Supreme Bishop of Fontaine

Third, she is very beautiful.

………Isn’t that a bit unfair? It seems like Ye resurrected her out of lust, just to play with her.

not like this.

I must solemnly declare that this is absolutely not the case.

The reason is indeed that she is too beautiful, but the specific reason why she wants to be resurrected based on this reason is definitely very different from what most people think.

Actually, the main reason is... Ye felt a little embarrassed.

Because if I really want to say it, it seems to be related to his lust.

Isn’t this contradictory?

Well, tell the truth. If you keep dwelling on it, the misunderstanding will only get bigger.

Simply put... it's a mistake I made when I was young!!

Didn’t I have many online dreams last night without realizing it?

It's an online dream, it's a dream, every man knows that when you have this kind of dream, of course you will dream about whichever woman is prettier, whichever woman arouses your interest the most, that's perfectly normal, right?

So...of course I had dreamed about it in the end.

Originally, if it was just a stand-alone dream, then there was no need to care about it at all. After all, a stand-alone dream is pure self-indulgence.

Who do you care who I'm fantasizing about when I'm soothing myself? Does it matter if they're alive or dead? It's just fantasy, don't take it seriously.

...But if it's online dream, it's a completely different story!!!

No matter how he thought about it, Ye felt uncomfortable.

It's easy to deal with Ying and the Great Mercy Tree King. In Ye's original plan, they would be resurrected, so there would be no problem at all - but as for Guizhong, Ye had never thought about such a thing before.

In this case... well, it's really awkward.

So, it didn't take long for the night to make up its mind. Forget it, I might as well resurrect and return to the afterlife.

After all, he is a demon god, so he is not completely useless.

And she is so beautiful that it is pleasing to the eye to look at her as a vase.

In this way, Ye convinced himself, and then talked about this matter with Zhongli.

This is the second time we have talked about this.

The last time was through Astralia on the phone.

After all, Guizhong's relationship with Zhongli is somewhat subtle. They can't be considered lovers. It can only be said that from the player's perspective, they have a bit of a CP feeling - but in fact, even if Zhongli really has a lover, the status of his lover in his heart may not be comparable to Guizhong.

After all, there is a saying that goes, the dead white moonlight can never be compared to the living.

Ye still had some self-awareness. Having acquired the Dust Demon, he certainly couldn't fail to use it—if he didn't, wouldn't that be a waste of popularity? Could he really only look at her face and admire her like a vase all day? How could she be so arrogant... ahem, that sounded a bit like a scumbag who would just turn his pants and ignore her.

Ye is not a scumbag, he is just a pragmatist.

And he is a super responsible man, otherwise he would not want to be resurrected, right?

So, if that's the case, it's better to make things clear in advance, otherwise Zhongli will end up attacking Fontaine to settle the score with him, which would be bad.

In short, with Zhongli's consent, the Liyue matter came to an end. With the time gained from pushing all the work to Navilette, Ye planned to go to Mondstadt to collect debts.

The monk can run away, but the temple cannot. Ye didn't believe that blocking the door of West Wind Cathedral would allow Barbatos to escape.

"By the way, there's one thing I'd better talk about."

At this time, just when Ye was about to leave, Zhongli seemed to suddenly remember something and said to Ye:

"You want to 'resurrect' Gui Zhong. Although I have no problem with that, it would be best if you could ask other immortals for their opinions besides me."

Ye, who had already stood up, lowered his head slightly: "True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng and True Lord Gechenlangshi?"

"You really do know a lot, but I'm not talking about them primarily."

Zhongli said very seriously:

"I'm talking about the 'Fairy of Mountains and Seas', who is also my demon god and my best friend in the end."

Chapter 155 Barbara

In response to Zhongli's words, Ye was silent for a moment.

You know what, he really forgot about Longhua.

After all...well...how could I have any opinion about it, right?

However, Zhongli reminded Ye that he should find a chance to talk to Longhua, otherwise, given the settings he had made for Longhua, she might come to him directly.

"I see. I'll think about it."

After leaving these words, Ye left and quickly headed for Mondstadt.

After all, his schedule is quite tight. He finally gets to go out and relax, and Ye doesn't want work to occupy all his leisure time.

Debt collection is more interesting.

So, night soon arrived at the door of West Wind Cathedral.

Why do debt collectors come here?

Nonsense, of course you have to find a rich person to collect the debt. Who would want to find a drunkard who can't even take out a half a moola from his pocket to collect the debt?

——But unexpectedly, as he stepped into the West Wind Cathedral and saw the scene inside, Ye couldn't help but hear the BGM in his heart. For a moment, he felt that his whole heart was purified.

This feeling... well, it reminds me of the feeling I had when I first played the game Genshin Impact a long time ago.

It’s Mondstadt as expected, it makes the night feel more like home than Liyue.

After all, Liyue is just a country with a similar culture. Looking at Liyue Ye, he doesn't feel much. After all, he has traveled to too many worlds and has seen too many countries with similar cultures.

But Mond reminded Ye Zhen of the feeling he had when he first played this game.

I have to say that Mond is truly a utopian country that everyone would yearn for.

This country has no king, no politics, no beliefs based on factionalism, and no high and mighty rulers. The clergy of the Cathedral of Favonius believe in and serve the God of Wind with pure gratitude, and the knights of the Knights of Favonius come together with a simple desire to protect Mondstadt and help the people.

How wonderful is this?

Even if a citizen lost a cat, they could report it to the acting leader of the Knights of Favonius and ask her to help find the cat. What does this mean? Does it mean that all the residents of Mondstadt are giant babies? Of course not.

Why don't you think about why people in some countries won't report a lost bicycle or even a lost cow to the police? Is it because people in these countries are very independent?

