Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

"Look at what you're saying, as if Qi Yan is some kind of jinx."

Wei Yanwu surprisingly chose to speak out for Qi Yan.

This made Zuo Xuanliao even more confused, unable to figure out Wei Yanwu's true stance.

He tried hard to recall information about Qi Yan, and asked suspiciously, "Isn't he a jinx enough?"

"Brother Zuo, listen to my advice," Wei Yanwu said earnestly. "Never approach Qi Yan with this kind of mentality. Rather than seeing him as a jinx, I recommend that you regard him as a special kind of messenger."

Like messengers of natural disasters, it's not that wherever the messenger appears, a natural disaster will occur; rather, wherever a natural disaster occurs, the messenger of natural disaster will appear.

"So, is Yumen really going to face a calamity?"

"This is likely to be a major calamity."

“Because Qi Yan came with people,” Wei Yanwu affirmed. “The last time he gathered a lot of manpower before taking action was in Victoria.”

Zuo Xuanliao was speechless for a moment.

Wei Yanwu reminded him again: "There's something strange about the Grand Tutor's return to the capital. Be prepared. I sensed his urgency for the first time from the letters he sent."

"That's really going to be a big deal."

Zuo Xuanliao lowered his head, recalling the letter that the Grand Tutor had sent him alone. The letter was very short, containing only the four words "Returning to the capital from Yumen".

But Zuo Xuanliao understood one principle.

Fewer words mean bigger things!

Zuo Xuanliao looked up at Wei Yanwu and said, "I think that since Lord Wei specifically reminded me, he must have some thoughts on this. Why don't you speak frankly?"

Wei Yanwu skillfully slung the bow behind his back and said succinctly:

"Throw the Grandmaster out to attract Qi Yan's attention, and you take Yumen and keep a low profile."

Zuo Xuanliao: "..."

In the silence, footsteps approached from outside the door.

Under the watchful eyes of the two men, a man wearing a white shirt and a black overcoat walked into the house.

The man had a calm demeanor, dragon horns on his head, and his muscular arms were adorned with the unique painted decorations of the Sui family. The main body of the decorations was black, with dark gold patterns outlined on them.

After walking steadily into the house, the man smiled faintly and nodded to the two people inside.

"Grandmaster, you've arrived."

Wei Yanwu greeted the other party with a normal expression, as if he had never said anything bad about the other party.

Chongyue walked to the table in front of the two men, pulled up a chair, sat down, and greeted Wei Yanwu:

"Long time no see."

"Yes, it's a pity our meeting was short-lived. I'm already preparing to leave." Wei Yanwu did not return to his seat.

"So soon?" Chongyue was somewhat surprised.

"He was terrified by Qi Yan, so he was in a hurry to seek refuge." Zuo Xuanliao exposed Wei Yanwu's thoughts without hesitation.

Wei Yanwu wasn't annoyed. Instead, he raised an eyebrow with interest, already wondering how much Zuo Xuanliao would have to suffer at Qi Yan's hands before he would behave.

Seeing the two bickering, Chongyue chose to change the subject and steer the conversation towards himself:

"Now that Yumen is about to return to the capital, my status is inconvenient, so I am preparing to relinquish all my positions in Yumen. You are already aware of this, and the Grand Tutor has agreed."

Wei Yanwu immediately inquired, "Master, you've had a long journey. Are you planning to leave Yumen in the next few days?"

Compared to Zuo Xuanliao, he showed more concern for Chongyue.

Pay close attention to the movements of this player who clearly has the potential to attract attention, and be prepared to avoid the Dragon Gate at any time.

Zuo Xuanliao, however, was more concerned about something else: "Grandmaster, do you have a proper plan for dealing with your sword?"

Seeing that Zuo Xuanliao was speaking of important matters, Chongyue explained:

“Yumen values ​​martial arts, and I am also a martial artist. So my idea is to determine who will keep the sword on the Yumen arena. Whoever wins the top spot will get the sword.”

