At the border of Mondstadt and Liyue, there is a big tea stall.
The last time Bai Luo met Emperor Yan Wang for tea was here, and they had a cordial and friendly exchange.
He paid off the tea money that the Emperor owed for who knows how many lifetimes, and as the price, he left several knife wounds on the Emperor's body.
If that were all, it wouldn't be a big deal.
After all, Emperor Rock King didn't really blame him, he just wanted to find a chance to beat him up.
But then... He felt that he would not be returning to Liyue in the short term, so he put him together with his colleague Tartaglia.
Judging from the dozens of pages of letters from Tartaglia, his resentment was definitely not low.
Then this Rock King Emperor
Could it be that he is waiting for me here
Chapter 485 Benny's Adventure Group
Near the Wind Dragon Ruins.
"Jack, thanks to you this time, otherwise I don't know how long I would be trapped."
The young man, covered in scars, dragged a handmade stretcher and said with lingering fear.
The man he called Jack was lying on a stretcher with a look of despair in his eyes, and his eyes seemed to have lost their luster.
As one of the four kings of alcoholics, Jack originally had a bright future.
But his decision to join Benny's adventure team made him start to doubt his life.
This choice caused him and the other party to be trapped in the secret realm for an unknown number of days.
Fortunately, there are monsters similar to the Hilichurls in the secret realm.
If they rely on the food collected by the Hillichels, they can survive this period.
The problem is that there are usually boxes full of vegetables, fruits and melons, but now there are only some rotten leaves left.
Even the treasure chest that he finally found deep in the secret realm after much effort only ended up opening a box of cabbages.
The good news is that these cabbages lasted them until they came out of the secret realm. The bad news is that this adventure that almost cost them their lives only yielded one cabbage.
And he accidentally broke the cabbage when he sat on it. (I didn't look at the chair when I was typing, and I broke an apple when I sat on it. I am worthy of it.)
"Don't worry, Jack. I will treat you to a good meal at Deer Hunter when we get back."
Perhaps he knew that he had implicated Jack, so even though Bennett did not gain much Mora from this adventure, he lost a lot instead.
But he still decided to reward this member of the group.
"No... no need, just drop me off at the city gate."
When Jack heard that Bennett was going to treat him to a meal, his hair stood on end.
If he didn't have to rely on Bennett to take him back, he would have run away secretly long ago. How could he have accepted the invitation to dinner
"That won't work, we are all together... Huh?"
Bennett, who was about to say something, suddenly stopped.
He twitched his nose and asked Jack.
"Jack, do you smell a very special smell?"
"Special flavor?"
After hearing what Bennett said, Jack also subconsciously sniffed a few times.
It would have been fine if I hadn't sniffed it, but once I did, the saliva in my mouth started to secrete uncontrollably.
Perhaps it was because he ate cabbage every day in the secret realm, this sweet aroma captured his taste buds almost instantly.
"It looks like a sunset fruit."
After sniffing a few times, Bennett immediately saw the sunset fruit that had fallen to the ground.
What surprised Bennett was that there was a bite mark on the sunset fruit.
However, through his observation, the bitten off part did not look like it was bitten off by humans. The small gap looked somewhat like the traces of animal gnawing.
"Wait here for me, I'll get it."
Bennett swallowed and originally wanted to take Jack with him.
But considering his luck so far, he finally decided to go alone.
At least Jack wouldn't get hurt.
After putting down the stretcher, Bennett walked towards the direction of Sunset Fruit.
Unexpectedly, just as he took the first step, a hurricane suddenly blew up from the sky.
A stone the size of a millstone fell from the sky and landed in front of Bennett.
It seemed to be warning him not to go over there.
"That was a close call..."
Seeing the stone almost hitting him, even Bennett, who had experienced a lot of hardships, broke out in a cold sweat.
But he didn't back down.
He felt that this was a sign of good luck coming.
He took another step forward, and the big tree next to him suddenly fell down and hit Bennett right in front of him.
