Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

Although they weren't very close yet, they got along quite well after a few conversations and are now considered decent friends.

It can only be said that Ying is really good at making friends.

"Huh? Su Feng can read minds now? Does that mean I can't secretly talk bad about you in my mind anymore?!"

Paimon, who was standing next to Ying, seemed to finally realize what was happening and exclaimed in surprise. Unfortunately, all he got in return was a look of helplessness from Su Feng and Ying.

"If it's Paimon, it wouldn't matter at all, right?"

"Anyway, even if Paimon speaks ill of others in his heart, it will be seen through. After all, little Paimon can't hide any of his emotions!"

Before Ying could say anything, another woman, looking dashing and dressed rather scantily, walked over and said something hurtful. Paimon immediately became furious after being told such things to his face.

"Dishia! What do you mean by this?!"

Paimon, arms crossed and looking displeased, rebuked him, but the newcomer didn't care much about Paimon's protest. She focused all her attention on Su Feng and the person behind him.

"It seems there's another group besides us preparing to oppose the Order of the Fathers? And it's led by a big shot?"

The girl named Fiery Lion indeed looked at Su Feng with her head held high, just like a proud lion. Even though she could feel Su Feng's strength, a lion doesn't bow its head so easily.

Fortunately, Su Feng didn't pay much attention to the girl's pride. Unexpectedly, Ying seemed to be preparing to give the Order Academy a big surprise as well. Su Feng decisively threw Elhesen out.

Let's not bother him with this kind of thing. As the top combatant, he just wants to rest right now.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Scattered Soldiers Suffer Another Setback

The two groups who wanted to rebel against the Church began to communicate and consolidate the forces they could use.

Then Elhesen was surprised to find that this newly appeared ally was indeed very powerful.

Not long after arriving in Sumeru, Ying accomplished things beyond Elhesen's imagination—while they were on their way to the Crimson King's Tomb as Su Feng's accessories, Ying arrived in Sumeru and, in just a few days, first dealt with the Infinite Dream that the Church had created, which covered the entire city of Sumeru. Then, she rushed to the desert to investigate the forbidden knowledge of the gods and the Church's kidnapping operation in Aru Village.

After resolving that issue, she also managed to recruit a group of gilded guilds from the desert willing to offer assistance. Now, she's planning to team up with Tinari and find a way to directly storm the Council of the Fathers...

To be honest, Ying's movements were too fast, so fast that even Elhesen felt that he could never have done it to this extent, even if he had done it himself.

Especially after learning that Ying had managed to persuade a group of gilded troupes who were originally hostile to the rainforest to put aside their hatred and offer help, even he, who was usually expressionless, couldn't help but feel his eyes twitching.

Who is this person? How could they do something like this?

Can the hatred between the desert and the rainforest be resolved so easily?

Fortunately, this is indeed a good thing for them, at least they will have a lot more combat power to deal with the thirty-person group.

The only thing that needed to be improved was their action plan. When he heard that Ying was even thinking of gathering more combat power to storm into Sumeru City, he couldn't help but fall silent.

Although he knew that this was a last resort that Ying had to make due to his lack of understanding of Sumeru City and his limited strength, it still shocked him greatly.

Fortunately, they reunited now; otherwise, Sumeru City might have faced a major upheaval.

In short, the two, who soon discovered that their goals were basically the same, quickly moved to another place to exchange their plans in detail. It seemed that they were preparing to launch a big attack on the Order of the Fathers together.

But this still didn't concern Su Feng much. He didn't care about the final outcome of the Order of the Church, after all, it was just a mortal organization. In comparison, Su Feng would rather take a good rest during this rare period of leisure.

......

Although he said he wanted to rest, Su Feng couldn't help but show a helpless expression after finding a quiet and deserted place—because just as he finally sat down, the will of the skirmisher suddenly descended upon him.

Although he can't compare to his sister, General Thunder, the scattered soldiers, pieced together from various sources, can now be considered to have ascended to godhood.

Even if it's barely there, even if it gives the impression that it could disintegrate at any moment, even if this guy hasn't completely finished assembling his body, at least for now he can still be considered a god.

That's why this guy managed to bring a part of his consciousness here by relying on a 'believer' who was placed in the Zen Garden.

This is indeed something only a god could do.

