Reading poems from Teyvat

"what do you want to say in the end?"

"Of course it's the final machine!"

Shen Zhigui said.

Keqing immediately looked at Shen Zhigui in surprise, thought for a moment, and said, "Are you talking about the Return Machine designed by the Demon God of Dust Agentus thousands of years ago? But it seems that the creations left in Liyue have been damaged to the point of being unusable. But since you are the disciple of Master Liuyunjiefeng..."

Shen Zhigui immediately shook his head: "It's unrealistic to rely on me for everything. Don't the people of Liyue have any reliable mechanical arts inheritance? Let them develop and even improve the Guizhong Machine. I do have the original blueprint of the Guizhong Machine that I learned from Master Liuyun Jiefeng. I can give it to you, but I have to go to Inazuma soon and don't have time to help you with these."

"You were the one who came up with this out of the blue..."

Keqing couldn't help but say something from the side.

Shen Zhigui immediately raised his eyebrows and thought, "Lord Zhao Yuhengxing, what you said means that Gui Zhongji's reappearance can only satisfy my own ideas and will not benefit Liyue at all?"

But before leaving, Shen Zhigui still didn't want to have such an unpleasant experience with Keqing——

Although it seems quite unpleasant now.

"When will you be back?"

But at this time, Keqing raised her little face and asked Shen Zhigui.

Shen Zhigui thought about it and said, "If everything goes well, I can come back in half a year."

Anyway, his purpose of this trip was just to kill and burn people. As for Inazuma's internal affairs, the 226 Incident on Umijima, the Restoration of Imperial Rule, etc., he had no interest in getting involved. Although he did have a very good impression of the Thunder God's appearance, his current strength was not enough to wake him up. Perhaps he could give it a try after he could enter the realm of "Gu Xuan"?

However, he was not sure whether his journey with Inazuma would really allow him to enter the realm of "seeing the dark and knowing the truth" within half a year.

Therefore, the six-month period is just an ideal situation.

"So, what about Shen He?"

Keqing asked a question out of nowhere at this time.

"Why are you asking her?"

Shen Zhigui said.

"Will she go with you?"

Keqing asked rather persistently.

"She does have that idea..."

"Then I..."

“But I don’t think it’s appropriate,” Shen Zhigui said, “So let her stay in Liyue Port, or go back to True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng, although it doesn’t seem appropriate to go back to True Lord…”

"Why is it inappropriate?"

Keqing asked.

Shen Zhigui couldn't explain it for a while, so he changed the subject and asked, "Master Yuhengxing, what did you want to say when I said Shen He did have that idea?"

"nothing!"

Keqing just turned her head away and spoke loudly.

Shen Zhigui immediately had to change the subject and asked, "So, Lord Yuhengxing, what do you think about Shen He's stay or departure?"

"Why do you ask me this question?"

At this time, Keqing turned around in surprise and said.

"Don't you like to have her go out with you recently? I thought you were using her quite well. If she leaves now, will you feel any inconvenience?"

"I'm not so weak that I need to be protected."

Keqing just looked at the unfocused young man in front of her and said.

Chapter 47: The Chess Pieces Are Knocking and the Lamp Flowers Are Falling (Part 1)

Keqing, who claims that she is not so weak that she needs protection, certainly does not need Shen He to follow her.

In a sense, Keqing really doesn't need Shen He's protection.

Even in terms of strength, Shen He is indeed better than her in some aspects, but Keqing is just too fast. Although attacking tough targets is not her strong point, in terms of whether she can remain useful, apart from those few immortals in Liyue, there are probably not many people who can compare to her who has cultivated "Come Like Thunder, Receive Wrath" to the minor success level, so what she said is indeed correct.

But Shen Zhigui thought about it and said, "As for Shen He, I'd like you to take care of her for a while."

Keqing looked at the young man and snorted coldly.

She did not ask the boy why she wanted to help him take care of that person, but just assumed that she agreed with the boy's words. Shen Zhigui saw her sitting in the vast night with an overly delicate face, and immediately said: "Speaking of which, Lord Yuhengxing, if you can really fulfill your wish and build Liyue into the country of your dreams - of course, this wish is actually too illusory, but in case, I mean in case you really do it, do you have any other wishes?"

"Why do you ask?"

"As a reward?"

"What's the reward?"

