Poseidon in Arknights

"Is this alright?" Xi Yue picked up the teacup and took a sip. The tea was extremely bitter, causing Xi Yue to frown slightly. "Tsk, never mind, let's go."

“…Yuzuki.” Yu stared at the departing figure of the old carp. “Just now… um!”

Xi Yue patted Xi's head: "Let's go, it's okay, I'm here."

"Hmm." Xi nodded, while muttering to herself, "So that's why Nian suddenly called us over. Turns out Second Brother is up to something again."

As they walked, Old Carp suddenly touched his forehead slightly, looking to the side with a somewhat blank expression. Then, he looked at Master Shen beside him and asked, "Did I just say something?"

"No, what's wrong?" Master Shen frowned as he looked at Old Carp. "If you're feeling tired, why don't we go back and rest?"

"..." Old Li thought for a moment and then shook his head. "Forget it, there's no need. Let's go and check if there are any other pavilions we can find."

"Then...where are those two?" Master Shen glanced at the pavilion behind him, where two people had disappeared without a trace. Looking at the empty pavilion, Master Shen frowned slightly. "Who were those two?"

“I don’t know that Miss Xi.” Old Li also glanced behind him and straightened his hat. “But that Miss Xi Yue is a legendary doctor in this land.”

"Oh, how legendary is it?" Master Shen asked, seemingly quite interested.

"How should I put it?" Old Carp stroked his chin. "As far as I know, as long as you have medical skills and are willing to practice medicine, as long as you tie a blue feather on your head..."

"You can then become a healer, and most villages and most mercenary groups will respect healers and offer them as much help as possible."

"Of course, the contributions of other doctors are indispensable, but as the first doctor to believe in medicine, Miss Yuzuki is still worthy of being called a legend."

"I see. He single-handedly changed the treatment of doctors in this land." Master Shen nodded. "In this land, he is worthy of being called a legend."

"So what you were trying to ask about isn't this, is it, if the other person is just a doctor?"

"I was just worried that Mr. Earth might not be interested in this matter. But it's obvious I was overthinking it." Old Carp shrugged. "Let's go, it's getting late. The job Lord Liang gave us is no simple matter."

"...That's true." Master Shen nodded, glancing back at the pavilion once more, his eyes deep with thought. 'To vanish without a sound, without even being detected by me...that truly deserves to be called legendary.'

——————Shang Shu·Zhunjiang Peak——————

There is a pavilion on the mountain peak. At first, it was rarely visited. From the pavilion, one can see the past and present scenery of Shangshu at a glance. It is a beautiful place. It is a good place for spiritual masters to converse, or a good place to drink and enjoy the scenery.

Inside the pavilion, the blue-haired girl was leaning against a pillar, holding a gourd of wine in her arms, and looked as if she had fallen asleep after getting drunk.

Scattered on the ground were many bamboo slips and papers, and even on the ground were poems that looked like they were written with a thick brush.

"Hmm?" Ling, who had been keeping her eyes closed, suddenly opened them and turned to look at Xiyue and Xi, who had just entered a state of stillness. "Oh my, you came so fast!"

"Sister Ling..." Xi Xi looked at Ling, who seemed a bit unkempt, perhaps from drinking too much, and thought that no one would be watching anyway. She raised her hand and waved to her sister, "Long time no see."

"Oh, Xi Lai, give me a hug~" Another person flipped off the bench, then flashed behind Xi and hugged her. "Finally decided to come out and play?"

"Oh my, I sensed you when I met Yuuki last time. I was so surprised! I thought you really wouldn't come out again~"

"Let go!" Xi pushed Ling's face away with a hint of disgust. "Sister Ling, how much did you drink this time? You smell like alcohol!"

"That was probably in a dream, drinking with someone, I guess~" Ling stretched and pulled away from Xi. "He seemed to have a good time, it's better to get drunk~"

"Miss Ling, is there something you're unhappy about?" Xi Yue smiled at Ling. "It seems you didn't drink to your heart's content last time?"

“And this on the ground…” Xi Yue looked at the bamboo slips and papers scattered on the ground, as well as the ink stains on the pillars and the floor, and couldn’t help but feel a headache and an itch to touch them.

"I had guessed that if it's this chaotic in my dreams, it probably won't be much better in reality, but this is still beyond my expectations."

As she spoke, Xiyue simply took matters into her own hands and helped tidy up, ignoring the poems that were probably drawn on the walls and the floor using her tail.

Keep it, it's still pretty good-looking.

