Still playing traditional Genshin Impact?

"Xie Yan, you..." Ying hesitated for a moment, but got straight to the point: "What do you want me to do for you?"

When she heard Paimeng say that Xie Yan knew the secret, she was only slightly surprised for a moment.

After all, she can use elemental power without the Eye of God, so someone will definitely explore the reason.

Although she was wary of Xie Yan, it was only in his personal life. As for him personally, Ying felt that he was still trustworthy.

Xie Yan continued to ask the same question: "This is very difficult. Your current level is far from enough. So I want to know, can you touch the statue repeatedly to restore your strength?"

"This... won't work." Ying shook her head gently. "Although I haven't tried it, I had a hunch when I was in Mondstadt that if I want to gain new elemental power and recover strength, I must digest the previous elemental power."

Digestion?

“How do I digest this?”

"To put it simply, it means leaving more traces of myself in this country and taking on more commissions."

Xie Yan scratched his head. He roughly understood that this required a certain level of exploration.

How to do this?

"Forget it. In that case, I'll think of a solution first. Let's talk about this for today." Xie Yan stood up and prepared to leave.

Ying frowned slightly and asked tentatively: "Is it Xumi's problem?"

"How should I put it... You should know about the ley lines, right?"

"Of course, I have also received commissions to dredge the earth veins and eliminate monsters. I heard that everything on the continent of Teyvat will be recorded by the earth veins."

"To be precise, it is the World Tree that records everything. You can think of the ley lines as the roots extending from the World Tree."

Xie Yan roughly explained the concept of the World Tree to Ying, and then added: "But now the World Tree is polluted, and the situation is very serious. If it is not resolved, it may spread to other countries in a few years. I need a helper."

"If possible, I will try my best to help, but as for restoring strength, I really have no other way." Ying said seriously.

It can be seen that she actually has a strong sense of justice.

Looking at Ying's silly little chubby face, Xie Yan smiled and said, "Well, thank you very much, but I have other plans tonight, so I won't talk much more."

"arrange?"

Ying was a little surprised, but she didn't ask any more questions. She was not the kind of person who liked to pry into other people's secrets.

Watching Xie Yan leave, Ying remembered that Xie Yan seemed to live next door to her.

This treatment was very good. She remembered that the foreign trade commander of the Inazuma Mission, Hisahi Shinobu, also lived on the other side of Xie Yan, and there were only a few of them in the room on the top floor.

Until an hour later, someone suddenly knocked on her door.

This is a blue-haired woman with a pair of small black and red horns on her head. A golden cowbell hangs on her standing collar. Her slender and round legs are wrapped in black stockings, showing off her graceful curves.

"Who are you?" Ying got out of bed, pushed open the door, and yawned.

She was almost asleep just now.

But the other party's next words quickly made her sober up.

"I'm Gan Yu, Yue Hai Ting's secretary. May I ask if Xie Yan lives here?"

"Uh, he's next door."

Ying subconsciously pointed to the right.

Ganyu apologized repeatedly and then went to the next room.

荧刚开始没反应过来,直遁,一.资'源'群;;⒊'⒋'⒈.4.7.1,⒎;⒏;4.备,用'中.转.群,⒌.⒎;0,2;9'6'⒊.⒋;4'到重新躺回被窝,她才想起不对劲。

Yue Haiting's secretary ran to Xie Yan's room late at night?

Wait...Xie Yan just said that he had plans in the evening?

Paimon was not asleep just now. Seeing Ying lost in thought, he also rubbed his chin and reasoned: "I don't know much about the work of a secretary, but I heard that there is an old saying in Liyue, secretaries do things when there is work, and do nothing when there is nothing... Could it be that?"

After Paimeng said this, the clues were instantly connected, but this old aunt Ying... ahem, the beautiful girl's face suddenly turned red.

How about...listen to it?

20 International call with Ying

After a simple wash, Xie Yan returned to his room.

In fact, he wanted to ask about the progress of the mission of Jiuqi Shinobu and the others, but it was almost eleven o'clock when he finished talking to Yingmei. Everyone had already returned to their rooms to rest at this time, so Xie Yan didn't want to disturb them.

In terms of personnel system, Xie Yan felt that it would be better not to be so unethical as to force people to work flexibly in the middle of the night.

When he used Aqing to run maps in the past, and heard the sentence "It's good to combine work and rest, but don't relax too much", Xie Yan wanted to tell Master Ke to stop reading.

If you say it again, I won’t be angry with Barbara, but with you instead!

But to be honest, as long as the performance-based system does not reduce basic wages, it is actually reasonable. Xie Yan plans to implement it in Sanfengxing when he returns.

Not only that, Xie Yan also wants to make certain improvements to the shogunate system.

