Still playing traditional Genshin Impact?

Xie Yan complained in his heart, and Ruksha beside him was very perceptive, and quickly introduced in a low voice: "This was designed by the masters of the Miaolun School. The hardness of the wall is amazing. If it encounters a strong impact, it will automatically alarm. It is said that it also incorporates the mechanism excavated from the Red King Ruins."

The remains of the Red King?

Xie Yan's eyes focused, and he reached out to touch the mechanism on the wall. Unfortunately, he knew nothing about mechanisms and could only feel the elemental energy contained in them.

"The Ministry of Education actually equipped the Thirty-Man Group with such a good mechanism?"

"There's nothing we can do. As you know, Your Majesty, the public security in Xumi is not very good. Some of the Gilded Brigade are relatively well behaved in the city, but they become robbers outside the city. Unfortunately, they are all quite strong, and ordinary cells cannot hold them. After reporting to the Order several times, they sent Master Kavi and several scholars to help."

Xie Yan nodded. He had encountered such a thing when he first came to Xumi. Judging from the other party's appearance, it was obvious that this was not the first time he had done this.

Considering the conflict between the desert and the rainforest, there are probably quite a few such groups.

Ruksha continued to introduce: "In fact, Master Kavi and his team are quite capable. The Casazale Palace was also designed by him. Even the mechanisms of the Red King Ruins have many things he has not figured out. Fortunately, it does not affect our use."

"It seems that the Order of the Holy Spirit has got a lot of good things from the Red King's ruins." Xie Yan sighed. It is somewhat ironic that the Order of the Holy Spirit obviously discriminates against and suppresses the Desert, treating them as barbarians, but has been excavating treasures from the Red King's ruins.

But to be honest, although players joke that the Red King is a bootlicker, the technology he possesses is far ahead of the continent of Teyvat. From his relics, we can see the former glory of the desert civilization. The magnificent Red King's Mausoleum and the pyramid hanging upside down in the sky are both very shocking.

Even after thousands of years, the ruins in the desert are still standing, and various mechanisms including energy constructs are still performing their duties.

Of course, some people say that since Chi Wang finally got the Flower Goddess, he is not a dog-licker, and the two were working together on some important plan. But there is a very subtle thing here: if you look closely at the text, Chi Wang calls the Flower Goddess his partner, while the Flower Goddess describes him as a friend and a close friend, and it is clearly mentioned that "all is within the Flower Goddess's calculations."

However, Xie Yan is not a gossipy person. He is more interested in the technology left by the Red King.

"Should I get some back for Ying to study? With her technical level, she might be able to analyze the operating principle," Xie Yan thought.

It's not impossible to advance technology in the continent of Teyvat, but the main worry is that one might suddenly come across some forbidden knowledge. However, the Red King technology should be no problem. If we dismantle it and create some convenient mechanisms, it will be very helpful in improving Inazuma's productivity and living standards.

Inazuma has the most steadfast belief in the gods, but belief cannot be eaten. Even if trade is now open, it is not easy to return to the pre-war state. Issues such as public security, land, food, etc. all need to be considered.

"In fact, Xumi and Inazuma can have in-depth cooperation. The last thing the rain forest lacks is resources. If they want troops, they can just send some shogunate troops to station here."

After making up his mind, Xie Yan came to Elhaisen's side, but the interrogation was much more prolonged than he had imagined. Although the disciplinary officer asked many questions, Azar did not respond. He basically waited until the other party became impatient before saying a few words.

"I did write that article. What's wrong? Didn't everyone read it happily after it was published? I remember that many scholars in the Zhilun School also published their appreciations?" Azar's face was strangely calm. "Nabil, the disciplinary officer, it's not against the law to publish articles, right? Just ask whatever you want to ask. And Elhaisen, you..."

Azar turned his head and stared at Elhaisen with a very deep gaze.

He had been locked up in jail for a whole day, and his mentality had changed many times. At first, he prayed that Nashida would be as merciful as before and let him be exiled to Daochenglin. After that, he would look for the doctor and continue to perfect the God of Righteousness and the Sword of Cutting Mountains for revenge. But as he was taken away by the Group of Thirty, Azar realized that something was wrong.

He cannot escape. He does not know martial arts and has no trusted subordinates. Once the inhumane experiments at the Demon Scale Hospital are exposed, what awaits him next is "the prison car shaking and the great sage opening his eyes", and finally he will be publicly executed.

