Chapter 11: The Gathering of the Seven Archons! An Invitation from the Anemo Archon!

At the same moment, the portion of golden seal characters floating in the air seemed like magnets drawn to an attraction, scrambling to collide with the jade dragon's body.

Fine, dense seal characters covered the scales, and at this moment, an omen appeared in the sky.

A beam of light from the sea of stars broke through the clouds, shining down upon the base of Yougou Mountain along a mysterious and inexplicable path, landing on the jade dragon.

Even the ley lines were unwilling to remain idle; after brewing for a long time, they finally surged out from beneath the astrolabe.

One could vaguely see segments of silvery-white branches traveling from beneath the earth, the immense power they brought filling the entire space with mysterious matter, such that even breathing was filled with light.

As the most fundamental source of power in this world, the ley lines carried every fragment of history from ancient times to the present; the unparalleled volume of information was enough to instantly shock a person into idiocy.

Luo Li’s expression did not waver in the slightest, allowing the power of the ley lines to strike the astrolabe.

Under his guidance, the astrolabe acted like a dam releasing a flood, dividing the ley line power into streams that scattered outward.

One of these streams was injected into the jade dragon.

Immediately, the dragon’s body, which had expanded under the illumination of the starlight, began to shrink rapidly, its several-zhang-long frame condensing into barely an inch, finally settling in the northwest above the astrolabe.

Such a miraculous scene did not draw much attention from Luo Li; instead, he cast his gaze toward the second piece of jade marrow.

This process would have to be repeated eleven more times until the Twelve Divine Generals were completely formed.

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Inazuma City!

Tenshukaku!

In this most noble place in the land, the Almighty Shogun, revered by all in Inazuma, was hunched over her desk, browsing through memorials.

While gently stroking the pink-and-white fox dozing in her arms, she replied to the advice submitted by her subordinates.

The noble and gentle Shogun would occasionally knit her brows, then smooth them out, always deliberating repeatedly when it concerned important matters.

Until a certain moment, she seemed to sense something and suddenly raised her eyes to look through the thunder-patterned screen toward the horizon.

There, an invisible beam of light was shooting straight down from the sea of stars.

"That position is... Yougou Mountain?"

Raiden Makoto’s movement as she stood up startled the little fox, which watched blankly as she walked to the window to gaze into the distance.

"Is Luo Li doing something again?"

As the thought crossed her mind, considering that the fellow had already arrived at the Grand Narukami Shrine, Makoto did not feel alarm at first; she did not detect an aura of danger from the anomaly.

However, she could not just leave it alone; she had to understand the reason to be at ease.

Just as she was about to order the guards stationed at her side to come forward, a paper kite suddenly flew in from outside the window.

Makoto felt something in her heart and reached out a fair hand to let it land.

Yet, as soon as it made contact, the kite transformed into a slip of paper glowing with fluorescence, containing only two short lines of text.

【Do not concern yourself with the anomaly at Yougou Mountain】

【……Luo Li】

"Honestly, he doesn't even give a heads-up, making people worry for nothing."

Makoto complained helplessly, a gentle and serene smile appearing on her face.

At this very moment.

A respectful report came from a guard outside the palace.

"Shogun, there is a letter for you."

"A letter for me?" Makoto was quite puzzled.

Subordinates usually screened the importance of memorials, and besides, who would dare write a letter to the Shogun? Any normal person would not do such a thing, let alone one that had passed through the screening of those below.

A member of the Shogunate guard dared not speak more, handing the letter respectfully into Makoto’s hand before retreating the way they came, keeping their head bowed the entire time, not daring to take a single glance at the Shogun.

Glancing at the letter with the dandelion seal, Makoto suddenly recalled the purpose of this letter and was enlightened.

"So it is that time again."

Tearing open the wax seal representing the Anemo Archon, she took out the letter and glanced at it roughly, finding the content to be exactly as she had thought.

The sender was indeed one of the Seven Archons, the Anemo Archon, Barbatos.

The content was an invitation for the Electro Archon of Inazuma to go to Liyue to attend this gathering of the Seven Archons.

Ever since the year the Anemo Archon brought fine wine to Liyue to visit the Geo Archon, the Seven Archons would gather every so often to appreciate the flowers, birds, wind, and moon, and to discuss the past and present.

This habit had continued many times; Makoto just hadn't reacted in time earlier.

Putting the letter away, Makoto smiled slightly.

"Let Ei tell Luo Li this news; presumably, he would also like to see his old friends."

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At the base of Yougou Mountain!

The enclosed space was filled with terrifying ley line power, and the plants living there were miserably trampled.

First frozen, then scorched by high temperatures, followed by the aura of slaughter, and ethereal, fierce poisons... one could say their fate was quite unfortunate.

"After working for so long, it is finally finished."

Luo Li, located beneath the central astrolabe, breathed a sigh of relief.

The twelve jade marrow crystals that had been placed in front of him were gone, replaced by twelve distinct, inch-sized jade statues perched above the astrolabe.

"Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Tianyi, Sky, Heavenly Queen, Taiyin, Taichang, Gouzhen, Tengshe, and Liuhe."

As Luo Li spat out the names one by one, the jade statues hovering on the astrolabe glowed in turn, settling onto the array disc in order.

The moment they completely merged, the array that had been outlined burst forth with blinding golden light.

Accompanied by the roars of dragons and tigers, the cries of birds, and human voices, the astrolabe plunged violently into the ground.

The twelve jade statues transformed into streams of light that pierced through the ground, taking Yougou Mountain as the center and standing in twelve directions on Narukami Island.

During this, the immense pressure was revealed for only a second before dissipating into nothingness.

Mortals knew nothing of this.

But in the eyes of those who knew, they would discover that the entire Narukami Island had been placed under an astonishingly massive barrier.

Using the stars as a guide and the ley lines as the root, invisible threads completely enveloped the island.

Looking across all of Inazuma, I fear only Luo Li had this capability.

PS: Seeking flowers! Seeking evaluation! Seeking comments! Seek, seek, seek! ===== CHAPTER 20 =====