"Isn't this a bit too casual?" Zuo Xuanliao asked worriedly.

He knew in his heart that Chongyue's sword was not one of the famous swords he usually collected.

The sword of Chongyue contains Chongyue's former name, as well as his body as the agent of the Year Beast.

The Chongyue sitting in front of him and Wei Yanwu at this moment was merely a human body created by his authority.

Chong Yue had clearly anticipated Zuo Xuanliao's concerns, and said with a faint smile:

"Of course it won't be that easy. Martial arts skills are only the first test. Whether it's worth entrusting the sword to someone else is something I have other considerations to make."

I know General Zuo also has some opinions on the handling of the sword, but for me, this sword should ultimately be entrusted to a suitable person, not a suitable situation. Please understand.

"That's natural." Zuo Xuanliao didn't insist on this matter.

"Since you two are discussing important matters, I, Wei, will not disturb you any longer."

Wei Yanwu picked up the teapot on the table, poured tea for Zuo Xuanliao and Chongyue, and then, with his hands not entirely clean, simply carried the teapot away.

Zuo Xuanliao opened his mouth, but ultimately did not ask Wei Yanwu to stay, letting the other man leave with his beloved purple clay teapot.

After Wei Yanwu left, Chongyue couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Even if Lord Wei wanted to avoid Qi Yan, there's no need for him to be in such a hurry, is there?"

Zuo Xuanliao snorted, "He's probably afraid I'll expose his bad idea and get punched by you."

"How could I do such a thing?" Chongyue said calmly with a smile. "What idea did Lord Wei come up with?"

Chapter 876 Whispers in a Dream

Chongyue quickly found an excuse to bid farewell to Zuo Xuanliao.

He walked to the street in Yumen, looked around, and found that Wei Yanwu was nowhere to be seen.

Chongyue began to think of some reasonable excuses.

After a moment, he made up his mind: "According to the intelligence, my three younger sisters will also come to Yumen with Qi Yan. As their elder brother, I should prepare some gifts for them."

Now that Longmen and Yumen are bordering each other and are providing supplies, it's perfectly reasonable for me to go to Longmen to buy gifts for my three younger sisters.

Having successfully convinced himself, Chongyue walked steadily toward Longmen.

He hadn't gone far when Chongyue felt something and stopped to gaze at the vast sky beyond Yumen.

"The sky seems a bit unusual."

After thinking for a moment, Chongyue temporarily abandoned his plan to go to Longmen and turned back to find Zuo Xuanliao, intending to persuade him to send a group of messengers to the city to investigate the disaster in detail.

In the clouds, on a mountain that does not exist in the world, Reiwa and Qiyan stand side by side on the edge of the cliff.

In the dream world woven by Ling, where the two were located, a skeletal behemoth was churning in the sea of ​​clouds, and beneath it, a red spirit was struggling desperately.

The Witch King tried several times to escape the torrents stirred up by the wandering skeletal beast, but was always teleported back to his original location by the beast's authority.

"Don't go, first warlock of this land," the skeletal behemoth chuckled wickedly. "Didn't your true form say that you no longer need a prefix when introducing yourselves?"

"Then go find him! What kind of skill is it to bully one of my clones?"

As the phantom of the Witch King cursed, it continued to try to escape.

The skeletal behemoth gently arched its head to create a ring of air in the clouds, then watched with satisfaction as the phantom of the Witch King was swept into the air and began to spin wildly like a small jellyfish in the deep sea.

The Witch King, feeling dizzy from being spun around, suddenly became emboldened and gathered all his power to condense a giant red hand, slapping the skeletal beast so hard that it also started spinning.

Qi Yan watched the two guys in the distance playing with each other like spinning tops, and didn't bother to get involved.

