Reading poems from Teyvat

Are you fucking kidding me?

Xingqiu couldn't even help but swear in his mind.

He suspected that if Shen Zhigui nodded at this time, he would probably draw his sword again and fight him again. After all, this guy really deserved a beating!

Can you do whatever you want just because you have good talents?

But the strange thing is that at this time, he actually understood the feelings of his fellow disciples.

Is this how they viewed themselves in the beginning?

"That's not it."

Fortunately, at this time Shen Zhigui did not really nod as he thought.

So Xingqiu asked: "According to your conditions, we can just eat and wait for death now, right?"

Putting aside other things, with the Eye of God in hand, it would definitely be no problem to do that. Not to mention that Xingqiu could see that if Shen Zhigui really wanted to be an idle wanderer, Miss Shen He would definitely follow his wishes and be responsible for making money to support the family. So, was it because she couldn't bear the loss of face that she didn't choose that kind of life?

Xingqiu looked at this peer with a bit of surprise.

If you say that he should feel relieved, that's hard to say, because Xingqiu himself feels that people should not live in the eyes of others, or live not only for the expectations of others; if you say that he feels regretful, that's not the case either, because he himself has to take into account the expectations of his father and brother for him, and has never chosen to express his thoughts honestly.

So at this moment, he vaguely felt that he and this person seemed to be a bit similar -

Although living a life of idleness and waiting for death and being a hero are two completely opposite lifestyles.

But since you are following your own inner choice, why should you bother to distinguish between good and bad?

But soon Shen Zhigui's words completely overturned his idea:

"In my hometown, there is a story called "The Man from Qi Worries About the Sky". It says that in Qi, there was a man who was always worried that the sky would fall. He was so worried that he couldn't eat or sleep well. But he had no other choice. So in the end, he chose to listen to the advice of others and no longer worry about such a far-fetched thing as the sky falling and the earth collapsing. -"

"People like this are a minority even in Teyvat."

Xingqiu just said it casually.

"And unlike the man from Qi who was worried that the sky would fall and the ground would cave in, I actually found a way to deal with it."

Xingqiu couldn't help but quicken his pace to overtake the young man and focus his eyes on his face which could barely be called handsome.

"Would you like to go to Bubulu tomorrow for a checkup? I can make an appointment for you with Dr. Baishu."

Xingqiu really wasn't sure whether this young man had a problem or not, so he asked jokingly.

After all, he admitted that he was thinking about such absurd things, but in the end he realized the absurdity of such things. The more he thought about this situation, the more headache Xingqiu had. What was wrong with him?

"Aren't you curious about how I would deal with the sky falling?"

"What is it?"

"Martial arts."

"Martial arts?"

Xingqiu's eyes widened immediately, and he wanted to ask, "Have you become mentally ill from studying martial arts?"

Can martial arts achieve that level?

Xingqiu himself knew that the reason he was able to complete the Guhua School's martial arts was mostly because he had the Eye of God. Without the Eye of God, the martial arts he had completed would have been castles in the air. After all, in principle, elemental power was like the foundation of that martial art. As long as the foundation was laid, a tall building could be built. But without elemental power, all the skills and methods would be empty talk. So if Shen Zhigui had said that it was some immortal talisman or something, Xingqiu would not have been that surprised.

Although worrying about the sky falling does sound a bit problematic.

But who knows if Shen Zhigui is using this statement to imply something?

But when it comes to martial arts...

"You clearly consider yourself a disciple of the Guhua Sect, but you don't think that martial arts can reach that level?"

Chapter 37: Changes and Silence (Part 1)

It's impossible to do it, right?

Xingqiu immediately said in his heart.

Because to him, martial arts is purely about "use" rather than "practicality".

In fact, most people in this world who possess the Eye of God are like this. Normal martial arts only provide a perspective for them. Just like Keqing, after having the Eye of God, she quickly integrated the use of elemental power with her original Yunlai swordsmanship. Recently, after learning "Come Like Thunder and Collect Fury" from Shen Zhigui, she has been constantly improving her martial arts based on elemental power. So for people like them who hold the Eye of God, martial arts are just skills, and they don't regard martial arts as the basis of everything like normal people.

Of course, if Shen Zhigui had divine eyes, he might actually think so.

After all, in Teyvat, elemental power is really convenient.

Don't you see that even for Master Liuyunjiefeng, the essence of her mechanical skills is actually to use the chemical reactions of Teyvat to create and extract elemental forces instead of calling them through the Eye of God? Of course, the spearmanship that Zhongli taught to the Qianyan Army may allow them to form a formation to fight against those large-scale disasters and invasions of monsters to a certain extent, but it still cannot allow the people of the Qianyan Army to break through the limits of normal humans like Shen Zhigui, allowing him to have the experience and feelings of gradually becoming non-human, and also giving him enough confidence to pursue the life he wants -

From this perspective, Shen Zhigui and Xingqiu's ideas are actually no different:

It's just because they have different understandings or definitions of martial arts.

