newbobooks Chapter 238 This is called righteous confiscation
Chapter 238 This is called righteous confiscation
Finally, the three of them entered the ruins. Navia then noticed an incense burner-like object in the center of the ruins and ran forward with a look of curiosity.
"Brother Leyi, Brother Leyi, what is this? It's steaming inside." Qiuhe stepped forward and looked at the incense burner in front of him.
"This... should be a puzzle to be solved in the surrounding area. Something like a mechanism." After Qiuhe finished speaking, he looked around and finally saw a set of steps not far away.
There was a puzzle chest lying there. Recalling the puzzles in the game's Jade Valley area, Qiuhe remembered there was a magnificent treasure chest puzzle here.
But this puzzle is different from ordinary puzzles; some things seem to require a kind of magical power as a guide and to retrieve them.
"Hey, boss, look, look! There are three kids here!" Just as Qiuhe was pondering the mystery of his surroundings, a curious voice suddenly called out.
The three turned their heads and saw several groups of treasure hunters walking towards them. Behind them, a burly man slowly emerged.
The man with a scar on his face, judging from his demeanor and the respectful attitude of the other treasure-hunting groups towards him, seemed to be their leader.
"Hey boss, look at those two girls. Judging from their clothes, are they from Fontainebleau? And they look really rich."
"Hahaha, boss, we've really struck gold this time!" Seeing that the group of thieves in front of him didn't look like good people, and hearing their lewd laughter...
Clarinde immediately drew her Iron Fist, "Judging from these guys, they're probably a treasure-hunting gang." "Yeah, besides being a treasure-hunting gang..."
"I can't think of anything else they could be," Qiuhe answered Clorind's question. The group of treasure hunters saw Clorind take out a sword.
They all burst into laughter. "Hahaha, little kids, you've got some toy swords. Are you going to play with us uncles? Hahaha!"
"Hey, stop with the nonsense, boss. What do you think we should do with these kids?" The burly man with a scar on his face sized up Qiuhe and his two companions.
Navia felt extremely uncomfortable under the man's gaze. "Kill the man. Take the two girls back."
"Once they're grown up, they'll probably be two top-tier specimens." After hearing the leader of the treasure-hunting group say this, the other groups all became excited.
"Hahaha, great, great! Boss, you truly live up to your reputation. You have both money and beauty. Hahaha, we've really had a lucky day today!"
Just as the groups of treasure hunters were still excited, one of them suddenly exclaimed, "Wait a minute! Hey! You guys, take a closer look!"
"That little blonde girl... Don't you all look familiar?" After the first group of treasure hunters finished speaking, the other groups and their leader...
They all looked towards Navia. After watching for a while, one of the members of the treasure-hunting group muttered quietly, "That..."
"It seems to be Carles' daughter..." After the group of thieves finished speaking, silence fell over the area, broken only by a gentle breeze.
"Oh dear! Look, this, tsk, oh dear! This, this, isn't this a misunderstanding? This, this, isn't this Cares's precious daughter?"
Oh, you've misunderstood. Anyway, it's nothing, we'll be going now, hahaha. Uh, the weather's really nice today."
The group of treasure hunters, embarrassed and incoherent, scratched their heads and turned to leave. At that moment, Qiuhe quickly stepped forward and grabbed the hem of one of them.
"Hey, hey, hey. Don't go~." Qiuhe grinned lewdly. "Our young lady came out to play today wanting to have an adventure here, but along the way..."
There are only a few unremarkable junk items. But judging from your appearance, you must have quite a few good things on you. Why don't you stay and we'll have a chat?
They talked and discussed, about life ideals and such. The members of the treasure-hunting group were all sweating profusely as they listened. Finally, after a friendly and pleasant chat...
The groups of thieves left happily, leaving behind many sparkling jewels as gifts for their three new friends.
Qiuhe looked at the jewelry before him, a wicked smile spreading across his face. "Uh, Brother Leyi, isn't what we're doing wrong?"
Qiuhe waved his hand dismissively at these words. "Oh dear~. What's wrong with it? Navia, remember this. These jewels and gold..."
But these were all stolen by these big bad guys. They're old and wicked. We're doing this, we call it righteous confiscation. You know what I mean?
