sjar Chapter 21 Lost
Chapter 21 Lost
As soon as Shiraki returned to Keqing's team, he sensed that people were talking about him.
It was just a casual discussion, and he wouldn't have cared. But then that soldier A accused him of being petty. Shiraki immediately showed him the "power of a god."
The effect was obvious; the soldiers were now marching obediently and looked very neat and orderly, although the dark rain clouds above the soldiers' heads were a bit of a downer.
After Bai Mu returned, Ke Qing informed him that they were about to reach their destination, and Bai Mu closed his eyes to rest.
After all, he had spent a lot of time helping Xiao deal with his karmic obstacles, and he hadn't had time to sleep. He was quite tired now. At least, Shiraki felt that he was very tired.
Ke Qing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Bai Mu resting with his eyes closed.
In her mind, it would be best if Shiraki arrived after they did, because then she wouldn't have to suffer the unexpected torment that Shiraki might inflict on her.
However, the current situation is quite good. In her opinion, as long as Bai Mu doesn't move around, speak, or open his eyes, he is still a great god.
At noon, the convoy arrived at its destination after enduring the scorching sun.
Before the carriage had even come to a complete stop, Ke Qing jumped off impatiently, genuinely afraid that Bai Mu might cause some trouble.
Although Keqing had heard about the current state of the Blazing Tree before, she was still shocked when she saw it with her own eyes.
She remembered that when she first came here, it was incredibly hot, but now she felt a sense of coolness.
"I'm going to break the seal. Do you want to come with me?" At this moment, Bai Mu got out of the car and asked Ke Qing beside him.
Upon hearing this, Ke Qing said that she would definitely go along. She wanted to see how Bai Mu sealed the Blazing Tree and how he would unseal it.
Keqing then ordered the soldiers to set up camp on the spot, and she and Shiraki went to the cave where the Blazing Tree was located.
Even though Keqing had prepared herself mentally, she was still shocked by the scene before her when she entered the cave.
The platform of the Blazing Tree was covered by a layer of something resembling a water film. Inside this water film, red energy was surging and impacting it. But no matter how much the red energy surged, the thin water film remained completely unaffected, and Keqing couldn't even sense the fluctuations of the red energy within it.
If Keqing hadn't already known that this was the cave of the Blazing Tree, she would have thought it was the pure land where the Water Spirits lived.
Shiraki raised his hand and withdrew the divine power that sealed the Blazing Tree. Ripples appeared on the water film on the platform, which then slowly flowed into Shiraki's palm.
After Shiraki withdrew his divine power, the pent-up power of the Blazing Tree suddenly erupted. The violent energy coalesced into a stream of air, causing Shiraki and Keqing's hair to flutter wildly.
Bai Mu quickly used his divine power to create a shield to protect himself and Ke Qing from the energy.
Although Shiraki wasn't afraid of these energies, Keqing was beside him. Shiraki couldn't guarantee that Keqing's lightning element wouldn't react with the Pyro Tree's fire element, causing an overload.
After a while, the violent energy gradually dissipated, and Bai Mu also deactivated his shield.
At that moment, Shiraki looked closely. The Blazing Tree that appeared this time was more than twice the size of the one he had killed before. Shiraki guessed that this was the result of pent-up energy erupting.
Keqing, standing next to the white tree, didn't notice anything unusual. She rarely came to the Blazing Tree's vicinity, let alone observed it up close. She only felt that this Blazing Tree was extremely powerful, nothing more.
"This Blazing Tree is three to five times stronger than a regular Blazing Tree. Should I help you take care of it first?"
After hearing what Shiraki said, Keqing thought all Blazing Trees were this powerful, but she didn't expect that it was just this Blazing Tree that was more powerful.
But when she heard that Bai Mu was going to make a move, she quickly waved her hand and shook her head to refuse.
“Mr. Bai, there’s no need to trouble you with that. If you need assistance, we can handle it ourselves. Besides, the stronger the Pyro Tree, the more intense the subterranean fire, which is good for Liyue’s forging industry.”
Shiraki didn't press Keqing's offer to help him with the Blazing Tree issue. He guessed that Keqing probably said that because she was embarrassed to trouble him.
Shiraki then ignored the Exploding Flame Tree and left the cave with Keqing.
As soon as he emerged from the cave, Bai Mu discovered that the soldiers who had been stationed at the cave entrance were gone. Looking around, he realized that they had moved to a platform not far away.
Shiraki and Keqing went to inquire about the situation.
After asking, I learned that they were just ordinary people, and they couldn't withstand the level of energy that had just erupted, so they had no choice but to retreat here.
Keqing didn't punish them after learning about it, because she had personally experienced that kind of energy. Without Bai Mu's protection, she might not have been able to withstand it either, let alone these ordinary soldiers. Staying away from the cave entrance was the best decision she could have made.
After everything was resolved, Shiraki planned to leave.
Before leaving, Bai Mu handed the key to his general store to Ke Qing, telling her to give the key to Zhong Li, a guest of Wang Sheng Tang, and ask him to watch the store for him when he had nothing to do.
After explaining this matter, Shiraki bid farewell to Keqing and left.
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Bai Mu flew continuously in the sky, occasionally stopping to record the teleportation anchor points on the ground. Suddenly, he remembered that he still had a Dust Song Pot on him that he could study.
Then Bai Mu took out the Dust Song Pot.
After carefully examining it, Bai Mu was somewhat disappointed. He discovered that the Dust Song Pot was merely a space formed by relying on this world. Although it could support living beings, it couldn't really be considered a world.
Bai Mu had hoped to find some inspiration from the Dust Song Pot, but his research left him disappointed.
Moreover, he didn't really need the Dust Song Pot, which was a type of storage item.
Bai Mu himself was able to create some spaces to store inanimate objects, and as for living things, he believed there was no safer place than the cave where his true body resided.
"It seems I have no choice but to go find the World Tree," Shiraki thought to himself.
He then put away the Dust Song Pot and hurried toward Sumeru.
After a day's flight, Shiraki found himself finally arriving at Sumeru. He knew this was Sumeru because he found himself in a rainforest.
Looking around, all he could see were tall trees, which made Bai Mu lose his way. That's right, Bai Mu was lost in the rainforest.
Shiraki also considered flying higher to look down and use the same terrain as in the game to orient himself, but gave up after trying it.
The rainforest's rainy weather results in very thick clouds in the sky. Flying too low is ineffective, while flying too high obscures the ground, causing Bai Mu a great deal of distress.
Even if the clouds were dispersed, only a portion could be dispersed; it was impossible to disperse all the clouds in the entire rainforest, right? Bai Mu didn't even know if he had that ability.
Faced with the fact that he was lost, Shiraki could only land on the ground and wander aimlessly through the rainforest, searching for some local specialties.