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

The World!!

The best use of time stop is to allow you to react immediately when you are ambushed, turn a disadvantage into an advantage, and achieve a comeback.

However, when Xiao Yi looked down, he found that the energy bullet formed by the high concentration of lightning element had hit his abdomen and was somewhat deformed, indicating that the time stop had been activated too late, and he had already been hit hard.

It turned out that the skirmisher had concealed his presence and personally arrived at the castle tower. He then used some method to send a fake body into the room, drawing Xiao Yi's attention in that direction, while his real body remained in a state of focused concentration, hiding in the corridor outside the door.

Just when Xiao Yi thought he was safe, the scattered soldiers who had been hiding for a long time suddenly launched an attack, striking Xiao Yi in the abdomen unexpectedly. Although the actual damage was not high, it was still a successful outsmarting maneuver, achieving the effect of the weak defeating the strong.

Xiao Yi braved the attacks and ran towards the broken wall. He knew the principle that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. He planned to break the wall and catch the Guo Beng kid hiding behind it before the time stop ended. Unfortunately, he did not consider that even if time stopped, the high amount of lightning element would still have a buffering effect, as if he was actively running into a knife after the time stop.

Five seconds is still too short.

Just as he reached the broken wall, intending to smash it down and knock off the opponent's hat, the time stop effect ended, and all the accumulated lightning element exploded in his abdomen.

Lightning alone wouldn't have mattered, but the impact of the concentrated elemental power caused Xiao Yi's feet to lose their grip on the tatami mat, and he flew off onto the balcony.

The next moment, Xiao Yi smashed through the balcony railing. Clad in lightning, he was like the brightest star in the night sky, tracing a beautiful arc as he fell to the ground.

……

In the hot spring pool, Gan Yu looked up in surprise: "What's that?"

Seeing through the lightning enveloping the unidentified flying object, Ying explained, "That's your husband."

Thump—splash!

Xiao Yi, transformed into a shooting star, crashed precisely into the hot spring pool, causing water to surge upwards before turning into raindrops that pattered onto the women's faces.

In an instant, the lightning element attached to Xiao Yi spread out, filling the entire hot spring pool.

As Thor, Shadow was naturally unaffected by this amount of electricity.

She had heard about a sport called diving from Xiao Yi before, where the smaller the splash, the higher the score.

"Zero points," Thor commented.

Surprisingly, Gan Yu actually showed a blissful expression and said with great enjoyment, "It feels so tingly and numb, so comfortable!"

The fox woman felt a chill run down her spine. Even with her lightning attribute, this level of power made her quite uneasy. The Eightfold Divine Child questioned, "Sister Gan Yu, this lightning can make you feel comfortable... What exactly do you and that young man do on a daily basis?!"

It would be difficult to enjoy this kind of experience without some kind of "special training".

puff!

Xiao Yi emerged from the bottom of the hot spring pool, spitting out a mouthful of water, and greeted politely, "Oh, everyone's here. Looks like I've fallen into a good place!"

A mount, a wife, and a half-father—he's all set.

"What happened?" Gan Yu asked with concern.

"It's nothing, that old bastard Sanbing has no sportsmanship!" Xiao Yi looked at the higher-ups of the Tenshukaku, "He brought out a dummy to deceive me, to ambush this young man!"

The aura of a stragglers disappeared. It seems that after he unleashed his attack and sent Xiao Yi flying, he seized the opportunity to escape without leaving a single flaw.

Ying rose straight from the pool, using the steam as her clothing, and drew the long sword from her chest, as if to chase after the escaped Guo Beng.

"Miss Ying, calm down. Do you really want to chase after him like this?" Xiao Yi immediately waded through the water to Thor's side, pressed down on her shoulder, and pushed her back into the pool. "Forget it. Next time I see that guy, I'll give him a good kick in the butt for you!"

Suddenly, he noticed that the fox was glaring at him fiercely, but a smile was playing on its lips, and its expression sent chills down his spine.

"What did I do wrong again?" Xiao Yi asked, puzzled.

The fox gave a forced smile and replied, "If you think that it's not wrong for a grown man to linger in a women's bath, then you haven't done anything wrong."

Xiao Yi thought about it and felt that it made sense, but he didn't get out of the pool. Instead, he said, "Miss Ying, Miss Fox, I had someone arrange warm sweet milk and very fresh and delicious fried tofu in advance, which is perfect to enjoy after soaking in the hot spring."

Ying blinked excitedly. Upon hearing that she would have sweet milk to drink after her bath, she immediately forgot about the stragglers and wanted to leave the pool right away.

The fox saw through Xiao Yi's trick and said, "If you want to take a bath with Sister Gan Yu, just say so. It's not good to beat around the bush."

