Lu Bu, the Thunder General, is my adoptive father in Genshin Impact.

“Mr. Xiao Yi,” Gan Yu suddenly said.

Xiao Yi was startled. Could it be that there really was a request?

"You don't snore, do you?" Gan Yu asked.

Xiao Yi felt a pang of regret, then complained, "Didn't we sleep together in the temple?"

"Hoo..." came the girl's soft breath in response; she had already drifted off to sleep.

He silently complained: With this kind of sleep quality, even if I did something, you wouldn't know.

However, Mr. Xiao, a man of great integrity and upright character, turned over so that his back was to Gan Yu. He closed his eyes, stopped thinking about trivial matters, and fell asleep while smelling the fragrance of the Qilin girl.

Silent all night.

……

On the other side, the three members of the Fools, who hated Xiao Yi to the core, didn't sleep all night. They gathered in a dimly lit room for a meeting, using fireflies as their light source, to brainstorm and devise a plan to torment Xiao Yi.

“That guy is a tough nut to crack, not easy to take down.” Feng Quan counted on his fingers. “Moreover, we can’t be sure of his exact strength. Maybe what Lord Tie Qi said is not entirely true, and he’s just looking for an excuse for the last failure.”

"Maybe Naruto is just a tough cookie..." the fat man chimed in.

"Don't be foolish, you lot!" the Thunderfire sorcerer cursed without hesitation. "You're all all show and no substance, how could you possibly destroy the Celestial Venerable's projection? We can't take that risk!"

"Mira, what do you suggest we do?" Feng Quan asked helplessly.

The Thunderfire Sorcerer lowered his head in thought, then raised it after a while, revealing a confident smile.

"Start with the lady."

The other two looked at each other in bewilderment.

Mira slowly explained, "Based on my observation and intuition, that guy's wife is a cowardly and timid woman. Since we can't get rid of him, we'll torment his family instead—I believe that no matter how good their relationship is, it will eventually break up."

Boris Wind Fist agreed, adding, "We don't necessarily have to wait for them to separate. We can create opportunities to force them to separate."

"Is a woman who looks weak really that weak?" Fatty Bing asked skeptically, then said aggrievedly, "Last time I was just picking raspberries to eat, I got beaten up by a woman who looks a lot like that guy's wife, and she doesn't even intend to apologize afterwards..."

"Hall, you can't generalize about people." Mira gently grabbed the firefly beside her and held it up in front of the fat man to scare him. "Could it be that you, you coward, are trying to say that guy's wife is the same woman who beat you up last time?!"

Faced with the sudden appearance of Lei Ying, the fat man fearfully dodged, shouting, "Get this bug away from me!"

"What insects? These are my little friends!" The warlock angrily released the fireflies. "Answer me, is the woman who beat you the same person as your wife?"

“No, that woman has horns on her head, but the lady doesn’t,” the fat man replied.

“So what are you afraid of if it’s not the same person!” Mira concluded her plan. “In short, we need to crush the lady’s dignity and spirit, slowly mold her into one of our own, and then use her to deal with that guy!”

……

The next morning, not long after Xiao Yi and Gan Yu finished breakfast, Fatty and Feng Quan found him and said they wanted to show him a big treasure.

So Xiao Yi left, leaving Gan Yu alone to continue enjoying the delicious food.

Not long after, the lightning sorcerer came to cause trouble.

"Hmm, madam, you have nothing to do, do you?" the Thunderfire sorcerer said, striking a pose.

Gan Yu nodded without hesitation. She was not used to a life without work, but she did not want to do anything for the enemy, so she could only endure the leisurely time, which felt like an eternity.

pat!

The purple lantern was thrown onto Gan Yu's dining table, and food scraps flew everywhere, covering both the lantern and Gan Yu's clothes.

"Oh dear, my lantern is dirty!" the Thunderfire Sorcerer said affectedly. "If you'd like something to do, madam, please clean it for me."

After careful analysis, the sorcerer Lei Ying concluded that the lady was gentle and shy and would not tell Xiao Yi about being bullied, so it was perfectly fine to target her.

She had already prepared her lines to coerce the other party: "Boris and Hall are now your husband's assistants. They have the supervisory power to report to the Gods. If you don't want your husband to lose this job, do as I say..."

The simple plan was to start with bullying, gradually destroying the lady's spirit and erasing her dignity.