His belief in the void was ruthlessly crushed, his research into god-making was completely denied, and now his end was certain to be death, but Hazard started to move instead.

At this point, Hazard became more and more displeased with Elhaisen.

"El Haisen, you helped me with a few things before, and I praised you as my lucky general. What qualifications do you have to participate in the trial now?"

He deliberately mentioned this sentence when Xie Yan arrived, obviously preparing to drag him into the water.

"I've been here for just a few days and I've ruined you. You're so lucky to say that I'm a lucky general." El Haisen was speechless.

He looked at Nabil, whose face was changing, and shook his head, saying, "You have studied with Senor for a while. You should know that as a disciplinary officer, no matter who the opponent is, as long as they violate academic discipline and the six root sins, they must be punished. Why don't you dare to question the great sage?"

"Sorry, I'm holding back..."

"Wait for Seno to come back, and then you can study with him for a while. Let me take over from now on."

Elhaisen actually took over the interrogation authority directly. His face was calm and he was not shaken at all by Azar's words.

"Great Sage, according to our investigation, this article was not written by you, but by a student named Uday. To be precise, your papers for the past two years were all written by him. As a reward, you helped him to be promoted to Harbandha, right?"

"It seems that Uday betrayed me? But I just said, Al Haisen, you don't seem to have the right to question me. You are just a villain who changes his mind according to the situation."

Even though Xie Yan was right behind him, Elhaisen's expression remained unchanged. He said calmly, "I participated in the inquiry today with the approval of Lord Grass God. It doesn't matter what you think of me. Since you have admitted it, let's move on to the next step. Did you send someone to spread the rumor of the Red King's resurrection? And the Demon Scale Disease Hospital, are you conducting illegal research there?"

Azar fell silent. These two things were serious matters. The former was destroying the peace of the desert rainforest, and the latter was a capital crime. Once he agreed to it, he would be in a prison van soon.

He wanted to start the same as before, but seeing that Elhaisen betrayed him but lived such a comfortable life, and seeing Xie Yan's expressionless face, looking at him as if he were an ant, the emotions in Azar's heart were ignited again.

"That's right. I was the one who sent people to spread the news of the Red King's resurrection and asked the Gilded Brigade to hand over the crazy scholars to us. We then extracted the canned knowledge of the gods from their minds in the Demonic Scale Hospital. The process was difficult and would cause irreversible damage to the brain, so many people were killed." He did not even try to hide his actions.

After these words fell, even Elhaisen was extremely shocked. He knew that there was something wrong with the Demonic Scale Hospital, but he did not expect Azar to speak so confidently, as if those scholars killed by him were just consumables.

Xie Yan was also surprised. He just wanted to wait until the interrogation was over before asking Azar. In order not to affect the interrogation, he maintained his normal expression. Who would have thought that Azar would actually blow himself up.

Wait, Hazard probably doesn't know that I have facial paralysis...

Xie Yan stretched out his hand and pressed his forehead, and before Elhaisen asked, he suddenly said, "Azar, you don't still think you did the right thing, do you?"

"I saw the sacred tree being restored." Azar's face was unexpectedly calm.

He took a deep breath and spoke his thoughts righteously.

"I admit that I was wrong. She does have the power of a god. My god-making project is meaningless. But I've been thinking about it all day. Can I really be blamed for everything? Xumi's academic decline began five hundred years ago. Imprisoning the gods was also a common decision made over the past five hundred years.

"As for the desert, the conflict between us and the desert began with the fall of the Red King a thousand years ago. If I give them a little favor and relax the restrictions, will the desert people be grateful to the rainforest? The truth is, those descendants of the Red King will only think that the rainforest is so weak that it needs to compromise with the desert."

There is some truth in what he said. Azar did not do a good job during his tenure, but the conflict between the rainforest and the desert is a historical problem. Only God can solve it quickly.

"So, what do you mean?"

"The root of the problem lies with Lady Grass God. I'm not trying to smear her. I just want to say something from my heart before I die... Do you think Lady Grass God is really qualified? She has shown the outside world that she is weak and incompetent. If not, how could we have thought of creating a god?"

Nabil was shocked and quickly slammed the table to stop him: "Great Sage, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Of course I know, but weakness and kindness can't solve anything... Of course, Xumi now has a prince, and I believe that with the prince's means, it will not be a problem to solve the desert and the dead zone, but how is this different from my plan to create a god? To put it bluntly, Xumi still has a new god." Azar looked fanatical.

but--

It was as if Xie Yan's existence was born to kill him. When he was most excited, Xie Yan asked lightly: "You said all this just to prove that your god-making project was to save Xumi? Even if you die now, you will die as a martyr?"

