The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Then Yu Jin stepped forward and poked it. He had to poke it; this fruit had grown right in front of him, and it would be a shame not to poke it to satisfy his curiosity.

A faint blue-white light shone on Ember's armor, turning him into a pure white figure.

Ember withdrew his finger, looked at the enormous golden tree, and exclaimed in surprise, "Little Yellow, you're actually female?"

"A golden tree that bears fruit? Your family is truly dominated by men and deficient in women."

Yu Jin recalled the large and small golden trees he had seen at the border, none of which bore fruit.

No wonder the golden tree is going to become extinct; it's fate, it's fate.

Yu Jin shook his head, completely forgetting the excitement he had felt when he set the fire. However, along with Xiao Huang's fate, a dark cloud loomed over Yu Jin.

So how did Little Yellow and its brothers and sisters come to be?

“Your Majesty, perhaps the Golden Tree is hermaphroditic?” Lance Sanks poked at the fruit, which was about half the size of a person, and reminded him.

The dark clouds have now dissipated; it turns out the golden tree is hermaphroditic!

Ember felt excited, but then a dark cloud appeared: Why aren't the other golden trees bearing fruit?

The dark cloud didn't stay over for long—because Lisa tore it apart.

"Boom!"

"Ouch!"

Both Ember and Lance Sanx were given a light punch by Lisa, who rubbed her reddened fist and said helplessly:

"Can't you two be serious for once?"

“Absolutely serious, but let me warn you, being too violent makes it hard to get married.” Yu Jin nodded solemnly, then pointed at Lance Sanks and said:

"There is a precedent here."

"Don't rub salt in the wound, Your Majesty." Lance Sanx's heart was struck a blow. Could it be that he was really too violent?

She touched her chin, wondering if she should learn to be gentler when she went back home.

Lisa watched the two of them arguing back and forth, and almost ground her teeth to powder. If she wanted to get married, suitors would line up from the front gate to the back gate of Mondstadt!

"What is this? Don't tell me you don't know." Lisa decided to get straight to the point, not giving Ember a chance to cause trouble.

"Tsk, it's hard to get married if you don't have a sense of humor." Yu Jin shook his head, and then he thought of Melina again.

However, seeing that Lisa was about to explode, Yu Jin quickly continued, "Actually, this is the consciousness of the World Tree."

"The consciousness of the World Tree?" Lisa's anger subsided. In fact, faced with such bombshell news, it was better to put anger aside.

"The World Tree has its own consciousness?" Ying asked, quite curious. How could the World Tree's consciousness be here?

"If this is the consciousness of the World Tree, then what about the World Tree itself?" Abedo pondered further. For a being capable of developing consciousness, losing it is certainly not good news.

"Hehe, don't worry, to be precise, it's preconsciousness." Ember chuckled, which relaxed Abedo's furrowed brows.

"Preconsciousness?" Paimon was full of questions. Preconsciousness? Shouldn't consciousness be either destroyed or reborn? Could there be a before and after?

"Yes, she was corrupted, so the World Tree needed a new consciousness. And she was hidden deep within the World Tree, waiting to be eliminated."

"Then why did you pull her out?" Lisa asked Ember. Two consciousnesses—that probably isn't a good thing for the World Tree, is it?

"To correct you, I had that idea, but I didn't do it. Xiao Huang did it himself." Yu Jin stepped on the golden-glowing tree bark under his feet, then said with a smile:

"Besides, don't you think this is interesting?"

Chapter 215 The Sage Who Encourages Folly

2023-10-06

"Interesting?" Lisa was taken aback by Ember's words. But then she understood; it was indeed something Ember was capable of doing.

Rather, that's more like his main motivation; as long as it's interesting, Ember will do it.

“Of course it’s interesting, especially when you know someone else thinks the same way you do.” Yu Jin’s lips curled into a smile.

That Doctor is pretty audacious, and the Order of the Fathers is quite bold. Ambition is a good thing, but when that ambition doesn't match the ability, it just becomes a joke.

"There's actually someone who can align with the King's ideas? Who is it? I want to meet them!" Lance Sanx's reaction was much more intense than Lisa's.

She looked around, seemingly trying to find the person Yu Jin had mentioned who shared his thoughts.

To have ideas that align with Ember's, one's mind must be somewhat disturbed. Lance Sanx wanted to see for himself.

"Bang!" Ember punched Lance Sanx on the head, then gritted his teeth and said, "So Little Yellow learned his talkative habit from you, huh?"

No wonder the Golden Tree was always so talkative when he was talking to Narcida; he'd solved the case—he learned it from Lance Sanx.

"Hmm... who said that? I didn't teach Golden Tree anything. If anything, it learned it on its own!" Lance Sanx argued, covering his head.

What can she teach the Golden Tree? Electricity?

Everyone present twitched their lips as they watched Ember and Lance Sanx acting ridiculously.

"Sigh~" In the end, Lisa sighed and asked weakly, "So, what exactly are your thoughts, powerful Lord Ember?"

"Hehe, you flatter me." Yu Jin waved his hand, seemingly a little embarrassed by Lisa's compliment.

"Lisa, what's your impression of the Order of the Church?" Ember stopped boasting after a while. He didn't answer Lisa's question, but instead asked her about her opinion of the Order of the Church.

Ember's words brought Lisa back to her memories of studying at the Order of the Church: the mad scholar, the prejudice against the desert, the tedious and monotonous intellectual life...

