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

"Get out of my way, all of you!" Takatsukasa Susumu's voice boomed. "Make way for Lord Narukami!"

The samurai stepped back again, and the leader mustered his courage to say, "Lord Takatsukasa, this is putting my brothers in a difficult position, especially with those important figures..."

"Difficult to handle? Then don't handle it!" Takatsukasa roared. "Big shots? Those good-for-nothings who only know how to talk big and are fools who believe rumors without thinking. You can just let those guys come to me. I, Takatsukasa, will take responsibility for this!"

Takatsukasa Susumu looked up at the gloomy, starless night sky and sighed deeply.

The warriors chose to compromise, moved the carriage blocking their way, and pretended not to see Xiao Yi.

Miyajiro gently put down the sara, sheathed the nodachi, returned to his seat, and prepared to continue driving the carriage into Inatsuma Castle.

"Master Takatsukasa, do you know where my godfather went?" Xiao Yi asked before the carriage started moving.

A dejected Takatsukasa Shin shook his head slightly and replied with a hint of sadness, "The shogun left the castle tower a few hours ago and we haven't heard from him since."

Xiao Yi felt helpless. The chat room had been quiet for a long time, which meant that Miss Ying was very busy. Was he going to have to experience a "Where Did Dad Go?" scenario firsthand?

He suddenly remembered that when he confronted the evil spirit, the general had mentioned the divine cherry tree...

“Go to Kageyama, your godfather must be at Narukami Shrine!” Xiao Yi told Miyamoto Jiro.

Miyajiro hesitated for a moment. The creatures he hated most were gods, and the place he hated most was Narukami Shrine, where he had personally killed his sister, with whom he had lived for twenty years.

"Tonight, we must all grow..." He said this to Xiao Yi, and also to his own hesitation. "Hold on tight, we're going to Narukami Shrine!"

Chapter 63 The Fox Rubs Its Hands, and the Plum Blossoms Again

Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, the carriage could no longer proceed.

Xiao Yi carried the sara and ran quickly up the mountain road, with Miyamoto, who was working part-time as a ventilator, following closely behind. In less than five minutes, they had arrived at the shrine at the top of the mountain.

"I'm sorry, but the shrine is closed today," a shrine maiden said, stopping them.

The words "sealed off" convinced Xiao Yi that his adoptive father, General Lei Dian, was indeed at the Narukami Shrine.

Salo is saved!

"If you don't let us through, there will be two of us instead of three!" Xiao Yi said, leaning closer to the shrine maiden. "Have you updated the statues at your shrine? Take a good look at my face, doesn't it look familiar? Letting me in shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Lord Narukami, please forgive me for not recognizing you!" The shrine maiden finally realized. "Of course, our shrine has updated your statue, and Lord Yae no Kami even commissioned a chair—a special chair with your noble face painted on it."

"You sat on my butt?" Xiao Yi didn't know what expression to use to respond.

"Please don't misunderstand, how could we dare!" the priestess quickly added. "That chair is exclusively for Lord Yae no Kami's use, and outsiders are unaware of this."

It seems Miss Shadow has already told the fox about it, and the fox seems a little unhappy about it, so much so that he made a chair with his own head printed on it.

Xiao Yi didn't care. If the fox could revive Shaluo, he would give her his own face as a chair, let alone a chair with his face printed on it.

I'm getting a little excited just thinking about it.

Xiao Yi carried Sara into the shrine and ran all the way to the huge sacred cherry blossom. Strangely, the once lush and magnificent cherry blossom was now 90% withered and fallen, and the light flowing over it had dimmed, greatly reducing its sacred aura.

A purple-haired woman with braided pigtails and a pink-furred fox woman stood in front of Shen Ying.

Xiao Yi muttered to himself: This tree is as bald as a highly qualified programmer.

Moreover, they are the kind of programmers who are asked by their boss to write a program that can automatically fix bugs.

Despite his complaints, he didn't stop moving. Carrying Kujo Sara on his back, he arrived in front of the Divine Cherry Blossom to meet Inazuma Goddess Raiyo and the Great Priestess Yae no Miko.

When Thor saw Xiao Yi, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, while the fox gave him a less than friendly look. Then, when he saw Miyamoto behind him, his eyes revealed even more rejection.

Nevertheless, Yae still had a smile on her lips.

