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

After waiting for the moment, Amber took a deep breath. She thought about the remaining tasks before making a suggestion: "Now that things have stabilized, how about going back to see Nayla and Cole tonight? We can cook a nice dinner together."

"Okay." Nashida agreed happily. There was a sense of ulterior motive in the words of the two, but no one pointed it out.

Nashida stayed here to confirm the message for the last time, while Amber walked back to the office of the Great Sage. Faced with the few remaining documents, she took a deep breath and patiently processed them quickly. At the same time, she took this time to organize her speech to her colleagues in the Witch Society.

By the time Amber submitted the application to Alice to hold a tea party, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. She asked her assistant Lena to make a pot of tea. After making preparations, she joined the Witch Club's "online" tea party.

It was still the same old faces, Alice, Rhinedot, B, and N. Amber faced B's overwhelming curiosity right from the start, while N was much more reserved.

"Calm down a little, B, I'll tell you." Amber picked up the teacup and took a sip. Perhaps because she had said she would drink it right away when she asked Lena to drink it, the temperature of the tea was just right.

"Okay, okay—then I won't ask. You know I have no resistance to this kind of thing. Curiosity is my greatest strength."

"——It's also the biggest shortcoming." Rhinedot picked up the teacup and spoke suddenly, successfully choking B. B coughed a few times and snorted lightly, and did not continue to argue with Rhinedot on this issue.

Amber was already accustomed to such scenes. After she saw the two of them finish talking and the others were ready, she started to talk and narrated the whole incident. Amber's account was much simpler than the actual situation, so it didn't take too long.

"Oh my, the pathetic struggle of a puppet?" Alice picked up a piece of dessert. As the person with the most special status among those present, she did not show any surprise. You must know that Ms. Alice has seen a lot in her life, and she may have seen many things that are more intense than Ying's adventures.

"Just like the God of Wisdom said, history cannot be changed easily. Even if the parties involved in this incident tried their best, they could only shake history a little bit." N also acted very calmly. Amber suspected that N might have known about this matter before she said it, but just didn't say it.

B was not as calm as Alice and N, but she had also seen many storms. As for Rhinedot, she was more uninterested in this matter. To her, perhaps this tea party itself was much more interesting than hearing about this matter.

"Since Amber has finished speaking, and we're less than half an hour away, why don't I continue?" N gently shook the silver fork in his hand. "Before the tea party, I spoke to the traveler for a few words and gave them some guidance."

"Oh, I'm really excited when you talk about this." Alice looked completely interested. "Tell me about it in detail? And then—I, after N finishes, how about you also tell us about Ying's adventures in Xumi?"

"Oh, indeed, I had forgotten about this." Amber then remembered that Alice had once asked Amber to tell everyone the story about Ying after she was done with her work. Amber agreed at the time, but later she was too busy and neglected it for a moment and forgot about it.

"No problem. I'll talk after N finishes. The work at hand is now finished. It can be tea time until six o'clock."

Chapter 135: A rare leisure time

"Ah... I'm so tired, almost exhausted..." In the small square in front of the Church Order Institute, Aji, Kelai and another blue-haired girl were sitting on a bench. The blue-haired girl had prominent dark circles under her eyes, which almost condensed into a tangible pressure wrapped around her body, making her words sound a little weak.

"Eh... Senior Leila obviously doesn't have any important projects recently, right?" Kelai was a little confused. She gently combed Aji's hair with her fingers, while Aji lay on Kelai's thighs, enjoying the sunshine and Kelai's caress, making purring sounds like a cat.

"On the contrary, we have been quite busy recently, because we have just finished the first two years of basic education, so we are looking for suitable projects to join, and retaking the exams for the subjects that we failed in the first two years..." Ke Lai blinked, and just thinking back to those days made her feel scared from the bottom of her heart.

"Ah...those things, really...it's exhausting just thinking about them." Leila shuddered as she recalled the hectic pace of her basic education a year ago. "Even more terrifying are the research projects that followed...I mustered up the courage to submit my application, but because I hesitated for so long, most of the groups were already filled..."

"Wow...how did senior sister solve it?" Ke Lai looked at Leila. Although he called her senior sister, she was actually a senior sister, but when they sat together, there was no difference in age at all.

Ke Lai and A Ji were transfer students who entered the school more than a month after the start of basic education, a year later than Leila. Their meeting was quite coincidental. They happened to meet Leila, who had used her living expenses to buy experimental materials, resulting in her having to eat flatbreads and drink hot water. With the idea of ​​doing good deeds every day, they took Leila home to have a meal together, and they have been hanging out together since then.

