Reading poems from Teyvat

"A team selected to handle his test."

"Well..."

Shen Zhigui couldn't say that he actually didn't think that much.

And these guys don't look like...

Well, through Shen He, he should be able to order Chongyun around. After all, Chongyun is the kind of honest man who respects the elderly and loves the young. Although Shen He is only a few years older than him, he is his elder after all. And through Chongyun, he should be able to order Xingqiu around. After all, these two people are probably inseparable from Jiao and Meng. As for Xiangling, it's not that he can't be persuaded, but there are only a few young boys and girls like them. Even if they can be used, can they really join the battle and make changes?

"Master, who is he you are talking about? What is the test?"

Xiangling asked.

"He is a man who wants to retire. Before he retires, he wants to test Xiao Shen to see if Xiao Shen can take over his responsibilities."

“Isn’t this a high opinion of me?”

Shen Zhigui said.

"But if you can pass that test, won't things be done according to your idea afterwards?"

"But his goal is just to find someone who can continue to hold on, right?"

Shen Zhigui just said.

And not really caring about how to keep going.

Therefore, whether Ganyu can become the next Emperor is not that important to him, because he just needs someone to stand up and continue to protect this country when he can no longer serve as the Geo King. That person can be Ganyu, Ningguang, or Keqing. As for himself, his participation in this plan is purely out of selfishness rather than public interest. It is better to say that he rarely really considers the thoughts of the people of Liyue. From this point of view, he may not be much better than Keqing.

"You are right," Grandma Ping said, "but no matter what, since you have accepted his test, you must do your best."

Shen Zhigui immediately looked down at the long sword in his hand that was emitting a faint green jade light, and thought to himself, according to your standards, what level is the best?

Although his original plan was to kill Osel by himself.

"So, do you need my help?"

Xiangling turned around and looked at her master and Shen Zhigui, and suddenly said.

"Are you really willing to drag Xiangling into this incident?"

Shen Zhigui asked.

"Does it matter whether she is willing or not? Of course, she can hide away unawares, but since she has already told us about the plan, there is nothing wrong with letting Xiangling participate in this matter. As a Liyue person, she can't escape anyway."

Grandma Ping just said that.

Chongyun and Xingqiu had always been excluded. When they heard what Grandma Ping said, they immediately looked at Shen Zhigui and said, "Then let's help too..."

Shen Zhigui thought about it and felt that there was no need to push people away. Although he couldn't explain how to use these people, he just said, "It's up to you. Anyway, I won't be staying in Liyue Harbor recently."

Chapter 57: There Will Always Be a Time to Ride the Wind and Waves (Part 2)

Of course, Shen Zhigui actually wanted to ask Xingqiu, saying that he had solemnly declared in front of Tianshu that he was just a material for a ranger, and was not willing to stand in such a critical position to make decisions, nor did he want to take such a big responsibility. He also made it clear that he was not interested in politics, but why did he say so directly now that he wanted to help?

But perhaps it was purely because of Grandma Ping's elder demeanor that she downplayed the matter, so Xingqiu just thought that this matter was just about the transfer and inheritance of someone's power and responsibilities. When he was really involved, he found that he would eventually step into the political center of Liyue, and it was the absurd idea about the Yuheng Star that he had always avoided. What would he think?

Thinking of this, Shen Zhigui couldn't help but look at Xingqiu with some ill intentions.

Of course, Xingqiu couldn't understand Shen Zhigui's eyes.

But Xingqiu had not actually given up the idea that Shen Zhigui had described as "middle school", so it was not that he had not thought that Grandma Ping was the elder of the secret organization in his imagination, and the test she was talking about was that another elder in the organization wanted to pass the throne to Shen Zhigui, so she wanted to test Shen Zhigui, who was originally a stranger. But no matter how you look at it, the attitude shown by Grandma Ping is simply the legendary immortal, and immortals are naturally the direct descendants of the emperor. Anyone from Liyue can tell this, so Grandma Ping will definitely not agree with the concept of Yuhengxing -

Although in fact, Xingqiu also felt that Tianshuxing's vigilance against Shen Zhigui was not unreasonable.