"The robe is about to tear, please save it quickly!" Xiao Yi went straight to the point.

He placed the Kujo Sara in front of the sacred cherry blossoms and showed it to the two important figures.

"First it pierced through, then it slashed outwards? The swordsmanship is incredibly skillful..." Thor carefully examined the wound, and after some evaluation, suddenly realized, "How did she get so badly injured? And it's a lightning-attribute injury... Could it be..."

"Yes, yes, it was that weirdo I met who injured him." Xiao Yi nodded quickly.

"Did you use her to test the technique after you learned it?" Shadow asked in surprise.

Oh my god, this woman... this goddess has something wrong with her brain!

"No! He was killed by a demon!" Xiao Yi immediately corrected. "Anyway, is there any way to save him?"

Thor looked at his fox best friend.

“There’s really no other way. Although this tengu is not likable, we can’t just watch her die.” Yae spread her hands and smiled. “Wait a moment, I’ll go get two collectibles that I guarantee will bring Kujo Sara back to life.”

Not long after, the fox returned, carrying an exquisite wooden box in each hand, and placed it next to the robe lying flat on the ground.

Yae opened a box, and a dazzling golden light burst forth, causing Xiao Yi to instinctively shield his eyes.

The strange objects inside the box resembled exquisitely crafted gold threads or golden plant roots, exuding a rich vitality and life force.

Yae no Miko explained, "This is a wonderful gift from Gan Yu, the sister from Liyue. It is said to be a dragon whisker shed by the Geo Archon of Liyue, and it has the power to cure all diseases."

The fox took out the dragon's whiskers and placed them in mid-air. Miraculously, they floated up. Her fingertips flashed with electricity as she touched the dragon's whiskers, and the golden threads turned into crystals and scattered towards the wounds of the nine saras.

The charred wounds on her abdomen gradually healed, not through the kind of glue used to seal them, but as if time had reversed, restoring them to their original state. Before long, the skin on Sara's abdomen returned to its smooth and fair state, and the dragon whiskers also completely decomposed and disappeared.

Kujo Sara's eyes began to twitch, proving that the dragon's whiskers were working and that she was about to wake up.

The pink-haired fox pulled out a gohei, a ritual prop consisting of a paper strip and a wooden stick, from somewhere. She then raised the gohei high and swung it down hard at Sara's head.

Snapped!

After the sound, the celestial dog remained silent.

Yae no Miko put away the gohei: "Although the wound has healed, the loss of physical strength is real. She needs to rest well now, so I used hypnosis to help her fall asleep quickly."

Is this really not a physical method to help me sleep? Xiao Yi wondered.

Thor, who had been silent for some time, finally spoke up: "Now that Kujo is out of danger, shouldn't you explain what happened?"

"Besides, you actually brought him to Narukami Shrine. He's already on the shrine's blacklist." Yae glanced at Miyamoto Jiro, then turned her gaze back to Xiao Yi. "A year ago, he committed murder at the shrine gate and fled, causing extremely negative consequences..."

Xiao Yi almost forgot that Yae Fox was also an insider of Miyamoto Tsubasa's affair.

As for what happened...

With a loud thud, Xiao Yi buried his face in the broad chest of the Thunder God, wailing, "Godfather! It's all my fault! I never imagined that just ten minutes after I left, all five hundred soldiers would be gone! I deserve to die—"

“Wait, I’m not your godfather anymore,” Shadow said. “Should I release the general?”

"Seeing you reminds me of the General, and I lost control of my emotions and spoke from the heart." With tears in his eyes, Xiao Yi pulled his head away from Thor's chest. "There's no need to trouble Godfather to make an appearance. Now that Sara has recovered, Brother Miyamoto and I will take our leave first."

He grabbed a soft, cloth-like object from the side and wiped away the tears of sorrow from the corner of his eyes.

"How touching..." Yae no Miko smiled but her eyes were sharp. "If you hadn't wiped my tears with my ear, I almost would have believed it."

"Please don't say that, Lord Yae-no-miya. I am a sad person right now," Xiao Yi said seriously. "Sad people need something furry to comfort them, and your ears are the best comfort. Besides, isn't the purpose of a shrine maiden to bring joy to people?"

Before he finished speaking, he began rubbing his fox ears: "I won't just touch your ears for nothing. I'll make sure to give you the incense money for the Ōgami Shrine that is dedicated to the Ōgami and the Ōgami.

