According to Seraphina's original plan, after lunch she would use the excuse of covering for Tinari to dive into the Daocheng Forest and attend the meeting of the Abyss Cult.

Now, because of the unexpected incident of students disappearing, Seraphina's plan has been completely disrupted.

She had already pissed off Ying yesterday, and if she failed to attend the meeting on time today...Seraphina swallowed, feeling a little irritable.

Ying will definitely scold her to death!

Seraphina wanted to catch those students who were running around and those who took the students away and give them a good beating.

Only after listening to Tinari's story did Seraphina gradually calm down.

She lowered her eyes, thoughtful.

Tinari regarded the Abyss Cult as a scourge, assumed the worst of everything, and described things as very serious.

But if Sora and Paimon, who knew part of the inside story, were here, they would definitely complain that the Abyss Cult was simply taking the Hilichurls on a picnic and were spotted by the ranger.

It’s not a big deal, so how did it lead to some shocking conspiracy?

Seraphina had complained about this when chatting with Kong Xian. The members of the Abyss Cult were very keen on going on picnics in the sun. The more they did so, the higher the chances of being seen on picnics. This also always prompted the Adventurer's Association to issue tasks to "investigate the conspiracy of the Abyss Cult."

But things are not that simple.

When most people see the Abyss Cult, they either run away or rush up to beat them up. Generally, no one will follow the Abyss Cult to see what they are doing.

It’s not that they don’t want to, but that they don’t have the opportunity.

The creatures from the abyss look exactly the same at first glance, but upon closer inspection... well, they do look pretty much the same.

If all the Fire Abyss Mages were gathered together, asked to pose in the same posture, and photographed, and given to Seraphina to identify, Seraphina would most likely not be able to tell the difference.

The creatures of the abyss all have random appearances, and they really distinguish between enemies and friends by their breath. A completely unfamiliar breath will definitely alert them.

How stupid would the Abyss Cult have to be to not notice that they were being followed by a group of forest rangers?

If the Abyss Cult was really that weak, how did they manage to infiltrate all parts of Teyvat in 500 years? Was it all done by Ying and Seraphina alone?

——The only explanation is that the Abyss Cult deliberately let the forest rangers see it, and they intended to spread the news of the Abyss Cult's activities here.

Seraphina remembered that one time, the Abyss Cult in Liyue was having hotpot in the wild and was discovered by the old lady from Qingce Village who came to pick bamboo shoots.

The abyss mages who were over 500 years old saw that the old lady in her 70s and 80s was still running around at such an old age. In addition, Liyue was Seraphina's hometown, so they pretended not to see her and waited for the old lady to leave by herself.

Who knew that the old woman would be so "ungrateful" and turn around and call the Thousand Rocks Army to destroy the Abyss Cult's stronghold, and the hot pots were also confiscated.

Abyss Cult: "......"

As for the fact that they cursed and said they would never have a picnic again, and then went for a picnic the next day on the pretext that they had picked up a new big iron pot, that is a story for later.

In short, the Abyss Cult may not be able to defeat others in a fight, but they will definitely not be ambushed by ordinary humans.

Of course, Kong is special. He is the one who can really deceive the Abyss Cult.

The members of the Abyss Cult look stupid and foolish, with no brains and no worries every day, but if anyone wants to hurt their companions, they will definitely incur revenge from the Abyss Cult.

Didn’t you see that just a few Abyss Mages were missing and that was enough to alarm Ying and Seraphina to look for them?

——Although the Abyss Mage, who was captured and raised by a nobleman who had a special fondness for furry things, did not really want such an honor.

Well, anyway, I tell you this to prove that the Abyss Cult trusts their companions very much.

A completely unfamiliar smell would alarm them, but if the unfamiliar smell was mixed with a familiar smell, they would not think too much about it.

Kong's aura is very similar to Ying's. Kong gives the Abyss Cult a feeling of "very familiar, as if I have seen him at Her Royal Highness the Princess's place, but I can't remember who he is specifically."

As long as Kong doesn't jump out and expose himself while tracking, alerting the Abyss Cult, he will be able to track them to the end.

