Reading poems from Teyvat

"Speaking of which, have you also met the old man of the Rock God?" Wendy suddenly said, "I remember that Liyue's annual ceremony of inviting the immortals will not be held for a few months, right?"

"This brings us to the story of a certain wind god who transformed into a bard and helped the Lionfang Knight Vanessa to rebel against the old nobles of Mondstadt."

"What do you mean by that?"

Eula, standing aside, obviously didn't expect the topic to suddenly involve her.

"Nothing. What I mean is that, just like Barbatos did not really give all his freedom to the people of Mondstadt, and occasionally he would secretly transform into a bard to guide the people, Morax would naturally not only appear at the Immortal Invitation Ceremony, but would also use an avatar to walk among the human world to observe whether his guidance of humans was appropriate," Shen Zhigui simply said, "It just so happens that I have a good affinity with them, or I have special abilities, so naturally they look favorably upon me."

"So you saw the incarnation of that old man?"

Of course Shen Zhigui could only nod.

"Then," Ying looked at Paimon and asked, "Can you introduce me to him?"

Shen Zhigui thought for a moment and said, "That's not a problem. However, you want to meet the Seventh Ruler to find your blood relatives?"

Of course Ying didn't have any ulterior motives, so she nodded in confirmation.

"Why? Do you think they are in high positions? If you meet them, maybe you can impress them and ask them to help you find your blood relatives?"

Ying said frankly, "No, I just suspect that one of the seven rulers blocked our path and caused us to be separated, so I just want to find that person and find out the whereabouts of my brother."

Now, whether it was Eula, Wendy, or Shen Zhigui, they all looked at her with strange eyes.

"what happened?"

Shen Zhigui thought for a moment and said, "I won't ask how long ago it was, nor will I ask why the god you mentioned wanted to stop you. But no matter what, since you two brothers and sisters were no match for him when you were fighting one against two, won't you make the same mistake if you go alone?"

Chapter 3: Ying’s personal opinion (Part 2)

In fact, Ying didn’t think that much.

She has always believed that things will work out when the time comes. If you ask her if she has ever thought about what she would do if she really met the god who prevented them from leaving this world and she couldn't defeat him, of course, in reality, the god just sealed her up. If she still couldn't defeat him when they met again, she would probably...

Thinking of this, Ying looked at the young man, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Then do you have any suggestions?"

Shen Zhigui did look a little troubled, but he quickly said, "Generally speaking, aren't there only two ways? Either work hard to improve yourself, or make friends and trick others into dying for you... It seems that I should put it another way, which is to make friends who are loyal to you and are willing to go through fire and water for you. When they see that you are in trouble, they will definitely help you regardless of any difficulties!"

"You talk so strangely," the strange creature, which looked like a human baby but could float in the air, pointed at the boy and said bluntly, "You'll never be able to make close friends with such thoughts, right?"

"The world is bustling with people, all for profit, the world is bustling with people, all for profit," Shen Zhigui said casually, "Many times you feel that your friends who are not close to you will not go through fire and water for you, just because you don't offer enough."

"Wow, this person," the strange creature immediately floated behind Ying, looking like it didn't want to talk to him, "it must be a very bad thing if someone becomes your friend!"

"you sure?"

Shen Zhigui raised his eyebrows.

"I am sure."

"That's a pity. I was thinking that it's no different if I treat this drunkard alone or a few more. I also wanted to treat my new friends to a meal. Since you don't want to be my friend, then..."

"Hey, wait!" The strange creature named Paimon that was floating in the air suddenly flew forward for a distance, looked at their dining table, and drooled. "Actually, if you are willing to treat us to a meal, we can forgive you, right, Ying?"

The blonde girl who was asked by her just held her forehead and said nothing.

On the contrary, Eula, who was standing aside, really didn't want to see them talking about such endless topics, and she didn't care about her old aristocratic etiquette at all. To be honest, she felt that her drunken appearance at the time had completely ruined her image in the eyes of the young man. Moreover, Ying and Paimon were also foreign travelers, and they didn't have the kind of prejudice that the locals had towards the surname Lawrence. So after Eula put on airs for a few days at the beginning - it would be better to say that her old aristocratic airs were her protective color, so after getting familiar with them, she was too lazy to pretend anymore. Although some things do become second nature, if someone really wants to get used to the kind of etiquette that is obviously unpopular but still demands that others respond in a consistent manner in every detail, then Eula can only say that that person is probably as hopeless as her uncle.

According to what the young man said, he was probably born to be hung on the street lamp.

So she just pulled out a chair, sat down, and said, "It's your treat today, right?"

