Reading poems from Teyvat

Ganyu turned to look at the boy. His hair, which seemed to have not been taken care of for a long time, swayed in the night wind. The flickering firelight shone on his face, which looked similar to hers and still had a little childishness. His dark pupils were like the reflection of the starry night sky. His clear voice was like a spring gurgling through the gravel in the mountains:

"Because she lived too short a time, even if her character is flawless, she is not worthy of trust, because for her, the world has not yet revealed its true face, so no one knows whether she will change into another in the middle of the journey. Of course, this may be true for you, Miss Ganyu, and Emperor Yanwang, but for mortals like us who are less than a hundred years old and will soon dissipate like morning dew, it is better to choose to trust a half-blooded unicorn whose position has not changed in thousands of years, rather than trusting a girl who is about the same age as us and whose character and future are still in an ambiguous stage."

Although Ganyu felt that she had only known this boy for a short time, so there must be many ambiguous parts in his understanding of her, so her words might not be completely trustworthy, but at this time, she did have a very rare feeling about the boy's words:

Because no one had ever said such words to her before, which made her realize that the "belief" accumulated over the years could have such a great weight.

Chapter 52: Lord Liuyunjiefeng (Part 1)

Although Shen Zhigui actually had something else to say in his heart.

That is, no matter whether a person is truly kind and righteous in his heart, as long as he pretends to be kind and righteous all his life, who can accuse him of being a hypocrite?

However, saying this in front of Ganyu was a bit too direct.

So he just said the above words.

He originally thought that these were just small talk to kill time during the journey. Although it was not quite appropriate to say so, it was just like those idiots in the university dormitory who couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and started talking nonsense. But Ganyu fell into a long silence after that. Shen Zhigui saw that she didn't respond for a long time and thought she didn't want to speak, but she kept looking at him with those overly bright and unusual eyes. Shen Zhigui was puzzled and tried to break the silence several times, but the goat-horned girl didn't say another word, so Shen Zhigui could only retreat completely. He wanted to find a tree to lean on, but when he stood up, he heard the half-blood Qilin who looked like a girl say:

"Thank you."

"why?"

Shen Zhigui thought back on what he had said, but couldn't really tell what he had said that would have made her thank him.

"For your compliment to me?"

Ganyu thought about it and just said.

"Just stating the facts, right?"

"But even so, it's still a compliment to me, so I still want to thank you."

"Then... you're welcome?"

Shen Zhigui had no choice but to say it.

He didn't want to continue this conversation anyway.

But Ganyu continued to say at this time:

"But you, Mr. Shen, said you wanted to end that cycle. Why don't you stay and witness and build the scenery you want to see?"

“Rome wasn’t built in a day.”

Shen Zhigui said.

What he meant was simply that he wanted to push Liyue's social progress to the stage where his society was before. Even if he spent his entire life, he might not be able to see it.

Although with the full support of Zhongli and Ganyu, this process may not be that difficult.

But Shen Zhigui himself was not the kind of person who could gather a crowd by just raising his hand. He did not have the wisdom to see through other people's minds, let alone the ability to appoint the right people to the right positions. For him, if you asked him to describe in detail how a system should be designed and built, he might be a little interested, but if you asked him to do it himself, he probably would not be able to command those people. He realized his own nature early on. He could only be a screw or a bystander, not a superior who commanded who should go where and do what.

If it weren't for this bizarre experience of traveling through time, he would most likely have become an ordinary worker, struggling hard in the lower-middle class of society. In the eyes of others, he would most likely have been just a useless good guy like Fang Hongjian in "Fortress Besieged".

That's why he yearns for the so-called poetic world.

Because for him, such a world can free him from the judgment of others, and he has never thought about living under the sight and judgment of others.

Although perhaps he does have ambitions to rewrite the world to some extent.

But when ambition and ability do not match, all you get is pain.

So all he could do was point fingers.

Ganyu wanted to say something to convince the boy, but at this moment, the boy exuded an indescribable sense of alienation, which was even exactly the same as when she used to sit on the dock of Liyue Harbor and observe the lives of the people. Although she had never known what the boy said to Keqing, at this moment, she realized that the clarity displayed by the boy might just be a frank admission of some of his own flaws.

