What bad intentions could the original dragon have?

A hint of sternness suddenly flashed in [Cangming Yuanjun]'s eyes.

She once slept in her own cave just because she thought those mortals who were looking for immortals were too troublesome.

He said he was in seclusion, but actually he just didn't want to go out.

But during these five hundred years, her seclusion was no longer 'voluntary'.

"Yuan Jun..." Gan Yu shouted worriedly.

"Ah, nothing." [Cangming Yuanjun] put down his sleeves and laughed. "The poison has been mostly removed... otherwise my brother would not let me out."

"Well... Yuanjun, thank you for your hard work." Ganyu could only say this after thinking for a moment.

"Xiao Yu, you're such a jerk." [Cang Ming Yuan Jun] waved his hand. "It's a rare meeting, so don't talk about this."

"Xiaoyu looks very tired. Although it is a contract with brother, you still need to make sure to rest."

As a semi-immortal beast, Ganyu's endurance is naturally unmatched by ordinary people.

However, even a semi-immortal beast will get tired. If it is burdened with work that exceeds its endurance limit, it will be very tiring.

Long before [Cangming Yuanjun] went into seclusion, she had already noticed Ganyu's fatigue.

Now, five hundred years later, work has naturally become more complicated.

The current workload should be an unbearable burden for Ganyu.

"But work..." Ganyu felt that she had rested long enough. She took a nap every day.

"Ah...you." [Cangming Yuanjun] shook his head slightly.

A.3 Go to Mondstadt

"You." [Cangming Yuanjun] shook his head and sighed slightly. "Xiaoyu, if you want to stay in shape, just eating less is useless."

"Don't think too much when eating. Keep a good mood. Otherwise, you will easily suffer from indigestion."

"If you have indigestion, you're more likely to gain weight."

There was no other way. Seeing Ganyu's persistence, [Cangming Yuanjun] could only change his words.

"Ah this..." Ganyu widened her eyes.

When Ganyu was about to say something, the waiter brought the first dish.

"Shh." [Cangming Yuanjun] put his fingers against his lips and made a soft hissing sound.

"..." Ganyu fell silent. Although she said that eating too much would make one fat, she couldn't help but pick up her chopsticks when she smelled the mouth-watering vegetarian dish.

"You've lost so much weight... What a pity." [Cangming Yuanjun] glanced at Ganyu's slender waist and sighed silently in his heart.

"Um, Yuan Jun..."

"Oh, by the way, there's no need to call me that in the mortal world." She shook her head. "Just call me... Zhong Ling."

As a creature of elemental creation, she is 'Naga'

As an immortal, she is 'Cangming'

As a person, she is 'Zhong Ling'

This is the name given to her by her favorite...demon.

"The phrase 'Zhonglingyuxiu' means: beautiful mountains and rivers, outstanding people and auspicious places. 'Yu' means 'nurture' and 'xiu' means 'talent'."

'The word "Zhong Ling" refers to "beautiful mountains and rivers that embody the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

"So, this name is perfect for the Naga, who was transformed from the water essence of Liyue. Hehe~ It sounds nice, right?"

That day, she gave the "Water Essence of Liyue" a new name with a smile.

Later, this name has always been used as the name of Naga when walking in the world.

"Hmm... I understand, Master Zhong Ling." Ganyu paused for a moment and then nodded, accepting the name, but still insisted on adding the word 'Master'.

However, this is not incomprehensible.

After all, 'Yuanjun' is the pinnacle of female fairies, and although Ganyu is a semi-immortal beast, she also belongs to the sequence of Liyue fairies. If we further subdivide her, she is naturally also a female fairy.

"Where is Master Zhong Ling going next?"

"Hmm..." Zhong Ling pinched her chin and thought for a while before saying, "I plan to visit all my fellow immortals and then go to Mondstadt."

"What? Yuanjun is going to Mondstadt?" Ganyu said in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Zhong Ling tilted her head slightly. "I have some friends in Mondstadt as well."

"It's like this, Mondstadt is facing a dragon disaster recently..."

"Dragon disaster?" Zhong Ling frowned.

The word 'dragon disaster' is not a good word for her.

There are dragons of all shapes and sizes on the continent of Teyvat.

In Liyue, there are earth dragons, white dragons, Chi, etc...

The vast majority of dragons are very powerful.

Dragon disaster refers specifically to disasters caused by dragons.

Liyue has also experienced several dragon disasters...

"Yes, for some reason, a wind dragon appeared in Mondstadt, and the Mondstadt people called it the Wind Dragon." Ganyu told Zhong Ling what she knew. "Although it did not directly attack Mondstadt, it has already caused great damage to Mondstadt. Now Mondstadt's transit trade has almost been interrupted."

"[Wind Demon Dragon]?" Zhong Ling pinched her chin and thought for a moment. "If we talk about Mondstadt's wind dragon, the first one that comes to mind is naturally Tevarin, the [East Wind Guardian], one of Mondstadt's [Four Wind Guardians]."

"But Tevarin is the Guardian of the Four Winds. How could he attack Mondstadt?"

"Lord Zhong Ling, you don't know that Mondstadt's [Guardian of the East Wind] disappeared five hundred years ago." As the Secretary-General of the Seven Stars of Liyue for more than three thousand years, Ganyu naturally knows a lot of news that is unknown to mortals.

"Five hundred years?" Upon hearing this unit of time, Zhong Ling's expression instantly turned gloomy.

"If that's the case, then... the so-called [Wind Demon Dragon] is most likely Tevarin."

"Lord Zhong Ling, you mean..." Gan Yu obviously understood what Zhong Ling meant.

Liyue's [Cangming Yuanjun] has been in seclusion since five hundred years ago for some reasons.

