The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

General Raiden pursues eternity, and therefore, stability is the top priority throughout Inazuma. The tradition of the three major families each holding control of the Three Commissioners has been a tradition in Inazuma for over a thousand years.

In the eyes of ordinary people in Inazuma, the patriarchs of the three major families must be much smarter than ordinary folks like them, and incapable of making mistakes.

And the facts seem to confirm the people of Inazuma's thoughts. Under the management of the three commissioners, Inazuma has not made any leaps in progress, but it has certainly been making progress little by little.

Therefore, in the hearts of the people of Inazuma, it is only natural that the three major families control the Three Commissioners, and no one would think that they would become treacherous officials.

But now someone is telling them that there are treacherous officials around the general, which is naturally unacceptable to them.

Amidst the murmurs of shock and anger, more and more eyes turned to Washizu.

During this period, Washizu's performance was observed by everyone. Setting up defenses, mining, exchanging food, pacifying the gods...

A host of difficulties befell Hishiki Village, but Washizu resolved them one by one.

Unbeknownst to many, Washizu had become someone most people in Hisaki Village trusted and relied upon.

While the chaotic times and the isolated geographical environment of Hishikura certainly played a role, Washizu's own abilities and personality were also crucial.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Washi knew he couldn't hide anymore. So he stepped out from behind Ember and nodded to the crowd.

"I agree with what Ember said!"

"It's a rare opportunity to come to the cellar, so everyone should take a good look around."

Washizu walked through the crowd, his eyes scanning the grain stored around him.

Seeing Washizu's appearance, everyone had no choice but to suppress their doubts and observe the situation in the cellar.

Soon, some observant villagers noticed something amiss.

"cellar……"

"Wait a minute, village chief, what's going on? The grain seems a bit scarce?"

The cellar is where the village of Hiki stores grain. Normally, it only needs to be left as a narrow path for a few people to walk together, but now it can accommodate more than a hundred strong men!

In this light, the cellars in Hiki Village were built rather poorly—because they didn't store much food.

“Yes, we’re a little short on grain.” Washizu reached out and placed his hand on the burlap sacks on the grain rack. The sacks were bulging and gave a sense of reassurance.

However, even the most bulging sack appears somewhat deflated when facing a large village of thousands of people.

Even in cellars like these made of burlap sacks, there are still many.

"This food... if we use it sparingly, it should be enough for this month," Washizu said, lowering his arm to the others.

There's no problem with food this month, but nobody's happy. Because Washizu's implication is that there's no food for next month.

"Village chief, what exactly happened?"

"The shogunate has been making some big moves recently, and all the channels we previously established are probably gone now."

Washizu sighed, shook his head, and said nothing more.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. Food had always been their biggest worry, but recently, thanks to the villagers' good deeds, the village's conditions had improved slightly.

But no one expected that Hishimura's rising momentum would be abruptly halted by the shogunate.

These days are going to be tough again.

Chapter 500 Heaven Punishes the Traitors!

2024-02-21

"Chuck!"

In the silence, the occasional sound of sniffling could be heard. It was hard to tell whether it was someone sobbing or the cellar being too cold.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

A loud clapping sound came from the distant embers.

Seeing everyone's gaze turn to him, Yu Jin stopped what he was doing and said in a tone that suggested he had expected this:

"Now I wasn't lying to you, was I? I knew there were treacherous ministers in the shogunate."

"And I remember that Hiki Village used to have only a few hundred people. As for why it is so big now, I believe you know better than anyone else."

Yu Jin's words stirred up unpleasant memories for many present. Why have so many people changed in Hikimura? Because refugees have all come here.

Why do refugees flock to Hishiki Village? Because Hishiki Village is the only place willing to accept them.

Those who managed to escape to Hiki Village were considered lucky; many more perished along the way, becoming mere skeletons—the truly forgotten ones.

"call……"

Some people had tears in their eyes, some were panting heavily, and some clenched their fists.

"Think about the suffering you have endured, and look at your bodies now..."

Following the guidance of Yu Jin's words, everyone shifted their gaze to themselves.

Horns, scales, fur... all sorts of inhuman features stimulated the minds of the crowd.

