Reading poems from Teyvat

"As you can see, it's just to find out what her evil spirit refers to."

The young man still looked unaware and said.

Chapter 57: Traveling Far Away (Part 2)

It must be said that Shen Zhigui's "Nanshan Dawn Snow Jade Rocks" has made some progress at this time, and because of the improvement of his physique, the progress of accumulating true energy for the move "Come Like Thunder and Collect Fury" is also accelerating. In fact, because his physique is constantly improving, the risk of half-body paralysis caused by the true energy accidentally going wrong and running the wrong meridians during the practice of "Come Like Thunder and Collect Fury" is gradually decreasing.

It can even be said that the martial art of "Nanshan Xiaoxue Yulinxun" is gradually transforming Shen Zhigui's physique into a physique transformed by elemental power like Keqing or Shen He.

The only difference is that the owners of these Divine Eyes may only be adaptable to a certain elemental force, while Shen Zhigui's physique is becoming more and more comprehensive. He even tried to split stones with his bare hands without using true energy, but simply relying on his physique. Although he was in excruciating pain in the end, he actually accomplished this feat without getting injured.

Therefore, although Shen Zhigui did not use the "Cinnabar disappears without a trace when exposed to fire" to clean up the remains of the demon god during this period of time while collecting materials related to the "external scenes", and did not further convert the power of the demon god's remains into his own true qi, the problems that were previously limited by his physical condition are almost solved. Therefore, even if he does not have internal energy for the time being, his true qi has already made a leap forward.

But even so, he still had no way to detect the specific situation inside Shen He's body.

So, either Shen He's physique is indeed extraordinary -

This may also be beyond doubt.

After all, according to the description in the game, she was able to force back the remaining resentment of the demon at such a young age, and she was able to carry the huge Floating Stone by herself when she went out of the mountain. She also practiced under the tutelage of Master Liuyun Jiefeng for quite a while, so it is conceivable that her physique would become like this.

But on the other hand, Shen Zhigui's true Qi is not enough to achieve this level, so if he wants to investigate the specific condition of Shen He's physique, he must completely suppress her self-defense mechanism of unconsciously bursting out elemental power, so that he can deeply explore the "evil spirit" that has been entangled with her physique. Otherwise, his true Qi will always conflict with the elemental power.

To achieve this...

"According to the progress of practicing 'Nanshan Xiaoxue Yulinxun', if you want to transform yourself into a physique that can store that amount of true qi, I'm afraid it will take no less than five years of hard work."

This is even when he uses his money to pave the way.

And even if he could do that, when the amount of true energy increases in the future, whether the quality can be comparable to her elemental power is also a question. It is even a question whether his mind can command and control that level of true energy at that time.

"In the final analysis, converting the power of the demon god's remains into true energy is just an emergency measure. It is not practical to treat it as the 'Northern Divine Art'."

Shen Zhigui was thinking while trying to pull his hand away.

However, the elemental power and true Qi that Shen He burst out were entangled with each other at this time, forming a strange state. No matter how Shen Zhigui circulated his true Qi, he could not melt the layer of ice, causing the two people's hands to separate again.

In the end, Shen He forcibly pried their hands apart.

She knew very well that Shen Zhigui's physique was not something that a normal person could have.

So there is no need to worry about causing any harm to Shen Zhigui.

As for herself, she had no unnecessary worries.

Seeing this, Keqing looked suspiciously at the boy and the woman who was probably a few years older than her. After a moment of silence, she asked her maid to arrange a place for Shen He to stay.

Although at this time she suddenly reacted:

If Shen Zhigui had various reasons to stay at her house before, such as she wanted to monitor whether the boy had any ill intentions towards Liyue, and the boy's condition when he returned from Wangshu Inn was really worrying, but now, it seems that she has no reason to let the boy stay at her house, right?

Not to mention that he brought someone with him.

So Keqing glared at him fiercely.

But at this moment, Shen Zhigui unexpectedly had the same idea as her and said, "That's not necessary, Master Yuhengxing. I will find a place to live with Shen He."

But when Keqing heard the boy say that he lived with Shen He, and thought of the scene of the two holding hands before, she immediately said loudly: "It's decided. You don't have to be polite to me. It's not like I don't have any extra rooms in my house."

Although Shen He's room was later arranged to be almost half the distance of Keqing's house away from Shen Zhigui.