Shen Zhigui vaguely felt that there seemed to be a strange change in the attitude of this eldest daughter of the old noble family and captain of the guerrilla squad of the Knights of Favonius towards him, but he left Mond directly after that night, so there was no way to investigate further. He just nodded and sat back.

While ordering food, Eula asked, "I heard from the bard that your latest goal is to travel all over Teyvat?"

Shen Zhigui nodded.

"You had a falling out with that Lord Yuhengxing? Did you finally get fed up with that Lord Yuhengxing, or did that Lord Yuhengxing finally get fed up with you and drove you out of Liyue? So even though you've become a homeless dog, you still lied that your goal is to travel all over Teyvat?"

"Let's not talk about what kind of prejudice you have against me. You think I'm comparable to a platypus. You seem to want me to break up with her?"

Shen Zhigui looked at her sideways.

"What is a platypus?"

"A creature with a very hard mouth. It is said that its mouth will still be hard three days after cremation."

"It seems that you are quite self-aware."

Eula said.

"So you have already concluded that she will hate me? Is it the kind of mutual admiration between the daughters of famous families?"

Shen Zhigui said it on purpose.

"I just think that a normal person would definitely not like someone who is willing to please someone even though they are not interested in her."

When Shen Zhigui heard her words, he immediately turned around to look at her.

"what happened?"

At this time, Shen Zhigui asked Wendy, "Oh, I don't remember clearly what I said at the time."

"Don't ask me. I'm not interested in your messy emotional analysis." Wendy also sat down, raised her glass, took a big sip, and then wiped the water from the corners of her lips. "But if you ask me, didn't you declare that you are ready to please any beautiful girl in the world? Why do you have to confront Captain Eula so sharply?"

"Can she still be called a beautiful girl now?" Shen Zhigui suddenly said, "I mean, she looks quite old, right?"

"Yeah, normal people should be talking about marriage at her age."

Wendy said meaningfully.

"So is it because her family is urging her to get married that her temper has turned bad now?" Shen Zhigui said to himself, and then shook his head, "No, to be honest, it seems that her temper has always been bad, right? I heard that she always talks about holding grudges. It seems that everyone in Mondstadt, except Amber, is her enemy."

Eula looked as if she was about to bite her teeth to pieces, but her eyes were still pretending to be calm as she examined the fruit salad in front of her. She seemed to be cutting the plate in half when she used the knife and fork to scrape it.

Ying, who was standing aside, was not sure whether the three people had a good relationship or not, nor was she sure whether the atmosphere was sinister or peaceful, so she was even a little hesitant about whether she should sit down. After all, she was not really an empty-headed person. Even if she was really an empty-headed person, Paimeng noticed the weirdness between them and said bluntly, "Your relationship is so weird..."

"I think it's quite normal," Shen Zhigui said, "After all, we are just acquaintances who have exchanged a few words. We can't say we are that close, but we can barely be considered friends."

Chapter 4: Planned Kidnapping (Part 1)

Regardless of how Shen Zhigui used his made-up theory of making friends to fool his new friend, although in fact, he himself knew that Ying and he and even her blood relative had a common enemy, but if he really told her in person that her blood relative was a member of the Abyss Cult, which was almost like a rat crossing the street and was hated by everyone in this world, and also had a noble status, and was respected as "Your Highness" by Abyss Mages and even Abyss Apostles, it would be a bit too much. So even though he actually thought about finding her blood relative who had devoted himself to the Abyss to form an alliance to resist Qin - no, it was the law of nature - or something, he couldn't figure out the attitude of the Abyss towards his new system, not to mention that he didn't like the Abyss's practice of contaminating him, so he always kept his distance from it, although he didn't mind cleaning up the hillilians who wanted to attack him on the way.

Who made it so that the first life-and-death crisis he encountered when he first came to this world was caused by the Hilichurls?

So Shen Zhigui was a little unsure about the attitude of this traveler.

Although purely from the perspective of personal character, this person is definitely the kind of honest person who repays evil with kindness and never haggles over trivial matters - or rather, the kind of sucker.

While Shen Zhigui was chatting with his new and old friends, the Fatui, who were already full of ears and eyes in Mondstadt, also discovered his whereabouts. Although their superiors have become a little abnormal recently and are not as aggressive as before, they want to use various radical means to force out the wind god Barbatos to seize his God's Heart. Of course, the grassroots members of the Fatui also think it is reasonable. After all, Tevarin has come out, right? Although some people mentioned that if they go to surround and kill Tevarin at this time, they may be able to force Barbatos out, but at that time, they will definitely be used as cannon fodder to consume Tevarin's power. Although they are not afraid to be loyal to the Queen, their superiors are unwilling to sacrifice them. Do they still need to make military remonstrations?

