"Eight, you're making too much noise." Shi Yi looked at Tina's house, now a ruin, with a hint of helplessness.
She shouldn't have let that guy fight. All she had to do was hide her presence and deliver the Predestined Death into the enemy's body.
But Eight managed to cause such a huge commotion. Alecto would surely scold them when they returned.
"Not big at all. You should know, with my strength and that woman's, this little commotion is practically nothing," Eight said with a smile, showing no shame.
Shi Yi nodded in agreement. That woman's strength just now was indeed formidable. The black energy entanglement around her hands alone would have been enough to give them a hard time in the past.
But unfortunately, that was only their past selves. Now, each of them possessed the King's blessing, a blessing more radiant than gold in its prime.
"Who are you...?" Tina looked up at the two women before her. One still had flowers tucked into her armor, the other clutched a bouquet in her hand.
"Hahaha, hello there. Your flowers are lovely." Eight looked at Tina, smiled, and then tucked a bouquet from her own armor into Tina's hair.
"Let's go." Shi Yi saw the Knights of Favonius gathering in the distance and was the first to disappear.
"What a cold woman," Eight grumbled, then also vanished from Tina's sight.
"Oh, right. Your compensation should arrive tomorrow. In the meantime, just find a place to stay for the night," Shi Yi, hidden in the shadows, added when she saw the collapsed house below.
Then she left the street.
"Shi Yi, I don't remember you being so kind before," Eight asked casually as they leaped.
"You weren't so talkative before either." Shi Yi didn't answer. Ever since the King came, they had changed a lot.
"After all, the King did say he wanted me to be more cheerful." Eight seemed to recall something and burst out laughing.
Only Yu Jin would tell a nameless assassin to be more cheerful.
But now, she was cheerful, and she had her own name... "Ghost!!!" Ai Qi couldn't help but scream when she saw a blue flame floating in the air before her.
"Ghost!" Yu Jin also cried out, and then with a "boom!" the will-o'-the-wisp was sucked into Yu Jin's body.
Soul residue? Identified as something unintelligent. Yu Jin smacked his lips, tasting nothing.
"Phew! Thank you so much, Mr. Yu Jin." Ai Qi patted her chest, still a bit shaken.
In Mondstadt, she had heard that Wuwang Hill in Liyue was very eerie. She had thought it was just a story to scare children, but she never expected to actually see a will-o'-the-wisp here!
She looked at the caravan members behind her, who were just as panicked as she was, and couldn't help but feel a little relieved. If Yu Jin hadn't accompanied her this time, she would probably have lost everything.
But that was a minor issue. Her main concern was not to betray the trust of Lord Sangomahabai.
Yu Jin looked at the dark, cloud-shrouded forest before him and thought this place was really nice and cool.
"If you see anything, don't act rashly; tell me," Yu Jin glanced around and then walked to the front of the caravan.
This place was different from others. Yu Jin could clearly feel that the flow of element energy here was very chaotic, which was probably the source of the strange phenomenon just now.
As Liyue's largest resting place for the dead, the roads of Wuwang Hill could hardly be called good.
Yu Jin and the others walked on the slightly narrow dirt road, with only the muffled breathing of the pack beasts in their ears. Coupled with the half-human-high weeds by the roadside and the gloomy light of Wuwang Hill, it was very much like a scene from a horror novel.
The rest of the journey was uneventful. After Yu Jin and the others crossed a slope, they saw an open area not far ahead.
Broken houses, dying torches, and lanterns emitting a ghastly green light. These sights all spoke of the terror of this place.
However, Yu Jin felt nothing about it. He said to the panting crowd behind him, "Do you want to rest? You all look very tired."
Ai Qi heard this and looked at the eerie scene below, then at the sweating people behind her, her face filled with indecision.
Yu Jin saw Ai Qi's hesitation, so he led the way down the slope, first lighting a torch, then stomping on all the green-glowing lanterns, and finally lighting a huge bonfire in the center of the clearing.
