Still playing traditional Genshin Impact?

And if they can erode Xie Yan, it would be equivalent to mastering the World Tree within a controllable range. The benefits brought would even exceed reversing the Seven Days Statue, enough to generate the power to shake the world, and the decisive battle with the law of nature could be brought forward.

"But all this is based on the premise that we can suppress him. If he has already ascended to godhood, the magic circle will not be able to cope with it. If he returns to Inazuma, that's even more impossible. There is no benefit in fighting the God of Thunder to the death." Kong shook his head slightly.

Kong has witnessed too much. No matter how great the benefits are, he will not lose his mind. Moreover, a wrong decision may lead to the complete destruction of Kanriya.

"Has the optimization of the magic circle been completed?"

"It's still a little short, we are doing the final debugging."

"Well, let's target Xie Yan first. I will find a chance to see him myself. If the location is suitable, we can try to take action, but for now, we should target Andrius first to test the effect of the magic circle and add another general to our side."

Andrius was the former King of the North Wind. Even though he was not as powerful as the lonely king of the high tower, Diocletian, his strength should not be underestimated. But now he is only a remnant soul, and his strength is far less than before, making him the perfect target for the abyss to erode and incarnate.

When the plan was mentioned, the hoarse and deep voice of the Apostle of the Abyss became fanatical: "As you command, Your Highness. Once the magic circle is completed, I will also send more people to Mondstadt to prevent the Knights of Favonius from interfering with our operations. Their temples located in the surging areas of the earth veins can be used as the energy source of the magic circle."

"Well, I will go to Mond personally this time. If all goes well, we can continue to capture Tevarin." Kong nodded slightly.

As for the [Loom of Fate], there is no rush. To completely reverse the statue, the eye of the world's first tiller is needed. Moreover, Liyue is not as easy to deal with as Mondstadt. Taking action against Osel will inevitably attract attention from all parties.

Xie Yan's appearance made him more concerned about the plan. As for Mondstadt...the temple guarded by the four winds was actually deserted and became a paradise for monsters, and was even occupied by the Cult of the Abyss.

It is somewhat ironic that the people of Mond turned a blind eye to the existence that had protected them for thousands of years, but had not forgotten anything about the Lawrence family.

But Kong no longer had any interest in the Seven Kingdoms, after all, this was not his country.

"Your Highness, the relatively weaker gods' followers and Lanaro on Xumi's side, should we..."

"no!"

Before he could finish, Kong stopped his subordinate from talking nonsense with a stern voice. This was something he would never allow.

Those innocent and lovely little elves flashed through his mind, and Kong's eyes were filled with some reminiscence, but soon turned into determination: "No matter whether Xie Yan and the others used the Great Compassion Tree King's backup, the new god of Xumi has already taken over the Heart of God. No matter what, he is a true god. There is no need to fight them to the death."

"Yes." The Abyss Apostle seemed to know that he had violated a taboo, and quickly knelt on one knee, "And over there in the Layered Abyss...should we activate that device? If it succeeds, Kanreya might be able to get rid of the curse of undead, and our people can return to the earth as human beings instead of carrying the ugly and hateful faces of the Hillock People."

Kong was silent for a while, then he sighed and said, "Let me think about it for a while."

.....

Two days later.

Xumi, Jingshan Palace.

Ying didn't know that her brother was going to mark Xie Yan with the mark of the abyss. She was still worrying about the grass element pattern on her lower abdomen.

When taking off her pajamas, Ying did not get dressed immediately as usual, but went to the mirror.

On the snow-white skin, the traces of grass elemental patterns are very obvious, which makes Ying feel deeply moved every time.

She subconsciously felt her lower abdomen. There hadn't been any fighting in the past two days, so her divine power was still abundant. However, Ying didn't feel happy at all, because the grass element pattern always gave her a sense of emptiness, as if it was craving for something.

Especially after feeling that the Great Compassion Tree King had been filled many times, this feeling of emptiness became more prominent... You know, Ying is a god's follower, and the divine power that can be stored in her body is like the difference between a lake and the sea compared to the Great Compassion Tree King, but the Great Compassion Tree King is still full.

As the saying goes, what is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the uneven distribution of wealth. This made Ying unable to sleep well in the past few days. It was difficult for her to imagine how much vitality the dignified and elegant Daci Tree King had absorbed in order to transform so much divine power.

