Chapter 75: Tatami Story
Looking closely, I found that this secret realm had not yet formed.
"Oh, it turns out it just appeared not long ago."
There are three types of secret realms on the continent of Teyvat. One is like the "Water and Land Gate" in Liyue, which is naturally formed and has some function of adapting to the operation of the world.
The second type is like the one in front of you.
It is formed by the fermentation of memories left in the earth veins, and then it will begin to affect the relics of the memory owner. At this time, it is renamed "Holy Relic".
Xumi's "Lidu Xianguan" doesn't fall into the above two categories, because the door was built by him and Buyer, the secret realm itself leads to the World Tree, and its functions are adaptive. Therefore, it belongs to the third category - other.
The third category mainly includes immortal caves, which are indeed a kind of secret realm. Thinking about it carefully, this classification makes sense. Ming Chong had read many novels before traveling through time. The caves left behind by the great masters after their death were conquered by various people, and various restrictions were set up on the way to break through...
Oh, you're thinking too far ahead.
Back in the secret realm before him, it had once been a sacrificial site. Ming Chong couldn't figure out who had lived here before.
…First, let’s eliminate Ako Hyakome-ki.
While the secret realm hadn't yet formed, Ming Chong wanted to go in and take a look, and his desire grew stronger and stronger. But he hadn't eaten yet...
Looking at the melon he had casually plucked, his eyes gradually became dangerous.
Slowly open your mouth...
I took a fierce bite. It was good. Although people generally don’t eat raw food, it won’t kill me if I bite it.
After being in the desert for so long, Ming Chong is no longer the delicate boy from the Kavi family. He went there penniless and unprepared. He would just make do in Feimu Village anyway, so wouldn't it matter what he ate?
Judging from the physical fitness of the Star God, he can even eat bricks and arrows, so eating raw violet melon should be no problem for him!
Ming Chong entered the secret realm, then stopped and started chewing on a violet melon...
The secret realm information obtained defeated the great free and easy star god who could walk across the universe.
"He, He Wu..." Ming Chong was stuck for a long time and couldn't recognize this word that was both familiar and unfamiliar.
——Secret Realm: The Garden of Tatsumi
It’s not a traditional Chinese character, but how do you pronounce it?
Forget it, Ming Chong gave up on making things difficult for himself. After all, he was already so outstanding. It was just an uncommon word and it would not affect his lifelong reputation at all.
The secret realm hadn't yet taken shape. It was tattered and looked abandoned for at least a decade. Besides the somewhat creepy dripping sound...
So Ming Chong thought for a while, left a line of words at the entrance, and rushed over following the sound.
——
"Recite after me..." Guimu tilted his neck to look carefully, and read out the crooked words carved on the pillar word by word.
“Repeat after me:
Welcome to——
The Garden of the Rān (rǎn)!"
Then, Guimu looked thoughtfully at the liquid that had dyed the old wooden board a dark color. He squatted down and dipped a little with his finger. It was purple.
"...Viola?"
I've heard that the renowned Konda-dyed fabric of Konda Village on Narukami Island is made from the rinds of violet melons. As a master craftsman of tatami sand, Katsuragi naturally has some knowledge of this technique.
He thought worriedly, "Could it be that some orphan who can't cook is hiding here to eat the violet melon? It's not easy to eat it raw..."
Katsuragi originally came here as a warrior to serve the lord he was loyal to, but now that he had discovered something else, he couldn't pretend to be ignorant. After all, Yayun Island and Kannazuka were far away, so it wouldn't hurt to delay for a while.
This shrine was originally established by Ming Shen. It is said that when it was built, the largest number of craftsmen in Inazuma so far was mobilized, and the design of the building also adopted the Liyue merchants' concept of "borrowing scenery" for gardens.
The gardens within the festival grounds were once inhabited by the family of Narukami, such as Kitsunesaigumi, Tengu Sasayuri... and of course, there was also Mikoto Chiyo, the adoptive mother of Mikoto Nagamasa, who had ordered Katsuragi to come here.
It was such a fascinating place back then. Entering here meant becoming a follower of Ming Shen. All the great figures that Katsuragi had heard of had lived here.
Who could have imagined at that time that this place would decline in just over twenty years?
The impact of the Inazuma disaster was truly enormous.
Guimu sighed, and suddenly his ears caught a tiny sound similar to that of rodents grinding their teeth. The grinding material sounded hard and crisp. If it didn't have that juicy sound, it would be similar to the pig iron used for forging that Guimu saw most often.
I just don't know where this child came from. Even if this was once a sacrificial site, it really isn't a good place for him to stay in such an abandoned and unmaintained house...
"Little baby? Little baby?" Guimu's call echoed in the idle and empty house.
Stepping on the creaking floor, Guimu felt even more worried. The garden, which had not been taken care of for a long time, was like this. "Oh, I can't walk here either."
Guimu hesitated for a moment. There was a room at the end of the corridor. After thinking carefully, he decided to take a look. He went around to the backyard, opened the dusty window, climbed up and was about to turn his head to observe.
"Little——" The voice stopped abruptly.
Ming Chong was sitting in the corner. He turned around and looked up in confusion. He had a violet melon in his mouth, with the purple skin spreading around his mouth. In one hand he held a ticking red pocket watch, and with his other hand he was turning the watch's spring.
