Chapter 221: Indeed, I Was Never Gazed Upon by the Gods

At this moment, Morcius appeared outside the barrier of the Spatial Administration.

Looking back at the Dark Outer Sea, a hint of smile flashed across his lips.

Then his form flashed with light, and he changed back to Qiu Bai appearance.

Looking at the gradually rising sun, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"A place shrouded in darkness for years."

"Even gods find it unbearably oppressive."

Qiu Bai clasped his hands behind his back, looking at the slowly rising sun, saying somewhat emotionally.

He shook his head, then disappeared in an instant.

When Qiu Bai appeared again, he was already in front of the Sacred Sakura at the Grand Narukami Shrine.

"Isn't this Mr. Qiu Bai?"

"Why haven't you come to see me for so many days, did you miss me?"

Yae Miko turned around, looking at Qiu Bai who was walking over, covering her mouth and laughing softly.

"Miko, I went to the Dark Outer Sea."

"I confirmed something."

Qiu Bai looked at Yae Miko in front of him, saying with a frown.

"Oh?"

"The Dark Outer Sea... what is it?"

Yae Miko, hearing the term Dark Outer Sea, also frowned, rarely becoming serious.

"I am indeed Ei and Makoto 'big brother' recorded under the monument."

"But my memory, and all of Teyvat memories of me, have completely disappeared."

Qiu Bai looked at Yae Miko in front of him, slowly opening his mouth.

"I had already guessed that you were that 'big brother'."

"Five hundred years ago after the calamity ended, a ship with people in strange attire came to Inazuma."

Yae Miko looked at Qiu Bai in front of her, with an expression suggesting she already knew.

"Their ship emitted a white light with purifying power."

"They also wore strange bright white leaves on their heads, but they spoke the common language of the seven nations of the mortal realm."

Yae Miko sat at the table under the Sacred Sakura, slowly explaining.

Qiu Bai nodded upon hearing this and sat opposite to Miko.

Miko took a sip of sakura tea.

"At that time after Makoto fall, Ei didn't know what to do, so she went to the monument in that flower field."

"She asked me to tend to that flower field every year, and later through my investigation."

"As well as the books left by Makoto, their 'big brother'."

"Once during the end of the Archon War, in a severely injured state, faced eighteen demon gods alone."

"I found that those people came from the Dark Outer Sea, and combining their ancestral stories."

"As well as the process of the so-called God of Light and Darkness slaying demon gods."

"I discovered that the God of Light and Darkness is actually that 'big brother', which is you, Morcius."

"Because according to the description from those people from the Dark Outer Sea, the appearance and features, are all the same as yours."

"What happened was probably..."

"More than two thousand years ago, in a severely injured state, you fought eighteen demon gods alone, then were chased by the demon gods to the Dark Outer Sea."

"You resolved them all there in one go, then flew towards an unknown place."

Miko took another sip of sakura tea, looking at the empty cup.

She played with it somewhat playfully, then looked at Qiu Bai in front of her, explaining.

"Could it be the wisdom of a fox?"

Qiu Bai looked at Miko in front of him, saying with a smile.

"However, there's one point I'm not sure about..."

"That is, you were born a thousand years ago, so how could you appear during the later period of the Archon War?"

Yae Miko looked at Qiu Bai in front of her, asking somewhat puzzled.

"On this point, I do have some clues."

"It seems like something called the Irminsul erased the memories of all living beings in Teyvat."

Qiu Bai looked at Miko in front of him, saying with a frown.

He always felt that this matter was vaguely related to Sumeru.

But before he crossed over, Sumeru had just been released, and he had only played up to the Sabzeruz Festival, so he wasn't sure.

"Irminsul?"

"Indeed it is in Sumeru territory, a place guarded by generations of Dendro Archons."

Yae Miko, hearing the name Irminsul, frowned slightly, looking at Qiu Bai in front of her, saying.

"However, whether the Irminsul can erase the memories of living beings."

"On this point, I'm not too clear."

Yae Miko shook her head, saying somewhat helplessly.