But this also confirms my guess. Sure enough, it’s all the fault of the grass element pattern!

If even a tree king of his level couldn't resist it, it's reasonable that I would be affected by it!

"Today is the time to renew the contract with Xie Yan. After another seven days, the family contract will end." Ying patted her little face.

Last time, she couldn't resist the temptation of Mist Cutting and Heaven's Power, and agreed to Xie Yan to extend it for another 7 days, but after reflecting on her own integrity, she decided that this would be the last time!

If she renewed her contract, she doubted that she would still be unable to remember Sora's name after another year.

Ahem, of course, this is a joke, but Ying knows that she is a traveler after all, and has no intention of settling down in Teyvat yet, so she should find her brother first.

"Come to think of it, I didn't expect to stay in Xumi for another two days. The preparations for the Worry-Free Festival took too long." Ying complained as she put on her clothes. "I feel like Xie Yan was also fooled by Nashida. He was supposed to stay for another day, but he ended up staying until now. I don't know what will happen after the Worry-Free Festival ends tonight."

Ying actually already had the answer to this question in her heart. Nashida just didn't want Xie Yan to go back so soon.

But the Great Compassion Tree King...her attitude made Ying feel very subtle, even a little bit wrong.

During this period of time, Xie Yan has been practicing and perfecting a sword technique called [Shenxiao Jiumo], and occasionally paying attention to government affairs, but he has been spending more time comprehending the knowledge of the realm of gods, which naturally only the Great Compassion Tree King can teach him.

The two of them stayed together almost every day, but through resonance, Ying felt that Xie Yan's power in the body of the Great Compassion Tree King was slowly weakening, which was different from what she had guessed.

She originally thought that the Great Compassion Tree King had been captured by Xie Yan, and was worried that she would be dragged into the party by Xie Yan and forced to lie down. But now it doesn't seem like that, and the Great Compassion Tree King didn't say anything to keep Xie Yan during the meal.

"If the Great Compassion Tree King didn't take the initiative, was he forced?" Ying rubbed his chin, imitating Paimon's reasoning. "It seems to make sense. The Great Compassion Tree King was in urgent need of divine power to purify the pollution at the beginning. Maybe there were other reasons for the second time."

In other words, the situation of the Great Compassion Tree King might be similar to hers. They are all facing the dilemma of "the last time", but she has now passed this hurdle and successfully reached Day 3.

This is a good sign. It seems that I can promote Mondstadt culture in the future and give Xie Yan a little shock as a female knight.

Just as I was thinking about this, Paimon also got up in a daze.

"Traveler, are we still going to the Fire Moth Weapon Shop today?"

"Of course we have to go. In addition to swords, the weapon shop also sells the [Detonating Talisman] and [Exorcism Talisman] that Xie Yan has come up with these past two days. Business is so prosperous that we both get a share of the profits."

"But isn't Ruksha helping with a group of thirty people? We can be lazy for a while!"

"No! How can I trust my own store to someone else?"

Ying's tone was extremely firm, and Paimeng curled his lips when he heard it. Ying, you still say you are not the boss's wife?

Xie Yan just wanted to test the effect of the new product, and he probably doesn’t care about the weapon shop as much as you do!

Being looked at with a strange gaze by Paimon, Yingmei couldn't hold back and quickly rubbed her face: "Okay, stop being lazy, let's get going quickly, it's almost 9 o'clock now."

"Well, speaking of it, Nabia has been fortune-telling for the princess these days, and the result is still the King of the Great Mercy Tree. You see, I said, maybe the result is true." Paimon flew around Ying.

"Paimon, don't just look at the surface. The Great Tree King and Xie Yan may really have that kind of relationship, but it should be forced." Ying lowered her voice, "I can understand that. After all, it's to defeat the enemy. Just like I was affected by the grass element pattern for so long, didn't I grit my teeth and persevere?"

Paimon was speechless. If she remembered correctly, Nashida had made it very clear that day that the grass elemental pattern had no effect at all.

According to the Mondstadt Knight novels that Yingmei has read, this is equivalent to the female knight thinking that the enemy fed her some special medicine, but it was actually just a piece of chocolate.