A bard who had only been in Liyue for less than half a year was able to form such connections with such complicated people so quickly, and even had close personal relationships with Tianquan and Yuheng, two of the Seven Stars of the contemporary era. His current relationship with Ping Lao Lao and Ganyu, the direct descendants of the Emperor, was obviously extraordinary. Although Xingqiu admitted that his relationship with Shen Zhigui was indeed pleasant, the fact that he had such a wide range of personal connections was indeed quite disturbing.

Although it was probably true that Tianshuxing began to notice Shen Zhigui out of jealousy from the very beginning.

When Xingqiu heard Shen Zhigui say that he would not stay in Liyue Harbor for the time being, he did not think much about it. He just compared it with his experience as the second son of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, and thought that the old gentleman was probably not energetic enough to handle the job, so he wanted to hand over the work in his hands to Shen Zhigui. However, Shen Zhigui seemed to have some preparations to make, so he wanted to temporarily leave Liyue Harbor and go to Inazuma, and deal with the test from the old gentleman when he came back.

In a sense, Xingqiu's idea is actually quite correct.

But he never thought that the friend of Grandma Ping, who was an immortal, was the one who wanted to retire, the Emperor of Rock King himself.

Although this idea itself is ridiculous:

Why would the Emperor test an outsider when he is about to retire?

However, although Shen Zhigui really wanted to see Xingqiu's expression when he found out that he was actually involved in such an incident, he couldn't be frank with him at the moment, so he just said it casually and then began to prepare for the long journey. Of course, he didn't really have anything to prepare. After having the "Dongtian", Shen Zhigui obviously threw everything there. Even the space of the God's Eye of Keqing and others might not be more spacious than the Dongtian. In addition, he didn't care much about food and clothing, so he actually just prepared dry food, clothes and Mora.

Before leaving, he also asked Shen He for her opinion, asking her whether she planned to stay or go back to the cave of Master Liuyunjiefeng first.

"You want me to improve my cultivation, shouldn't I return to the True Lord's cave to practice?"

Shen He just looked at the boy and said calmly.

"If you can only improve your cultivation in the True Lord's cave, then what's the point of going in and out of the secular world?"

Shen Zhigui's words actually had a lot of problems, but Shen He was obviously not the kind of person who would dwell on such trivial details. She just looked at the boy standing on the dock looking at the sunrise and said, "So you want me to stay?"

Shen Zhigui thought about it and nodded: "Although from a selfish point of view, I think it's best for you to make your own choice, but you probably just want to return to the cave of the True Lord. In the future, you will probably go in and out of the secular world only because of the orders of the True Lord. Instead of turning into this, it's better for me to help you make the choice. Anyway..."

I guess there will be more and more such things happening in the future.

Although Shen Zhigui feels something is not right when talking about the future now.

"Then I'll stay."

Shen He said very obediently.

Shen Zhigui thought for a moment and then asked, "What do you think of Chongyun?"

"It feels weird, but... it's not unpleasant."

"Then why don't you go and interact with them in Liyue Harbor in the future, and help your nephew with his exorcism business?"

Shen Zhigui said.

Shen He shook his head.

Shen Zhigui did not ask her why she shook her head. After all, Shen Zhigui himself was not very impatient. After all, those demons and evil spirits avoided Chongyun's pure yang body, not to mention Shen He who possessed immortal means. Of course, for ordinary people, it might indeed be a matter of life and death, but for Shen Zhigui, it was a bit trivial. Therefore, Shen He's impatience to help Chongyun exorcise the demons was understandable. Even Chongyun was very troubled by his pure yang body that could not see ordinary demons and evil spirits. However, his professional identity came from his family background. It was estimated that if he could not solve the problem of the pure yang body in his lifetime, he would have to spend his whole life in the very promising profession of alchemist -

I don’t know if he can get married if he really can’t solve his physical problem.

You can't possibly suck on a popsicle and do that on your wedding night, right?

I guess it can’t be suppressed!

Shen Zhigui thought with some malice in his heart.

"Then you can just stay the same." Shen Zhigui really couldn't think of how Shen He could make friends with this kind of personality. Although Chongyun's family was related to her by blood, she obviously didn't seem like the type who would often interact with relatives. So Shen Zhigui couldn't think of how to let her develop her own emotions normally for the time being, so he just said, "By the way, can you help Ah Qing a little?"

"Aqing?"