So at this time, she could only watch the boy walk away in silence.

"The 15th move of the "Sword Art of Mountains and Rivers" - the vast sea of ​​​​a hundred feet of ice has been released."

When the boy really found a tree and sat on it, intending to sleep there until the end of the night, he saw this prompt suddenly pop up on the system.

What the hell is she thinking?

Shen Zhigui couldn't help but say this in his heart.

I didn't seem to say anything weird?

Could it be that this hybrid unicorn is actually a Roman, um, weird?

It's a different platform. This is Teyvat, not Type-Moon World!

With this strange thought in mind, Shen Zhigui fell into a deep sleep for a moment.

……

Although this fact has been stated many times, Shen Zhigui still has to emphasize tirelessly that the game map is completely different from the actual real world, not to mention that this is in Jueyunjian, which is full of rugged and steep mountains. Although Ganyu also has wind wings, and Shen Zhigui also got a pair from the Adventurer's Association, he really doesn't understand the principle of wind wings. He doesn't know how these two thin paper-like wings can support the weight of a person in the air. But in this magical world, if there is anything you don't understand, you can only attribute it to elemental power, so he didn't pay much attention to these. However, even if you use the wind wings, it can only provide a buffer and transition when jumping off the cliff. If you want to use the wind wings to travel between the mountains, don't even think about it.

Unless someone can control the wind throughout the whole process to provide assistance to Shen Zhigui as mentioned in the game.

However, Shen Zhigui did not figure out who the "crazy woman" on the message board was until he traveled through time. If you are talking about that Zhenjun Liuyunjiefeng, his performance in the plot does not seem like it. Of course, it is not ruled out that the "child" is not actually a traveler, and although Zhenjun Liuyunjiefeng pretends to be serious on the surface, he has actually already fallen in love with someone else.

Forget it, that person’s cave is right in front of me, so it’s better not to think about these messy things.

In short, after several days of arduous journey, Shen Zhigui and Gan Yu finally arrived at the crane's cave.

Although I don’t know if Shen He is also in it.

Shen Zhigui thought.

After all, the yellow-haired traveler didn't see that person when he went to see her for the first time.

I guess he must be practicing somewhere else?

Although from a purely gaming perspective, the character of Shen He is more likely to have been planned and sent down from the sky, just like Eula from Mondstadt next door. At the time, the copywriter probably had not figured out the positioning of the character of Eula, so he could only deliberately portray the character as someone who holds grudges, with one line repeated to the point of being annoying.

However, now that he has really come to this world, he can no longer think about problems from that perspective. Although he is also very curious about the connection between the two worlds, thinking too much about this kind of problem will only cause trouble for himself. It is like a strange philosophical proposition like Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly. Thinking about it for a lifetime will probably not produce any results, unless he can travel back and forth between the two worlds to verify it.

Chapter 53: Lord Liuyunjifeng (Part 2)

The residence of Master Liuyunjiefeng is located on the top of Aozang Mountain. There is a natural clear water pool on the top of the mountain, and you can even see live fish in it. The cave of this master is located in a huge rock. A long staircase goes deep into the cracks in the stone. At the end, only a few seal characters can be seen glowing slightly. Ganyu and Shen Zhigui looked at each other and knocked on the door. Soon after, a flying crane with blue and white feathers flew out from the open stone door:

"It's Ganyu, how come you have time to come to my place?"

To be honest, Master Liuyun Jiefeng was actually very happy to see the half-blood Qilin who lived with her when she was a child come back, but she couldn't help but say it when she opened her mouth.

When Ganyu faced Master Liuyun Jiefeng, she actually felt very subtle, but at this time she could only go to see Shen Zhigui.

It was only then that Master Liuyun Jiefeng noticed that there was a human with a pale face and looked a little weak following her. She thought of a possibility and was about to speak it out, but she heard the young man say his name and the agreement he had previously agreed with Grandma Ping. Before she could say anything, the young man took out Grandma Ping's letter of introduction and the Hundred Taboos Talisman and handed them over - although the latter was actually unnecessary, Grandma Ping had given them all, so Shen Zhigui couldn't just say no, right?