The orange-red firelight illuminated a large area of dark ruins, and even the distant green light vanished into nothingness under this flame.
"Hey—, come down!" Yu Jin shouted loudly at the people still dazed on the slope.
Yu Jin's shout finally brought everyone back to their senses. The caravan members, hearing Yu Jin's words, immediately rushed down the slope in a swarm.
"Tha... thank you, Mr. Yu Jin." Ai Qi looked at the huge bonfire, whose flames were several meters high, and thanked Yu Jin in surprise.
It is well known that most fear is self-inflicted. In front of the huge bonfire Yu Jin lit, the surrounding scary atmosphere was almost completely dispelled.
Everyone in the caravan finally relaxed by the bonfire. They shed their fatigue, and soon the sound of laughter from the caravan filled the air around the bonfire.
Yu Jin saw that the caravan members had begun to rest, so he wandered around near the bonfire, as he was, after all, eternally tireless.
Behind the bonfire was a stretch of house ruins. This area was quite spacious, but due to a significant slope, Yu Jin chose not to make a fire here.
He walked amidst the ruins, and with every step, the sound of rotting wood breaking could be heard, accompanied by a cloud of dust.
How many years had this place been abandoned?
Yu Jin walked slowly, stepping on the rotting wood. After passing through a broken wooden door, he suddenly found a small girl appearing before him.
The little girl was exquisitely delicate, wearing a long green dress, completely out of place with the gloomy surroundings of Wuwang Hill.
"Where is it, exactly?" Xiao Jiu Jiu murmured to herself, as if she hadn't seen Yu Jin.
"What are you doing, little one?" Yu Jin squatted down, reaching out to pat her head.
But as soon as Yu Jin's hand touched Xiao Jiu Jiu's head, it passed right through her, like trying to scoop the moon from the water, only causing a ripple.
"Oh? A soul separated from its body?" Yu Jin rubbed his fingers, a little amazed. It seemed this place was chaotic enough for souls to exist separated from their bodies for a period of time.
Then ripples spread across Yu Jin's hand, and this time, his hand truly touched Xiao Jiu Jiu's head.
The moment Yu Jin's hand touched Xiao Jiu Jiu's head, her somewhat muddled eyes suddenly cleared.
Xiao Jiu Jiu's face immediately turned pale. She no longer repeated her earlier mumbled question, "Where is it, exactly?", but instead squatted on the ground and began to wail.
"Hey, hey, hey~, don't cry? Have some candy." Seeing Xiao Jiu Jiu wailing, Yu Jin quickly tried to comfort her.
Unfortunately, Yu Jin rummaged inside himself for a long time but couldn't find a single piece of candy, so he had to reluctantly place a large pile of Sunsettia in front of Xiao Jiu Jiu.
"Sniffle~, Tha... thank you, Big Brother." Xiao Jiu Jiu sniffled, still sobbing as she spoke to Yu Jin.
She was too scared, scared of not seeing her mom and dad, scared of not seeing her Big Brother Jiu, scared of not seeing her playmates.
Xiao Jiu Jiu had died, drowned in the cold currents in the distant past.
But she had only just remembered all of this. The fear of death descended upon the child for the first time, leaving her only able to express her unspeakable terror through wailing.
"What's your name? Do you remember where you live? I'll take you home." Yu Jin looked at Xiao Jiu Jiu, who was wiping her tears, and asked warmly.
"My name is Xiao Jiu Jiu, and I live in Qingce Village." Xiao Jiu Jiu stopped crying when she heard Yu Jin's words and, after a moment of thought, replied.
"What a coincidence, I'm also going to Qingce Village! Come with me!" Yu Jin smiled. This was truly fate.
"No! The deceased should find peace, and she's been dead for over ten years, even more so!" Suddenly, a Damselette's voice came from behind Yu Jin.
Hearing this, Yu Jin's eyebrow twitched, and he asked, "Who are you?"
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