But the goddess really wanted to see the general's expression.

Perhaps at that time, the divine child would introduce the attendant to the general...

—How should I put it?

-for example...

"General, this warrior is my personal attendant."

"My personal attendant, who belongs only to me."

The goddess thought, "This must be very interesting, and I'm sure I can look forward to it!"

—Lord Attendant...

—You must be really looking forward to it too!

Chapter 186 The Plan Comes to an End

On the day the Rongcai Festival ended, the general felt that he had lost something.

Some things that are very important to me.

But what exactly is it?

The general didn't know.

General Mingming remembers that he worked diligently every day and did his job meticulously every single day.

But whenever he cleared away the work documents that filled his desk, the general always felt a sense of emptiness.

It's like an empty desktop in front of you.

At that time, the general always had a kind of impulse in his heart.

It seems I shouldn't stay here quietly; I should leave the castle tower and go find something.

However, the general didn't have many such opportunities.

Most of the time, whenever the general finishes his work, the shadow's consciousness takes over, and he doesn't know what to do next.

There are times when the Shadow's consciousness does not replace the Shogun, but during these times the Shadow simply sits in front of the castle tower.

Then he stared blankly at the sky in front of him for a whole day and night.

On one occasion, the general also stepped out of the castle tower.

As she walked along the streets of Inazuma, she could often hear her subjects respectfully calling her "General."

The people speaking were clearly very close to him, but the general felt they were very far away.

Although the general was in the streets of Inazuma Castle, he felt as if he were in his own "pure land of the heart".

I'm all alone here.

But the general always felt that he shouldn't be alone.

There should be someone else standing next to you.

That person will kindly help you respond to the people's words and will lead you and the people to fight together.

—But...is there really such a person?

When he came to his senses, the general found himself looking up at Narukami Taisha Shrine in front of him.

The shrine was brightly lit, unlike anything it used to be.

The general forgot why Yae no Miko went to Sumeru, but she learned that Miko had returned to Inazuma.

Logically speaking, the return of Yae no Miko should not require the general to go in person.

But for some reason, the general felt he should go.

After passing through the torii gate of Narukami Taisha Shrine, the general quickly arrived at the plaza.

Several priestesses stood around the sacred cherry tree, as if they were performing some kind of ritual.

However, the general did not pay any attention to it.

She looked at the goddess in front of her and noticed that the goddess was giving her a strange smile.

This smile made the general feel uneasy, and she looked at the goddess with a blank expression.

"what happened?"

"nothing."

The divine child shook his head and covered his mouth with his hand as he laughed: "I just find the current general particularly pleasing to the eye."

Although it was meant as a compliment, the general felt a surge of anger rising in his chest for no reason.

The anger urged her to say something, but the figure that appeared before her made that anger vanish into thin air.

For some reason, when the figure appeared, the general found himself staring at it.

The figure was a young man, yet he was carried here like a corpse by two witches.

Looking at that figure, the general felt an unprecedented sense of peace.

Just like that night at Rong Caiji's house, the general wanted to get closer to the man in front of him who seemed to be asleep.

However, this step was stopped by the divine child.

The goddess who stopped the general didn't say much. She turned her head and looked at the sacred cherry tree in front of her.

"Let's begin..."

As soon as the words were spoken, a dazzling light fell from the sky, enveloping both the Divine Cherry Tree and the Yae Divine Child.

Bathed in light, the divine child walked step by step toward the divine cherry tree.

Her slender, white right hand rested against the trunk of the sacred cherry tree.

She could sense a power emanating from the Divine Cherry Tree, a power that was drawing souls from the World Tree on the other side of the continent along the earth's veins.

The souls of the dead have left the World Tree and are flowing here along the earth's veins.

The divine child believes that it won't be long before they find the soul of the attendant!

One second.

One minute..

half an hour...

Narukami Shrine remained quiet, but the light descending from the sky had dimmed considerably.

The surrounding priestesses looked tired, and their previous solemnity was gone.

They secretly glanced at the chief priest in the very center.

The goddess remained with her eyes closed as she reached out to touch the sacred cherry tree.

But let alone the soul of the attendant, no souls rushed toward the direction of the divine cherry tree.

The unexpected event made the goddess somewhat flustered.

The panicked god reached out and leaned against the World Tree, but nothing changed.

The attendant's spirit did not appear, and the anticipated reunion vanished.

The light that descended from the sky quickly disappeared, leaving Yae no longer able to kneel on the ground.

Looking at the doll in front of her, resembling a personal attendant, the joy she once felt was gone from her eyes.

—It shouldn't be like that.

—It shouldn't be like this...

—Everything was ready...

—How could a plan possibly go wrong...?

—How is that possible...?

As she was thinking, the divine child suddenly looked up as if she had just realized something.

She looked towards a corner in the distance.

Ayato slowly emerged from the corner, a strange look also in her eyes.

Ayato's plan was to take Mushishi away after the Divine Child revived him.

But now it seems...

The failed plan brought the game between the two sides to a stalemate.

Neither of them knew exactly where the plan had gone wrong.

The divine child clearly sensed that those souls had been extracted from the World Tree.

Even though the soul had already flowed from the World Tree into the ley lines...

If the earth's veins are unobstructed and not blocked, everything will go smoothly.

so...

"So, this can be considered as some interest that Inazuma is repaying to him..."

"After all, the people I placed within Inazuma didn't just find out about their plans..."

Ningguang unfolded a map in the Jade Pavilion, depicting the entirety of the Teyvat continent.

It also depicts the flow of the ley lines on the Teyvat continent.

The World Tree is located within Sumeru, and the ley lines within Sumeru leading to Inazuma all require passing through a certain place in Liyue.

"The Rocky Abyss."

Yelan read out the areas on the map where the number of ley lines was much denser than in other places.

Ye Lan's eyes lit up as she realized what was happening, only to see Ning Guang already walking out of the Jade Pavilion.

"So now you know why I asked you to seal off the ley lines of the Abyss of Laminaria, right?"

Ningguang walked slowly down from the Qunyu Pavilion, where the giant abyss of layered rocks below was shining with an extremely dazzling light for some reason.

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