The lantern's purple light attracted a large number of lightning fireflies, which spun rapidly around the warlock. Although it was useless, it provided light for the warlock and increased the sense of oppression.

Unexpectedly, a strange situation occurred. The Thunderfires suddenly lost all their vitality, not only scattering and fleeing, but some even fell to the ground on the spot, struggling as if they had been sprayed with insecticide. However, in theory, insecticide cannot kill elemental creatures.

What are you doing?

The warlock nearly had his heart stop when he heard his superior's voice from behind. He stiffly turned his head and found Xiao Yi standing behind him, the purple gem on his chest glowing faintly.

According to the plan, Xiao Yi should have been led away by his companions by now, so why is he back behind me?

Could it be that he possesses some kind of eavesdropping magic, and that last night's discussion has been completely exposed?!

The more the lightning fire mage thought about it, the more frightened she became. Looking at the fallen lightning fireflies scattered all around her, the girl trembled, feeling that this was the fate that was about to befall her.

However, Xiao Yi had no idea what had happened. Lei Ying's abnormal behavior was simply due to the gem that Miss Ying had personally crafted, which had affected creatures of the same element.

Lei Ying, the sorcerer, was unaware of the situation. She only felt that Xiao Yi had instantly wiped out all the children she had painstakingly raised with just his aura. As an expert, she had never heard of a method that could make Lei Ying instantly become listless and even die.

The unknown brings a deep sense of fear.

To the lightning warlock, this behavior was a blatant threat—Don't touch my wife!

"Um... I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!!!" The green-haired girl in the purple robe almost knelt down on the spot. Although her eyes were covered by the hood, her voice was still trembling with sobs. "I didn't mean to, I, I, sob sob..."

Chapter 139 Taming the Lightning Firefly Sorcerer (4k)

Due to the oppressive aura that even Xiao Yi himself was unaware of, the Thunderfire sorceress, who had been "bullying" Gan Yu just moments before, now looked at the struggling Thunderfires on the ground with tears streaming down her face, like a little girl whose toy had broken. However, compared to these children, she was more afraid of the terrible reality she was about to face.

I'd long heard that Thor's adopted son was infamous, not only fickle but also a complete lecher. What kind of treatment would I receive if I fell into his hands...?

Sitting at the dining table, Gan Yu asked in confusion, "Didn't you go out with them? Why are you back so soon?"

"I realized I forgot my katana shortly after I left," Xiao Yi said, patting his waist. "It felt a bit awkward with my waist empty, so I came back to get it."

Xiao Yi was completely confused. He had only come to pick up something, so how did he manage to scare the young girl to tears?

Am I really that scary?!

Seeing the listless Lei Ying scattered all over the ground, he roughly had a clue: perhaps it was the divine creation amethyst on his chest that caused the elements in Lei Ying's body to become abnormal, eventually leading to their deaths in large numbers, which made the little girl very sad.

He ripped the gem off his chest and tossed it aside. The solid amethyst collided with the cave wall and landed in some obscure corner. Unaffected by the pressure, Lei Ying regained her vitality and fluttered on the ground before flying up again.

This gem is connected to the concept of Narukamiko. Before Narukamiko was killed, the gem could not be destroyed or discarded, so it didn't matter where it was thrown. Whenever you wanted it, it would come to you with a wave of your hand.

The most urgent task is to calm the little girl down.

Gan Yu handed Xiao Yi a clean handkerchief.

"They're alright now, they're full of energy again." Xiao Yi wiped away the tears that the Thunderfire Sorcerer was trying to hold back, but couldn't help but shed.

Mira, the lightning sorcerer, felt even greater fear in her heart, and her whole body trembled like a leaf.

Although she didn't know that Xiao Yi's ability had a time limit, she vaguely knew that his power came from the amethyst on his chest.

Now this guy has thrown away the amethyst, allowing his lightning fire to regain its vitality. Does he have the confidence to defeat him at his peak without using the power of the Thunder God? In other words, in Xiao Yi's eyes, the threat of the lightning fire is negligible, and the lightning fire sorcerer is incredibly weak...

Thor's adopted son is simply... simply... terrifyingly powerful!!!

The more she imagined it, the more frightened she became. She didn't even dare to resist Xiao Yi. She stood there trembling, making muffled sobs, letting his handkerchief ravage her face.

Just then, two members of the Fools who were responsible for restraining Xiao Yi returned. Clearly, they had not fulfilled their duties.