Forget it. According to Paimeng's estimation, Yingmei should also be absent from tonight's Worry-Free Festival, because she still needs to find Xie Yan to renew her contract.

Yingmei couldn't escape Yingpa, just like Pang Tong couldn't escape Luofengpo, everything was destined.

The two people, each with their own thoughts, went out together. As it was quite late at this time, the Jingshan Palace was already empty, so the two had to go straight to the direction of the weapon shop.

It was Xie Yan's idea to open a branch in Xumi. He found that after he completed the main family quest "Cut Off Cause and Effect", the monthly transaction amount given by the system became 1000 million Mora, so he wanted to make money quickly.

As for the principle, it is quite simple. According to the system's calculations, if Xie Yan can complete these two tasks, his strength will definitely reach the level of a demon god. At this time, more permissions must be opened.

Currently, Xie Yan is eyeing the Fantasy Honkai Impact 2000 and Curry Sticks in the mall. The former is relatively cheap, costing only 1 million Mora, while the latter, like the Rinnegan and Infinite Blade Works, requires million.

But then again, with a boss lady like Yingmei being so responsible, Xie Yan would of course let her take full responsibility, which led to the current situation.

Ying didn't feel tired at all and even hummed while walking.

"From Liyue to Xumi, I made a lot of money."

"The charms I sell contain the charms of Princess Inazuma. You are welcome to come and visit my village, Narukami Island!"

This is a song she learned from Xie Yan. It sounded ordinary at first, but later it became catchy and she would sing it every day.

But when Yingmei was singing, Paimon found that the nearby Sumeru rose was rustling, as if it would transform into a deceptive flower in the next second.

OK, it’s gone!

Paimon quickly stopped her and said, "Wait, Ying, why don't you take a look at the Pushpa Cafe in the distance? There are so many people gathered there!"

"Hmm?" Ying took a few steps towards the cafe after hearing that.

With Xie Yan's status in Xumi, even if he didn't care, the people below him wouldn't dare to let the prince open the shop in a remote corner. Naturally, it would be placed in the best location, not far from the coffee shop. Now that something seemed to have happened in the coffee shop, he would definitely have to take a look.

Ying walked in with curiosity on her face, and passers-by nearby hurriedly made way and pulled aside an ignorant young man.

"Hey, why are you pulling me?"

"Are you stupid? Don't you see that's the princess?"

"Princess? Didn't the scholars of the Ministry of Education issue a notice yesterday to clarify that the prince doesn't have a princess yet?"

"I dare not say anything else, but the owner of the weapon shop next door is a prince, and everyone calls her the boss lady. Do you think she is the princess?"

"I see. Thank you for your advice, big brother... Recently there has been a rumor in the city that the princess is the Great Mercy Tree King. I am a little confused."

"Yes, Master Nabia's divination skills are so high, and the result has been the same for three consecutive days. And we don't know who passed the news through the void, but now many people know it."

"It's nothing, actually. Even if Lord Tree King is still here, isn't it a beautiful thing for gods to interact with each other?"

The people of Xumi surprisingly had no aversion to this matter. In their view, gods were beings that transcended the earthly world and certainly could not be viewed with the eyes of mortals.

Just like the prince was born in Inazuma, his ancestors were in Liyue, and he ascended to the gods in Xumi, what does it matter? Isn't he still our Xumi God?

The conversation between the two triggered keywords, which were continuously transmitted upwards through the void terminal, and even deliberately bypassed Nashida. Eventually, it was learned by someone, who couldn't help but feel happy... The results of the public opinion poll were very good, ahem, there was no way, she was also considering the future of Xumi - the third generation of Grass God.

Xumi has been in a bad state for 500 years. The third generation of Grass God must have pure blood, but no one is able to take on this important task. She is very anxious, so she sends a vaccination to everyone through the void so that they can be prepared when they receive news in the future.

As for the bottom line?

This is wrong. This is the public opinion. As a god, it is reasonable for the Great Compassionate Tree King to lower her bottom line a little for the sake of Sumeru, right?

On the other side, Yingmei also came into the cafe and found that the customers inside were gathered in a group, staring at Seno and Elhaisen who were sitting opposite each other.

"Elhaisen, Seno, why are they here?" Paimon asked the question on Ying's behalf.

