon dragon Dulin, which was still active. Took a bath.If Xia Yu really wanted to say it, even he wouldn't be able to understand what the condition of his body was now.

But what does that matter?In this world with gods, if you think you can be invincible by bathing in dragon blood like the dragon slayers in Western fantasy novels, the end result may be that you will be idolized by gods who don't know where they come from in minutes. He was swatted to death like a fly.

You still have to eat, and you still have to live day by day. It is always a good thing to strengthen your physical fitness again and have an extra little dragon.Xia Yu, who calmed down a little, looked at the three people who came to find him again.

Um? ?Where is Abedo who was here just now?Xia Yu was a little confused by the disappearance of someone out of thin air. Then, Xia Yu had to ask Gran Tang: "Su Tang, has your teacher left?"

"Huh? Teacher Abedo is not here... huh?" Now not only Xia Yu, but also Sutang and Noel who were looking around were confused by Abedo's sudden disappearance.

Doubts filled Sugar's heart.Indeed, because of seeing the little dragon just now, everyone's attention was attracted by the little dragon, so for about a minute, no one paid attention to the surrounding situation.

Could it be that Teacher Abedo left during this time?But it shouldn't be like this... Even if Teacher Abedo wants to record this little dragon and draw its appearance, he can definitely climb the mountain with his group.Or is the teacher guilty of his occasional bad taste?

"Teacher Abedo, don't joke with us~" Sugar, who controlled his voice and yelled, waited quietly. However, a minute passed, and no one appeared in the silent cave except for three people and one dragon. In everyone's sight.

"I'm really gone..." The reality of the situation made Granu lower his head. The animal ears on both sides of the girl's head, who was slightly depressed, also drooped. Granu, whose index fingers were constantly drawing circles with each other, looked distracted. external grievance.

"This... maybe geniuses have some unique habits?" Xia Yu, who was trying to comfort Shatang, came to the girl. "Anyway, can't we just meet him later and ask him why he left?"

Although the straight man's comfort did not gain much favor, it succeeded in making Sugar recover from his low mood.Xia Yu, who was ahead of the two of them, walked out of the cave and was stunned when he looked at the white scenery outside.

Is this the standard explanation for being handsome for no more than three seconds...

Due to the loss of control of the Wings of Wind, it slipped from the plank road to where it is now. In this snowy and icy land, Xia Yu, who was visiting the snow-capped mountains for the first time, successfully got lost!

Xia Yu, who was standing at the entrance of the cave, fell into deep thought and looked at the little dragon squatting on his shoulder. This little guy who could be regarded as just born was happily flapping his little wings for the beautiful snow scene. From its excited momentum From the looks of it, it definitely doesn’t know how to navigate the snowy mountains.

"Sorry, I underestimated the snow-capped mountains. You should lead the way..." Xia Yu, with an awkward smile on his face, decisively gave up his position at the head of the team to Noelle and Sugar, who were following behind. The contrast made Noelle unable to hold back her laughter for a moment.

"It doesn't matter, leave it all to me. I'm very familiar with the roads here." Noelle pointed to the right side with a smile, and then continued: "We can return to the right after passing through the cave from here. It’s on the main road, but because the terrain here is very low, the position you face after passing through is right in front of the big tree stump blocked by the ice..."

What?A big tree stump sealed by ice! ?After listening to Noelle's explanation, Xia Yu fell into petrification.After entering the snow-capped mountains, if there was anything that left a deep impression on Xia Yu, apart from the magical fire spirit barrier along the way, it would be the huge wooden pile that was frozen and had a diameter of at least ten meters.

But that huge wooden pile is at the trailhead just after entering the snow-capped mountains!In other words, I floated directly from the mountainside back to the foot of the mountain. If you include the road through the cave, it is equivalent to directly returning to the river that separates Mondstadt and Longji Snow Mountain...

All the hard work along the way was in vain!

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"Huh... finally up again." Xia Yu, who finally flew over the broken bridge normally, breathed a sigh of relief after all the rework. Xia Yu, who finally reached the finish line, wanted to shout loudly to vent his grievances. Emotions, but when he remembered that this was a snow-capped mountain, and he was fused with the dragon's blood, he didn't know what kind of disaster this shout might bring, so Xia Yu had to forcefully suppress the sound that had reached his mouth.

