Genshin Impact: A Traveler with Only Two Skills

The monsters in the town at the bottom of the lake will disguise themselves as humans. When they notice something unusual, they will uncontrollably tear off their disguises and reveal their true identities as monsters.

This sounds like good news, as it means that the "people" at the bottom of the lake will at least not actively attack them. This means that they just need to be careful and avoid letting the townspeople notice anything unusual.

"Then how did you offend the townspeople in that town?" Ying asked.

Gu Ling sighed helplessly and said:

"Because of an experiment."

"I had just arrived at the bottom of the lake, and it wasn't difficult for me to find the patterns here, but I also wanted to know what would happen if I stayed in the village during the transition between dawn and day."

"and then?"

"Then, I saw all the townspeople suddenly appear in front of me, but only some of the townspeople who were closest to me appeared."

"Huh! What does 'part' mean?" Gui Yan asked, covering his mouth.

"Don't worry, I'm not saying they're dead - but they did die a long time ago - the part I mentioned refers to the part of their body that is farther away from me. As for the rest, it didn't show up because it was closer to me."

"As for the cut surface, there is nothing wrong there. It is like a reflective mirror, with only white light. But because of this, it is more conspicuous, and then those people found something wrong."

"It would be fine if none of those people showed up, but it's really impossible to hide it if only some of them showed up. Just think about it..."

Gu Ling pointed at Ying, and then said to Gui Yan:

"If Ying was fine in front of you, but in the next second only half of her body was left, and that half was still glowing, how would you react?"

After listening to Gu Ling's words, Gui Yan thought about it carefully and put herself in her shoes to imagine the situation. However, as soon as the vague concept of Ying's body being cut off appeared in her mind, Gui Yan felt her body go cold and even trembled a little, so she quickly drove this idea out of her mind.

"terrible."

"Yes, the townspeople see each other every day. They all know each other and have a good relationship, so they all discovered this problem. As a result, the townspeople around me also noticed the abnormality."

"Then they all turned into monsters?" Gui Yan continued to ask. She was using this method to get rid of the fear she had just experienced.

"Some of it changed immediately, and some of it was a little slower to react, but it also changed after a while."

"Then, the townspeople who saw them turn into monsters naturally realized that something was wrong. It was like a virus spreading, and before long, everyone in the town had turned into monsters."

Gu Ling sighed as she spoke, and Ying could sense from her words the sadness that Gu Ling wanted to hide but didn't, because when she mentioned this, there was a slight nasal tone in her voice.

"Although those monsters were not very powerful, their numbers were too large and they were troublesome, so I just escaped. When I went back secretly a day later, I found that all the townspeople had recovered. However, when they saw me, they seemed to instantly remember the abnormalities they noticed at that time and revealed their true forms."

"So, I can't go to that town anymore now."

"So that's how it is." Ying thought thoughtfully and gained a better understanding of this world under the lake.

"Okay, this is the advice I give you." Gu Ling raised her head again and turned back into the arrogant "little senior".

"Next, I will take you to the place where I usually collect intelligence. You must be careful there and don't reveal any clues."

"Yes, yes, yes." Ying responded perfunctorily and amusedly, and was about to follow Gu Ling, but she suddenly stopped.

"There is one more thing I forgot to remind you."

Seeing Gu Ling's serious expression, Ying and Gui Yan also became nervous.

"Remember, in these towns..." Gu Ling frowned slightly, then pointed at the two people's legs, "Don't swim casually just because you are underwater. Just walk normally, otherwise they will find the problem."

This sentence caused a brief silence among the three people. After a moment, Ying took the lead in swaying her body and found that she could indeed rise with the help of buoyancy, but she still said:

"If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten that we are at the bottom of the lake now..."

……

In short, Ying and Guiyan were led by Gu Ling to the place where she usually collected intelligence, which was a temple located in the east of the town.

This temple is much larger than the Earth Immortal Temple outside Linxian Village, and is even comparable to the Tiangan Hall or Lihuo Hall of the Tiancang Sect. Together with the square outside the temple, two side halls, and some other buildings, all added up, this place is almost one-fifth the size of the Tiancang Sect.

The town is not big, but the temple is so big. If this was a normal town, Ying might think that the people here are very pious.

"There is such a temple in every town, but the 'gods' they worship are different. The immortal from Tianya Island named Lingyue probably doesn't know what's going on here," Gu Ling said, looking at Guiyan, actually looking at Lingyue.

"..." Gui Yan smiled awkwardly. She felt Ling Yue's helplessness in her body and also heard her complaints.

"I haven't spoken for such a long time, why is she still focusing on me? This 'senior' is too competitive."

Judging from the time she entered the world, Ling Yue was far older than Gu Ling, so she naturally knew what the other person was thinking. She just felt that she had just lost face, and now wanted to regain some face from herself who was also in the Earthly Immortal Realm.

"What a childish temper." Ling Yue muttered in her heart, but in order to know more about these towns, she had to use Gui Yan's body and asked:

"Then, Senior, can you tell me the origins of these gods they worship?"

"Hehe," Gu Ling laughed proudly, "The cultivators of Tianya Island may not like this place, but these towns were also very famous among the cultivators as the 'Eight Immortals Town'."

"You should understand from the names that these eight towns have all produced immortals."

"Eight immortals! This is more than the number in Linyuan City." Ying said with some emotion.

"Yes, there are many, but they are not that rare. In the past, becoming an immortal did not require worrying about the erosion of demonic energy like it does now, and it was much easier to enter the earthly immortal realm. At that time, there were also immortals who broke through the shackles and became celestial immortals."

"Eh, is that so?" Ying was stunned again. Now she couldn't understand the purpose of Gu Ling mentioning that she had cultivated eight immortals.

"How could I not know about this? Just listen to me first." Gu Ling pouted unconvincedly, "Eight immortals are not rare, but what is rare is that those eight immortals were not cultivated by humans, they were all cultivated by monsters."