Original God, I am the only designated Red King God Envoy of Xumi

As he spoke, Wan Ye pointed into the distance: "For example, now is the time for the waves to rise."

As if to confirm Wan Ye's judgment, the whistling sea breeze blew, and waves were raised on the originally calm sea surface. Such waves were enough to put a small fishing boat in danger of capsizing, but they were not enough for a large ship like the Death Star. Ying didn't even feel any bumps.

"Amazing!" Paimon's eyes widened again. Should we say that there are always all kinds of talented people around them? From time to time, they can bring such surprising things.

"Since you're free anyway, why don't you come forward and I'll show you the trick to this art of listening to the wind and observing the clouds?" Wan Ye smiled. "While it's certainly not as advanced as mine, it should be enough for you to predict whether it's going to rain when you're out and about. It'll be a lot more convenient."

"Okay." Ying nodded and slowly walked to Wanye's side. She was indeed tired of the unchanging sea view.

Manye did not delay too much. He tidied up his language a little and then began to explain to Ying. It should be said that he was very good at telling stories. He would occasionally mix in some strange stories and legends of Inazuma in his narration, which greatly alleviated Ying's boredom.

This kind of day continued until the next morning after one night. As the sun reached about 9 o'clock, Ying saw the raging thunderstorm clouds in the distance. They were dark and deep, and contained a huge amount of elemental power. Just one look at them made people's backs chill.

"Here they come! Brothers, cheer up! Get ready!" Beidou waved his hand suddenly. Seeing this, the crew members hurriedly lifted out the metal cones ranging from one to three meters in length from the cabin, and then spliced ​​them in an orderly manner on the reserved interfaces.

"What is this?" Ying's eyes were filled with confusion. Seeing this, Wan Ye smiled and explained, "After all, you didn't come with us last time, so it's no wonder you didn't know—this is a lightning rod that Amber custom-made for the Death Star. It can significantly prevent damage to the hull during thunderstorms."

"Lightning rod...?" Paimon rubbed his chin and moved a little closer to observe the lightning rod, but he was pulled back by Ying before he could look for long. The Death Star had already entered the thunderstorm area.

The rumbling thunder resounded in the sky, making people feel extremely uneasy. Purple lightning flashed from time to time, illuminating the sky. As the ship moved forward, a thick bolt of lightning struck the lightning rod. The thick elemental force was repeatedly reduced by the inert material of the lightning rod until it no longer had any lethality and was completely eliminated.

"Wow! Isn't it a lightning rod?! Why did it get struck by lightning?" Paimon patted his chest, looking terrified, "Paimon almost got roasted!"

"A lightning rod is actually a lightning rod..." Ying held his forehead and shook his head, sighing slightly. Wan Ye nodded in agreement.

"After all, if we can divert the lightning to the lightning rod, won't it allow other things to achieve the same lightning protection effect?" Wan Ye chuckled and took over the conversation.

"That makes sense..." Paimon thought and felt that Wan Ye was right.

"Since we've reached the thunderstorm area, it means we'll actually reach Inazuma soon. As agreed, you, the traveler, will disembark at the outlying island. The Big Sister, the brothers, and I need to take care of some business elsewhere."

"Well, it's also thanks to the Death Star that happened to be on the way... otherwise I would have been worried for a long time about how to get to Inazuma." Ying didn't ask too much about what Manye and Beidou and their group needed to do. It would be a bit annoying to dig into the details here.

Then everything returned to the same rhythm as yesterday. At first, Ying felt uneasy in the thunderstorm and couldn't help feeling uneasy. But as time passed, she saw the existence of the lightning rod and realized that there was really almost no danger, so she felt relieved.

After passing the thunderstorm, the lightning rods were processed and removed for subsequent maintenance. About ten minutes later, the Death Star docked at the port of Inazuma Island. A tall man wearing a red coat and black lining was sitting at the port. When he saw Ying coming, he immediately went to greet her. It seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.