Well, we have strayed off topic again.

The current situation is that after listening to Tinari's story, Seraphina suspected that the Abyss Cult was behind the abnormal venation and the disappearance of students.

......

When Seraphina was chasing Dainsreb, she chased him all the way from Liyue to Xumi, and they had countless fights along the way.

The range of destroyed trees also appeared in the shape of long strips.

The place where the group of students planted trees was far away from Huacheng City, and the place with the abnormal ground veins that Tinari mentioned was even farther away.

Tinari was worried that the disappearance of those students was related to the Abyss Cult. In order to save time and rescue them as soon as possible, he explained the situation to Seraphina while walking.

Now that the situation has been made clear, the road is not over yet.

But Seraphina had already sensed a lot of familiar auras. She was sure that a large number of people from the Abyss Cult were gathered here.

This was neither the meeting place Ying had arranged for this afternoon; nor had many days passed since the day Tinari had mentioned for their picnic.

Seraphina has not yet checked the cause of the abnormal earth veins, but looking at this situation, she is more certain that these things are related to the Abyss Cult.

Looking at the bruises under Tinari's eyes, Seraphina touched her nose and suddenly felt extremely guilty.

Seraphina had already felt guilty for making Tinari suffer for such a long time, and now the Cult of the Abyss was trying to cause trouble for Tinari.

Can't you wait until I start covering for you before you start working? !

Seraphina sighed and said, "Senior Tinari, you have worked so hard."

Tinari had no idea of ​​Seraphina's rich mental activities. He just thought that Seraphina felt sorry for him because he had to get up after finally getting a break to deal with the missing students. "Let's not talk about this. Have you ever fought against the Abyss Cult? How much do you know about them?"

Although he could use Serafina like a beast of burden, she was really just here to help. Tinari had to ensure Serafina's safety.

After discovering that the abnormal leyline might be related to the Abyss Cult, Tinari wrote letters to people he knew and collected a lot of information about the Abyss Cult. If Serafina hadn't been far away in Fontaine, Tinari's letters would have been delivered to her.

Now is a good time to share it with Seraphina so that she can be prepared.

Seraphina was speechless for a moment.

It’s definitely unrealistic to say that we have never fought against each other.

Little Paimon’s dog stomach can’t hold two pounds of sesame oil.

When Paimon and Sora first arrived at Xumi and didn't know Seraphina's true identity, they met many of Seraphina's acquaintances. When asked how he knew Seraphina, Paimon told everyone that Seraphina had committed suicide in the Lower Rock Abyss and was targeted by the Abyss Cult.

Seraphina's friends scoffed at Paimon's words that Seraphina called herself a weak academic, and all believed that Seraphina was just acting because she was addicted to acting.

He still had the energy to act, so it seemed that nothing really happened. Everyone was relieved and did not ask any more questions.

Seraphina would not directly tell the Abyss Cult's weaknesses when she didn't know how much Tinari knew.

Did she shout out her weaknesses and wait for others to hit her? What's the difference between that and self-exposure?

Seraphina could only say, "We have fought, but I'm worried that they have some strange tricks. If I meet them, I will never fight with them. I will just run away when I find a chance."

This also matches what Sora said, that Seraphina had not taken any action and was hiding behind the immortal in the Stone Abyss.

Tinari felt that it was necessary to tell Seraphina how to deal with the Abyss Cult: "Then listen to me carefully."

Seraphina nodded obediently, pretending to be listening carefully.

She believed that if she dared to show any slackness towards the Abyss Cult, her teacher and her friends would bombard her in turn, in order to make her realize the strangeness and difficulty of the Abyss Cult.

Seraphina didn't want to cause trouble for herself, so she listened carefully to Tinari's small class on "How to Deal with the Abyss Cult".

You are right. When I get back I will tell the Abyss Cult how you are going to deal with us, and then we will come up with a set of countermeasures!

Tinari talked on and on for a long time, and they were almost there.

Seraphina gave Tinari the water bottle that Cole had given her before she left so that he could moisten his throat.

Tinati held the Hunter's Path in one hand and placed the other on the bowstring: "We must be serious from now on."

