His old friend was good in every way except for this one thing that he couldn't handle.
He is already old, but his personality is so eccentric. I don’t know what to do.
"Senior Wendy, could you please tell me why you suddenly made this decision?"
After such a tacit interaction between Venti and Zhongli, the awkward atmosphere caused by Nashida's rejection was eased a little.
Nashida also took away her divine power, as if nothing had happened just now, and asked Wendy about her intention.
All I can say is that the two incidents with Egolia and Zhongli really gave her PTSD, otherwise she wouldn't have had such a big reaction.
Right now, planning for Liyue and preparing for the battle of Fontaine are enough to give her a headache. If another Mondstadt comes, she might become the first of the Seven Gods to die from overwork.
It's only been a few years since she came out of Jingshan Palace, why do so many people want to strengthen her?
"I see that Xumi is doing pretty well, and since the old man is doing this, I have to follow suit, right?"
Seeing that Nashida had returned to normal, with a hint of guilt in her tone, Wendy immediately took advantage of the situation and confidently admitted the reason why he wanted to slack off.
But then, his state changed from smug to pitiful, and he even held Nashida's hand again and began to shake it.
"Well, Nashida, you can't bear to see your senior Wendy suffer so much, so just promise me, okay, okay~"
At this moment, Venti has brought the traditional Liyue art of "face changing" to the extreme. Even Zhongli, who was drinking tea silently on the side, sprayed the tea out of his mouth after seeing his performance, looking so embarrassed.
"Senior, I understand your feelings, but we should consider this matter carefully."
Seeing that Wendy was so shameless, Nashida could only force a smile and comfort her a little.
"Senior, don't be sad. I will help you. Isn't it enough for me to help you?" Seeing Wendy's expression that looked like she was about to cry, Nashida finally chose to give in.
"Great! I knew you were a good kid, Nashida."
After receiving Nashida's affirmative answer, Wendy changed her grief-stricken look and jumped up directly.
Zhongli, who had just wiped the table and picked up the teacup with great difficulty, scored twice as expected after seeing Venti's performance.
"But I want to make it clear in advance that I will never be the God of Wind, whether in the past, present or future. This decision is made out of principled considerations. Please understand this clearly, senior."
However, just as Wendy was about to have a glass of wine to celebrate, Narcida poured cold water on her.
"In my opinion, it may be a little impolite, but Senior's act of forcibly handing over the throne to me is undoubtedly an extremely irresponsible behavior."
It was still that childish voice, but Nashida's tone was more serious than ever.
Seeing this, Wendy, who had been heartless just now, stopped her funny behavior and listened quietly to Nashida's words.
As a god who has lived for thousands of years, he is not really ignorant of propriety. Since his descendants are like this, he naturally has to show the proper attitude.
Besides, this time he was asking for help, and if he didn't correct his attitude, he would probably feel guilty.
All I can say is that this little yet surprisingly serious junior was so adorable that he couldn't help but go a little overboard.
“Even Senior Zhongli did not directly let me become a god when it came to Liyue. Instead, he adopted other methods to transform Liyue.”
Having said this, Nashida looked at Zhongli standing beside her, and only continued speaking after the other party nodded solemnly.
"So, if Senior Wendy just wants to make changes to Mondstadt, I think we can choose a compromise."
"That is to say, we should build a team of talents first, and then make changes." Under the gaze of two people at the side, Nashida slowly stated her solution.
Just like what she had done before in Xumi, she first carried out ideological education for some of the advanced elements in Mond, and then planned to reform Mond after she was able to form a team.
"In this way, although the speed may be slowed down, the damage to the country itself can be reduced a lot."
Based on her personal experience in managing Liyue during this period, she can be said to have a deep understanding of how important a loyal and reliable team of talents is to a new regime.
Take Liyue Harbor, which is currently controlled by Ningguang, as an example. The biggest difficulty she faced in establishing this regime was not the shortage of supplies or the so-called lack of legitimacy, but the lack of a usable administrative team.
Because in the process of Ningguang expelling the aristocratic families and establishing a new regime, she not only solved the problem of the aristocratic families controlling the political situation, but also destroyed Liyue's old administrative system.
But after destroying the old order, Ningguang and Nashida were embarrassed to find that due to insufficient prior preparation and insufficient propaganda of revolutionary ideas, they were unable to gather cadres who could effectively govern Liyue Harbor for a while.