Compared to Xia Yu, who could only swallow his grievances, the little black dragon on Xia Yu's shoulders who could clearly feel his happiness didn't have so many worries.

"Ouch~" The little guy opened his mouth just as he was about to speak out, but Xia Yu covered his mouth. Sensing the little guy's emotional confusion, Xia Yu pointed to the top of the mountain shrouded in the cold wind. "Keep your voice down! We are in the snow-capped mountains now. If it causes an avalanche, it will be all over!" The little black dragon, who understood why Xia Yu covered his mouth, also nodded very spiritually to express his understanding.

Following the mountain and entering a naturally formed small cave, Xia Yu felt finally free and didn't know whether to cry or laugh.Not many things impressed him: the same alchemy synthesis platform as in Mondstadt City, various equipment used in alchemy, and a large amount of information records... The neat camp gave Xia Yu the feeling It doesn't look like a long-term resting camp, but more like a simple alchemy laboratory.

There was no sign of Albedo in the camp that could be scanned at a glance. Just when Xia Yu was at a loss, a young man carrying a paintbrush, palette and a small manuscript came to the cave.

Although he wasn't quite sure who the man with medium light brown hair in front of him was, Xia Yu could somehow feel that this was probably Abedo.

The appearance is exactly the same as the one he saw in the valley a few hours ago. He looks like an artist returning from sketching. In terms of appearance, Abedo is actually younger than Xia Yu.But compared to the enthusiasm in his eyes when they met a few hours ago, when the young man in front of him met with his group again, his expression was more indifferent besides confusion.

In addition, there was a star-shaped mark on Abedo's neck. This particularly conspicuous mark aroused Xia Yu's doubts.Although the memory is slightly fuzzy, Xia Yugan is roughly certain that when he met Abedo before, there should be no such star on his neck.

Because if there really was one, such a special mark would definitely leave a deep impression on me. How could I not remember it like I am now?

"Sir, can you let me see the little dragon on your shoulder? Don't worry, I'm just observing it from a close distance and won't hurt it." The look on Abedo's face was slightly complicated when he asked Xia Yu.

Just looking at it shouldn't have any impact on Xiaolong. After thinking for a while, Xia Yu nodded in approval and was moved by the other party's eyes full of desire for knowledge.And for some reason, Xia Yu always felt as if he was meeting an acquaintance when meeting Abedo, even though this was the first time he had spoken to him.

What's going on here?

A short period of time passed, and through chatting, Xia Yu had a rough understanding of the way this talented young man named Abedo lived.

My guess has now been proven. The other party is indeed the type who loves alchemy research, but something is different. Unlike those researchers who forget to eat and sleep when working, Abedo has arranged his life Extremely stylish, even though his laboratory in the snowy mountains is not very good.

"So this time when I entered the snow mountain, I wanted to ask Mr. Abedo for advice. Can a prop like a storage box be made that automatically absorbs ice elements floating in the air and uses the concentration of ice elements to control temperature differences?" Xia Yu asked Abedo. His eyes were full of anticipation.

As if to prevent the other party from finding the question he asked too difficult, Xia Yu quickly added: "The concentration of ice elements in the air is definitely sufficient. Mr. Abedo only needs to refer to the ice around the frozen tree south of the West Wind Wolf Temple. It’s enough to make a similar design by weakening the element concentration by about twice.”

"A temperature-controlled storage box? This idea is quite interesting." The items in Xia Yu's description aroused Albedo's interest.

"Theoretically speaking, it is not too difficult. As long as the ice element can be stored and the amount of release can be controlled, this prop can be made...a formation that can independently absorb ice elements, cold-resistant and temperature-insulating raw materials... ." Abedo, who was writing and drawing on the paper, seemed to be in a research state.

After a short while, a square stone box with an extremely beautiful appearance appeared on the drawing paper. The various materials and notes on various strings listed next to it made Xia Yu's scalp numb.

You actually need so much material?I have seen seven or eight kinds of ore names alone. Apart from the most basic marcasite, I heard the blacksmith Wagner mention the star silver ore when I was buying a kitchen knife. But what is this stone amber?What is Yebo Stone?

Although Xia Yu knew nothing about the classification of ores, he could still roughly estimate the price by making analogies and guesses.In the notes given by Abedo, it was written that Shipe would be used to depict the base of the alchemical energy conversion circle. From this, it seems that this ore called Shipe should be very expensive.

