The Void Walker Starting from Xumi

Chapter 42, Return to Xumi
"The benefactor of the highest heaven, the origin of spiritual energy, the creator of the world..."

The priests in the desert are performing strange, twisted dances as they perform their priestly activities.

He is a priest with awakened psychic powers, and has received messages from the High Heaven (Warp) many times in his sleep.

As a result, he developed a variety of magical psychic techniques, ranging from healing to combat, and even awakened the ability of psychic foresight.

Thus he developed the power to summon the legendary Creator of the High Heavens.

That power is said to be able to destroy the world.

A wisp of instinctive thought from Fuget descended here, and then the external appearance was revealed, a dark purple breath floated, the power of nothingness (Ix) erupted, the priest was swallowed by the power, and all traces of his existence were wiped out.

It can indeed destroy the world, but that is for people like them. This power is uncontrollable.

Fugate himself, who was in the process of selecting a new site in Fontaine to build the Hearth House, scratched his head.

"Why do I feel like the power of nothingness has been raging so violently recently?"

Fortunately, now nothingness is only an external appearance, and Fuget can only feel the riot of the power of nothingness inside. Now the erosion suffered by Fuget has been greatly reduced.

"Hey~ kid, what's your name?" Fgate saw the freckled kid again and felt that he had a strong connection with him, so he asked directly.

"Colonel [Fuzhu], my... my name is Femini." The freckled kid scratched his head.

"Seems like a familiar character." Before Fuget traveled through time in his previous life, the plot had just advanced to Fontaine.

There seems to be some story about Femini in it, but it is too little.

So Fugate didn't have a deep impression of Femini.

"You seem to have a talent for mechanics and like machines?"

"Yes... yes." Femini nodded.

"You have a good talent, keep it up. There are so many hardships in life, and you must always enjoy it while you can ensure that your life is not empty." said Fugate.

"What are you doing again?" Alechino appeared behind Fugate.

"Give encouragement," said Fugate. "Have those guys settled in?"

"Yes, most of them have been resettled, and Hearth House has started to operate again to accept those orphans." Alecino scratched his head. He had been busy fighting before, so Alecino was not good at these clerical work at all.

In the continent of Teyvat, orphans are a very common sight, like weeds on the roadside.

This is mainly because monsters are rampant on the continent of Teyvat. If adults go out on a trade route, they may die without a complete body if they are not careful, and then orphans will naturally appear.

Basically, all countries have complete response strategies for this.

However, except for Liyue, which is not short of money, the policy implementation in other countries cannot be said to be very good, so these countries will have some orphans flowing into the Hearth House.

This is why, even though former servants have a bad reputation among the lower-level Fatui soldiers, a steady stream of them are still sent to the Hearth House.

After letting Femini leave, Alechino and Fuget started chatting.

Alechino was indeed under a lot of pressure, and he had to maintain his dignity as a father in front of other children, so he had to keep a stern face all day long.

Fortunately, there is Fugate, a guy who has complicated relationships with other Fatui high-ranking officials.

"Speaking of which, your reputation seems to be not so good recently. Don't you want to do something about it?" Fugate looked at Alechino and asked.

"That kind of thing doesn't matter at all." Alechino was dismissive.

"Your reputation should be attributed to the [rooster]," said Fugate.

"Why not [Doctor]?" Alechino asked curiously.
"If he had the time, he would have done the experiment long ago." Fugate said, "And he also has his own way of finding experimental subjects. Hearth House is not Dotore's only channel."

When I was chatting with Xia Mian some time ago, I learned that the Fatui had built a hospital in the Xumi Desert that provided free treatment for demonic scale disease.

Of course, it is said to be a treatment for demonic scale disease, but in fact it is a related research on the human body and demonic scale disease.

After all, Demon Scale is a very strange disease, so it is understandable that [Doctor] is curious about it.

I heard that it was probably done by the "Doctor". Xia Mian went to investigate once, fought with him, and beat him up, but unfortunately he failed to kill him, and then he ran away to an unknown place.

It is worth mentioning that the [Doctor] also recognized Xia Mian’s identity and was quite shocked after seeing him.

In fact, although Xiamian and Fugate have no way to cure the magic scale disease, they still have ways to suppress it. In fact, as long as one is a psychic who practices psychic power and understands the principle of purification, he can suppress the magic scale disease through the almost omnipotent power of psychic power.

However, because the communication between the desert and the rainforest has been decreasing in recent hundreds of years, and most psychics are desert people, things that are basically known to the patients with magic scale disease among the desert people are almost unknown in the rainforest.

However, even in the desert, psychics are a minority, so quite a few desert residents visit that hospital.

After all, asking psychic priests for help would cost more than an average desert family could afford.

And the hospital... is free, but the ignorant people in the sand don’t know that this free service is the most expensive, because they are not after money, but people.