But the Fatui's superiors are not just ladies.

They naturally had to obey the orders of a certain executive who was chasing the trail of a young man with a dream.

After all, Mond is naturally far enough away from Inazuma, so he concluded that even if Meng Xiangyi really had the "Evil Star's Hand and Eye" deployed by Lei Dianying, as long as he acted fast enough, she might not be able to come in person before he captured Shen Zhigui, so he could take action in Mond.

But even from the perspective of a skirmisher, Shen Zhigui's speed was really too outrageous. He couldn't figure out why Shen Zhigui had to go around in circles between the three countries of Inazuma, Liyue and Mondstadt, but he could get from Liyue Port to Mondstadt in four or five days. Even a puppet like him would have to travel without sleep to do it!

From this perspective, it is not without reason that Lei Dianying values ​​him so much and directly gives him the gift of Dream Yixin.

So it is too risky to deal with him using normal means.

If he accidentally discovered my purpose, he might hide in the castle tower forever and never come out.

Of course, what San Bing didn't expect was that his actions had already been passed on to Rosaline through the lower levels of the Fatui. As Shen Zhigui's insider in the Fatui, Rosaline naturally informed Shen Zhigui of the news when he used "anger" to treat her.

San Bing thought his plan had not been leaked, so he thought about how to frame him. He even thought about pretending to be harmless and approaching him until he let down his guard before attacking him. However, according to the intelligence he collected, this man was too erratic and normal people could not keep up with his pace. Of course, San Bing was definitely not a normal person, but he was not the kind of person who would cater to the pace of others, so he thought about it according to his usual thinking:

Since he was planning to seize the Heart of God from Lei Dianying through Shen Zhigui, then it would be reasonable to threaten Shen Zhigui through his friends, right?

Although everyone who interacts with him seems to have divine eyes.

Moreover, his attitude towards his friends seemed very casual, and it was hard to tell whether he really cared about the safety of his friends. Therefore, Sanbing was unable to advance his plan. After all, if he kidnapped someone and wanted him to surrender, the person would just say that they were not familiar with each other and leave. If he alerted the enemy, it would be a loss. Therefore, Sanbing had to secretly observe his interpersonal relationships in Mondstadt, and then came to a conclusion:

The friend he cares about most is probably the alcoholic bard who has similar habits to him.

Although this conclusion is counterintuitive.

After all, someone's closest friends are far more women than men.

Even Sanbing's colleague in Liyue, a martial arts fanatic who had been unable to make any progress and had a single-minded mind, had thought about using the beauty trap on that man in order to alienate the relationship between the Jade Star and the immortal. However, based on his recent observations, Sanbing had discovered that this man was indeed very close to the bard who only drank all day and claimed to be the best in Mondstadt. Although he usually did not drink, these two people would perform in the Angel's Gift tavern whenever they were free. Although according to the intelligence, it was mostly the drunkard who found him and dragged him along, but since that man no longer drank, why would he go to a tavern full of drunks?

Therefore, the fact that he could accommodate himself so much to this drunken bard showed that their relationship was indeed extraordinary.

Of course, if his analysis was heard by Shen Zhigui, Shen Zhigui would probably be a little speechless. Of course, in fact, if he had a choice, he would naturally want to talk to beautiful girls all day long. Although Mond is indeed a free country, the professional ethics of his friends who possess the Eye of God are all frighteningly high. So Barbara has to stay in the West Wind Church all day and be an idol in her spare time. Rosaria has to catch "rats" at night, not to mention workaholics like Jean -

Even Eula was mostly encountered in the tavern during her free time, and she was basically working outside the city on weekdays.

So where else could he go when he had some free time if not to the pub with Wendy?

Of course, he could actually be alone, but Wendy spoke nicely and played the piano very pleasantly, so going to the tavern with him could be somewhat entertaining and entertaining, not to mention that he might occasionally run into a drunk Eula, and sometimes it was fun to tease her.

On that day, the scattered soldiers who were observing the people sitting at the open-air dining table from a high place had secretly made up their minds to choose a suitable time to kidnap the bard so that Shen Zhigui would surrender.

Chapter 5: Planned Kidnapping (Part 2)

So when the moon was hanging high in the sky and its cool silver light spread across the entire Mondstadt from the clear blue sky, the bustling lights in the streets gradually lit up one after another, reflecting the silver moon in the sky. There was a noisy voice of people everywhere, and the drunken bard took out his harp and started playing after eating and drinking. Shen Zhigui also took out his flute to join in. The rest of the people sat quietly by and listened to the two people's performance diffusing in the soft night. They even seemed to see the music spreading farther and farther, like water waves, disappearing at the farthest point of their sight before stopping.

