Original God's Dark Priest

In the Layered Rock Abyss, near the deepest part of the Frost Sky Nail, Pal and Chenxi were looking at a mass of black mud in front of them. Two mushroom beasts followed behind them.

Pal looked at the giant spike that was glowing slightly high up, and thought: "In other words, this thing has the power to resist pollution."

"People say that the Frost Nail brings doomsday. It destroys many civilizations, and every time a giant nail falls, it is inevitably accompanied by a drastic change in the environment." Chen Xi stretched out her hand. There was a ball of mud in front of her, which was slowly dissipating under her control.

Until the sludge is completely dissolved, revealing the mushroom beast contained within.

Looking at the unconscious mushroom beast, Pal frowned slightly: "But... it relied on the power of the giant spikes and mud to avoid death."

"Well, it's really surprising. It turns out that the dead zone can be born in this way." Chen Xi also felt that his eyes had been broadened.

The elemental creatures that left the body of the Grass Dragon King Apep transformed into mushroom beasts in order to survive and integrated into the mushroom beast group, but they are not mushroom beasts after all.

Moreover, when the life of mushroom beasts comes to an end, it is nothing but death, but this is not the case for them. When their lives end, they will turn into a dead zone and become something that endangers the world.

This also explains from the side why there are always many mushroom beasts in the dead zone.

It turned out that the mushroom beasts did not get in by mistake, nor did they lack time to escape.

They are looking for their families, but they don't realize that this dead zone is their families.

Pal sighed a little, these elemental creatures and fungus beasts seemed to have really become a family.

The mushroom beasts following the two of them were essentially elemental creatures. At this moment, seeing Chen Xi dissolve the sludge and rescue the other elemental creature buried in it, the two elemental creatures immediately came over.

After a careful observation, the obviously more mature floating water mushroom beast said: "It is the life mentioned in the prophecy."

The sludge melted away, and a faint light appeared on the body of the unconscious Lu Xingyan Benzhen Mushroom, and then a black aura began to spread outward.

This is a sign that it is about to become a dead zone.

Upon seeing this, Pal immediately reached out and suppressed the breath with the rich power of grass element.

"Although the power of the mud is more stable than that of Doomsday, it is still a very unfriendly force." The elemental creature in the form of a floating water mushroom beast made his own guess, "After such a long soak, it may not be able to retain its consciousness."

Pal walked to the unconscious elemental creature, hesitated for a moment, and then reached out his hand: "Give it a try, maybe we can use elemental power to wake it up."

"Do you really want to do this? This involves forbidden knowledge. You should know that once you are involved in forbidden knowledge, it is not so easy to get rid of it. Even Saphir may not be able to save you a second time." Chen Xi advised.

Pal nodded. "Yes, forbidden knowledge is still fatal to us, but...if we don't do this, we won't have the capital to talk to Apep."

"So you should have been tougher from the beginning." Chenxi disagreed with taking risks for that guy. Neither she nor Pal were friends with Apep, and she didn't think sacrificing for each other was the right choice.

Pal sighed and shook his head: "Chenxi, the power of the Seven Gods is related to the throne, and the power of the throne comes from the power of the ancient dragon.

Even though Apep's current situation is not caused by me, as long as I have been the 'God of Grass', then I owe him."

"But he may not remember your kindness." Chen Xi wanted to persuade him, but she stopped talking the next second because she could feel that Safir was approaching quickly.

Pal also felt her coming, so he put down his outstretched hand and simply waited there.

Not long after, with a fluctuation in space, Saphir suddenly appeared and cast his eyes on several elemental creatures that looked like mushroom beasts.

In just a moment, Saphir understood the current situation. Looking at the unconscious elemental creature, Saphir was a little confused: "What's wrong? Aren't you going to save it?"

"I'm waiting for you to come." Pal smiled, intending to let Saphir decide what to do next.

Hearing what Pal said, Saphir spread his hands and said, "Isn't it redundant for you to ask me? You sound as if you will give up if I don't agree."

"If you really don't agree, I can give up." Pal said in a relaxed tone, "This will make it more difficult to win over Apep."

Saphir knew what Pal was planning. She looked at the fallen elemental creature, then at Pal and the two elemental creatures beside her, and said, "Is there no safer way?"

"I had a backup plan, but I didn't bring it with me." Pal shrugged. She did leave a fire, but it was to help Apep. She left it to Nashida so that one day in the future, Nashida could improve the relationship between the Dragon King and the gods by helping Apep, thus paving the way for her own children.

