Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 136 Ji Lin and Chi Yuan

After a simple vote, Himeko supported going left while Sora abstained. With the vote result being two to one, Kiana, though unwilling to go left, had no choice but to submit to the majority.

Kiana was quite dissatisfied with the fact that no one supported her, and when she looked at Sora, who had abstained from voting, with dissatisfaction, Sora pretended to be very interested in the sword he had just acquired.

"Stop looking! What's so interesting about this knife?"

Qiong looked up and smiled at Kiana. Wasn't it because she couldn't bear to look directly into Kiana's eyes, which were filled with a little emotion?

"Kiana, do you know? I have a little knowledge of all kinds of cold weapons, from baseball bats and spears to sickles and axes. I know a bit about all eighteen kinds of weapons. This knife looks ordinary, but actually..."

Seeing that Qiong had started talking nonsense, Fu Hua couldn't listen anymore.

"Qiong, I must remind you, baseball bats, spears, and sickles are not among the eighteen weapons!"

Fu Hua's sudden interruption and exposure made Qiong a little embarrassed. Kiana saw that Qiong's expression changed after hearing Fu Hua's words, and suddenly laughed.

"I'm guessing that lances and hats aren't among the eighteen weapons, are they? Gray Hair, don't pretend you know what you don't!"

"You can't say that, I do know a little bit..."

As she spoke, Qiong raised the sheathless sword and brandished it in the air, making a show of how powerful she was.

"Why don't I believe it?" Kiana curled her lip in disdain.

"Don't disbelieve me! Take, for example, the sword I lent to Mei!"

As of now, the Dragon's Roar in the Box is still in Raiden Mei's hands. Sora hasn't asked her for it, and Raiden Mei doesn't intend to return it.

"Is that sword yours?"

When Raiden Mei and the sword were mentioned, Himeko, who was walking ahead, turned her head and looked at Sora with an extremely complicated expression.

"What's wrong, Himeko-neechan?"

"fine."

Himeko coughed lightly.

"It's nothing, it's just that during the two weeks you were on a mission, besides the kitchen knife, Mei touched that sword the most... Sometimes when Bronya was playing games in the living room, Mei, who was just spacing out, would sit next to Bronya, stroking the sword and muttering to herself..."

Qiong: ...

Kiana: !

"But I understand, how could you start dating as soon as you get back? You two have been seeing each other in private, haven't you? Speaking of which, wouldn't this be considered a beautiful sword paired with a beautiful woman, or a token of love?"

"Himeko-neechan, please stop..."

Qiong glanced at Kiana, whose face was ashen, and the paramecium, who had just been chatting and laughing, suddenly felt like she was about to kill someone...

"Well, I guess I'll go first, since I'm a boy! I hope we haven't chosen the wrong path!"

Five minutes later.

"Do these two roads ultimately lead to the same place?"

"As far as the result is concerned, it doesn't matter whether you go left or right!"

Following the passage on the left, the four entered a huge underground cavern, where a massive boulder came into view.

"This huge rock is... a door? Fu Hua, what do you think?"

Fu Hua walked to the stone gate and looked at it again and again.

"This stone gate is man-made."

"I can see that too! What's engraved on it?"

"I think it must be a mythical beast from ancient China, a dragon?"

"Grey Hair, don't talk nonsense."

Qiong approached the stone gate and examined it carefully.

“I’m not making this up. Look at these claws, they’re definitely from a dragon.”

Kiana snorted; she had been deliberately going against Sora since the beginning.

"You think you know everything? Since it's a door, how do you open it? You can't just shout 'Open Sesame,' can you?"

"That's easy!"

Himeko swung her greatsword and charged toward the stone gate.

"Watch me smash it open!"

"Wait, Major Himeko!"

Fu Hua tried to stop it, but it was too late.

With the impact of Himeko's greatsword, the stone door made a loud noise, and then slowly opened.

"Fu Hua, what were you trying to say just now?"

"nothing……"

Fu Hua originally wanted to say that Himeko was a bit too impulsive, but since the result was good, she decided to let it go.

A stream of air flowed out from inside the door, and a stone tablet appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Wow, Aunt Himeko is amazing!"

"There might be danger, everyone be careful."

"Grey Hair, don't spoil the fun!"

Kiana decided to ignore Sora and ran ahead to the stone tablet.

"There are words on it! Let me see what it says... Class monitor, what does '口二中卜天' mean?"

"Paramecium, don't read it if you don't understand it! Let us do it!"

"A year ago, Ji Lin took the Xuanyuan Sword and infiltrated the Nine Netherworld alone to seal Chi You."

Kiana couldn't understand the characters in Shenzhou, so in the end, it was Qiong and Fu Hua who had to help her.

"I wanted to find her body, but I couldn't find Jiuyou in the vast sea... Just when I was about to give up, the red kite kept circling on the sea."

Fu Hua's expression turned somewhat strange. Qiong noticed this but remained silent and continued translating for the two of them.

"It was Ji Lin's beloved bird, and it is said that the name came from one of her former friends... In the end, it brought me here, but then it left."

"Ji Lin, Chi Yuan..."

"Therefore, those who come after, the red kite guides the way forward."

After Qiong finished translating the stone tablet, Fu Hua was left standing there, completely bewildered.

But did Lao Yang finally reveal his true colors, or did Fu Hua not completely forget everything?

"So touching! Waaaaah, it reminds me of Sola back in my hometown!"

"Kiana, who is Sora?"

"Sora was my cat before. She had white fur and a golden tail."

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"Damn it, when have I ever suffered such humiliation!"

Despite her injuries, Xing, bound hand and foot, stubbornly struggled to break free of the shackles imposed by Qiong. However, Qiong seemed quite skilled at binding people; he tightly wrapped the rope around Xing's wrists and back, tying each knot exceptionally securely—even going so far as to tie five indestructible knots! He seemed determined to prevent her from escaping in the slightest…

Breaking free from these constraints by one's own strength is clearly an extremely difficult task.

Even so, Xing did not give up. If she relied solely on herself, it would probably take her half a day to successfully break free from this suffocating bondage.

But so what? Even though the knife was gone, her sharp teeth could still help her escape, and the small pebbles nearby would eventually wear down the rope. Besides, Anzu firmly believed that her mother, Cocolia, would definitely send a Titan to reinforce her most reliable daughter!

"You bastards of destiny, don't let me catch you! Otherwise, I'll tie you all up!"

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I was lucky today; I managed to snag the little goose lottery ticket just before the last train!

Could I try updating another chapter? (I'll try my best)