But things have come to this, and Shen Zhigui is too lazy to look for a place, not to mention that he still has a lot of personal belongings left in Keqing's house. Although they are just some miscellaneous books bought from Wanwen Collection, he also needs time to sort and rest. Not to mention that he has collected most of the materials for making the Chen Ge Pot, and now he needs a quiet and open place to make it, so continuing to live in Keqing's house is also an option.

Although he couldn't understand why Shen He was arranged to stay so far away when there was an empty room in the yard next to his.

But he was not actually that willing to live so close to Shen He.

So he just gave a few words of advice to Shen He and the maid who took her away, saying that Shen He was not very familiar with the ways of the world and sometimes his words could offend people, and asked the maid not to take it to heart. If Shen He did anything strange, she should come to him first. He also asked Shen He not to act rashly under any circumstances, and if she felt she had to take action, it would be better for her to come to him first.

Then let them leave.

"I didn't expect you to have such a gentle and considerate side."

Keqing couldn't help but sneer after the person left.

"Isn't this gentle and considerate?"

Shen Zhigui just said.

He just saw it a lot.

Recently, when he and Shen He were collecting materials everywhere and locating the remains of the demon, he could clearly see that Shen He always misunderstood the intentions of the people around him. Even he himself suffered a lot when he first got along with this person. He had tried to let Shen He understand the thoughts of ordinary people, but the strange thing was that although Shen He said that he understood when he listened, when he did it, it was more like some instinct made things continue to develop in a bad direction.

Maybe this is the essence of her evil spirit?

Shen Zhigui couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.

After all, in a world with gods, the illusory fate is not incomprehensible in a sense.

However, after settling down, Shen Zhigui quickly devoted his attention to the making of the Chen Ge pot.

Chapter 58: Cave Heaven (Part 1)

three days later.

In front of Keqing was a palm-sized jade box.

Although it was purely because Shen Zhigui didn't like the style of the Chen Ge pot that he made the shape like this.

After all, in his opinion, if it was made into the shape of a teapot, it would look weird no matter where he took it out.

But if it was made into the shape of a jade box, it wouldn't look weird even if it was tied around the waist like a sword, so Shen Zhigui did just that.

Keqing had seen him and Shen He busy forging and processing a lot of materials in the yard these days. Of course, it was Shen Zhigui who was doing it himself, while Shen He was constantly taking out those materials from the Eye of God space. Of course, sometimes Shen He would also help to process some materials with talismans, but this process was always led by Shen Zhigui, and there didn't seem to be much communication between the two, so Keqing couldn't help but feel a little strange about the relationship between the two:

If you say that they are in a relationship like senior and junior sisters in the same school, it's not really like that, because most of the time Shen Zhigui looks like an underage boy, but he always seems to be at ease in this relationship.

Of course, Shen He is also very comfortable -

If you ignore the many strange troubles she gets into, her dull face is very deceptive.

But Keqing could sense that this tall, slender woman with silver hair must be feeling a little uneasy underneath her seemingly calm face. Although she didn't know where her uneasiness came from, whether it was because of Shen Zhigui or something else, she could somewhat empathize with this person:

Because she herself was also uneasy.

Although the reasons for the discomfort may be completely different, the accomplishment may be the same.

So she couldn't help but observe the way the two of them got along more carefully, and then she found that Shen Zhigui was still as casual. It would be biased to say that he completely regarded Shen He as a tool to complete the creation in front of him, but it might not be true to say that he was special to Shen He.

Perhaps it was purely out of some strange sense of responsibility that he showed so much concern for Shen He.

Just as I saved his life, his attitude towards me is also very strange.

Thinking of this, Keqing immediately shook her head, unwilling to go any further. She just focused her eyes on the jade box and said, "What is this?"

"Chen Ge Pot, you can think of it as an item with functions similar to the God's Eye Space."

"God's Eye Space?"

Keqing repeated it.

“Maybe even more than that.”

Shen Zhigui said.

He placed his hand on the jade box and said to her in a tone similar to the one he had used to show her the trick "Fish and birds in the world all fly and sink" that night on the top floor of Wangshu Inn: "Master Yuhengxing, I will show you a little trick."

Keqing just watched his performance quietly.

Then she saw that the light in the air in front of her seemed to be distorted, and the boy's figure and the jade box seemed to be bitten by the huge mouth of some invisible monster in an instant, and then fled away for thousands of miles. In the blink of an eye, it became silent, and the place was empty, without any trace of the boy and the jade box!

"what is this?"

“Exterior.”

But Shen He said at this time.

"Exterior scene?"

