What bad intentions could the original dragon have?

"But don't worry. Since Tevarin 'attacked' Mondstadt, it means that the Wind God has most likely appeared. He should take some action next."

"Next, the Knights of Favonius will do whatever they should do. Since the Wind God is the god of freedom, his next actions will definitely be formulated and modified around you, so don't worry about disrupting the Wind God's plan." Zhong Ling put his hands in his sleeves and looked out the window after he finished speaking.

The strong wind had died down and the midday sun was shining brightly on the city.

"Rather, Barbatos doesn't have a plan at all, right?"

A.23 Can we be on the same channel?

"Ying really can't stop." Even though she had just come out of the 'Temple of the West Wind Eagle' not long ago, Ying now planned to continue doing something.

Because of the storm of the [Wind Dragon], the Adventurer's Association has accumulated a large number of commissions.

Although Ying's power was sealed, she was able to use wind elemental power after touching the [Seven Days Statue·Wind]. Her wind elemental power was not weak. Combined with Ying's own physical fitness and swordsmanship, her strength was actually quite strong.

After learning about the Adventurer's Guild from Amber, Ying decided to join it.

According to Ying, "Although I don't remember many things, among the many worlds I have traveled to, adventurer is one of the professions that is easiest to obtain information."

Well, what Ying said is not wrong. Those are the places where it is easiest to get information.

The Adventurer's Guild, caravanserai, inn and tavern are the four places where it is easiest to get information about strange stories.

After passing the level test of the Adventurer's Association, Ying was directly promoted to an adventurer of the 'third-level world'.

By the way, ‘X-level world’ is the Adventurer’s Association’s judgment of the adventurer’s strength.

The higher the level, the more commissions you can receive and the higher the difficulty.

Of course, the higher the difficulty, the greater the reward.

"Hehe... I always feel that if I don't find something to do, it will be hard to calm down." Ying scratched her hair embarrassedly. "Besides, we can't always spend Miss Zhong Ling's Mora, right?"

"I don't mind." Zhong Ling paused for a moment after she finished speaking, feeling that what she said was a little inappropriate. "After all, Ying may have to stay with me for quite some time."

"Um...accompany?" Ying tilted her head.

"Of course. After Tevarin's matter is resolved, will Ying go directly to Liyue? I am still quite interested in Mondstadt and plan to travel around Mondstadt for a while."

"Hmm? If everything is settled, shouldn't I go directly to Liyue?" Ying thought in confusion.

"Oh, I don't think I've told Ying about this?" Zhong Ling nodded after thinking for a while. "Since Ying's goal is to meet the Seven Rulers of the Earthly World, then the next person to meet is naturally the Rock King of Liyue."

"However, Ying was able to meet Tevarin by chance, which is a once-in-a-millennium event, and thus had the opportunity to see the [God of Wind]."

"But our Liyue is different. Under the rule of [Granite Emperor], Liyue has not suffered any disasters for hundreds of years. With Ying's status, you are not qualified to meet [Granite Emperor] at all."

It sounds like coercion and inducement, but it is indeed the case.

Liyue is the 'kingdom of gods', but even so... not just anyone can see the king, right?

"That's true. Unless something special happens, it's impossible for travelers to see the Seven Rulings of the World." Paimon nodded.

"What should we do then?" Ying looked at Zhong Ling and asked. Since Zhong Ling mentioned it, she must have a solution, right?

"One of my good friends is the secretary of the [Liyue Seven Stars]. She is not the secretary of the [Seven Stars] individually, but the secretary of the [Liyue Seven Stars]. Do you understand what I mean?" Zhong Ling emphasized Ganyu's identity. "Although she is a secretary, she has a high status in Liyue and is qualified to meet the [Emperor of Geode] directly."

"How about you stay with me in Mondstadt for a few days and I'll ask her to introduce you to the Rock King?"

"Of course, I will cover all the expenses during the trip."

Zhong Ling simply threw out the conditions and remuneration she offered in one go, and it seemed that there was no room for bargaining.

There is only agreement or disagreement.

"Traveler, it seems like you're making a lot of money?" Paimon pinched his chin and looked at Ying.