As for Leila's reputation as an outstanding student of the Minglun School, I only learned about it later - yes, don't look at Leila's always nervous, listless and unconfident appearance. If you discuss with her in depth, you will find that her basic skills are very solid, and her knowledge is far beyond that of scholars at the same stage. It's just that she lacks confidence too much.

"Finally... in the end, a senior sister I knew came to help me. She was a senior sister from the Sand People. It's a pity that she didn't tell me her name." When Leila mentioned this, there was a hint of regret in her words. After hearing Leila's words, Ah Ji, who had originally had no intention of joining in, opened his eyes.

"You said... she is a scholar from the Sand People, and a senior student at that. Is she from the Minglun School? Is she many years older than you?" A Ji asked Leila while thinking.

"Hey... Nayla, do you know that senior?" Leila perked up when she heard that, and she looked at Aji with expectation.

"If my intuition is correct... her name should be Setale - but she is the new sage of the Minglun School, and Leila, a student of the Minglun School, doesn't even know her?" Aji gently stroked his chin with the tips of his thumb and index finger, sat up, and looked at Leila as if he was looking at some rare animal.

The replacement of two sages with a great sage was no small matter, and it caused quite a stir at the beginning - not that there was any trouble, but the discussion was unexpectedly high, and Leila still didn't know about it... It was quite strange.

"If it's the new sage, I have a portrait here." Cole took out a notebook from his small bag and turned to a page at the back. He saw that a cut Steam Bird newspaper was pasted on it, and on the newspaper was a portrait of the new sage, among whom was Setale.

"Wise, wise, wise... wise man!" Leila's voice stumbled for a moment. "I, I, I... have I actually received help from such a great man...?"

Seeing that Leila was about to faint, Kelai hurriedly hugged Leila and laid her body flat on his thighs to prevent her from falling headfirst to the ground. Aji took out a mint-flavored candy that could soothe the mind and stuffed it into Leila's mouth.

"Ah...ah..." Leila remained in this state for more than five minutes. She seemed very surprised that she had received the favor of the sage. Seeing her like this, Cole and Aji did not intend to ask Leila why she did not know the identity of the new sage of the Minglun School.

Anyway, they could guess it - probably Leila happened to lock herself in the room at that time, studying something for a long time, and missed this information. Based on their understanding of Leila, it was not surprising that she did such a thing.

Such things are not uncommon in Xumi City. After all, with so many scholars, there are always some who forget about time once they get excited. As a result, the two of them tend to check on Leila whenever they have time to prevent her from accidentally starving herself to death in the room.

Finally, after Leila came to her senses, the few of them chatted for a while, which made Leila completely relaxed. Then Leila became curious about how the two of them solved the problem of the research team.

"Ah... this is all thanks to Nayla." Cole thought for a moment to organize his words. "Initially, I was also worried about which project to choose, but then Nayla told me that instead of choosing, why not just the two of us start a new project that's relatively easy and suits us better?"

"Start... start?!" There was shock in Leila's eyes. She had thought about the explanations the two people might give, but she had never thought about starting new research. This path was too difficult. Compared with other projects, it often lacked some "foundation" built by previous research.

Those who choose this path are often either geniuses or lunatics. Leila has never considered this, nor has she thought that there would be people around her who would make such a choice.

"So, it turns out that Nayla is a genius?!" For a moment, there was some awe in Leila's eyes when she looked at Nayla, as if she was looking at a legend.

"Ahahaha... it's... it's not what you think." Faced with such a look, Ah Ji felt guilty, which was rare. She waved her hand, "I think this is a lucky find. My research project is 'Ecological Research of Mushroom Beasts,' and my research direction is the domestication of mushroom beasts."

"Yes, previous studies have all believed that mushroom beasts are low-level magical beasts that do not have the intelligence to support domestication and can only follow their instincts. But Naila doesn't think so. After the proposal paper she submitted was approved, the project team was officially established. Now there are only her and me." Cole added.

"Senior, would you like to come and list your name? Just a name is enough—the project team needs three people to meet the requirements, and we don't want to find someone we don't know well enough."

"Are you a nominal member? Of course—no, I should say, please allow me to be a nominal member!" Layla nodded without hesitation. "After all these years... can I finally experience the feeling of drinking soup without doing anything?"

Looking at Leila who was already immersed in her own fantasy, Aji and Kelai looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. This topic was actually not very promising, but the two of them - or to be more precise, Aji still had enough confidence.

