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

“No,” Yae no Miko gave the correct answer, “This is the grass on the Emperor’s grave.”

Xiao Yi: "..."

Yae no Miko added, "To be precise, this herb has nothing to do with the Emperor. It grows randomly in Liyue every two thousand years, but this time it just happened to grow on the Emperor's grave."

"Here's the problem: how do we use the immortal herb? We can't just boil it into soup for the divine cherry blossom, can we?" Xiao Yi said. "The divine cherry blossom doesn't seem to have a mouth either, so should we just use it to irrigate it?"

Yae no Miko shook her head: "Place the immortal herb together with pure crystallized bone marrow. With the extremely high concentration of evil spirit power, the immortal herb and crystallized bone marrow will be combined into one immortal pill. Then let the divine cherry absorb the immortal pill to produce antibodies against the evil spirit's resentment."

Crystallized bone marrow originates from the essence of the evil spirit, an extract from the remains of the demon god Orobas. It is refined with the power of the evil spirit to produce evil spirit matter, which is then injected into the divine cherry blossom to induce the production of antibodies...

Vaccine, right?

Then, Yae no Miko pulled out a ore from somewhere. Its purple shell contained powerful energy, and it didn't look like an ordinary crystallized bone marrow at all.

"This is a highly pure crystallized bone marrow that I obtained with great difficulty," Yae no Miko explained.

Xiao Yi suddenly remembered the day he and Shaluo had their clothes custom-made, when they encountered the fox-woman who was shopping at the mineral shop. It turned out that she had been taking precautions back then.

"Now that we have the materials, where can we find a high concentration of evil spirit power..." Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yi suddenly realized, "So that's it, the Shadow Furnace Core!"

The inner furnace of the Mikage can absorb the power of the evil spirits to forge steel, and it can also be used as an alchemy furnace to refine elixirs that help the Divine Cherry resist resentment.

Miyamoto Jiro only half understood, but he had a premonition that he would be the driver again, driving back to Tatsumara.

"Shadow's little helper, how did you get back?" Yae no Miko asked.

"I'll ride in my older brother's car," Xiao Yi replied.

"Please, drive me there. Consider it an apology for killing someone at the shrine." Then Yae no Miko looked at Xiao Yi, "As for you, be my bodyguard. How about it as payment for wantonly touching my ears?"

"No problem." Xiao Yi said calmly. "I was just looking to do something to distract myself."

Snapped!

Amidst the surprised gazes of Xiao Yi and Yae, Raijin walked up to Miyamoto Jiro and patted him on the shoulder.

Even the usually composed Miyamoto was dumbfounded, unable to understand what this master was up to.

“Thank you for your generous help, ronin from Inazuma,” Kage said earnestly. “I am sorry for the disaster that has befallen your village, but I promise that from this day forward, such a tragedy will never happen in Inazuma again—forever.”

"You learned that shoulder-patting gesture from Xiao Jun, didn't you? Xiao Jun learned it from me." Miyajiro said with a wry smile, at a loss for words. "It's truly astonishing. I never imagined that the mighty Thunder God would apologize to a commoner like me. It's unbelievable..."

“Because of this night, we all have to grow.” Shadow’s reply surprised Miyamoto.

These were his words when he made up his mind to go to the shrine, and the god repeated them exactly as he said them, and even the Thunder General acknowledged his reasoning.

Actually, this is a light novel I read, "I Became a Kinsel of Narukami." I came across a line that I felt made a lot of sense, so I wrote it down and then used it. The abrupt gesture of patting someone on the shoulder was also learned from the novel.

Then she came to Xiao Yi and Yae no Miko and put her hands on their shoulders respectively: "I have to stay here to protect Narukami Shrine and Kagura. I cannot accompany you to Futsuna. I entrust the future of Inazuma to you two 'Miko'."

Xiao Yi and Yae no Kamiko exchanged glances and nodded in response to the god's sudden bout of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome).

