People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 429 Lin Feng: Come with me to meet the Tree King. I think she will be proud of you.
The next morning, in front of Mond Bridge.

The mist dissipated, and the crystal clear wine lake, like a gem, sparkled in the morning sun.
And under a lush sunset fruit tree by the lake was Wendy, who had gotten up at least half a day earlier, an extremely rare sight.

“Hah.”

As soon as he opened his eyes, he ran here in a daze to see Lin Feng off.

A certain green-skinned drunkard yawned, tried to stay awake, and said with sleepy eyes:
".My friend, you are really busy recently. I always feel like there are a lot of things that are not completed.

Even gods need to enjoy life. After this, I will take some time to accompany you to rest for a few days."

". "Take some time" to rest with me? "

"Thank you in advance for your kindness."

I always feel that there is a subtle sense of disharmony in what Wendy says that makes people unable to complain.

But after Lin Feng thought about his life during this period of time, he finally sighed slightly, thinking that at least what this guy said made sense in that he should take a rest:
——When he was experimenting with alchemy, Wendy was drinking and sleeping. When he was studying how to resurrect Andrius, Wendy was drinking and sleeping.

Even when he was helping to restore the ecology of Benlangling two days ago, Wendy was still drinking and sleeping.
It is impossible for him not to envy Wendy's decadent life like a retired old man.

"Hey, it's a deal then! When you come back, my friend, I will teach you all my secrets of how to rest."

"We still have a lot of time. If we are busy all day, we might soon become as old-fashioned as the old man."

After taking a deep breath of the slightly humid air by the lake, Wendy, who had become a little more awake, proudly shared her life wisdom with Lin Feng.

"."

He paused for a moment, not forgetting what his friend was going to do in Xumi.
Wendy, who had slightly restrained her frivolity and had actually gotten up on her own initiative, also formally offered her blessings:
"——Although the previous Buyer has been gone for a long time, the old man and I met her several times two thousand years ago.
Like the poems I wrote, the dreams she created are full of romance and imagination. She is a kind and interesting god. "

"It's even more troublesome than Mond's environment. Things like the World Tree are very troublesome.
Although I didn't have the chance to say it, but for protecting the World Tree, all the creatures in Teyvat should thank her."

During the disaster hundreds of years ago, the god in charge of the grass element did not go to the battlefield with them, but guarded the World Tree alone.
But those who stay in the rear are not as relaxed as those who go to the front.
Wendy, who understood the nature of the World Tree, knew very well that if it were not for the self-sacrifice of that god, the losses suffered by the entire Teyvat would probably be several times more serious than it is now.

"Thank you. I'll do my best."

He nodded, not surprised that Wendy was so concerned about the Great Compassion Tree King.

Even though he had never communicated with the other party except for one suspicious experience, Lin Feng knew that the Tree King was a guy like Nashida who would first consider sacrificing himself when encountering a problem.

Faced with such a responsible and reliable teammate, the only two survivors would certainly not have a bad impression of him.

"Alas, we were so happy at the cocktail party, but in the blink of an eye, only the old man and I are left.

Although Inazuma is not young anymore, after losing her "half", I don't know if I can still amuse her with desserts like I did before."

He sighed deeply.

Wendy, who is usually heartless and doesn't care about anything, rarely showed some emotion when faced with this topic.

".Desserts should still work, but they may only work after the fight."

Shaking his head, he could also understand the current status of a certain otaku girl on Inazuma's side from Yae Shinko's request.
Stop thinking about these issues.
Lin Feng checked the dessert he had ordered yesterday at the location provided by Barbara, and decided to put other things aside and go back to Xumi to retrieve the "Buyer fragment" whose degree of damage was unknown.

"It's almost time, I'll leave first."

He waved to Wendy and turned to leave.

But just as he was about to teleport, he heard the drunkard behind him whisper something seemingly irrelevant in a tone that was a little different from usual:
".Speaking of which, have you visited the old man during this period?"

"Compared to me, the old man is most concerned about resurrection. After all..."