Ling looked at Qi Yan beside him with great interest and noticed a faint golden glint in the other's eyes. He couldn't help but ask curiously:

"You seem to have undergone some amazing changes."

Qi Yan also felt his reaction to the natural disaster and explained:

"It's probably because we're getting close to Yumen."

"Your abilities are related to geographical location?" Ling asked, puzzled.

“It’s a natural disaster.”

Upon hearing this answer, he nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Then she pressed further, "You took the initiative to ask me to pull you into your dream this time. Is there something you need to discuss?"

“It’s not that I want to discuss this with you, it’s that my ancestor wants to discuss this with me.”

Qi Yan patted the air beside him, and a snow-white wolf appeared in his dream.

Qi Yan asked curiously, "Da Bai, you're the kind of guy who wouldn't utter a word even if you were slapped three times, why have you suddenly changed your ways and started chatting with people on your own initiative, and why are you being so secretive about it behind Qi Lin's back?"

Qi Ju's huge figure squatted down next to Qi Yan, ignoring Qi Yan's wicked description, and took the initiative to nod and greet Ling.

He untied the wine gourd from his waist, turned, and stepped into the sea of ​​clouds:

"Since this is your family matter, I will not get involved."

"Thank you." Qi nodded again in thanks.

Ling waved his hand and left without looking back. He went to a place not far from the skeletal behemoth and the witch king, where he drank wine and watched the two creatures play their unique game.

Qi Yan bent down, grabbed Qi Liangsi's big tail, buried her body in Qi's fur, and pulled Qi's big tail over herself.

Qi did not stop him; instead, he lay down so that Qi Yan could lie more comfortably.

"Ah, Spalashi!"

Qi Yan was completely buried in the snow-white fur, with only his head sticking out.

"I haven't felt this way in a long time," Qi suddenly remarked.

"It feels like someone is lying on top of me, using my tail as a blanket."

Hearing this, Qi Yan couldn't help but chuckle:

"No wonder you know how to cooperate; you're quite experienced. Let me guess, is it a habit you developed when you lived in the Qi clan tribe?"

Memories surfaced in His golden eyes:

"Back then, many of the Qi family's children liked to climb and play on my body, or huddle together and use my tail as a blanket for a nap."

The children grew up little by little, until they were too embarrassed to sleep on me anymore, and then new children were born, and so on. Looking back now, those scenes seem so vivid, yet also like a lifetime ago.

Qi Yan laughed and said, "You can ask Qi Lin. That girl likes this cool temperature when she sleeps."

Qi fell silent in response to his suggestion.

Seeing this, Qi Yan couldn't help but look up in confusion at Qi Shuai's handsome profile.

He finally voiced the question that had been lingering in his heart for so long:

"You seem to be intentionally avoiding contact with Qi Lin?"

"Because this is the decision of the Qi family, they are prepared to forget me in the annals of time."

"why?"

Faced with Qi Yan's persistent questioning, Qi remained silent for a moment, then changed the subject instead of answering:

"Are you really going to kill Jing?"

"Mirror? That giant beast that brought disaster to the Qi family and to you is called Mirror?"

Qi nodded: "Yes, but it wasn't just Jing who harmed the Qi family lineage, I was too."

"Tell me exactly what happened back then, stop being such a riddle-teller, okay?" Qi Yan gently shook Qi's big tail.

Seeing Qi Yan's disgusting posture, Qi's hair stood on end, and his tone was filled with clear disgust:

"You're a grown woman, don't use such a childish tone."

Qi Yan chuckled and nudged Qi with his elbow, saying nonchalantly, "Compared to you, old man, I'm just a little thing who's as young as can be."

"...I still prefer to view this kind of thing from the perspective of your human age."

Qi expressed his opinion, and the tail broke free from Qi Yan's hand and covered him again.

Then He slowly said, "Now that we have returned and are destined to meet Jing again, I am not going to say anything more about not wanting revenge."

If I could, I would want to be the one to end Jing's life.