Reading poems from Teyvat

"What's with that look in your eyes, little brat? I haven't even settled the score with you for kidnapping Shen He from the mountain yet!"

When Master Liuyun Jiefeng saw this, he immediately spoke.

What do you mean I should take her down the mountain?

Of course, it was you who asked me to help her adapt to the environment down the mountain, right?

You are really confusing right and wrong!

But Shen Zhigui hesitated for a moment and did not refute this statement. In the end, he just said: "It's not that I don't welcome you, Master Zhenjun, but..."

He imagined the scene of everyone sitting together at dinner time, and then a unique crane standing beside the table. He immediately found it very strange, not to mention whether the crane would feel sympathy for other birds such as chickens and ducks if it saw them on the table. In the eyes of others, was this the so-called "harmonious coexistence of fresh ingredients and diners"?

Thinking of this, Shen Zhigui even had the urge to take a picture of the scene with a camera and then show the photo to unrelated passers-by and ask them what they thought.

So he didn't express his concerns.

On the contrary, Grandma Ping just said at this time: "Okay, Liuyun, you can't just watch us eat like this, right?"

"I just came to visit you..."

Master Liuyunjiefeng just said this, as if she was going to flap her wings and fly back to her cave the next moment. However, under Grandma Ping's meaningful gaze, Master Liuyunjiefeng just pouted her already hard beak, and then a soft light spread from her body, and a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of everyone. She was wearing a dress as light as a feather dress, with a slim figure, and long black hair like a waterfall with a gorgeous color like silk. She wore a pair of red-framed glasses on her delicate face, and raised her head with a proud look, which made Paimeng, who had already seen the crane talking, even more surprised: "Wow, is this the legendary method of the immortals?"

But when Shen Zhigui saw this, he sighed with great regret.

"What do you mean, little brat?"

Shen Zhigui just regretted that he couldn't do that job.

He originally thought that he could come up with a work similar to "There's Spring for the Retarded".

But it is still the holiday season after all, and although Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun came "very talkative", she was not really angry and quickly returned to her normal attitude. Although in fact Shen He rarely saw his master in this attitude, so Shen He was not sure what her normal state was like. The two of them standing together looked more like sisters than master and apprentice, but Shen He was not someone who cared about such things.

They just chatted for a while and soon went about their respective duties of preparing dinner.

Although in theory it shouldn't be done by the guests.

But after all, Grandma Ping and Shen Zhigui can be considered to have a semi-teacher-student relationship, although Shen Zhigui's cooking skills are only enough to use a knife to handle the ingredients. Of course, if you ask him if he can do the rest, he is not saying that he can't do it at all, but since Yan Fei, who has the Eye of the Fire Element, is the chef, he is too lazy to show his mediocre cooking skills, not to mention that he usually barbecues outdoors, and he doesn't have much experience in this kind of cooking on the stove. Among the rest, the traveler Ying is obviously a seasoned chef. As a diner staying at Grandma Ping's house, he volunteered to help when he saw this. As an old noble of Mondstadt, Youla has to receive education in this area since childhood -

Although according to Shen Zhigui's experience, he had never heard of any nobles receiving training as chefs.

Aren't these kinds of things supposed to be handled by the servants?

However, since Teyvat is set up like this, Shen Zhigui naturally cannot complain.

Among the remaining people, Ganyu can only cook vegetarian dishes. It’s not that Shenhe doesn’t know how to cook at all, but there is only so much space in the kitchen, so even if they want to help, they can’t join in. In addition, Master Liuyun Jiefeng wants to communicate with them, so they just stand aside.

No matter how Zhenjun Liuyunjiefeng looked at it, he felt that Shen Zhigui was a bit annoying.

Chapter 40: Clearly Resentful in the Song (Part 2)

"Come to think of it, when you introduced this kid to me as your apprentice, did you expect it to be like this today?"

Master Liuyunjiefeng said to Grandma Ping.

"What does it look like?"

"He's using our relationship to flirt with other women."

"I thought you didn't really care about this kind of thing."

Grandma Ping just spoke gently.

"I don't care, I don't care..."

"But he can obviously be better, but why is he always like this?" Grandma Ping took over the words of Master Liuyun Jiefeng and said.

Master Liuyunjiefeng nodded.