No, it’s because everyone in this country knows that no one will care about such “small matters”.

In fact, this is really a very "normal" idea, a so-called "normal" thought that people living in a "normal" country will naturally produce.

Mond it is not normal.

The main reason why people living in Mondstadt don't have this idea is that they feel in their common sense that no matter what difficulties they have, they can go to the Knights of Favonius. The Knights of Favonius will take care of everything, big or small. Even the acting leader is no different from the ordinary Knights of Favonius. They are all people they can seek help from whenever they have difficulties.

The main reason for the emergence of this common sense is that Mond has a common cultural idea that becoming a Knight of Favonius to protect Mond and help the people is a glory for oneself.

Becoming a Knight of Favonius is not about reaching a high position, gaining power, or making wealth, but about protecting Mondstadt and helping the people... It is for this reason that Mondstadt has become a country where even if a cat is lost, you can ask the seemingly high-ranking ruler of Mondstadt to help you find it.

Because the people of this country don't think that Mond has any ruler.

They admire and respect the Guardians of Mondstadt, such as the Captain or Acting Captain, and they aspire to become like them, but they do not have the slightest thought of considering them as untouchable superiors who rule over them.

Everyone has his or her own division of labor and position, and everyone freely chooses his or her position in Mond according to his or her own will.

So, Mond is a completely utopian country.

In Ye's eyes, such a dreamland can only appear in the second dimension.

It is unreasonable, but it makes people feel moved and deeply like it.

If Ye were asked to rate a country he most wanted to live in, Mond would actually be at the top of the list.

A long, long time ago... For Ye, it was really a long time ago. It was before he traveled to this "fantasy world". In terms of his personal perception of time, it was probably tens of thousands of years.

At that time, Ye felt very tired of the extraordinary life, so his only wish was to live an ordinary life until his death. In this extraordinary life where he couldn't be ordinary even if he wanted to, his only pleasure was probably the second dimension.

Animation, comics, novels, games, in short, that was when I first came into contact with these.

And it was at that time that Ye actually had a similar idea - it would seem nice to be able to live in Mondstadt.

Now, Ye suddenly remembered that feeling again.

What should I do, Lady Finina? I suddenly want to change jobs again.

——This thought did not last long.

Because after entering the cathedral, Ye quickly saw the scene that completely destroyed the beautiful fantasy in his heart.

"No! Absolutely not!"

"Lord Barbatos! Where on earth are you?"

"Ah! Lord Barbatos, your pious subjects beg you to favor me! I swear to treat you well, take good care of you, and offer you good sacrifices!"

"Why is it Tevarin again? No, I don't have any complaints against Master Tevarin... but I want Master Barbatos!!"

All filters were shattered in an instant.

In the cathedral, a group of clergy and lay believers gathered together, and they were... opening card packs.

The sacred cathedral has been completely filled with wailing, and the echoes are full of sad prayers of loss and disappointment.

Ye saw the back of Barbara, the girl who was always among the top five girls who appeared in his dreams, kneeling on the ground and praying devoutly.

There were at least thousands of Yu-Gi-Oh card packs piled up in front of her, and she opened a pack with her head down and prayed, opened a pack with her head down and prayed, opened a pack with her head down and prayed... Looking at the at least thousands of empty packs and thousands of cards that were opened beside her, one could easily imagine how long she had been repeating this action.

It’s crazy, so crazy that Ye almost looked stunned.

If you don’t see this scene, you won’t know how deep Mond’s faith in the God of Wind is.

You know, the followers of the God of Wind never expected Barbatos to help them.

They are the most ideal form of believers, that is, they have only gratitude towards God and no desire to ask for anything in return.

So the current situation... doesn't seem to be surprising at all?

Not to mention, although she never shows up, the Mondstadt people's faith in Wendy is truly pure - except for a few exceptions.

The more Ye looked at the scene in front of him, the more he felt that Wendy was really hiding something!

How did the demon become stronger?

Strengthen yourself through faith.

Don't doubt this kind of thing. Just from the perspective of the game, you can know that this is true. The devil really becomes stronger through the faith of the people.

You think Wendy is fooling you, but you don't think Nashida is fooling you either, right? She's truly the most honest god a traveler has ever encountered.

Nashida also clearly stated that it was because all the people of Xumi believed in the Great Compassionate Tree King that her power was so weak.

It is also mentioned in the text that gods strengthen their power by accumulating faith.

This setting is the real deal.

There are two ways to use the power of people's faith. One is to use it not to strengthen oneself at all, like Fucaros did. Instead, except for a small part to supply Fontaine's daily needs, the rest are all accumulated together and only used to create a big Ivan who is even strong enough to destroy the throne of God... Fucaros belongs to this group and uses the power of faith completely as a disposable consumable.

The other is to permanently enhance one's own strength, rather than using it as a consumable, turning it from a one-time power into a permanent power.

So, here comes the question. Look at this scene. Wendy...

Will he accumulate faith like Fucaros and use it as his ultimate trump card, or will he use faith to strengthen his own power?

Or... is it both?

Even Ye couldn't see this. The only thing he could be sure of now was that it was absolutely impossible for Wendy to have not accumulated any power of faith in thousands of years.

Look at the purity of Mondstadt's faith. That old Deng is really hiding it very deeply.

Ye Du couldn't help but feel wary of him.

You have to be careful, otherwise you might be cheated by him at any time.

——But think about it, you are the creditor now.

So Ye gathered his confidence again and prepared to start collecting the debt.

He walked behind Barbara and prepared to call out - just as he was about to speak, Barbara seemed to sense some dangerous aura and shuddered instantly. She immediately opened her eyes from prayer and turned her head back.

The face of a man with black hair and black eyes instantly came into her sight.