"Even if you love drinking, you still need to tidy up your place a bit." While tidying up, Yu Yue muttered to herself, "There's barely any room to step. Are you going to float around all day?"

"Like I said last time, whatever it is now is your hard work, so you should cherish it."

"Haha..." Ling scratched her head, feeling a bit of a headache. To be honest, she wasn't very good at dealing with people like Xi Yue. "This... she just woke up, didn't she?"

"Sigh..." Xi Yue used water to lift and roll up all the bamboo slips, then helped to place them on an empty bench and stack them up. She also stacked the papers one by one, and placed them next to each other, weighing them down with empty bamboo slips.

'Seeing her in real life, it really is exactly like Shumei's style of doing things...' Ling looked at Xiyue, who was radiating maternal warmth, 'This overwhelming motherly aura...'

"Never mind." Xi Yue looked at Ling and asked, "How did the chess game in your dream go?"

"Well~" Ling shrugged. "Nothing special. I haven't been able to beat them for over ten years. If I had to say, I'd say I lost a small hand."

"Is that so?" Xi Yue nodded, not paying much attention, but looking towards the countryside, the heavy gaze of the emperor below was fixed on Shang Shu.

"I wonder where the Grand Tutor will go next?"

"That's much more complicated," Ling said, also glancing at one side. "I wonder where my second brother will make his move this time."

"But~"

"What's wrong?" Xi Yue turned to look at Ling. "But what?"

Ling picked up the wine gourd from his waist again and waved it at Xi Yue: "Of course, let's not worry about anything else for now and have another round of drinks, how about it?"

"Would you like some Xi too?"

"No." Xi immediately shook her head. "I don't like drinking, and if you want to drink, go drink by yourself. Don't drag me into it."

“Didn’t I already say I can’t get drunk?” Xi Yue looked at Ling with some helplessness. “My physiological structure simply doesn’t allow me to get drunk.”

"Then let's make ourselves capable of getting drunk~" Ling put his arm around Yuuki's shoulder. "As the ocean, getting a body should be simple, right? Since we can't get drunk, let's just get a body that can."

"Ah this..."

Chapter 195: Invitations and Chess Game

"Mmm..." Ling took a big gulp of wine, then put the wine gourd on the table. "Ah~ this is what it means to drink to your heart's content."

“But…” Ling looked at Yuuki with some dissatisfaction, whose face was flushed and body was swaying but whose eyes were still clear, “Why is Miss Yuuki still so lucid?”

“After all, although my body is drunk now…” Yuuki pointed to another Yuuki who was taking kitchen utensils out of her clothes and preparing to cook, “my spirit is still not drunk.”

“Well, but…” Xi Yue reached out to grab a bamboo scroll beside her, but grasped nothing. “There will still be some physical reactions from being drunk.”

"Sigh, so you mean you're just forcing yourself to stay afloat?" After thinking for a moment, Lingyi looked at Yuzuki and asked earnestly, "Then... can Yuzuki turn off her phone over there?"

“I don’t mind at all~” Yuzuki shrugged, “but I guess it’s still pretty useless, and…”

"I'm about to cook now~" Yuzuki Asahi waved the iron pot in her hand outside the pavilion. "Don't tell me you're not planning to eat later?"

"Hmm..." After a brief moment of thought, Ling shook his head at Yuzuki, "Then, good luck, Miss Yuzuki!"

There's no way around it. Given Shu Mei's personality, if Ling Danfan dares to answer that he doesn't need to eat, then she'll have to watch others eat later.

Moreover, seeing Yu-mei sitting on the bench drawing and looking at Yu-yue preparing to cook with an expectant expression, the food must taste good. It's such a despairing thing to only watch others eat!

"Isn't that settled then?" Xi Yue smiled. "How about it? You've had enough to drink, haven't you? If you drink any more, you won't have room for anything else to eat later."

As she was talking, Xiyue suddenly closed her eyes and fell backward. Xi, who was drawing nearby, saw Xiyue fall backward and immediately put down her drawing to catch Xiyue and hold her in her arms.

"Hey, what's going on?" Xi turned to look at Xi Yue, who had already lit a fire, while holding Xi Yue in her arms.

Xi Yue turned around and shook her head with a smile: "It's okay, I'm just drunk. After all, when the body gets drunk to a certain extent, it will just pass out."

"It's like shutting down the computer completely; there's nothing I can do in that situation."

"Yo ho~" Nian appeared from the distant mountain path. "Oh, you two have already arrived? Wait, are you getting ready for dinner? You didn't even call me?!"