"Indeed, it sounds very profitable...but this won't bring any benefits to Miss Zhong Ling, right?" Ying was puzzled.

Zhong Ling's unwarranted kindness made her a little flustered.

There is no free lunch in the world. If you want something, you have to pay for it.

She didn't believe that Zhong Ling offered such generous conditions just to have her accompany him for a few days.

"It's a good thing that Ying is with me."

"Um... Miss Zhong Ling, please be normal... This makes me a little scared..." Ying took a half step back in panic.

"Huh?" Zhong Ling glanced at her and asked with amusement. "Why is it Ying who is scared? Weren't you the one who first proposed to marry me?"

"Although for outsiders, 'propose' is just a compliment, but the person who can be complimented with 'propose' must be very good, right? I should have a very good image in Ying's heart, right?"

Based on this thought, Zhong Ling felt that mentioning yesterday's 'proposal' would help eliminate Ying's vigilance towards herself.

"How about running away?" Ying was thinking about the feasibility of running away now.

Ying used to think that since Zhong Ling was so pretty, she wouldn't lose anything if something happened to her...

Of course, it was just a funny statement. Ying just felt that Zhong Ling didn't have any ill will towards her.

There is no conflict of interest between them.

But now Zhong Ling has proposed such confusing conditions and remuneration, the nature of this is different.

"Ms. Zhong Ling's attitude is a little strange..." Ying thought, Zhong Ling didn't seem to be like this yesterday. "When did she become strange... It seems that Miss Zhong Ling became strange after waking up this morning... Could it be that I did something last night?"

"Ms. Zhong Ling's conditions sound like...she just wants to keep me by her side."

"Could it be that Miss Zhong Ling is so angry because of what I did last night..."

"Wow, this can't be like this!"

'But Miss Zhong Ling specifically mentioned the proposal...Oh my god, what did I do?!'

"Okay, I'm just kidding." Zhong Ling looked at Ying's cowardly look and waved her hands with amusement.

I am [Cangming Yuanjun], the most noble woman in Liyue.

How could I have any feelings for a little kid like you?

"It's fate that we met. I just think Ying is more compatible with me." Zhong Ling maintained her serene smile. "If Ying doesn't want to...then forget it."

If Ying really doesn't want to go with her, then so be it. She doesn't like to force others to do anything.

Anyway, if Ying wants to meet [Emperor Rock King], she has to meet her.

There are plenty of opportunities to detoxify.

At worst, I can tell Ying the reason and then give her a generous reward.

The rewards are just that anyway, nothing more than status and Mora.

Morax is already her brother, is she still afraid of not having money?

Apart from anything else, there were countless Morados in her 'White Dragon Gorge'.

Fortunately, Mora is a precious metal that everyone can understand. It is also an excellent alchemical material and will be consumed.

Otherwise, if she took out the Mora stored in "White Dragon Gorge", it would probably cause inflation for a while.

"Wow... this smile feels so sad..." Combining with her own thoughts, Ying felt that Zhong Ling's peaceful smile contained a deep sadness (actually it was just a polite smile).

"Or, I should just agree to her request... and ask her quietly what I did..."

A.24 Sleepwalking

"Well... you don't have to be a fool if you have a connection. Since Miss Zhong Ling has a way to introduce me to [Rock God], then of course I don't have to think of other ways." Ying deliberately said that she agreed to accompany her for a while just so that Zhong Ling could introduce her to [Rock God].

In this way, we can observe Zhong Ling’s attitude.

"In other words, Ying decided to stay with me in Mond for a while?" Zhong Ling was still quite happy.

After all, the sooner the poison in your body is dealt with, the better. Every moment of delay counts.

After arriving in Mondstadt, Zhong Ling discovered that she seemed to have overestimated her own condition.

She is the embodiment of Liyue's water essence. Even if she is not in 'White Dragon Gorge', she can still get the support of 'Liyue' and can be immune to the erosion of the poison to a large extent.

But after arriving in Mond, this protection disappeared, and the erosion of the poison was so strong that Zhong Ling could hardly bear it.

If Ying hadn't detoxified her yesterday, Zhong Ling might have left Mondstadt and returned to Liyue early this morning.

