"My kin? He's also a Dragon?" Dvalin observed Azhdaha below for a moment from the Sky, asking in disbelief.
"That's right, Azhdaha is the Dragon King of Geo, hidden beneath the earth." Zhongli nodded, answering Dvalin's question.
Azhdaha had been sleeping deep within the earth, born without eyes. It was Zhongli who turned stone into eyes, bringing light to Azhdaha.
From then on, Azhdaha and Zhongli became close friends, journeying together for thousands of years.
"Paimon! Lumine!" Paimon and Lumine waved at the Wind Dragon not far away.
Speaking of which, they had some acquaintance with Dvalin. At least, they had watched Yu Jin torture Venti together.
"Paimon, Lumine." Dvalin nodded. Dvalin cared deeply about every human he knew; after all, he was a Dragon who feared loneliness.
"Look at you, and then look at him!" Yu Jin pointed at Dvalin, then at Azhdaha below, saying with a tone of disappointment, "You're such a letdown!"
Dvalin, in front of Azhdaha, was like a small cyan sparrow.
"You shouldn't put it that way." A deep, muffled male voice came from below. Azhdaha lay on the ground, gently shaking his head.
His mind was a bit muddled now, but one thing Azhdaha was very clear about—if he wasn't in a desolate Gobi desert, he'd best not move recklessly.
Looking up at Dvalin soaring in the Sky, Azhdaha felt an inexplicable sense of kinship.
"The element within me has settled for at least six thousand years. And that little fellow hasn't even reached three thousand years."
Azhdaha continued to explain.
"Azhdaha… you…"
"My mind is clear now. But it's still a bit confused, I need Morax to tell me about it." Azhdaha nodded.
"Of course! Thousands of years have passed, and Liyue has changed so much; I couldn't finish telling you everything even in three days and three nights."
Zhongli nodded emphatically, pacing back and forth in the Jade Chamber. This was the first time Yu Jin had seen Zhongli so excited.
It seemed Osial's comment about "sharing a pair of pants" must have referred to underwear.
"A Dragon? Yu Jin, where did you find him?" Dvalin no longer doubted after hearing Azhdaha's words.
But a wave of frustration welled up in his heart. Actually, all this time, besides building houses, he had just been wandering around aimlessly. As a result, he, a flying creature, was even slower at finding things than Yu Jin, who traveled on foot.
This made Dvalin a bit dissatisfied. Did he need to train his eyesight?
"Find?" Yu Jin recalled the circumstances of his encounters with Dragons, then spread his hands and said, "I'll tell you a secret: I've never looked for Dragons; Dragons always find me!"
Kutri was an active troublemaker from the Dark Sea, and Azhdaha was someone he ran into when he went crazy and bolted. The only Dragon Yu Jin actively sought out, strictly speaking, was Dvalin.
"Actively find you?" Dvalin looked at the completely different terrain around him and seemed to understand something in his heart.
"Did you create this?" Dvalin pointed at the land that was originally mountains and forests, now a jungle, asking with great certainty.
His first meeting with Yu Jin was just like this. When his 'Curtain Call of the End of Days' was unleashed, the terrain of the Temple of the Thousand Winds changed.
Now, the Temple of the Thousand Winds has become a famous tourist attraction and cultural and sports center in Mondstadt.
One could only say that the buildings Yu Jin constructed were guaranteed in quality and vast in area. If there was one drawback, it was that the decor was too solemn, always giving a suffocating feeling.
Unfortunately, this sole drawback also disappeared because of Yu Jin—as soon as one thought that this thing was built by Yu Jin, even those solemn upright sword knight statues would become comical.
"Don't make false accusations; Osial and this fat Dragon caused this." Yu Jin took a step back, completely clearing himself of responsibility.
He indeed hadn't caused any destruction. The Flowing Water Sword Technique was purely a mental attack, without any physical DMG.
"What do you mean I caused it? This fat Dragon did it himself!" Osial argued indignantly.
He was a complete punching bag, pinned to the ground and dragged around by Azhdaha. Destroying those mountains was not his intention at all.