"Thank you, Miko, this is enough for me."

"The Irminsul, huh?"

Qiu Bai looked at Miko in front of him, thanking her with a smile.

It seems that after the Vision Hunt Decree incident in Inazuma ends, it would be time to set out for Sumeru.

"Hehe~"

"Then, how does the great deity plan to reward me?"

Yae Miko laughed coquettishly, looking at Qiu Bai in front of her, saying in a somewhat exaggerated tone.

"This is..."

Qiu Bai looked at Miko in front of him, was about to say something when he saw the Yin-Yang Disc in his hand light up.

This is the Yin-Yang Disc I gave to Lumine, has something happened?

On the other side...

Lumine and Paimon, looking at Teppei whose vitality was gradually fading, gazed sadly at him.

"Hold on, let me stand up first..."

"Strange, I feel like my body has no strength..."

Teppei looked at Lumine and Paimon in front of him, saying weakly.

At this moment, Teppei hair had already turned gray, and the wrinkles on his face were increasingly clear.

"Teppei..."

"Recently you..."

Lumine looked at Teppei sitting on the ground, saying with a complex expression.

"Oh, oh, I haven't had a chance to tell you in detail."

"Recently, I've accomplished several more meritorious deeds."

Teppei looked at Lumine with her complex expression, saying with a smile.

"Battling the Shogunate navy on ships, repelling Shogunate samurai alone."

"Rescuing surrounded comrades, things I couldn't even dream of doing before."

Teppei lowered his head, muttering.

"If only I were a bit stronger, a bit stronger, I could do even more things..."

"Strange, where's my secret weapon?"

Teppei pale hand, felt around his body, asking puzzledly.

"That thing..."

"When did you start using it?"

Lumine looked at Teppei sitting on the ground, asking with a complex expression.

A sunny young man, had just like that, turned into a gray-haired old man.

"When... probably soon after you were named the captain of the Swordfish II."

"I met a mysterious person from the funding party."

Teppei raised his head, looking at Lumine, saying weakly.

"They gave me this, and told me, if I wanted to become stronger."

"This secret weapon would respond to me."

Teppei lowered his head, looking at the Delusion in his hand, muttering.

"Haha, it's just like a Vision, right?"

"I've never used a Vision, so I don't know what the difference is..."

Teppei looked at Lumine with a strange expression, laughing weakly.

"This is a Delusion..."

Lumine looked at the Delusion in Teppei hand, saying with clenched fists.

"Delu...sion?"

"That doesn't sound like a good thing..."

Teppei lowered his head, looking at the Delusion in his hand, asking puzzledly.

"It drains the user's life force."

Lumine looked at the Delusion in Teppei hand, saying reluctantly.

"..."

"Is that so... indeed, for something of unknown origin like this, it's normal to have risks."

"These past few days, I've been increasingly tired, and also had a vague bad premonition."

"Previously, I would be more tired after battles, but today after returning."

"I suddenly found that I couldn't see things clearly."

Teppei looked at the ground, saying somewhat strangely.

"What a pity, I thought I was going to catch up to you... haha..."

"Indeed, I was never gazed upon by the gods..."

Teppei looked at the sky, with his blurred pupils, he could only vaguely see the white clouds in the sky.

"..."

Lumine tightly clenched her hand, looking at Teppei on the ground.

"Lumine, can I ask you for a favor?"

"When our team uniforms are ready, help me, bring back my share too, and we'll change into them together..."

Teppei looked at Lumine, saying with a smile.

Lumine, upon hearing this, couldn't bear to look at Teppei, and turned her head with a sad expression.

"What kind of expression is that, mate."

"Don't worry, let me rest for a bit... rest for a bit... perhaps, I'll be fine..."

Teppei breathing became increasingly rapid, and finally, he slowly closed his eyes, lowered his head, and his breathing became increasingly faint.

"The gaze of the gods..."

"Qiu Bai..."

Lumine looked at the Yin-Yang Disc in her hand, muttering with a complex expression.

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