After Qiuhe finished speaking, he put all the gold and silver jewelry into his backpack. "Alright, the confiscation is complete. Hmm... it's impossible to go back the way we came."
It seems the only option is to continue along this path further down. Although it's a bit far, following this path downhill, through a few mountain trails and turns...
"So, we can finally reach Mount Aozang." Navia said with a disappointed look. "Ah~. But we haven't solved the mystery here yet."
"We've come all this way with great difficulty. If we don't take any risks, wouldn't we have come all this way for nothing?" Qiuhe said, sounding somewhat troubled.
"But Navia, we can't solve the puzzle here either. If we could, of course I'd accompany Navia on this adventure to the very end."
"But... this isn't something we can decide." "Why? If there's a solution, there should be a way to solve it. Why can't we solve it?"
Seeing Navia like this, Qiuhe had no choice but to take her to search the vicinity. Finally, they found something that looked like a broken pillar. "Navia, look..."
If I remember correctly, this thing is used to solve a puzzle. This broken pillar needs to be activated with divine power. It needs to float there so that the iron gate in front can be opened.
Then we need to take out the broken pillar inside and continue solving the other puzzles. Only then can we open the iron gate next to the ruins we were in earlier.”
After hearing this, Navia slowly walked forward and crouched down, grabbing the broken pillar with both hands and trying to lift it, but the pillar did not budge.
Navia's mood began to dip. "What's wrong? Why is she like this?" Akiha didn't want to see Navia upset either.
But unlike the Traveler, who is Teyvat's destined one and can resonate with a multitude of things, he cannot use magic. Therefore, he cannot control this mechanism constructed of magic.
Clorind then tugged at Qiuhe's sleeve, and Qiuhe turned to look at Clorind. "Lei, is there really no other way to unlock this ruin?"
Seeing Clarinde's reaction, Qiuhe thought for a while, then walked to Navia's side, gently stroked her head, and spoke softly.
"Navia, actually, if you really want to, I have another way to get the final treasure chest after solving the puzzle. It's just that you might not be able to experience the puzzle-solving process."
Moreover, it might require destroying two weapons to do it. If Navia thinks it's feasible, then... Brother Leyi can give it a try!
Upon hearing this, the twinkling starlight returned to Navia's eyes, and her adorable, cheerful smile once again shone on her face.
Finally, the three returned to the ruins they had visited before. Qiuhe led the two to the iron gate where the magnificent treasure chest was placed.
Holding the Dragon's Roar sword in his hand, he gently tapped the mechanism door with the hilt. Judging from the sound, he knew the mechanism door was incredibly sturdy.
"Navia, Clorind, you two go and squat down a bit. Don't get up until I say it's successful."
The two nodded after hearing this. Navia, like a cheerful little deer, ran off into the distance, and finally, when they reached a safe distance, they slowly crouched down. Navia looked expectantly at Qiuhe ahead.
Seeing that the two had reached a safe distance, Qiuhe slowly drew his sword, the Dragon's Roar, from its sheath at his waist and sighed softly. "This is my first time trying this. I wonder what this sword will do."
"Can it withstand this?" Qiuhe muttered to himself, then saw purple light begin to flow from his clenched hand.
Like a serpent, it slowly coiled around the blade of the Dragon's Roar in its sheath. As the energy filled the blade, its flow accelerated. Finally, Qiuhe's hand gripping the hilt suddenly tightened.
Magical energy surged forth from the sword, its sharp edge gleaming fiercely. It raged wildly across the blade. Qiuhe gripped the hilt tightly with both hands, took a deep breath, and slowly raised the one-handed sword to its side behind him.
"Calamity - Rippling Light!" Qiuhe murmured, and then two streaks of dark purple light flashed through the air like lightning.
Two sharp, circular beams of light instantly appeared around Qiuhe, and at the same time, a huge and terrifying, ear-piercing sound of air being torn apart gradually spread out.
The surrounding space seemed to slow down, and then two streams of energy instantly spread for several kilometers around. Wherever the light reached, trees fell and walls crumbled.
Everything touched by the shimmering light was completely severed by this terrifying energy, and the iron gate in front of Qiuhe, along with the entire massive mountain peak, was also severed.
It was also cut into three halves horizontally by this spreading wave of light.