"Since your bodies have non-human parts, you naturally also have non-human strength."

"Instead of worrying about your own identity, you should think about whether the lords of the shogunate even regard you as human beings."

Ember's words were like a sharp thorn piercing everyone's hearts once again.

"They don't!"

Finally, someone couldn't contain their anger and resentment any longer and shouted it out.

"They are not human! My wife and my children were all sunk to the bottom of the sea by them!"

The man looked down at his hands, his expression twisted like that of a legendary demon.

Yu Jin wasn't surprised by what he saw; ghosts were originally transformed from humans, so living people could naturally become ghosts.

"That's right! They're the beasts!"

"My elderly mother died on the road!"

"I didn't cause the furnace to explode, so why are you asking me for repair money!"

……

One person's venting of resentment was like a valve, opening up the long-accumulated anger in everyone's hearts.

This anger never truly disappeared; it remained dormant in people's hearts, just waiting for an opportunity to be released.

And now is the perfect opportunity to vent.

The roars and cries of anguish mingled together and lingered for a long time.

"Alright! Is crying and yelling effective?!"

The crying and roaring grew increasingly intense, threatening to spiral out of control. Seeing this, Yu Jin quickly lowered his voice.

He only wanted to incite anger and resentment towards the shogunate, not to cause people's emotions to collapse.

“They won’t listen to you. They’ve plugged their ears; you need to use your swords to poke them open!”

"Gentlemen, now that traitors are in power, are you willing to join me in punishing these traitors?"

With a wave of his hand, Yu Jin pointed at the crowd present.

"I cannot suffer in vain. I will bite them and punish these traitors!"

Whether it was anger or genuine deliberation, someone shouted along with Yu Jin as soon as he finished speaking.

The shouts spread rapidly through the crowd like a pebble dropped into water, and more and more people began to shout.

"May the traitor be punished by Heaven!"

"May the traitor be punished by Heaven!"

"May the traitor be punished by Heaven!"

……

As Ember waved his arm, the shouts of the crowd gradually became more unified.

"Well, I didn't realize you had this talent for stirring people up."

While shouting along, Tuan Gui Liu leaned over and gave Yu Jin a thumbs up.

He had always thought Yu Jin was a carefree and irresponsible person, but he never expected him to have such abilities.

It's really unbelievable.

“I was tricked before, so I learned a little bit of the basics,” Yu Jin replied to Tuan Gui Liu when he had a spare moment.

This plunged Tuan Guiliu into deep suspicion. He looked up at the embers still burning fiercely in his palm. Who could possibly deceive this guy?

"Don't try to fool me. Who can lie to you?" Tuan Gui Liu leaned close to Yu Jin, his face full of disbelief.

"It's a bug, what a bastard! Not only is it ugly, but it's also incredibly wicked!" Recalling the unpleasant memories, Yu Jin's voice became even softer.

Back then, he was just a naive young knight, wandering around the city of Ringed Edge. Then he encountered a giant worm with a human face.

He kept saying things like, "Fear not the darkness, the time to feast has come!" and Ember actually believed it.

So he opened his belly and ate the pitch-black thing that emerged from the City of Rings.

Later, Ember learned that the "food" the face-face worm referred to was the soul, not darkness.

This infuriated him, because while gnawing on the mud, Yu Jin nearly choked to death several times.

Although it wasn't caused by the face bug, given that the face bug is ugly and acts as a riddle-maker all day, Ember decisively pinned the blame on it.

"Alright! Alright!" The familiar voice snapped Yu Jin out of his reverie. He looked up and saw Washizu standing in front of him.

He simply pressed his arm down in front of the crowd, and the villagers' shouts immediately stopped.

Washizu glanced around and saw that the villagers all had flushed faces and were covered in sweat.

After letting everyone catch their breath, Washizu looked at them and shouted loudly, "You were shouting so loudly just now that I almost went deaf."

"But now I ask you this: who is truly committed to doing this?!"

Washizu's eyes widened as he stared at the villagers before him. His shouts echoed through the cellar for a long time, but no one came out.

"I have a question for you, village chief, what are you doing?" Only after the echo had completely faded away did someone timidly ask the question.