Because this was something that Amber had already researched and achieved phased results many years ago when she was only in her early 20s. However, after achieving the original goal, Amber did not continue researching on domestication, but put it aside and forgot about it. But this has undoubtedly proved the feasibility of domestication.

Therefore, in order to graduate successfully, Aji picked it up again and planned to continue his research based on amber. Just think about it, wouldn’t it be nice to have a docile mushroom beast as a pet?

"Have you made any progress in your research?" After recovering from her silly smile, Leila looked at the two of them with expectation. This made Aji silent. Seeing Aji's look, Leila also reacted.

"No... No way?! Haven't you guys even started researching yet?"

"After all, the project has just been launched..." Ah Ji spread his hands, "Even now, the team is only truly complete. How can we expect to achieve any results in such a short time?"

"But... there are actually some breakthroughs." Kelai took out the notebook again, flipped to the latest pages, and showed the clippings to Laila. "Recently, someone in Xumi City is planning to hold a special competition. Participants will bring equipment for taming mushroom beasts provided by the organizers and compete with their own mushroom beasts. There will be a very generous prize money."

"Our purpose this time is naturally not the prize money. I want to see if this device is as magical as the organizer said." Aji added with a slight wave of his hand, while Leila's eyes were already firmly attracted by the newspaper clipping.

"A device that can partner with mushroom beasts... is it really that magical?" Layla raised her head and looked at the two people. "Where is the registration venue? I want to sign up!"

"This is just pre-race promotion... and this device may not work as miraculously as advertised." To avoid disappointment due to high expectations, Kelai gave Leila a heads-up. "But judging by the timeline, the venue should be set up today, and registration should open today."

"Then let's set off without further delay." Leila was unusually excited. Seeing this, the two men did not spoil Leila's excitement and hurried to the registration venue together.

The registration venue was some distance away from Xumi City, located in the port of Omos. When several people boarded the boat, unexpected foreign visitors walked into Xumi City and looked up at the House of Religion high up in the distance.

The visitor was wearing Inazuma's clothes and had strange fox ears. Her temperament was also extraordinary. However, although such an outfit should have attracted a lot of attention, no one noticed her presence at this moment.

"Ah~ Seeing is believing. The Xumi Temple is quite impressive..." The fox woman waved her hand gently and walked slowly towards the spiral staircase leading to the upper part of the Temple. "But, I still prefer Narukami Taisha Shrine."

Chapter 136: The Son of God's Visit

"Lena suddenly informed me that a guest from Inazuma was visiting. I wondered who it was, but it turned out to be you." In the Great Sage's office, Amber, who had finished her daily clerical work, put away her pen and looked at the Son of God who had just sat down opposite her.

"Why, are you surprised that I came to Xumi?" The Son of God showed his unpredictable smile, "I have always been so casual."

"That's true, but being the chief priest of Narukami Taisha Shrine isn't an easy job, is it?" Amber thought for a moment. "My free time on weekdays is only enough to support me walking around Narukami Island. If I really have to leave Inazuma..."

"Ah, that kind of thing can be easily evaded with a little use of magic power." Shen Zi chuckled and took the tea from Lena's hand, nodding to Lena in gratitude. "Besides, I'm not here for fun this time. This is serious business that Ying has already approved."

"Business..." Amber pondered for a moment after hearing this, "What other business is there that is serious enough to make you rush to Xumi?"

"Of course I have. Recently, Ying suddenly asked me what I did with her Heart of God." Shen Zi picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. "Logically, this shouldn't be a problem. After all, I gave the Heart of God away with my own hands."

"But just as I was about to answer, I suddenly realized I couldn't remember who I gave the Heart of God to. I only had a very vague impression that couldn't stand up to scrutiny. Now that I think about it, Ying, who originally didn't care about the whereabouts of the Heart of God, suddenly asked me this question. Maybe she noticed something."

"-In short, I used some special means and finally concluded that I had to go to Xumi to find the answer, so I came here." After speaking, the Son of God looked at Amber, and she did not hide her desire to explore.

"So that's what it is." Facing the Son of God's gaze, Amber calmly picked up her teacup. The incident itself wasn't a big deal; what surprised her was why the Son of God noticed something was wrong. Perhaps the Son of God had some tricks she didn't know about.

But there is nothing to worry about. The two parties are not enemies, and there is nothing unspeakable about this matter. Amber weighed the pros and cons several times and finally explained the reason of the matter to the Son of God. After listening to it, the Son of God's expression did not change much and he was unexpectedly calm.