At this time, Jack, who was at the back, was feeling thankful.
He was glad that he didn't follow him, otherwise Bennett might have been able to escape, but he might not.
It was just a tree, and it couldn't stop Bennett.
then
Hilly thugs falling from the sky, fire slimes about to explode, weapons that fall inexplicably
When Bennett walked to the sunset fruit and bent down to pick it up.
“Click—”
A crack suddenly appeared in the open space between Bennett and Sunset Fruit.
The opening extends so far that you can't even see the end.
Not to mention Jack, even Bennett himself looked confused at this scene.
Because this was the first time he encountered such a situation.
"I say, why not just forget it, it's just a sunset fruit."
Although the smell of the sunset fruit is very sweet, Jack, who has experienced too much bitterness, is more afraid than desired.
These obstacles again and again seemed to be telling them.
Hell lies ahead.
"Don't worry, Jack. I will help you get the fruit even if it costs me my life."
After hearing what Jack said, Bennett felt a little guilty.
Jack has become so miserable because of me. If I don't even dare to take a small piece of fruit, wouldn't I be too unfair to him
After swallowing, Bennett stretched out his arm and grabbed the sunset fruit on the ground.
The moment the sunset fruit was in hand, something changed around him.
The clouds in the sky dispersed, the wind in the forest stopped, and the faint vibration of the earth disappeared.
Even the sound of birdsong, which had disappeared for a long time, resounded through the forest again.
"I tell you, after bad luck, good luck will definitely come."
Everything around me, no matter how I look at it, is moving in a positive direction.
Although Bennett looked calm, he was actually more panicked than Jack.
Fortunately, the process went smoothly, and this unusually sweet sunset fruit finally fell into his hands.
"Wow, look, Jack, the traces of food left by the animals are still fresh!"
After crossing the obstacle in front of him, Bennett excitedly came to Jack and said loudly.
But the more he did this, the more frightened Jack became.
Because he knew that as long as Bennett started to get lucky, he would be the unlucky one.
Watching Bennett walking towards him step by step, the sound of his footsteps on the ground seemed to be stepping on his heart.
Making his breathing heavier and heavier.
Leaning trees, swaying branches, shaking grass
Everything around him became fraught with danger in his eyes.
After experiencing some of Bennett's talents, he wouldn't be surprised even if a giant dragon fell from the sky now.
"Come on Jack, you eat first."
When Bennett walked up to him and squatted down, Jack almost stopped breathing.
My ears were filled with buzzing sounds.
He... survived.
Could it be that all the bad luck had been used up when I was in the secret realm
Are their luck really going to change now
Jack took the fruit handed to him by Bennett with trembling hands and smelled the sweet scent in the air. He couldn't help but want to cry.
Finally... ... my luck has finally changed.
With trembling hands he raised the fruit, and Jack opened his mouth and took a bite.
“Crack.”
"Jack! What's wrong with you? Wake up!
Chapter 486: Meeting the Rock King Again
“That doesn’t make sense.”
Holding a kitten in his arms, Bai Luo lay on the stone gate, letting the cold wind from high altitude blow on his hair, with a look of confusion on his face.
In his impression, the Emperor seemed to have said so.
The reason why he drank tea in this place was not only because he reminisced about the past, but also because he had heard rumors that he was causing trouble in Mond.
Simply put, they came to stop him, the Fatui executive.
But what about now
Why is he here again
Where did he get the news
Could it be Xiangling
But Xiangling doesn’t know Zhongli’s true identity at all, so there’s no need for her to go to him specifically to tell him, right
Could it be that this old man found out through some special channel that he was causing trouble in Mond
That’s right... the news of the dragon disaster has reached Liyue, so what happened in Mondstadt should not be hidden either.
Return the same way? Go up the snowy mountain
Forget it, it's too time-consuming.
After thinking for a moment, Bai Luo decided to continue through the stone gate.
Although no matter whether we meet sooner or later, we will meet sooner or later.
But just like dying early or dying late, who doesn’t want to live a few more days