Reading poems from Teyvat

Of course, if the doctor could create Big Ivan and throw it directly at him, Shen Zhigui would have no choice but to surrender.

Although before that, it is very likely that justice will throw a nail in the face in winter.

"But I am not the only executive officer of the Fatui."

After hearing what the boy said, the doctor immediately understood that the boy in front of him had indeed seen through his weakness to some extent. At least from what he saw, if he were to fight against the boy alone, he would not be as fast as the boy. Even as a follower of the Queen of Winter, with the Evil Eye and the Eye of God, he might be able to gain the upper hand in the scale of elemental power for a short time, but if he was not as fast as the opponent, it would be meaningless if he could not hit him.

Therefore, the reason why he did not fight back before was that after he revealed his flaw, he could not find any chance to win, so he had to go with the flow.

But he was still the second in command of the Fatui after all, and he had already thought of a countermeasure.

He had originally thought of this possibility. If he could not defeat the young man head-on, he could also ask several Fatui executives to encircle and suppress him.

"Then it depends on who is faster," Shen Zhigui's appearance at this time made the doctor feel extremely strange. The boy's dark eyes, which were originally calm, were shining with light. Even in the previous debate about the topic of mortals and geniuses, his face, which had always been absent-minded, became extremely serious, as if he had found a new toy in this boring world. Even though the doctor was the second seat of the Fatui, the vitality of this body was gradually exhausted, and he couldn't help but shudder at this moment. "Should I kill you first, and defeat your Fatui executives one by one, and clean up your people who have infiltrated various countries, or should you find me first and concentrate all your efforts to encircle and suppress me? It depends on who understands and controls time better between you and me, what do you think?"

"Then you should prepare a coffin for yourself first."

After the doctor said these last words, all his vitality disappeared, and his body could no longer hold on. Like a robot that had run out of power, he fell backwards after being gently pushed by Shen Zhigui.

Then Shen Zhigui saw that the "life and death aura" that was completely different from that of a normal person, which was wrapped around him, became even more illusory at this moment, as if there was an invisible network spreading in the void, and after his life and death aura was broken at this node, it flowed to the other nodes one after another -

In fact, the word "涌" is not so accurate.

A more accurate term is actually resonance, or resonance.

However, Shen Zhigui hesitated for a moment and did not continue to consider the choice of words and descriptions. At his level, he did have some of the meaning of "the way that can be told is not the eternal way" and "the one who knows does not speak, and the one who speaks does not know". Although to put it more nicely, it can also be said that "one forgets the net when one catches the fish, and forgets the words when one is pleased", but in short, he was indeed cheering for this new perspective proposed in "Penglai Sword Song", because although he had previously planned a direction for himself to move forward, the energy and knowledge required to advance the true qi system of "Life and Death Mysterious Qi" from the handicraft industry to the nuclear power industry could not be completed in a short period of time. But now, if he learns this trick, he can divide time and space infinitely, extend a short moment infinitely, and even travel through the void, and may even be able to jump out of the long river of time——

However, to achieve this, he would have already fulfilled his destiny and pushed himself to the realm of "reincarnation".

Speaking of which, do all martial arts point to the ultimate proposition of time and space?

And the reason why "Penglai Sword Song" is so obscure and difficult to understand is simply because it appeared too early?

However, now that such an opportunity has arisen, Shen Zhigui will naturally not let it go. After all, hasn't the doctor always claimed that mortals are only fit to serve as stepping stones for geniuses? Compared to Shen Zhigui, a martial arts prodigy who is rare in hundreds or even thousands of years - although it is more likely that the system has given Shen Zhigui too much of a plug-in - the doctor is just an ordinary mortal. Not to mention that he has been conducting inhumane human experiments over the years. Since he deserves to die, he might as well be used as a stepping stone.

Although the international disputes that may arise later may be a little troublesome.

But just like what he said to the Doctor, it was just a matter of who was faster. Anyway, Rosaline had already become his insider in the Fatui, and he could easily get information about the Fatui's activities from her. If Shen Zhigui had done this before, it might have been a violation of the overall situation, but now Shen Zhigui could say that after completely killing the Doctor and understanding the "Song of Penglai Sword", he was the overall situation! Even if the law of nature came, he could still escape unscathed!