After realizing this, Shen Zhigui did not correct Xingqiu's idea. He just thought for a moment and said, "But what you asked me about before, or what I used to defeat you, wasn't it just a technique? Did you see me use elemental power?"

Although Shen Zhigui's words were completely teasing Xingqiu.

Because what he did would be impossible to accomplish without the participation of true Qi in the process.

In a sense, true Qi has a nature similar to elemental force.

However, Xing Qiuze's perception at that time was not subtle enough to discover such a trick. When he heard Shen Zhigui say that, his eyes widened immediately, but he was still suspicious and said, "But even if you can use that skill to defeat me, how can you use that skill to deal with a disaster like the collapse of the sky and the collapse of the earth?"

After all, no matter how you look at it, that kind of skill of concentrating all the strength of the whole body into a single point is nothing more than an application of breaking the surface with a single point. No matter how powerful it is, it has its own limits. Although Xingqiu cannot figure out how his sword light destroyed the elemental force for the time being, he is just thinking about whether he can break through it by creating dozens of rain curtain swords around him the next time they meet!

"If one me can't do it, what about multiple me's?"

After the young man uttered these words, Xingqiu's eyes suddenly became strange when he looked at the young man.

He looked at the young man for a long time, and finally just stretched out his hand, patted his thin shoulder, and said: "I thought you were like me, the type who was not very impatient to associate with people you didn't like. I didn't expect that you actually had the ambition to become a politician? But I think that even if you teach that martial art to more people, they might choose to listen to you in order to learn those skills from you, but those who have learned it may not be respectful to you, unless you are a politician like Tianquan Star with extraordinary means, but it doesn't look like you..."

Xingqiu stood aside, shaking his head and sighing.

"What if I teach martial arts to Lady Ningguang and let her help me control those people?"

Shen Zhigui suddenly said something fanciful.

Of course, this is purely nonsense to Xingqiu.

He can't even take care of himself, how can he have time to teach others?

Xingqiu knew that Shen Zhigui was talking nonsense, so he walked with him. Finally, they stood under the shade of a tree to avoid the bright sunlight at the turn of spring and summer. He tapped his palms with the scroll and said, "This is also a way. However, why would Lady Tianquan help you control those people? Wouldn't it be better for her to control those people who have learned your martial arts like you? She is a good businessman, so why would she give up the majority of the business she is handling for just a tiny profit?"

"Because she owes me a promise?"

“When can we trust the promises of politicians?”

Xingqiu immediately sneered.

"I can't pretend I didn't hear what you said. I will tell Lady Yuhengxing that you slandered her behind her back."

"Why are you so skilled?"

"Maybe it's because I'm the spy responsible for collecting negative comments about her?"

"You, the secret agent, seem very ambitious. You actually want to issue orders to Tianquan Star across Yuheng Star—"

"Is it possible that Lord Yuheng Star wants to control Tianquan Star by controlling me?"

Xingqiu didn't expect that he could make it all happen.

And once you accept his statement, it doesn't seem unreasonable. After all, if he used the falling sky to imply that the Rock Emperor, who Yuheng Star has been promoting, could not have always protected Liyue, then Shen Zhigui's statement could be explained: Yuheng Star wanted him to prepare for that possibility in the future, so he had to keep acting in secret and pretend to be casual on the surface, but in fact, he was trying to win over the relevant personnel, even Shen He was won over by him. Maybe Shen He's recognition of his relatives tomorrow will be part of the winover, and he is also a person he has won over. He said so much before, but it was just to show the value of his martial arts, so that he could get himself, the second son of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, onto their ship!

The more Xingqiu thought about it, the more he felt that the man in front of him and the Yuheng Star were very scheming.

But when he saw the boy standing in the shade of the willow trees with a casual look on his face, he was not so sure.

So Xingqiu looked around. Although he saw an ordinary old man wearing a bamboo hat fishing not far away, he still approached Shen Zhigui carefully and whispered, "I say, is what you said true or false?"

"Which part?"

Shen Zhigui immediately looked at Xingqiu strangely and said.

“That’s right, the part about the sky falling down is about the fact that the Geo Emperor no longer protects Liyue—”

When Shen Zhigui heard this truth which was almost the truth and he had made up from somewhere in his mind, he couldn't help but widen his eyes for a moment.

When Xingqiu saw his reaction, although he was still a little suspicious, he was already leaning towards his bold guess, which was closer to the truth: "Does Yuhengxing have some inside information? Or are you like the secret organization in martial arts novels, the kind of sect that has been passed down in secret for a secret mission, and Yuhengxing is the leader you have promoted?"

Chapter 38: Changes and Observation (Part 2)

Shen Zhigui never expected that Xingqiu could make up so many details from just a few words of nonsense.

But it just so happened that Zhongli's wishes and Keqing's proposition coincided with each other. Even if Shen Zhigui did not participate in Zhongli's plan, Zhongli would probably retire, so Shen Zhigui couldn't even refute it for a while. Although he used "worrying about nothing" to refer to the confrontation between him and justice, but Zhongli no longer continued to protect Liyue. For the people of Liyue, it would be a disaster like the sky falling and the earth collapsing, right?

