Genshin Impact, Teyvat's own beloved immortal.

After killing a few more Wind Slimes, Rikuo realized that the experience required for each level up was gradually increasing, which was within his expectations.

I no longer aspire to possess world-destroying wind-attribute skills; I only hope to grind out the Gale Breath Slash skill first. Whether it's powerful or not is one thing, but looking cool is something for life.

buzz-

Just as Lu Sheng was about to find a few more slimes to kill, his sword suddenly emitted a strange resonance.

"Hmm? My blade is trembling. There must be a more powerful wind-attribute monster nearby."

In an instant, a powerful wind blade swept in from behind.

Clang!

Lu Sheng quickly drew his sword and slashed a wall of wind behind him to block the wind blades.

Bathed in the dim afterglow, a spherical object, enveloped in wind elemental power and emitting a faint green glow, floated in mid-air.

"The Core of Gale? Why is it in a place like this? Is it because I killed too many Wind Slimes?"

No, that's not right. This thing has absolutely nothing to do with slimes.

It is a purer wind elemental component than slime, or rather, it is the wind element itself.

It probably wanted to come out and stop me because it was unhappy that I was absorbing too much wind element here.

"Perfect timing! I was just feeling like I wasn't getting enough elemental power from the slimes."

Lu Sheng held his sword horizontally in front of him, taunting the Gale Core: "If you want the wind element back, you have to come and get it yourself. You already know that rule."

Mondstadt-Liyue Chapter: Chapter 4: The First Meeting with Kaeya

Whoosh!

Two wind blades attacked Lu Sheng from the left and right. Lu Sheng dodged to the left and right, and then stepped forward to slash towards the core of the Gale Core. The blade drew a beautiful arc around his body and accurately struck the core of the Gale Core.

The Core of Gale staggered backward, but quickly regained its balance and spun like a top as it crashed into Lu Sheng.

"The results are minimal. No wonder it's such a difficult monster to deal with, even in a game."

Fortunately, he had already accumulated a passive skill when he killed the slime, and now Rikuo had a tornado in his hand.

"Hasa!"

The churning tornado struck Gale Core's body squarely, but Gale Core remained unaffected.

"Oh Minos!"

Lu Sheng couldn't help but curse, realizing he was getting senile for using a wind element skill to attack the Gale Core.

Since I currently have no other elemental skills, the only way to kill the Gale Core is through physical attacks, which will inevitably be a fierce battle.

The Gale Core launched another attack, but just then, an ice thorn suddenly flew out from the side and struck the Gale Core, blocking its attack.

Lu Sheng looked in the direction from which the ice thorns had flown, where a man dressed in blue with a wheat-colored complexion was standing.

Isn't that the Icebound Crossing the Sea True Lord from Genshin Impact? What's he doing here?

"Are you alright, traveler?"

Kaiya crossed her arms and looked calmly at Riku.

"fine."

"It's good that you're alright. Let me introduce myself first. I'm Kaeya, the cavalry captain of the Knights of Favonius. I have some questions for you, but I don't think you're in the mood to answer them right now. Let's deal with the current crisis first."

"They're after me?" Rikuo wondered. "Could it be that they found out about me lying to Klee about Mora?"

However, it's good that it's here. Having a free henchman to help deal with the Gale Core is something to be happy about.

With Kaeya's help, the Gale Core lost its previous arrogant and lawless attitude. Under the continuous joint attack of the two, Rikuo's final sword strike completely shattered the core of the Gale Core.

The Core of Gale began to become extremely unstable, its entire body trembling and shaking, clearly about to explode.

At the critical moment, Lu Sheng suddenly rushed forward.

"Danger! Are you crazy? It's about to explode!"

Kaiya was shocked by what she saw, but it was too late to stop it.

Lu Sheng rushed to the core of the Gale, grabbed the core that was about to explode, and refined it in an instant!

He continuously absorbed the rich and pure wind elemental power into his body, and the size of the Gale Core rapidly shrank, like a dried-up corpse, until it disappeared completely.

[Ding! Elemental force detected, conversion in progress.]

[Wind element level has been increased, gaining a new skill - Gale Breath Slash.]

[Your Gale Sword Technique has reached maximum level, unlocking the following effects: the whirlwind of Steel-Cutting Flash no longer requires stacking passives, Forward Slash can be used an unlimited number of times, and the target acquisition range of Gale Breath Slash has been increased to 100 meters.]

[Next skill: Run away~ (You're greasing the way) - Passive skill, gathers wind elemental power in the legs, increases movement speed by 100% when running away with your back to the enemy]

Seeing the lines of notifications scrolling by, Lu Sheng felt extremely pleased.

Having finally mastered the Gale Sword Technique, I can now handle most battles against ordinary enemies, and even fight against other users of the Eye of God.

We can put the wind elemental power on hold for now and focus on unlocking the basic skills for the other elemental powers first, so as to avoid encountering monsters of the same elemental power and being helpless again.

"Wind God, what have you just done?"

Kaeya quickly came to Rikuo's side, glanced at the remains of the Gale Core on the ground, and was overwhelmed with shock.