"Hmm~~" The fox smiled maliciously and muttered, "The second time, the second time!"

Sizzle—Lightning crackled at Ya Chong's fingertips, and his eyes began to turn purple. Xiao Yi was in danger!

The earth suddenly began to shake, as if something was surging within the soil, and everyone present staggered and fell.

This happened once before when Xiao Yi was fighting with Chong, but he didn't pay much attention at the time.

The fox gave up arguing with Xiao Yi and said in a dismissive tone, "Whatever, Inazuma is about to sink to the bottom of the sea anyway, and then my best friend will become an underwater general."

Xiao Yi and Gong Ci Lang were both startled.

"What's going on?" Xiao Yi finally released the fox ears. "Is Inazuma going to sink?"

Chapter 64 The grass on the Emperor's grave can be used for alchemy.

With lightning speed, Yae no Miko grabbed Xiao Yi's ear, as if to avenge the fact that his ear had been touched. However, she still wore a kind smile on her face, looking innocent as if she had done nothing wrong.

She pulled Xiao Yi to the front of the cherry blossom tree.

"Did you see that?" the pink fox asked.

"I can't see it, you've blocked my vision," Xiao Yi joked.

"Oh my, Shadow, your child's structure is really strange!" Yae covered her mouth and chuckled. "I've never heard of any other creature that senses its environment through its ears except for bats."

Thor ignored his friend's teasing and turned his head away.

"This is called synesthesia, a rhetorical device. As an editor at Yaedo, you must know it, right?" Xiao Yi continued his nonsense. "By the way, if you don't let go of my ears soon, next time I rub your ears, I'll have to use my mouth and tongue!"

"What a glib-tongued young man." The fox released Xiao Yi's ear. "If only the fried tofu I ate had half the oiliness of your mouth."

“That’s easy,” Xiao Yi immediately chimed in, “All I have to do is feed him mouth-to-mouth…”

Seeing the poignant lightning in the fox woman's eyes, Xiao Yi swallowed back the words he was about to say.

Xiao Yi looked at Shen Ying: "So? Why is Inazuma about to sink to the bottom of the sea?"

While Narukamiko and Miko were facing off, Miyamoto Jiro was gazing outside the shrine, recalling the day his sword pierced Miyamoto Tsubasa's body, the feeling of that moment, and the complex emotions he had.

Realizing they were finally getting down to business, Miyamoto turned around, ready to listen attentively.

Yae gazed at the withered tree and explained, "One of the functions of the Divine Cherry Tree is to purify the resentment of evil spirits, but for some reason, starting at night, the power of evil spirits suddenly increased exponentially, far exceeding the purification limit of the Divine Cherry Tree."

"If this continues, sooner or later the erupting resentment will sink Inazuma to the bottom of the sea. Even if we look on the bright side and Inazuma doesn't sink, the resentment of the evil spirits will still cover the surface area of ​​Inazuma, at which point ordinary creatures will be unable to survive."

"What is a normal living being?" Xiao Yi asked, not understanding.

Yae no Miko pointed to the lying Kujo, then to Miyamoto Jiro: "Humans, tengu... most creatures in Inazuma are ordinary beings."

She pointed to Ying, Xiao Yi, and finally to her own chest: "This is what you call an extraordinary creature."

In other words, the Inazuma people were completely wiped out, with only some monsters and demons remaining alive.

"Ordinary and extraordinary..." Xiao Yi retorted, "You just defined them yourself?"

The fox smirked: "I'm used to explaining complex things in a flexible way. I defined the properties on the spot to explain it to you clearly."

"Is there a solution?" Miyamoto Jiro interjected.

Yae no Miko slowly squatted down and opened another box: "This is something I smuggled from Liyue..." Seeing the look in Ying's eyes, she changed her words: "This is a celestial medicine sent to me by my friend in Liyue. It can revive the Divine Cherry Tree and at least give it resistance to evil spirits."

Inside the box was a golden blade of grass, swaying even without wind, which was quite strange.

“The dragon whiskers we just saw were produced by the Emperor, could this also be grass that grows on the Emperor?” Xiao Yi looked around the box, “Now that you mention it, Morax is full of treasures. I must get some when I go to Liyue for tourism sometime.”