"It is the ability of immortals to create a new void and a cave." Shen He had become a little familiar with Keqing in the past few days, so he explained to her, "Master Liuyun changed this ability into mechanical skills, so Junior Brother can use objects to perform it. Junior Brother should be in that cave now."

"Then how will he get back?"

"He can come back anytime he wants."

Shen He just said it lightly.

As soon as she finished speaking, the young man's figure fell into Keqing's sight again.

"How about this little trick, Lord Yuhengxing?"

She saw that the boy looked happy in a way she had never seen before, and she had never seen such a look on his face before, whether it was when she brought him to her home or when she agreed to sign the contract. Not to mention the unhappy conversation that night and the subsequent agreement. Sometimes she felt that the boy was a little unhappy, so she doubted his identity as a bard.

Of course, maybe he is just one of those bards who likes to bring more pain to people than happiness.

But now, seeing the young man so high-spirited, Keqing's mood was also infected, and a slight smile appeared on her face. Although she soon realized that if she had not always brought such happiness to this young man, and he had never received similar emotions when getting along with her, then it was not difficult to understand why he would turn to those immortals, right?

she said in her mind.

But at this moment, the young man seemed to be a little too proud of himself and grabbed her hand and said, "Master Yuhengxing, I will show you another trick."

"what?"

Although she was wearing gloves at this time, so that the temperature between them was always separated by a layer of silk fabric, and although she had held the boy's hand before, and even at that time, she and the boy were dancing under the moon, but at this moment, it was the boy who held her hand under normal circumstances, not because she was in danger or for any other reason, so she was sure that her heartbeat was unusually fast at this time, and her face must be a blood-red color, so her body temperature was rising rapidly, and she didn't want the boy to find out that she was abnormal, so she wanted to break free from his hand, but said: "Let me go."

"But the trick won't work if you don't do that."

The boy just said it casually.

Then Keqing saw that the world she saw changed into a completely different appearance in an instant!

"This is……"

"Welcome to my world!"

Shen Zhigui stood in front of her and spoke to her politely.

Keqing only saw that under the sky that was as clear as a huge blue crystal, there was a pavilion standing beside a bare hill covered with grass. She was standing in the center of this simple and lifeless world, but the young man was radiant and looked happy. So Keqing couldn't help thinking that maybe it was because for him, this was indeed a complete and unique utopia away from the world, so he was so happy. And he didn't have to look for such a world in the continent of Teyvat, but just hide in this cave, and he would find the world he had always talked about.

Chapter 59: Cave Heaven (Part 2)

So, I should bless him?

Keqing said in her heart.

Then a relieved smile appeared on her delicate little face, like a spring breeze blowing past. In addition, the red on her face when the boy grabbed her hand had not faded yet, so she instantly looked as beautiful as a peach.

"congratulations."

She said softly.

Although Shen Zhigui was not very good at observing people's expressions, he could clearly sense something was wrong with the girl. Although she smiled so refreshingly and charmingly, her eyes were like a pool of silent autumn water without any ripples. So Shen Zhigui couldn't help but ask, "Master Yuhengxing?"

"what's up?"

Could it be that your period has arrived again?

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

"what happened to you?"

“I was congratulating you,” Keqing turned her head away, avoiding the boy’s probing gaze, but her voice was still as thin as a thread that could break at any time. “Congratulations on finally finding your ideal world.”

"That's not the case."

"But isn't this the poetic world away from the hustle and bustle of the world that you have always hoped for?"

"Poetry is indeed the opposite of the secular world, but being away from the secular world does not mean being isolated from it. Not to mention, don't you and Lord Yuhengxing have a contract and an agreement to fulfill?"

But what's the point?

Keqing almost wanted to blurt out these words.

But she swallowed it back.

Because once she said this, it seemed as if she was willing to have a connection with this boy beyond the contract and agreement.

"But haven't you always wanted to isolate yourself from the world?"

She just asked.

Shen Zhigui said, "In my hometown, there is an ancient philosopher who said, 'When the spring dries up, the fish live on land, spitting out moisture to comfort each other and letting each other survive, it is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes.' What he meant was that instead of always clinging to the riverbed where the water has dried up and spitting out moisture to comfort each other and let each other survive, it is better for the fish to find the next river and lake with abundant water vapor. So, Lord Yuhengxing, you see, the same water, whether in a dry riverbed or in a poetic river and lake, is what the fish need. So if Lord Yuhengxing thinks that I have always been isolating myself from the world, maybe it is only because I can draw enough water vapor from it to survive, so I have not gone further."