"Why are you coming here instead of urging those mortals to help you finish the final assembly? I don't think I can offer you any help."

If he could, Su Feng would love to banish this guy's consciousness directly—after all, he was just a guy who had temporarily ascended to godhood. Su Feng could even sense that the Scattered Soldier was only able to barely reach the level of a god at the level of consciousness by relying on a portion of the remnants of the demon god and the consciousness of a large group of mortals as a foundation.

However, this piecemeal approach has caused considerable problems. Any deity skilled in the art of consciousness could easily shatter this guy's loose consciousness, causing him to fall from his divine throne.

It wouldn't even need to be that complicated. Just eliminate a portion of the scattered followers, and he would likely collapse due to his unstable consciousness.

"Hmph! I am about to ascend to the throne of God, and I have come here specifically to invite you to be part of this grand ceremony!"

"As part of a grand ceremony marking the birth of a new god, you will be a fine witness!"

"Be thankful!"

The soldier was as arrogant and foul-mouthed as ever. To be honest, if it weren't for Shadow's sake, he would have shown this guy just how weak this so-called 'god' really was.

"I think you should hurry back and pack your things. The mortals of Sumeru are already preparing to pull you down from your divine throne. If you are defeated head-on by a group of mortals in the end, then your so-called 'god' can probably be crowned with the title of 'weakest'."

"You know, even the salt goddess Heureia died because she allowed mortals to ambush her from behind. If you break that record, it will give all the gods of Teyvat a joke that they can use for thousands of years."

Su Feng nonchalantly began to provoke the scattered soldiers, and the soldiers did indeed get angry after hearing his mockery.

Driven by the fury of the scattered soldiers, thunder and dark clouds suddenly enveloped the entire sky, with dark purple lightning bolts constantly weaving and spreading through the thick clouds, and the wrath of the gods pressing down on the entire earth.

Under the wrath of the gods, the entire earth seemed to tremble. The enraged soldiers, at this moment, seemed to transform into terrifying evil gods who wanted to destroy the world, and unleashed their power without restraint.

However, Su Feng showed little reaction to the fury of the stragglers. He casually waved his hand, and then a huge gravitational core suddenly appeared in the sky.

The powerful gravity tore apart the dark clouds and thunder in an instant. Faced with this power, the anger rallied by the skirmishers was easily pulverized like a thin sheet of paper.

Upon witnessing this scene, the soldiers' anger abruptly ceased.

“You don’t need to flaunt your useless strength in front of me. In the eyes of the true gods, the power you rely on is so weak—like a little child trembling and waving a tiny toy sword in front of you—do you think that’s worth caring about?”

Su Feng gave his contemptuous evaluation, and the soldiers could only grit their teeth and endure Su Feng's almost humiliating attitude.

Strength is the foundation of everything, and Su Feng has already demonstrated his power.

The weak have no right to speak.

The soldier knew that he hadn't caught the eye of this mysterious guy yet, and the gap between them was so huge that no matter how stubborn he was, what could he do?

That would only be self-humiliation.

"Just you wait! I will ascend to the throne of gods, I will climb to the pinnacle of the gods, and then I will make all of you look at me with new eyes!"

In the end, the stragglers could only utter this sentence in a fit of exasperation before completely withdrawing their attention from the scene.

Chapter Thirty-Nine and Naxi Da

The mortals who wanted to rescue the Little Auspicious Grass King were somewhat anxious—after learning from Su Feng that the one who had just caused the huge upheaval was the soon-to-be-completed artificial god, they were extremely uneasy.

Although Su Feng looked down on the skirmishers, even thinking that they were no different from large toys, the difference between people was already immeasurable, not to mention that Su Feng was not even of the same species as them.

These guys' views on skirmishers are completely unfounded and cannot be used as a basis for their actions; otherwise, they would definitely be tricked and killed.

So after getting some basic information from Su Feng, everyone simply left him there—if it weren't for Tinali sending over some fruit, Su Feng would have even had the illusion that he was useless and had been completely abandoned.

But this is not bad either, since their competence means that I have much less to do.

Thinking this through, Su Feng nodded in satisfaction and picked up a plum from in front of him, enjoying it with pleasure.

"Your people are more capable than I imagined; perhaps that brings you some comfort?"

