Watching the Book of Fuxi scream and disappear behind the maintenance station's gate, Luo Lin's heart filled with a strange sense of apology. But this feeling didn't last long as she was soon distracted by another matter.
"The matter with the Book of Fuxi is almost settled, I finally have time to try out the Dominion Key that was dug out from behind the vegetable garden."
No joke, Luo Lin and the Herrscher of Sentience really did dig out two Dominion Keys from behind the vegetable garden...
Back then, Fu Hua used the Dominion Key to set up the "Anti-Honkai Energy Array" on Mount Taixu, with its "core" right next to the Fuyun Pavilion, making it convenient for the Immortal Jingwei to operate and maintain the entire array.
Doesn't it sound a bit like a martial arts novel? What with the ancestral array protections and so on...
The problem is, this super cool and flashy array, the "core" is actually just a stone's throw away from the vegetable patch.
The style suddenly became much more down-to-earth.
According to the Herrscher of Sentience, Jingwei's life back then was extremely boring:
Wake up and practice martial arts, have some pickled vegetables for breakfast, patrol the land, gather information, take down any reckless Honkai beasts;
Have some pickled vegetables for lunch, continue patrolling the land, gathering information, taking down any reckless Honkai beasts;
Have some pickled vegetables for dinner, if too far from home, find a place to rest, if near home, repair clothes and shoes, engage in some hobbies, then sleep.
Such a cycle, highlighting stability.
Of course, there's the pickled vegetables that haven't changed for a thousand years.
Later, for some reason, Jingwei, perhaps due to a screw loose in her head (according to the Herrscher of Sentience), took in a few disciples, disrupting her peaceful life, and never managed to return to how it was before...
Luo Lin naturally knew what this so-called "screw loose in her head" was all about. Most likely, it was because the Book of Fuxi talked to Fu Hua a bunch before running out of power, saying she couldn't continue to accompany her, and so on, telling her to take care of herself in the future, create new relationships, and so on...
After saying all that, the Book of Fuxi blacked out, "falling asleep," without even having time to explain anything to Fu Hua.
The very obedient and honest Fu Hua thought for a moment and quickly went to take on disciples...
And then, she encountered a fierce betrayal from her disciples.
Somehow, it feels like whether it's Fuxi, Nuwa, or the Book of Fuxi, they all appear to have some unrealistic delusions about Jingwei's social skills...
Luo Lin glanced at the Herrscher of Sentience playing with "feathers" next to her and thought, if Fu Hua had the proactive and personable feeling like the Herrscher of Sentience... well, then the Taixu lineage might really flourish, spreading across God's Land, and even forming a Taixu Empire in the end...
The Herrscher of Sentience raised an eyebrow, "What? Are you also interested in the old antique's past memories?"
She had wandered around Mount Taixu for several laps, copying all the memories Fu Hua had separated with Fenghuang Down and carefully reading them...
"I'm not interested in Fu Hua's past, I just saw you reading there as soon as you returned to Elysian Realm, reading it over and over again... Are you planning to become an expert in Fu Hua studies?"
The Herrscher of Sentience was at a loss for words at being called an "expert" by Luo Lin: "Nonsense, I'm just understanding the old antique's past!"
The Valkyrie pondered, "Well... in a sense, your behavior seems to be a form of 'archaeology,' right?"
After all, "Honkai Impact 3rd" is also known as "Fu Hua 3rd," and there's a saying that's passed down from who knows where — "Understand Fu Hua, and you will understand Honkai history."
The Herrscher of Sentience rolled her eyes and gave Luo Lin a chop on the head: "Get your wandering train of thought in check. Hurry up and try out the new Dominion Key you brought back!"
"Okay, okay~"
Luo Lin took out a golden long sword from the system space, with mysterious patterns engraved on it, and faint Honkai energy fluctuations emanating from the sword.
Compared to the Revelation Key that the Valkyrie had been using all along, the energy response of the Dominion Key was much weaker, looking quite plain.
After all, the previous era's Herrscher of Legion core excelled in quantity, with the core almost infinitely divisible, but the price was that the individual cores after division were not powerful enough...
When Vill-V was making the Divine Keys, she had a bit of a headache, but in the end, she perfectly balanced the relationship between core power and quantity, creating nearly a thousand Dominion Keys.
Although some call it "mass-produced Divine Keys," it's still a "Divine Key" after all. With extremely high demands on the user, requiring resonance and activation before the ability of the Dominion Key can be used.
Of course, after resonance, the Dominion Key will transform according to the user's combat style and skills, becoming a "personalized weapon."
Fortunately, this wasn't much of a problem for the Valkyrie.
Her practice of Edge of Taixuan is a technique that uses Honkai energy with the Dominion Key — if one can master Edge of Taixuan, they definitely have the qualifications to use the Dominion Key...
Luo Lin squinted, manipulating the Edge of Taixuan to flow into this slender Divine Key, easily transforming the Dominion Key into her own shape.
Under the expectant gaze of the girl, the golden long sword turned into a stream of light, twisted and deformed in her hand, and finally became...
The Herrscher of Sentience scratched her head and laughed, "Why do I feel like you've brought out two sleeves?"
Luo Lin's mouth twitched as she looked at the strange object hanging loosely on her arm, speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.
Perhaps even the Dominion Key itself thought this appearance was too ugly. After a slight gasp, they turned into a layer of translucent film tightly attached to Luo Lin's arm, at first glance.
It looked like some strange tight-fitting sleeve...
Blame the Herrscher of Sentience, Luo Lin's mind was full of the word "sleeve," and her train of thought completely derailed.
"What a strange feeling..."
The Valkyrie tried moving her arm, feeling as if the Dominion Key didn't exist at all, without any weight or hindrance, but she could still tangibly feel the invisible energy spreading throughout her body via the Divine Key, protecting Luo Lin.
[Feather of Brilliant Jade (Five-Star · Gauntlet · Lv.50 · Not Limit Broken)]
[A girl with black hair and black eyes gazes into the sky, reflecting the stars in her eyes.]
[Just as there are moths rushing into the flames, there are birds chasing after the stars. Perhaps they are not rational, but miracles will also be born among them.]
[Weapon Skill:]
[Falling Stars: (Energy Cost: 15) (Cooldown: 15 seconds) Throws a high-explosive bomb at the target enemy, dealing physical damage in an area, gathering a large amount of abnormal accumulation value on enemies within the area.]
[Dancing Feathers: After using the weapon skill, enter the "Feather Dance" state for 22 seconds. During the "Feather Dance" state, every time an enemy falls into an abnormal status condition, the damage dealt by the whole team to that enemy will increase, stacking up to 3 layers. When equipped by Valkyrie - Dark Feathers, the stacking layers of the "Feather Dance" state increase by 1, and the damage is additionally increased each time it stacks.]
"It's actually gauntlets..."
Luo Lin's mouth twitched, "Perhaps this is the destiny of the Taixu lineage..."