"If you want to refute me by saying how many people I hurt, I admit my mistakes, but my intention was good."

"Really? According to you, Nashida is weak and incompetent, but why did you deliberately not wear the Void during your research? In fact, you know that she has power, but you are used to the days of the sages being high and mighty, and you don't want another god above your head."

"Nonsense! If she is the Great Compassion Tree King, why wouldn't we believe in her?"

"You have to understand that it was the sages who found the newly born god and brought her back to the Temple of the Lord. She didn't run to the Pure Palace to become a god. You picked her up and imprisoned her after discovering that she didn't have the omniscience and omnipotence of the Great Compassion Tree King. Aren't you just looking for a god to be your babysitter? Azar, it has come to this point, and you still don't dare to face yourself?"

Hazard was speechless. Xie Yan once again revealed the ugliest side of his heart.

Yes, he said it was for Xumi, but what did he really do for Xumi? He always laughed at the desert people as poor creatures who had lost their gods, but he himself was also living in the glory of the past. The desert people shouted "for the Red King" and smashed, burned and looted, while he killed his compatriots "for Xumi".

El Haisen looked at Nabil beside him and asked in a deep voice, "What are the fifth and sixth of the six root sins?"

"Fifth, fearing God but not performing any devotion; sixth, speaking of mysteries without fear in one's heart," Nabil answered quickly.

Elhaisen sighed and said, "Great Sage, I remember when I first joined the House of Decrees, it was you who told me about the six deadly sins on the rostrum, and it was you who took the lead in taking the oath."

Hazard opened his mouth, wanting to say something but no words came out.

He thought of his schooling experiences and recalled the joy of exploring knowledge, but as his status grew, he was left with only self-righteousness and arrogance. He lost the humility that was most important for a scholar, and also lost his faith in God.

When did it become like this?

At this moment, he finally accepted the reality.

Afterwards, in response to Elhaisen's questions, Azar stated everything truthfully.

When faced with Xie Yan's questions, he also tried his best to answer them.

"To be honest, I don't know much about Dotore. The so-called God of Righteousness is the Heart of the Thunder God provided by the Kingdom of Winter. We enlarged the puppet named Sanbing based on his divine body. As for the knowledge of the gods, all of this was extracted from the mad scholar."

"But if Dotore left with the God of Righteousness and the scattered soldiers... I once secretly inquired about the Fatui's base in Xumi. They might go to the Mountain of Subduing Demons."

Conquer the demon mountain?

Xie Yan raised his eyebrows, as if he had thought of something.

"I understand, but... Azar, I also told you that we are not 12+ here. Even if you cooperate and provide information, we will not be able to work hand in hand to build a beautiful Xumi."

"Of course, I didn't do anything for Xumi. I didn't even support the rangers in the face of the problem of the Dead Zone. I also harmed so many of my compatriots. Fortunately, I haven't reached the point of forcibly harvesting dreams... In short, I will accept the trial calmly, but Xie Yan, no, Your Majesty, even so, I still trust you more than the Grass God."

"Are you trying to instigate?"

"If possible, please apologize to Lord Grass God on my behalf. It was indeed my fault before, but what I said just now was also the truth. Xumi needs the guidance of a powerful god at this time. It is impossible to govern a country by kindness alone... But you are different. You are powerful and wise. Even a thousand-year-old problem like the desert can be easily solved in your hands."

Xie Yan shook his head lightly and turned away, leaving only one sentence before leaving: "I will tell her your words, but Azar, she is not as unbearable as you think, and she will grow up too."

Azar still shook his head. In his heart, Nashida was just very lucky to have a brother like Xie Yan.

Until El Haisen stood up.

"Great Sage, at today's meeting, Lord Grass God has issued a decree to support the rangers and lift restrictions on the desert."

"Forest rangers are worth training, but over in the desert... the decree was passed with the help of the prince, right? Those scholars would not agree to it."

"No, it was Lord Grass God who used both kindness and force to make everyone reach a consensus...Lord Grass God learned the means of governing a country that you mentioned in just one night."

Azar's eyes suddenly widened.

Only then did he truly realize what a foolish act he had committed.

.....

"I never thought the great sage would have such dangerous ideas. Fortunately, he finally realized his mistake."

