I'm in the Teyvat running group

Watch my direct approach defeat my arrogance!

“I once stood atop Dragonspine Snow Mountain and witnessed the beauty of countless ice crystals refracting the moonlight; I also stood at the end of Star-Picking Cliff and gazed at the stars, seemingly within reach yet unattainable in their brilliance…” Hearing Wendy’s piano music turn ethereal and melodious, Yunxiu gritted her teeth and insisted on continuing, “But until the moment Miss Yueji appeared before me, I had a new idea!”

"Huh!?" Raiden Tsukihime, who was suddenly confused by what Yunxiu said, widened her eyes, and Wendy's piano music changed into a melodious tune, which was surprisingly similar to the tune of "The Poet's Work".

"Only now do I understand that the most beautiful thing in this world is not a landscape that stays in one place... but a unique flower like you, worth protecting with all our might... Cecilia flower."

"Ugh!" Raiden Tsukihime, who had been sitting with her arms crossed, froze completely. Of course, she knew what the flower language of Cecilia was: "the true love of a prodigal son"!

"You you you you you you you..." It was as if a thunderbolt had exploded in her mind, and she felt her face completely burning. Her beautiful phoenix eyes turned into round, adorable shapes, filled with shyness and panic, and a hint of joy. All her emotions were shattered by this string of words.

"You're talking nonsense... what nonsense are you spouting...!" A series of fine arcs of electricity appeared on the head of the incoherent Raiden Tsukihime, an elemental reaction caused by uncontrolled lightning and violently evaporating sweat.

Of course, even the weakest among those present, Yunxiu, was at the sixth level, so she was naturally not going to be harmed.

But this only made Tsukihime appear more shy. She covered her face with her hands and curled up on the ground.

"Hahahaha!!" Wendy played the last note of music, threw down her harp, and pounded the ground with her fist, laughing loudly, "Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Yunxiu, let's be bards together!"

“Let’s go.” Zhongli stood up and said to Yunxiu, “Once the deal is settled, you can figure out the rest yourself.”

The group exchanged glances and left the room one after another. Even the most serious Zhongli had an almost uncontrollable smile on his face, while Wendy was laughing so hard that she was practically being helped out by Jean.

With Granny Ping closing the door, only Yunxiu and Leidian Yueji remained in the reception room.

Conjuring several mage hands, Yunxiu easily tidied up the room. She then squatted down in front of Leidian Yueji, who was still rolling on the ground, and whispered, "Miss Yueji, now that there are no outsiders, can we talk about things?"

"You have to promise me you won't tell anyone about this."

"I promise..."

“Especially Fox Maiden and Yae no Miko.”

"I don't know them yet..."

"You should know me after I finish this."

"Um... I promise you."

"Then swear an oath." Yue Ji scrambled to her feet and instantly pressed her face close to Yun Xiu's, her purple eyes fixed on him. "Swear in the name of the Rock King Emperor that you will not tell a single person about this today!"

"I swear in the name of the Emperor that the news of today will only be spread within this room..."

"Alright, you've passed." She stood up from the ground and squatted down like Yunxiu. Ignoring her still flushed cheeks, she tried her best to put on a serious expression before saying to Yunxiu, "I was entrusted by my mother to come to Liyue to find a great mage who is proficient in immortal magic, especially spatial magic, to help me. The Emperor recommended you."

“I do know magic, but I don’t know what you want to do.” Yunxiu thought for a moment and said, “And if I remember correctly, the current sixth seat of the Fatui, Yuijin Seinosuke, learned magic from Liyue and eventually joined the Fatui…”

“He has his reasons, and I don’t…” Tsukihime retorted twice, then continued, “This time it’s because of the anomaly at Fukushita Palace and the pervasive aura of calamity throughout Inazuma. We need a high mage to assist in presiding over the highest level of the upgraded ‘Divine Cherry Blossom Purification’ called ‘Divine Cherry Blossom Exorcism.’ Most of Inazuma’s Onmyo magic is derived from Liyue…”

"So you initially wanted to find an immortal?" Yunxiu thought for a moment and said, "I can combine magic and immortal techniques to set up a grand formation, and I do have a considerable understanding of spatial magic."

"After seeing this, I believed what the Emperor said." Yue Ji pulled out a [Sugar Magic Storage Pouch] from who-knows-where and waved it, saying, "To be able to solidify spatial magic on such a low-level material, your spatial magic skills are in no way inferior to some veteran immortals. Even I have to admire your level."

"If only it weren't so wooden..." Tsukihime muttered a barely audible complaint.

"Hmm...? What?" Yunxiu, who was deep in thought, turned her head and said, "What about the timing? I need to see if it will interfere with Liyue's affairs... And what was the price you paid?"

