Reading poems from Teyvat

They really didn't expect that Shen Zhigui could recite such poetry at this time.

But when Eula thought about it, she couldn't help but feel that it was very reasonable.

After all, this was the same young bard who could improvise "Blowing in the Wind" on Tevarin's back.

As long as he wanted, he could probably use his talent to dazzle others, right?

The first thing Ganyu thought of was the poem "Qingyu'an·Yuan Xi" that he had written for Ningguang before. Because of the spread of that poem over the past six months, it has been vaguely regarded by the Liyue people as the best Lantern Festival poem in the history. Many people are wondering who Xin Qiji is, because such poems could not be written by predecessors and it is estimated that future generations will find it difficult to achieve, so they are all eager to find the author and get to know this young man. It's just that Shen Zhigui was only exposed because of Ningguang that time, and he never took the initiative to promote his reputation after that. Ganyu didn't know whether he was disdainful or unintentional to do so, but when she heard this poem, she realized that this was just like the "Qingyu'an", enough to shine through the ages and become the best Mid-Autumn Festival - no, it's the Moon Festival - poem in the history!

She should have celebrated the young man in front of her.

After all, he did create such poems and leave his name in the two most important traditional festivals of the Liyue people.

But at this moment, she suddenly lowered her head.

Just as Shen Zhigui returned to his original position in silence, still in the same state, even Master Liuyun Jiefeng was intimidated by his talent and was about to praise him, Gan Yu suddenly interrupted the conversation between the two: "Mr. Shen, I have a question."

She did not wait for Shen Zhigui to give a definite answer, but just pushed the conversation forward: "At the beginning, you said that "The Jade Case" was given to Miss Ningguang, because it was because you saw her lingering in the crowd that you wrote such a poem. So, who are you going to give this poem to now? After all, we are all sitting here now. If we really talk about joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, the waxing and waning of the moon, it may not be that sad, but you still thought of someone else. So, who is that person?"

So everyone couldn't help but turn their eyes to the young man.

At this time, Ganyu continued to ask and answer her own question: "Is it Miss Keqing?"

This choice is very reasonable.

It was so reasonable that neither Youla, Shen He, nor even Master Liuyun Jiefeng could find any fault with it, because after all, Master Liuyun Jiefeng came to deal with Shen Zhigui's messy relationships and asked him to cut the Gordian knot and not let it go on like this. But at this time, he recited such poetry. So, did he already see through her and Master Gechenlangshi's intentions, and was just using this poem to express his feelings, to show that if Master Liuyun Jiefeng asked him to choose between Shen He and Keqing, and to stand between immortals and mortals, he would stand with that Yuhengxing without hesitation?

Although Master Liuyunjiefeng didn't think Shen Zhigui was so smart.

Rather, this young man has never been bothered to read other people's expressions, which is completely different from her.

But putting aside the fact that Master Liuyunjiefeng lacked a correct self-awareness, after Shen Zhigui recited the poem, her feelings had already been revealed in it anyway. If she continued to question him, it would only be counterproductive, so she should have stopped there, but when she saw Ganyu's expression, she felt a little strange.

Note [1]: Yunjin’s nickname is “Hongju Chanjuan”. As to whether Chanjuan in Liyue refers to the moon, I tend to think it does.

Chapter 43: When Will the Bright Moon Shine on Me Again (Part 1)

Shen Zhigui was silent for a moment, but finally just shook his head and said, "I just miss my family in my hometown."

In fact, there was no need for him to send such a poem to Keqing. Even if this poem was indeed like the one in "Qingyu'an Yuanxi", which was enough to become a Mid-Autumn Festival poem for all ages, as long as this festival continued to exist in Liyue's tradition, future generations would certainly continue to pass down this poem. But in the final analysis, he and Keqing did not need such poems to express their longing for each other, nor did he need to engrave his longing for Keqing in the depths of time in this way, because after his martial arts advanced to the current level, he would be able to see her soon even if they were thousands of miles apart.

If Wang Ziyou's confidence in visiting Dai on a snowy night came from his status as a direct descendant of the Wang family of Langya, and his natural demeanor of the Wei and Jin aristocrats, then Shen Zhigui's confidence in acting recklessly came from his martial arts skills. He had understood this very early and made the decision, and the more advanced his martial arts skills were, the closer he was to being omnipotent, and the more he could act recklessly.