Xi silently held the drunk and unconscious Xi Yue in her arms and sat down on a nearby bench. Finally, she looked at Nian, who was rushing over, and said, "Weren't you going to participate in their chess game? Who cares about you?"

"You could have called me back for dinner." Nian rolled her eyes, looking at Xi Yue, who was drunk and nestled in Xi's arms. "What have you guys been doing?"

"Why did Xi Yue split into two versions of herself, and why is this Xi Yue drunk?" Nian stroked her chin, then looked at Ling, who had just put down her wine gourd, and asked, "Sister Ling, do you have any clues?"

"It's nothing, I just pestered Miss Yuzuki to give me a physical companion to drink with~" Ling waved his hand, "I had a pretty good time~"

"It's better to drink less alcohol." Xi Yue, in Xi's arms, opened her eyes and stood up as if nothing had happened. "Oh dear, it's been a long time since I've experienced being drunk."

“However…” Yuuki’s hand touched her chest, feeling the rhythm of her heartbeat, “It has been a long time since I’ve heard my own heartbeat.”

"A long time?" Ling raised an eyebrow. "Did Miss Yuzuki also have a period of physical condition before?"

"I guess so." Xi Yue smiled, but didn't explain further. She patted herself, straightened her clothes, and casually patted Xi's head. Her entire body turned into water and returned to Xi Yue's body, who was cooking nearby.

"So, is anyone even paying attention to me?" The young woman weakly raised her hand. "I'm still here."

"Oh." Xi glanced at Nian beside her and responded with a cold expression before continuing to draw.

"Hey, Xi, what's with this perfunctory attitude?" Nian looked at Xi with some dissatisfaction. "Did I interrupt your precious time?"

Ling stood up, walked over quietly, and silently wrapped her arms and legs around him, rubbing them roughly: "What's wrong? What's wrong? Why are you so angry?"

"Waaaah!" Nian forcefully broke free from Ling's grasp. "Hehe, long time no see, Sister Ling~"

“Yes, it’s been a long time,” Ling nodded, looking at Nian. “We haven’t seen each other for so long, and you gave me such a big surprise without saying a word!”

"This is just the beginning of the big surprise!" Nian chuckled. "Compared to all that other stuff, there's another surprise here!"

"Hmm!" Xi immediately sensed something was wrong and looked up, glaring at Nian with an expression that seemed to say, "If you dare to bring that up again, I'll teach you a lesson."

But Nian is no ordinary person. Putting aside everything else, she has never been soft-hearted when it comes to harming her own younger sister.

So he didn't care about Xi's threatening gaze and was about to take the photo, but in the next moment, the photo was covered by ink falling from the sky.

However, Ling, with his exceptional eyesight, had already clearly seen the photograph that Nian had manifested in that brief moment.

"Wow~" Ling drawled, looking at the furious Xi beside her, "Xi-mei, your older sister has never known about this~"

"Shut up!!!"

Xi Yue, who was quietly cooking nearby, shook her head: "Forget it, let them make a fuss."

The main problem is that if she gets involved, it will only make them make a bigger fuss. It's better for her to finish cooking the meal quickly and get them to come and eat, thus diverting their attention.

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"Alright, stop fooling around." Xi Yue placed the food on the stone table and looked at Nian, whose entire body was now stained black. Ling was fine, but he was being chased by Xi, whose face was flushed.

"Stop right there!" Xi drew a water gun in the air, filled it with ink, then drew a bucket in the air, filled it with ink, and poured it towards Ling.

"Seriously..." Yuuki looked at the chaotic scene before her, her lips twitching slightly. "This is going to be a real mess later..."

"Oh dear, my sister is probably really going to explode now~" Nian walked back to the pavilion covered in ink, wiped the ink off her face with her hands so that she could see outside a little better.

"The food looks pretty appetizing today... Hmm, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Do you know you're covered in ink right now?" Xi Yue looked at Nian with a smile, pointing behind him. "It'll be hard to clean up like this~"

Upon hearing Xi Yue's words, Nian shivered. Some long-buried memories flooded her mind. In the past, someone had spoken the same words to Xi Yue in the same tone.

"Um, well, I... I was wrong?" Nian immediately raised her hands in surrender. "I was just having a great time with Xi, um, it's a small matter, a small matter~"

"Really." Xi Yue pulled Nian out of the pavilion, and then said to Xi, who had finally caught up with Ling, "You two, stop playing around. Look at the mess you've made of this place. It's covered in ink. It'll be a real hassle to clean up."