Chapter 65 Racing, Big Brother's Winter Flower!

Just as Xiao Yi, Miyamoto, and the fox were about to set off, Sara, who had been unconscious for a long time, finally woke up and struggled to prop up her tired body.

"I... want to help too..."

"You should get some rest," Ying advised. "The three of them are enough."

“The punitive legion also bears responsibility for destroying me.” Saro tried to stand up. “I’m not forcing myself, but to atone for my sins and make amends for my mistakes.”

The fox took out the gohei again, came to the puzzled Sara, and held the ritual prop high.

"He collapsed to the ground, completely unconscious!"

Snapped! ! !

Gohei tapped Sara's forehead, and the tengu instantly fainted. Kage immediately held him in his arms.

"I will ask the priestess to take care of her before I leave, so don't worry." The priestess put away the gohei.

"May your martial prowess be great," said the Thunder God, supporting Kujo Saro.

After the three left, she looked up at the sky, which was gloomy and without a single star. It was as if the stars had been frightened away by the ominous atmosphere and dared not appear in the sky above Inazuma.

"A lot will happen tonight..." the Inazuma deity sighed.

……

Xiao Yi and his group arrived at the shogunate's stables, preparing to select good horses and carriages. After all, the matter was of great importance, and they could not carry out the mission in the open-top carriage that Miyamoto had stolen.

Not only is it slow, but convertibles are also dangerous and easy targets for snipers.

However, it was Miyamoto Jiro who actually selected the horses, while Xiao Yi and Yae, being laymen, stood outside waiting. At this moment, an enthusiastic patrolling samurai came over.

"Could you be the legendary adopted son of the great Mikage Narukami? Oh my, I'm just a lowly stable guard, how could I possibly meet such a great man..."

Normally, Xiao Yi might have replied humbly, but he wasn't in the mood now. He silently pondered what had happened and analyzed whether Chong and Miyamoto Tsubasa were the same person.

"Are you really the adopted son of the Great Lord?" The excited guard confirmed for the second time. "If I had mistaken you for someone else, that would be an extremely serious offense."

“Yeah, that’s right,” Xiao Yi replied absentmindedly.

"Speaking of that middle-aged man who went in to choose a horse just now, is he someone you know?" The guard thought of the carefree Miyamoto Jiro and was curious how Narukamiko knew such a person. "I remember that on the eve of the closing ceremony of the Grand Tournament, he helped you put on a wonderful martial arts performance."

“An old acquaintance,” Xiao Yi replied casually.

"I heard you went out to fight the War Maniacs. When did you get back?" The guard continued to try to get closer to you, while also satisfying his curiosity. "It wasn't just now, was it? It's already past ten o'clock."

"Nine o'clock," Xiao Yi said emotionlessly.

"Oh! Isn't this Lord Yae no Kami?" The guard finally noticed the silent fox woman beside him and asked in surprise, "How do you and Lord Kami no Kami know each other?"

“It’s all in the past,” Xiao Yi said casually.

"You and Lord Miyaji went out together so late at night, could it be that you're going to..." The guard saw Yae's unfriendly gaze and withdrew his bold guess.

"To save the world," Xiao Yi answered honestly.

"Saving, saving the world? How noble..." The topic was beyond the guard's comprehension, and he began to panic. "If the two lords fail in their mission, will Inazuma face a great disaster? What will happen to us ordinary people then?"

"Just pass away," Xiao Yi replied dismissively.

The guard was startled. Although the earthquake he had just witnessed was indeed frightening, upon closer examination, he realized that if it were truly an important situation, it would be impossible for just three people to handle it. Therefore, he felt that the probability of Narukami and Yae no Miko being involved was higher.

"Did you eat anything tonight? What did you eat?" Faced with Xiao Yi's formulaic question, the guard didn't know how to respond, so he could only use the universal question "Have you eaten?" as the topic. "How about I get you two some late-night snacks to fill your stomachs?"

