Genshin Impact : Eerie Teyvat-Chapter 139: Ch : Two Zhongli?

"So it really was the presence of something eerie...?"

After listening to Su Yuan's explanation, Baizhu nodded thoughtfully and looked at Changsheng, still frozen in a block of ice nearby.

"If we're talking about the conditions under which Changsheng became Eerie, I'm afraid it has something to do with me..."

"Three days ago, in order to treat some patients with difficult and complicated illnesses, I had Changsheng transfer too much of their pain and sickness onto myself..."

"That night, I was so exhausted I briefly lost consciousness..."

"After that, I started noticing my own health gradually improving. At the time, I grew a little suspicious and asked Changsheng whether she had actually transferred the patients' ailments into my body."

"Changsheng said she had suddenly realized a new method of regulation and conditioning—one that could produce even more remarkable results... She even said that perhaps my previously developed elixir of immortality was finally taking effect..."

"Looking back, she must have already been contaminated and controlled by the eerie force at that point..."

Baizhu let out a faint sigh and said, "I should've realized something was wrong sooner, but because of my trust in Changsheng, I let it go for two or three days..."

"And in those two or three days, who knows how many people's life force Changsheng siphoned... all to restore me..."

"Although Changsheng intentionally tried to hide it and didn't completely drain those people's life force, some individuals with weaker constitutions inevitably suffered unexpected consequences without that vital energy to sustain them..."

"Chen Xiang's daughter, Hongdou, was one such case..."

Seeing Baizhu's slightly sorrowful expression, Su Yuan didn't know what to say to comfort him...

He was someone who had always carried the world in his heart, a healer dedicated to saving lives—yet now, because of a misstep, he had caused unintended harm...

"Vital energy isn't the same as lifespan," Baizhu spoke slowly.

"It's a form of pure life energy... like blood. If a person's blood is completely drained in a short time, they die—and it's the same with vital energy."

"But as long as the foundation isn't damaged, losing some vital energy is like losing blood—it can gradually recover..."

"What I must do now is find every person who came to Bubu Pharmacy for treatment over the past two days and check on their current condition, one by one, then prescribe them nourishing treatments..."

"Heh... sometimes I think I've relied too much on Changsheng's ability..."

Baizhu let out a faint, bitter smile.

"Right now, I feel like I've returned to the very beginning of my journey in medicine... where I had to rely solely on myself for everything..."

Too reliant... was it?

Su Yuan began to wonder—had he also become too dependent on his rewind ability?

If he didn't have the power to rewind... would he really be powerless to do anything?

A sudden resolve welled up in Su Yuan's heart: what if, starting tomorrow, he tried to go a whole day without rewinding even once?

Would something unexpected or interesting happen?

After all, in many games, there were often hidden easter eggs or special triggers like that...

He raised his hands and looked at his palms—only to be shocked to find that, from grabbing Changsheng bare-handed earlier, his palms had been badly burned by the eerie energy on her body.

But... why did these burn marks look so familiar?

They almost resembled the writing that had appeared on his palm during his fifth rewind...

"Demonic aura? Where is it? Where's the demonic aura?!"

Chongyun ran around the courtyard in circles, checking the trees, the water jars, even under the stone stools—yet found no trace of any evil spirits.

At last, he came up to Su Yuan, slapped a talisman onto his forehead, and shouted indignantly:

"Ha! I've found it at last! You're the demon!"

As he spoke, Chongyun raised his sword, ready to strike at Su Yuan's head!

At that critical moment, Su Yuan quickly summoned Hydro energy, laced with Cryo energy, and blasted a mixture of icy water right into Chongyun's face—instantly sobering him up.

"Su Yuan, did we succeed?" Chongyun asked anxiously the moment he regained his senses.

"We did." Su Yuan nodded, pointing to the ice-block that was Changsheng.

"Phew... that's a relief." Chongyun let out a long breath.

"I didn't scare you guys just now when my pure-yang constitution went out of control, did I..."

"My pure-yang rampage... I guess you could call it a different kind of eerie transformation too..."

Chongyun couldn't help but complain about himself:

"A complete change in personality, totally out of control, no memory of anything afterward..."

"I caused quite a few embarrassing scenes back at Wanmin Restaurant too..."

"Why didn't Hu Tao and Zhongli show up here..."

Su Yuan frowned slightly, a bit puzzled as he spoke.

For some reason, he had a strong feeling that, based on the clue from the palm of his left hand earlier, Hu Tao should have appeared here... frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Just then, a homing pigeon wearing a blue ribbon suddenly flew in from the sky not far away, landing directly in Yelan's hands.

Yelan took out a small scroll tied to the pigeon's leg and began reading the note.

"Everyone, I've just received the latest intel..."

"Jiangxue has returned to Wangshu Inn, and he's acting completely normal. He even proudly showed off to Yanxiao, bragging about how he caught several big fish today..."

"Although there's a chance Jiangxue might still be pretending, Su Yuan, you mentioned before that once the conditions for eerie transformation are no longer met, it usually ends on its own..."

Yelan spoke calmly.

"If Jiangxue's condition for becoming eerie was being interrupted while fishing, then is it possible that his way of returning to normal was... actually catching some fish?"

Su Yuan nodded and said, "That's definitely possible..."

"But based on what you all described earlier, even though Jiangxue is quite powerful, we still don't know whether he's actually willing to join us in fighting against the eerie forces..." Chongyun said.

Su Yuan also looked troubled—Jiangxue clearly seemed to have given up on everything, now just wanting to live peacefully as a laid-back fisherman...

"And then there's one more piece of intel," Yelan continued.

"Some residents near Minlin reported seeing what appeared to be the Geo Archon's dragon near the Dragon-Queller Tree. It was wrapping its tail around the tree, ramming into Mt. Hulao with its body, and letting out terrifying roars..."

"But by the time my informant arrived at the scene, all they found was a mess of trampled grass and scattered rubble. There was no sign of the supposed Archon-like figure at all..."

As Yelan spoke, a bad feeling began to settle over them.

Could it be that Hu Tao and Zhongli hadn't shown up here because... something had happened to them?

And that dragon-like figure—could it have been a eerie-transformed Zhongli?

"Sorry to intrude... I heard from the neighbors what happened. My condolences."

Just then, Hu Tao's voice came from outside the courtyard gate.

"Just now, we stopped by another place first, so we were delayed a little..."

"We're from the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. May I ask if you require our all-inclusive funeral services?"

Su Yuan saw that Zhongli's figure had also appeared behind Hu Tao.

But Su Yuan couldn't make sense of it—if the dragon-like figure near the Dragon-Queller was a eerie-transformed Zhongli, then who exactly was this Zhongli standing right in front of him right now?

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