Speaking of the backup plan, Saphir immediately took out the fire that Nashida had given her: "Fortunately, I brought it with me. So, let's use this. It's safe."

"Use it now?" Pal asked curiously as he took the fire handed to him by Saphir.

Parr's doubts made Saphir a little unsure: "I thought you were really here to deal with Apep's matter. Don't tell me you were just going to investigate the situation and leave the rest to Nashida.

That girl is worried sick because you haven't been home for a few days. She cares about you very much, so don't push her into trouble."

"I won't let her down." Pal said, holding the fire, and walked towards the unconscious elemental creature. "No one in this world cares about her more than I do. No one."

Pal intended to let Nashida negotiate with Apep. This was a challenge but also an opportunity for Nashida.

After all, Nashida is the current God of Grass, and she has the obligation to negotiate with the Dragon King as a god. The positions of humans and dragons should not be hostile. For Teyvat, this is a kind of internal friction, and internal friction should be stopped.

Saphir knew what Pal was thinking, so she did not comment. In her opinion, no matter whether Nashida could succeed in the end, there would be someone to cover her.

This person could be Pal, Chenxi, or even Saphir himself.

It doesn’t matter who provides the safety net, what matters is whether the safety net can be provided for.

Apep's current state is more like a silent madman, and it is quite difficult to negotiate and reconcile with him.

But no matter how difficult it is, you have to try.

Pal used the power of fire to awaken the unconscious elemental life.

Lu Xingyan's True Mushroom woke up and soon noticed Pal leaning over to check on it: "King of Grass... and... you guys, how long have I been waiting?

I didn't expect that the King of Grass would come to see me personally... This means that the 'end of the world' is over, right? You look... recovered a little, and a little older than the last time I saw you."

Pal is now taller than Nashida. If we judge by body shape, Nashida is a loli, but Pal is a girl, which is about the same height as Saphir.

Of course, when it comes to breast modeling, Huwalnut Phonina and Saphir are still at the same level.

Pal is not, she is on Mona's level.

"Because a long time has passed, and I have recovered somewhat after solving the problem of forbidden knowledge, it is only natural that I have recovered somewhat." Pal looked at his hands. "Fortunately, I did not disappear as expected, so many back-up plans are no longer necessary."

After hearing this, although Lu Xingyan Ben Zhenxun didn't understand, he still nodded: "I'm so glad that you're okay. Although I didn't play a key role, as long as you're safe, I believe that no matter what happens, it can be solved easily."

At this point, it paused, then continued: "You once said that the Doomsday will be completely erased, and the memories related to it will be in an unstable state.

You said that you couldn't guarantee that you would remember your promise to our tribe after that. But you are not someone who would break your promise, and compared to your awareness, my sacrifice is nothing. "

"The promise we made back then..." Pal's eyes revealed a nostalgic look, "Yes, I once said that if I solved the forbidden knowledge, I would solve the problems of your tribe, so I came here. My purpose is not to give up on anyone who has a chance to be saved, so I came here."

There was no need for Pal to conduct a special investigation to solve Apep's problem. She knew very well what to do.

"Thank you for your protection. Otherwise, I would not be able to survive here." Lu Xingyan Ben Zhenxun believed that the reason he could survive was because of Pal's protection. "To be honest, I really can't hold on any longer. I thought I could be stronger."

But Pal knew that was not the case.

She did give it some protection and blessings, but those were not enough to fight against forbidden knowledge. At most, they only made it believe that it would be fine.

The psychological effect is far greater than the practical effect.

The main reason why Lu Xingyan's original mushroom was able to survive was actually the Frost Sky Nail hanging high up.

But in reality, she couldn't open her mouth to explain, and could only follow the other party's words: "Faced with the power of doomsday, no matter who it is, they will be powerless."

"Yeah, I'm powerless. Apart from struggling to survive, I really don't know what else I can do." Lu Xingyan sighed, "Fortunately, I found this place, and I transformed the power of Doomsday into another form.

Only giant spikes falling from the sky can do this, but when I choose to do this...

At the same time, I lost the chance to be saved by the King of Grass. My business is not important, King of Grass, let's get to the point. As you can see, I... can hardly hold on for too long."

Pal stretched out his hand and pointed his right index finger at Lu Xingyan Ben Zhenxun's forehead: "I've already told you that I'm here to save you, so you better cheer up and try to hold on a little longer."

