Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

Xu Ning was secretly anxious. The sky was gradually darkening, and the purplish-black aura was gradually blending into the night, making it increasingly difficult to see clearly even with his elemental vision.

Fortunately, he had already made the trip, so Xu Ning remembered the location of the old site of the Guhua School very clearly.

When we arrived at the foot of the two stone statues again, it was completely dark.

Xu Ning looked up at the two majestic and imposing guardian stone statues.

The two stone statues, one holding a spear upright and the other holding a spear upside down, guard the entrance to the ancient Hua Sect. After hundreds of years of wind and rain, many parts of their bodies have been weathered and broken.

Through the two human figures, you can see a winding stone staircase leading to the top of the mountain.

Xu Ning did not linger and climbed up the stone steps past the stone statue.

The stone steps are broken or even collapsed in many places, but some parts have clearly been repaired.

They either scraped off the moss from the stone surface or replaced the broken stone steps with new gravel.

There was even a section of stone steps that had collapsed, and a piece of wooden ladder was still leaning against it.

Xu Ning was now convinced that Shen He's father must have brought her here to perform the so-called "life-borrowing" mysterious magic.

Despite having spent the entire day traveling back and forth, Xu Ning felt invigorated and mustered his strength to climb upwards once more.

Suddenly, the mountain wind howled in my ears, the water rippled, and I could see the warm lights of Liyue Harbor in the distance.

Xu Ning realized that he had actually climbed to the top of the mountain.

In the lotus pond, barely visible in the darkness, several ice slimes leaped about tirelessly, the sound of the water rippling was theirs.

The main gate of the Guhua School on the right is completely blocked by a thick iron fence.

"Could it be that they went inside?"

The stone bridge in the lotus pond had collapsed. Xu Ning touched the broken stones with his toes and jumped directly to the front gate.

On the ground on either side of the main gate were two circular rune-inscribed discs. Xu Ning stood on one of them, and after a short while, a faint glow appeared on the disc.

“This instrument is activated by weight, and Shen He and her father each have one. I need to think of another way.”

Xu Ning recalled how Beidou activated the little lion circle array that day. He picked up a stone from the edge of the lotus pond and placed it on the instrument panel under his feet, then stood on another instrument panel.

The iron bars creaked and groaned, slowly revealing a dark, gaping doorway.

Right in the center of this portal, a huge, exquisite treasure chest was blocking the entrance.

Xu Ning's face immediately darkened.

The treasure chest was covered in a thick layer of dust, making it look quite old.

A rusty iron plate was hanging from the latch, which Xu Ning ripped off.

The treasure chest then popped open.

Several fine forging ores fell out, and a wooden box was also placed in the chest.

Xu Ning wiped the iron plaque in his hand, which was engraved with the four characters "to be left for those destined to meet".

"This must have been a gift that Gu Huapai left for those who were destined to come here before he left. But this treasure chest is blocking the main entrance, and it is covered in thick dust and shows no signs of being disturbed. It seems that I have come to the wrong place again."

Xu Ning had no interest in seeing what was in the wooden box at the moment. He casually put it into the Dust Concealment Cave and then picked up the few finely forged ores and pressed them onto his gauntlets.

A purple glow flowed, instantly upgrading the gauntlets to level 20, the maximum level, and increasing their attack power by another eight points.

Xu Ning was furious after several failed attempts today.

Looking up, Xu Ning saw several ice balls bouncing happily on the water's surface. He jumped directly onto the ice surface frozen by the ice slimes and kicked them all off the cliff.

Standing on a broken stone pillar at the edge of a cliff, I calmed the restlessness in my chest with the help of the cold mountain wind.

"This direction can't be wrong. I must have been careless and missed some important clue."

Xu Ning turned around and went down the mountain again, but this time he was much slower.

They searched every place carefully, never overlooking any suspicious detail.

Xu Ning knew that since he transmigrated to the continent of Teyvat, the flapping of his butterfly wings had already changed many things imperceptibly.

I must never, and dare not, rely on my past life's experience to verify the changes in this world; otherwise, one day, something will happen that I will regret for the rest of my life.

"Even if it means climbing the mountain several more times today, we must find Shenhe!"

At a corner, when Xu Ning pressed his finger against the dark stone wall overgrown with weeds, he actually pressed nothing.

It turns out that the grass growing above this rock was so thick that it hung down and completely covered the cave.

This misplaced pressure almost caused Xu Ning to fall sideways into the hole, but fortunately, he had enough strength in his waist to straighten his body.

Xu Ning did not rush in rashly.

Having missed so many opportunities, I fear Shen He's father has already summoned that demon.

Having never fought a demon god before, I should be extra cautious.

Slowly parting the grass hanging at the entrance of the cave, you can still see some light inside.

It was a dagger emitting a faint silver light, held tightly in the hand of a young girl.

Bathed in silver light, a purplish-black monster with horns on its head, spikes behind its ears, and four arms and a snake's body stood facing the girl.

“Little girl, put down your weapon and obediently become my food, then your mother will come back.”

The girl's hands remained still, her body remained still, and even her breathing rhythm did not change; she was like a block of ice that had never melted.

Seeing that its prey did not react, the demon snorted and spoke again: "Little girl, look, your mother doesn't want you, she abandoned you and died. Your father doesn't want you either, he took your life to exchange for your mother's life. Nobody in this world wants you, so what use are you?"

The demon bared its sharp teeth and sneered, "Why not just give up this unwanted body and bring your mother back? Not only would your death be worthwhile, but it would also make your father a little happier."

Xu Ning couldn't listen anymore and stuck his foot on the stone wall at the cave entrance.

Suddenly, he flipped through the air, and with all his might, his left hand, which was gripping the gourd, slammed it into the back of the monster's head with a "thud."

The monster's head exploded like a watermelon being smashed by a hammer.

Xu Ning shook his hand. The feeling of hitting the monster's head was like punching a fist into mud, giving him an indescribable sense of disgust.

After confirming that there was nothing disgusting on his wine gourd, Xu Ning spat at the headless corpse.

"You piece of trash! You're such a smart bastard, yet you're actually quite clever, trying to play mind games here! Shen He, don't be afraid, I..."

Xu Ning was thinking of saying a few words of comfort to Shen He when he suddenly saw Shen He's eyes. The words of comfort stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say them.

What eyes they were!

It's as if all the vibrant colors in the world have been put together and burned to ashes.

What should have been a shimmering pool filled with lively spring water has now become a lifeless, cracked, dry well.

Xu Ning was silent for a moment before speaking, "Shen He, I know what happened today is hard for you to accept, but..."

Before Xu Ning could finish speaking, Shen He moved without warning.

The dagger in her hand, gleaming with a faint silver light, pierced Xu Ning's ribs in an instant.