In order to solve this problem, Ningguang had to bring together all the people she could find. While retaining Keqing, Tianshu and others, she also brought in people like Hutao and Yanfei who had no administrative experience but were loyal and reliable into the government.
Even so, Ningguang still couldn't gather enough manpower. Helplessly, she could only find Nashida and borrow a group of Xumi high-level officials who came to visit Liyue to temporarily fill in.
This resolved the administrative crisis of the Ningguang regime, and with the help of a group of old comrades such as Elhaisen, they gradually began to select and train talents loyal to the new regime from among the people.
Therefore, after learning this lesson, Nashida would never go directly to Mondstadt where she had no roots, otherwise she would definitely fall into a more embarrassing situation than Ningguang.
"That's great. I agree that this plan is feasible."
After listening to Nashida's explanation, Zhongli on the side expressed his approval.
Obviously, after this period of practical operation, he also realized this problem.
"So how can we build a reliable team?"
Although this question sounds a bit silly, Wendy, who had not led the people to rebel for a long time, still raised this question.
"Well, there are many ways. If Senior Wendy doesn't mind the trouble, you can learn from what I did in Xumi before. Use various methods to secretly spread ideas in Mondstadt and build a revolutionary organization step by step."
Nashida highly recommended this method, and in order to increase her persuasiveness, she even moved a large pile of books from her consciousness space.
"Some of these books contain relevant theoretical knowledge, and some contain my practical experience, which are all very valuable."
Stuffing all the books into Wendy's hands, Nashida clapped her hands in satisfaction.
She had wanted to do this for a long time, to teach Fengshen a lesson for his unreliable temper.
"This... Nashida, is there any other way? There are too many books here."
Unfortunately, Wendy only flipped through a few pages, put the book aside, and made another request to Nashida.
How could he, the god of freedom, tolerate this by asking him to study slowly like Nashida and taking his time like Nashida!
Let's see if there is any other way. If it doesn't work, use this one.
"Of course there is, but this method still requires the cooperation of Senior Wendy."
Seeing that Wendy had thrown the book aside as she had expected, Nashida smiled her signature smile again and kindly proposed the next plan.
"Since it is very difficult to rely solely on Mond's own efforts, why not seek external help to train cadres?"
"Senior Wendy can use his identity as the God of Wind to issue an order to allow the Knights of Favonius and some outstanding talents to come to our Xumi for further training."
"We in Xumi will grit our teeth and squeeze out teaching resources to ensure that we can educate them... teach them well, and turn them into firm revolutionary fighters."
Nashida's tone was very sincere, and her concern for the people of Mondstadt was beyond words. Even Wendy, who was known for her thick skin, felt embarrassed.
"As for how to ensure the quality of teaching while I'm away from Xumi, Senior Wendy, don't worry. I will inform our dear Comrade Irene right now and ask her to work a little harder to ensure the quality of teaching for our friends in Mond."
Having said that, the smile on Nashida's face became even brighter. She immediately sent a message to Xumi through the earth veins, and then blocked any possible reply from Xumi.
"This... this is really a big thank you to you, Nashida. There is such a good junior in the world. I am so moved that I am about to cry."
Seeing that Nashida cared so much about his affairs, Wendy once again expressed his gratitude to Nashida in his signature exaggerated tone.
But this time, his exaggerated expression also showed a bit of sincerity.
"As long as Senior Wendy is happy, I'll use tea instead of wine to congratulate you two seniors in advance on the success of your plan."
After reaching a consensus, Nashida picked up the teacup on the table and held it high in front of Wendy and Zhongli.
But maybe because too much time had passed, the originally steaming cup of hot tea had now become cold.
But this did not affect Nashida's happy mood at the moment. As long as the meaning was conveyed, it didn't matter whether the tea was hot or not.
"Very good." Zhongli raised his glass.
"Okay, okay, let's drink together!" Seeing Nashida taking the initiative, Wendy raised her glass with excitement.
After a simple clink of glasses, the three gods drank it all in this joyful atmosphere.
However, just as the liquid in the teacup entered her mouth, Nashida widened her eyes and looked at the "teacup" still at her mouth in disbelief.
"What...when..."
I suddenly felt dizzy and my consciousness was gradually fading away. I could only hear anxious shouts coming from my ears and the sound of someone blaming me.
The teacup fell to the ground and Nashida completely lost consciousness.
