Travel through Teyvat and spend your life with Linghua

Chapter 180 Strange Sound

At noon, although the sun was trying hard to penetrate the clouds and shine onto the earth, the cold wind was still like a ferocious beast, raging mercilessly. Nana Shikano stayed in the store to monitor the business.

On the other side, a group of six people consisting of Xianyun, Shenhe, Xinyang, Linghua, Ying and Paimeng were heading towards Guiliyuan against the cold wind.

Guiliyuan is vast and boundless, dotted with ancient ruins. When the cold wind blows through these weathered buildings, a low, long-lasting whimpering sound comes out, as if telling the story of a past glorious and tragic history.

The strong wind also blew up large clouds of dust, like a surging yellow wave, covering the sky and making it impossible to open your eyes.

Paimon's petite body followed closely behind Ying, his small hands tightly grasping the corner of Ying's clothes, and he kept muttering under his breath: "The wind is too strong, it feels scarier than the monster!"

Ying heard Paimeng's complaint and smiled helplessly. She turned around and patted Paimeng's head gently, saying softly, "Don't be afraid. We are here. We will be fine."

At this moment, Xianyun, who was walking at the front of the group, stopped and gracefully waved her sleeves. Suddenly, a gentle yet powerful immortal energy surged from her body and quickly spread out. The dust that had originally obscured the sky was impacted by the immortal energy and retreated slightly as if being pushed away by an invisible hand, allowing everyone's vision to instantly become clear.

"Everyone follow closely. There are many ruins here and the situation is complicated. There may be hidden dangers hiding in the dark." Xianyun turned around and warned the people behind him with a serious expression.

Xianyun looked at the dust in the sky again and murmured to himself, "This level of wind and sand is really like you." There was a hint of nostalgia in his voice.

Suddenly, Ying covered her head tightly with her hands and shouted loudly: "Did you hear that?" Ying's pretty face was distorted by pain, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

When everyone heard Ying's cry, they were all startled, their hurried steps coming to a halt. With a nervous expression, they quickly turned and gathered in Ying's direction.

Shen He's face was full of concern. He walked quickly to Ying's side and asked anxiously, "What did you hear? Are you feeling unwell?" As he spoke, he reached out to support the staggering Ying.

Ying frowned, her face showing an expression of both pain and confusion. Her lips trembled slightly as she slowly spoke, "I seemed to hear a very strange sound, like someone whispering something, but I couldn't quite hear it. I just felt like the sound kept buzzing in my head, disturbing me."

Before anyone could ask what was going on, the ground shook violently without warning.

Everyone was caught off guard, stumbled, and suddenly lost their balance, their bodies swaying from side to side as the ground shook.

"Everyone be careful!" The scene was in chaos at this time, and a group of people supported each other and tried to keep their balance.

At this moment, an extremely huge star rock was seen falling rapidly in the distant sky, hitting the ground directly.

Paimon was so frightened that he flew around in the air in panic, yelling, "What the hell is going on? Help!"

Xianyun's expression changed, and a solemn look flashed in his eyes. "Who is that? The Emperor?"

After the earth stopped shaking, the Star Rock in the distance also disappeared.

Full of doubts and vigilance, everyone hurried towards the direction where the star rock fell.

Xianyun hurried to the front of the team, her brow furrowed, her expression unusually solemn. She moved with the swiftness of the wind, while secretly mobilizing her inner spiritual energy, attempting to detect the situation ahead.

"The attack just now could only be carried out by the Emperor, who possesses such terrifying strength. However, if it was really the Emperor who made the move, then who could have forced the Emperor to use such a powerful move?" Xianyun pondered in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was no trivial matter.

Thinking of this, Xianyun no longer hesitated. His body flashed and he instantly turned back to his original form.

As Xianyun flapped his wings, a majestic and vast force of wind element emerged like a surging wave, gently lifting up the people behind him.

Everyone felt that their feet suddenly lost support, but then they were steadily lifted up in the air by the powerful force of the wind element and rushed towards the direction where the star rock fell.

Shen He, who was following behind Xian Yun, couldn't help but frowned slightly when she saw this. She asked with some concern, "Master, I've never seen you so anxious and hurried. Is there someone important there?"

In response to Shen He's question, Xian Yun remained unusually silent. Her gaze was fixed on the front, and the solemnity in her eyes didn't lessen in the slightest, but instead grew even more intense and profound.

At this time, Xinyang, who had been following silently beside him, suddenly said, "Master, please don't worry! Zhongli is safe and sound. I can clearly sense his breath." Hearing this, Xianyun's expression relaxed a little, but his flying speed did not decrease at all.

When they arrived at the destination, everyone was dumbfounded.

There were countless remains of the One-Eyed Little Treasure on the ground. The remains were scattered all over the place, and some were still emitting wisps of black smoke, which showed that they had obviously experienced a fierce battle.

Looking towards the center, there were three one-eyed stone statues, seemingly besieging something. In the very center stood a tall figure, radiating a faint golden light. It was Zhongli. His presence seemed particularly majestic and sacred amidst the ruins.

Paimon exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, it's Zhongli."

After landing, Xianyun quickly transformed back into human form and stepped forward to ask, "Emperor, what's going on? Why are there so many ruins guards besieging you?"

Zhongli shook his head. "I don't know either. I just felt that Guiliyuan seemed to have the presence of an old friend, so I decided to come here to investigate. I didn't expect to encounter so many ruins guards."

Xin Yang looked at the countless remains of the One-Eyed Little Treasures on the ground and said in surprise, "This isn't right. Even if there are many ruins in Guiliyuan, there shouldn't be so many One-Eyed Little Treasures. Besides, how could they have escaped if they weren't paralyzed in the ruins?"

Linghua also frowned slightly. "Yes, could it be that someone is controlling these ruins guards from behind and wants to deal with Zhongli?"

Xianyun shook his head and said, "Impossible. If someone did it on purpose, let's not talk about how to control these ruins guards. The emperor's strength alone is not comparable to these ruins guards. If he wants to deal with ordinary people, he doesn't need so many ruins guards at all." Xianyun's analysis was well-reasoned and irrefutable.

Zhongli nodded. "Xianyun is right. When I was fighting these ruins guards just now, they seemed to appear out of nowhere and surrounded me without any warning. Moreover, they attacked aimlessly and randomly. It couldn't be someone doing it on purpose."

At this moment, Ying hugged her head again. "That voice is coming again."

Xianyun asked anxiously, "Ying, can you hear what it's saying this time?"

After a long while, Ying finally uttered a few words, "'Return... Past... Disaster...' Only these vague words could be heard clearly."

Everyone looked at each other and fell into deep thought.

Linghua touched her chin. "Guili should refer to Guiliyuan. The past might refer to the past events here, but this disaster... could it be referring to the disaster that once occurred in Guiliyuan?"

Xianyun thought for a moment and said, "But there haven't been any major disasters in Guiliyuan in recent years. Ying, think about it again. Maybe I heard it wrong?"

Zhongli said solemnly, "No, there was a terrible war in Guiliyuan, and we lost an old friend in the war."

Xianyun looked at Zhongli in surprise. "Emperor, you mean... Impossible? We were all there at the time, and she clearly..."

Zhongli shook his head slightly, sighed deeply, and said, "Perhaps some truths are buried deep in the years. What happened back then may not be as simple as we see it."