Of course, not all psychic priests charge high fees. When people from their own tribe are suffering from demonic scale disease, they basically provide treatment for free.

After all, psychic energy is something that can be regenerated, and after receiving psychic treatment, spreading the faith of the Supreme Heaven is a very easy thing.

Well~ Because the belief in Ahmar is still the mainstream among the Sand People, the psychic priests who believe in the Supreme Heaven are basically preaching in secret.

Moreover, the priests are not united. Some of them believe in the Creator of the Supreme Heaven (that is, Fuget), while others believe in the King of Plants (the name of the King of Trees after he became a god of the Warp).

Some still believe in Akhmar and regard the highest heaven as Aru created by Akhmar.

Fugate didn't care about this. After all, a certain cat had gathered a lot of Achmar's essence and gave it to the Tree King.

I don’t know whether the Tree King can resurrect Achmar himself. After all, no one can tell the essence of something.

Plus, it was a gathering of cats...don't expect a strong man with cat ears to be resurrected.

After half a month, the reconstruction of Hearth House has officially begun.

Fugate also officially started his work in the temporary base of Hearth House.

That is...teaching children.

Of course, the children in front of Fuget are the ones with outstanding qualifications, and they were selected by Alechino himself.

Among them was Femini, a freckled little boy whom Fugate had known before, as well as a girl with cat ears and a little boy with gray-blonde hair who were more noteworthy.

If Fuget guessed correctly, these two should be the future great magicians Linny and Linnet, and there are a few people that Fuget did not know.

However, being sent to Fgate instead of other instructors means that they are talented.

"Now is the time for these children to lay the foundation. This is the first time for me to train such young children," said Fugate.

"You seem to be in a good mood." said a voice.

"That's natural. Being with these children always dispels the loneliness in my heart," said Fugate.

"It's nice to meet you [Ma'am]," Fugate said.

“I’m glad to meet you too, Colonel,” [Lady] said.

The two parties didn't talk much, or maybe [the lady] was just that awkward.

"I hope you can leave something behind when the fire burns out." Fugate shook his head and continued to teach the little guys.

"Hmm~ Let me think about what materials I should purchase recently."

"Children, what do you like to eat?" Fugate looked at the children.

"Hmm~ Can I have sweets?" said a little child.

"Of course." Fugate smiled. "Anything else?"

The children spoke enthusiastically and Fugate agreed to their suggestions one by one.

Then, as promised, they had a good meal, and then the amount of training in the evening was doubled.

"Sugar is high in calories, you need to digest it in time so that it won't be wasted." Fuget said with a smile. But this smile was like a devil in everyone's eyes.

Dozens of days passed in the blink of an eye, and Fugate finally got his first long vacation.

"Finally, I have some free time." Fugate said with a breath of air.

"What are you going to do?" Alechino was curious about what Fugate was going to do in his free time.

"Let's go back to Xumi." said Fugate.

"? Even at your speed, it won't be enough in time." said Alechino.

Fuget only has seven days of vacation time. Even if Fuget tries his best to travel (Fuget's strength is greatly reduced and his speed is slow), it will be too late, unless the Fatui use the not-so-mature space teleportation technology.

(The Fatui have this technology. It first appeared after the Young Master released Osel, when the Fatui soldiers attacked the Jade Pavilion through a space teleportation device)

"You're back." Xia Mian didn't care when he saw Fuget coming back.

He had come back before when Fuget was doing the experiment.

But I didn’t stay in the Sixth Manor.

"How's your investigation going?" asked Fugate.

"The Little Auspicious Grass King has begun to pay attention to it. With her help, the doctor has been driven out of the Xumi region." Xia Mian said.

Fugate muttered a few words that this was quite a big turn of events, and then said nothing more.

"Is His Majesty the Grass King still playing that game of self-imprisonment?" Fuget let out a long sigh, lay down on the sofa, and then took out the player and records.

Then the music echoed in the room.

"What I want to tell you is that Lord Little Auspicious Grass King seems to have recently noticed the whereabouts of His Majesty the Tree King."

"It's almost a given that we'll be discovered," said Fugate, who didn't care.

"You are so different now than before." Xiamian touched Fuget.

"Hmm~" Fugate said, "Let's sleep together tonight. I haven't held you to sleep in my arms for a long time."

Xia Mian's body stiffened and said, "Don't play with the ears, not even the tail."

"Okay~" Fuget simply wanted to have a good sleep. Only in the Sixth Manor, next to Xia Mian, could Fuget sleep peacefully.

Fugate lay in the chair for a while and fell asleep to the music.

Xiamian shook his head and carried Fuget into the room. Then, he lay down on the bed to the soothing music and fell asleep soon.

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"Xamien, how long have you not taken care of your tail?" Fugate said as he played with Xiamian's tail. "Some of the hair here is about to get tangled."