After all, she wasn't sure how long she could maintain her sanity with her occasional trance-like state of mind.

If he went berserk in Liyue, it would be fine, at least his brother would be able to suppress him and nothing serious would happen.

If he went berserk in Mondstadt... Zhong Ling was worried that he would kill Barbatos.

After all, this guy is really weak.

Since he has not managed the mortal world for thousands of years, even if he activated the power of [Heart of God], the improvement it brought to him would be minimal.

With the divine power and authority he inherited from the [Fierce Wind Demon] Diakarapian, he could at best exert the power of a superior demon.

Although he is one of the original seven gods, among the original seven gods, the only one who is weaker than Barbatos seems to be Inazuma's [Thunder General] Baal.

Unlike the other seven gods, the winner of Inazuma is the [Thunder God]. Just as the element of thunder has positive and negative, the [Thunder God] is a twin demon god, which means there are two of them.

The two [Demons of Thunder] are Baal and Baalzebul.

As the elder sister and the owner of the 'Heart of God', Baal is weak in martial power, the weakest among the Seven Gods. Even though Inazuma thrives under her management, she has also gained a greater degree of power.

No, that's not right either.

Baal has never driven the 'Heart of God', and even her authority as the [Demon of Thunder] has never been sharpened.

On the contrary, although Baalzebub, as the younger sister, does not possess the "Heart of God", her strength is extraordinary.

One of them is a scholar and the other is a warrior, and together they manage Inazuma...

Phew, how can that country girl like Baalzebub manage things?

When Bal talked to her about state affairs, she would just stand by and nod her head with a confused look on her face.

Bal certainly knew that his sister was not familiar with state affairs, and he occasionally talked to her about these things simply because he wanted his sister to feel a sense of participation.

People who are not in good mental health tend to have wandering thoughts.

Zhong Ling's thoughts flew from the possibility of her own rampage to her former friend.

"I don't know what happened to Baalzebub. I haven't seen him for a long time." Zhong Ling thought about Baalzebub.

Their relationship is pretty good, and they all attended the Seven Gods cocktail party.

Probably because of their similar identities.

Zhong Ling is the sister of [God of Rock], and Baalzebub is the sister of [God of Thunder].

However, they were not one of the seven gods after all, so Zhong Ling and Baalzebub sat at the bottom.

Since our seats were close, it was normal to chat for a while. As the topic deepened, we had more and more topics to talk about.

After several cocktail parties, they became pretty good friends.

Although the opportunities are rare, Baalzebub sometimes comes to Liyue to play.

"Pfft, when Baalzebul said he was here to play, his expression was so stinky." Zhong Ling recalled the first time Baalzebul came to Liyue from Inazuma alone to find her.

She said she was here to have fun, but actually...she must have been forced here by Baal.

Later, Baalzebub came a few times... and every time he ate up all the desserts in her house. Fortunately, he was a demon, otherwise he would have become as fat as a ball.

"Well, in the past five hundred years, has Baalzebul come to Liyue to look for me?" "It seems that they haven't seen each other for seven or eight hundred years.

The dark disaster came too suddenly, so Zhong Ling entered the seal without saying anything.

"Once the poison is resolved, I'll find a chance to go to Inazuma to see Baalzebub. Come to think of it, I've never been to Inazuma before... If I go to Inazuma quietly, Baalzebub will probably be very surprised, right?"

Thinking of that country girl Baalzebub, Zhong Ling wanted to laugh.

She is obviously very beautiful and pretends to be indifferent, but there is a kind of rusticity that cannot be concealed.

However, it is precisely because of this rusticity that Baalzebub is quite likable.

"Let's see what delicious desserts Liyue has in recent years and bring some to her." Zhong Ling has already planned what to do after she is cured of the poison.

"Well, if you don't take advantage of the opportunity, wouldn't that be stupid?" Ying said with a smile. 'It's over, it's over, she looks so happy...'

Ying could feel the joy coming out of Zhong Ling when she nodded in agreement, and she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, both of which showed Zhong Ling's happiness.

Under normal circumstances, if she can make others happy, she herself will also be in a good mood.