"But have you ever thought that if he could always follow the expectations of you, me and the world and be restricted within that framework, and become the ideal disciple you and I wanted, or even become very similar to the Emperor, he would not be himself. In other words, if he were such a law-abiding person, he would probably only become my disciple, instead of having this kind of distant relationship with us like now. You should have discovered that he definitely had the opportunity to inherit your attainments in mechanical engineering, but he still decided to end his studies with you very early. It was precisely because he foresaw that he would be like that that he showed such an attitude so early -"

The more Master Liuyunjiefeng listened, the more he felt puzzled:

"Ge Chen, what exactly do you want to say? Are you looking for an excuse for him to do whatever he wants?"

"So you are really here to discipline him this time?"

Grandma Ping just looked at her with a half-smile.

"Of course!"

Master Liuyunjiefeng said in a decisive tone.

"So you plan to let him make a choice between Shen He and that Yu Hengxing early on. Once he chooses that Yu Hengxing, you will take Shen He back to the cave on the mountain. And if he chooses Shen He, you will support him with all your strength, even at the cost of going against the will of our old friend?"

"What's wrong with that? To us, mortals are nothing but short-lived creatures that live and die every day. Instead of leaving the affairs of Liyue to those mortals, it's better for us to help them. This way, they won't make any fatal mistakes and cause disasters like the one that happened to Kanreya hundreds of years ago, turning this land into what it was thousands of years ago. This prosperous country is the result of our hard work. Do you really have the heart to hand it over to those mortals and let them ruin it?"

Grandma Ping just sighed:

"I thought you would oppose his decision, but I didn't expect you to be so radical."

"It's not radical, it's just getting things back on track."

"What on earth are you talking about, Master? Whose decision is it?"

Gan Yu, who was standing aside, couldn't help but ask.

Although at this time she vaguely guessed something.

"It has nothing to do with this matter. I asked Liuyun to come here just to let her deal with the relationship between Shen Zhigui and you..." Grandma Ping just said softly, and then looked at the arrogant old friend beside her, "But I didn't expect that she actually thought this way."

"But actually, there is no need to deal with it, right?"

Ganyu glanced at the "junior sister" who was standing beside her without saying a word, and just said.

"What do you mean it doesn't need to be dealt with? If he continues to be entangled in this ambiguous way, he will definitely not end up well. It is better to cut the Gordian knot now, cut off his thoughts, and let him stay in Liyue and be your assistant!"

Grandma Ping just shook her head: "You are just being patriarchal. He will never accept it. He might even confront you with a sword."

"If he wants to fight with swords, then let him fight with swords. I can still handle this brat who has only learned martial arts for a year!"

"That's not necessarily the case."

A faint smile suddenly appeared on Grandma Ping's old face, and she just said.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Since you are planning to use your power to pressure others, then no matter what I say, it will be useless. It is better for you to go and see his progress for yourself," Grandma Ping just said, "Then you will understand where his unclear and unclear confidence comes from."

"From the look of you, it seems like you support him to continue like this?"

"I don't really like his personality, but don't you think he does have the infinite possibilities of humans? We immortals have spent thousands of years accumulating our advantages bit by bit, constantly deepening our understanding of the world, and thus transforming the accumulation of years into our current strength. But for humans, they really only have a few decades of life, but they can always leave their accumulation to those who come after them, allowing them to go further on the original basis-"

"Come on, if they could really do this, their mechanical skills wouldn't be the same as before."

Master Liuyunjiefeng said indifferently.

"But perhaps it's just as Yu Hengxing said, it's just because humans have always lived in the cradle we built for them. Although this cradle can protect them from other natural disasters and malicious attacks, it also restricts their growth because they don't have that sense of crisis. So they won't be proactive and make progress, but will always live in the cradle. But, after all, people can't live in the cradle forever, right?"

"But living in a cradle at least keeps them safe from the world!"

"But sooner or later we will leave this world too. When that time comes, what will they do without our protection?"

Master Liuyun Jiefeng was speechless for a moment, and finally said: "But what does this have to do with him?"

"I've already said that he is a human being."

"But I heard that he seems to be not so sure of his identity as a human being recently."

"That doesn't matter. As long as he is of human origin, even if he is indeed a martial arts prodigy that only appears once in a hundred years or even a thousand years, a unique case that cannot be replicated, an abnormal creature that is ready to abandon his human identity and embark on the next journey, he is still of human origin. Even if he eventually becomes another species, it proves that humans do have the possibility of infinite evolution, right? If there are a few more examples like this, they can keep their glorious civilization in this world forever, survive safely under natural disasters, and defeat those malicious people. Such things are things that we immortals who have lived for thousands of years but have only made a few steps forward cannot do."