"It seems that's your guide." Beidou took a sip of wine. "Go over and say hello, traveler. After we unload the cargo, we should get on with other things."

"Yeah." Ying nodded, and she took Paimon and slowly walked towards the direction of the guide. After a long time, she finally set foot on the land of Inazuma.

Chapter 77: What the hell is this place!

"Hey, hello there!" Xumi, Amber's residence, received a special guest today.

"...Wendy?" Amber looked at the prodigal son in front of her, and her expression was a little strange for a moment. Why did Barbatos suddenly think of Xumi when he was in Mondstadt?

"Amber, what's wrong?" Nashida poked her head out of the kitchen and looked towards the front door. "Aren't there guests coming? Why are you just standing there?"

"Well... the identity of the guest who came is somewhat special." In response to Wendy's look of "You won't let me in?", Amber shrugged and made way.

"Hello, Boyer, is this our first meeting?" Wendy quickly walked over to Nashida, leaning over slightly to touch her head. This familiar look... should I really say it's worthy of Barbatos? Too free.

"You are... Barbatos...?" Nashida raised her head slightly, her words a little hesitant, and Wendy nodded in affirmation.

"I came here in a hurry this time and didn't bring any gifts - Oh, by the way, Amber, Noelle asked me to say hello to you on her behalf. She said your method is very effective. The time saved can be used to improve my own abilities, and the possibility of passing the knight assessment will be greater." Wendy turned around and said to Amber with a smile.

"That little girl Noelle?" Amber adjusted her hair slightly. "This is all the result of her own hard work. There's nothing for her to thank me for. And now that you're here, take a seat."

Amber sat on the sofa first, and Wendy followed closely behind her, sitting opposite Amber. Nashida returned to the kitchen first, intending to finish the work in her hands as quickly as possible.

"Since it's Barbatos... I won't be pouring you tea. I'll have some wine instead." Amber took the glass and filled it for Wendy. Wendy happily accepted it. "Oh, you really understand me! I came all this way here not only to see Bjurer, but also to try some date wine. Diluc tried a batch at the Angel's Tavern not long ago, and the response was very good."

"Of course, it's just a little expensive... I have to sing in the square for several days to earn a single drink." Wendy sighed, but the somewhat lost look on her face disappeared without a trace after she took a sip of wine.

"Ha—that's the feeling, so great!" Wendy's face turned slightly red. Seeing this, Amber just drank her tea and didn't say anything.

She was wondering why the poet in front of her came here. For a moment, a subtle silence fell between the two of them. Wendy sipped the wine, and he was not in a hurry to speak.

"All we have to do now is wait. The snacks will be ready in a while." Finally, the silence was broken by Nashida's arrival. She had already covered the oven and came to the living room after setting the time.

"Speaking of which, why did Barbatos think of Xumi?" Nashida expressed her doubts directly. Faced with Nashida's question, Wendy thought for a moment and organized her words.

"Actually, I heard about you from Morax, and I came here on a whim. Mainly to meet you, Buyer." Wendy put down the empty cup. "This is also the first time you and I meet. As two of the Seven Lords of the Midgard, I hope you will bear with me in the future."

"The information given by Zhongli... I didn't expect it to be for such a reason." Amber shook her head. She thought Barbatos came here for some important matter - but as expected, Barbatos and important matters were two incompatible things.

"It's not that I bear too much responsibility. Compared with other gods, I still have many shortcomings." Nashida said so, but compared to when she first faced Zhongli, her current attitude was more like self-deprecation rather than inferiority or even self-doubt.

"Everyone grows from childhood to become stronger little by little," Wendy said. "Two thousand seven hundred years ago, I was just a small wind elf. But it was this wind elf that grew all the way to the Barbatos of today."

"Ah, that sounds a bit like boasting—Buyer, would you like to hear my story? The magnificent legend woven together by the Storm Devil, the young poet, the wind elves, and many of the people of Old Mondstadt two thousand seven hundred years ago?"

