The Weapon Master Shall Never Die Bare-Handed in Genshin Impact [422]

“Sp... spirit?”

Kun Jun blinked in confusion, clearly surprised by Lumine’s sudden outburst. “What do you mean?”

“Aren’t you?” Lumine tilted her head. “But... if you’re not some kind of spirit, then why are you searching for something that disappeared centuries ago?”

“Centuries ago…”

Kun Jun pressed a hand to his forehead, visibly rattled by her words.

“Centuries ago?” he echoed.

“Of course,” Lumine replied matter-of-factly. “I’ve studied alchemy. The Dragon-Quelling Stone—its deposits were completely mined out hundreds of years ago.”

“So... Kun Jun, why are you looking for it?” she asked, eyes full of curiosity.

“Why... I don’t know,” Kun Jun said, his voice low and uncertain. “But... I feel like it’s important. Like I’m not just searching for the Dragon-Quelling Stone…”

He gripped his hair, struggling visibly. “I think... I came to Liyue to find someone. But I don’t remember who. I don’t even remember why I needed to find them…”

“I figured your memory was kind of spotty, but—” Paimon blinked. “You’ve lost your memory completely? Then why would you even accept a commission to come to the Chasm?!”

“Because... this place feels familiar to me.” Kun Jun’s voice grew more thoughtful under their questioning. He fell silent, then slowly added, “I think I’ve spent a very long time here... and maybe I made some sort of contract with someone…”

That Mr. Zhongli… He feels familiar. Maybe he can help me find the Dragon-Quelling Stone.

“But beyond that... I remember nothing.”

Even Paimon could sense by now that something about Kun Jun was off.

“Kun Jun, you really aren’t some kind of elemental spirit?” Lumine asked again, not ready to give up. “Like a wind spirit, or a geo spirit or something?”

Kun Jun shook his head.

He had no idea why Lumine was so hung up on the idea, but he was sure of one thing—he wasn’t whatever strange being she thought he was.

At least... not in this body.

“Well, that’s weird,” Lumine scratched her head. “Anyway, the most important thing right now is solving this case.”

“We still have no idea where those missing miners went.”

“Ugh! If only we could see what happened a few days ago!”

She let out a frustrated sigh—then Kun Jun spoke up, after a moment of thought.

“I might be able to help with that.”

He stepped forward and looked to Lumine. “I can see the recent memories held in stone. That might give us a clue.”

“Seriously?” Lumine’s interest was piqued immediately.

...

About ten minutes later, Lumine and Jia Changjiang regrouped.

Kun Jun, once they’d reunited, led them to a piece of exposed Cor Lapis on the side of the road.

Under everyone’s watchful gaze, Kun Jun took a deep breath, then placed his hand on the surface of the Cor Lapis.

And then—

He saw them.

Four miners, being led away by someone.

Their expressions were oddly blank as they departed from the mining area.

And at the head of the group...

Was a little girl. Running.

“A vision through stone…” Zhongli murmured, observing Kun Jun’s ability in action. “This is...”

“I saw it!” Kun Jun suddenly opened his eyes. “They were led away from the mining site—by a child. They went north.”

“North?” Lumineechoed, pulling out a map of Liyue.

North of the Chasm lay Lingju Pass.

And beyond that—

Mount Tianheng? No…

No— Mt. Tianheng is further east. Then… could it be—

Mt. Tianmen?

She remembered.

That last time she encountered the little blue-haired spirit-like girl—it had been near Mt. Tianmen. She and Jia Changjiang had also fought the Ancient Geovishap around there and forced it into submission.

Kun Jun’s aura was so similar to that blue-haired girl’s…

Could there be a connection?

Jia Changjiang and Lumine both turned to look at Kun Jun, unaware of the rapid chain of thoughts firing in Lumine’s mind.

In the end, it was Zhongli who made the decision.

“Have Old Dai and the others search the area nearby,” he said, with a trace of reluctance in his tone. “In the meantime, the rest of us—let’s head north.”

He exhaled lightly, a faint sigh slipping through his lips.

“All right.”

Lumine pulled Paimon along and ran off to inform Old Dai.

She’d already sensed something strange was going on.

Jia Changjiang was now openly speculating about Kun Jun’s true identity.

Zhongli, for his part, had already deduced quite a bit.

And Kun Jun—having learned from Lumine that the Dragon-Quelling Stone was long extinct—was beginning to suspect that something was wrong with himself.

So the four of them, each with their own thoughts and secrets, headed north.

Only Detective Assistant Peanut remained blissfully unaware of it all.

Their search led them into Lingju Pass, where they found some bamboo baskets left behind by the missing miners.

North of Lingju Pass lay inhabited land. But the tracks had gone cold—so Lumine stepped forward to ask the nearby villagers if they’d seen anything.

At first, her polite questioning turned up nothing…

But once she drew a sword in each hand and asked again if any miners had passed through a few days ago—

The answers started flowing.

“Yeah... there were miners passing through. They were led by... a blue-haired little girl?”

Lumine relayed the information to Zhongli and Jia Changjiang, brows furrowed.

Blue-haired little girl...?

Could it be Ajiao? The one who stopped her and Jia Changjiang from killing the Ancient Geovishap?

No way... Could Kun Jun really be connected to all of this?

They agreed to continue heading north.

Then they spotted two red-eyed Geovishaps chasing a scholar—a woman in glasses.

Lumine and Jia Changjiang stepped in and dealt with the creatures, saving her in time.

From the scholar’s report, they were finally able to confirm: the miners had gone in the direction of Mt. Tianmen.

Even Kun Jun had used his “vision through stone” to witness them traveling that way.

And now—those scattered, elusive threads they’d been chasing...

All began to weave together.

Everyone could sense it.

Once they reached Mt. Tianmen... everything would unravel. And the truth would finally come to light.

“Let’s keep going!”

Lumine walked in the lead, her pace undeterred by what they’d just learned.

“Those miners are still waiting for us to bring them home.”

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