Chapter 553

"What is the Demon-Suppressing Tower..."

"The sect-protecting immortal artifact of Shushan, an immortal artifact forged by a Jin Xian ancestor, used to suppress demons, and there are many powerful demons inside."

Alice said casually, and Himeko felt somewhat emotional.

"Is the ancestor of Shushan a Jin Xian?"

"No, it's Taiyi."

Alice raised her head quite proudly, and then added:

"You should want to join Shushan, right?"

Himeko didn't hide it and nodded:

"Cultivation is very important to me; if I cultivate, I might be able to completely solve the problem of the Honkai world."

"So, I want to cultivate. Elder Alice, is there any way?"

Alice thought for a while and said softly:

"Normally, if you want to join Shushan, you need to pass the Shushan mountain-opening ceremony disciple recruitment."

"But the Shushan mountain-opening ceremony was just held half a month ago, and it won't be held again for a short time."

"Apart from that, there is the internal recommendation privilege for inner disciples."

"But every inner disciple only has one recommendation opportunity, and the recommended person must ensure that their talent is strong enough and can pass the assessment of the Heart-Asking Array."

"Like Neuvillette and Furina, the Elders you saw earlier, they were just internally recommended to join Shushan, probably about a week ago."

"However, their talents are all peerless; Elder Barnabas and Elder Furina are both Heavenly Spirit Roots."

"Rosalyne has the Blazing Fire Pulse, and Arlecchino has top-grade Spirit Roots."

"The last one, Neuvillette, is also a successor of the Purple Gold Dragon bloodline."

"It can be said that those who are internally recommended are all peerless geniuses."

"If you have confidence, Himeko, I can recommend you to try."

Hearing this, Himeko looked at Alice with some emotion.

"Thank you, Elder Alice. We have never met before; why are you so good to me?"

"This..."

Alice blinked and said with a giggle:

"I don't know either; it might be intuition. Intuition tells me that your arrival might give the Sect Leader a new plan."

"It will also bring benefits to Shushan."

Hearing this, Venti's eyes moved, and he looked at Himeko with some importance.

Alice's intuition had never been wrong...

"In short, don't worry, I won't harm you."

Alice patted Himeko on the shoulder, and the latter smiled:

"That's natural. With Elder Alice's cultivation at the late stage of Refining Qi into Spirit, even if you wanted to harm me, I couldn't hide."

"Then I'll leave it to Elder Alice later. Regardless of talent, I want to try it. This is the best way I can think of to save our world."

Looking at Himeko's solemn expression, Alice nodded and agreed.

"I will send you back to Teyvat later; you can go to Liyue Harbor, and Ningguang will greet the General Affairs Office."

"Although there is spiritual energy recovery in Teyvat and quite a few fierce beasts, the Liyue Harbor area is still very safe."

"Liyue's martial arts are well developed and enough to protect civilians. Staying there is also safer."

"Moreover, Liyue is the area closest to Shushan, and the people of Liyue also know a lot about cultivation."

"In Liyue, you can also understand the situation of cultivation."

In fact, if Himeko didn't practice martial arts and her armor was broken, and she had no combat power left,

she could actually stay in Shushan Village.

Although Shushan Village is located in the more dangerous Shushan world, it is not without self-defense power.

Especially, Shushan disciples often come to clean up demons.

But even if it's safe here, it's not a place for ordinary people to stay.

However, Himeko shook her head and looked at Alice somewhat persistently.

"Thank you for your concern, Elder Alice. However, if possible, I want to stay in Shushan Village."

Hearing this, Alice hesitated:

"But... Shushan Village is located in the Shushan world after all, and there is still a lot of danger here."

"You don't practice martial arts and have no ability to deal with these demon beasts and fierce beasts."

"I don't know when the Sect Leader will be back. For such a long time, what if something happens..."

Himeko smiled and said softly:

"It doesn't matter; my luck probably won't be that bad. And since I want to join Shushan, I will definitely understand it more deeply on the Shushan side."

"As for self-defense, I still have some." ===== CHAPTER 554 =====

331. Is the Plague Gem not even worth a single Spirit Stone?

"Are you talking about the suit of armor you were wearing before?"

Alice's expression was somewhat peculiar. After a moment, she said tactfully:

"Himeko, you should know that our side is a world of the mystical, right? Armor and such are basically unable to have any effect on the fierce beasts here."

To put it bluntly, Himeko's Godsbane Armor is indeed very powerful; even against a Demon God, it wouldn't necessarily be unable to put up a fight.

But against existences in the cultivation world...

Then, my apologies...

If it were that kind of high-level civilization, a sci-fi civilization involving dimensional weapons, only then would it have the qualifications to compete with the cultivation world.

But this kind of technology that hasn't yet stepped out of the galaxy is, in the eyes of cultivators and fierce beasts, just child's play.

It's equivalent to a three-year-old holding a plastic sword and insisting on comparing marksmanship with a special forces soldier.

Alice had seen Himeko's Vermilion Knight suit, but to be honest, even she, at the mid-stage of Refining Essence into Qi, could easily snap that armor in two.

It is hard to say that Himeko could rely on that armor for self-preservation.

"I understand Elder Alice's meaning."

Himeko nodded with a smile, looking down at this mysterious world of Shushan, which was filled with mystical colors.

"However, I didn't intend to rely on the Fourth Generation Godsbane Armor to roam the cultivation world."

"Has Elder Alice forgotten that I still have a Plague Gem?"

Taking out the Plague Gem, which was now quite obedient, Himeko chuckled softly:

"Although the power of a Herrscher is also very insignificant in this kind of world, and not worth mentioning."

"But at the very least, it should be enough for self-preservation. I also won't leave Shushan Village on my own initiative. Staying in Shushan Village, this Plague Gem should be enough for me to use."

"Speaking of which, I must thank Elder Alice. That Third-Turn Soul-Returning Pill bestowed upon me a massive amount of life force, which I haven't even finished absorbing yet."

"This life force can fully support me in using the Plague Gem wantonly."

"In this way, can I stay in Shushan Village now?"

Seeing that Himeko had indeed thought about it seriously and had mature means of self-preservation, Alice no longer refused.

"Since that is the case, then you may stay in Shushan Village. However, remember strictly that you are not allowed to leave Shushan Village casually."

"The fierce beasts and monsters within Shushan are mostly existences at the early stage of Refining Essence into Qi; your Plague Gem won't be able to block them for long."

Himeko nodded heavily; she would not joke about her own life.

The original Himeko did not have the talent like Kiana and Durandal, and could only use artificial stigmata to contribute to the fight against the Honkai.

Later, she bet her future on Kiana, letting her continue as the continuation of her own dream, to keep going and fight the Honkai.

Placing such heavy pressure on Kiana, how could Himeko, as a teacher, not blame herself?

But her path had already reached its end; she was, after all, only one of the one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers, not Sun Wukong who could wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

Human strength has its limits.

But now, she had an opportunity.

As long as she could cultivate, she could let Kiana and the others lay down those heavy responsibilities. Once she achieved success in her cultivation, she could return directly to the Honkai world and crush the Honkai to death.

In this way, Kiana and the others could also enjoy a normal youth.

Cultivation was the most important and most desired thing for Himeko right now. She also understood that, as of now, she was the greatest hope of the Honkai world.

She would not play herself to death by courting disaster.