After lingering a while longer with Focalors, Alex returned to the big tree at Windrise, only to find that they were all gone.
"Seriously, why didn't they wait for me?" Alex couldn't help but complain in a low voice.
"Rustle ~"
At this moment, sounds of movement kept coming from the tree.
Alex looked up and saw a pair of white safety shorts.
Then, Lumine landed from the tree. As he expected, there were good things on the tree.
Lumine clapped her slightly dusty hands and looked at Alex, who was staring at her unblinkingly, saying, "Oh, you're back."
Paimon also greeted him from the side, then couldn't help but complain to Alex: "We just talked with Venti for a bit, and after we separated, Lumine just stared at the big tree without moving, then started climbing without looking back. I couldn't stop her."
"Haha ~" Alex heard Paimon complaining and smiled genuinely from the bottom of his heart.
"I just went up to take a look," Lumine said, hands on her hips, feeling completely justified.
"I also like to explore every different place. If I remember correctly, there's at least one anemoculus on that big tree, right?" Alex said.
"There is," Lumine nodded, then asked, "You know about anemoculus too? Why didn't you pick it up? I've already collected more than a dozen."
From her understanding, he even wanted to scrape off the poisonous blood from Dvalin's body, so why wouldn't he pick up this anemoculus?
Oculi are so troublesome, they're everywhere.
He didn't want to end up missing just one and then have to run all over the region several times from beginning to end.
His Mondstadt and Liyue ones were not picked up by his mother, and neither were the treasure chests. In the end, he was missing several.
There was no other way; he had to obediently follow his mother and run through them again.
So for Inazuma and Sumeru later, the complex terrain made Alex simply abandon his brain and follow his mother's footsteps.
But when he got to Fontaine, life became busy, and he didn't have as much time to grind. Besides doing the main story and watching the plot, his exploration progress in Fontaine hadn't moved at all.
He would bypass treasure chests and oculi, waiting for a free moment later to watch his mother feed them to him.
Alex then shook his head at Lumine: "No picking, no picking! This stuff is too much of a grind."
? Lumine, the hidden grind-master who didn't know it, was full of question marks. This isn't a grind, it's easy.
"Lumine, have you worshipped the Statue of The Seven? Or are you planning to collect them all and give them at once?" Finally, Alex mentioned it casually.
Unexpectedly, Lumine was still puzzled: "worship the Statue of The Seven?"
Alex pointed to the Statue of The Seven at Windrise, not far from them.
"Let's talk over there," Alex said.
Then, under Alex's guidance, Lumine took out all the anemoculus.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the anemoculus approached the Statue of The Seven, all of them floated up on their own, then turned into green light and merged into the Statue of The Seven.
Subsequently, the stone of the Statue of The Seven trembled for a while, becoming more exquisite.
Finally, a ray of light entered Lumine's body.
(⊙ o ⊙) Lumine once again showed an incredibly shocked expression.
How did she feel her stamina had increased a little this time?
Then she saw a pile of Primogem in her hand and put them away.
Alex stared at the Primogem, drooling with envy.
Why was he so lazy? These were for Primogem!
And a lot of Primogem!!!
"Hehe! Hoho!" Lumine began to punch and kick in place, stretching her muscles and bones, experiencing her current body.
"It actually increased my stamina! It's incredible." Lumine said with surprise. Since coming to this world, her power had been severely restricted.
But this time, it actually allowed a part of her stamina to recover a little here.
This is great! Lumine decided to prioritize finding oculi higher in her mind. No, just make it the first priority, treasure chests second.
"That's great, congratulations, congratulations." Alex clapped.
Alex did not prompt Lumine yet, as that was for later.
Stamina increases only for the first two elements.
It gets stingy later, it stops adding, but this is Teyvat, so maybe it can still add more.
As for his own bar, it completely relies on getting twenty points every ten levels.
The highest mentioned is 240, he just doesn't know if he can draw items to break the limit later.
Lumine pondered in her heart.
What's the hurry to see the Rite of Descension? There's plenty of time!
He'll run through all of Mondstadt these two days and collect all the anemoculus first.
"Oh, Lumine, I have a good gift for you," Alex said, lightly touching Lumine's shoulder with one hand.
Fontaine, in front of the Palais Mermonia, at the Statue of The Seven.
The three of them arrived here.
"Hey!!!" Paimon exclaimed, looking left and right, then up and down: "Isn't this Fontaine! We actually came here."
Paimon thought of Lumine's personality. Two and a half months were already barely enough, and if they wandered around Fontaine, that would really be... "Lumine, you can't waste time here. Let's explore it later! The Rite of Descension is about to begin! Missing it means waiting a whole year."
Well, Paimon would indeed say the previous nonsense, "Let's explore it later."
"Indeed, there's not much time. This Rite of Descension is very exciting, we have to see it," Alex said with a slight chuckle.
But after this, time would be especially abundant.
Inazuma and Sumeru are not that urgent. They are trigger-based; if the Traveler doesn't come, they will remain as they are.
Mondstadt, on the other hand, is situation-driven. If it's not resolved quickly, Mondstadt will be in trouble. It's a good thing the Traveler started in Mondstadt and saved it.
Then there was the Fontaine plot that he cared about.
What to do? After the Traveler finishes Liyue, he must take Lumine to Fontaine first.
He would explain it to her thoroughly and see what good ideas she had.
At this moment, Lumine directly and naturally reached out to touch the Hydro element Statue of The Seven.
Then, a surge of power coursed through Lumine, and she gained the power of the Hydro element.
Lumine smiled slightly,
This is really good.
She had been wandering alone for so long before, why hadn't she thought of touching these Statues of The Seven?
It made her accustomed to attacking people with her dull blade, which she had used for many, many years, as soon as she met someone.
Her life was very down-and-out and tight.
But this time, she had little Paimon and met many companions.
Things are looking up, family.
"I originally wanted to treat you guys to a meal here, but let's skip it for now," Alex said, then touched Lumine again.
"Eat!!!" Paimon's heart fluttered when she heard Alex say that.
Staying in Fontaine for a day isn't impossible, right...? Liyue, Dihua Marsh.
Statue of The Seven Teleport Waypoint.
Paimon licked the corner of her mouth, holding back her drool: "Then we'll..."
"Huh? What?" Alex looked at Paimon, puzzled.
"Ah!" Paimon then realized that they had left Fontaine again and arrived at... Where was this???
"Nothing," Paimon shook her head. Since they missed it, they would taste Fontaine's cuisine next time.
Lumine, seeing the new type of Geo element Statue of The Seven, also reached out her small hand to touch it.
And the next moment, she also gained the power of the Geo element.
"Starfell Sword!"
As Lumine's finger fell, a large Geo construct appeared in front of them.
The next moment, Lumine climbed up with both hands and feet, stood on the topmost platform, and finally jumped.
This is great! Now that anemoculus that she couldn't reach no matter how she jumped before could be grabbed.
Then, Lumine, back in Mondstadt, tried it on a wall and found that she could also place this Geo construct.
This power of the Geo element is really too useful!
Lumine began to love the Geo element.
From then on, Lumine, who ran to every corner of the big world, could not be without her Geo element figure.
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