"Well... it's much more complicated than I thought, but it's quite interesting. I'm curious about what kind of expression Ying will have when he finds out about this - when he finds out that he created this trouble with his own hands." When mentioning Ying, Shen Zi's smile became even wider, and I wonder what bad ideas he is thinking of.

"Anyway, this is what happened. Is there anything else you want to ask?" Amber didn't really care about any bad ideas that the Son of God had. Thinking that she was not the victim anyway, she asked the Son of God if he had anything else to say.

"I don't have any other questions, but since I finally got to go out with Inazuma this time, I plan to stay in Xumi for a few more days." Shen Zi waved his hand. "Isn't there a mushroom beast competition being held in Omos Port? I think it would be a good subject for a light novel, so I plan to participate - just for fun."

"..." Amber's hand holding the teacup paused in mid-air upon hearing this. She frowned and thought for a moment, "It's best if you don't get involved in that matter. This activity is not normal, and the disciplinary officers are investigating it thoroughly."

"Oh?" The Son of God's curiosity grew even more intense after hearing this. "How is it abnormal?"

"The core of the issue is the mushroom beast. While not particularly dangerous, it still poses a threat that shouldn't be ignored. Activities involving such creatures must undergo strict approval. From what I've learned, while the event was approved, its safety measures clearly failed. This means there's a high probability that the approval officer and the organizers engaged in shady financial dealings."

"Then why not just stop this activity and start an investigation?" Shen Zi was a little confused. "Is there any reason why we must let it continue?"

"Yes, the disciplinary officers and I considered shutting it down directly, but this time it involves the remnants of the Fatui—or rather, the remnants of the Doctor. He was hiding well before, and the disciplinary officers couldn't find any trace of him. But this time, they found traces of him during the event, but we don't know what role he plays in it."

"So you're planning to keep it going? A sting operation?" Shen Zi's interest brightened when he heard that. "Oh... then I have to participate. How can I miss such an interesting event?"

"...I knew it." Amber sighed. As expected of the Son of God, he wouldn't miss such an opportunity for fun. "Since you want to join in, I won't stop you, but please don't interfere with my operations."

"Oh~ Of course." The Son of God agreed happily. Amber could even feel some anticipation in her, anticipation for the good show that was about to happen.

After discussing these things, a period of silence prevailed, and then Amber broke the silence by asking about the current situation of the people she knew among the Inazuma.

"There's nothing much to elaborate on. Most people are still the same. After the lockdown ended, Inazuma has finally gotten some breathing room." Shen Zi paused, gathering his words. "With Shadow's help, Ikaros's airship dock is being built smoothly and is now in its final stages. After all, we're counting on it to boost imports and exports to the islands."

"As for Komahaya, they're officially preparing to expand overseas. Kirara might even be in Liyue right now. As for Ninja, ah, you don't know her yet. When you first came into contact with the Aradaki faction, she rushed to Liyue to take the judicial examination. She didn't come back until half a month after you left Inazuma. You might have a chance to meet her later."

"Yeah." Amber nodded as she listened to Shenzi's explanation. Everything seemed fine on Inazuma's side. "Where's Hayate? How is she?"

"It seems you have a vivid memory of that little ninja, but this is indeed worth discussing." Shenzi's mouth curled up slightly, as if she had remembered something interesting. "Ever since she learned the new height-growing technique from you, she's become a completely different person. She wakes up early every day to exercise."

"What a pity... What a pity that until two months ago, poor Zaoyou hadn't managed to grow even a centimeter taller. Those children who followed the same method as her were obviously growing much faster than before."

Although he said it was a pity, the smile on Shenzi's face never disappeared. "At that time, Xiao Zaoyou was so angry that she broke down crying and making a fuss. It was so pitiful~"

"..." Amber didn't say anything and pretended to be calm as she drank a sip of tea. Although she had expected such an outcome, when she actually heard it, she still observed a moment of silence for Zaoyou.

The two continued chatting for a while, and Amber learned more details from it. At this moment, Zaoyou returned to her original life, trying every means to avoid work and sleep in, which made Shikano Nana very distressed.

Xiao Gong is planning to travel abroad recently, and if nothing unexpected happens, the first stop will be Xumi.

As for Manye, he boarded Beidou's ship and left Inazuma. He only stayed in Inazuma for a few months. It seems that he prefers traveling around to his current life. Who knows, he might come to Sumeru one day.