"Food and drink." This refers to the celebration banquet they had not long ago.

Miyamoto led four black horses with thick manes out of the stable, signaling his companions to get ready so the horses could be connected to the carriage and head to Tasakasa.

Xiao Yi snapped out of his reverie and prepared to leave with Miyamoto, but the guard called him back.

"Lord Narukami, please forgive my overstepping my bounds, and please grant me some encouragement." The guard said, mustering his courage, "I have worked here for five years, repeating the same mundane tasks day after day, with no future in sight. Please inspire me and give me back my fighting spirit!"

Xiao Yi was stunned.

He wasn't thinking at all during his conversation with the guard; he was thinking about something else entirely. In those few words, his gut was working harder than his brain was processing the information.

Now he's asked to offer words of encouragement, but he doesn't know the guards at all...

However, seeing the other party's commendable courage, Xiao Yi decided to offer a token encouragement, saying seriously, "You are one by one..."

Xiao Yi stammered, unsure how to encourage him. He felt like a gamer who skipped the dialogue, at a loss for what to do when faced with options.

There's also no option to rewind and watch the dialogue...

"You're a great stable boy, keep it up, you'll have a bright future!"

Xiao Yi wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground.

He looked nervously at the guard's face, but to his surprise, the guard was beaming with excitement.

The guard bowed deeply to Xiao Yi.

……

The carriage sped out of Inazuma Castle and headed towards Tasasa. The four well-fed and watered warhorses were exceptionally strong, and the high-quality reins and custom-made wheels made them even more powerful.

Miyamoto Jiro drove the car, while Xiao Yi and Fox sat quietly in the passenger compartment.

Xiao Yi remained silent the entire way, not even when the fox was beside him, gazing quietly out the window.

Miyamoto noticed his mood and tried to ease the tension by saying, "Mr. Xiao, you know what? When you're in a bad mood, you should take a drive. An open-top carriage is the best. Although this luxury car has a roof, it's very fast and exhilarating."

Xiao Yi looked through the small window inside the carriage at his older brother, who was encouraging him.

Miyamoto Jiro continued, "Riding a fast horse and moving forward against the wind is a very exhilarating thing, and singing loudly can eliminate all worries."

"I see..." Yae no Miko suddenly realized something. "Is this why you killed people, stole our Narukami Shrine's car, and sped away?"

Ignoring her, Miyajiro continued enthusiastically, "Come on, let your older brother sing you a song!"

"I don't really care," Xiao Yi said, adjusting his mood. "Let's get hyped!"

Gong Jiren cleared his throat and began to sing:

"My life is like scattered flowers... though the days that can never be returned are few and far between... laughter and tears, past and future... torn apart, I am a winter flower—"

"It sounds surprisingly good." Yae no Miko exclaimed in surprise, "I never expected you to have such talent."

Xiao Yi realized something was wrong and quickly stopped him, saying, "Big brother, don't sing this song while driving!!!"

"Xiao Jun, what did you say? The wind is too strong, I can't hear you. You want me to sing the wildest part? Fine, whatever you say—both passengers better hold on tight!"

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Miyajiro's gentle singing voice suddenly erupted, accompanied by a violent swaying of his body. However, his hand was holding the reins, and the four horses were also affected by the force, shaking their heads as if releasing their life force.

"Don't cry, my loving heart~~ Tears are not worthy of you~~ Let's go, just move forward~~ I've made up my mind to stride forward like this~~ Ah, though there's no smile in my heart!!!"

The intense vibrations made the carriage feel as if it was about to fall apart. Xiao Yi felt that the vehicle was not traveling on the road, but rather as if it had been carried away by a dragon and flown into the sky.

"Big brother, big brother, stop singing and rocking! The car's going to overturn! Watch where you're going, watch where you're going!!!"

Chapter 66 The Dead Are More Useful Than the Living