"The price is me!" Tsukihime put her hands on her hips and struck a proud pose: "I, a general 'comparable to a god,' will serve Liyue for a few months in exchange for their help. The time limit ends one month before the start of the Divine Cherry Blossom Exorcism."

"And what about the time?"

"The purification ritual begins on May 25th, which is on Mother's birthday, June 26th. You must return to the castle tower with me before May 25th."

It's not even the end of December yet...

Yunxiu did some mental calculations. Next year's New Year is February 12th, which means she has about a month and a half to deal with the events in Liyue. The Summoning Ceremony is definitely key, and she should be able to resolve all the events by March at the latest. She should also go and visit Inazuma.

Moreover, the Great Purification of the Divine Cherry Blossom definitely needs to be done. If it really was a race against time between the Abyss and Order that began five hundred years ago, then this Great Purification of the Divine Cherry Blossom and the anomalies in the Abyss Palace are certainly not as simple as they seem...

“Okay!” Yunxiu took out a few sheets of magic paper, wrote down the contract, left her comments, and then handed it to Yueji.

The two left their elemental imprints, and a contract was truly formed.

"The contract is complete, time to eat..."

"Those who break their promises shall be punished by the Rock of Eating!" Yueji blurted out first. She straightened her armor and said, "You Liyue people are such a hassle. You always have to say that. Alright, alright, now hurry up and arrange a place for this general to stay. I'm filthy from flying all the way from Liyue!"

"Isn't it because you were rolling around on the ground...?"

I'll kill you!

Chapter 64 Dragon Scale Staff Forged and Riding the Wind

After calling over a maid and giving her a few instructions, she led Tsukihime to the guest room with a smile on her face.

Yunxiu, on the other hand, easily found her way to Sugar's alchemy office. Diluc had modified this room for them when Sugar, Yunxiu, Abedo, and the others were researching the Reverse Magic Array here before.

Even after things settled down, Diluc kept the office because Abedo and Sugar often came by.

Anyway, his family doesn't need one or two more rooms.

Yunxiu knocked on the door and went inside, surprised to find that the two girls were getting along very well. Sugar had already started teaching Xiangling how to use the huge space inside the Guoba doll. From the opened magic door, you could see the two girls were playfully bickering inside. Xiangling had even planted quite a few of the ingredients she had gathered along the way.

"As long as she's happy." Yunxiu sat down in the office chair with a happy smile, and instead of going into the space to play with the two girls, she began to assess her own strength.

Reaching level 11 did not increase any attribute points, so my constitution modifier remained at +6. Combined with my life dice and resilience talent, my base health reached 121 points.

With a six-ring correction coefficient of 464.76, Yunxiu's final health is 56235 points.

However, her intelligence did improve to some extent. It wasn't because Yunxiu added any points, but simply because Yunxiu had Abedo help her forge a staff among the equipment made from Dvalin Dragonscale.

【Wind Whisper Dragon Scale Staff】

Rank: Legendary (Fake)

Basic features:

[Source of Intelligence]: Increases your Intelligence attribute by two points.

[Wind Dragon's Blessing]: Holding this staff allows unconditional flight at a speed of 3 meters per second equal to the Intelligence modifier. This effect can be stacked with other flight spells.

Skill Features:

[Legendary Spell]: Can be used up to 3 times per day for each level of Intelligence modifier, currently can be used 3 times, maximum level 9.

[Dragon's Roar]: Slam your staff on the ground, unleashing a Dragon's Roar effect in a fan-shaped area with a radius of 25 meters in front of you. All creatures within the area must make a DC22 Constitution saving throw. The loser takes 5D8+9 damage and is stunned for 30 seconds; the success rate is halved.

Additional features:

[Seven Dragons Gathering Soul]: You must find at least one core scale of an ancient elemental dragon king and find a spellcaster capable of crafting legendary equipment (or forcibly use a wish spell) to fuse them.

Each fusion increases the Intelligence attribute by 2 points and increases the damage of Dragon's Roar by 50%.

And will gain the special skill of the Dragon King of that attribute.

Therefore, Yunxiu's intelligence has now reached 28 points, and the adjustment value has also reached +9.

The most direct manifestation is that the shield value of Arcane Protection has reached 14408 points. After stacking nine times, it has a shield value of 13, which is almost double that of level nine!

The elemental energy has reached 2834 points, an increase of almost 1000 points compared to before.

The scales of Dvalin were divided into four parts by Yunxiu: three large and one small. The largest part was used to forge this staff.

Two larger pieces, along with feathers and other precious materials brought out by the servants, were used to create two fairy garments, one for Sugar and one for Xiangling.

The main reason is that as a defensive mage, I don't really need this kind of thing. If someone can break through my various protective spells, then having this robe is pointless...

