Chapter 234

Dai Yin silently speculated in his heart.

"Mystery Man, listen here—even if there's truly no trace of the Shenyuan Sect, you still have to pay the reward; at most I'll give you a discount."

Xiao Paimei reminded him.

She didn't want to work for nothing.

"Don't worry, I'll pay the reward as agreed, but let's still go to the Wind Dragon Ruins—maybe we'll find something there."

Dai Yin spoke up.

Yingmeihe and Paimei exchanged a glance, full of helplessness, but still agreed.

Who could blame them for having agreed in the first place?

Soon, the three arrived at the Wind Dragon Ruins.

This time, however, their luck was good—they spotted Hilichurls and Shenyuan Magi near the Light-Guiding Mechanism.

"Hehe, finally found them! Ying, shall we strike?"

Xiao Paimei exclaimed excitedly.

"You?"

Dai Yin scrutinized Paimei with suspicion.

Could this little thing actually fight?

"Hey, don't underestimate me!"

Xiao Paimei pouted, found her transformation target, and began silently chanting the incantation.

Zeng!

A puff of smoke appeared.

A deep-blue Shenyuan Magus materialized before the two.

Yingmeihe, having seen it before, was not greatly startled.

But Dai Yin's expression changed—he stepped back and assumed an attack stance.

"Shenyuan Magus?! So this is your true form!"

As he spoke, Dai Yin's gaze toward Yingmeihe grew complex.

His former travel companion had already walked down that path.

Could this one be the same?

If the truth were this,

then what secret were they hiding in Mondstadt?

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Dai Yin's mind.

Paimei: (⊙_⊙)

Yingmeihe: (⊙_⊙)

Qun ⑶ Seven 1. Anger 2. Wine (one) tiny wine

Isn't that just becoming a Shenyuan Magus?

Why does this guy look like he's seen a great enemy?

"This is the reward Paimei got from Boss Han—it's called the Transformation Technique, allowing one to take the form of anyone they've seen."

Yingmeihe explained.

"Transformation Technique?"

Dai Yin was skeptical.

He had only ever heard that the Rock Lord once walked the world in many human forms.

Could this transformation art be connected to that?

"Mystery Man, watch closely, just like this!"

Xiao Paimei chanted the incantation again in her mind.

Zeng!

This time, she transformed into a Hilichurl!

"Whoa! Such a powerful ability?!"

Dai Yin's face was filled with disbelief.

But having witnessed the transformation twice, he now believed.

She wasn't a Shenyuan Magus.

Nor was she connected to the Shenyuan Sect.

This Transformation Technique was just unusually potent.

"Boss Han's shop is truly amazing—even this kind of thing is available."

After retracting his attack stance, Dai Yin sighed in wonder.

If he couldn't imagine it, it didn't exist there.

"Of course! Wait till you go see for yourself. I'm going to gather intel there first—you two wait here."

Xiao Paimei said, then transformed back into a Shenyuan Magus and boldly slipped inside.

The surrounding Shenyuan Magi and Hilichurls showed no reaction to her.

"They didn't notice at all—truly impressive!"

Xiao Paimei felt a surge of joy.

She finally understood the thrill Sun Wukong felt sneaking into enemy ranks in the comics.

I'm right in front of you, yet none of you can see me.

Ah, comfortable!

Little Paimon began to wander around nearby.

"Why are you still here? Has His Highness the Prince and the others not left yet?"

At this moment, an Abyss Mage noticed Paimon's behavior was a little strange and stepped forward to ask.

"His Highness the Prince? Who's that?"

Little Paimon muttered for a moment, but reacted quickly and said.

"His Highness the Prince told me to come back and check; you all just go about your business."

The Abyss Mage nodded, then sighed.

"I hope His Highness the Prince can get something good from that comic shop, then we'll have hope."

All the members on their side had heard about it.

In Mondstadt there is a very impressive comic shop.

It's said there's a chance to obtain extremely powerful things inside.

His Highness the Prince has recently been especially interested in that.

He's even started preparing to go take a look at that shop.

"Your leader… His Highness the Prince is actually going to a comic shop?!"

Little Paimon's face was full of shock,

so much so that he blurted out the wrong thing himself.

Seeing the Abyss Mage's suspicious gaze, he hurriedly corrected himself.

"Don't you know?"

"I'm new here, so I'm not very clear on it. Tell me about it."

Little Paimon stepped forward and began trying to pump him for information.

"New here?"

The Abyss Mage looked completely baffled.

Is there a new one among them?

But not noticing anything odd, he went ahead and told him about it.

And this scene was seen by Kong, who was far away on a cliff on the other side.

"This Abyss Mage, something's off about him."

In order to investigate the comic shop, he had recently begun pulling back his forces to reduce conflicts.

He was just afraid of causing unnecessary trouble.

But after receiving intelligence from his sister, he had hurried over here.