"Oh, it's Lord Yuhengxing."

"You..." Shen He's eyes fluctuated for a moment, but he finally nodded and said, "I will."

"Goodbye then?"

Shen Zhigui looked at the tall woman and for a moment he didn't know whether the decision he made for her was a good one or a bad one, so he could only withdraw temporarily and wait and see what would happen.

Chapter 58: There Will Always Be a Time to Ride the Wind and Waves (Part 2)

Although Shen Zhigui did have close personal relationships with some people in Liyue Harbor, and it was because of these people that Shen Zhigui finally decided to participate in Zhongli's retirement plan, and although his original intention was mostly to gain benefits for himself, he actually didn't need to take such a big risk to fight an opponent of Osel's level, so it was nothing to say that he chose to participate because of his friendship with these people -

But for this country, his departure did not actually cause much waves.

After all, his weight or influence is not heavy enough to control the operation of a country.

After all, the earth will continue to turn without anyone.

Of course, it is hard to say whether Teyvat is a ball or not.

However, Shen Zhigui had no intention of delving into whether the starry sky of Teyvat was real or fake, and whether one's personal destiny had already been set on a predetermined trajectory. Although he had already rewritten Tevarin's fate, it was hard to say. After all, Tevarin's original ending was similar, except that there were not so many Mond casualties in the middle. But if we think in this direction, if the World Tree can be modified in the past -

"never mind."

The more Shen Zhigui thought about it, the more headache he got, so he didn't think about it any further. He just stood at the top of the mast and stared into the distance in a daze.

Of course, he is now on an ocean-going ship.

Obviously, it was not on Beidou's Death Star.

But Ningguang found another way.

In order to avoid some unnecessary trouble, he did not call himself Shen Zhigui on the ship, but made up a pseudonym. Some people were obviously Ningguang's spies, who received instructions from Tianquanxing and helped him cover up his tracks. Some people even helped him to disguise himself. Therefore, most of the time on the ship, Shen Zhigui was just standing alone on the mast and looking into the distance. He did not have much contact with these people. It is estimated that some people did not notice the existence of such a person on the ship from the time they got on the ship to the time they got off.

Of course, this was also Shen Zhigui’s original intention.

So after sailing for a while, he saw the outline of an island in the distance and asked one of Ningguang's spies about its location. After learning that the island was an outlying island, Shen Zhigui thought about it and decided to give up the idea of ​​bypassing it.

Although he definitely didn't want to be blackmailed by those Kanjo Bugyo people after getting off the ship.

He was not a famous traveler, and obviously no one would come forward to help him waive that procedure.

However, he really wanted to verify whether the people of Kanjo Bugyo were really so omnipresent.

After all, with his speed, it would be difficult for him to be restricted, so he could just run away as soon as he got off the boat?

Shen Zhigui just thought.

But what Shen Zhigui didn't expect was that he actually saw an unexpected person on the outlying island——

Or it can’t actually be called an accident.

Because the "Ladies" or the Fatui, in essence, are the culprits behind Inazuma's "Seclusion Order" and "Eye Hunting Order". They discovered that General Raiden was just a puppet created by Raiden, and they used the operating logic of this puppet to circumvent the influence of Raiden, who had been pursuing eternity and avoiding wear and tear in the "One Heart Pure Land". Then, through collusion with Tenryo Bugyo and even Umijima, they deceived their superiors and subordinates, created chaos everywhere in Inazuma, and finally approached their goal.

As for their purpose, it is obviously the Heart of God.

At first, "Madam" Rosalin did not recognize Shen Zhigui who had disguised herself at first sight. She just imitated the graceful posture of the previous "Madam" and proudly walked down from the Fatui's magnificent ship, issuing orders to her subordinates as she walked. Shen Zhigui, who was watching, didn't know whether she had restored her previous personality or she had really imitated it so vividly that no difference could be seen at all.

So Shen Zhigui just stood aside and watched her approach, wondering whether he should give it another try. After all, the chess piece that he had originally controlled seemed to have some problems, which obviously made him a little concerned. Not to mention, if the "lady" really returned to her original state, then killing her in Inazuma seemed to be an option, right?

Anyway, for the "Madam" personality, everything she did seemed to be enough for her to be judged.

