People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 385: Wendy: I’m not lying to you, the real secret of the wind attribute is “weakness”!
Inside the consciousness space, next to the white round wooden table.

Kaliber, who was once a world-class tool and the key to the cult's plan, now looks like an ordinary scholar in the Order.

Beside the two of them, dots of emerald green fluorescence, like inverted stars, slowly rose from the lower layer of this dream space.

The moment he met those blue eyes, the black-haired young man, whose temperament was no different from that of the boy next door, was distracted for a moment again.

"I never thought that the cult would see such a day."

After a moment of silence, Kalibel spoke.

".The previous cult was too silent and desperate, as depressing as the abyss itself.
Endless hatred and sadness filled the hearts of His Royal Highness and every member, and it was your help that changed all of this."

In an extremely light way, he described the situation where his leader was captured and signed a contract as "help".
Kalibel's view on that accident was obviously different from that of most members of the Abyss Cult.

".Help?"

"So it seems that you are not as enthusiastic about restoring the country as other members?"

On the other side of the table, Lin Feng pushed the dessert in his hand in front of Kalibel. He was not surprised by what he heard.

".Is this edible?"

"Sure, please feel free."

"Thank you."

After getting permission, Kalibel tentatively picked up a slice of cake.
Taking a bite, the sweetness of the cake not only activated the taste buds, but also awakened Kaliber's memory that had been dormant for hundreds of years:
"I died a long time ago, and my memory is stuck at the age of eight."

He said slowly.

".According to members of the Order, I was my father's 'illegitimate child', but it wasn't until many years later that I figured out what that meant."

".In my memory, although my father was the founder of the Abyss Cult, his greatest wish was probably to die with my mother."

Kalibel briefly mentioned his life story, as if he had gotten used to such sadness:

"After the cult was established, my father left and the leadership responsibility was passed to His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Every member of the cult, the hill people, priests, mages, apostles.
These monsters in the eyes of ordinary people were once people who had hope for tomorrow."

"However, there are few members of the cult who were truly great figures in the past, and the lofty goal of "restoring the country" was not something we cared about at first.

It is only after experiencing countless failures and pains, facing the irreversible situation,
Because they are unwilling to admit all this, the current cult has finally regarded "restoration of the nation" as a substitute for "restoring everything to the way it was before."

"."

At the beginning, although their bodies had become inhuman, all members had their own wishes.
But when all those wishes are shattered and only despair remains,
The only reason that allows everyone to continue to persevere in this manner is "restoration of the country" or "revenge."

After a brief pause,
Kalibel pointed at himself and explained:

".In that era, I was a person without an identity. I was too young when I died, and even my current appearance is just my father's expectation of me when I grow up."

"For someone like me, the concept of 'country' is too vast.

I don’t think that the reappearance of a ‘Kanria’ will make all the tragedies of the past go away.”

". During the days when I lived as a Qiuqiu person, an indescribable fear filled my heart.

The sun is covered with dust, the wind is filled with whispers,
In this dim world, it seems that every minute and every second of existence is a punishment for a sinner like me.

So, in the brief moment when I regained consciousness, a naive wish emerged in my heart,

Coincidentally, I can still remember that wish clearly:
"——This is all so cruel. I wish others wouldn't have to endure the torture I've endured."

"."

“That’s indeed a good wish.”

I can feel the pure kindness towards the world and others in the heart of this young man.

Recalling the conditions of the birth of the Loom of Destiny,

At this moment, Lin Feng finally understood why letting such a person fall into the deepest despair was a necessary step for the loom of fate:

——In terms of the nature of the power of the abyss, this extreme emotion that perfectly blends innocence and kindness, contradiction and pain,

No matter how you think about it, it is undoubtedly the most suitable ritual sacrifice.

"."

After a pause, some more snacks were served on the table.
I understand why Kalibel has such heartfelt gratitude and respect for me.
During this time, he personally transformed a certain little yellow-haired abyss from the leader of a terrorist organization into an entry-level farmer.

Lin Feng looked at Kalibel in front of him and said softly:
".Don't think about the troubles for now, take a break now."

".Don't worry, I can guarantee that one day in the future, your wish will come true."

——I don’t want to restore my country, I don’t want to cause trouble, my biggest wish is that others don’t have to experience my pain,
Because he had no ill will towards most of the civilians of Kanriya from the very beginning, Lin Feng didn't mind making his promise here.

After a while, return to the outside world.

"Ya Dala, Ya Dala!"

As soon as Lin Feng came out, he found a large group of hill people surrounding him.
They seemed to be vying to give him some of the food and glowing stones in their hands.
From the dancing movements of these hill people, one can vaguely sense their respect and friendliness.

Thinking of the changes before and after, he looked back into the void. At this moment, he also retrieved from his memory a sentence that Kalibel had left for him:

"——Thank you very much. Your help is crucial for us to be able to live here without being disturbed.
Although the Qiuqiu people have forgotten their memories and civilization, they still know how to be grateful.

I have told my compatriots about your deeds. If you don’t mind, please accept these gifts.”

"."

He looked at the strange grilled meat and fish handed to him by the hill people in front of him in silence.

Because no one in Xumi would give such things to gods,
Lin Feng faced those expectant gazes, but finally heaved a sigh and decided to accept them all, and give them to Wendy as a snack when he returned.

In return, they gave us some high-quality fruit trees and crop seeds that could grow quickly even when absorbing seawater.
It took me a long time to finally squeeze out from the crowd of enthusiastic hillbillies.

I always feel that Kalibel's talent in ideological work seems a bit too strong.

After saying goodbye to the little yellow-haired creature from the abyss behind him, who was full of question marks and inexplicably felt that his status had declined, Lin Feng finally returned to Mondstadt from this "country of the hillbillies".