"Then I'll leave it to you." Xiao Yi stood in the pool and reached out to grab his shirt.

"Take it off after we leave!" the fox couldn't hold back any longer.

Chapter 219 The Coconut Sheep That Got Dizzy

General Raiden not only has a high-end private hot spring, but also her own spacious dressing room that can be used as a lounge. It is fully equipped with tables, chairs and other facilities, and even cushions are placed on the wall so that she can rest for a while if she feels tired after taking a bath.

For the doll general, taking a bath is just a routine procedure with no special significance. She doesn't know how to enjoy it and always rushes through it before returning to the castle tower to continue working.

The situation is different for Ying. Besides, Xiao Yi had prepared sweet milk and pastries in advance, and fried tofu for feeding the fox was also on the table. It would be a shame not to enjoy it.

In fact, Xiao Yi knew that girls spend even longer taking a bath than putting on makeup.

He originally planned to time it perfectly, to lure Gan Yu and the others out with desserts and fried tofu when they were somewhat satisfied but not quite done, so that he could then take over soaking Gan Yu... no, soaking with Gan Yu.

The sudden attack by the stragglers disrupted Xiao Yi's plans, causing him to fall into the pool instead of entering through the main gate. In a sense, this manually sped up Xiao Yi's arrangements.

Now, in the spacious lounge, Thor and his retinue, dressed in cherry blossom patterned bathrobes, are enjoying a meal at the table.

"I'm thinking, given what a big thing that kid Kokubun did, shouldn't I go see the Otsui Clan, explain the situation, and reassure them?" Shadow hesitated, looking at the desserts on the table. "Although it's confirmed that Kokubun has left Narukami Island, I still have to take some responsibility..."

Yae no Miko did not help her best friend choose between official duties and food. The cunning fox woman smiled and muttered something as if counting down the days.

"Don't rush, my Aying," the divine child murmured. "Five, four, three, two, one... Hehe, coming!"

Snapped! ! !

The door was pushed open from the outside, and Kujo Sara rushed in anxiously.

"General, it's urgent!" Seeing the general wearing a bathrobe, his long, white legs exposed, the usually serious Sara blushed slightly and turned his head to continue reporting, "My apologies, there was an explosion at the castle tower just now, and Lord Narukami is missing."

From an angle that Sasara couldn't see, the Divine Child secretly poked Kage's waist a few times through her bathrobe, signaling her friend to quickly send the bodyguards away and leave the affairs of the castle tower to the Tenryo Magistrate and the Okuzawa Clan, so that they could continue to steal a moment of leisure amidst their busy work.

"The danger has passed. You don't need to conduct any further investigation; just repair the damaged parts," Ying Yu said gently. She suddenly remembered something and added, "As for Xiao Yi, he's fine, but he might be a little late returning to Tian Shou Ge tonight..."

Halfway through his speech, Ying realized he shouldn't have gone into so much detail, so he shut up and left respectfully, accepting the order, returning to the private time between the god and the fox demon.

As if drowning his sorrows in alcohol, Ying took a swig of hot milk and said with a hint of worry, "That brat Guo Pang, I still don't know what to do with him..."

The fox said helplessly, "In my opinion, you should have just killed him back then. At the very least, you should have ignored the young waiter's objections and jumped out of the hot spring to eliminate him. That would have not only solved the problem once and for all, but also allowed you to reclaim the Heart of God."

Ying fell silent. She wasn't as ruthless as the fox. Deep down, she still felt she had let down the scattered soldiers—it wasn't Xiao Yi's persuasion that made her stop, but rather the voice in her heart that kept calling for her to forgive Guo Pang this time, and to be executed without mercy if he dared to do evil again.

As we all know, "next time is definitely possible" often means "next time is not certain."

The one who broke the silence was still the shadow's own voice.

"When Xiao Yi and Gan Yu come out, I want to talk to him about the future of the collapsing country."

……

Xiao Yi took off his clothes while soaking in the pool. He threw his wet clothes onto the shore, then suddenly plunged into the water and disappeared.

Not long after, he emerged from beside Gan Yu, who was leaning against the other side of the shore, the hot spring water soaking up to her collarbone. A large amount of water splashed onto the Qilin girl's damp blue hair.

Xiao Yi imitated Gan Yu's posture, sitting and leaning against the shore. Before the other could speak, he interrupted, "Let me make this clear first, from the moment I fell into the pool until they left, my gaze was fixed on you the whole time. I didn't glance around, steal a glance at the General, or even look at the fox!"

"Hmm..." Gan Yu responded softly.