Mond's [East Wind Guardian] has also been missing for five hundred years.

Five hundred years ago, an incident occurred that affected the entire continent of Teyvat.

Back then, [Emperor Rock] Morax once went to a certain place with the other six gods.

And just when the gods left their own kingdom, something happened, and this incident caused all countries to suffer a certain degree of loss.

"No, if that's the case, I have to go to Mond as soon as possible." Zhong Ling stood up and looked in the direction of Mond. "By the way, there was a dragon disaster in Mond, so where is the Wind God Barbatos?"

"Lord Barbatos, the Wind God of Mondstadt, has not yet appeared." Ganyu shook her head.

"Then he is really free." Zhong Ling pursed her lips. "I won't bother my immortal friend for now."

"I have to go to Mond as soon as possible." Zhong Ling stood up and turned into a ball of mist and disappeared.

"Hey, Lord Zhong Ling..." Ganyu stretched out her hand, but only caught a handful of water vapor.

Ganyu looked at the water vapor in her hands with a very subtle expression.

"You haven't paid yet... Alas..."

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"Hmm?" Zhong Ling, who had turned into water mist and was on his way, suddenly stopped. "What is that?"

Below, Zhong Ling saw a figure attacking the Hillilians.

These hillbillies are different from ordinary hillbillies. They emit a heart-pounding dark green mist.

The indigo figure quickly shuttled among these unusual Hilichurls, and every pass could leave deep damage on the Hilichurls, and could even be fatal with one blow.

And these Hillichul people had no chance to fight back at all.

Even the huge hill thug was killed by him easily.

But after being killed, the Hillilman fell to the ground, and the fog around him became thicker and thicker.

"Xiao Xiao." The water mist transformed by Zhong Ling fell on the ground and greeted the dark green breath.

After killing the last Hillichul man, the breath finally stopped.

The true form of that breath finally appeared. It was a young man wearing a Nuo mask and holding a luxurious magical weapon that looked like it was carved from jade.

"Yuan Jun?" The young man's voice sounded a little dull through the Nuo mask. "What are you doing here, Yuan Jun?"

"I'm on my way to Mondstadt and passing by here." Zhong Ling replied with a chuckle.

"Going to Mondstadt?" The young man was a little confused, but because of the Nuo mask, his expression could not be seen. "Has the poison that Yuanjun was infected with improved?"

"It's fine now." Zhong Ling shook her head. "I went to Mondstadt for this very reason. I think we may be able to find a way to completely eliminate this poison in Mondstadt."

"I see...May I ask if Lord Yuan has ever consulted the Emperor?"

"Of course, I have already sent a message to my brother to explain it." On the way, she had already sent a message to [Emperor Rock King], but... Having said that, she has not received a reply yet.

But she couldn't wait any longer. The little bit of poison that was left was constantly gnawing at her will, tempting her to release the darkness in her heart.

She must get rid of this poison as soon as possible.

"In this case... I hope that Yuan Jun will get what he wants on this trip."

"Well, I'll take advantage of the great sage's good words." He waved his wide sleeves towards the killed monsters.

Those monsters disappeared without a trace as if they had never appeared.

Then, Zhong Ling turned around and turned into water mist again and flew towards Mond.

"Yuan Jun..." The young immortal looked at the distant mist and let out a long sigh.

A.4 First meeting, single recommendation, love, marriage

"Sure enough... there's something bad in the wind of Mondstadt." Zhong Ling smelled a bad smell in the wind just after crossing the border between Liyue and Mondstadt.

Once upon a time, the wind in Mondstadt was gentle.

And now, there was something unusual in the wind.

And these 'things' bear the aura of Tevarin, [East Wind Guardian·East Wind Dragon]

Although it had been almost confirmed before that the true identity of the so-called [Wind Dragon] was Tevarin.

But after arriving in Mond, we can turn this 'almost certain' into 'certain'.

And most importantly, Zhong Ling has confirmed that Tevarin has what he is looking for.

Five hundred years ago, Tevarin disappeared because he was poisoned, and the reason he attacked Mond now must be because of the poison in his body.

"But... let's go there first." Zhong Ling's gaze turned to Mond's famous tourist attraction, which is also the most iconic place in Mond besides the statue of the God of Wind in the city.

'The Wind Rises'

According to legend, that was the place where Vanessa, the first leader of the [Guardian of the West Wind·Knights of West Wind] among the [Guardian of the Four Winds], and also the first leader of the [Guardian of the South Wind·Lion's Fang Knights], became a god and ascended to heaven.

"Although we can only find out the details after entering the city, based on the current intelligence, Tevarin must have been missing because of 'that thing', and Barbatos must be related to this matter."

"Since Tevarin has reappeared and attacked Mondstadt, Barbatos will surely appear as well."

"Although the Wind God has not appeared yet, Barbatos must have appeared."

Zhong Ling and Barbatos are old acquaintances. They had known each other when Barbatos was not yet the [God of Wind], but just a wisp of wind among the thousands of winds that had no human form and no divine attributes.

Later, Barbatos became the [God of Wind] for various reasons, and they had not met for more than a thousand years.

Until one day, Morax suddenly told her that he sensed that the power of Barbatos, the [God of Wind] who was also one of the [Seven Rules of the World], had greatly decreased. Thinking that something had happened to his sister's old friend, he took Zhong Ling to the border between Mondstadt and Liyue, which is the "Stone Gate".

If Barbatos needs anything, he will do his best to help.

Unexpectedly, the first thing Barbatos said when he saw Morax was, "This is Mondstadt's wine, do you want to try it?"

Although it was unexpected, it seemed reasonable.

The Barbatos that Zhong Ling knew seemed to be someone who would do such a thing.

However, Zhong Ling could also see that Barbatos in human form was very different from the elf back then.