Genshin Impact: Journey to Teyvat

Chapter 430: Suppressing evil spirits to drive away the new year

"Until the child fell asleep, in the middle of the night, the ghost appeared. As the window was blown open by the wind, a white hand stretched out to the child's forehead."

Paimon was nervous: "What happened later, did an immortal appear and save the child?"

Gan Lin thought for a while and realized that the eight copper coins did indeed imply the number of the Eight Immortals: "Yes and no, because the copper coins the child placed next to the pillow suddenly burst into light, scaring the ghost who wanted to do bad things and fled in all directions."

"Afterwards, this matter spread among the elders, so after the New Year's Eve dinner, it gradually evolved into a tradition to wrap eight copper coins in red paper and let the children put them on their pillows."

Ci chuckled lightly: "Actually, the eight copper coins were transformed by the Eight Immortals to help the children scare away evil spirits."

Gan Lin said "Wow": "So it's all true! So, is the story of Nian also true?"

Gan Lin's words aroused the curiosity of Ying and Paimon: "What is the story of Nian?"

"Well, the story of Nian is also true." Ci blinked and supported his chin with another hand: "Legend has it that there was a ferocious beast in ancient times, and its name was Nian."

"This year, after every three hundred and sixty-five days, they will come out to harm people, animals, and crops. Children will be scared." After saying this, Ci waved his hand in the air, and suddenly fell a heavy Red reel.

"But the adults are not afraid. They set off these types of firecrackers to drive away the year, and finally use food to comfort the children. This is also called 'suppressing the fright'."

Gan Lin nodded: "I talked about giving New Year's money before. After getting the New Year's money, the younger generations need to pay New Year greetings to their elders."

Ci smiled: "New Year greetings are also very particular. For example, in Hubei, they worship heaven and earth first, then family gods, and finally their elders."

Gan Lin nodded confusedly. In her two lives, from childhood to adulthood, she had never worshiped like Ci said.

"After this part of paying New Year greetings and receiving red envelopes, there is the time of keeping the year old. The older people keep the year old to say goodbye to the old year and cherish time. The young people keep the year old to extend the life of their parents."

Gan Lin thought thoughtfully: "Then, does daddy know the purpose of placing a bright light in every room at night?"

Ci quite liked this title. He smiled and said, "Lighting up the lanterns to illuminate the New Year will bring prosperity to the family in the coming year. This is one of the reasons."

Looking at the three pairs of expectant eyes, Ci chuckled and blinked: "The second reason is to drive away evil spirits. Lighting lamps and keeping vigil symbolizes driving away all plagues and diseases, and looking forward to the good fortune in the new year."

Gan Lin thought for a while: "The last one is probably the legend of Nian mentioned before."

Ci nodded, and Ganlin chuckled: "Every time after the New Year's Eve dinner, we start setting off firecrackers. After setting off the firecrackers, we watch the Spring Festival Gala and make dumplings~"

"Huh?" Ying was a little confused: "We just finished eating, why are you starting to make dumplings again?"

"Of course I didn't eat it that day, but the next morning~" Gan Lin winked at her: "It doesn't matter, we will make dumplings together on the night of the Hai Lantern Festival..."

Gan Lin suddenly turned into a half-moon eye, and always felt that when talking about making dumplings, he would immediately think of a certain sketch...

"The day after making dumplings, you can start eating them. The first day of the Lunar New Year is also called the Spring Festival. On the day of the Spring Festival, you have to wear new clothes, and most of the time you wear red clothes."

As he said that, Gan Lin took out a set of plain jacket, square collar, and horse-faced clothes. There were vivid little rabbits on the clothes. The red, white, and gold tones looked extremely festive.

"This dress is so cute!" Paimon exclaimed, looking at the little bunny on it: "And it looks furry~"

Gan Lin nodded: "Of course, after all, this is also a new dress."

The firecrackers created by Ci were secretly stuffed into the space hub by Gan Lin. Just as he was about to say something, Ci looked over thoughtfully: "Gan Lin, don't forget to endorse."

The excitement was instantly filled with ice water: "...I know."

Gan Lin, who was still excited at first, immediately returned to his bedroom with his head downcast because of these words. Only Ci, Ying, and Paimeng were left in the living room.

Paimon looked around and noticed something: "Uh... I'm going to supervise whether Gan Lin will eat secretly while endorsing."

Ying twitched her lips, Paimon's excuse was still so unexpected.

This time, the scene in the video did not have a storyboard, but was always fixed on Gan Lin's side. After Paimeng came in, he did obediently accompany Gan Lin to endorse.

But the whole process was very boring, and soon Paimon fell asleep. Ganlin held back his laughter and carried the little guy to the bed so that she could sleep well.

As for the other side, Ying looked at Ci in front of her: "Is there anything you need my help with?"

Ci's expression became a little more serious, not at all the gentle look he had when facing his own little rabbit: "There is indeed something that needs help, but there is only one thing."

"I came here from Blue Star after Gan Lin activated my spiritual roots. However, in order to avoid the sight of other worlds...that is, what you call heavenly principles, I never showed up."

Hearing Ci's words, Ying nodded, and Ci continued: "Gan Lin's practice went wrong because of the filthy objects here. Those filthy objects coveted her physique very much."

"And her wood spirit root is the ultimate reason for attracting those monsters. I will leave after this month, but don't worry, this is to avoid certain sights and I have to disappear. I will know what happened in the meantime."

Ci waved his hand, and the three swords floated in the air: "These three are Chimu, Qingming and Shenxiao. Please choose one. This is a thank you gift for protecting her before."

The redwood sword is just like its name. The entire sword is dark red except for the blade, as if there is infinite fire surging inside.

The power of the flames was extremely powerful. Even if it was floating around the sword, Ying could see faint black cracks in the air with the naked eye.

Let’s not talk about the Qingming Sword. As for the Shenxiao Sword, the whole sword is white gold and full of nobility.

It seemed that its appearance had purified the surroundings. The more Ying looked at it, the more he liked it. The reason was actually very simple. It was very similar to the sword he had at the beginning.

It's just that Shenxiao has more white, and gold is mainly the auxiliary color.

Since it was a thank you gift given to him by everyone, Ying naturally would not refuse the opportunity to obtain a weapon and reached out to take Shenxiao.

Shenxiao trembled slightly and finally calmed down. At the same time, Ying also saw Shenxiao's panel.

Shenxiao's attribute point is light, and Ying controls it like a fish in water. Ci nodded, and then gently tapped Ying's forehead with her finger.

"This swordsmanship is handed over to you. The crisis in this world goes far beyond the local crisis. In the future, you must be careful of those foreigners from Blue Star."