NCCnovel Chapter 650 Becoming Your Lord of Praise
Chapter 650 Becoming Your Lord of Praise
Sora watched Sluza flying ahead, feeling as if Paimon, who usually flew beside him, had suddenly turned pink, and couldn't help but laugh.
Sluza turned around angrily.
"You all had better be prepared, otherwise I won't be responsible if you get eaten by some monster that appears out of nowhere along the way."
Kong quickly suppressed his smile and said seriously, "I'm not laughing at you. Um, what kind of monsters usually roam around here?"
"When you see it, you will naturally know."
The road ahead ends at a cliff, below which a winding path leads to the river.
Sluza flew to the edge of the cliff and turned around, seemingly full of smugness.
"You'll be stuck here from now on, won't you? Let me show you the power of a flower spirit. I'll unfurl my spirit leaves in mid-air..."
Xu Ning and Kong opened their wind wings almost simultaneously, jumped, and glided...
Sluza stared in disbelief at the two people flying down, then shattered the newly formed blades of grass with a wing and flew down with a roar.
Xu Ning watched as Kong cleared away the Abyss Mage and Hilichurl thugs in front of him, then turned to Sluza, who was falling behind him, and asked, "Are these the monsters you were talking about? Have any monsters stronger than them appeared around here?"
Sluza exclaimed in surprise, "There are even more powerful... cough cough, what I mean is, there's basically nothing more powerful at this stage, but if we leave the Burning Truth Celestial Phenomenon unchecked, I'm afraid that with the accumulation of filth, even more powerful demons might soon emerge. My mission is truly heavy..."
Xu Ning laughed and said, "Your mission? Wasn't it said that some cult here would handle these things?"
Sluza frowned and said, "You mean the Theory Group? I admire their spirit, but apart from their leader, the rest of the humans are no good. Those foolish guys can't stay with me until the end to witness my sacrifice."
Xu Ning was taken aback. He hadn't expected the little guy to mention "sacrifice." Sacrifice what? Sacrifice itself?
I wanted to ask one more question about this, but since Sora had already dealt with the monsters, Silsa flew over and praised Sora without hesitation.
"Although you are still quite far behind us flower spirits, your fighting spirit reminds me of the human heroes who fought alongside us back then. I have decided to grant you permission to be my worshipper."
Kong asked, somewhat confused, "What master?"
"They are people who exist specifically to praise my heroic deeds. My sacrifice is destined to be recorded in history and sung by writers and poets for generations to come..."
Kong was even more confused. "Why would you want to sacrifice yourself? And from your description, it sounds like you're looking for someone to flatter."
A flash of white light appeared on the Dust Concealment Gourd in Xu Ning's hand, and a little white-haired creature with sauce still on its mouth flew out with a resentful expression.
"I won't allow it. Even if Kong wants to flatter someone, he can only flatter me... not flatter, but praise me!"
Slusa carefully examined the little white-haired girl who could fly in mid-air just like herself. "Hmph, I don't see what's so praiseworthy about you, you little white fluff. Besides, objections are invalid. The orders of us Flower Spirits are absolute."
"Paimon is Paimon, not some Bai Piao Piao!"
"You're just like a silly, floating spirit; calling you Bai Piaopiao wouldn't be wrong."
"Why don't you go look in the mirror before you talk to me like that!"
The two little flying creatures argued as they flew, but it didn't delay their journey.
After trying to persuade him for a couple of times in vain, he had no choice but to turn to his older brother, Xu, for help.
“We have allowed you to witness and record our glorious sacrifice, a feat that ordinary humans are not even fortunate enough to enjoy. Shouldn’t you be grateful?”
Xu Ning's heart stirred when he heard Slusa say "witness and record".
"As a renowned poet of Liyue, I have traveled throughout the famous mountains and rivers of Teyvat with the best bards of Mondstadt, and even exchanged sparring with the great sages of the Rainforest of Sumeru. I wonder if I have the honor of becoming your lord of praise?"
When Paimon heard Xu Ning mention the word "sparring," he recalled the time in his dream when he and his companions fought against the Great Sage, and couldn't help but chuckle.
Slusa was intimidated by Xu Ning's long list of titles.
"Oh? You do sound qualified to sing my praises, but I wonder how capable you are?"
Xu Ning smiled and said, "I will show you the way ahead, Lady Slusa."
As the group walked along the river below the cliff, they suddenly discovered that the path ahead was blocked by large chunks of gray crystal.
Sluza looked somewhat annoyed.
"When I left here, there wasn't even any gray crystals yet, and it's already blocked so quickly. Fortunately, I can sense some wandering spiritual light around here, let's look for it."
Xu Ning smiled and said, "If Lady Slusa is only worried about these gray crystals, my wine can easily dissolve them. But what is this spiritual light you mentioned?"
Slusa did not answer Xu Ning's question, but instead stared suspiciously at the Dust Concealment Gourd in Xu Ning's hand.
“Are you just spouting nonsense? If you can truly do it, then we can acknowledge your qualifications to praise the Lord.”
Xu Ning flicked his two fingers, and a stream of wine poured from the gourd's mouth onto the grayish-white crystals in front of him.
The moment the liquor came into contact with the crystal, a loud hissing sound erupted, and the crystal was completely dissolved and disappeared by the liquor before it could even turn into purple mist and rise.
"What kind of water is this? It's practically comparable to the primordial water left behind by the gods. Well, I acknowledge you."
Slusa was taken aback, but then immediately acknowledged Xu Ning's qualifications.
Having lived here for so long, this is the first time I've seen someone eliminate the Ash Crystal without the aid of spiritual light. Hmm? Without spiritual light, wouldn't that mean...?
Seeing that Slusa had acknowledged him, Xu Ning asked with a smile, "Lady Slusa hasn't said what the spiritual light is yet!"
Kong activated his elemental vision and scanned the area behind him, then called out to Xu Ning, "Brother Xu, take a look and see if this is what's in this crevice?"
Xu Ning went over to take a look. There, a green sphere with six pairs of wings looked rather withered and was stuck in a crevice in the rock.
Xu Ning reached out and carefully lifted it out from inside.
"Indeed, this is the wandering spiritual light. It can clear away the remnants of black fire embers scattered on the earth. However, judging from the appearance of this spiritual light, it is probably because too much gray crystal has fallen recently, and it is almost at its limit."
Looking at the cute little green dumpling in his hand, Xu Ning couldn't help but pour a bottle of Thousand Leaves onto it.