Although the boundaries of his behavior did not include returning to his hometown again.

So when he was reciting this poem "Song of Water Melody", he was indeed thinking of his past time in his original world. Although it is not true to say that he missed his former helpless self very much, after all, from his current perspective, he was just a mediocre otaku in the past. But there is no reason to say that mediocre people are not qualified to have good memories, right?

So at this time, he actually began to sing in a low voice the later adapted pop music version of "May We Live Together Forever".

The people around just looked at each other, but just listened to the boy's singing in silence. Although Shen Zhigui's singing was actually quite good, he was just an amateur. He always unconsciously imitated the female voice in his singing. Of course, he could sing it, but it always made people feel awkward because his singing was still a little too shrill compared to his voice. But no one cared at this time. After the boy finished singing, there was silence for a long time again.

Finally, Ganyu spoke again:

"Mr. Shen, where is your hometown? Does Zhendan really exist in reality?"

Shen Zhigui immediately raised his eyebrows:

He originally thought that someone like Ganyu would not be bothered by such issues, because anyone with a discerning eye could see that the reason Shen Zhigui used this statement was that he did not want people to delve into his background, but Ganyu still chose to get to the bottom of it at this sensitive time.

Seeing Shen Zhigui's silence, Gan Yu continued to look directly into the boy's eyes. His glass-like pupils were as clear as the moonlight at this moment. She continued to ask: "However, I can probably guess that the place really existed, and it is not an excuse for you, Mr. Shen, to make up a country with your own theory. You were born there, and while you miss it, you are probably dissatisfied with some things there. That's why you said that to me at the beginning. That's why you said that what you opposed was not the rule of man or the rule of God, but the cycle of corruption-"

"so?"

"So your goal is to achieve your own martial arts progress, complete your contract, and return to your hometown to fulfill your vision after you have already gone further and further on the path of immortality?"

Ganyu's tone inevitably became more humble towards the end.

Shen Zhigui looked at her strangely and asked, "Even if it's like this, but..."

Whether he leaves or not, it doesn't really matter to her, right? Because at present, Liyue still cannot do without the governance of this half-blood Qilin. Although Ningguang has intended to turn her into a component instead of letting her continue to serve as the engine that cannot continue to operate independently without her, in the final analysis, as a "Secretary-General" who continues to exert influence on all secretaries in Yuehai Pavilion and will play a mentor-like role, although she does not show her true colors on weekdays, as long as she shows her will, it is enough to shake the rule of Qixing. As an immortal, she has a high enough prestige in the Qianyan Army, and as a "Secretary-General", she also has enough authority. In the final analysis, policies still rely on people to implement. Once she, the leader of the executive layer, chooses to start a new business, Qixing will definitely not be her opponent.

Even if she chooses to slack off at this stage, Qixing will still become overwhelmed.

However, over the past thousands of years, she has been serving the Seven Stars conscientiously and has never shown her own personal will. Even when she encounters a rebellious person like Keqing, although she does not agree with her approach in her heart, her work attitude is still impeccable.

"But, aren't you, Mr. Shen, the one who hopes that I can change from an executor to a supervisor, and that I can have an independent will to interfere and influence the course of Liyue's history instead of just being a container for the Seven Stars' thoughts?"

Ganyu continued to look directly at the young man and said:

"But what if I respond to your wishes?"

Shen Zhigui immediately displayed his eloquence without changing his expression: "But if you didn't have that idea in the first place, and you didn't think that idea was correct, then no matter how much I talked nonsense, you wouldn't adopt it, right? In the final analysis, you think that the statement is correct, so you want to become the supervisor of Liyue society, not because I am right that you blindly trust me, think that every word I say is an irrefutable truth, and defend my ideas to the death-"

Although the latter type of people are actually not uncommon in Liyue.

At least a considerable number of people have an almost blind trust in the emperor, believing that whatever decision he makes is correct and everything he says is the truth.

But for someone like Shen Zhigui who saw the other party lying with open eyes, he would definitely not think that way.

Although he used the identity of Zhongli instead of Morax at that time.

Gan Yu stared at the young man in front of him for a long time, and finally whispered: "So, whether you choose to leave or stay, the reason will not be this?"

