The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

So Ember planned to let Shadow take over the job, since it was something she was supposed to do anyway.

The Thunderbird's resentment has been circling above for so long, yet it hasn't made a single move. It just doesn't make sense.

As for the lack of effective suppression methods, Yu Jin didn't believe it at all. If it were Yu Jin himself, even if he couldn't suppress it, he would at least set up a monitoring point here.

Once resentment gathers into a physical form, it should be dispersed directly to prevent the formed resentment from harming all sides.

"Me? The Seventh Regent isn't someone you can just become by chance." Zhen took Yu Jin's words as a joke.

The election of a seven-year ruling party requires the approval of Heaven's will; without the approval of Heaven's will, he is nothing more than a mountain bandit.

"I don't think it matters even if this thing is gone!" Ember said dismissively. In Mondstadt and Liyue's view, the Seven Regents were almost useless in terms of politics; their only use was to ensure a country's basic military strength.

Anyway, Ember felt that when it came to governance, it didn't matter whether there were gods or not!

As Yu Jin thought this, he caught a glimpse of a shadow with slightly reddened eyes. No, things are even worse with the god around!

Inazuma is like that, and so is the border region. Why Marika smashed the French Ring in the first place remains a mystery.

“I can step down!” Ying nodded. Now that she was really back, she no longer needed to shoulder this heaviest burden.

Kage also considered giving up the position while in power, but her personality wouldn't allow her to do so, nor would the people of Inazuma allow her to do so.

"I have no objection." A voice exactly like the shadow's came, but the tone and emotion were completely unchanged.

The group turned their heads and saw General Thunder rising from his lying-down state.

"When did you wake up?" Yu Jin scratched his head, quite surprised.

General Thunder had been corrupted once! Although he cleaned up the traces of corruption in the end, it was still surprising that he could wake up so quickly.

If he remembers correctly, General Raiden seems to be a puppet? If Inazuma had a few more of these puppets, it wouldn't be impossible for him to be invincible.

But General Thunder quickly shattered Ember's illusions. She first looked at Ember, "He just woke up not long ago."

Then she said to Kage and Makoto:

"Have you ever thought about this? I was created from the demonic body of Shadow."

"What do you mean?" Yu Jin asked, leaning closer.

"It means the three of us will share one body!" General Thunder replied, turning his head.

"What?!" Yu Jin exclaimed in surprise. Wouldn't this mean his plan to raise cattle and horses was ruined?

"Shadow... your body..."

“Five hundred years is enough time for a lot to happen.” Shadow nodded to Truth.

General Thunder was forged by her using Kanria technology and her own demonic body. In a sense, she and General Thunder are truly one in a physical sense.

That's why she pulled Ember into her will. Only in this way could Shadow fight alongside General Thunder.

Although the two of them couldn't defeat Yu Jin even if they ganged up on him, Ying opened her eyes after contemplating for a while.

She then said to General Thunder, "You don't need to worry about that, I will withdraw from this body on my own."

"True consciousness is weak and needs the nourishment of the body. My consciousness is still strong enough to exist independently outside the body."

"Moreover, this can also be considered part of my self-punishment."

"Good, good, good! If only you had done this earlier!" Upon hearing this, Yu Jin suddenly found Ying very pleasing to the eye.

Ying didn't say much upon hearing this, only sighed. To be honest, she was somewhat resentful.

After all, Ember is all action and no words, and Shadow has only been beaten into submission by him.

But Ember had saved her sister after all, so Shadow decided to listen to his advice—not because her wounds were still aching!

"Go out. That girl, Shenzi, is good at managing the big picture, but don't expect her to be too attentive to the details."

"Who knows what the outside world has become now." As Ying raised her hand, a vortex appeared on her body.

After saying that, she walked out without looking back.

"The changes outside... I hope she's not too surprised." Yu Jin scratched his head upon hearing this, hoping that Ying could accept the changes outside.

Chapter 539 The Ghostly Shadow Makes a Grand Appearance!

2024-03-11

“Divine Child…” Ying finally emerged from her own consciousness and immediately noticed the changes in the outside world.

Putting aside everything else, the castle tower of the past never had such a magnificent cherry blossom rain.

Looking back, Ying discovered that the castle tower behind her had long been replaced by a thick cherry tree.

"So that's it! That tree is the Divine Cherry Tree!" Upon seeing the familiar tree, Ying immediately realized that it was the Divine Cherry Tree of Narukami Shrine.

Before this, Kage had a question in his mind. The Divine Cherry Tree was a tree that had always existed in the eyes of the other Inazuma people, but in Kage's memory, it appeared instantly.

This question had always lingered in Ying's mind, but now, it has finally been answered.

Sure enough, anything related to time is always so hard to understand.

“General… no, Shadow!” Upon hearing the familiar voice, Yae no Miko immediately turned her head to look.

Upon hearing the slightly fluctuating tone, Yae no Miko confirmed that it was the shadow, not the doll with the facial expression, which made her even happier.

"You wouldn't happen to be..." Looking at the first figure to emerge, Yae no Miko's face flashed with a fleeting embarrassment and panic after her initial excitement.

After all, she was involved in this matter to some extent.

