Chapter 655

"Not yet."

Nahida was flicked on the forehead by Jiang Yan, and immediately settled down.

"Then go play with Xinyu for a while. She hasn't eaten either, so I'll make something for the two of you together."

Saying so, Jiang Yan walked into the kitchen.

Soon, after they had eaten together, Jiang Yan said a word to everyone and went out.

Jiang Yan was now heading to Wuwang Hill.

After all, Dottore's soul was still being tormented inside the Soul Gem.

Jiang Yan didn't want to carry such an inauspicious thing around all day.

So Jiang Yan decided to place it at Wuwang Hill.

Originally, Jiang Yan had planned to send the Doctor over right after finishing his chat with Little Ningguang.

But because of Jiang Xinyu's graduation ceremony, Jiang Yan hadn't gone to Wuwang Hill first.

Just as Jiang Yangang was about to leave, his brow suddenly furrowed slightly.

He looked toward the direction of Snezhnaya.

Just now, his Cosmic Perception seemed to have trembled for a moment.

"Snezhnaya... it's not even been two days, they shouldn't be causing any trouble, right?"

Jiang Yan frowned lightly, Cosmic Perception unfurled, instantly covering his perception over the entire nation of Snezhnaya.

But Jiang Yan didn't sense anything abnormal.

On the contrary, everything was perfectly normal.

"Could it be that I've been too tense lately?"

Jiang Yan narrowed his eyes, wondering to himself with some doubt.

But after observing for a long while, Jiang Yan still didn't sense anything unusual, and didn't plan to keep monitoring any longer.

After all, Snezhnaya had just signed a treaty with Liyue.

If nothing unexpected happened, there shouldn't be any problems.

After all, Snezhnaya shouldn't be foolish enough to provoke Liyue twice in a row.

Jiang Yan thought for a moment, and didn't dwell on it any longer, turning his head and walking toward Wuwang Hill.

Snezhnaya.

"That bastard, he's really cautious!"

Inside the Palace of Snezhnaya, the Cryo Archon sat quietly in place.

But strangely, even though the Cryo Archon hadn't spoken, that eerie voice rang out from the empty palace around her.

Black mist emerged around the Cryo God, gradually coalescing into a human figure on the open ground before the palace.

If Jiang Yan observed again, he should immediately recognize what the thing before him actually was.

The Lord of the Abyss!

An old acquaintance; even if the other turned to ash, Jiang Yan would still recognize them.

"Abyss......"

A trace of hesitation flashed in the Cryo God's eyes.

For this group of beings of unknown origin that had always existed, even she, as the second-generation Cryo God, found it hard to feel any goodwill toward them.

"Hehehe, Your Highness the Cryo Archon, have you really thought this through?"

"Once you take this step, there's no turning back, you know?"

The Lord of the Abyss tilted their head, speaking to her in an eerie tone.

The Cryo Archon sat upon the Wang Zuo, a look of hesitation in her eyes.

She truly hadn't decided yet.

Even her previous conversation with the Jester Pierro.

Had all been a momentary impulse on her part.

The Cryo God suddenly recalled Jiang Yan standing high above, looking down at her with that lofty, imperious air.

That look of contempt and disdain, as if regarding an ant — every time the Cryo God recalled it, it pierced straight into her heart like a sharp sword.

This made her very annoyed, and likewise, very unwilling to accept it.

"Lord of the Abyss, can you guarantee that everything you've said is true?"

The Cryo Archon narrowed her eyes, looking at the Lord of the Abyss.

"Hehehe, of course."

"I can vouch for every word I've spoken."

The Lord of the Abyss laughed in a hoarse voice.

What a foolish, self-unaware person.

Oh wait, a god.

Hehehehe......

The Cryo God's contact with the Lord of the Abyss had begun over a hundred years ago.

At that time, the Lord of the Abyss had taken a fancy to the Cryo God's desire to rebel against Celestia.

After all, to directly invade the entire continent of Teyvat, a frontal assault was no longer feasible.

With Jiang Yan's existence, the Lord of the Abyss couldn't do anything to them at all.

Jiang Yan alone could beat them to the point of being unable to coalesce a body.

Moreover, as time went on, Jiang Yan's understanding of his own power grew increasingly terrifying.

Sometimes, when Jiang Yan stood before the Abyss Lord, merely releasing his aura was enough to give him a sense of dread.

And sometimes, the Abyss Lord even had a feeling.

That this fellow, Jiang Yan, truly seemed to possess the means to kill him.

The Abyss Lord's suspicion was not without basis.

More than a dozen years ago, he had once tested it at the Black Rock Factory.

Although Jiang Yan at the time had no killing intent, the Abyss Lord also knew that Jiang Yan had not used his full power at all back then.

And when the Ice God was first approached by the Abyss Lord, she had originally had no intention of cooperating with the other party.

In her view, whether it was the Abyss Lord or Celestia.

Neither of those two was any good.

So toward the Abyss Lord, the Ice God had always harbored a wary mindset.

She had never agreed to the other party.

But now, because of Jiang Yan, the Ice God, who urgently needed power, sought out the Abyss.

She wanted to borrow the power of the Abyss to obtain the strength to contend against all of Liyue.

The Abyss Lord, regarding the Ice God's idea, naturally agreed with pleasure.

What was there not to agree to?

As long as the power of the Abyss could enter Snezhnaya, then what followed would no longer be for Snezhnaya to decide.

After all, what the Abyss Lord wanted was not the so-called Liyue.

But the entire Teyvat continent!

With Jiang Yan's existence, wanting to contend against Liyue was not such an easy matter.

"Good! I agree to the conditions you've proposed!"

The Ice God hesitated for a long time, but in the end still agreed to what the Abyss Lord had said.

Jiang Yan was now nearly becoming her nightmare.

She was desperate to make Jiang Yan experience the pain she had felt back then!

"Hehehe, you truly are a prudent and resourceful deity."

"Then, I hope your side finds the transaction with the Abyss pleasant......"

The Abyss Lord laughed in a hoarse voice.

Mist shrouded his surroundings, his figure gradually dimming until it vanished.

The Abyss Lord disappeared from the spot, and the Ice God made no move.

She merely gazed quietly at the place where the Abyss Lord had vanished, her eyes filled with thoughts.