Compared to Inazuma's friends who prefer to travel around, Amber, who used to be always on the move, has now settled down. As a great sage, she probably won't have many opportunities to travel far from now on.

The chat lasted for more than half an hour, after which the Son of God said goodbye to Amber and embarked on a journey to the port of Omos. After the Son of God left, Amber thought for a moment and contacted Ying. She now felt more and more that Ying was really "useful", and she could entrust Ying to help with troublesome matters like this that she was not convenient to deal with.

It’s a pity that Ying won’t stay in Xumi forever. She will probably start her journey to Fontaine soon. According to the time, Amber should train some assistants for herself in the forest - assistants who can share her worries.

……

Long, long ago, long before the sun and moon began to spy, before the world was ruled by gods, there were seven dragon kings and their clans, and the dragon god Nibelungen.

There is no need to mention again why they lost power. After the battle with Phanes, the dragons were driven to the corner of the world, underground where humans are unwilling to get involved.

Some Dragon Kings stayed on the battlefield forever, but this was not the end. The power of the Dragon King was eternal, and it would one day reappear in their own clans, thus giving birth to new Dragon Kings.

Tevarin, who is suspected to be the Wind Dragon King, can be basically confirmed to be Rhoda, the Rock Dragon King. This is an example of the power of the Dragon King being reproduced in his descendants.

There are also tribes that were once dragons, but now have lost the possibility of giving birth to a new Dragon King, just like the deep-sea dragon lizards in the Abyss Palace. The Water Dragon King will never be born among them. There is a fable that says that the new Water Dragon King will reappear in the world in the form of a human.

So are there any Dragon Kings who have never been replaced? Dragon Kings who have survived from ancient times to the present day.

Of course there is an answer, and that is the Grass Dragon King hidden under the sea of ​​sand, Apep, who is older than any god and older than all the history known to the people of Teyvat.

Xumi Desert, located north of Qianhe Sandland, is one of the uninhabited areas in the desert. It has no resources worth exploring and is still a long way from being covered by windbreaks. Naturally, few people are willing to live here.

Perhaps because of this, no one noticed the abnormality here. The wind blew through the sand dunes, rolling up fine yellow sand, which splashed on the rock wall. The poisonous scorpion was walking leisurely here the moment before, but the next moment it seemed to be greatly frightened and quickly buried itself in the yellow sand.

A tremor followed, a tremor of the earth, which caused the rock wall to peel off pieces of stone, which fell on the sand like raindrops.

But this was just the beginning. The tremors suddenly became more intense, accompanied by one dull cracking sound after another.

The sea of ​​sand began to "boil", stirred by something like a tide, becoming more and more intense, until the existence that stirred the sea of ​​sand revealed the tip of an iceberg of its appearance.

It was a combination of dry vegetation and rocks. The only bright color was the moss in the cracks. Together, they wove a shell whose entire appearance was unknown, wrapping around the body of the giant.

"——!" An indescribable long and distant roar came from deep underground. The roar was full of deep and dark colors, and also carried a pressure far beyond that of ordinary things. The birds flying by were affected by the roar, spinning and falling to the sand.

The roar lasted only a moment, and the boiling sand sea calmed down in an instant as the roar ended. Even the wind stopped, leaving only the newly added ravines here, like scars on the earth.

Chapter 137: Mutation

"Amber! I have solved the problem. The culprit has been imprisoned by the disciplinary officer!" After the guard let him go, Ying took the elevator to the top and walked quickly into the office of the Great Sage.

"...Ah, it's Ying." Amber was stunned for a moment before reacting. She took a deep breath and looked at Ying, her expression not looking good at the moment. "I already know about that matter, but the remnants of the doctor's group are nothing compared to the problem Xumi will face now. The disciplinary officers can handle it properly."

"The current problem?" Ying frowned and quickly walked to Amber's side. "What happened?"

"It's okay to tell you about this." Amber pondered for a moment, then composed herself. "I received news from the Chi Nian City-State that a minor earthquake occurred north of the Tanit Clan, on the edge of the Thousand Valleys Sands. And for some reason, the wild beasts nearby are desperately fleeing away, as if they sensed some 'threat.'"

"Threat...? A powerful monster? Or is there something wrong with the earth veins?" Ying put forward her own guess. She obviously also realized the urgency of the current situation.

"Anyway... something that caused such a big commotion shouldn't be a small problem." Paimon's words were filled with a hint of worry. "Did Amber take any action?"