Chapter 186 Awakening and Conspiracy
An unknown amount of time passed in the darkness before Nashida slowly opened her eyes, accompanied by a severe headache.
"There are so many stars~ Where is this place..."
Looking at the unfamiliar ceiling, Nashida tilted her head and looked around. After discovering some Liyue-style furniture, she realized where she was.
It seems that after I lost consciousness, Zhongli sent me to the guest room of Wangshu Inn.
"No, I can't use any strength at all. Why is this time so much more serious than last time?"
After knowing where she was, Nashida tried to prop herself up, but as soon as she stood up, the two little hands that supported her body went limp and she fell back onto the bed.
The fall caused her to see stars. The dizziness that she had suppressed with great difficulty came back, turning her eyes back into the shape of mosquito coils.
"Woo~"
Feeling the discomfort coming from all her limbs, Nashida couldn't help but let out a cry of pain. Finally, she couldn't hold on any longer, closed her eyes, and fainted again.
It can only be said that this is worthy of being the thousand-year-old fine wine collected by the God of Wind. After just a small sip, the aftereffect was much stronger than the previous time, making Nashida completely lose the ability to resist.
Now, let alone the powerful demon god, even the powerless Lady Finina would be able to pick her up and run away.
This also provides some people with ulterior motives with a rare opportunity...
...
"Hmm~"
After an unknown amount of time, Nashida slowly opened her eyes again after a slight moan.
This time, perhaps because some time had passed, her hangover was much less severe than before.
At least there is no problem standing up straight, and the soreness all over the body is almost gone. Except for a little pain in the head, I have fully recovered.
"Lord Grass God, are you awake?"
Sitting on the bed and moving her arms slightly, Nashida immediately heard words of concern coming from the side.
Turning his head to the other side of the room, he saw a young man with black hair and flowery arms sitting on a chair not far away, looking at him with concern.
"This is the awakening pill that the Emperor asked Yaojun to make for you. Please take it. It should help relieve your symptoms."
After saying that, Xiao took out a golden gourd, poured out a brown pill from it, and handed it to Nashida.
Judging from how much importance Xiao attaches to it, it must have taken a lot of effort to refine it, otherwise he wouldn't treasure it so much.
"Then I would like to thank Senior Zhongli here first." Nashida was not the kind of person who was shy about Zhongli's kindness, and she directly put the pill into her mouth.
Rather than meaninglessly refusing, it is more important to solve the problem that is bothering her. As for how to thank her later, the worst that can happen is that she will help Liyue more.
"What a novel experience. It must have cost a lot of natural resources to refine this elixir."
As the pill entered her stomach, Nashida's headache was relieved almost immediately. Also, under the effect of the pill, several elemental forces in her body began to circulate in a peculiar way and began to gradually dissolve the residual alcohol.
This magical experience was something she had never had before, and it made her curious about the method of making this elixir.
If she could master the method of making it, wouldn't it mean that even if she accidentally consumed alcohol in the future, as long as she took this medicine as soon as she woke up, the symptoms of drunkenness could be greatly alleviated?
If that's the case, then we really have to find a way to get the production method, even if it means using the World Tree to dig three feet into the ground.
"Yes, it did take the Emperor a lot of thought to refine this pill, and many of the materials are his treasures."
Seeing that Nashida was interested in this, Xiao explained to her the origin of the pill.
However, to her disappointment, the method of making this pill was so special that there was no way to copy it.
"In other words, the essence of this pill is actually a manifestation of the power of the Medicine Lord. The effect of quickly alleviating symptoms is only because the symptoms were transferred by the power she left behind?"
After learning the truth, Nashida felt so regretful. If she had known the principle of this thing earlier, she would have kept it and treasured it.
After all, even without this pill, her current symptoms have been almost cured. It is really heartbreaking to see such a precious thing being wasted.
She knew that the Medicine King was not in a good condition, and she didn't know what method Zhongli had used to convince him to exert his strength to refine this medicine for her.
"Yes, if you hadn't been asleep for so long, the Emperor wouldn't have been so anxious, and I wouldn't have fed you medicine the first time you woke up."
Seeing Nashida beating her chest and stamping her feet, even the unsociable Xiao realized that he had done something bad with good intentions because he was too worried about her.
"It's okay. This is not your problem. I will come to thank Yaojun in person later."
Noticing that Xiao lowered his head while speaking and his tone began to become self-blaming, Nashida immediately comforted him in a gentle tone.
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