But when Shen Zhigui was halfway through handing over the item, he realized that it seemed that Master Liuyun Jiefeng, who was in the form of a crane, was unable to take it?

Although Shen Zhigui didn't understand why the other party, who could obviously transform into a human form, would maintain this form, maybe he was just used to it?

But Master Liuyun Jiefeng only took a quick glance and sensed the aura, and roughly believed the boy's words. Moreover, Ganyu was beside him to testify in this situation, so she could only choose to believe the boy no matter how suspicious she was. So she just looked at the boy's pale face suspiciously, and said: "I roughly understand the matter, you can show me your so-called true energy first."

Shen Zhigui reached behind him, and when the Huaying Sword flashed with a cold green light and came out of its sheath, Master Liuyun Jiefeng was also surprised:

Jade of this material is not something that ordinary people can find or carve with the means!

"Where did you get your sword?"

So Master Liuyunjiefeng couldn't help but ask a question.

Shen Zhigui glanced at Ganyu obscurely, thinking that Zhongli might not want to reveal his identity at this time, in order to avoid trouble, he said: "A friend gave it to me."

Then he did not dwell on this topic any more, but quickly poured his true energy into the Huaying Sword, and the emerald green light on the sword instantly became brighter. The young man then turned the Huaying Sword around and threw it towards the direction where the crane was. Zhenjun Liuyun Jiefeng immediately turned slightly to the side, and then stretched out a claw to grab the emerald green light, but when the Huaying Sword fell into her hand, it quickly broke free, circled around her body, and then obediently fell into the air suspended in front of her.

Master Liuyun Jiefeng was stunned for a moment, and stood in the golden rooster-standing posture for a long time before he suddenly remembered to put his claws back. Finally, he stretched out a wing to touch the long sword suspended in the air.

She carefully sensed the so-called true energy flowing on the sword for a moment, and then injected elemental power into the sword. Soon, the two forces were entangled and fighting with each other. Eventually, one was stronger than the other, and the elemental power completely dominated. Then the green sword fell down, and half of it was stuck in the ground.

"The boundaries of your power are indeed much weaker than elemental power."

The same comment came from Zhongli, so Shen Zhigui couldn't help but ask curiously: "What does boundary sense mean?"

"It means that your true energy may be more suitable as a carrier of spirit than elemental force, and they can even be converted into each other."

"Convert?"

"Convert true qi into spirit, or convert spirit into true qi or something like that."

Shen Zhigui immediately thought of the concepts such as "refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit" mentioned in those immortal cultivation novels he had read on Earth. Then he couldn't help but realize that there was a real immortal in front of him. Although the power used by this immortal seemed to have nothing to do with true Qi, since she said so, it meant that there was actually nothing wrong with his previous idea of ​​converting the real from the virtual?

The problem is simply that the trick of "Cinnabar disappears without a trace when exposed to fire" cannot be achieved.

"Okay, if you want to learn mechanical arts from me, you can stay, but whether you can learn it depends on you. But if you give up halfway, don't come to me when you leave, and don't say you are my apprentice when you go out."

Then Master Liuyunjiefeng said.

Shen Zhigui thought about it and realized that it was impossible for him to stay in her cave for a long time, so if learning took too long, he would probably resign. So if he couldn't learn it in a short time, he would have to give up the idea and nodded in agreement.

Then Shen Zhigui went to pull back the Huaying Sword.

The more Master Liuyun Jiefeng looked at it, the more he felt that the sword was made by someone. Moreover, the sword probably had not seen much blood, so it looked completely new. It must have been made by someone recently, but that person had no intention of letting these weapons circulate in the world. Now, the sword had fallen into the hands of the young man in front of her. She would never believe that there was no such person's instruction behind it.