"Where? It was just cleaned this Wednesday." Xia Mian held the tail and examined it carefully.

"This is the hair care ointment I brought back this time. It not only makes the hair smooth and fluffy, but also has a certain insect repellent effect." Fuget took out something as if he was presenting a treasure.

"This should be applied at the roots of the hair and then in the direction of hair growth." Fugate demonstrated to Xia Mian.

Sure enough, the tail hair became much smoother.

"Why didn't you take it out yesterday?" Xiamian complained that Fugate took it out too late.

"I forgot it." Fugate scratched his head, then took the paper and pen from Xiamian and wrote down the recipe of the ointment.

There are relatively few people who need these things, but there are still quite a few people who need them.

After all, humans also have hair, which is...

"Help me wipe the hair on my ears. I can't see and it's inconvenient..." After Xia Mian took care of the tail, he found that the hair on the tail was indeed much fluffy and smoother.

Then naturally, I wanted to deal with the hair on my ears. Although I groomed the hair on my ears every day, the effect was not as good as the ointment newly invented by Fugate.

"Hehe, this ear is so funny." Fuget rubbed his ear, and Xia Mian's face turned red.

Xia Mian said in a slightly speechless tone, "Why are you acting like a little kid? Can't you stop playing? Hurry up and wipe..."

"Speaking of which, is there anything fun in Xumi recently?"

"This is true. A few years ago, a man named Hebandu from our Sulun sect brought back a child from somewhere. There was nothing special about him before, but now this Hebandu has been promoted to a sage."

"Little Auspicious Grass King said that the child had a familiar aura and asked me to go and take a look."

"As a result, I discovered that this child has inherited half of Hermanubis' power. Judging from the situation, it should be the power inherited by the guys in the Temple of Silence."

"That's really interesting." Fugate said with a smile, "Have you ever thought about taking in an apprentice or something to piss off those guys from the Temple of Silence?"

"That's not necessary. The Temple of Silence is in a bad enough state now. It's only slightly better than ordinary tribes. The sage and the child are both quite interesting. You can go and see them when you have time." Xiamian said.

That joke was really good, but I didn't want to listen to it anyway.

"Anything else interesting?" asked Fugate.

"It's still about our Sulun sect. Last year, an international student came. He was very talented and became a thiriyasi in a short period of time. He is currently applying to become a trainee datsa."

"Oh? Who is it?"

"She is a girl named Lisa Mintz. She is very talented, much better than Hetala. She has the intelligence level of an ordinary person who has taken intelligence-enhancing potions without using any alchemical potions."

"That's really impressive." Fugate exclaimed.

"He is a rare genius in the Academy of Religious Affairs in a century." Xia Mian also likes this junior very much.

In other words, she, like Fugate, likes genius.

Another acquaintance, Fuget touched his chin and didn't care. As time got closer to the so-called plot, these acquaintances would naturally increase in number.

Moreover, each of these acquaintances is a gifted person and a celebrity, so even if he doesn't go out to look for them, their names will naturally appear in Fugate's ears.

"Xia Mian, do you want to go shopping? We haven't been shopping for a long time." Fugate said.

"Okay." Xia Mian also became interested in shopping.

The two of them didn't try to hide themselves and went straight to the street.

He bought a few peaches, summoned the water element, washed them, and then started to enjoy them.

"The Dun Dun peach tastes much better than before," said Fugate. "It seems to have a lot more substances to refresh the mind."

"This is a new variety of Dun Dun peach that was cultivated under the guidance of Nafis, a sage of the Shenglun school." The owner said with a smile.

"It is indeed a good choice to refresh the mind." Xia Mian also said.

"Speaking of which, the House of the Lords doesn't seem to have made any groundbreaking achievements in recent years." Fuget said, "I took a look at the modern high-end alchemy theory you collected this morning, and it doesn't seem to have made much progress."

"That's true..." Xia Mi'an paused and said, "Even if I have experienced several sleeps, their research shouldn't be that much slower than mine."

"Maybe the academic atmosphere is not so good nowadays." Fugate muttered, "And I vaguely feel that it's not a bad thing for this to develop slowly."

"Are you going to talk about the ancient country of Dahe (Kanruiya)?" Xiamian said.

"Well, the technology level of the ancient country of Dahe was much higher than that of Xumi five hundred years ago." Fugate said, "The alchemy of [Gold] is even two to three levels higher than our level."

"Is it so exaggerated..."

"It's far more exaggerated than you think." Fuget said, "Of course, I'm talking about the overall situation. In the field of alchemy and potion, especially in the field of brain development, I am confident that no one can rival me."

"But Gold is better in all aspects. She is not weak in any aspect. The alchemy of creation that she specializes in is like a myth in her hands."

"Her alchemy has even reached the level where it can influence my prophecy."

(End of this chapter)