At this time, Lu Xingyan Ben Zhenxun noticed that the fire had already been used: "This... Fire, why is this happening? This is a necessary item to save the Grass Dragon. Now that it has been used, what can the Grass Dragon do!"

Its love is about to collapse. For elemental life forms like them, the Grass Dragon King Apep is the most important existence. For Apep, they can even sacrifice their own lives.

Seeing that the Lu Xingyanbenzhen mushroom was about to collapse, Pal put away the fire and said, "It's just a replica of the Heart of the Oasis. I'm here, so even without it, I can still do what I need to do, even if it takes a little more effort."

"Is that so? Then, when will the King of Grass set out? The Grass Dragon has been tortured by Doomsday for too long, and it has very little strength left." Lu Xingyan Benzhen Mushroom was worried about Apep's safety and couldn't wait to save him.

Saphir looked at the Frost Sky Nail in the distance, touched his chin and said, “From what I know, the Heart of Oasis is not so much the core of Apep as it is his self-healing organ.

Due to the pollution of forbidden knowledge, the Heart of Oasis has stopped functioning, which led to Apep's collapse.

As long as his Oasis Heart can be reactivated, Apep can recover on his own. And... I don't know if you have discovered..."

Saphir quietly asked Pal: "Part of the structure of this Oasis Heart is actually similar to the giant spike in the air."

"You mean..." Pal thought back. The two indeed had similar structures. Especially in terms of elemental resonance, the Frost Sky Nail almost completely adopted that of the Oasis Heart.

She never thought about it at first, but now it seems that this is probably not a coincidence.

“This elemental creature was able to use the Frost Nail to avoid being eroded by forbidden knowledge and eventually becoming a dead zone. Its quick thinking is worthy of recognition.

The existence of the Frost Nail brought about the silt, but the silt actually has no such relationship with the Frost Nail.

Because I have also seen civilizations destroyed by the Frost Nail in the Mondstadt Mountains. There is no such mud there. "

Pal thought thoughtfully: "In other words, the appearance of sludge is not inevitable, but some characteristics here lead to the emergence of sludge, or...formation?"

Saphir showed a teachable look: "Yes, I have been to the top of Fingnir and Crane Observation. Both places are affected by the Frost Nail, and the ground veins are cut off.

But there is no sludge in these two places, so the sludge and the Frost Nail are not related, but the sludge here does appear because of the Frost Nail.

In other words, it was the Frost Sky Nail that caused something to turn into mud. What do you think it was?"

"Forbidden knowledge!" Pal exclaimed.

That’s right, forbidden knowledge.

There is evidence that the Frost Nail transformed forbidden knowledge into processable sludge. That is the Land-Walking Rock Mushroom, which also has forbidden knowledge in its body. Relying on the influence of the Frost Nail, it alleviated its symptoms and survived successfully.

The descent of the Frost Nail follows a regular pattern. Both the Fingernir and Heguan civilizations developed to a certain extent and then were destroyed. With the descent of the Frost Nail, disasters also came along.

There is endless cold in Fingnir, thick fog in Heguan, and mud here.

Pal also thought of this, and she suddenly began to doubt, is this really a disaster?

Or are there secrets hidden behind these seemingly disastrous phenomena?

No one can guarantee that Finnir and Heguan have not been exposed to forbidden knowledge and the abyss.

Then, the purpose of the Frost Nail needs to be studied. Is this thing really meant for destruction?

In response, Saphir did not express his guess, but looked at the Lu Xingyan Ben Zhen Mushroom who was listening quietly: "The fire can activate the heart of the oasis to save Apep, but now the fire has been used, so you think it is not enough to save Apep, is that what you mean?"

"Yes, the Grass Dragon is very powerful. In order to activate the Heart of the Oasis, a complete fire is required. This was the conclusion drawn by the King of Grass after his speculation back then." Lu Xingyan Ben Zhenxun said honestly.

Saphir nodded. Although Pal could indeed take direct action, she also said that she hoped to let Nashida do it. In that case, the existence of fire was inevitable.

Pal also knew where the problem was. She smiled and said, "Isn't it just a matter of charging the fire? This is actually very easy to solve. We just need to find something."

"You also left a charging device for the fire? Where is it?" Saphir was even more curious about what this insurance that Pal left behind was.

Pal did not keep the secret. She looked in one direction and said, "Not far away, there is a big mushroom. I left it there for emergencies. Oh, and it has a nice name: Zanmaran."