Chapter 20: Life is full of regrets and little joy (Part 2)

So when he returned to Mond, he didn't even discuss it with the Knights of Favonius. He directly massacred the Fatui's stronghold at night and forced those people to tell him the whereabouts of the Doctor. But obviously the Doctor only sent one "slice" to Mond. It seemed that a place like Mond with only one Tevarin left as a high-end combat force was not worth worrying about. Not to mention that the Knights of Favonius, the local management organization of Mond, was suppressed by the Fatui. Although it was because of the expedition, even if there was no expedition, the Doctor had forced Mond to accept the almost humiliating conditions of the Winter Solstice conscription a long time ago. So although he had some doubts about the death of the stragglers, his attitude towards Shen Zhigui was not as hostile as it is now.

Although to be honest, it was just Shen Zhigui's one-sided hostility.

But since the conflict had intensified to this extent, Shen Zhigui could not hold back, otherwise the enemy would successfully kidnap his friend and use him as a bargaining chip. So that night, he used "Flowers Fall and Water Flows" to force out the remaining Fatui who were lurking in Mondstadt. The next day, he came to their homes one by one with swords in hand, and even held down the Fatui at the door of West Wind Cathedral to execute him.

Although I don't know what kind of canon or punishment he wants to clarify.

Fortunately, Barbara was still in the Cathedral of Favonius at that time. She obviously didn't want to see such a bloody scene, so she stepped forward to stop Shen Zhigui. Shen Zhigui glanced at her, and then saw Qin leading a group of Favonius Knights hurried over, and said: "The conflict between me and the Fatui is irreconcilable. If you want to stop me, I have nothing to say, but if there are any problems in the future, it has nothing to do with me."

Jean was thinking in her heart what do you mean by it has nothing to do with you. Aren't you the one who is ruining the situation on your own and then walking away, leaving the Knights of Favonius to face the chaos you left behind alone?

Shen Zhigui also saw the struggle beneath Qin's calm appearance, so he said, "So, Captain Qin, who do you think is stronger, the Fatui or me?"

Qin subconsciously wanted to say that it was of course the Fatui, but the martial demeanor of Shen Zhigui at this moment, as well as the messy relationships behind him, made her lose her mind for a moment and become conflicted.

"If you can't tell who is stronger between the Fatui and me, then that proves that you have no way to tell, or that in your heart the Fatui and I are equally matched. But now the Fatui and I are at loggerheads, and you, Mondstadt, are also suffering from the Fatui's oppression. At this time, don't you think the Knights of Favonius are still unwilling to become a force that breaks the balance, but instead want to do their best to maintain this balance?" Shen Zhigui just casually glanced at the two sisters who looked alike, and said, "But the problem is, you couldn't stop the Fatui before, so can you stop me now?"

It must be said that originally in Barbara's mind, although she had long felt that Shen Zhigui might not be an ordinary person, after all, he had a senior sister like that, but Shen Zhigui's thin appearance and lovesick behavior were still very deceptive. So in Barbara's view, Shen Zhigui was originally just a slightly weak bard. Even though he was holding a sword and holding down the Fatui guarding the West Wind Church, she just thought that Shen Zhigui had a conflict with others. She would never have thought that Shen Zhigui would be positioned like this, and would arrogantly think that he could be compared with the Fatui, an organization that has been rampant in Mondstadt since she could remember, and even said that he and the Fatui were evenly matched!

Moreover, her sister had no intention of refutation!

Am I still dreaming?

Barbara pinched her arm secretly, and a red mark suddenly appeared on her delicate skin. She was in so much pain that she almost cried:

Is she still in reality?

So, is this boy impersonated by someone else?

But at the moment, Qin's brain is not much better than her sister's:

After all, in her eyes, Shen Zhigui was just a boy who had some ambiguity with Liyue's Yuhengxing and awakened Tevarin from his slumber. But even Tevarin could not be compared with the Fatui. After all, the Doctor had dealt with the dragon in Mondstadt before. Although Tevarin was a follower of the wind god, Barbatos had not appeared for nearly a thousand years. Who knew if his power was still as strong as it was a thousand years ago? Even at this moment, even if Shen Zhigui claimed that he had killed the sixth seat of the Fatui, what Qin valued was only his relationship with the immortals of Liyue, and only acknowledged that he and those immortals could be compared with the Fatui to some extent, rather than the weight of Shen Zhigui alone. But if he was allowed to make trouble in Mondstadt, maybe the Fatui would not dare to be presumptuous when he was still in Mondstadt, but what if he left Mondstadt?