But perhaps her impression of Shen Zhigui was too deep. When she passed by Shen Zhigui, her eyes suddenly widened, but she quickly restrained her expression, stopped, and deliberately talked to her subordinates, revealing her residence and free time that night, then looked at Shen Zhigui again and continued walking.

Shen Zhigui really didn't know whether this was a trap or her invitation, but even if it was a trap, there was nothing to be afraid of.

Anyway, this is Inazuma.

He was somewhat restrained in Mondstadt, after all, that country did not dare to offend Solstice, so if a diplomatic dispute was created in Mondstadt, the first victim would definitely be the empty and weak Knights of Favonius. He had to consider the attitudes of some people at that time, but now the Fatui executive who killed Inazuma for no reason was probably just that, or maybe Inazuma's situation was already chaotic enough, and did Solstice's executive really want to face Lei Diany's Wuxiang's sword?

So even if we kill the lady right here, there won't be any problem, right?

Shen Zhigui took out the flute, but couldn't help saying in his heart.

So he just played the flute a little bit to influence the officials who came to question him, making them ignore his presence. Then he quietly hid his body and avoided the questioning. When night fell, he went directly to find the "lady's" residence on the island.

When he arrived, he found that the hotel was unusually empty.

"A deliberate attempt to confuse people?"

Shen Zhigui couldn't help but murmur a little, but he walked in anyway. Then he found that it was a so-called hot spring hotel. There was a steaming hot spring in the courtyard. The "lady" obviously didn't want to be disturbed, so she booked the entire hotel. Of course, she was qualified to do so. After all, whether in terms of strength or power, her reputation among the Fatui was not as high as some of them, but she was obviously a veteran and could naturally enjoy privileges. She could temporarily send people away and enjoy the rare peace and quiet.

"So, are you Rosalyn now, or are you 'Ms.'?"

Shen Zhigui drew out his emerald green sword and spoke softly to the figure standing in the center of the hotel room.

"Ms.' is Rosaline. Mr. Shen, your question is ambiguous," the man said softly, but eventually bowed his head to the boy, "However, I am indeed Rosaline, not 'Ms.'"

Chapter 59: How Many Times in This World Have We Been Saddened by the Past (Part 1)

Rosalin looked at the boy whose face seemed to have changed because he wanted to hide his identity, but whose edge was even more fierce. She couldn't help but recall the night when she first "woke up". It seemed to be a night similar to now, with no one around. The frail boy just held a simple jade sword and faced her. The chill in the air was so chill that it penetrated deep into her bones.

Although the time between their reunion this time was not as far away as she thought.

But to Rosalyn, the gap between them seemed like years or even decades.

Because in this process, she has to face not only the weight of hundreds of years of memory from the "future" of her own life, but also continue to play the role of the "lady" who will become that person in the future. So even though Shen Zhigui used that magical skill to help her distance herself from the memory of the "lady" from the beginning, so that she could keep Rosaline's personality uncontaminated, if she wants to continue to play the "future" herself, she must draw enough nourishment from that memory. The more she consults that memory, the more her cognition, reason and principles will inevitably be shaken:

Because for an inexperienced girl, the face of the world is inherently hazy and ambiguous, so in her original cognition, she would feel that the world has countless possibilities waiting for her to explore. But the deeper she goes into that memory, the clearer her understanding of the world will be, the more she will understand some truths, and the more she will understand the cruelty of this world, so she will inevitably feel that some "sacrifices" are indeed worth it.

But in this way, isn't she just repeating that person's old path?

In the dead of night, she would inevitably think of the young man who had brought her back to life, and of his flute playing, and of herself.

But if we don’t repeat that person’s old path, where is the new path?

With such doubts in mind, she secretly negotiated between Mondstadt and Solstice, feeling as if she were drowned by a deep tide and was gradually being swallowed up by the deepest part of the ocean. Neither the "memories" within nor the pressures without could support her to keep going. Perhaps, from the day she woke up, this world would no longer be the bright and clear one she had been when she was seventeen, nor would it be the morning filled with birdsong and flowers and poetic scenes under the clear sky. Instead, it would be a rainy night with dark clouds and continuous torrential rain. If she was not careful, the thunder of judgment would descend from the sky, destroying her tattered body and her spirit, which was also about to become tattered, in this world.