It's not about directly changing to the imperial examination system, as that would be tantamount to cutting off the roots. Xie Yan is well aware that he and Ying are not up to par politically, but a supervisory system must be established.

When talking with the Emperor today, there were some things that Xie Yan was not comfortable saying.

After visiting Liyue in person, Xie Yan discovered that the reason why Liyue's Seven Stars and Eight Gates could be maintained so well was certainly due to the proper power constraints, but in essence it was still the Emperor himself who was in charge, and he often traveled around the mortal world, and he also had Ganyu, a secretary who had worked diligently for two thousand years.

If there weren't two people pressing down on them, would the people below really be so obedient?

To put it bluntly, even Qixing may not be able to hold on to the bottom line. After all, many of Qixing itself, including the staff below, are from business backgrounds and control many industries. Even if they have full faith in Emperor Geo, their position will ultimately be affected. They will compromise as much as possible and subconsciously preserve their own interests. People like Keqing are really outliers.

The Emperor naturally knew about this, but every country has its own problems. Liyue would be influenced by the businessman's thinking, Mondstadt liked to let a few people carry the burden forward, two of the three magistrates of the Inazuma shogunate betrayed each other, and as for the Sumeru Order Institute, they even locked up their own gods.

"Like what Ying and I said, nothing lasts forever. At this moment, everyone in Inazuma is working together, but what about ten years from now, twenty years from now? There must be supervision."

Inazuma certainly can't find someone as hardworking as Ganyu. Although the Son of God also has a long life, it is unlikely to ask her to work overtime. Even if Xie Yan injects patriotic genes into her, it will be useless. Therefore, they can only set up a new organization.

According to Inazuma custom, should this be called Anbu? Or Root?

Shit, wait, the style of the painting is crooked at the root.

Xie Yan seemed to see Ying pouting and complaining to him: "Xie Yan, I am the Thunder General!"

But then again, this organization still has to be established, and I still have to find a few secretaries.

Seeing Bai Shi and Gan Yu, who were under Ningguang's command, Xie Yan was really envious. How come a dignified Kanjo Bugyo didn't even have a female secretary?

However, there seem to be relatively few Inazuma who are suitable to be secretaries, and the most suitable one seems to be Kuki Shinobu.

"How about we do some ideological work on her tomorrow?"

Jiuqi Shinobu is very capable and careful in her work, and most importantly, her figure and appearance are very much to Xie Yan's liking.

If she was willing to work under Xie Yan, Xie Yan guaranteed that she would be promoted quickly and become a capable subordinate of his.

Actually, Hanasari is also fine, but Kamiko seems to be particularly wary of her.

"Oh, by the way, speaking of the connection I just made with Ying through the mind imagery, she should have noticed it. Why don't we make a cross-border call and ask her to call the Son of God to come and give us advice on how to make Ying absorb the elemental power quickly?"

Before setting off, Ying deliberately allowed the two people's mental worlds to merge again, and there was a wonderful sense of connection between them.

If Xie Yan encounters danger, Ying can sense it through the world of mind images, and then follow the invisible connection to come to Xie Yan's infinite sword system. Xie Yan only needs to silently recite the spell projection to shake her out to help.

However, this method of shaking people has limitations. The shadow can only reside in the dream heart, and then Xie Yan will bring the weapon into the real world.

Of course, if Xie Yan could "project the Thunder General", then the shadow would be able to bring the body to his side.

Although it seems outrageous, it is actually feasible. Because of Ying's active assistance, Xie Yan does not need to bear the cost of projection at all. Ying moves on his own throughout the whole process. However, if he wants to project General Lei Dian, the prerequisite is that Xie Yan is very familiar with General Lei Dian's body structure.

This is a bit difficult. There is no blueprint for the general's body. It is Ying's own divine body. If Xie Yan wants to understand it, he will probably have to explore it in depth for a while.

Ahem, I've gone off topic. Anyway, taking the initiative to call Ying just now was equivalent to calling her, and with her personality, she will definitely call back.

Xie Yan sat cross-legged on the bed, silently chanting a spell in his mind to get into the state, and following the invisible connection, he made the "phone call" again.

But as if they had telepathic connection, Ying also called back at this time, and the two people's thoughts collided and canceled each other out.

Xie Yan paused for two seconds, and seeing that there was no response, he called again. Unexpectedly, she also called at this time, and the signal was cancelled out again.

This time, Xie Yan didn't wait any longer. He called back immediately after the attack was offset. The two of them finally successfully established contact.

A familiar cold voice came from my ear: "I don't feel any danger, why did you call me?"

Even though they had never met, Xie Yan could imagine Ying pacing back and forth anxiously in his pure land, but pretending to be calm after answering the phone.

"I miss you, don't you?"

"..."