"You won?" Quickly concealing the expression on his face, Yae no Miko smiled at Kage.

"No." Shadow crossed his arms and looked expressionlessly at the Yae no Kamiko below the steps.

She now realized that there must be something fishy going on behind the scenes that allowed Yu Jin to break into the castle so easily with his men.

Perhaps Yae no Miko played a part in it. Otherwise, how do you explain that she followed Yu Jin in as soon as he entered?

"The little fox from back then has grown up so much?" A female voice, very similar to Ying's but softer, came from behind, causing Yae Miko's fox ears, hidden beneath her pink hair, to tremble uncontrollably.

“You are…” Yae no Miko looked up and saw a figure that looked exactly like her walk out from behind Kage.

This is General Thunder, yet not General Thunder. Because General Thunder's facial expressions wouldn't be so vivid, and she wouldn't stroke the ponytail behind her back in front of her.

"What? Could it be that you weren't fully developed when I held you back then, and you don't remember me?" Seeing Yae no Miko's shocked expression, he smiled slightly.

“Master…” Yae no Miko looked at Raiden General, her figure gradually merging with another blurry figure.

The figure had long hair and wore a light purple kimono. Her every move was like that of a dignified lady in an ancient painting.

"Haha, Divine Child, you've developed intelligence at such a young age. It seems that Fox Palace's judgment was truly excellent!"

Hearing that Yae no Miko still recognized him, Zhen's smile deepened. Outwardly, this manifested as Raiden General's eyes curving into crescent moons.

This made Yae no Miko both happy and awkward. She was happy that Kage's older sister, Shin, had returned; she was awkward because the Thunder General's stoic face was now showing such a gentle smile, which she found somewhat hard to accept.

"Master..., you are not..."

"Now it's Q&A time! Pink-furred fox, where is this place?"

Yae no Miko looked at Shin, who was now in possession of Raiden General's body, and was about to ask her how she had come back to life when she was abruptly interrupted by Ember's voice.

Immediately, Yu Jin appeared in front of Yae Shinko, almost shoving the microphone in his hand into Yae Shinko's mouth.

Speaking of this, I have to mention how many interesting things there are in Liyue. Back then, Ember heard someone making a really loud noise on Scarlet Cloud Slope, so he listened to it for quite a while out of curiosity.

Then a girl named Xin Yan ran over and said she wanted to give him a gift. Yu Jin thought the thing that could amplify sound was pretty good, so he broke off this "microphone" and took it as a gift.

"Here? Isn't this Narukami Shrine? Did Kage break your brain?" Yae no Miko took a few steps back, completely puzzled by Ember's question.

"Looks like my splicing skills are pretty good." Yu Jin nodded in satisfaction, then began fiddling with the microphone in his hand.

"Wait a minute, why is there no sound? Could it be that Xin Yan gave me a fake?"

“Narukami Taisha…” Kage’s eyes flickered slightly as he asked Yae no Miko:

"Priest, what about the castle tower? I need to issue an imperial edict. The seclusion edict and the eye-hunting edict... let them be suspended for now."

"Haha, looks like Ember gave you a good talking to. Not bad, not bad, at least it brought your thinking back on track."

Upon hearing that the Shadow had abolished the Seclusion Order and the Eye Hunt Order, Yae nod and chuckled.

This friend of mine really deserves a good beating. It's a shame that after all this time, only Ember has managed to do it.

"Finished teasing? Where's the castle tower? Take me there." Kage crossed his arms and patiently waited for Yae no Miko to finish laughing.

Upon hearing this, Yae no Miko's playful expression immediately turned to worry. She went to Kage, intending to touch her forehead. However, her hand passed right through Kage's body.

"What? Not only was your brain damaged, but your body was also destroyed?!" Yae no Miko rubbed her fingers together, her beautiful eyes wide with shock as she exclaimed.

"Isn't this just one more person? It seems you two get along quite well." Zhen walked over with a smile, her gaze sweeping back and forth between Yae no Miko and Kage before explaining.

"Actually, that question was asked by Ying for me. Things have changed a lot in the past five hundred years, haven't they?"

"Furthermore, I was resurrected from a remnant soul, so my memories are mostly hazy. Yae, could you tell me about it properly?"

After he finished speaking, he smiled and looked at Yae no Miko.

The fearless Yae no Miko immediately deflated upon sensing the real gaze.

"This... this is of course no problem. Master, please feel free to give me any instructions."

Yae nods and bows, much to the surprise of Yu Jin. He never expected that this perpetually nonchalant fox would show such a nervous side.

"Ina wife..."

"Time has been changed, and history has naturally been changed as well. Therefore, their understanding has also changed."

"That's why I really dislike splicing time; speeding up or reversing is much better than splicing time. Let me tell you, time..."

Ying looked at the person explaining to her the things to pay attention to when controlling time, and felt somewhat dazed.

She suddenly realized that pulling Yu Jin into her consciousness space was a very reckless choice.

"Thanks……"

"You're welcome. I hope you'll work hard and put in more effort when you're working like a beast of burden, instead of slacking off like the fools."

Ember waved his hand dismissively.

"By the way, I only changed people's perceptions; I was too lazy to change the specific things."

As if remembering something, Ember reminded Shadow.