A few minutes earlier, Xiao Yi remembered that he had forgotten to bring his knife. He told them to wait where they were and then ran quickly toward the base, which startled the two of them, who hurriedly chased after him.

After all, his companion, the Thunderfire Sorcerer, was currently targeting the lady, and if Xiao Yi witnessed this, the consequences would be dire.

However, once Miyamoto Jiro activated his wind manipulation ability, Xiao Yi's speed was unmatched among humans, and he, running ahead, didn't even hear the two shouting.

And so, the scene just now unfolded.

The two Fools returned panting, and seeing the strange scene before them, Wind Fist and Ice Fatty hesitated, completely bewildered.

"You said you were going to take me to see the big baby? Let's skip that today," Xiao Yi said generously. "Let's give your companion some psychological counseling, and we can talk about the rest tomorrow."

Boris Wind Fist and Hall Ice Fat were dumbfounded. They had no choice but to follow Xiao Yi's orders and timidly helped the trembling lightning firefly away. In their haste, they didn't even have time to take the small purple lantern on the table that controlled the lightning fireflies.

Xiao Yi reached towards the dining table, grabbed a clean chicken leg, and stuffed it into his mouth to gnaw on.

Despite the Fools' trio causing trouble twice before, Xiao Yi still treated them kindly, hoping to win their hearts and minds and make them truly submit to him.

After all, they are the backbone of the organization. As long as the three of them are convinced of his authority, the hundreds or thousands of subordinates will also obey his orders.

With Tie Qi absent and the mastermind behind the scenes out of contact, Xiao Yi must seize control of the organization as soon as possible.

Although destroying the organization has no real impact on the Celestial Venerable, it will cause him trouble, and that alone is enough.

When faced with various trivial matters, people cannot focus on the main task. Xiao Yi always felt that the mastermind behind the scenes had something big to do, and that creating some minor troubles for him at crucial moments and slowing down the overall progress could be considered as doing a great service to stop the Celestial Venerable.

Gan Yu picked up a piece of sweet flower that hadn't been soiled and put it in her mouth: "Mr. Xiao Yi, I always feel like you've misunderstood something. Although you made that child cry in the end, she seemed to have shown a lot of dislike for me before that..."

Xiao Yi fell into deep thought. It seemed that things were not so simple, and he needed to come up with a plan.

……

At night, the trio gathered again in the small dark room, relying on the small lanterns hanging throughout the room for light, to discuss how to deal with Xiao Yi, just like the day before.

Compared to the clamor of last night's meeting, the small dark room was unusually quiet today. They had all lost a lot of courage due to Xiao Yi's intimidating presence, even though Xiao Yi hadn't done anything.

“It seems that approaching Madam won’t work,” Feng Quan finally broke the silence. “The couple seems to be on the same wavelength. This morning, Mira picked a fight with Madam, and that guy ran straight to the base, causing the plan to fail and Mira to embarrass herself.”

The fat man unusually took the initiative to announce his plan: "In a couple of days, I'll take him and his wife to see 'that thing,' and then we'll do this... then this... and finally this..."

"Great!" Wind Fist agreed.

They looked at the silent lightning mage. Since what happened that morning, Mira had hardly spoken, and Xiao Yi seemed to have cast a deep shadow over her.

“I think…” Mira hesitated for a moment, then mustered her courage and said, “We shouldn’t go against him. We can’t deal with him. He’s terrifying…”

"Hmm? You called me a coward yesterday, but you chickened out first." The chubby guy comforted me. "It's okay, Boris and I will take responsibility if anything happens."

"I'm afraid you won't be able to withstand Thor's wrath..." the Thunderfire Sorcerer whispered.

"Don't boost others' morale and diminish our own. Think about it, we have the strength of numbers," Feng Quan boldly assured. "He's only one person, and his wife is just a pretty face who can't offer any help. But we have three people, and we're absolutely certain of victory."

Ice Fatty agreed with Wind Fist's statement, adding, "That's right, unity is strength. Remember the old saying in Liyue, 'Three cobblers are equal to something'..."

Just as the Thunderfire Sorcerer was about to retort, the door to the dark room was pushed open, and the three of them panicked.

"Hall, you forgot to lock the door again!" Wind Fist scolded.

“It’s clearly your turn today!” the fat man retorted.

Fortunately, it wasn't Xiao Yi who opened the door, but a low-ranking member of the society. Seeing the adults arguing with each other, the low-ranking member stood at the door, at a loss.