"Okay," Narcita agreed happily. "It'll take just enough time for one story to finish baking."

"Then I'll start." Barbatos was obviously very passionate about telling stories. He cleared his throat and took out a lyre named "Felin", which was Mond's earliest plucked string instrument and was made by Barbatos.

Accompanied by the melodious sound of the piano, a legend from more than 2,700 years ago was slowly told. The beautiful legend that took place in Old Mondstadt, which was jointly woven by a young man who yearned for freedom and the wind elves, appeared before Nashida's eyes.

Wendy is worthy of being the best bard. The stories he tells are always interesting, which attracts Nashida deeply and makes the atmosphere become much more cheerful.

But across the sea in Inazuma, where the blond traveler was currently located, there was another tense atmosphere.

"Run!" A retainer of the Kamisato family named Toma grabbed Ying's hand and took her away from the venue at full speed. The two of them jumped with all their strength at the edge of a ravine that was seven or eight meters away and successfully reached the other side.

General Lei Dian, holding the magic sword and dreaming of one thing, watched the two men leaving without taking any action. She could naturally kill them with her sword without thinking, but that would inevitably hurt innocent people and cause the buildings in Inazuma Castle to collapse.

"General... just... that person just now...?" The Tianling Bugyo soldier standing by was very nervous as he watched the two people running away. The existence of such a human being who could use elemental power without the Eye of God was simply unheard of.

"Put her in the Eye Hunting Order." General Lei Dian waved his hand and ordered, turning and heading towards the castle tower. "Next time we meet, I will kill her again."

The soldiers on the side quickly made way, and the officers present quickly left after General Lei Dian left, and went to carry out the orders issued by the general.

"Huh... Huh... Why did you stop?" Ying asked puzzledly, looking at Thomas who suddenly stopped. There was still some fear in her eyes, which was proved by the knife she faced with Wuxiang before.

That sword strike was just as the legend said, with the power to split mountains and break seas. Ying used all his strength to resist it. Facing General Lei Dian's sword strike, Ying didn't use his full strength, but he was still knocked unconscious to the ground like a dead tree or rotten wood, and almost died on the spot.

"Have you forgotten? Mulou Teahouse is the safest place for me." Thomas shook his head helplessly. Obviously, he did not expect the current situation.

Before, Ying had experienced a series of things on the outlying island, and witnessed the miserable plight of foreign merchants under the oppression of the Kanjo Bugyo. At the same time, he successfully escaped from the outlying island without relying on help - this was considered to have passed the first test set by the eldest lady of the Kamisato family.

The following journey made Ying truly realize what Inazuma was like at the moment. She was robbed by vagrants three times along the way - maybe because she was a foreigner, but she had never seen such a situation in the other two countries?

When they arrived at Inazuma Castle, Ying really saw Kamisato Ayaka, who was known as the Egret Princess. Ayaka took Ying to see the miserable situation of the person whose God's Eye was taken away. Combining what Ying saw and heard along the way, what finally appeared before Ying's eyes was an Inazuma who was in dire straits.

There is no harm without comparison. With the comparison with Inazuma, Ying deeply felt how beautiful Mondstadt and Liyue are - if she didn't have the reason to see Thor, she would have run away long ago!

Incidentally, this Thunder God was also the first god who had attempted to slash her with a sword upon meeting her. This instantly made Ying feel much more favorable towards Barbatos. At least he hadn't made Mond look like this, hadn't he? And he hadn't even attacked her!

"I have to hide here for a while, and wait until the storm has passed. As for you, Ying, the Society Minister is powerless under the current circumstances, but you encountered such a troublesome situation in order to save me. It is neither moral nor logical for me to sit idly by and watch you."

Thomas sighed deeply. He pondered the current situation and finally offered Ying a clear solution. "How about this, Ying? Are you aware that to the west of Inazuma lies a force resisting the shogunate? That organization, called the Resistance Army, may be your only hope."

"Rebels?" Ying pondered. "I see. I'll find a way to get there. We'll meet again someday."