The onlookers were frightened by the weight of the conversation between the two. Neither Grandma Ping nor Master Liuyunjiefeng had any intention of intervening in the conversation between the two. They just let the two carry on the conversation on their own. When Master Liuyunjiefeng heard Ganyu say this, he realized what had happened between the two and shouted, "What on earth do you want to do, little bastard!"

Chapter 44: When Will the Bright Moon Shine on Me Again (Part 2)

What Master Liuyunjiefeng questioned was not Shen Zhigui's opinion, because Shen Zhigui's opinion had actually been leaked out in their casual conversation a long time ago. Otherwise, she would not have thought that Shen Zhigui would naturally stand on the side of the immortals after choosing Shen He and support Ganyu to become the next emperor. But at this time, she clearly saw that Ganyu, the half-blood Qilin raised by her, actually had the intention of getting entangled with Shen Zhigui. It was even because Ganyu wanted to respond to Shen Zhigui's wish that she had the current change——

Of course, perhaps Ganyu herself could not figure out whether her transformation was due to responding to Shen Zhigui's wish, or because the future described by Shen Zhigui's words made her determined.

But in the eyes of Master Liuyunjiefeng, what Shen Zhigui did was really too outrageous!

At this time, Shen Zhigui was still unaware of the anger of Master Liuyunjiefeng, and just asked, "Master, what do you mean?"

Master Liuyun Jiefeng held down the glasses on her nose and looked through the lenses at the young man whom she once thought could inherit her knowledge of mechanical engineering. After a long while, she said, "So are you going to stay or leave? If you choose to stay, are you going to choose Shenhe or Yuhengxing? After making your choice, who do you support to take the throne?"

"Let's not talk about the fact that I've already said that I don't want to be bound by worldly morals. Your last question seems ambiguous, isn't it?"

It sounds like once he chooses someone, he will make the other person his mistress.

"You can only choose one!"

Master Liuyunjiefeng just said it seriously.

Shen Zhigui immediately looked at Grandma Ping who was sitting on the side with a smile, and Grandma Ping noticed his gaze and just said, "If you still blame me and think that it is because I called her here that the current situation has occurred, then there is no need to do so. Sooner or later, you will have to face her and deal with your messy relationships, right? Not to mention that you will have to travel to Xumi and all over Teyvat next. After dealing with these things, you can go on your journey with peace of mind, right?"

But Shen Zhigui always felt that the "safe journey" contained some kind of good-natured teasing from Grandma Ping.

"But if I die on the road, then I won't have to deal with anything, right?"

Shen Zhigui is still making excuses.

"But if there's a risk that you might die on the road, do you think we'd be comfortable letting you go?"

"Then I am really flattered, right?"

Shen Zhigui just said that.

The conversation between the two men immediately made Master Liuyun Jiefeng even more furious: "At this point, do you still want to escape?"

“But I don’t think of it as an escape.”

Shen Zhigui just said.

But seeing the expression on Master Liuyun Jiefeng's face, which became more lively after he turned into a human, Shen Zhigui knew that this matter would not end easily. He looked around and found that Yanfei and Ying both had a vague look of gloating on their faces, while Eula and Ganyu also had complicated eyes. Ganyu even tried to comfort Master Liuyun Jiefeng, but this woman with a bad temper was obviously not someone who could calm down easily, so Shen Zhigui sighed:

"Whatever. It's going to be like this sooner or later anyway."

"Mr. Shen, Zhenjun is just angry now, she will be fine after a while, don't..."

Seeing that she failed to appease Master Liuyun Jiefeng and Shen Zhigui was about to stand up again, Ganyu immediately turned around and said to Shen Zhigui.

Shen Zhigui just shook his head: "Anyway, if the True Lord doesn't agree, the matter between Shen He and I will definitely not be easily resolved, so sooner or later I will have to face her. If this is the case, then sooner or later, what difference does it make?"

"But can't you wait until you..."

Originally, Ganyu wanted to ask Shen Zhigui to wait until he could compete with immortals before discussing it with Master Liuyun Jiefeng. However, when she thought of Shen Zhigui's rapid progress, she became a little unsure. After all, the most intuitive way she felt the boy's progress was when he noticed his weakness in the process of dealing with Xiao's karma. He seemed calm and composed when dealing with the Fatui. Even the death of the doctor at his hands was too silent. Therefore, Ganyu could not see Shen Zhigui's true level now. Moreover, when she thought that Shen Zhigui's motivation for improvement was to deal with the relationship between him and Shen He, and to fight against the "prejudice" of the secular world and even Master Liuyun, she suddenly fell silent.