“Buyer, perhaps you could try to give these children more responsibility. After all, many gods are starting to let go these days—even Morax, who is considered the most diligent of the Seven Gods, wants Liyue to enter the mortal era. What’s wrong with adding Sumeru now?”

While savoring this peach, which was far sweeter than ordinary peaches and developed by the Shenglun School, Su Feng suddenly spoke to the empty space on the other side.

“They did work very hard, but I am an unqualified god, and it is because of my incompetence that these children have to bear so much responsibility. This is my fault.”

“It’s not incomprehensible that even if Hazard wanted to abandon me and recreate the gods, because I really can’t solve the problem of Sumeru right now—the pollution and disease of the World Tree are getting worse and worse, and as the incarnation of the World Tree, I know this better than anyone else.”

"But I still haven't found a way to save the World Tree."

Accompanying the voice that was both childish and incredibly gentle was an extremely cute toddler sitting opposite Su Feng. The emerald green eyes that seemed to hold stars revealed a tenderness and tolerance that was completely incongruous with this body.

"You have spoiled the mortals of Sumeru far too much. If your fate had beenfallen on any other deity, Sumeru would probably have been purged long ago."

"It's true that the Demon God loves people, but that doesn't mean the Demon God loves everyone unconditionally."

Su Feng was not surprised that Nasita was here—although she had only lived for a little over five hundred years since her birth, Nasita was still a demon god, and a demon god who could be considered the incarnation of the World Tree.

No matter how weak it is, it cannot be trapped in a mere 'meditation room'—even if this 'meditation room' was personally created by the Great Tree King for itself, it still wouldn't work. Moreover, can a mere mortal really remove the creator's authority?

This is just a joke!

Not to mention that Nasita's masterful manipulation of dreams is something no mortal can withstand.

If Narcida wanted to, then even if she wanted to, directly controlling the Great Sage to open the meditation room wouldn't be a difficult thing.

Even a great sage could never stop Narcida's manipulation.

Moreover, the entire Void System upon which the Church Council relies was entirely constructed by the Great Tree King himself using the Heart of God.

As the sole heir of the Great Tree King, and arguably his reincarnation, Nasita possesses the highest authority in the entire Void System!

Moreover, given the Church's current reliance on the Void System, it could even be said that the entire Church holds no secrets from Narcida.

Ultimately, it's far too easy for a god to suppress a country; the only question is whether Nasita actually wants to do it.

"No, I can't do that."

But as Su Feng had expected, the little god refused the suggestion without hesitation.

She did not want to take action against the Sumeru people, not even now.

The Great Tree King was an unimaginably great being to Narcida, and as its successor, Narcida's performance was indeed terrible, which is why the Faith Council ultimately chose the 'artificial god' project.

The problem of the World Tree must be solved, and the problem of Sumeru must also be solved, but unfortunately, Sumeru no longer has much time to wait for Nasita to grow up.

It is precisely for this reason that Nasita, who considers herself merely the "moon," chose to be tolerant and patient with all the actions of the Sumeru people.

"But how long can you keep this up in your current state?"

Su Feng was not surprised by Naxi Da's answer. As a goddess of Mount Sumeru, she would have resolved the mortals' 'rebellion' long ago if she wanted to, so why would it have been delayed until now?

However, as the problem has been delayed until now, even more problems have emerged – the Council of the Church has been using the Void System to recklessly control the dreams of everyone in the entire Sumeru City and has been frantically mining knowledge that is enough to make scattered soldiers ascend to godhood, regardless of the life or death of everyone. This has brought an extremely heavy burden to the people of Sumeru.

The reason why there has not been a large-scale death or vegetative state among the mortals in Sumeru City so far is that Nasita has paid a huge price to maintain the safety of everyone.

But she was just a minor deity who was only five hundred years old. Since she had not gained much faith and power after her birth, how long could she sustain herself on her own?

"..."

“I…I know, but…it’s a choice these children have to make themselves. I…shouldn’t make that choice for them.”

Faced with Su Feng's questioning, even Nasita, who had only projected a small amount of her spiritual power, couldn't help but reveal her deep exhaustion—protecting the entire city of Sumeru from serious harm due to the Church Council's frantic mining of knowledge was still too difficult for her at the moment.