People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 435: Tree King: What reward do you want? A pat on the head like Nashida, or...
The next morning, inside Jingshan Palace.

In front of a sapling with green leaves and white branches, Nashida had been standing there for a long time.

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She was silent for a moment, looking at the small tree in front of her that was shaking its branches slightly to greet her. She never expected that this would be the result of her sage's hard work all night.

"Why is it like this? I thought..."

I was anxious outside for a long time, and I was always curious about what the Tree King's soul container would look like.
But after she prepared breakfast for three people, Nashida, full of expectation, finally saw this small tree that was similar to her original state.
"You should know this clearly. After all, your appearance is completely related to your strength level."

"The current state of the Tree King is much worse than when you were just born. If you want your soul to recover as soon as possible, keeping it like this is the best choice."

After studying for a long time, I finally gave up on all those fancy things.
After communicating with the Tree King, Lin Feng imitated the way she grafted Nashida and used alchemy and elemental power to find a way to maximize the efficiency of soul recovery:
——Before the soul is restored to its fullness, it remains in the seedling stage.

With the help of the roots of the sacred tree below and the connection with the earth veins, it recovers to its full state. It neither grows nor changes. It is not a newborn demon god, but just a "seedling with the potential to grow into a demon god."

In order to be able to get stuck in the stage before affecting Nashida, Lin Feng and the Tree King put a lot of thought into it.

"Don't worry, it's just a temporary container. You can think of my current state as 'recovering from my injuries'."

"My consciousness can use the void system to condense into a physical form in an extremely remote place, and it has no impact on my daily life, right?"

The Tree King gently walked forward and touched the little guy's head. Obviously, he was in a good mood and was enjoying the feeling of relaxation as his soul was slowly recovering.

"I was just a little surprised. I thought you would at least allow your body to move freely."

"Free movement? Of course you can."

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Before Nashida, who was full of questions, could open her mouth to express her doubts, the sapling in front of her took two steps forward as if to demonstrate.

After all, it is not really a child. For the tree king, when encountering danger, let alone running away from the ground, he can even drill into the ground and escape like Lanaro.

With a lively and cheerful tone, he demonstrated to the little one what he could do.
The soul is no longer weakening but is recovering slowly. After the biggest crisis threatening its survival has been resolved, the Tree King now feels more "alive" than yesterday.

"Hmm, your skills are quite good! Did you practice on purpose?"

"If my vision is not outdated, many of these dishes are of Liyue style, right?"

The Tree King glanced with interest at the dishes on the table that were impeccable in color and presentation. After praising them from the bottom of his heart, he was also a little surprised that Nashida had mastered such excellent cooking skills while he was away.

"In fact, my level is still far behind. I probably won't be able to catch up with the ones I ate in Liyue in a short time. As for why there are so many Liyue dishes."

He paused, glanced at the Guoba running around on the ground chasing Lanna Luo, and then glanced at Lin Feng who was helping them serve rice.
Nashida shook her head, feeling that this kind of thing was not easy to explain at the moment.

"Hey, is that so? I understand."

He narrowed his eyes, smiled and nodded, and stopped asking questions when Nashida looked at him with a puzzled expression.

A moment later, on the sofa next to the floor-to-ceiling window.

Because everyone present had a special liking for the sun, after the dinner, they all chose to relax here.

".Well, can you tell me about the changes in the past five hundred years?"

"It's rare to have had five hundred years of peace. I think this world should have made considerable progress since I left, right?"

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There was a small "buyer" sitting on each side, but one was eating dessert and the other was drinking tea.

Looking left and right, I felt a little uncomfortable with being watched by two pairs of emerald green eyes.
Lin Feng looked at Nashida and the Tree King who divided the tea and dessert into three portions each. He didn't know why he always felt that there was a subtle sense of tacit understanding between the two little ones.

"Unfortunately, the House of the Decrees has been in a state of near total stagnation for five hundred years since you left. Other countries have also not seen much change except for the winter.

But in the past two years, I have been trying to change this situation, and Xumi's technological development is gradually affecting Liyue, Fontaine, and Mondstadt."

Lin Feng was unable to complain about the abstract development model of Teyvat, and for a moment he didn't know how to explain to the Tree King the situation where almost everyone was in a bad state and some countries were even regressing.

".Nothing has changed except for the winter? Well, that's not too surprising."

Tilting his head slightly, he looked at the bright sunshine outside the window. The Tree King seemed to have expected this answer.

"Although forced peace can theoretically create an environment more suitable for development, without motivation, judging from the war damage at that time, being able to recover to the level of 500 years ago might be considered good."

The impact of the Kanreya disaster was extremely wide, and even Mondstadt had cracks that allowed abyssal monsters to emerge. The loss of various valuable technologies and talents was innumerable.
Although she had some expectations in her heart, she was able to accept the result after hearing it.

“However, although there has been no progress in development, the pattern has changed a lot.
Xumi, Liyue, Mondstadt and even Fontaine all have extremely close cooperation. There is also a guy in the desert who knows you and has become our reliable ally.
If you still remember Apep, you can go there to meet her when you have the chance."

He took the dessert handed to him by Nashida and ate two pieces, then drank a sip of the tea that the Tree King had helped to make.
Because he was a little too considerate, Lin Feng felt that if he didn't want to be turned into a useless person, it would be better not to lie in Xumi every day before finishing the things at hand.

"Apep? She's a stubborn creature."

"After being deceived once, she has become quite wary of all gods."

He blinked and glanced over curiously. Judging from the tone of the sage little fellow, it was obvious that the relationship between Apep and Xumi was more than just "peaceful and harmonious".

"It's somewhat similar to your current situation. I helped her get rid of the abyss pollution.