"Human beings are complex and contradictory creatures. It is difficult to describe them in a few words, but sin will not disappear because of this."

Elhaisen remained calm as he taught Nabil beside him.

Nabil knew that he was the clerk, but he kept nodding.

Elhaisen is also a legendary figure in the House of Lords. He always calls himself a weak scholar, but when he takes off his robe in a fight, his muscular body can scare the Gilded Brigade away. It is said that several large Gilded Brigade in Port Omos call Senior Elhaisen a madman.

Xie Yan was also quite interested in Brother Haizi and stopped him before he was about to leave.

"What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

"Nothing, just wanted to ask you some questions."

Elhaisen was stunned for a moment, but as Hazard said, Xie Yan's reputation is now actually higher than that of the God of Grass, and no one can refuse his request.

However, Elhaisen himself also wanted to observe the prince, so he readily agreed.

The two came to a secluded corner and looked at each other as they walked.

Elhaisen has gray hair, elegant looks, tall and strong build, but to Xie Yan, he feels a bit like the "su" next door.

In Elhaisen's eyes, Xie Yan was even more interesting. He had many channels of information, and the news from Liyue was also transmitted through the caravan. He already knew Xie Yan's various identities.

Inazuma Bugyo, the Liyue Immortal, is now the Prince of Xumi. Despite these multiple identities, Xie Yan behaves very naturally and is truly a Xumi person.

He actually did not fear the gods, but Xie Yan's seemingly domineering but actually powerful ability to control the overall situation made Elhaisen quite concerned. He really wanted to know how he did it, as the opponent's layout was obviously not sophisticated.

While he was thinking about how to ask the question, Xie Yan spoke first.

"El Haisen, what do you think is Xumi's biggest problem right now?"

"The biggest problem? To be honest, Xumi has too many problems. The dead zone, the desert, and academics are not trivial matters."

But Elhaisen quickly changed the subject: "But I know that the prince and Lord Grass God must have made plans for the dead zone and the desert. What the prince wants to ask me is probably about academic matters, right?"

"Yes, after all, you are one of the rare scholars who does not rely on the void. I want to ask you, if the void is closed, will everyone accept it?"

"If it is the opinion of the gods, it cannot be disobeyed. Moreover... although it will bring a long period of adjustment, it is generally beneficial to the development of Xumi."

Xie Yan and Nashida also discussed the specific reasons. The void and canned knowledge have had a brainwashing effect on the people of Xumi, reducing people's thinking ability.

But Elhaisen also put forward a new opinion: "It is important to eliminate the dependence of the public and scholars on the void, but I personally think that there is no need to completely abolish the void. It is also useful to simply use it as a communication tool without the calculation and knowledge parts."

Xie Yan was thoughtful. The functions of the void could definitely not be compared with those of modern society, but its Internet-like features were indeed very convenient. If it were expanded to the areas of people's livelihood, such as getting takeout, online shopping and other services, it would greatly improve the quality of life.

"That's right. There's no need to make a one-size-fits-all approach. Besides, there's a lot of valuable knowledge stored in the void, which can still be useful to scholars with the ability to explore."

"Indeed, we can set up some permissions in this regard. With your and His Majesty the Grass God's power, this should be easy."

Alhaisen was indeed a smart man, and his suggestions were all to the point. Xie Yan couldn't help but recruit him, "Alhaisen, Nashida needs to form a special force directly under her. Are you interested in participating in it?"

"Well...excuse me for being blunt, I'm just a weak scholar and I don't have the powerful strength like the Gilded Brigade." Elhaisen lied with his eyes open again.

Xie Yan knew that he was declining politely, so he didn't force him.

Speaking of which, I'm going back to Inazuma to form the Anbu, but I hope Aradaki Ichito won't be the first to sign up... This will give Xie Yan an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

"Okay, come to think of it, you look like you have some questions for me, too?"

"Yes, although it may be a bit rude, I want to know why the prince's layout is not sophisticated, so why does it have such an effect?"

Xie Yan smiled casually: "This requires standing from the perspective of God. My heart is the heart of God, my will is the will of God, and everything will operate according to your will, which is the so-called time when heaven and earth will work together."

"From God's perspective... I see." Elhaisen nodded in relief.

But he is completely different from Azar. Elhaisen is well aware of the boundaries and rules. It is enough for him to understand these things. Even if he does not fear God, he should not be disrespectful.

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