(Pure Paimon is hot and spicy ~ ate your little brain flower ~)
Drip-drop—
Lu Li opened his eyes as a drop of eerie blue liquid seeping from a rock crevice landed on his face.
What met his gaze were inverted crystal clusters, like countless sharp swords hanging above his head.
Feeling the liquid on his face, Lu Li instinctively reached out to wipe it away.
But he found his arm as short as a lotus root section; this was clearly an infant's body!
Memories of his past life instantly resurfaced.
Lu Li remembered... he had just opened allogene and done a ten-pull, and at the same time he got a gold, a meteor fell from the sky and knocked him unconscious.
He woke up again, consciously.
And now he was like this.
Lu Li tried to speak, but only managed a few weak 'aba aba' sounds.
"I've actually been reborn as a baby?!"
"What is this place? It's too gloomy!"
Sticky, squirming sounds came from all directions.
Among the glowing Mushrooms, a giant Abyssal rat, as big as Paimon, was crawling towards him, its crimson eyes glinting with greed.
"What the heck!?"
"This can't even be called a catastrophic start; it's a start worse than hell itself!"
"Just reborn, and I'm about to be a snack for a big rat!"
[Discovering a reborn individual awakening their past life's wisdom!]
[You have received the blessings of the Myriad Great Daos, activated your primordial power, and gained heaven-defying comprehension!]
A voice echoed in Lu Li's mind, and countless fragments of knowledge flooded his consciousness.
[Through an infant's cry, you comprehended the laws of Abyssal energy conduction, and you created the "Abyssal Sonic Wave Art"]
After this voice sounded.
Lu Li suddenly understood the mystery of vocal cord vibration; his previously meaningless cries instantly became tangible.
"Wah—ah—wah!!!"
The moment the third cry erupted, the sound waves transformed into visible dark-purple ripples, shaking the fluorescent moss on the rock wall, making it rustle and fall!
The sound waves formed superimposed resonance in the enclosed space, condensing into visible dark-purple ripples that spread outwards in a Swirl.
Skirk, who was practicing her sword swings.
Was interrupted from her 13,000th sword-swing practice by Lu Li's voice.
"In the Abyss... how can there be a baby's cry?"
Skirk, accompanied by the sound of her sword qi tearing through the air, appeared near Lu Li.
At this moment.
Around Lu Li, three Rock-Armored Crocodiles emerged from a crevice, and twelve glowing bats hung upside down from the crystal clusters.
Even more indescribable dark shadows writhed in the gloom, all attracted by the sound waves Lu Li emitted, and they bared their chilling fangs at Lu Li, the source of the sound!
To these Abyssal creatures, Lu Li was an unprecedented delicacy.
The foremost Rock-Armored Crocodile had just raised its head when a crescent-shaped sword qi sliced off its skull.
Skirk frowned, looking at the swaddled infant among the crystal clusters. After sending off a young disciple before, how did she encounter another human infant?!
Do these people just automatically respawn in the Abyss?!
Creak—
A giant spider suddenly pounced on infant Lu Li. As sword light flashed, Skirk picked up Lu Li.
Feeling the warmth beside him.
Then looking up at the Damselette holding him.
Lu Li was shocked!
How did this person look so much like Skirk from allogene?!
Had he been reborn into Teyvat?!
The next moment, Lu Li, exhausted after using the Abyssal Telepathy, felt his eyelids droop and he slumped into unconsciousness.
"His breathing is steady, though..."
Skirk used her hand to push aside the swaddling cloth stained with monster blood, revealing a faint dark pattern on the infant's chest. It was an ancient mark that even her master, Surtalogi, had never mentioned.
After killing the last surrounding Abyssal creature.
Driven by curiosity, Skirk touched Lu Li's infant face. Her master Surtalogi's words suddenly echoed in her ears!
[So I once seriously considered training my disciples]
[And when they matured, I would seek pleasure again]
[You were the first]
[And after you leave, I will no longer consider you my disciple]
[I will take everything from you, what I gave you, what you found yourself, what is around you and unrelated to you... all will be destroyed]
[So now, I will give you an indelible fear. Either re-experience the nightmares of childhood in fear, or do your utmost to find a way to defeat me]
Therefore.
If she couldn't become stronger, this child would also be destroyed by Surtalogi... Because the previous disciple was too weak, he would certainly be destroyed by Surtalogi. Skirk had thrown him out of the Abyss after teaching him for three months.
Even so, this weak disciple later became the powerful Harbinger Tartaglia.
However.
Now, this infant Lu Li.
Even if she ignored him, he would probably die in the Abyss.
So... no matter what, this child would die. Skirk couldn't help but feel a pang of pity.
"Then I'll take care of him. Let's see if he can become stronger."
"If he can become strong, then there's no need to worry about Surtalogi's destruction."
"If he's as weak as the first disciple, I'll raise him a bit and then send him away."
Skirk couldn't help but think.
Was the disciple she threw out before a 'main account' that she messed up, and now she was starting to train a 'sub-account'?
Skirk wove a hammock from spider silk, preparing to place Lu Li on it.
As Lu Li slept in her arms, he unconsciously clutched a strand of her hair, a glistening bubble still on his lips.
"This child will probably be hungry when he wakes up, right?"
Skirk looked down at the sleeping infant Lu Li. The bell on Lu Li's wrist gently swayed.
A long-forgotten soft emotion suddenly washed over Skirk's heart. The roar of a giant creature moving echoed from deep within the cave.
It was a Rock-Eater Rat.
Skirk's eyes lit up.
"Rock-Eater Rat meat is quite tender... it's a delicious food in the Abyss. My previous disciple even complained it was unpalatable, not knowing how to enjoy good fortune. The rat friends I ate when I was young were nowhere near as tasty as this."
This stuff is best for stewing soup... Wait, shouldn't babies drink milk? I need to find some milk for him.