So Qin really didn't want to rock the boat.

But now Shen Zhigui did raise a question that was hard for her to handle:

They couldn’t stop the Fatui before, can they stop Shen Zhigui now?

Qin's eyes turned to the Fatui who was being stepped on by Shen Zhigui. She pondered for a long time and finally sighed: "So, you are really prepared to fight to the death with the Fatui?"

"Replacement guaranteed."

"At this point, what can the fake be replaced with the real thing?" Jyn only responded in a low voice with exhaustion, then raised her head and looked seriously at the thin boy who might not even be over 18 years old, and said, "I understand what you mean, Excellency. I don't ask why your attitude has become so extreme after one night, but Mondstadt is still Mondstadt after all, not Liyue or some other place, so I hope that when you clean up the Fatui, you will at least bring a Knight of Favonius with you to deal with it."

Shen Zhigui just nodded, but still said: "At this time, do you still care about that insignificant face? But when you agreed to the doctor's recruitment plan, wasn't the reputation of the Knights of Favonius already trampled on?"

"Why are you so aggressive, sir?"

Qin immediately gave a bitter smile.

"Maybe people are in high spirits when things are going well, so they become more and more unscrupulous?"

Shen Zhigui actually took the time to tidy up his mental state.

"In short, please hand this person over to our Knights for custody and interrogation," Qin ignored Shen Zhigui's words and just instructed the person standing next to her, "Eula, go help Lord Shen Zhigui clean up the Fatui."

Chapter 21: Long life with little joy (Part 2)

Eula, who was arranged by Qin to be with Shen Zhigui to deal with the Fatui, felt that what she had seen and heard recently was just an illusory dream. In this dream, she seemed to be walking on clouds as soft and floating as cotton. She couldn't tell her own direction, nor could she tell the true face of the bard who seemed to her to be extremely talented and intelligent but was only willing to follow Yuhengxing and run around for the eldest lady of the aristocratic family. She thought that she might be able to get closer to him, and perhaps understand him -

After meeting that Jade Planet, Eula sometimes wondered how their fate would be if their identities were swapped. And for this young man who was as attached to that Jade Planet as she was to Mondstadt, suddenly choosing to leave him and saying he wanted to travel all over Teyvat, Eula would have similar thoughts about him. If she gave up the idea she had always had, gave up the obsession to cleanse the sins in her blood, and chose to go far away like her teacher from Liyue, would she be able to be as casual as this young man?

Although she also knew that this idea was meaningless.

However, today, after seeing with her own eyes the young man sweeping through the Fatui in Mondstadt with the force of thunder, she identified and defeated all the so-called "diplomats" in the open and the spies in secret, including her uncle, a "Mongolian traitor" who wanted to restore the status of the old nobility by selling out Mondstadt's interests. Of course, her incompetent uncle didn't have much to sell. Logically, seeing her blood relative in this state, Eula should have stood up and angrily reprimanded him, but at this time, she just numbly notified the Knights of Favonius to detain these people, and then continued to follow the young man to clean up the Fatui.

Maybe it was just because she wanted to see how far a person could go with his or her own abilities.

But the more she followed the boy, the more Eula felt that he was unfathomable, especially when she followed the boy out of Mondstadt, cleared out the Fatui's outdoor strongholds, and then met the doctor who had killed the dragon Ursa in the past and made Mondstadt agree to the recruitment of Solstice through this incident. Then, Eula saw a scene as if in mythology reappearing, with an incredible light erupting between the two of them, turbulent smoke and deafening sounds lingering in her sight and ears all the time, and the ubiquitous elemental force in the air seemed to be boiling, as if it was going to completely distort this world!

So under such pressure, Eula felt that her breathing was almost stagnant, and she couldn't even intervene in the fight between the two people. She was even repeatedly used as a breakthrough point by the doctor to disturb the boy's mind. Even Eula herself couldn't explain what was going on. She just felt that she seemed to have walked back and forth on the cliff of life and death. When everything calmed down, she just saw Shen Zhigui stepping on the scarred doctor's head and said to the man: "It seems that your speed is still not faster than mine, and your prestige among the Fatui doesn't seem to be very good. Didn't you say that you would gather people to encircle and suppress me? Why are you alone? Where are your colleagues?"