Although she felt that her thoughts were unnecessary.

After all, no matter how you look at it, although Shen Zhigui did swear that he did not want to see Liyue continue to create the ridiculous cycle of power constantly being exchanged between the upper and lower levels through violence, he himself is indeed the kind of person who is not very interested in politics, and he usually keeps to himself. Although he has a very good relationship with Yuhengxing, based on his relationship with Keqing, he would raise his objections to Keqing's remarks without hesitation, and he would not support Keqing's views. Therefore, even if he stayed by Keqing's side, he could not get deeply involved in Liyue's politics. Ningguang's several attempts to win him over were ineffective. So it is obvious that Shen Zhigui definitely has no intention of joining Liyue's system.

In the future, she will have to be busy in this huge system because of her contract with the Emperor, and she may even only see the True Lord a few times a year because of this.

Although she didn't really want to meet Zhenjun.

It would be better to say that work was her excuse for not meeting the True Lord.

If she hadn't had this relationship with Zhenjun, she wouldn't have had much interaction with this young man, so if she thought about it carefully, this young man and Yuhengxing were a match made in heaven, right? Even Shen He, although he seemed calm on the surface, they must have had a lot of free time to spend with each other in private, right?

And she was destined not to have much interaction with this young man in the future.

So this bud shouldn't actually exist.

Although it was because of this young man that she examined her actions over the past thousands of years and her position in Liyue, and felt that she should perhaps have her own stance different from that of the Seven Stars and the Immortals to push Liyue forward, and such will, stance, and even wishes all came from this young man, so she couldn't figure out what she thought of this young man at all. Was it because she wanted to respond to the young man's wishes and therefore wanted the young man to respond to her, or did she also need someone to stand not far from her, watching her, and supervising whether she was taking the wrong path?

But now, she could only wait for him to make his own decision.

Chapter 45: When Will the Bright Moon Shine on Me Again (Part 2)

Seeing Shen Zhigui stand up and reach out for the hilt of the Inazuma-style sword behind him, he drew out the sword in a strange posture, which seemed to be as effective as the Huaying Sword that he had demonstrated to her before, and was suspected to be the work of the Emperor. When the edge of the sword was completely exposed to the air, whether it was Zhenjun Liuyun Jiefeng who was facing this edge, or the few people watching on the side, they all felt as if there was a god of extremely high status in the void who opened His eyes, cast His gaze, and stood behind this young man, like a barrier for him.

But when those majestic eyes swept around, Shen He, You La, and even Gan Yu, all felt the strange emotion in them.

Of course, Lei Dianying just felt that she needed to see clearly the people around Shen Zhigui so that she could clear the obstacles for her sister in the future.

After all, even though Shen Zhigui is making rapid progress now, he doesn't seem to be trapped in the barrier of life and death and return to dust like ordinary people in a few decades. Moreover, as a warrior, Lei Dianying can sense that the haze in his heart is getting thinner and thinner through his use of the method of dreaming. This means that he himself is less and less worried about the principles of heaven. Therefore, he is now ascending to the realm of clear sword heart. Although it is different from the path of no thoughts and no desires that she has chosen, once he completes this process, this young man will definitely have a place among the top warriors in the world like her and Zhongli.

And if at that time, Ah Zhen cannot stay with this young man forever, what should she do?

Although Lei Dianying would definitely accuse Shen Zhigui of being incompetent for letting Ah Zhen fall into such a situation.

But to be honest, didn't she lose Ah Zhen once five hundred years ago because of her own incompetence?

So even if that day really comes, Lei Dianying probably still won't be able to face it calmly.

So, even though Lei Dianying's body had been made into a puppet by herself, and even though she was not experiencing such a thing herself, at this moment, she felt a little empathy for why these humans always broke through the institutional barriers she set up, because even if they had to pay a painful price or even their lives, they would still realize their wishes, because wishes were, in a sense, the continuation of their lives. For these short-lived species who were born and died in a day, apart from leaving offspring, this was their way of proving that they had left traces in this world.

Lei Dianying certainly knew his sister's wish.