"—Wendy, get up and work."

"——If you delay any longer, you will have to pay me back the original price for all the scholar benefits I got."

The next morning, inside the scholars' residential area, at the residence of a drunkard.

After knocking on the door twice with no response, Lin Feng could only sigh and resort to his final resort. "Bang! Clang! — Ouch!"

"No, no, no, my friend, I'm coming right away! A poor bard like me can't live on the streets!"

There were several loud crashes and the sound of chairs being tripped over.
Wendy's nervous response could be heard from inside the room, which was in chaos.

"crunch-"

The wooden door of the hotel was opened.

Wendy, who looked like she had just woken up, had a smile on her face, and the word "flattering" was almost written on her face.

Lin Feng: "."

No, is this guy really a god? Otherwise, just kick him out.
Looking at this strange creature, I felt for a moment that the reputation of the demon race was damaged.
Even though this was not the first time he had seen it, Lin Feng still couldn't imagine how a ruling party could be so abstract.

Sighing deeply,

After returning from the Abyss Cult yesterday, Lin Feng decided to speed up the progress and finally walked into this messy house.

".So, my friend, you hope to speed up your training progress with some practical exercises?"

???

"——Really? Don't you know that your learning speed is already at a level that other demons can't even imagine?!"

Inside the room,

Wendy listened to Lin Feng's purpose and found that her friend seemed to be still not satisfied with the current "extremely fast" progress.

He had been beaten so badly during the last practice that he even wondered for a moment if the other party was joking.

After a brief pause, he realized that Lin Feng seemed to be seriously trying to find some methods.
Wendy also patted her forehead twice and said helplessly:
".Actually, my friend, you should also know your own problems, right?"

".You are not lacking in the most basic elemental power control. Although these things are slightly different, they are basically the same for all.
With your learning ability, after spending some time getting to know Andrius and me, you should be able to do it."

"——If you ask me, my friend, the most difficult thing for you to deal with is actually the balance and conflict between the powers of different elements.

However, this kind of experience involving complete elemental authority is probably unknown to very few people in Teyvat.
In other words, the situation where the elemental authority on your body increases one by one is probably only you. "

——The authority of the demons and ancient dragons is innate, and their elements and abilities were determined at the very beginning.
Even if it can be slightly strengthened by absorbing the power of other demons later, it is generally impossible to make a drastic change.

But there are exceptions to everything.
When this "absolutely impossible" thing happens to appear before your eyes,

Wendy was also having a headache about how to increase his strength suddenly without causing an imbalance in the elements.

"Well, I do understand that question."

Lin Feng nodded.
After taking a look at Wendy in front of him, he finally explained:

"——Based on the experience during the Liyue period,

For me, at least there is no risk of conflict between elements that do not react to each other.

The "resonance" method that the old man taught me at the time also involved knowledge about elemental harmony, which further alleviated the difficulty of elemental harmony."

"Following, based on the summary of the two elements of grass and rock,

I think having enough experience with power before taking full control, or even integrating it into your instinctive reaction, is probably one of the effective ways to avoid imbalance.

So in addition to daily training, I think practical experience is also necessary.”

For him, the time to obtain the wind element was indeed too short.

Compared to the "growth" of the grass element core and the "stability" of the rock element core,
For him, the wind attribute is currently just a means of attack that is slightly different from the nature of rock grass.

Even if you can skillfully manipulate the power of this attribute in the future to ensure that it does not conflict or get out of control,
But if you can't perfectly integrate it into your daily life, it still can't be considered a success.

???

".Hmm? I think I understand.
——Friend, you don’t know what the benefits of wind elemental power are? So you don’t know where to use it for a while, right? "

After pondering for a while, I finally found the problem.
When he realized that Lin Feng didn't know what the wind elemental power was for because he had too many choices,
Wendy was full of questions, but she also realized that this kind of problem seemed to only happen to her friend:

——Compared to the gods who only have one element and no choice,

The core dilemma here is the luxury of having too many solutions to a problem because there are too many means.

For this friend of mine, if he cannot find out what is special about one element compared to other elements and in what occasions it is best suited to play a role,

Then, when faced with some problems in the future, he may not be able to choose the best solution.

"."

".Alas, this is really a problem."

Without hiding the envy on his face,
Because of the bad compatibility, Wendy was beaten up by the old man every time, and he also wanted to use some other elements.
But now that this problem has arisen,

As an experienced user of the wind element, he naturally would not allow anyone to think that the wind element is a useless element!

"squeak--"

Pulling out the chair and standing up from the table,
Recalling her experience of using it for thousands of years, Wendy came to Lin Feng with a sense of mission.

In a very proud tone, he expressed his understanding of the wind attribute:

"——The ordinary wind elemental power seems to be a little weak.
For those who possess the Eye of God, it is nothing more than being better at speeding up and reducing a little physical consumption. At most, they can just pull the enemy away. "

"——But, my friend, you are different. With the strength of the elemental authority you will be able to control in the future, you can definitely achieve a qualitative improvement and have the qualifications to truly control this element."

"——According to my conclusions over the years, the real core use of the wind attribute is actually "weakness", the kind of "weakness" that cannot be noticed by anyone, not even the gods.
Well, my friend, don't disbelieve it.

Although it may sound a little strange, this is a secret that I will never tell anyone else!"

"."

After a brief pause, he raised his head and put his hands on his hips.

At the dining table, with Lin Feng's face full of black lines,

Wendy, whose face was almost overflowing with pride, pointed at herself and spoke with an extremely proud tone:
"——In fact, for most gods, it is easy to become stronger and difficult to become weaker."

"But, if we really talk about how to make the wind element 'weak', then I, Venti, am definitely one of the best in the whole of Teyvat!"

(End of this chapter)