Lumine did as Jiang Chen instructed.
As her power flowed into Dvalin, the Abyss energy clinging to the dragon began to dissipate.
Seeing this, Venti's eyes immediately lit up.
It actually worked?
This is simply amazing!
At this thought, Venti felt a surge of excitement in his chest.
If things are like this, Dvalin's crisis can be considered resolved.
Under Venti's expectant gaze, Lumine quickly finished purifying the Abyssal power from Dvalin's body.
The stubborn, deeply rooted Abyssal energy was completely eradicated.
Although Dvalin was still in an extremely weakened state, it no longer looked like it was on the verge of perishing at any moment.
"Barbatos!"
Dvalin woke up, still murmuring Barbatos's name.
"Dvalin, I'm here!"
"It's alright, I'm back."
Venti looked at the newly awakened Dvalin with a gaze full of tenderness.
He continuously channeled Anemo energy into the dragon's body, helping it recover at an accelerated pace.
"Roar~!"
Once recovered enough, Dvalin rose to its feet and let out a mighty roar.
This roar announced the return of the Guardian of the East Wind.
Amber, standing outside the wind barrier, was startled by the sudden sound and jumped.
"You two!"
"Thank you so much."
"We owe you a favor for this."
"If you ever need any help in the future, feel free to come find us."
"We must take our leave now."
Seeing Dvalin back in action, Venti turned around to thank the two of them.
This favor, he owed them.
He would slowly repay it when the opportunity arose.
With that, Barbatos mounted Dvalin's head.
Then he had Dvalin take off from the area.
As the man and the dragon departed, the surrounding wind barriers slowly dissipated.
The area completely returned to normal.
Watching them leave, Jiang Chen and Lumine looked at each other in bewilderment.
"They're just leaving like that?"
"Not even a single Mora?!"
Paimon was somewhat depressed. Barbatos just ran off without giving them any reward?
Couldn't he have left some Mora behind?
They didn't have any money on them.
"Emm..."
"Didn't you see what he was wearing just now?"
"Is it possible that he's even poorer than Paimon?"
"Asking him for Mora would practically cost him his life, wouldn't it?"
The Three Archons couldn't scrape together a single Mora between them; that wasn't a joke.
Trying to get money out of Barbatos was basically taking his life.
"Eh?"
"Is Barbatos really that poor?"
Paimon blinked.
Aren't gods supposed to be very wealthy?
Why would Jiang Chen say something like that?
"Yes, dirt poor!"
...
Lumine, standing to the side, was also very curious.
To be honest, Lumine felt that this guy Jiang Chen had some issues.
She always felt like he seemed to know a lot of things, yet he never told her.
That she possessed the power to purify the Abyss?
And that the Anemo Archon was dirt poor?
How did Jiang Chen know all these things?
Lumine was deeply curious.
As for Jiang Chen's explanation about his sixth sense?
Yeah, right.
Jiang Chen, you bad guy, you're clearly just talking nonsense.
Do you really think she would believe that kind of talk?
Because of this, Lumine felt that she couldn't believe a single punctuation mark of what Jiang Chen said.
Lumine listened quietly as Jiang Chen and Paimon chatted.
After chatting with Paimon for a while, Jiang Chen turned his gaze to Lumine.
"Let's go!"
"We must continue on our journey."
"It might still take a few days to reach Mondstadt."
"Let's find a place to camp first."
The Whispering Woods were not that close to Mondstadt.
Leaving this forest would take at least a few days.
Reality wasn't a game where you could just breeze through using Yelan.
The Whispering Woods in reality were actually quite vast.
It was already getting late, and the three of them needed to find a place to camp.
Hearing Jiang Chen say this, neither Lumine nor Paimon had any objections.
The three of them hurriedly left the area.
Eventually, they found a Hilichurl camp.
The Hilichurls here had been scared away because of Stormterror.
Therefore, they could comfortably stay in this camp.
When Jiang Chen and the others arrived, they had also collected some food like mushrooms and Sunset Berries.
Coupled with the half-wild boar left in the Hilichurl camp, it all fell into the laps of Jiang Chen, Lumine, and Paimon.
None of the three felt any psychological burden about taking food from the Hilichurls.
The only pity was that there was no water for them to take a bath right now.
Still, this wasn't the time to fuss over such details.
The clothes Lumine wore had an automatic cleaning function, so she didn't have to worry about getting dirty.
As someone who had traveled through countless worlds, if the clothes on her back were just ordinary garments, they probably wouldn't have lasted until now.
As for Jiang Chen, it went without saying.
The outfit Jiang Chen wore was a Noble Phantasm.
It was completely impossible for it to get dirty.
The three spent the night there.
Jiang Chen and Lumine each slept in a different corner.
When the next day arrived, the three woke up, washed their faces simply, and continued on their journey.
There weren't many dangers in the Whispering Woods right now, so Jiang Chen, Lumine, and Paimon increased their pace significantly.
When they got tired at noon, they casually whipped up something to eat and then hit the road again.
This made the food so bland that Jiang Chen felt like his taste buds were dying.
Damn it, the very first thing he had to do upon arriving in this world was survival in the wild.
You couldn't make this up.
As they walked, Jiang Chen suddenly stopped in his tracks.
"Please wait!"
A moment later, a crisp female voice rang out from the side.
Jiang Chen and Lumine turned their heads and saw a young girl with chestnut-long hair and a red rabbit-ear bow tied atop her head leaping down from the side.
The newcomer was none of other than Amber.
Dressed exactly as she was in the game.
"I am Amber, Outrider for the Knights of Favonius."
"Where did you three come from, and where are you headed?"
Reality was reality after all; the lines couldn't possibly be identical to the game.
Hearing Amber's words, Jiang Chen was immensely amused.
"This poor monk comes from the Great Tang in the East..."
Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Lumine rolled her eyes so hard they almost went backward.
Good grief, what is this, a journey to the Western Paradise?
Amber, on the other hand, was completely dumbfounded.
What in the world is this person saying??
Why couldn't she understand a single word?
However... he was so handsome!!
Seeing Jiang Chen's handsome appearance, Amber's heart skipped a beat against her will.
"Cut it out!"
"Hello."
"We are travelers."
"We just came from over there, and I'm looking for my brother."
Lumine felt she couldn't let Jiang Chen keep talking.
Heaven knows what kind of bizarre nonsense this guy, with his loose tongue, would spout next.
The quiet bride stepped forward to negotiate with Amber.
After all, they were unregistered outlanders in this world.
However, based on the information she gathered from Paimon,
being unregistered didn't matter.
Because supposedly there were other visitors from other worlds in this realm too.
So she could just say it openly and honestly.
Upon learning the identities of Jiang Chen and Lumine, Amber was taken aback for a moment.
"Outlanders from another world?"
"You come from different worlds?"
"What a coincidence~!"
People from two different worlds actually meeting each other.
If this wasn't fate, what was?
"A chance encounter in another world, enjoy the feast~!"
Jiang Chen nodded with a straight face.