"Master Yuhengxing, have you been taking care of me during this period?"

Shen Zhigui just said.

"Then you should help me build Liyue into that state first."

Keqing said without hesitation.

"Well," Shen Zhigui hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "I have indeed reflected on my own style of doing things recently, and I feel that I am too alienated from human society. But if even Morax can't satisfy everyone, then I, who have far less talent and knowledge than him, naturally can't satisfy you either."

"You're just making excuses."

Keqing just looked at him and said.

Shen Zhigui thought about it and said, "But if I don't refuse, in fact, in terms of actual practice, it is very likely that the method I adopt in the end will be similar to that of Morax. Can you accept this?"

"Almost, what does that mean?"

"It means to use force to intimidate all parties."

Shen Zhigui said without hesitation.

"Do you think you can now stand shoulder to shoulder with the Emperor?"

"Even if it's impossible now, it may be possible in the future, right?"

Shen Zhigui just said.

Keqing also admitted that Shen Zhigui did have that potential.

Although she didn't necessarily believe that Shen Zhigui could do all the things that the Emperor could do in the legend, he probably could eventually catch up with the Emperor's level. If he did do that, would what he did for Liyue at that time be similar to what he said about Morax? And at that time, could she say that she had indeed made it so that humans did not live under the Emperor's protection?

What difference does it make if we live under the protection of Shen Zhigui?

Moreover, at that time, what would Shen Zhigui, who had become that kind of existence, think?

Keqing looked at the young man in front of her and fell silent for a long time.

Even though she believed in her heart that Shen Zhigui was a human being, even among humans, Shen Zhigui was a very special individual because few people could match his talent in martial arts. Even if he fully disclosed all his martial arts, Keqing believed that no one could catch up with his progress because those martial arts might essentially be tailor-made for himself. For others, like her who claimed to be extremely talented, to practice them would feel like cutting one's feet to fit the shoes.

Therefore, his achievements in that kind of martial arts may not be comparable to Shen Zhigui's.

Not to mention the height that can be reached in the end.

Of course, the height that Shen Zhigui can reach now is still unknown.

But it was foreseeable.

So Keqing couldn't help but think back to what they had said at the beginning. Can immortals be called human beings? If immortals can't, then can people with the Eye of God be called human beings?

If you think about it carefully, all their differences were actually brought out at the very beginning by Shen Zhigui with those few questions.

"So, do you think that immortals are also human beings?"

Keqing couldn't help but ask at this time.

"If you were asking this question to my old self, my answer would most likely be that I think immortals are also human beings."

Shen Zhigui just said this.

"But you don't feel that way now?"

Keqing was a little confused at this time.

Shen Zhigui thought for a moment and said, "How should I put it? From a psychological perspective, as long as they feel that they are human, or that everything they do is from a human perspective and is beneficial and harmless, then it is harmless to say that they are human. But the essence of human beings, after all, is the sum of all social relationships, and their social relationships can actually be maintained with other immortals. Compared to human society, their lives are a little too long. So if they don't have continuous contact with human society, but are like Master Liuyunjiefeng, who only occasionally accepts people like Shenhe as disciples, then their social attributes among humans are obviously exceptional, and it is obvious that they cannot be constrained by normal ethical and moral concepts, right?"

Keqing immediately looked at Shen Zhigui coldly:

"Is this your excuse for your obscene thoughts? You feel like you are almost like an immortal, so you think that normal human ethics cannot restrict you, and normal laws cannot judge you, so you want to do whatever you want?"

Shen Zhigui nodded: "Although your understanding is a little different from what I said, it is indeed true."

"Humph!"

Keqing just turned her face away, not wanting to talk to Shen Zhigui at all at this time.

But Shen Zhigui just said to himself: "But in the final analysis, I think it is not necessarily a bad thing for human society to have immortals. Even if you think they are like parents who can't let go, keeping humans in the cradle and unable to let humans continue to grow, even if the Emperor no longer protects Liyue, humans can protect their own growth. With immortals who can live forever, at least they can record and pass on knowledge as much as possible, right?"

Although this function is a bit useless for the Kara of Xumi next door - oh no, "Void".

But the void may not be reliable.

But for this world with the World Tree, it doesn’t seem to matter what you do.

Thinking of this, Shen Zhigui also became a little bored.