Grandma Ping just looked at the boy who was using a kitchen knife to prepare food with a bored look on his face, and spoke gently.

"Whatever you say, I won't give up just like that."

Chapter 41: Clearly Resentful in the Song (Part 2)

Shen Zhigui didn't know that Master Liuyun Jiefeng actually saw him this way, nor did he expect that Grandma Ping would link him to the proposition of human evolution. Of course, if he could actually escape unscathed from the hands of Heavenly Principle, or coexist peacefully with Heavenly Principle's elemental system, then he wouldn't mind promoting his own true qi system so that everyone could practice it, instead of just selecting specific people like the Eye of God and only letting those people benefit -

But at the moment he only felt that he had to complete a crucial step in his martial arts. After completing this step, he could greatly speed up the progress of observing the void of Teyvat, create his own destiny, and solve the problem of the world tree by the way, and even allow himself to cross the martial arts realm of "exploring the sky and the underworld" in one fell swoop, and see through the ultimate secrets of time and space in this world. At that time, he would be able to live an ideal life in Liyue with absolute freedom and not be threatened by anyone. At that time, he would be able to get everything he wanted.

Therefore, even though his life in Liyue was not that difficult and could even be said to be going smoothly, he still did not intend to stop here. Not to mention, Liyue would still have to deal with Zhongli's test in the future. He did not want to just rely on Ningguang's attack to deal with it, but to completely solve Osel and thus completely wipe out all the defeated demons, so that he could understand all the secrets between life and death.

Although it is more likely that he had already done it before.

Because he had a vague feeling that although the ideological origins of these martial arts were completely different, when the martial arts realm was pushed to the end, they would inevitably point to the same ultimate proposition, revealing the deepest secrets between "I" and "non-I", and giving the best way to transform the world through true qi, which is what Sima Qian called "to study the relationship between heaven and man, to understand the changes of ancient and modern times, and to form one's own opinion". By then, although some means would be different, the end point they point to would most likely be the same. So Shen Zhigui would probably be able to draw inferences from one example, reverse the "reincarnation" through destiny, and then continue to deduce the path of martial arts through the results of these two reverse deductions, thereby truly realizing his absolute freedom.

And all this only requires completing this most critical step.

So as long as the doctor and he have a final battle in Xumi as agreed, he will be able to do that.

By then, he would not bother to care about what the decisive battle between the Queen of Winter and Heavenly Law was about. Of course, if the Queen of Winter really obtained the Heart of God of all gods and really went to war with Sky Island and fought until the sky collapsed and the earth broke, the great way was wiped out, and the entire universe was in danger, he probably would not stand idly by. But if the movement made by these two gods did not endanger his ideal life, no matter whether they were rebellious or Heavenly Law restored order, no matter whether it was new or old "Heavenly Law", as long as they did not go crazy, he would not be interested in casting his attention there.

So at the moment, Shen Zhigui's mood is indeed a little too good.

Although Ganyu was actually very worried about him, and Zhenjun Liuyunjiefeng wanted to stop him from doing this, he had a sense of anticipation for his future that his dreams would soon come true, so at this moment, his mood was extremely in line with the atmosphere of the Moon-Chasing Festival. Even when everyone moved the dining table to an open place where the moonlight shone directly, he looked at the silver moon in the sky that looked the same no matter which world it was in, and thought of the sentence "When was the moon first seen over the river, and when did the moon on the river first shine on people? Life has been endless from generation to generation, and the moon on the river looks the same every year". However, there was no river flowing by at the moment, but it was close to the sea. He couldn't recite Zhang Jiuling's "The bright moon rises from the sea, and we share this moment across the world", right?

He doesn't have that kind of object either.

Although to be honest, the excitement that Lei Dianzhen left on him when he first opened the "Tongyou Mingtong" was indeed very impressive to him.

However, he couldn't explain clearly whether this was a psychological effect similar to the suspension bridge effect, or he was really attracted to Lei Dian. Of course, for someone like Shen Zhigui who changed several two-dimensional wives every quarter, it didn't really matter whether he was attracted or not. Anyway, he couldn't give up his path for that vague throbbing. However, now it seemed that he was about to complete that path. What should he do next?

Let nature take its course?

But he was not planning to settle down in Inazuma.

Although there is still an agreement between the two.

However, he really couldn't figure out what Raiden Zhen was thinking, and he himself had very complicated feelings towards Raiden Zhen. Sometimes he would think that he might be Raiden Zhen's father or mother in some sense -

Uh, no male mother.