Plus my current status in the elemental law system, probably most elemental dragons can be considered our loyal allies."

In order to let the Tree King prepare a corresponding emergency plan, Lin Feng had previously revealed his plan to repair or even run away with Teyvat.

Now when he introduced the elemental dragons, he believed that the tree king could understand why they followed him. "Have you even dealt with Apep's matter?
It seems that there were a lot of things that needed to be done by me, and you have already helped complete them in advance."

The more I feel that the other party seems to have changed the fate of Xumi and even the entire world with his own strength.
When the Tree King noticed Lin Feng's gaze, he pursed his lips and said something that the other two people were not expecting:
"—You've been looking at it for a long time, how about touching it like you did to Nashida?

How about taking this as my small reward for all this?"

"Or is there anything else you want?
If you can hug me like Nashida and sing a song for me so that you can sleep peacefully,

Lin Feng:? ? ?
——What's going on? Why did the topic suddenly jump to this point?

Nashida is still here, is this really okay for you? !
—And Nashida and I are obviously different, right?

Although my age issue needs to be discussed separately, you can't just apply what you did to her to me, right?
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He looked at the tree king who was smiling and seemed to be in a very good mood, and then looked at Nashida who was blushing for some reason when she was reminded of her experience of being coaxed to sleep.
Lin Feng also discovered that no matter what the Tree King did, he always had an indescribable frankness and straightforwardness, so much so that both he and Nashida sometimes didn't know how to deal with it.

".I think, strictly speaking, I shouldn't be considered a child."

“Let’s put the facts aside”

During the Lantern Festival last year, I received New Year's money from my grandfather, and later even Ruo Tuo planned to give some to me.
I firmly refuse to admit that I am a baby among the people around me at my current age.

Lin Feng felt that it was too embarrassing to ask the Tree King, who was still in the form of a little loli, to sleep.

"Hmm? But I heard Nashida talk about your experience in Liyue. I feel that your qualifications are not much worse than other gods."

"Well, if that's really what you said, how do you want me to repay you?"

".Ahem, that's not what I meant. I'll just touch you, okay? Stop it for now."

God knows what the tree king has absorbed from the dream after thousands of years.
Because of some ominous premonition, Lin Feng decisively threw the Tree King and Nashida together, thinking that the reward for choosing the first edition was not bad.

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"Wait, isn't this your purpose?"

"Is Nashida a little restrained because you're here? So why not..."

He paused for a moment, and suddenly understood why the Tree King behaved like this.
Lin Feng looked at Nashida, who couldn't relax like before because of the presence of the Tree King.

After vaguely realizing that this action seemed to be intended to eliminate strangeness and estrangement, and was indeed effective, he suddenly realized that this one was indeed much more experienced than Nashida.

".Hehe, who knows."

"But you did help me a lot. If you really need help getting me to sleep, you can always come to me."

The gods' exploration method is very special. They can get a lot of information from the breath of power.
He took a deep look at the boy in front of him, who exuded a "childhood" feeling.

When the Tree King thought about what the other party was carrying now, he felt that his burden might be much heavier than his and Nashida's.

"Huh, I didn't expect patting the head could be so tiring, this is really true."

It was unclear what the Tree King was thinking. From his experience, Lin Feng felt that it was much more difficult to deal with this "Nashida" than his own.

Although after rescuing the person, the Tree King's overall attitude was very friendly and approachable, and he did not have any malice or bad intentions,
But after so many years of surfing the information network, he absorbed too much useful and useless knowledge. When not discussing serious matters like work, he could not accurately guess the strange thinking direction of this girl like he could when facing Nashida.

"But the barriers are gone.

After this incident, Nashida now seems even more natural than when she was alone. Could this be the result of being involved in the game?"

It is clear that the relationship between Nashida and the Tree King has changed from the somewhat distant "admiration" and "role model" at the beginning to a state similar to "sisters" and "friends".
Although when the tree king took care of Nashida, the scene was a little different from that of ordinary sisters.
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".It's much more lively now."

After a pause, he looked back at the other little girl who was teaching Nashida how to make desserts. As a result, they happened to meet each other's eyes.
Lin Feng, who received two smiles, shook his head. He had never felt so clearly how much impact one more person would have on his life.

"It can be said that all those late nights were not in vain. At least Nashida won't be lonely anymore."

". I just don't know if the other people who come to Jingshan Palace to seek an audience can tell the difference between these two."

Suddenly I was curious about what kind of impact having a new grass god would have on Xumi.
After preparing for this for a long time, I finally brought back this troublesome little fellow from Jingshan Palace.

Lin Feng listened to the two voices calling out to him to go down and try the experiment carefully. He looked back and let out a long sigh, feeling a sense of relief that his efforts had come to a successful conclusion.

The next morning, Jingshan Palace.

Lin Feng touched the little guy's hair and planned to say goodbye temporarily.

"Are you really leaving? Although the separation time is short, but..."

"Don't worry, the Tree King's condition just needs a few days to stabilize, and we'll be able to go to Mondstadt to celebrate the festival soon."

"After all, I still have some finishing work to do in Mondstadt. I'll go to Liyue to meet the old man, and then I'll come pick you up in two days."

Lin Feng used his hand to help tidy up Nashida's white ponytail on the left side. After explaining the matter, he looked up at the other little loli standing beside him:

"——Your condition needs to be stabilized a little bit. It is not convenient to project too far away for the time being. Please help take care of Nashida for the next two days. Don't bully her too much, and don't teach her any weird things."

I waved my hand, ignoring the Tree King's accusing gaze of "Am I some weird person?"

Having solved a big problem, Lin Feng began to teleport with ease, planning to go to Liyue to see what the situation was over there.

(End of this chapter)