——After all, Liyue’s losses in the Demon-God War were the most tragic even among the seven nations.

And the demon god who preferred attacking to defending,
At the beginning, I never thought that one day I would be like this. As if to make up for something, I worked hard to learn the ability to protect others.

"."

Without waiting for Lin Feng to reply, Wendy shook her head and returned to her usual relaxed tone, as if the previous sentence was just an illusion:
"Forget it, when you're done with your work, go to Liyue to see him.

If I remember correctly, the old man seemed to have mentioned a few days ago that he and the Demon-Fighting Great Sage were forced by his family's hall master to come to Mondstadt to celebrate the festival."

The difference between the two was like two completely different people. This heartless drunkard only looked a little serious at that moment.

I wrote down what was happening in Liyue and arranged a stopover for my next trip.

After taking a deep look at the green-skinned bard who seemed to have nothing on his mind, Lin Feng left a farewell message in Wendy's ear before leaving with a flash of elemental light:
".Although I am a little tired recently, some pressure and secrets hidden in my heart are far more harmful than fatigue.
Don’t worry too much about certain things. If you hide your stress too deeply, I won’t be surprised if you explode like a wind slime one day.”

The figure disappeared, and the sound gradually faded away.

Wendy, standing by the cider lake, paused, then finally shook her head. She took out a bottle of cider from somewhere and decided to have a good sleep under the shade of the tree.

On the other side is the Xumi Jingshan Palace.

While Lin Feng and Wendy were chatting,
Inside the emerald green palace, a little god who was usually busy with government affairs was holding a golden can of knowledge, contrary to his usual behavior.

He walked back and forth, not only did his eyes never leave the golden crystal-like object, but his expression was also obviously nervous and uneasy:
——Yesterday, her own sage had already informed her that he planned to start contacting the consciousness space blocked in this crystal after returning today.

In fact, although she did not go there, she had been paying attention to the progress of the Mondstadt region because of the existence of her "eyes".
After receiving the news that the demon god had resurrected two days ago, she was surprised, but she actually realized that her previous request might be fulfilled soon.

But even though I had expectations, I never thought that my sage would act so swiftly. I had just begun to prepare myself mentally, and it was time to take action.
".It is sealed so tightly, what exactly is in this memory? Or is it possible that there is no fragment of consciousness in it at all?"

She could not even open the blockade of this canned knowledge with the power of herself and a heart of God. Nashida could feel the power of the "World Tree" wrapped around it with her instinct.

But her worries were never about the blockade. After all, no matter how strong the barrier was, it was useless to the one in her family.

When the mystery was about to be solved, what she was most worried about was whether there was nothing inside, or just some memories playing out according to a fixed routine.

".Is there really a consciousness belonging to the Tree King in here?

If so, why did they block the connection between the World Tree and me? Even interpreting this memory requires the power of gods other than me." Previously, in many documents about meditators, I also got some reports about them "falling into illusions".
The fact that some of the scholars have fallen into madness clearly shows that the current situation of the World Tree is not optimistic.

Considering this information and the blockade of this canned knowledge, Nashida could only conclude that the Tree King did not want to see her directly and establish contact with her.

"Om-"

!!!

The sound of elemental resonance was heard, and the breath that he was most familiar with appeared behind him.

He interrupted his thoughts and turned around as quickly as possible, intending to greet Lin Feng who had returned.

But when she turned her head halfway, she suddenly found that her long braid was gently tied to the side by someone's hand.

???

He was full of confusion, not knowing what his sage was up to.

Because of this unexpected situation, Nashida's anxiety was dispelled a lot. She raised her head slightly and saw Lin Feng carrying a basket of snacks in front of her as expected.

"——Here, your portion. Eat a little first."

".Although I don't know what type of dessert the Tree King prefers, but judging from the information, it shouldn't be wrong that he likes desserts."

She gently loosened the white and green side ponytail in her hand, and helped to tidy it up before letting it go.

After having experienced the accident of having Barbara's ponytail smeared on his face,
The moment Lin Feng realized that he was teleported to the position behind Nashida, he subconsciously took shelter.
But after catching her, I realized that with Nashida's height, this was actually not necessary.

