Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 173 Magic Cube

Upon hearing this, Dulin suddenly opened his eyes, then slowly turned his head back and looked at Qiuhe with a serious expression.

"You've been reborn?" Qiuhe looked puzzled upon hearing this. He hadn't even said anything yet, only mentioning that "the free wind can't reach the seabed."

Du Lin knew he had been reborn, and Qiu He finally nodded slightly. "Du Lin, do you know something? What does that sentence mean?"

"And how did you know I was reborn?" Du Lin seemed not to hear Qiu He's words, remaining silent as if lost in thought.

After a long silence, Du Lin slowly spoke, "You should still have memories of your past life, right?" Qiu He thought for a moment, then finally replied:

"Yes, there is. It's just that, for some reason, it feels like I've lost a part of it," Jian Qiuhe said, realizing that Qiuhe truly remembered his memories from before his rebirth.

Du Lin then spoke up, "Kid, untie the chains on my hands," but Qiu He still looked puzzled. Du Lin noticed Qiu He's confused expression.

He continued, "I need to know some things from your memories; it's very important." Qiuhe then asked, "No?"

"How am I supposed to get you out of here? I don't even know why you're trapped here."

"You just need to imagine it, imagine making these chains go back." Hearing Dulin say this, Qiuhe hesitated for a moment.

"It should be no big deal to just untie one hand." Qiuhe thought to herself, then focused her consciousness, attempting to unlock the chain. Just as Qiuhe was pushing her consciousness forward...

The chain piercing Dulin's forearm slowly began to react, and finally, at Qiuhe's whim, the chain that had pierced Dulin's forearm and was stuck in the ground...

He simply retracted it to the pillar. Seeing this, Dulin tried moving his forearm and found that it could move normally again.

Dulin then looked at Qiuhe and casually placed the enormous dragon claw on Qiuhe's head. Qiuhe didn't know what Dulin was doing, but then suddenly felt a jolt in his head.

As if his memories were being ripped out, Dulin soon withdrew his hand and looked at Qiuhe with a thoughtful expression.

"Is that so? You brat, didn't you keep asking me for that Demon Blade? Listen to me carefully now. I'm definitely not giving you the Demon Blade."

Furthermore, if you can control the Demon Blade, then even if I give it to you, considering you've already died once and still have the memories of your previous rebirth,

"You should know that even if you possess the Demon Blade, you still cannot defeat Kujavina." Qiuhe remained silent after hearing this.

He certainly remembered that incident. He had possessed the Demon Blade before, and his power was already astonishing, but the difference in speed still prevented him from defeating Kujavina.

But he also knew that if he possessed the Demon Blade, he would only need to increase his speed slightly; however, without the Demon Blade, he would not only need to increase his speed...

Perhaps his strength needs to reach the level it was before he can even put up a fight against Kujavina. Seeing Qiuhe's worried expression, Dulin spoke up:

"You brat, didn't you ever think about why, even though there were supposed to be months or even years before Kujavina would give you a chance to fight to the death, it happened earlier than expected?"

Qiuhe also looked at Dulin with eyes that yearned to know the truth. She really wanted to know, after all, she still had time to improve herself before the King's Game began.

But once the King's game begins, every second counts. Dulin saw that Qiuhe knew nothing. Finally, he gave a disdainful snort.

"Hmph, brat, ever since I regained consciousness, you've been relentlessly moving around, bringing me from Mondstadt to Fontaineble. You've been constantly on the move."

You were too impatient, too eager to end it all, but your constant actions not only failed to prevent that outcome, but instead propelled it forward.

Your actions will only hasten that outcome. If you truly want to resolve everything, then restrain yourself a bit.” Qiuhe asked, seeing this.

"But if I do nothing, what's the difference between that and just sitting and waiting for that outcome to happen?"

"Hmph, ever since you thwarted that Kujavina's plan in that place called Gray River, his suspicions about you have only deepened."

All your actions seem flawless, yet they are full of flaws. Ever since you came to this place called the House of Hearths, one inappropriate thing after another has happened.

How could others not suspect you, even though all the evidence points to you? Yet, everything seems to indicate otherwise.