"It's just a little trick. As long as it kills the monster, any method is acceptable, right?"

Upon hearing Lu Sheng's answer, Kaiya frowned slightly and looked the person in front of him up and down, only to discover a fact that surprised him even more.

This person does not possess the Eye of God, but can still wield elemental power.

Kaeya considered himself to be quite knowledgeable in Mondstadt, but he had never encountered anyone who could use elemental power without the Vision of God.

I've heard that the Fatui have something called the Evil Eye, which allows people to use elemental power without the Eye of God. However, this person doesn't have the Evil Eye.

This is truly unbelievable. It seems this person must be brought back to Mondstadt for a thorough interrogation. I never expected that Klee's playful outing would bring me such a big surprise.

"You're right. As long as the goal is achieved, the means used are a personal choice. But isn't it a bit too shameless to cheat children out of their money?"

“I know your name, Traveler.”

Kaiya got straight to the point, stating his purpose, while his hand was already on the hilt of his sword.

He must bring this person back to Mondstadt no matter what, and he doesn't mind using violence if the man disobeys.

"I already knew it."

"What do you mean by that?" Kaiya asked, puzzled.

"I already knew my name."

"Hmm..." Kaeya gritted her teeth, feeling like she had been tricked.

“Listen up, Traveler. I am now informing you as the cavalry captain of the Knights of Favonius that you have been arrested on suspicion of fraud, illegal fishing with explosives, and inciting underage girls to use foul language. I expect you to come back to Mondstadt with me to cooperate with the investigation. Otherwise, I will forcibly take you back to Mondstadt on charges of arrest.”

Lu Sheng sighed helplessly.

I was right, Kaeya came because of Klee.

"Okay, I'll go with you, but I have a question for you."

Seeing that the other party was cooperating, Kaiya softened his tone and asked, "Go ahead and speak."

Does it include meals and accommodation?

......

"You mean you used up all the Mora you tricked as soon as you entered the city? My God, you were playing Seven Sages Summoning with someone?"

On the way back to Mondstadt, Kaeya was once again shocked by Rikuo's words.

Klee had at least several thousand Mora in her bag. While that wasn't a huge sum, it was enough to live comfortably in Mondstadt for a while. It was hard to imagine someone spending so much Mora in such a short time; there was only one possibility: he had gambled it away.

"Do you know how much Mora a single piece of ore costs in Mondstadt? A whopping 500 Mora! That's more than a wallet can hold! I have reason to suspect that the blacksmith, taking advantage of his monopoly as the only blacksmith in Mondstadt, is setting prices far above market value. By the way, can I get a reduced sentence if I report this?"

Kaiya couldn't hold back any longer. He realized that he couldn't look at this person with the eyes of a normal person. Before sending him to the Knights for trial by the judge, it was best not to have too much interaction with him.

Mondstadt-Liyue Chapter: Chapter 5: Then I'll ask you...

“I’ve already said I didn’t commit fraud. Those Mora were given to me voluntarily by Klee; consider it a gift.”

Mondstadt, courtroom.

The mainland student, accused of several crimes, stood in the dock and calmly accepted the trial.

"According to the testimony provided by the plaintiff, your original statement was: 'I lost all my Mora because I was robbed by Hilichurls.' This judge has reason to believe that you are lying."

On stage, the judge pointed out the flaws in Lu Sheng's testimony.

"Why?" Lu Sheng asked in return.

"Because the Hilichurls are not intelligent enough to recognize the value of Mora, Mora is worthless to them. They would rather steal the Sunset Berry from the Traveler's bag than be interested in Mora."

"objection!!!"

Lu Sheng slammed his fist on the table and stood up in anger.

Everyone in the courtroom looked on with surprise, because the facts stated by the judge were consistent with public opinion, and they really didn't know what objection the suspect could possibly have.

"Alright, since you have objections, then please defend yourself."

The judge also wanted to know what objections Lu Sheng could possibly have.

"Then let me ask you, are you a Hilichurl? If you are, why are you saying this? Then let me ask you, who says Hilichurls wouldn't be interested in Mora? Golden things are naturally attractive to creatures. Then let me ask you, is it wrong for a Hilichurl to steal my Mora to use for a coin toss? What makes you assume Hilichurls aren't interested in Mora? Then let me ask you, are all Hilichurls necessarily Hilichurls? What if I encountered a group of treasure hunters disguised as Hilichurls? Then let me ask you, then let me ask you..."

"Alright! Stop asking!"

The judge, unable to bear it any longer, interrupted Lu Sheng's self-defense, saying that if he continued asking questions, he would become a Hilichurl even though he wasn't one.

"According to Mondstadt's laws, we can't assume the logic behind Hilichurls' behavior, but the court can't actually find a Hilichurl to testify. Let's put aside the first charge of fraud for now and discuss the second charge—illegal fishing."

"According to Mondstadt law, citizens who illegally fish with explosives shall be sentenced to one month in prison and fined 2000 moras."

"objection!!!"

Do you have any objections?

Lu Shengyi retorted righteously, "I didn't fry the fish, and Keli can vouch for me."