Just thinking about it made Lisa feel uneasy.

“Not so great. Arrogant people live high in their towers, caring only about their own little corner of the world,” Lisa said, shaking her head.

The Order of the Church has practically pooled all its resources for research, while the rest can be handled by those crude mercenaries.

This is one of the reasons why there are so many mercenaries in Sumeru. The Order of the Church itself is not a qualified political organization—even its army is mercenary.

It possessed immense power but failed to fulfill its corresponding obligations. Subsequently, this void was naturally filled by mercenaries.

However, the quality of these mercenaries is truly questionable. Murder, robbery, and extortion are commonplace.

The mercenaries were mostly desert dwellers struggling to make a living. Under these circumstances, the hostility between the desert and the rainforest deepened, almost to the point of becoming two separate worlds. The Council of the Church remained indifferent, as if the desert were not part of Sumeru's territory.

"What about the grass god of Sumeru?" Yu Jin nodded and then asked.

"Grass God?" Lisa fell into thought again. But as Lisa pondered, she gradually realized something was amiss.

As a deity who is the absolute center of a nation, there is not a single trace of him in Sumeru.

Lisa's impression of the Grass God is mostly based on the great King of the Great Compassion Tree from five hundred years ago. As for the newly born Little Lucky Grass King, she only knows its name.

Little Lucky Grass King is a deity who is the reincarnation of Sumeru. If things were normal, how could so few people know about her?

Recalling the fact that the Order of the Fathers had been deliberately concealing information about the Little Lucky Grass King for a long time, an idea that Lisa found unbelievable appeared in her mind.

"The Council of the Order... wants to break free from the rule of the gods and follow the path of Kanria?"

"Clang!" Upon hearing Lisa's words, Yu Jin stumbled and fell. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said to Lisa:

"Lisa, your idea is excellent. Go and compete for the title of Great Sage now! I, Ember, will be your first supporter!"

As he spoke, Yu Jin even clenched his fist.

Who would have thought that beneath Lisa's seemingly ordinary exterior lay such a turbulent inner world?

Ember glanced again at Lisa's trembling body, well, her appearance was also churning.

Lisa, upon hearing Yu Jin's words, knew perfectly well that she was overthinking things. She took a deep breath, exhaling her embarrassment, and then said dryly, "No...isn't that right? Then what do you mean?"

"Those scholars aren't as daring as you think; at most, they just want to create a new god."

As Yu Jin spoke, he seemed to realize that this was somewhat inappropriate, and continued to explain, "Calling it a new god is a bit inappropriate, more like a... powerful and useful tool?"

Yu Jin nodded, feeling that this description was quite suitable for those sages who acted impulsively.

Five hundred years is enough to change many things. Just as the Mondstadt people forgot Dvalin, the sages seem to have forgotten their reverence for the gods.

In truth, Ember doesn't care about reverence or anything like that. But if you want to create a god, you need to understand the source of divine power, why gods are powerful, and so on, right?

However, judging from the brief glance that Ember had taken, the Order of the Fathers seemed to lack knowledge in this area.

Therefore, they need the doctor's help. Ember commented on this behavior as: "Completely out of their minds!"

Even setting aside the merits of creating a god, the fact that such an important project was actually mixed with an executor of the Fools' Sect, and that he wielded considerable power within the project, is quite surreal.

“Creating a god… no wonder…” Lisa’s doubts vanished instantly, and she finally understood the source of all of Sumeru’s unusualness.

If the Church Council's purpose is to create new gods, then many things can be explained.

"What? Creating gods? That doesn't sound like a good thing!" Paimon exclaimed in surprise. Creating gods, is that really a viable thing?

Moreover, creating a god sounds like an extremely dangerous thing.

"Indeed, I have always encouraged you to explore the unknown. However, there are always some people who want to rush into the sea before they have even built their ships, and I will have to pull them back in the end."

Yu Jin shook his head, sighing deeply. He had cleaned up countless messes like this before.

"Oh, I almost forgot, Ember, you're a god too," Paimon said belatedly, looking at Ember.

Ember was so unserious that Paimon often forgot his divine identity.

"So what does Senior plan to do?" Ying asked curiously, looking at Ember, who was shaking his head.

Shouldn't we stop this kind of thing immediately?

"What to do? Just let it be!" Yu Jin shrugged, seemingly not caring much about the Church Council's creation of a god.

"Those guys only created a body; they don't even have a power source to drive it. It's just an empty shell."

Ember recalled the giant creature deep within Sumeru. What kind of aesthetic sense did it have? Its legs were so long! If it really fought Ember, Ember would definitely break its legs the moment it saw them.

"Besides, Mount Sumeru isn't without gods. Although the gods here are different from the gods there, they still have something."

"Relax!" Yu Jin yawned, feeling weak after the bloodletting. He'd have to slack off on fishing for a while to make up for it.

"Okay... alright." Paimon scratched his head, feeling something was off. This was something that could change the balance of power in the Seven Kingdoms, but why did it sound like such a casual chat?

"Phew—I was worried for nothing." Lisa rolled her eyes; she should have realized it sooner.

With Yu Jin around, why is she in such a hurry?

“No, you’ll have to worry even more now,” Abedo, who had been silent all along, interjected.

He pointed down, and through the floating clouds, he could vaguely see familiar figures on the ground.