The smallest portion was mixed with other materials and made into the huge demiplane attached to the rice crust doll.

As for magic…

After Yunxiu reached level eleven, she discovered that subsequent leveling up was no longer related to experience points, but rather a process called "reclaiming the constellation".

There are six in total. Only after retrieving the Destiny Seat and completing the so-called fifth stage of godhood can one truly cross the threshold of "human" and become a "Gengoku".

Each person's destiny is closely related to their fate and weaknesses. Since I am a mage, almost all of my six destinys are related to magic and laws.

Dad retrieved four of them...

His first Destiny Seat, which is also the focus of his next study, is none other than the "Seat of Enlightenment".

The information given in the Secret Record of All Laws is to understand the truth of a sixth-circle spell and to improve and optimize it based on the spell.

Once successful, you can retrieve your first destiny star.

Of course, it's not impossible to skip it, judging from the various information I've recently reviewed and the analysis of the Secret Records of All Laws.

In reality, high-level alchemists can forcibly summon the Destiny Star by refining individual "Original Stones" from a large amount of Mora and rare materials.

Of course, this would make the foundation unstable, making it difficult to advance further after entering the realm of Genshin Impact. Insufficient understanding and in-depth research into the laws of the world would also lead to one's own elementalization.

"I hope I can retrieve a few Destiny Stars before going to Inazuma..." After looking at the spell list and thinking about her next stage, Yunxiu focused her attention on the spell [Spell Nullification Barrier].

In terms of the Protection school, Spell Nullification is undoubtedly the strongest spell of the sixth ring, if not the strongest.

This makes the idea of ​​relying on low-level spellcasters to overwhelm high-level mages a complete delusion, as a sixth-circle spell nullification barrier can ignore all spells below the sixth circle for an hour.

It is all.

Of course, this spell has its flaws, and quite significant ones at that, which is why Yunxiu set her sights on it.

Since it cannot be moved and is relatively difficult to maintain, Yunxiu's plan is to upgrade and transform the spell into a trigger-based one, similar to the idea of ​​"active defense".

In other words, the corresponding defensive method will be determined based on perception after the opponent's spell is activated. If nothing unexpected happens, Yunxiu will likely combine this spell with [Protection from Evil] or [Spell Counter]...

Therefore, he chose [Spell Nullification Ward] for his sixth-ring spell. In addition to [Spell Nullification Ward], due to the nature of Teyvat's spell system, he also chose [True Knowledge] and [Sunfire Ray]. True Knowledge can be used to obtain information and the true nature of things, allowing him to successfully complete his exploration and the subsequent "Seat of Wisdom" and "Seat of Heritage," and to light up his second and third constellations.

As for the subsequent themes of the heart, resonance, and destiny, he still has no clue...

As for the [Sunfire Ray], it's simply powerful. It can directly unleash a giant light cannon with a diameter of 5 meters and a length of 60 meters, causing 8D20 damage. This can be considered to make up for his current predicament of having excessive defense but insufficient output.

"However, with Yueji's help for the next period of time, theoretically we shouldn't encounter any problems with insufficient damage output." Yunxiu scratched her head and thought, "Judging from the power she displayed when we fought that day, even if it was a joke, it's clear that her strength is definitely above the eighth ring..."

Lost in thought, Yunxiu actually fell asleep on her office desk.

This was the best sleep he had had recently. He was free from the pain of worrying about how to navigate the chaotic situation, the discomfort of being lost about the future, and the anxiety about the world. The aroma wafting from the Sugar Alchemy Workshop and the fragrance of Xiang Ling's cooking coming from the entrance to the demiplane completely relaxed his tense mind.

In his sleep, Yunxiu had an abstract and beautiful dream in which he was intimately close to a large group of girls. The sweet and soft dream made him drool.

It would have been perfect if he hadn't woken up to find himself tied to a frame with all sorts of woven straw rings.

"????????????????" Yunxiu easily broke free of the grass ring and jumped down effortlessly, finding herself in a demiplane. Through the window, she could see a beautiful carpet spread out on the grass outside, with four girls huddled together, performing the Seven Sages Summoning ritual while eating various snacks and peculiar juices, looking quite happy—if it weren't for the various unflattering photos of Yunxiu taken while she was tied up, this would indeed be a good story…

"Rain and Rainbow!" Yanfei calmly played a card called Xingqiu, and the Rain Curtain Sword it generated easily crippled a Sugar Diluc.

"Hahaha! I won!" Tsukihime played a "Carnival Rhythm" card, generating three wild dice. This activated the "Secret Technique: True Dream" of the Thunder God card, dealing 7 points of damage after stacking, instantly killing Xingqiu. Yanfei was left with only one card with low health, while Tsukihime's Thunder God was still almost at full health.