".Are you thinking about something weird?"

"No."

"Come to think of it, I think the caramel pudding tastes really good."

Reaching out and taking out a packaged caramel pudding from the snack basket, Lin Feng naturally could not admit to such a thing.

"."

He glanced at Lin Feng with a helpless expression that no outsider could possibly see.
Nashida, who had become accustomed to indulging the other party's little actions, suddenly began to miss the respectful look this guy had pretended to have when they first met.

"How does it taste? I've actually tried it myself, so it's unlikely to be bad."

I also found that Nashida took this matter a little too seriously, and she looked nervous and uneasy.
So after returning, Lin Feng did not talk about business first, but planned to let the little guy relax first.

Sitting aside, admiring the rather pleasant feeding scene in front of me,

He inexplicably thought of a certain otaku girl from Inazuma and a certain celebrity next door, and Lin Feng suddenly discovered that these people seemed to have a tacit understanding in their love for desserts.

"Hmm? Now that I think about it, desserts seem to be quite popular among the gods.
If you go to other countries in the future, why not prepare some more as gifts?"

Because the scene of Nashida eating was so healing, my thoughts wandered inexplicably.

When you are done eating, pass it to him and eat it.
After feeding half a basket of snacks, facing the little guy's accusing look of "What on earth do you want to feed me", Lin Feng realized that he seemed to have accidentally fed too much.

A moment later, the meditation platform was moved to the side area of ​​Jingshan Palace.

After confirming that the announcement had been released that the gods had important matters to attend to, and that all approval work would be temporarily handled by the sage Elhaisen of the Zhilun School,

Lin Feng also took Nashida to place the golden can of knowledge on the meditation platform originally used by the Great Compassion Tree King.

Not only because this place has the largest space and has a certain connection with the Great Kindness Tree King,
At this moment when it is necessary to shield against external interference, the Void Body Server that has been moved here can also help Nashida to slightly reduce some of the burden in her subsequent journey of consciousness.

"Om-"

With a wave of his hand, he released the elemental barrier he had set up to protect the void device, and placed the consciousness container that was originally "planned" to be decoded using the two divine hearts of Cao Lei on a circular platform.

It was already the last moment before the action. Lin Feng looked at Nashida who seemed to still have some doubts and uneasiness.

After thinking for a moment, he rubbed the little girl's head, walked in front of her, bent down slightly and looked directly at the cross pattern in her emerald green pupils, and spoke in a gentle tone:
"——Just ask anything you want to ask. Don't worry, I didn't leave any room for any unexpected situations this time."

"——Originally, I could have entered this consciousness space with two God Hearts, but I have waited until now to take action.
If I am not 100% sure, I will not take action. "

After practicing with Andrius, he simulated countless possible unexpected situations in his consciousness space.

Now, even though the Great Compassion Tree King is too damaged, Lin Feng is confident that he can temporarily seal up this consciousness intact before it dissipates.

With the support of this backup measure, no matter whether the subsequent body shaping is successful or not, at least he has countless opportunities to try.

".I don't have anything to ask. I trust your judgment."

".I just wonder what she would think of me if she knew what I've been through in the past five hundred years."

After all, before meeting the person in front of you, you are like a mirror placed in a dark cave. Not only do you not shine yourself, you don't even have the chance to reflect light.

No matter how bright a pearl is at night, it still needs to absorb enough light during the day.

In order to wait for such a sun that was willing to always shine on her, she spent five hundred years in the darkness.

"How about asking her?"

"In such an unfavorable environment, you have still been able to grow into the outstanding person you are today. At least I think she should be proud of your persistence."

Gently took Nashida's hand and placed it on the golden jar of knowledge.

Make sure all preparations are complete.
Lin Feng, whose power was far beyond what was needed to enter, mobilized his own grass elemental power, combined with the void and the heart of God,
In a state that was countless times stronger than the creator's expectations, he embarked on a journey of consciousness with Nashida by his side to meet the previous "Buyer".

(End of this chapter)