But she had always worked hard for Inazuma and her good-for-nothing sister in the past. If this second life with an uncertain future was the same, and she died like that in the end, what was the point?

So she wanted her sister to embrace a wider world, to realize more wishes, to satisfy more of her own desires. Even if it was not through her, but through this young man with his dream in his heart, she also wanted Ah Zhen to have a more colorful life, so that Ah Zhen's life could last longer, be more real, and continue without regrets. Similarly, if Ah Zhen really could not resist the fate of dying in the end, then she also hoped that Ah Zhen could leave her a gift -

Leaving behind offspring as a continuation of her life.

Although for this sister complex, having such thoughts would make her feel that her sister no longer belongs to her alone, but is shared by others, so the tenderness and consideration that Ah Zhen originally only gave to her would be shared with others in half, but she cannot deny that it was Shen Zhigui who brought Ah Zhen back to this world. If there is anyone in this world who can become Ah Zhen's other half, there would be no other choice except this young man with extraordinary talent in martial arts, right?

Although he is a playboy.

But he and Ah Zhen also get along very well.

During the time when he traveled around, Lei Dianying often felt that the two of them were communicating their views on everything in the world through Dream Yixin. He also often saw Ah Zhen distracted when handling official business. At that time, what he saw through Dream Yixin was often the scene where the young man walked to a place with beautiful scenery and took out the flute to play. He also often saw him walking among different groups of people to inquire about those legends and stories according to Ah Zhen's will, and heard him describing what certain foods tasted like. Presumably, if it weren't for her good-for-nothing sister, Ah Zhen would have already been traveling around Teyvat hand in hand with this young man, right?

Although he is still a playboy.

Of course, as a warrior who is also so-called "single-minded in martial arts", Lei Dianying more or less understands Shen Zhigui's attitude of not taking relationships between men and women seriously. But if the person he does not take seriously is her closest sister, Lei Dianying would find it a little hard to accept. She would rather Shen Zhigui take every relationship seriously than for him to be so perfunctory to everyone.

And once he is really forced to the point where he has to be serious, these people will probably be Ah Zhen’s enemies, right?

The majesty that Lei Dianying bestowed on Meng Xiangyixin suddenly became stronger, and the emotions and will that came out of it became clearer.

When Master Liuyun Jiefeng, who was standing opposite Shen Zhigui, saw him like this, he immediately said, "I thought you had made some progress, but I didn't expect you were just clinging to the gods? Such power is nothing but an external object to you!"

When Master Liuyun Jiefeng saw Shen Zhigui and the dream in his hand, he became even angrier:

At first, her impression of Shen Zhigui, the "disciple" pushed by Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun, was not very good, because Shen Zhigui was recommended because of his extraordinary talent in martial arts, and he was actually half-hearted in learning mechanical arts at that age. Although Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun was an irritable and outspoken immortal, it did not mean that she appreciated her own kind. Of course, Shen Zhigui could not be said to be irritable. A more accurate description was that he was impatient. In comparison, Shen He was her ideal disciple.

Of course, it is also possible that she has only accepted this one disciple, so she hopes that future disciples will be as obedient to her as Shen He was.

But Shen Zhigui is definitely not a person who can rest in peace.

Although he has an incredibly high talent for mechanical engineering.

But just when she changed her attitude towards Shen Zhigui and thought that Shen Zhigui had a chance to inherit her mechanical skills and surpass her, he actually said that he wanted to go down the mountain and would no longer be her disciple!

Chapter 46: The Clear Waters of Canglang (Part 1)

Although this matter was stated in advance by Master Liuyun Jiefeng himself, Shen Zhigui had only foreseen that he would only learn knowledge and techniques related to the exterior scenes and had no interest in the rest of the techniques, so he had held that attitude from the beginning. Therefore, although Master Liuyun Jiefeng was very upset about this, she still let Shen Zhigui go and let Shen He accompany him down the mountain. Her original intention was indeed to let Shen He adapt to life down the mountain, so that if she decided to return to human society at that time, she would not be completely unable to adapt. After all, Shen He was indeed a human being, not creatures like them whose innate lifespans were much longer than those of mortals. At the same time, Master Liuyun Jiefeng also wanted them to get closer so that Shen Zhigui could continue to return to the mountain to continue learning mechanical arts in the future.