Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 164 Dye Collection

Looking at the bright and unique little house, Kree and Lily began to explore it. Mameh then spoke to Qiuhe, who was standing nearby:

"Since everyone's here today, Leyi can go and see if the Melusin you're looking for is here. I have some things to take care of, so I can't stay with you all any longer."

After saying these words, Mameh skipped away, and just as she left, it seemed as if a sound entered Qiuhe's mind.

"Uh...you are...Dulin." Hearing this strange voice, Qiuhe felt a wave of dizziness and covered his head with his hand, but the sound persisted.

"No...you...no, Dulin." The voice didn't last long before Qiuhe felt a tearing sensation in his brain again.

Feeling her consciousness fading away, she thought, "Ah, what... what's going on?" Peruvée also noticed Akikawa's unusual behavior at that moment.

"Lei, what's wrong?" Seeing that Qiuhe didn't respond, Peruvier also sensed something was wrong. Just as he reached out to touch Qiuhe's face...

Suddenly, Akikawa reached out with the hand that was covering her head and grabbed Peruvier's wrist. This unexpected action startled those around them, who noticed the unusual situation.

Akikawa slowly turned his face and looked at Peruvier, a flash of dark purple light appearing in his pupils for a moment. Peruvier was stunned by this sight.

At this moment, Qiuhe gritted her teeth and said, "Don't, touch, mine..." Then, she abruptly shook her head.

Then she covered her face with her hands. Seeing this, everyone quickly checked on Qiuhe's condition. "Leyi, Leyi, can you hear my voice, Leyi?"

After being called out by the group, Qiuhe slowly opened his eyes. Seeing that Qiuhe had calmed down, the group did not let their guard down.

Fearing he might do something next, Kailu tentatively asked, "Leyi, are you alright? How are you feeling?"

Qiuhe shook his head gently after hearing this, "I'm fine." Seeing that Qiuhe and the others were like this, they didn't say anything more. They could only tell him not to shoulder things alone if anything happened.

Meanwhile, a memory that seemed to be his own but he couldn't quite recall flooded into Qiuhe's mind: Kree and Lily after they had finished wandering around.

She returned to the group, saying, "Le Yi, look! This was given to us by a little Meloshen named Serene. Isn't it beautiful?"

At that moment, Clay was holding a shimmering pale blue crystal in her hand. Qiuhe Sword Queen smiled and said, "Hmm, very beautiful."

"As radiant and beautiful as Clay," Clay happily hugged Akiha, while Lily, standing nearby, also raised her hand.

He slapped Tian Yaochen on the shoulder and said with a gloomy, insincere smile, "This young lady is holding such a beautiful crystal..."

"Aren't you going to say anything?" Upon seeing this, Tian Yaochen clapped his hands immediately. "Hey, look at this thing, it's really good-looking, this thing..."

You know, how can he be so good-looking? Isn't he just like... just like our Lily? See? What is this?

The celestial maiden descended to earth with a beautiful piece of jewelry. A beautiful fairy stone! This one, oh my god, it suits our Lily so perfectly!

A barrage of exaggerated acting and flattery made Lily feel incredibly pleased. "Hmph, you have good taste," Lily said, and then she put her arm around Tian Yaochen.

With his other hand, he rubbed his head back and forth. "Alright, it's about time. We're here to get some permits done."

"I know what we need to do next now, follow me," Qiuhe said, and everyone followed.

Of course, they didn't tell Clementi about Qiuhe's reaction earlier, lest she worry. But there was also something that everyone missed.

Following Qiuhe's violent and unusual reaction, a patch of dark purple dragon scales grew on the back of his neck.

Following Qiuhe's lead, the group arrived at a place where the ground was covered with cages and broken boats, and in the center was something resembling some kind of building rubble, sealed off by a spiderweb-like network of stones.

Looking at the broken debris around them, as well as the wrecked ships and cages, Kree asked curiously, "Lei, why are there so many wrecked ships here?"

"How did these ships get into this place?" Qiuhe replied that he didn't know either, since he hadn't heard anyone mention it in the game.

Who knows why there's a ship here? Could it be one that Erinus swallowed before he died? But then Lily seemed to see something.

"Mameh!" Hearing Lily's shout, the others looked in the direction Lily was looking and spotted Mameh crouching not far away, seemingly gathering something.

Upon hearing the voice, Mameh stood up and turned around to find Qiuhe and his group. He then waved to them.

When the group reached Mameh's side, Krevy asked, "Mameh, what are you doing here?" Mameh responded:

“I’m collecting dye here, look,” Mameh said, handing a small bottle to everyone, who could see just a tiny bit of dye inside.

Kreevi then asked, "Where did Mameh get this dye?" Mameh pointed to the large red rock behind him.

"This is it. I usually get my paints from here, it's just a bit slow."

"Slow? How long will it take?" "Hmm... about a day," Mameh answered Lily's question. Everyone was somewhat surprised to hear this.

It takes a whole day to collect just one dye. Kreeway then turned to Qiuhe and asked, "Lei, why don't we help Mameh?"

"Anyway, we have time." Qiuhe was still a little reluctant after hearing this, after all, time was precious, but since Clayvey had already spoken, Qiuhe finally nodded in agreement.

"Mameh, let us help you with the dye," Mameh said, delighted. But then she asked, "But..."

"Weren't you looking for a Melosin? Have you found her?" The others were at a loss for words. Qiuhe then responded:

"Ah, we've already searched Haimo Village, but we haven't found Meilushin, the one we're looking for. Maybe she's not here."

After hearing this, Mameh felt a little sorry for everyone. "Oh, is that so? It's alright, don't be discouraged. I believe you will definitely find him in the future."

Everyone nodded, and then helped Mameh step on the dye. "Uh, this thing looks like stone, how are we supposed to step on it?"

"Also, can this stuff really be used as dye?" Hearing Tian Yaochen's question, Mameh chimed in, "This stuff..."

"You have to use a small carving knife to scrape it down little by little." With that, Mameh demonstrated for everyone, holding a small carving knife that was already slightly burnt.

He scraped back and forth on that large red rock, collecting tiny specks of powder from it into Mameh's small bottle.

Looking at this collection method, everyone couldn't help but think, "No wonder it takes a whole day to collect." At this point, Kailer asked:

"Isn't there any other way? If we collect them like this, even with us, it will probably take a very long time to finish."

After hearing this, Mameh also spoke up, "Yes, there is indeed another way. Look over there." Everyone then looked in the direction Mameh was pointing.

Then the group discovered a glowing red stone that looked very similar to the stones used as dye, but with slight differences.

The outer shell of the stone used as dye consisted of a ring of rocks encasing a red stone inside, resembling a sphere, while the stone itself was shaped like a bird's egg.

Moreover, this stone radiated a much brighter light than the one used as fuel, and even emitted a distinct red aura.

"What is this?" Tian Yaochen asked curiously as he stepped forward and touched it, only to find that it felt no different from an ordinary stone.

Mameh then asked, "If we attack the stone in the direction of the dye stone, the stone will absorb the force of the attack."

It released a red, gaseous substance that shot forward, and once that red gas touched the stone used as dye...

"Then it will turn directly into powder." Upon hearing this, Tian Yaochen was the first to take out a blunt sword and point it at the dye stone.

It struck the stone directly, and as the stone's red light intensified, a red sword aura instantly shot out and struck the dye stone.

The moment it was touched, the dye stone shattered into dust.

Sorry for the late post. I got so angry while reading a Genshin Impact novel today. That novel was so infuriating, I even forgot what the plot of my own book would be like.