"Take care!" Thomas saluted Ying solemnly. Accompanied by the sounds of the Shogunate army on the surrounding streets, Thomas quickly went into the basement of the Mulou Tea House. Ying and Paimon looked at each other, quickly went into the deserted alley, and rushed towards the wilderness.

Thanks to the period when Liyue was wanted - perhaps it cannot be called a blessing, Ying had accumulated some experience in this kind of thing, coupled with her usual survival skills in the wild, Ying and Paimon escaped the search of the shogunate army, and then headed west, heading in the direction Thomas said.

After leaving Inazuma Castle, there is the White Fox Field, and then heading west is Kujo Town House - this is the gathering place of the shogunate soldiers that Ying needs to avoid, but Ying also heard new news about the Eye Hunting Order from the soldiers patrolling nearby, and learned that he was listed as the most wanted criminal.

To the southwest of the Kujo Town House is the main body of Kannazuka, which is also the largest former forge in Inazuma - yes, a former forge. As far as Ying knows, due to an accident a few years ago, the core of the Mikage furnace in the Takara Sanda leaked, causing great pollution, and since then it has been closed indefinitely.

Nothing happened for the time being, so she continued heading west, and finally encountered a rebel soldier in red armor at Mingzhu Beach, where rusty armor fragments and broken blades were scattered all over the ground.

In addition to avoiding the shogunate army along the way, Ying also encountered an attack by a vagrant and a pirate. The impression that Inazuma left on her at that moment was extremely bad.

Chapter 78: Fighting Generals

"Look at the sword--!" Ying swung the sword, and with the help of the wind, his body completed a short distance leap in an instant. The speed was beyond the limit of human eye's capture, just like teleportation. This was Wan Ye's original swordsmanship, or the footwork in the swordsmanship. If Wan Ye himself came, he would probably be able to integrate with the wind in every move, not just this kind of help.

The sword blade stabbed fiercely into the lower back of the strong shogunate soldier wearing a daikai and holding a nodachi. The blow penetrated the kidney and was a true fatal blow.

"Huh... who's next?" Ying swung her sword and wiped the blood off the sword with the arm guard wrapped around her left forearm. Her nonchalant manner of killing a fierce general of the shogunate army really dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the shogunate army.

"Fighting generals" - this is a tradition that Inazuma has always had in wars, and it is also a frequent guest in novels. It means that when two armies encounter, they do not directly engage in combat, but send out their generals to compete with each other, often to determine the winner and the loser, and to decide life and death. If they win, it will be a great boost to morale, but if they lose, it will naturally cause a great blow.

"Good! Well done!" Goro in the formation raised his arms and shouted when he saw the mighty appearance of the blond traveler. He made up a slogan, mocking the extremely ugly defeat of the shogunate army. The soldiers of Kaigi echoed him when they saw this, and for a moment the expression of Kujo Saraki, who was leading the shogunate army, looked very ugly.

This encounter was a coincidence. Ying met a new recruit of the Kaigi Army named Teppei at Nagasawa. After hearing that Ying was included in the Eye Hunting Order, Teppei was indignant about this unfair treatment. He immediately said that he would take Ying to meet the general of the resistance army. At the same time, he also expressed the policy of the resistance army not to sit idly by and watch any innocent person who suffered injustice because of the Eye Hunting Order and the policy of closing the country to the outside world.

As soon as Ying arrived in Inazuma, he experienced repeated robberies by vagrants and pirates, as well as targeting by the country's Thunder God. Faced with these kindnesses, he was suddenly more excited than ever, as if a thirsty traveler in the desert saw an oasis.

Afterwards, Goro, the rebel general who received Ying, further deepened Ying's feelings. They showed great welcome to Ying's arrival. After hearing about Ying's experience, Goro directly stated that he would stand on Ying's side, and promised to report to Lord Coral Palace in person to help Ying find her relatives as soon as possible.