"You must be one of the instigators of all this." Qiuhe was speechless upon hearing Dulin's words. Seeing Qiuhe remain silent...

Dulin sighed and continued, "You can continue, but you'll have to do it differently. Do I really need to remind you?"

Have you ever read that book called "The Thirty-Six Stratagems" in your world? The master strategist has connections to everything; keeping yourself out of the loop is what you're best at.

Hearing this, Qiuhe's eyes gleamed as she looked at Dulin. "That's right, you're right." Having figured it out, Qiuhe intended to leave.

"Hey, wait a minute." Just as Qiuhe was about to return her consciousness to her body, Dulin suddenly called out to her. Qiuhe looked at Dulin with a puzzled expression.

At this moment, Dulin stretched out his forepaws and grabbed Qiuhe's arm. Qiuhe didn't know what Dulin meant, but then he saw Dulin's forepaw...

A purplish-black energy was spreading towards his dragon claw. Under Qiuhe's puzzled gaze, Dulin guided the energy along his dragon claw.

The energy flowed into Qiuhe's arm, then condensed along his arm into his hand, where it slowly solidified into 36 cubes.

Shortly after the 36 blocks floated, they instantly coalesced into a Rubik's Cube, which then shattered into pieces after rotating a few times.

It broke into countless small cubes, which slowly merged together and finally formed a sword. Qiuhe stared at all in shock, speechless.

Dulin finally released Qiuhe's arm slowly. "This is a Magic Cube. I saw something like this called a Rubik's Cube in your memories, in your world."

I used the demonic power within me to create this thing, and I just transmitted the method of controlling the Rubik's Cube into your body.

Remember that feeling: this Rubik's Cube can transform into anything you want, even though its energy intensity is less than one ten-thousandth of the Magic Blade's.

"But at least it can contain your power, unlike ordinary iron that would corrode." Upon hearing this, Qiuhe thought back to the feeling of Dulin controlling the Rubik's Cube earlier.

Finally, under Qiuhe's mental control, the sword in his hand shattered into countless cubes, slowly transforming into the shape of a mist-cutting sword.

Qiuhe watched this scene with inward astonishment. But then he remembered what Dulin had said earlier—that this thing didn't even have one ten-thousandth of the energy of the Demon Blade.

His wildly agitated heart gradually calmed down, but considering that although its energy wasn't as great as the Demon Blade, at least its functionality was still there, he finally accepted it.

Just as Qiuhe was about to leave, he seemed to remember something, and looked up at Dulin, who was lying there bound and impaled by chains.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Qiuhe made up his mind and directly controlled the chains, pulling them all out of Dulin's body, feeling the chains piercing him.

All of them retreated, and Dulin stared at Qiuhe in disbelief. Qiuhe simply smiled, shook the Rubik's Cube in his hand, and said:

"Consider this a reward from the Rubik's Cube," Qiuhe said, his body slowly disappearing from the spot. Dulin lay there silently for a few seconds...

He slowly pushed himself up and stood up. Then, he slowly spread his huge wings and instantly soared back and forth in the space of consciousness.

Back on the ground, Dulin remained silent for a few seconds before muttering to himself, "Hmph, at least you have some conscience." Meanwhile, Qiuhe...

He had successfully detached his consciousness from the space. As he slowly opened his eyes, he suddenly felt as if he were holding something in his hand.

He instinctively raised his hand, and then saw that he was holding a Rubik's Cube that was flashing with a blackish-purple light. Qiuhe stared at the Rubik's Cube.

After a few seconds of contemplation, Qiuhe suddenly activated the Rubik's Cube. In the blink of an eye...

The Rubik's Cube shattered into countless pieces, but the broken pieces didn't scatter; instead, they floated in Qiuhe's hand.

Under Qiuhe's mental control, countless cubes rapidly assembled, and in the blink of an eye, all the cubes were on Qiuhe's thumb.

They coalesced into an exquisite and unique ring. Seeing such a magical transformation, Qiuhe's lips involuntarily curled up, revealing a faint smile.

After finishing all this, Qiuhe gently closed her eyes and gradually drifted off to sleep...