Her face was slightly flushed, perhaps from the electric shock she had just received, or perhaps from the pool water being too hot.

A cherry blossom petal drifted down slowly, eventually sticking to the Qilin's horn. Xiao Yi reached out and plucked it, holding it in his palm and sighing, "It's wonderful. Since the portal opened, we no longer have to be separated. We can come to the hot springs anytime we want. Perhaps we can come up with some new ideas, like having someone raise the water temperature and cook some ingredients in the pool, so we can enjoy a delicious meal while soaking in the hot spring..."

Even Xiao Yi himself couldn't help but feel that his ideas were incredibly creative and innovative.

As long as Gan Yu wears the Eye of God while taking a bath, and you get a little closer to her, you don't have to worry about getting burned. As for raising the water temperature, you can easily do so by simply reducing the amount of clean water added to the pool.

Soaking in a hot spring, cooking a few soft-boiled eggs, and having a floating wooden tub filled with sake and sake cups—it's simply the blissful life of a god.

"Hmm..." Gan Yu replied simply.

Xiao Yi finally realized something was wrong.

Immediately afterwards, the Qilin girl's body slowly slid down, the hot spring water submerged her mouth, and began to bubble out.

Oh dear, the silly coconut sheep has made itself dizzy from soaking!

It seems that the temperature of the pool water was too stimulating for Gan Yu, who was experiencing this for the first time. Coupled with the vigorous exercise from the water fight earlier, she was starting to feel overwhelmed.

……

Shadow and Yae no Miko both looked toward the pool exit and saw Xiao Yi using the power of rice crust to dry his clothes, dragging Gan Yu, who was covered in a bathrobe, and walking quickly out. This action was very misleading; someone who didn't know better would think he was dumping a corpse.

"It's that intense?" the divine child exclaimed. "It seems we need to find someone to change the pool water."

"If that's really the case, then Gan Yu dragged me out!" Xiao Yi complained. "She's been soaking for too long and is feeling a bit dizzy. Let's find a cool, well-ventilated place!"

After much effort from the three of them, Xiao Yi placed Gan Yu on a soft cushion by the wall and activated the wind element to bring coolness to the girl.

At the same time, Ying moved a small table, which resembled a coffee table, and carried the fried tofu and desserts to the wall where Xiao Yi was, as if she wanted to say something to him. The fox woman who had followed the fried tofu also came over.

“I understand, you want to talk about the collapse of the country, right?” Xiao Yi immediately saw through the other party’s intention.

Chapter 220 Best Strategy, Middle Strategy, Worst Strategy

The atmosphere in the lounge suddenly became serious. Ying felt that the pastries and milk in her hands suddenly didn't smell so good anymore. She put down the food and stared intently at Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi also slightly restrained his expression in order to match Miss Ying's state.

Although the atmosphere began to become serious, the overall situation was still not serious. After all, what would the skirmisher think if he knew that his fate was decided in the locker room, and that one of the deliberators, Shadow, was wearing a bathrobe?

Moreover, the fox, always eager for a good show, continued happily chewing on the fried tofu.

Yae no Miko's opinion was no longer worth considering. She didn't care at all about that five-hundred-year-old doll brat, nor did she want to know what hardships he had endured. In short, the fact that the scattered soldiers might pose a threat to Inazuma was enough reason to put him to death.

Not to mention, he doesn't have a good reputation among the Fatui, and now that he's left the Fatui to work independently, there's practically no one in the world who cares about him. If you had to say, the only one is right in front of him, namely, the movie "Inazuma Shinmei".

Because Thor had taken pity on them, and Xiao Yi remained neutral on how to deal with the stragglers, they were discussing what to do next.

While the divine child was chewing on fried tofu, Xiao Yi had already told Ying the whole story about the announcement of the collapse of the kingdom and the plan to sabotage the day when the teleportation gate was successfully completed.

Thor, trying to drown his sorrows, downed a glass of sweet milk and said, "This kid keeps his word. How about we... announce the cancellation of the portal celebration?"

"My God!!!" Xiao Yi couldn't help but exclaim, "Putting aside the possibility of being ridiculed for canceling the celebration ceremony because of concern for this guy, the problem isn't even with the teleportation portal. Even without the ceremony, the skirmishers will still cause trouble. It's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause!"

“That’s true,” Thor said.

After thinking for a few seconds, Xiao Yi concluded, "Currently, it seems that there are only three strategies to make the scattered soldiers behave."

“Explain in detail,” Ying said.

"The best strategy is to use your excellent emotional intelligence to influence him with love," Xiao Yi began to speak eloquently. "In this way, we not only lose an enemy, but also gain a reliable ally, achieving a result that is far greater than the sum of its parts."