Of course, Lei Dian may not admit it.

But if you think about it this way, doesn't it seem like something random?

But to be honest, it's quite exciting.

Although it was at this time that Lei Dianzhen's voice came through Meng Xiang, asking him about the "story" between him, Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun and Grandma Ping, which made him have such boundless associations. He actually couldn't clearly explain what Lei Dianzhen's impression of him was, because before that she had just been forcing him to have a relationship with Lei Dianying.

And Lei Dianying also seems to think that there is some special relationship between him and Lei Dianzhen.

The two sisters are very similar in this respect.

Although the people seated were used to Shen Zhigui's absent-minded look, he was concentrating on the vegetarian dish in front of him, which he would soon finish. Most of the people seated were vegetarians, but they had not even tasted the dish yet. Therefore, Master Liuyunjiefeng interrupted his thoughts and said, "What are you thinking about at this time, little brat?"

Shen Zhigui couldn't say that he was thinking about how to open a harem in the future and pull people of Lei Dianzhen's level into his harem. Although this was just a delusion, even if Lei Dianzhen agreed, Lei Dianying might not agree, so he just made up another nonsense:

"Just thinking about poetry."

“Can you write poetry?”

True Lord Liuyunjiefeng is in a rather strange state right now.

Of course Shen Zhigui just smiled.

However, other people were more or less aware of the fact that Shen Zhigui was a bard, although this bard never performed. In the eyes of others, the most impressive thing about Shen Zhigui was his martial arts and his demeanor. The identity of a bard was more like an embellishment for him. He seemed to have never promoted his reputation. He just recited poems casually when the time was right and the place was right.

Chapter 42: Clearly Resentful in the Song (End)

Therefore, although Shen Zhigui's works are largely masterpieces of astonishing talent, some of them, such as the one he gave to Ningguang, are definitely immortal and will shine brightly in the entire history of Liyue literature.

But to be honest, the reason why Ningguang valued him was purely because of his martial arts skills. Of course, if Shen Zhigui was just a powerless bard, Ningguang would not mind arranging him to be her secretary, which was just like Emperor Taizong of Tang wanted to get Li Bai to be his side as a Hanlin scholar instead of letting him be an official. But after seeing Shen Zhigui's rapid progress and increasingly unfathomable martial arts skills, she no longer had similar ideas, because if she thought about it, she would understand that Shen Zhigui would never kneel down to serve her daily life and use his literary talent to flatter her just because of her power. The same applies to others.

Therefore, the identity of a bard was destined to be just an embellishment for Shen Zhigui.

Other people, whether consciously or unconsciously, essentially regard him as a warrior with astonishing skills rather than a talented wandering poet. A poet traveling around the world with a sword may really be hopelessly romantic, but when a warrior who can really kill people and even cause rivers of blood to flow begins to recite poems, he is still essentially a warrior, and the poems he recites will not change his bloody background.

Of course, maybe in Keqing's heart, she values ​​him as a poet more than as a warrior.

Because when the two first met, Shen Zhigui was really weak and fragile.

This first impression may never be erased for Keqing, so no matter how shocking Shen Zhigui's performance is, Keqing will probably still remember him lying on the ground under the moonlight, and the scene when he confessed his feelings to her under the same moonlight and said that his utopia was a poetic world.

Of course, if you ask Shen Zhigui whether he would rather be regarded as a warrior or a poet, he probably would not think deeply about this question, although his real inner thought is that he only wants to be regarded as Shen Zhigui. Whether it is martial arts or copying poems, they are just his means, not his ends. After all, he still has to find a home, a place where he can feel at ease even in a different world. However, obviously others would not think so, so he is too lazy to delve into this issue.

So when Shen Zhigui heard what Master Liuyunjiefeng said, he picked up the juice at hand without hesitation and chanted to the moon that jumped out of the clouds in the sky: "When will the bright moon appear? I raise my wine to ask the blue sky. I don't know what year it is in the palace in heaven. I want to ride the wind to go back, but I am afraid that the jade buildings are too cold up there. Dancing with my shadow is not like being in the human world."

After reading this stanza, Shen Zhigui stood up and paced around in a pretentious manner, walking around a few circles. In front of everyone, he continued, "Turning around the red pavilion, lowering the beautiful window, shining on the sleepless. There should be no hatred, why does the moon always appear full when we are apart? People have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, the moon waxes and wanes, this has always been difficult to achieve. I wish you a long life, and we can enjoy the beauty of the moon together even though we are thousands of miles apart."

Everyone was stunned.