"Humph! It's too early for you to get complacent. This is definitely not the end. Even if you clear out the Fatui in Mondstadt, it will only be a temporary solution. Sooner or later, I will—"

"But it seems that your 'sooner or later' cannot compare to my 'sooner or later'. At least I have learned from your subordinates that your two colleagues are now in Liyue. When the time comes, let's see whether I can defeat your Fatui's executive officers one by one sooner or later, or you can gather enough manpower sooner or later." The young man pierced the throat of the man who seemed to Eula to be deeply sinful, but said strangely, "I look forward to our next meeting. Or, if you can't find enough colleagues to encircle and suppress me, you can actually let all of 'you' come to encircle and suppress me? Although I don't think it will have any effect."

The Doctor did not reply.

But maybe it was just that the vitality of his body was completely lost.

After a long while, Eula finally realized the strangeness of the boy's words: "You mean, he is immortal?"

“Even if you miss, you’re not far off.”

"What exactly does that mean?"

"He can create multiple 'selves'. Although I'm not sure how, in a sense, you can indeed treat him as immortal."

Shen Zhigui just said it casually.

"how come……"

When Youla heard this, she immediately frowned, and Shen Zhigui just said casually: "Don't worry, he probably won't be able to take care of Mondstadt for the time being, because he already knows that my next target is the executive officer in Liyue. Although he may want to continue to plant people in Mondstadt or even kidnap you while I'm not there, he or the Queen of Winter behind him may not be able to bear the cost of losing multiple executive officers at the same time."

So next, the Doctor will most likely go to Liyue, although he may not be able to make it in time.

In a sense, this is actually a speed-killing game between him and the Doctor. However, although Klee's mother, the mysterious witch Alice, invented something similar to a telephone, and Xumi also had the Void, which was in a sense close to the modern Internet, Teyvat was still a world with backward productivity. Inventions like Alice's and Xumi's Void, and even Shen Zhigui's mechanical creation, were all works based on personal abilities and had no foundation for large-scale promotion. Therefore, internal communication among the Fatui might not be a problem for the Doctor, who could transcend time and space and talk to multiple of himself, but at this time, if he wanted to contact other executives, it might not be so fast.

Even though he is the second seat, it is still questionable whether his prestige is useful.

Of course, Shen Zhigui had to race against time to eliminate the Fatui in Mondstadt, but that might not be the case in Liyue.

After all, if it weren't for Zhongli's own indulgence, the Fatui would never have been able to cause trouble in Liyue Harbor, let alone have the opportunity to release Osiel.

At present, Shen Zhigui's relationship with Grandma Ping is acceptable. Although he feels that he is not qualified to be called the disciple of Master Liuyun Jiefeng, if he really needs help, Master Liuyun Jiefeng will not leave him to die for the sake of Shen He, right? Not to mention Ganyu, the half-blood Qilin, so he is fighting on his home turf in Liyue.

When Eula heard what he said, she just asked, "Are you going to Liyue next?"

Chapter 22: Long life and little joy (End)

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Chapter 23: Willing to Love a Thousand Golds with a Smile (Part 1)

Therefore, Eula's dream has to continue.

Although the scene before her eyes was indeed what she had dreamed of, and she could indeed rely on her reputation of expelling the Fatui and her act of sacrificing her own relatives for the sake of justice to completely draw a line between the past and future of the surname "Lawrence", at least in the future, her children would not have to live in prejudice like her, always have to endure the criticism behind the back of others, and even normal commodity trading would be subject to unwarranted accusations. Although when she thought about the issue of her children, she never felt any reality.

Rather, she still has no sense of reality.

After all, she is the one who has to bear the sins of her ancestors. Now, asking her to admit that she is the "hero" who drove out the Fatui seems more like a mockery to her, right?

Although she also understood that Shen Zhigui didn't care.

Anyway, that person didn't do this for fame, nor for the safety of the people of Mondstadt. He just had a conflict with the Fatui's executive officer, so he wanted to wipe out the roots.

But now that things had come to this, she was just woodenly surrounded by those people, woodenly walked with Jyn, and woodenly participated in the lively celebration spontaneously held in this free city. When it was late at night and the lights were dim, when she, Jyn and the Knights of Favonius were sorting out the matters after the celebration, Jyn was able to find time to apologize to her, saying that she should not have done that without Eula's consent.

Of course, Qin knew Eula's character well.