Chapter 48: The Chess Pieces Are Knocking and the Lamp Flowers Are Falling (Part 2)

But in the end, Shen Zhigui decided not to care what the World Tree was. Anyway, he estimated that he could be considered a so-called "Adventer", and the World Tree probably couldn't delete his memory. Although Shen Zhigui couldn't help but feel that with that thing, the people of Teyvat were actually no different from those living in a dream. The only difference was that if people living in a dream didn't have external energy to supply their physical activities, they would soon die, but most people living in Teyvat could be self-sufficient, but their cognition might not be true, but was controlled by certain upper-class figures——

Although in fact Shen Zhigui also has the means to manipulate other people's cognition.

For example, "Flowers fall and water flows".

Thinking about it this way, he seems to be no different from those people who use the World Tree to modify other people's cognition, right?

Shen Zhigui just said it in his heart.

But these things seem too far away for him now.

At the very least, he would have to finish all the messy affairs in Liyue and raise his martial arts level to "Gu Xuan" before he would have the courage to touch the World Tree. Because after all, the World Tree might be the core system of "Heavenly Principle" in a sense, although he couldn't explain clearly why Heavenly Principle gave the management rights of the World Tree to the God of Grass.

Maybe then I can bring a certain yellow-haired traveler along with me?

By the way, has that yellow-haired traveler shown up?

Shen Zhigui couldn't help but ponder. Keqing, who was sitting on the side thinking about Shen Zhigui's remarks, saw that he had been silent for a long time, and his mind seemed to have drifted elsewhere. She immediately stepped on him. Shen Zhigui came back to his senses and saw Keqing, who looked a little angry, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Before you leave, don't you have anything else to say to me besides these random words?"

"I haven't even started yet..."

Shen Zhigui originally wanted to say that he was going to Inazuma, and he must have gone through the Death Star of Captain Beidou. However, the news about the smuggler at Liyue Port said that she had not returned to Liyue Port recently. Even if she came back, the destination of her next voyage might not be Inazuma. Of course, if Shen Zhigui really wanted to leave, it was not impossible for him to go out to sea in a small boat by himself. Anyway, with his level of cultivation, he would not need to worry too much about encountering storms and tsunamis. But if he had to drift aimlessly on the sea alone, he might not be able to find the direction clearly. He might accidentally run to the port south of Xumi. In this case, it was obviously more practical to wait for news from Beidou.

But when Keqing heard what he said, she immediately stepped on him again.

Shen Zhigui couldn't help but say in his heart that the speed of this Yuhengxing was indeed getting faster and faster.

Although for Shen Zhigui's current realm of "Nanshan Morning Snow Jade Rugged", no matter how fast she is, the damage she causes is actually almost painless.

"Then what do you want to hear, Master Yuhengxing?"

Keqing didn't say anything else.

Shen Zhigui immediately thought of the so-called Inazuma Thunder God and Liyue Thunder God that he had heard on the Internet in his previous life. He couldn't help but say on a whim, "How about I take you to Inazuma to see it after the Inazuma lockdown order is lifted?"

Keqing originally wanted to ask Shen Zhigui why she wanted to go to Inazuma with him, but then she thought about their last trip to Mondstadt, which was not unpleasant. Of course, although Shen Zhigui's inexplicable course of action allowed her to gain the friendship of the acting leader of the Knights of Favonius, in fact, that trip was obviously just a hasty and cursory tour.

"So, this is compensation?"

Keqing asked.

"Compensation for what?" Shen Zhigui asked immediately, but soon he thought of something, looked at the girl and said, "Are you talking about the time in Mondstadt? But Master Yuhengxing, haven't you always been in a hurry? I thought you always wanted to return to Liyue as soon as possible!"

But Shen Zhigui soon realized that if Keqing really thought so, then there was no need to ask him this question, and he didn't even have to go to Mondstadt with him in the first place. But now she asked him this question, and it seemed like she agreed, which made Shen Zhigui feel a little uncomfortable.

Because he never thought Keqing would agree.

Although his original intention was just a joke.

Letting Inazuma Thunder God meet "Liyue Thunder God" was originally just an excuse for a bad taste.

But seeing Keqing like this, Shen Zhigui couldn't help feeling a little guilty, so for some reason, Shen Zhigui said, "So, is this matter settled?"