It would be difficult for people who have not experienced this gap to understand this feeling. For a moment, Ying only felt something called "sense of belonging" in the resistance army. Therefore, when the shogunate army attacked and the resistance army fought back, Ying stood on the side of the resistance army and fought as a representative of the fighting general.

"Arrogant...! General Kujo, let me do it--" An old shogunate general who looked very experienced stood up. He drew a long sword from his waist and wanted to rush into the formation immediately, but was stopped by Kujo.

"No, this time, I will go into battle myself." Jiujo looked serious. She handed the bow and arrow to the soldiers around her, took the long sword from the veteran, and was about to enter the battle herself.

"Kujo Tengu! You previously sent three generals to fight against our newcomer Ying. After this shameless round-robin battle, you even want to take action yourself. Isn't it too shameless?" Goro clenched the bow in his hand. He couldn't sit still when he saw Kujo was going to fight himself. The Traveler was very powerful to defeat three shogunate generals alone, but Kujo Sara was different. Goro knew her strength very well!

That was a person who could match the fighting power of thousands of troops. As the agent of the Great God of Thunder and Lightning, her strength was undoubtedly strong. Goro could not forget the scene of her descending from the sky, killing the former general, and summoning the raging thunderstorm. Those scenes were deeply engraved in his memory.

"..." Jiu Tiao did not respond after hearing this. She just clenched the long sword in her hand, swung it a few times to get a feel for it, and made preparations before the battle.

Failure in three battles with the generals was an unprecedented blow to morale. If they just went to war directly, the casualties would reach an unacceptable level - so they must win, even if she had to do it herself!

"Since you've sent out a general, I'll personally lead ours—" Seeing this, Goro was about to go out himself, but Ying stopped him. She shook her head at Goro and said, "Just let me go ahead. I'll tell the shogunate army that even their general's personal action will be of no avail."

"But--"

"It's okay. I'm not as stubborn as those samurai. If I can't win, I will hide. Then we can start the fight directly and catch them off guard." Ying said to Goro in a low voice. Goro thought for a moment and nodded. He felt that it was hard to say whether he could be a match for Kujo Sara if he went in person, so it would be safer to do as Ying said.

"Traveler, you are an obstacle to the Shogun's plan." Kujo gripped his long sword tightly in both hands and assumed a shangdan stance towards Ying, a stance conducive to a fierce attack. It seemed that Kujo would launch a fierce attack as soon as the battle began. "For the Shogun, I will definitely take you back to the prison of the magistrate's office and await the Shogun's judgment!"

"Stop talking nonsense, the outcome is still uncertain!" Ying held the sword in one hand, with the tip of the sword pointing diagonally at the ground. Facing Jiujo's posture full of offensive desire, Ying chose the most dodging posture to deal with it. This was also the most suitable fighting method for herself that she summed up by combining the swordsmanship taught by Manye with her own fighting skills.

The confrontation did not last too long. Accompanied by a flash of lightning, Sara suddenly slashed forward. She came in front of Ying in an instant like a gust of wind. At first glance, this technique was quite similar to Manye's, but the principle was different. This was one of the famous skills of the Tengu clan: shrinking the earth.

Legend has it that the master of this skill only needs to take one step to cross mountains and seas. When it comes to actual use, it is obviously not as exaggerated as the legend, but it still exceeded Ying's expectations.

The wind pushed Ying's body, and she retreated quickly, barely avoiding Sara's heavy blow. This thrilling competition not only made Wulang sweat, he gripped the bow in his hand tightly, ready to intervene at any time.

Because of this blow, Ying also truly realized the strength of Sala before her. She was not necessarily inferior to Tartaglia! Therefore, Ying gathered all her energy and swung her sword to cut out a wind blade, but this blow was easily cut off by Sala. She took another step in silence.

"Yes... behind me!" Ying felt a chill run down her spine. The rock pillars heeded her call and rose from the ground, helping her soar high into the air. She successfully dodged Saara's second powerful strike. In mid-air, Ying used the wind's force to turn. Just as she was about to swing her wind blade again, Saara, whose swing was once again in vain, suddenly held a black feather fan.