"Xiaogui, your playing skills have improved so rapidly..."

Although Wendy looked almost too drunk to walk at this time, and was squinting his eyes and putting all his weight on the rocking chair behind him, he was still able to speak clearly to Shen Zhigui.

Nonsense, Shen Zhigui said in his heart, if he had also learned the martial arts of "Fish and birds in the world all fly and sink", he would definitely be able to control every part of his body in detail, and there would be no problem of hands not keeping up with the brain. Shen Zhigui even suspected that if he was allowed to go back to assemble the troops now, with his current physical condition, even without considering the operational details, he would be able to beat the world's top professional players with his operations alone.

But it seems that Wendy doesn't need to learn anything to do it.

Moreover, the Chinese version of the game Assemble the Troops is no longer available. Even if there is still a Chinese version, the game company has announced that it will stop updating. It is obvious that it has one foot in the coffin. Shen Zhigui actually rarely plays the ladder, so it seems not worth lingering on.

Anyway, martial arts is always much more interesting than games.

After all, no matter how good you are at playing games, if there are no like-minded friends around you, you will always feel an unspeakable emptiness. Although Shen Zhigui is not the kind of person who agrees that it is useless to play games well, this feeling of emptiness of wasting life will still come to his mind at certain moments. However, what you can do by studying martial arts is always much more than what you can do by studying games. At the very least, learning martial arts well can always give you a healthy body to work hard, right?

Although it is impossible for me to work, and I will never work in this life, I was clearly a worker before I traveled through time, and I am still a worker after I traveled through time. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to travel through time?

"You mean to say, listening to the singing, that he has only learned to play the flute for a short time?"

Paimon asked curiously.

"It's only been about three or four months. I was the one who taught him to play the flute myself."

Wendy just said with a smile.

"Wow, can you learn so well in just three or four months?"

“That’s because I’m gifted.”

Shen Zhigui said shamelessly.

"You have reached this level in such a short time. You really have a great talent for music." This little creature who had been pointing fingers at Shen Zhigui at the beginning actually spoke human words. But soon she crossed her arms and said in a rather arrogant manner, "It's decided. I'm going to give you a nickname. It's the Flutist!"

"If you add a flowery dress to your nickname, I think I can lure away all the mice and children like you by playing the flute."

"I'm not a child, and I don't want to be compared to a mouse!"

This little creature could actually stomp its feet in the air, which Shen Zhigui immediately found quite interesting. However, the joke Shen Zhigui mentioned was not to compare her with mice, but the story of the Pied Pied Piper in the German fairy tale. The story said that his flute could attract mice, so he agreed to help a city that was suffering from a rat infestation to eliminate mice. However, when the flute player really used the sound of his flute to attract mice and let them run into the river and drown, the people in the city went back on their word and did not want to pay him, so the flute player used the sound of his flute to attract all the children in the city away -

Although in fact, Shen Zhigui is not incapable of doing such a thing.

Rather, with his current level of cultivation, he might not be able to use "Flowers Fall and Water Flows" to completely control the emotions of a person of the lady's level, but it would be much easier to control the emotions of animals and children whose minds are not yet mature.

As a bard, Wendy was keenly aware that there seemed to be some allusion hidden in Shen Zhigui's words, and immediately opened his eyes and asked: "Is there any story behind the Pied Piper?"

Shen Zhigui thought about it and realized that the story was not complicated, so he just retold it. After he finished retelling it, people around him looked at him strangely, and even the little creature said, "Although the story is a good one, why does it sound so strange when it comes out of your mouth?"

"Because he is a liar, but he said something like this to teach people to keep their promises. Of course you would find it strange."

Eula said.

Although Shen Zhigui did not deny that he was the kind of person who spoke nonsense without hesitation, he thought about it and felt that he had never said anything nonsense to this person, right?

"Do you still think that the lies Barbara told were flawless?"

Well this...

Although Shen Zhigui had originally thought that no one would want to dig into those things, and Rosaria's withdrawn personality should not have many friends, logically speaking, even if she knew that Shen Zhigui was lying to Barbara, she should have no one to tell. Although Shen Zhigui was not sure whether what she was talking about was about Rosaria or his nonsense about his broken heart, to be honest, he did lie to Barbara in front of several people and said that Tevarin was trying to intimidate them, the Liyue people.

Come to think of it, it seemed that he really enjoyed telling lies in front of Barbara.

Could it be because Barbara acted too innocently?