Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 64 Why So Cold-Hearted

Since the puzzle-solving began, Qiuhe has been relentless, eager to unravel the mechanisms. Along the way, Keller, Peruvier, and Claudia...

Everyone noticed that Qiuhe was acting strangely today. He wasn't usually the type to disregard others' feelings and insist on pursuing quick results at his own expense.

Although Claurind and Akikawa hadn't known each other for long, during the time she spent with everyone, she could sense that Akikawa was a very thoughtful person.

She usually thinks things through carefully before acting, and when faced with danger, she bravely stands up to protect everyone and tries to overcome difficulties. But today, she is behaving so strangely.

Qiuhe finally spoke slowly, "All these mechanisms have been solved. Now we just need to enter the castle to proceed to the next level."

"Let's quickly unlock all these mechanisms so we can get home quickly," Ann chimed in, adding, "Thank you all so much for everything you've done for us."

"But I think it would be good for everyone to take a break now," Qiuhe said with a click of his tongue, finally speaking impatiently.

"Then let's rest quickly, and after resting, let's get the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword as soon as possible, so that everyone can leave here and go home to rest."

Finally, Qiuhe sat down on a nearby rock, looking impatient. Claire, hearing this, sensed Qiuhe's unusual behavior. She knew Qiuhe well; she knew he wasn't the type to say such things.

After thinking for a moment, she stood up with difficulty and said, "I think I've rested enough," but before Claire could continue...

Qiuhe stood up abruptly and said, "If you've rested enough, let's hurry up and finish this quickly so we can retreat sooner." Everyone noticed Qiuhe's unusual behavior upon hearing this.

Having spent so much time together, they knew each other's personalities all too well, but given the current situation, they couldn't dwell on those things and could only continue on their way.

Upon entering the castle, two water phantoms suddenly appeared before them. Seeing this, everyone prepared for battle, but in an instant…

Three streaks of dark purple sword energy flew from behind the group, instantly killing the two water phantoms. When everyone turned around, they saw Qiuhe holding a royal longsword that was wrapped in dark purple energy.

Everyone then realized that the three sword energies they had just seen must have been unleashed by Qiu He. They also noticed that Qiu He's eyes were incredibly resolute, devoid of any pity.

Everyone swallowed hard at the sight. In the ensuing conversation, they noticed Qiuhe's unusual behavior again; throughout the time An was speaking to them, Qiuhe appeared consistently impatient.

Seeing Qiuhe like this, Claire could only assume he was just in a bad mood and wanted to comfort him, "Lei, there's no need to be in such a hurry. After all, that Narcissus Cross Sword isn't going to grow legs and run away."

Then, Claire smiled gently and tried to rub Qiuhe's face. Qiuhe hadn't been looking at Claire at first, but when he turned his head, he saw Claire's hand approaching his face.

Before his hand could even touch her face, Qiuhe raised his hand and blocked it, startling Claire.

Qiuhe's gaze was also icy cold at this moment. Looking at Qiuhe now, Krevy felt that he was a complete stranger, as if she didn't even recognize him anymore.

Everyone else witnessed this scene, and seeing Qiuhe's indifferent expression, they all fell silent, and the surrounding air grew quiet.

The atmosphere was incredibly tense. Krevy looked at Qiuhe, her gaze gradually avoiding his, her expression turning sorrowful, and tears seemed to glisten in her eyes.

The group, who had arrived in high spirits and were laughing and enjoying the adventure, now felt the adventure had become so heavy.

Qiuhe ignored Clementine in front of him and looked at Ann beside him, "You've said everything you needed to say, right? If you're done, let's hurry to the next place."

An only snapped out of her daze when Qiuhe called her again. Then, the four water shapeshifters of the Narcissus Cross team transformed into a large bubble.

After seeing the bubble form, Akikawa walked straight past Clementine, his shoulder brushing against hers as he went, but he ignored her and headed straight for the bubble.

The moment they made contact, he transformed into a water sphere and slowly floated upwards. Everyone who witnessed that scene was stunned; they simply couldn't understand why Qiuhe was behaving so strangely today.

Claire stood there motionless. Seeing Claire standing there motionless, Peruvier finally walked slowly to her side.

"Lei seems to have encountered something and is in a bad mood today. Clementine, don't be sad, maybe Lei will feel better in a while. Let's follow her."

Clévy, who had her back to Peruvieri, heard these words of comfort, reached out as if wiping away tears, and finally slowly turned her head and nodded gently.

Looking at Clementine, whose eyes still bore traces of tears, Peruvier felt a pang of sadness, but didn't know what else she could do.

No one knew why Qiuhe was behaving so strangely today. He seemed perfectly fine before entering the ruins, but after entering...

He was chatting and laughing with everyone, but after solving those puzzles, his personality seemed to change, and everyone had no choice but to hurry and catch up with Qiuhe.

But after everyone entered the upper level, they found that Qiuhe was gone, and all they saw was a mirror that looked like a teleportation portal. Tian Yaochen asked with a puzzled expression:

"Strange, where did Leyi go?" While everyone was still searching, finding no other passageways nearby, Ann explained, "That knight probably went in through this portal."

Everyone then realized that it was a portal. After entering the portal, they found themselves in what seemed like another space, surrounded by blue light.

After the blue space disappeared, everyone found that the scene before them had changed; they were no longer at the location of the previous teleportation portal.

The group discovered they were in a place resembling a library, and they were quite amazed by the books around them.

Ann then explained, "This is where the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword is kept," and everyone followed Ann forward.

When they arrived at the door ahead, they found a blue floating stone that looked like a mechanism, but this blue floating stone also had the seal of a water elemental imprinted on it.

An then spoke up from the side, saying, "There used to be a mechanism door here, but judging from the looks of it, the hero from earlier must have already unlocked it."

Then everyone followed An into the passage, and at the end, they found the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword placed inside the water barrier.

Seeing this, Tian Yaochen slowly walked towards the water barrier and asked, "An, is this the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword?" Tian Yaochen gently placed his hand on the water barrier.

They found it couldn't be opened. "Yes, this is the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword," but everyone could see that it was just a wooden sword inside.

Clarin then spoke up, saying, "I can tell that what's inside is just a wooden sword."

An then explained, "The Narcissus Cross Holy Sword doesn't actually have a fixed form. It can be a wooden sword, a wooden stick, or even a clothes hanger."

Everyone looked confused upon hearing this, so An explained, "The Narcissus Cross Holy Sword needs to be infused with power to truly become the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword."

"As long as the power of narcissus is infused into a long-handled object, that object can become the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword,"

An was still explaining to everyone when they heard the sounds of fighting. Looking to the side, they saw a green-glowing stone on the ground.

An then added, "There used to be a mechanism door here, but it seems that the brave warrior has unlocked it as well."

Finally, everyone followed Ann to the next location, but as they entered the door, they noticed a blue circle floating in the air ahead.

"This thing is the same as those teleportation points we solved before; it can turn everyone into water spheres for teleportation," An said.

They placed their hands on the blue circle, and then everyone transformed into blue water spheres, slowly walking deeper into the water. When they returned to normal...

Looking to the side, one could see Qiuhe, whose royal longsword was now brimming with dark purple energy. Before him lay a Bubble Seahorse, turning to ash.