The Tengu clan is most famous for its speed, followed by its magic. Ying knows this, so she knows very well what she will face next.

Sara waved his round fan, and thunder descended from the sky like an angry dragon. The surging torrent of thunder element was filled with the breath of destruction. For a moment, it seemed as if the great god of thunder and lightning had come to the battlefield in person.

"Huh..." Facing this attack, Ying seemed calm. She let her body fall freely, closed her eyes and put the sword back to her waist. Seeing this, Wulang took a step forward, but at this time, the traveler moved.

The mechanism of General Lei Dian's martial arts is called Wuxiang's Sword, and Wan Ye inherited his friend's will and used all he learned to create a unique skill called Wan Ye's Sword. Wuxiang's Sword has the power to split mountains and break seas, but Wan Ye's Sword is like Chu Lan. It is not a pure killing skill, but an ultimate living sword.

Ying knew the essence of it and tried to incorporate it into her sword skills. Just a few days ago, she successfully got a glimpse of it.

'Perhaps this sword can be called Ying's Sword?' Ying thought as a sudden enlightenment struck her. Surges of wind elemental energy coiled around her blade, accompanied by arcs of lightning. Facing the raging dragon-like thunder, Ying casually swung her sword.

In an instant, it was like a mountain wind blowing, making the military flags of both sides flutter. Facing the surging thunder, the wind, which should have been shattered by the momentum, resisted it like an indestructible shield, and even dissolved it. This knife was like this, its purpose was not to attack, but to defend.

The mountain wind was dyed purple by lightning, and it disappeared along with the thunder. The mighty thunder dragon was blocked in an instant, without even leaving a trace.

Ying's landing stirred up a large amount of smoke and dust, which was blown away by the last remnants of the mountain wind. The golden traveler stood still with his sword in both hands.

"Next..." The dancing arc of electricity wrapped around Ying's sword, shaping it into a purple sword that was about two people's length and did not match Ying's body size. "——It's the second round!"

"..." Sara said nothing. She waved her arms, and black crow feathers fell. Two pairs of wings spread out from behind her, revealing her true form as a Crow Tengu, indicating that Sara would use all her strength.

The collision of long swords and the clash of thunders, Ying, who had regained the three elemental powers, became stronger than ever before. She maximized her agility and moved frequently with the blessing of the wind. For a while, she was not at a disadvantage in the hands of Sara of the Crow Tengu clan.

The clanging sound of metal clashing was like drumbeats or rumbling thunder, striking the hearts of the soldiers on both sides. This fierce battle was completely comparable to the legend and completely attracted their attention.

"Shogun Kujo is a powerful man who can lead an army by himself!" Such rumors have been circulating in the shogunate army, but few people have seen Sara in full force, so most people regard it as an unrealistic rumor.

But today, the soldiers of the Shogunate Army suddenly realized that this was not a rumor, but a true description. However, even though such a powerful general was standing on their side, the soldiers of the Shogunate Army could not be happy at all.

All this was because of the blonde traveler, who had already killed three generals before and fought with the full-strength Sara for dozens of rounds, but she still did not lose the upper hand. How could the shogunate army feel at ease?

"The eternal way is magnificent..." An extremely majestic voice came from Sara's mouth. This was the creed of the shogunate army. With the blessing of this creed, many shogunate soldiers came out of their trance, and unprecedented surging thunder elemental power also gathered towards her as Sara spoke.

"Not good--!" Ying squatted down slightly to gather strength, and used the wind elemental force plus pure explosive force to push herself towards Sara in the air like a cannonball, hoping to interrupt Sara's accumulation of strength, but she was one step too late after all.

"—— Ming Shen Yongheng!" The purple lightning that was enough to fill the vision struck Ying. Facing the thunder that was so close to her in an instant, Ying widened her eyes. She was no longer able to dodge.