But at this moment, it seemed that nothing he could say would be good, so Shen Zhigui could only say: "I didn't expect that you, the Second Young Master, actually have the second-year syndrome——"

Although Xingqiu's appearance is too androgynous, he does look to be only fifteen or sixteen years old.

There is actually nothing wrong with saying that he is a middle school student.

"What is Chuunibyou?"

Xingqiu asked.

"Oh, it's just that teenagers aged fourteen or fifteen have too much self-awareness and always imagine themselves as key figures in saving the world. So they make up a set of settings in their minds about the people around them, saying that behind them is a secret organization that is monitoring them. They think that if a shocking event happens in the world one day, the people in the secret organization that are monitoring them will stand up and tell them that the time has come and they need to stand up and save the world—"

The old man who was fishing with a bamboo hat next to him could obviously hear Shen Zhigui talking recklessly, so he laughed softly.

Xingqiu recalled that his mentality when he wrote novels a few years ago was exactly the same as what the young man said, so he couldn't help feeling ashamed. With an old man next to him, this feeling of shame was even stronger:

"stop!"

Then he saw Shen Zhigui's half-smile looking at him.

Xingqiu immediately forced himself to remain calm and began to change the subject, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was nothing wrong with his previous idea. So he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy about Shen Zhigui and Shen He's contact with Chongyun's family. He wondered if he had good intentions but ended up doing something bad and pushed Chongyun's family into a strange situation?

Shen Zhigui looked at him and asked curiously, "What on earth are you thinking about?"

Is the legendary second son of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce someone who is so easily worried about gains and losses?

Of course, Shen Zhigui didn't realize how scary it was that he was living in Keqing's house.

This is even a blatant declaration that he is Keqing's confidant.

And Xingqiu had been acting calm and nonchalant before, which was obviously just because he would not get involved in affairs of this level, or he had always stayed away from such affairs. He just thought about where to go to do justice all day long. Of course, he can continue to think so now, but hasn't he already acted as a bridge between Chongyun's family and Keqing?

After realizing Keqing's "deep intentions", he couldn't help but feel a little hesitant about Shen Zhigui who was standing next to him, so he seemed even more worried.

So in the end he couldn't help but ask Shen Zhigui: "Master Yuhengxing, what do you think?"

"What do you think?"

"It's the saying that the Geo King can't have always been protecting Liyue."

Shen Zhigui didn't expect him to ask that, but he happened to be an insider. At this time, no matter what he said, Xingqiu would think that he or Keqing had ulterior motives. Although he thought so, he couldn't discredit Keqing to others, so he said, "Since you are curious, why don't you go and ask her in person?"

Xingqiu immediately stepped back, thinking, what a joke, are you already showing your cards? Do you want me to meet that Yuhengxing in person, so that I can formally contact your organization? But I just want to be a free and easy knight, and I have no intention of getting involved in your political affairs! If I refuse, will your organization do something to keep the secret?

So Xingqiu just smiled back and said, "That's not necessary. How can a busy person like Yuhengxing have time to meet with a small person like me? Besides, I'm not interested in politics."

Xingqiu finally hinted at his position, hoping that Shen Zhigui would stop bothering him, as he did not have that idea at all!

But Shen Zhigui just looked at Xingqiu with interest. When Xingqiu became a little impatient with being stared at, he thought that there was something wrong with the look in the eyes of Yuheng Star's confidant. Could it be that he had some evil interest in him?

But at this time, he heard Shen Zhigui calmly say: "I remember, Xingqiu, your definition of a hero is that the greatest heroes serve their country and their people, right?"

"You could say the same thing."

"But this statement, in a sense, already represents your political stance."

"Why do you say that? Serving the country and the people, isn't this a very simple idea?"

Xingqiu was stunned for a moment and said.

"But in fact, no one has ever said that politics must be complicated." After all, Shen Zhigui had seen in social news that the former commander of a neighboring country was assassinated in the street with a pistol. "Of course, it is indeed very complicated. As for the position you mentioned, some people even distinguish whether the purpose of politics is to serve the country and the people, to the point of whether the government should exist."

"Without the government, the world will be in chaos, right?"

Xingqiu said immediately.

"Who knows? Some people think that if there is no government but the personal moral standards of people living in it are higher, so they can live in peace with each other or protect themselves, the existence of the government may become a tool for some people to oppress others."

Shen Zhigui said.

Xingqiu was not used to dealing with the government, after all. He had somewhat agreed with the last sentence, but was led into a ditch by Shen Zhigui. He seriously considered the possibility of what the boy said, but finally raised his head and realized that this idea was meaningless. Although human society must have an ultimate form, he would not live to that point, so he was not very interested in what the boy said, so he said: "But those have nothing to do with me, right?"

"Oh, I just wanted to say that you're not as apolitical as you think."