But she changed her mind and thought that since the young man in front of her had eliminated most of the karma of the Yaksha, it was not difficult for that person to give this weapon as a gift to the young man. She immediately stopped paying too much attention to these things and turned to look at Ganyu and said a few words to her half-blood Qilin who could be said to be her "adopted daughter". Ganyu was soon choked and speechless. When Zhenjun Liuyun Jiefeng saw that she had fallen silent, he immediately turned to Shen Zhigui, who was about to become his student, and said:

"Since Ganyu is willing to escort you here from such a far place, you must be very good friends, right?"

Shen Zhigui carefully examined the relationship between the two and didn't know what to say for a moment. He probably couldn't say "very good", but he could still say they were friends. However, when Master Liuyun Jiefeng saw his expression, he thought he had acquiesced and said, "Then I'll tell you about Ganyu's childhood..."

Gan Yu was unable to stop him, and could only watch with a red face as the crane was about to tell her embarrassing childhood stories, but Shen Zhigui snapped his fingers and flicked the sword in his hand, interrupting her and saying, "That's not necessary."

It was the first time that Master Liuyun Jiefeng had his conversation interrupted so directly. For a moment, he just looked at the young man in slight surprise.

Chapter 54: Lord Liuyunjifeng (Part 2)

Ganyu looked at Shen Zhigui with gratitude, and then made the excuse that she had a lot of official business to deal with in Liyue Harbor, and since they already knew each other, she had to go back to deal with the official business.

Although she herself knew very well that as long as the boy continued to stay here, he would soon learn about his childhood dark history from Master Liuyun.

However, with the young man's sense of propriety, he would definitely not speak nonsense to everyone like Master Liuyun did, right?

She said to herself to comfort herself.

Therefore, True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng could only see the back of the mixed-blood Qilin, who looked like a young girl, disappearing among the mountains, and sighed: "This child is still so impetuous. I don't know how she can take on such an important job in Liyue Port. I am really worried whether she can fulfill her contract with the Emperor..."

"Is it possible that she becomes so irritable only in front of you?"

Shen Zhigui glanced at her and immediately said.

"how is this possible?"

Master Liuyunjiefeng said this without any self-awareness.

Shen Zhigui didn't know what to say to her. He sheathed his sword and looked around. After a moment's consideration, he said, "If you don't mind, I'll build a thatched hut there. What do you think?"

He casually pointed to a place by the pool and said.

"Why build a thatched hut? You can just live in the cave with me from now on."

Master Liuyunjiefeng said nonchalantly.

"Isn't it appropriate?"

"What's inappropriate? Shen He's child also lives there. You are all human beings. You can teach her common sense in human society so that she can smoothly integrate into human society in the future." Master Liuyun Jiefeng immediately spread his wings and pretended to take off. But he seemed to have thought of something and said, "By the way, if you have a chance, you might as well try your true qi to see if you can wash away the evil spirit on Shen He."

Is Shen He really practicing with her now?

Shen Zhigui immediately said in his heart.

"Evil spirit?"

Then he asked in a puzzled tone.

Although he was indeed aware of such a setting for Shen He.

However, the game settings were vague, so Shen Zhigui found it difficult to understand what the so-called evil spirit was. Although if one understood it literally, it probably meant that her character was fierce and fierce by nature, but if that was the case, could the evil spirit be washed away?

"Never mind. You'll understand later."

Master Liuyunjiefeng just said this, and then the crane flew up into the air like a sharp arrow and quickly sank into the depths of the stone door. Her voice came from afar: "Come in quickly, or I will close the door."

Shen Zhigui had no choice but to obey her words and walked towards the stone door.

……

But it must be said that although Zhenjun Liuyun Jiefeng had long learned from Zhenjun Gechenlangshi's letter that the boy was a rare genius in martial arts, what he lacked was only the accumulation of years, so she actually disapproved of the boy's behavior of looking for her to learn mechanical arts. Of course, she could perhaps understand her old friend's intention to some extent, which was just to let the boy get closer to the immortals and Liyue, but her attitude towards Shen Zhigui did not mean to relax at all, but became extremely strict.

Because her original intention was to persuade him to quit, to let him know that his personal talent was limited and he couldn't do two things at once, so it would be best for him to study martial arts carefully now, and it wouldn't be too late to learn mechanical arts after he had achieved something in the future.