However, if all the blame was placed on Shen Zhigui, the Fatui's criticism would indeed be directed at Shen Zhigui, but the incompetence of the Knights of Favonius would be completely established in the minds of the people. In the future, the Knights of Favonius would only be responsible for trivial matters such as catching cats. By then, when taxes were collected, some people would resist in the name of freedom. Although she was not unwilling to help the people catch cats, the Knights of Favonius should not waste their remaining manpower on such things. Otherwise, when the Fatui returned, the people would not trust the Knights of Favonius, but would only hope that Shen Zhigui would appear again. She also knew very well that Shen Zhigui was definitely not the kind of person who would stay in Mondstadt.

Therefore, the Knights of Favonius need this reputation to deal with the comeback of the Fatui.

If Shen Zhigui is still needed at that time, at least Mond’s complaints will only be directed at the Knights.

And Eula is the one who represents the Knights of Favonius to gain that reputation.

Of course, Eula can understand Qin.

After all, she was born into an old aristocratic family, so she understood the political considerations. Although the more she understood the current situation, the more she felt that her previous persistence was unnecessary, because if the world was like this, why should she be so stubborn in wanting to atone for the sins of the Lawrence family?

So she just nodded woodenly.

Seeing her friend like this, Qin didn't know how to persuade him. After thinking for a while, she said, "I heard that Mr. Shen Zhigui is still performing at the Angel's Gift. Why don't we go and have a look?"

Eula's eyes, which were originally as calm as dead water, finally showed a ripple, and then she nodded.

When the two arrived at the tavern, Shen Zhigui was actually playing the song "Blowing in the Wind" with Wendy, which made Eula not know what to say for a moment. The song was clearly about opposing war and against the killing of other people's lives, but in the process of expelling the Fatui, from beginning to end, the one who looked down on others like the god of death and reaped the lives of others was none other than this young man in front of her who was drinking and singing softly.

Although he did not kill all the Fatui he found.

Thanks to him, the prison of the Knights of Favonius is almost so crowded that there is no room for anyone to stand.

But Eula still stood there, in this deserted tavern, listening to the boy finish singing the song.

Perhaps, just like the many questions sung in the song, the questions in Eula's heart have always been hanging over her heart like a dark cloud, and the answers to these questions, perhaps only the wind in this free country can give her the answers in the future.

After the young man finished playing, she walked over and heard the bard jokingly say to her, "Isn't this the great hero of Mondstadt? Isn't it that you didn't have enough fun at the celebration?"

Eula immediately stared at the young man.

Although she had long understood that Shen Zhigui was the kind of person who would talk nonsense without thinking.

But this was the only thing she didn't want Shen Zhigui to joke with her about.

Seeing her expression, Shen Zhigui immediately understood that she still had some grudges, so he shook his head and said, "So, you think this process is not correct. Even if you get the correct result you want through this incorrect process, you can't accept it?"

This person is still the same, always able to find other people's flaws easily.

This is true in swordsmanship, and even more so in speech.

"But now it's done. Even if you think the process was wrong, why don't you work hard to make the people of Mondstadt live a better life? Although it's not good to get on the bus first and buy the ticket later, at least you bravely took on the responsibility, so why don't you continue to work hard to serve the people of Mondstadt with that sense of guilt?"

Although in Shen Zhigui's view, she would probably be tied to this land forever for the rest of her life.

But isn't this what she wanted?

She originally stayed here because she missed the people of her hometown, the traces and past she had left on this land, and hoped to live a better life in this country where the breath of freedom had long been integrated into her soul and blood. She wanted to completely pay for the sins that her ancestors could not pay for, so that her descendants could walk in this country without any burden. In this case, what else was there for her to be dissatisfied with?

Judging from her previous mentality, she probably never thought that she could atone for her sin, and even the Mond people's attitude towards her might not change.

But now the people of Mond regard her as a hero, so her guilt will only apply to her generation. Isn't that a good thing?

Of course, Youla knew that Shen Zhigui's words were directed at her.

But she still felt an indescribable depression like a dark cloud hanging over her heart. She felt that if she didn't get an explanation from Shen Zhigui at this moment and let him go, she would be shrouded in this depression for the rest of her life and would never see the sunshine again. But she really couldn't describe that kind of depression, let alone explain the impulse hidden under that depression, so she just looked at the young man without saying a word.