“…” The information received by the eyes was transmitted back to the brain, but there was no response.
Guimu stared at Mingchong blankly, and Mingchong looked at him in the same way. No one spoke for a while.
After a while, Ming got carried away and put away his pocket watch. He took the jingua out of his mouth and took out another one from his pocket. He was the first to speak, "Jingua, do you want one?"
"No, no thanks..." After answering reflexively, Katsuragi finally showed some reaction.
ah?
ah? ?
ah--? !
Whose kid is this old and still doesn’t know how to eat violet melon?!
Guimu was greatly shocked.
Seeing someone still sitting stupidly on the windowsill, Ming Chong shrugged. Maybe he didn't like eating violets? Maybe it was like someone who hates cilantro seeing someone eating it raw?
Just as he was about to take another big bite, Guimu came to his senses and used the windowsill to gain leverage to pounce on him, "No - you can't eat violet melon like this -!!!"
"Hey, wait a minute!" Ming Chong cried out in horror, but it was too late. Guimu pounced on him, or to be more precise, grabbed his hand holding the violet melon.
"Beep, crack—" The floor made intermittent cracking sounds.
Ming Chong: “…”
He looked at Guimu quietly, and an expression of embarrassment and awkwardness appeared on Guimu's honest face. Both of them didn't dare to move for a moment.
However, contrary to expectations, all I heard was crackling, crackling...
…
…
"I see, you're a Liyue person who recently came to Inazuma from Xumi..." Katsuragi nodded.
After a period of frantic self-rescue, Katsuragi gave Ming Chong the lunch he had prepared as compensation. The two sat in the open space of the Kazan Garden and exchanged some personal information.
Even Ming Chong, who was busy eating, couldn't help but sigh when he recalled what happened just now -
What a satisfying wrestling experience!
"But even if you are from another place, direct contact with the unprocessed rind of the violet melon will damage your skin. Brother Chong, you must remember this next time." Guimu sat upright cross-legged on the ground and gave earnest instructions.
"Hmmmm!" Ming Chong nodded casually in response, and took advantage of this movement to quickly take two bites of the [Five Treasures Pickled Vegetables], and ate the normally processed violet melon. In just one day, he went from being able to eat violet melon raw to no longer being able to accept this way of eating it.
Have two more bites of [Yamayaki] fish cakes, delicious!
——I really can’t believe that Guimu can actually cook a combination of meat and vegetables!
Katsuragi didn't care either. He looked at him with loving (?) eyes. Seeing his perfunctory attitude, he just shook his head helplessly.
Alas, from Liyue to Xumi, and then to Inazuma, I guess it must have been a lot of hardship, right? Otherwise, how could one have the iron jaws and steel teeth to eat a violet melon raw with the skin on?
Most people would get their mouths full of blood just by eating it raw. That is not called eating violet melon, but violet melon eating people.
What's more, this child even ate the skin...
He must be hungry.
"Burp—" Ming Chong let out a long burp, "Thanks, brother!"
Katsuragi shook his head, and then his stomach growled. This honest man actually gave him lunch and, with a righteous look on his face, comforted him, "Don't worry. I'm Inazuma Taketo, and patience is a lesson in cultivation!"
Hey, even the way he calls himself has changed.
This feeling is different.
Ming Chong couldn't help but respect him and searched his pockets... Of course, there was still nothing!
Instead, a roll of parchment fell out of his arms.
“…”
Seeing that he didn't react for a long time, Guimu also looked at the parchment and said, "Brother Chong, what's wrong with this parchment?" Is there some unknown story?
"Nothing..." Ming Chong picked up the parchment and spoke slowly. He just kept forgetting that he was actually very awesome.
About the time I always forget I became a god in another world
Long time no see, [Lonely Picture].
As Ming Chong unfolded it, he began to recall how he'd used it as a mailbox in the desert. He'd usually just write notes to his brother to let him know he was safe, and perhaps write down some of the funniest moments of his battles of wits and courage with Jade...
Well, it’s too awesome, but there’s nothing we can do about it. Even suffering in the desert is just a matter of sprinkling water to cultivate one’s sentiments.
Ming Chong selectively forgot about the incident completely and continued to chew on the violet melon for a long time.
I took a look at the thumbnail -
"News: A friend from Lidu Xianguan came to visit."
?
Attracted by the red dot on the top, Ming Chong couldn't help but click it.
"You have received a gift from [Buyer]:
——Name: [Hawa Mamaz]
——Note: She made it, it looks good, right? I know what you mean, but when I took it, it left a little bit of Lannaro's scent.
"..." Wanting to laugh but unable to, Ming Chong could only say to the puzzled Gui Mu with a constipated look on his face, "I have some snacks that my friends sent me. Have a little."
Guimu felt as if his heart was hit violently. For the first time, this man who had always been strong and tough found that his heart was so soft.
——Brother Chong’s friends must be very important to him…
——He shared with me the snacks that he refused to eat even though he was so hungry. What a good boy he is!
I don’t know what was going on in Guimu’s mind, but he didn’t take the snack for a long time. Ming Chong thought his eyes looked weird, so he pushed his hand forward.
...and stuffed it into Katsuragi's mouth.
Oh no… my hands moved involuntarily.
Guimu, Guimu's eyes looked even stranger.
——He is such a good boy!
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——Master Changzheng, I want to take him back to my home!!!
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