Genshin Impact: I am the Great General of Liyue

Chapter 190 The Sword of Corruption

Hearing what Abedo said, Paimon was so frightened that he moved away from the sword in Ying's hand.

Ying also subconsciously placed her hands as far away from her body as possible.

Upon seeing this, Abedo explained why he had given the sword to Ying.

“You have purified the tears of Dvalin, possessing an extremely rare power. This power ensures that you will not only be protected from the corruption and poison, but also completely eliminate their danger. Therefore, only you can properly wield this sword.”

"That being said, this sword is still too... ah!"

Just as Paimon began to worry about whether the sword would affect Luminosity, the sword suddenly emitted a special kind of light.

"It...it seems to be glowing?"

Seeing this, Paimon panicked, while Aberdo remained calm.

"To me, this is the signal that the experiment is about to begin. This sword is still weak, but it can absorb power, and in this way, it will continuously strengthen itself. In a sense, it is a living thing. Traveler, take it and go on adventures. I need you to help it grow. Soon, all the inferences will be verified."

Having agreed to the request and bid farewell to Abedo, Huiyuan led everyone to the place of the Honeysuckle Tree.

A huge block of ice is intertwined with a dead tree trunk, surrounded by small blue grasses.

Logically, Paimon intended to use the "Crimson Stones" scattered throughout Dragonspine, which are crystals containing warm energy, to melt the ice.

However, Huiyuan was unreasonable and switched directly to the skin "Litiantian". With an unreasonable SR-level elemental power intensity, she directly used fire and lightning to shatter the ice seal that could only be removed with "Crimson Stone".

Feeling uncomfortable with her mature and sophisticated image, Huiyuan switched back to Lingling's persona.

Leading Yingmei along the way, they fought monsters, opened treasure chests, unlocked teleportation anchors, and obtained Crimson Jade. Before they knew it, they had found the Seven Gods Statue.

Driven by curiosity about whether the power of ice element could be unlocked, Ying went up to touch the statue after Huiyuan deciphered the secret of ice.

It's obvious that this is the Statue of the Seven with the Barbatos statue, and Luminous did not unlock the Ice element because of it.

After her initial disappointment, Huiyuan looked curiously at the teleportation anchor point at the foot of the mountain, which was hidden by the wind and snow.

I asked the system, and it has a teleportation function. The principle seems to be that it uses the veins of the earth to teleport to the location of the desired teleportation anchor point.

Unlike in the game, you can't teleport by opening the map; instead, you teleport between anchor points by touching them.

"Yingmei, I noticed that you could activate the anchor point as soon as you touched it. I know what it's used for, but I'm curious why I've never seen you use it before?"

"Because I prefer to walk when you're around. And if I teleport away, you'll be left here all alone, right? Besides, you can fly through the clouds and it feels really nice to take a nap and arrive at your destination in the sky."

"Then, how did Paimon follow you in teleporting?"

"This...it always disappears from my side suddenly and then reappears suddenly. Perhaps it's because of this ability that it can teleport with me when I teleport?"

"Could you perform for me?"

"Teleport? Oh, okay."

Nodding, Ying closed her eyes and touched the statue of the Seven Gods.

After several dozen seconds, Huiyuan used wind element to see through the snow and fog and discovered Ying below the mountain.

Just then, that creepy feeling suddenly appeared in my heart.

(Oh no... it's that aftereffect. It's so itchy... No way, am I going to lose control because of this?!)

Fortunately, Ying teleported back the next second, and Huiyuan did not lose her mind and lay a hand on the Seven Gods statue in front of her.

Seeing the tense expression on Huiyuan's face, Ying chuckled and walked over to touch her head.

"what!"

During this unexpected head pat, Huiyuan accidentally let out a soft, cute girl's voice, making her even more nervous.

Ying nodded in satisfaction and withdrew her hand.

"Very good, very good, Sister Lingling is mine now!"

"Exclusive to what?"

Paimon asked in confusion.

Upon hearing this question, Ying closed her eyes and gave a wicked smile.

"Hehe, kids shouldn't ask so many questions."

"Who's a child! Paimon isn't a child!"

After some playful banter, the group returned to Abedo's camp with their swords.

To prevent herself from unknowingly leaning against Ying's shoulder again, Huiyuan had the system remind her from time to time to prevent her from accidentally entering a daze and doing something.

"Aberdo—!"

Paimon waved again, greeting Abedo who was deep in thought.

"You are back."

"We've been working on this for so long, let's see how the sword is progressing!"

After Paimon finished speaking, Ying handed him the sword.

Aberdo examined it closely.

Compared to before, the aura and light emanating from the sword are now much stronger.

"Hmm... Just as I expected. This sword will grow stronger with each battle."

Paimon didn't quite understand the strange metaphor.

That's true. Paimon's experiences and knowledge are far less than Luminous's. Even if Luminous often reads storybooks to her at night, she's only been on her journey in Teyvat for a few months. In such a short time, she wouldn't have been exposed to stories with settings similar to those in Inazuma's light novels.

Not paying much attention to Paimon's surprise, Abedo brought up something.

"By the way, let me tell you something important first. I investigated the snow in the vicinity and found some unusual traces. You've come at the perfect time, let's investigate together."

Following Abedo, we arrived at a campsite. There were many footprints of different sizes nearby, and sparks were still rising from the campfire.

"Hmm...it looks like something left behind by a group of treasure hunters."

After a moment's thought, Ying guessed.

Hearing Ying's guess, Paimon also began to guess.

"So the treasure-hunting gang really has a camp in the snowy mountains... Are they here to steal and rob?"

Abedo analyzed, "There are lone adventurers on the mountain, making it easy to rob them."

"This snow-capped mountain is truly a dog-eat-dog world."

Paimon, who had witnessed squirrels eating nuts, wolves eating squirrels, wild boars eating wolves, and Xiangling eating wild boar all at the same time, couldn't help but sigh.

After opening the box left behind by the treasure hunters, Paimon continued his rant.

"But despite stealing so much, they're still penniless; how pathetic..."

Looking into the box that Paimon had opened, Ying's feelings became complicated.

Should we sympathize with them or not?

Feel sorry for them; they ended up in this situation because they didn't do their jobs properly.

If you don't feel sorry for them, they are quite pitiful; there isn't even a single grain of food in their boxes.

However, Paimon's mind was simple, and he didn't think that far ahead. He decisively said, "Hmph, I have no sympathy for those who call us thieves!"