Judging from the current results, there is absolutely no problem in wanting Abedo to design a refrigerator for refrigeration and freezing. The current problem is that he does not have that much money to buy these raw materials...

"Mr. Abedo, how about you estimate the price for me? Let me see how much it costs to make two such props..." Xia Yu, who seemed a little guilty, was confused after seeing Abedo wave his hand. What exactly does the other person mean?

"I will make two props like this and give them to you, of course, not for free." After talking about this, Abedo looked at the yawning dragon on Xia Yu's shoulder, and then continued: "As long as you treat it well, Then I will help you make two such alchemy tools."

"Deal!" Xia Yu agreed to the other party's condition which was not a condition at all.

In order to avoid the suspicion of the talented young man in front of him, Xia Yu continued to add: "To tell you the truth, I plunged into the heart of the demon dragon Dulin before, and then I saw its life experience as if it were just a quick glance. , so I generally understand this little guy’s past experiences.

"But how should I put it? Maybe because it was soaked in dragon blood, I feel like we are connected by blood. Naturally, I will not do such a thing as abandoning it."

"Du Lin's heart? No wonder my sense disappeared while sketching, and the aura on your body..." After muttering in a low voice, Abedo nodded towards Xia Yu. "If that's the case, I think I can trust you. After I collect the materials, I will go back to Mondstadt City, and I will ask Timaeus to inform you then."

After seeing that the business and professional issues were finally discussed, Grantang, who was a little resentful on the side, looked at his teacher, and then asked: "Teacher Abedo, if you care so much about this little dragon, why did you leave early? "The question originating from Sugar made Abedo somewhat confused.

"Wait...I left?"

Chapter 42 The genius 'boy' Albedo, the deal successfully concluded

what? ?

He never expected that Abedo would be confused that he and others had met. The person who was most surprised by this strange situation was not Xia Yu, who fell off the cliff as an unlucky guy, but Sugar, who was most familiar with Abedo.

As Abedo's assistant, Sugar is very aware of the character of his teacher Abedo. From time to time, he will make some little jokes to scare people. Abedo does retain a trace of his playful character, but more importantly, he is a person who pursues knowledge. The rigor of researchers.

If we really want to say it, Abedo's handling of interpersonal relationships with most people only stays at the level of 'colleagues with whom we have a good relationship at work'.It was very rare for Granu to see an obvious change in mood after picking up the little black dragon like today.

"But Teacher Abedo, when I came to ask for your help, you were not looking through the alchemy records. After listening to it, you put down the alchemy record book in your hand and immediately spread the wings of wind with me and jumped off the cliff to save people. What? Teacher, are you joking again?"

"...Well, I was discovered." Although Albedo admitted it, for some reason, Xia Yu always felt that the other party's tone was a bit strange.However, he met people like this twice, and the Abedo he met at the foot of the mountain was also found by Granulated Sugar. Although there was a strange sense of dissonance, Xia Yu couldn't tell what it was. reason.

Forget it, just think that the other party really made a joke with me and his party.

Repeating the mountain climbing twice disrupted the time plan. After discussing with Albedo about the 'refrigerator' he needed, his growling stomach told him that it was now time to have lunch.

Sigh...it's a waste of time to fall off the cliff and climb the mountain again.Fortunately, this trip to the snowy mountains was very rewarding. Considering the little dragon around him and the refrigerator that he could get for free as long as he raised this little dragon, Xia Yu accepted the result of this trip to the snowy mountains.

After rummaging around in his backpack, Xia Yu took out the butter, cheese, toast, smoked bacon and sausages purchased in the city.The diet in the snow-capped mountains is mainly high-calorie diet, so as to ensure sufficient energy when moving in the snow-capped mountains.Just when Xia Yu was about to borrow the bonfire in Abedo's camp to start making lunch, Abedo stopped Xia Yu on the side.

"Everyone must be tired after walking for so long. Let me cook lunch." When talking about cooking, Abedo seemed extremely confident and opened the wooden box he used to store ingredients. A wide variety of ingredients were used by Abedo. Taken it out of the box.

Xia Yu was extremely surprised by Albedo, who skillfully borrowed unknown instruments in the camp to melt snow into water and completed the purification. He handled various ingredients with great skill.Although Albedo's dish is very simple: a large stew of beef, potatoes, tomatoes and chickpeas.But Abedo's pre-processing and cooking process for each ingredient is quite in place, even to the point of being somewhat perfect.