The shadow suddenly became quiet.

Although she didn't say anything, Xie Yan knew from the fluctuating signals at this time that Ying was not as calm as she seemed.

Ying snorted proudly: "You are not so smooth-talking in Inazuma. Have you been led astray by the women of Liyue?"

Having said that, Ying felt as happy as if she had eaten dessert, but she was used to being stubborn and didn't want to admit it even though she was extremely happy.

Xie Yan clarified: "Ying, you misunderstood. I, Xie Yan, am upright and honest in Liyue and I don't like women."

Indeed, he just had a sworn sister, he was a Kandeong Bugyo, not a Kandeong Fengxian.

Although Xie Yan's current status as "Inazuma Magistrate, Liyue Immortal, and Xumi Sage" doesn't seem to qualify him to say such things...

Ying didn't believe Xie Yan's nonsense. During this period, Inazuma has published many light novels based on Xie Yan, and there are many female protagonists, such as Princess Egret, Queen of Summer Festival, Fox Fairy Gong Si, etc.

At first she thought it was a conspiracy, but later she asked Kujo Sara to investigate and found out that it was actually true, and Kujo Sara himself was one of the protagonists.

That would have been fine, but Ying discovered that this guy Shen Zi actually added his own personal agenda to the novel, such as being a magistrate's son-in-law. In the second volume, the samurai protagonist divorced Princess Shiraha when he was a magistrate of the society, and fell into the arms of the fox fairy Gong Si, becoming obsessed with the fox spirit every day and unable to extricate himself.

Most other new books are like this too. No matter if it's a person dropped from the sky, a childhood sweetheart, or a sworn sister, in the end they all lose to the fox fairy Gong Si.

It is said that if you write in this way, you will get strong recommendations from Yaedo.

Humph, I hope that you, Son of God, can push your butt as hard as you push books in the future.

21 Ganyu: Don’t let an old cow eat young grass

After a brief mental recap of the Son of God, Ying asked in a deep voice, "What happened? I didn't feel any danger just now, but your location is very remote. Even if it is Sumeru, it is not that far away. It seems like another space... Is it the World Tree?"

"how do you know?"

"You underestimate me. I have seen the Great Compassion Tree King. The aura on you is somewhat similar to hers. Before you set out, I thought you would encounter trouble."

Xie Yan was a little surprised when he heard this, but when he thought about it carefully, no matter how stupid Ying was, he was still one of the Seventh Rulers and must know a lot of secrets.

"Things are rather complicated. The pollution of the World Tree has reached a very serious level." Xie Yan briefly described everything he had seen, including some mentions of Ying.

Ying is quite concerned about Ying's mysterious origins. Ordinary people may just sigh, "It's amazing that she can use elemental power without the Eye of God." But as one of the Seven Consuls, she naturally knows how outrageous Ying's way of obtaining elemental power is.

"Although the seven rulers have some sense of their own seven-day idols and can gain power through the faith of their people, the idols are not created by us. They are a higher level of power." Ying hinted, and then added: "You don't have to delve into this matter, but I have some ideas in mind if I want her to quickly digest the elemental power."

"That's good, but I thought you were going to say that your own strength is enough."

"If I could go there in person, even if your ancestor is as difficult as you said, it would only take me one more cut. But the space where the World Tree is located is very different. I can only act with my dreams, so I naturally need to be more fully prepared."

It's not just about Xie Yan's safety. The harm caused by the World Tree is about to affect the entire continent. Ying certainly won't engage in any personal heroism. Moreover, ever since Xie Yan opened her heart, she also knew that it was wrong to bear everything alone.

"Well, I'll go get Shen Zi, and then I'll bring her to your place for a discussion, so we can meet."

I haven't seen Xie Yan for a long time, and I'm a little dissatisfied with just chatting on the phone.

Of course, it is not so easy to visit each other like this. If the space is crossed many times, the connection between the two people will be affected. According to Ying's estimation, it will take at least three or four days after this meeting before they can come again.

But today we have something serious to discuss, so Ying feels that she can be a little willful.

Xie Yan complained that it was a bit like a long-distance relationship meeting, but he still agreed immediately. Well, although he had never heard of a long-distance relationship meeting with three people.

That's called a developer conference!

But I was still very happy to see Ying and the Son of God Xie Yan. No matter how beautiful Yingmei and Aqing were, they were not as beautiful as these two queens, just like the Great Compassion Tree King... huh? Wait.

Xie Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly thought of something.

However, he was still on the phone with Ying at this time, so Xie Yan didn't say much.

However, more troubles soon arose.

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on Xie Yan's door.

Who is it at this late hour? Can't you see that my girlfriend and I are on the phone?

He originally thought it was Yingmei or Paimon, but at this moment Ganyu's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Ganyu...