"Me…? Did Aju run out? No… no, it wasn't Aju, it was me who ran out?!"
Azhdaha recalled fragmented memories in his mind, his tone filled with shock and regret. Previously, due to erosion, he had to be sealed and slumber.
During a thousand years of slumber, his fragmented consciousness and hatred of usurpation eventually formed Aju.
But Aju simply didn't possess the terrifying power to change the terrain. The only possibility was that he himself had broken through Morax's seal and escaped.
"It wasn't you, Azhdaha." Zhongli stopped pacing. He stroked his chin and comforted him, "It was an organization called the Fatui that targeted you in your madness. Their members released you."
Zhongli said, nodding, "Right! This should be blamed on the Fatui."
"I think so too, it was those bad guys from the Fatui who did it!" Paimon waved his fist, expressing strong agreement with Zhongli's statement.
"Hmm… this matter should indeed be the Fatui's responsibility." Although Ningguang felt there was a slight issue, it was no longer important.
Didn't you see that the Geo Archon wasn't pursuing Azhdaha's responsibility? As a Qixing, you need to be discerning!
"This…" Yu Jin scratched his head. Logically speaking, Azhdaha should bear at least a tiny bit of fault.
But he looked at Zhongli, who had a perfectly natural expression, and Ningguang, who was nodding behind him, as well as Lumine and Paimon, who were grinning mischievously beside him, and instantly stopped caring.
Anyway, since Liyue didn't care, why should he? So Yu Jin also joined in stepping on the Fatui, "Right! The Fatui are truly too evil! They must be severely punished!"
"???"
"Why are you all looking at me? The matters of the The Seven Archons, especially Liyue's, I wouldn't get involved even if you wanted me to!"
Osial saw everyone's gaze turn to him, his five large heads filled with great questions.
"You are also one of the parties involved. In all fairness and reason, we must ask for your opinion." Zhongli said with a faint smile, his hands clasped behind his back.
Although he was very partial to his old friend, this partiality would not lead Zhongli to infringe upon the interests of others, even if that "person" was Osial.
"The Fatui are so hateful~~~, just kill them all~~~" Osial said with drooping eyelids and a speechless expression. What a boring procedure.
He originally didn't hold much resentment towards Azhdaha. As for the pain from those battles? Osial just scoffed.
After all, he was a God who had experienced the Archon War. physical pain had a negligible impact on him.
"Haha, thank you all for your kindness. If there's anything I can help with in the future, just say the word."
"Rough work like tilling land, digging pits, and excavating mines, I, this old Dragon, am still very good at." Azhdaha couldn't help but laugh when he heard the words from the Jade Chamber.
He hadn't expected to gain so many friends as soon as he came out. And one of them was even his former enemy, Osial.
This feeling… wasn't bad?
"Look at him? And then look at you? Dvalin, what have you done?" Yu Jin heard Azhdaha's words and immediately felt that Liyue would have good days ahead.
With such a large Dragon, a Geo Dragon at that, and Liyue being mountainous, the mineral veins must be countless.
This way, whether it was fertile land or mineral deposits, Liyue would once again see a huge surge.
"What about me?" Dvalin was very firm. He thought for a moment, then continued, "Go ask the farmers of Mondstadt, do you see any year that wasn't blessed with favorable winds and rain?"
"And look up at the gales in the Sky; who do you think has been blowing away the cold winds from Snezhnaya all these years?"
"And think about Mondstadt's location? Why are the Fatui closest to Mondstadt, but Mondstadt hasn't even signed that… agreement?"
…Dvalin chattered on and on. For all these years, even with poisoned blood in his body, he had diligently protected Mondstadt, not forgetting to leave behind power even in his slumber.
Who would have thought that upon waking, Mondstadt would completely forget him? And even call him a 'Demon Dragon'? It almost made him die of anger.
"How did you do so much?" Yu Jin was greatly surprised. Was Dvalin the Anemo Archon or was Venti the Anemo Archon? He did way too much!
"Because Barbatos doesn't do his job properly!" Dvalin recalled Venti's idle demeanor and said with immense indignation.
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