This is by no means a skill that can be mastered in just a few years!If you really want to make a comment, Abedo's familiarity in handling ingredients even surpasses that of the master chefs he has been lucky enough to meet!

How can this be?You know, those are the top figures who have worked their way up in the chef world.Pick anyone at random and they have been cooking for more than twice their age.But Abedo’s food processing skills were even better than theirs!

The learning of cooking requires gradual improvement through years of practice and thinking. Few people can achieve success in one step.But Abedo did it. How did he surpass these skills that require years of accumulation to develop?This is too awesome.

More importantly, Albedo's main profession is still an alchemist. Is this an all-around genius?Xia Yu was extremely shocked when he was frightened by the young man in front of him who was several years younger than himself in terms of appearance.

"After living in the snow-capped mountains for so many years, I am still somewhat confident in cooking." Looking at Xia Yu who was frightened by him, Abedo smiled rarely, and then continued: "I will let you try it when I have time. Try my specialty dish, 'Lin Zhi Meng', which is butter-fried cod with specially processed junco solution. Then let me try your special dish too."

"Wait...how did you know I was the chef?"

"It's very simple. Your attention to observation has obviously improved a lot when I'm handling the key steps of ingredients. Those who can notice these points are either chefs with skillful craftsmanship or gourmets with some real skills. Since you have raised it If you cook lunch, the chef's possibilities will be much greater."

"But in this case, I feel more assured about the future of this little dragon." Speaking of this, Abedo glanced meaningfully at the little black dragon who was drooling while looking at the food in the pot, and then came to the easel and started painting.

What is this going to do?Xia Yu, who originally thought that Abedo wanted to make a painting for this little dragon that he valued very much, discovered that Abedo, who was painting on the paper at an extremely fast speed, was actually painting a few common small benches.Just when Xia Yu wanted to ask Abedo what he wanted to do, the miraculous scene made Xia Yu so surprised that his jaw dropped to the ground.

This...how is this done?The painted small bench was actually taken out of the painting!In order to confirm whether he was hallucinating, Xia Yu came to one of the small benches and gently patted the wooden surface. The strong feeling returned fully proved that this was the real thing.

???

"Don't be too surprised. Alchemy is an academic discipline that understands and pursues the essence of things. As long as you master the essence of an object, you can create it through specific means when the materials are sufficient." It's like describing it. Xia Yu was stunned by what Abedo said as plainly as "people need to eat and drink."

If at first Xia Yu was envious and slightly jealous of Abedo's ability to take care of both cooking and painting, after seeing Abedo's casual display of alchemy skills, the jealousy that still existed disappeared instantly. .

Geniuses often arouse the jealousy of others, but if it exceeds the expectations of ordinary people by too much, the jealousy will disappear. At this time, Xia Yu had such an idea.What's the point of being jealous of such a genius who seems to have the leading role?

"By the way, Mr. Abedo, I also want to ask you about something." Xia Yu, who suddenly remembered that he still had something to do, took the cheese block in his hand, and then asked Abedo: "Is there anything What kind of instrument can speed up the fermentation process of food raw materials like making cheese?"

Doubanjiang!How could I almost forget this!If there are no tools to accelerate fermentation, the simplest bean paste will need to be stored for at least half a year. The fermentation of broad bean paste will slowly start to accumulate the aroma of the sauce. If you want to taste the various foods made with doubanjiang, you will have to wait. It's been too long.

After a brief explanation, Xia Yu looked at Albedo who was bowing his head in deep thought. Xia Yu's palms were slightly sweaty as he clenched his hands. He didn't expect that he would be as nervous as a student waiting for the results of the final exam to be released.The long-lost tension in daily life made Xia Yu feel a little surprised for a moment.

"Are there any materials that need to be fermented... Because it involves the concept of time, it will be a little troublesome to understand things. But you can try it and see." Abedo finally agreed, which made Xia Yu feel excited. .

When he said this, Abedo raised his head and looked at the top of the cave above. The look in his eyes was slightly complicated. After being silent for a while, Abedo, who had returned to normal, looked at Xia Yu, and then said: "The corresponding reward is... there may be one more friend you need to help take care of."

"I will go and have a good talk with him, and then I will ask you to help him."

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