He frowned and stressed seriously: "Remember what I told you. You must stay alert later. If you encounter the Abyss Cult, you must strike first. I know you are powerful, but don't forget that the opponent is the treacherous Abyss Cult, which is not comparable to the Gilded Brigade you usually fight."

If an Abyss Mage passed by now, he would probably be hit by his creeping attack before he could even see Tinari's appearance clearly.

Seraphina: "...I see."

You may not believe it, but I am a member of the mysterious and treacherous Cult of the Abyss that you mentioned.

Seraphina was forced to follow Tinari with the sword in her hand, her back tense as if she was a cheetah lying in wait, ready to show its claws at any time.

Of course, her target was not the Abyss Cult, but Tinari.

It is impossible for Seraphina to just watch the Abyss Cult and Tinari fight. If they really encountered each other, Seraphina would take action immediately and use a feint attack to lead the Abyss Cult members out of Tinari's sight.

Tinari, who was unaware of the situation, was satisfied when he saw Seraphina getting serious, and continued, "You should know that I asked you to come with me because I wanted you to help investigate the abnormalities in the earth veins here."

"I understand what you mean, but first we have to search the periphery to see if there are any traces of footprints or anything like that." Seraphina emphasized the main purpose of their coming here.

If possible, Seraphina didn't want Tinari to meet the people from the Abyss Cult or the Hilichurls.

She wanted to send Tinari away alone, so that Tinari would not destroy the plan of the Abyss Cult. But she did not say anything like "act separately". Facing an unknown enemy, acting separately is the stupidest thing to do.

Saying this would have no effect other than causing Tinari to scold her.

That's why Seraphina found a reason to take Tinari along the periphery.

But this reason is not so useful.

They searched along the route drawn by Tinari, and when they were about to reach the area with abnormal ground veins, they suddenly saw messy footprints on the ground.

Seraphina squatted down and examined it. "This is a human footprint. Look at this shoe print. It is the most common shoe print in the House of the Lords."

Tinari also squatted down and roughly measured the length of the footprints with his hands: "The size matches that of the missing students. Why do these footprints appear so abruptly?"

Why else? I didn't expect anyone to come here to look for it.

If Tinari opens the elemental vision, he will find traces of wind elements remaining on the ground.

People who have used the wind slime hot air balloon should be familiar with this. That is the trace left by the wind slime.

After the Abyss Cult kidnapped these students, they took them away in a hot air balloon to avoid leaving footprints and being tracked.

How did Seraphina know...

Because in addition to the traces of wind elements on the ground, there are also some traces of the abyss.

Seraphina went over the information in her mind.

From the perspective of the Abyss Cult, this matter is actually not difficult to understand.

But Seraphina always felt that this matter did not seem like Ying's work, or it was not entirely Ying's work.

In the Abyss Cult, this kind of convoluted fishing plan is usually thought up by Seraphina.

Simply put, whether it was the anomaly of the earth veins or the picnic being discovered, it was all intentional by the Abyss Cult in order to spread the news.

As for the purpose...at this moment, all the preparations for the loom of destiny have been completed, except for the eyes of the tiller.

Deinsreb has been chasing after the Abyss Cult. This time, Ying simply set a trap, leaked the information of the Abyss Cult, and waited for Deinsreb to take the bait.

Thinking of this, Seraphina felt a little aggrieved.

She did say that she would no longer care about the Loom of Destiny, but that was no reason for Ying not to ask her a single question!

Ying no longer asks her for help when she has problems, she instead asks someone else for help.

The key is that Seraphina doesn’t know who this “someone else” is!

Bah! Bad girl! Scumbag!

......

Seraphina sighed resignedly. Seeing that she couldn't trick Tinari away, she could only start the next plan.

Find the Abyss Mage to launch a sneak attack and force the two of them to separate.

"Senior Tinari, we are going to follow this road next..."

Before Seraphina could finish her words, Tinari interrupted her: "Well, now that we have found the missing students, let's go back."

Seraphina: "......"

what?

What did you find? Didn’t you just find a few footprints?

Tinari looked puzzled: "Why are you standing there? Aren't you going to leave?"

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