A scholar nearby answered, "In the past two days, Lord Caoshen has severely cracked down on those who commit academic fraud and exploit students in the Academy of Teachings, but Senior Elhaisen participated in several cases as a deputy sage, which made Lord Seno angry."

"Elhaisen, Lord Grass God's new decree clearly states that sages are not allowed to interfere with the disciplinary officers. You have crossed the line and should not give orders to my subordinates."

"First of all, I did not interfere. I just asked about what happened within the scope of my authority. Now someone is trying to provoke you and me because their interests are damaged. If you don't believe me, you can investigate it yourself. Secondly, it seems that our conversation should not be held here."

"Who told you to hide from me?"

"You are not enforcing the law, and I am not obligated to be interrogated by you during off-duty hours."

Both of them had high status in the House of Lords, but at this moment, there was a sense of tension between them, which immediately made the cafe silent.

After the crisis at the World Tree ended, the Great Sage Azar and those who participated in the illegal research at the Demon Scale Hospital were punished accordingly according to the law, especially several sages who were sent to the guillotine.

And because of the previous atmosphere of the Council of Eminence, most scholars wrote papers based on the interests of the sages, and the overall style was unrealistic. Moreover, many projects had problems of exploiting students and academic fraud. These things were clearly visible to Lord Grass God, and I don't know how many people had been dismissed because of this.

Because there were few people in the Knowledge Theory School, Elhaisen took over as the acting sage and managed the affairs together with the Life Theory School sage Nafis, and did a lot of work for the Council of Ordinances.

But he acted strangely and seemed inhuman, so many people hated him.

Seno was silent for a while, then looked at Elhaisen deeply: "I don't have any definite evidence yet, but I don't deny my suspicion of you. You have joined the Great Sage before."

"I have no interest in academic struggles. In another week, I will submit my resignation to Lord Grass God. As for what you think, that is your own business." Elhaisen's face remained calm.

If the Ministry of Education had not been short of manpower, he would never have taken over this mess. But who could have imagined that Xumi, known as the City of Wisdom, would go to such an outrageous extent in academic fraud.

His answer dispelled many of Seno's doubts. There were a lot of people surrounding the two of them. Elhaisen must have really intended to do this when he said this in front of them. This at least showed that he was not a trend-following person as others said.

"I'm not targeting you, Alhaisen. Siraj was arrested yesterday for the crime of the root of academic crime, which is human evolution. But at yesterday's trial, Siraj didn't know as much as you do."

"Seno, it seems that you have grown a lot. With your previous personality, I'm afraid you would have said in front of everyone just now, 'I doubt you will become the next doctor.'"

Elhaisen smiled for the first time. "I know the consequences of the Six Root Sins very well. Besides, the Doctor is still hanging in the sky to warn the world. Okay, don't delay my coffee. I have to try out a new deck later."

"You can also play the Seven Sacred Summons?"

"Why? You want to have a go?"

"Don't forget, even the prince's cards were made by me."

Seno has temporarily confirmed that Elhaisen is not what he thought. Even though he cannot say that he trusts him, he will not rashly doubt him at the moment. Seeing this, he took out his deck from the Secret Book Box.

The situation suddenly changed from being tense to playing cards, but people in the cafe were not surprised by this, as this was the place where the card players gathered.

Many people were originally going to the Adventurer's Guild to post commissions, but ended up walking into a coffee shop halfway through and had long forgotten about their business.

The most important thing is that Seno actually has the prince’s deck in his hand!

"The Secret Book Box now has a voice function, and there will be sound effects when using cards to launch attacks." Seno introduced softly.

After rolling the dice, he chose God Xie Yan as the combat character.

"How dare you cry, little child, in the middle of winter!"

"If anyone invades our Xumi territory, he will be defeated!"

The prince’s deck had many new mechanisms, which immediately attracted everyone’s attention. Even Yingmei watched it with great interest.

However, after confirming that nothing was wrong here, Ying hurried back to his weapons shop.

Paimon scratched his head, "I didn't expect that Senor and Elhaisen would quarrel. They are obviously both high-ranking officials of the Order."

"It's not a quarrel, but someone is taking advantage of us." Ying looked up at the Church of the Lords, "But unfortunately, this cleanup is what Nashida wanted to do, and those people's plans are doomed to fail."

In a theocratic country, no one can disobey God's will, and all factors will automatically move towards God's expectations.