Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

Upon hearing this, Wendy, who had been feeling bored and ready to lie back down again, suddenly perked up. He looked at Zhen, who had made the suggestion, with great gratitude, and then looked at Su Feng with expectant eyes.

The way he looked like he practically wanted to force Su Feng to nod and agree was enough to prove that the previous lessons had really worn him out; otherwise, he definitely wouldn't be in this terrible state, wishing someone would come and take over right now.

"Hmm...is this...okay?"

Su Feng naturally ignored Wendy's appearance, after all, this guy was just an employee now, and no one cared about his thoughts. But after seeing Lei Yingdian's almost sparkling eyes, he didn't know whether he should agree to this.

"Of course, no problem. The monsters that could threaten Inazuma have been dealt with, and my sister and others are handling the aftermath of this disaster. I don't have anything to do right now."

"I would be most happy to help you if I can."

Ying answered Su Feng's question herself, and a hint of longing was revealed in her bright eyes. It was clear that Ying really wanted to do something for Su Feng to express her gratitude.

After all, Su Feng had saved her people and her sister, and that alone was enough for her to pay any price. Now it was just a small matter, so Ying certainly wouldn't find it troublesome.

"Alright, then I'll leave the rest to Ying."

After looking at the expectant Shadow and then at Wendy whose face clearly showed he wanted to give up, Su Feng could only nod helplessly. Since Wendy was completely unreliable, it seemed like it would be better to find another teacher.

"That's only right, and I will certainly teach you everything I know!"

Upon receiving a positive answer, Ying's face immediately relaxed. She simply stood up, walked up to Su Feng, grabbed the bewildered Su Feng, and hurriedly walked outside. In the end, all that was left for Zhen and Wendy, who were still standing there, was a single sentence that floated down her face.

"Let's go now!"

By the time the remaining two gods realized what was happening, Su Feng had already been dragged away by Ying to some unknown place, leaving him and Wendy looking at each other in bewilderment.

"..."

"How about we continue drinking?"

After a long while, Wendy finally spoke again, and Shin nodded in agreement. Then the two of them simply put their sister and family out of their minds.

......

Meanwhile, Su Feng only managed to react after Ying led him back to the beach where he had studied with Wendy. He looked around at the familiar beach and then helplessly looked at Ying, who was eager to try.

"Well... I'm not really interested in martial arts. What I mainly learned from Wendy was how to use external elemental forces and try to use this method to interfere with the world."

"So, pure martial arts..."

"Of course that won't work!"

However, before Su Feng could finish speaking, Lei Yingdian, the source of many schools of martial arts in Inazuma, decisively rejected the path of 'pure martial arts'. Clearly, she didn't care much about the so-called 'martial arts'.

"Although I am the source of many schools of Inazuma, in reality, the so-called 'skills' for me are by no means limited to pure swordsmanship—that thing is of no use to demons."

"Although there are occasionally mortals who shine with unimaginable brilliance, if that brilliance belongs only to a few, it will never be enough to make me take notice."

"What truly captures my attention are the skills that provide inspiration and drive progress, even for me."

Ying made no attempt to conceal her criticism of martial arts, which belonged purely to mortals. Clearly, the 'dance art,' which belonged only to a minority, was of little concern to her.

But that's normal. After all, what use are swords and blades to a demon god like Shadow who stands at the pinnacle of Teyvat?

Unless the demon itself is ready to be slaughtered, even the most powerful axes and halberds are nothing more than a gentle breeze. Ultimately, in Teyvat, elemental power, which symbolizes extraordinary existence, is the foundation of everything.

The martial arts created by Shadow are naturally based on elemental power. After all, for demons, elemental power is their body and flesh, and everything else is just 'stunts'.

Chapter 46 The Naïve Boy Was Corrupted

“Okay, so what are you going to teach me first? But let me make this clear: when Wendy was teaching me how to guide and utilize external elements, I encountered a lot of difficulties, and my instincts were resisting this change, so I learned it terribly before.”

Su Feng hadn't expected Ying to have such an evaluation of the pure martial arts of mortals, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt that it seemed to be a matter of course—after all, the martial arts of mortals were ultimately just about using their own bodies to compete and see who could cut off the other's body first.

Such skills, confined to the body and swords, are indeed of no use to pure elemental beings.

However, this was not something Su Feng needed to consider. He awkwardly explained his situation first.

After all, Wendy was really annoyed by him just now, so it's only right to remind Shadow in advance, lest Shadow, who is unprepared, be driven mad by his 'dullness' on the spot.

“No, that’s not a problem. I think maybe Barbatos is using the wrong approach. Maybe your instinct isn’t to resist ‘using’ external forces, but to resist ‘using external forces in this way’.”

However, to Su Feng's surprise, Ying shook her head and began to question Wendy's choice of method. When Su Feng first heard this, he almost thought that Ying was making excuses for herself, but he soon realized that Ying really thought so.

Because Ying, who could be described as simple-minded, had an extremely clear look in his eyes at this moment.

"?"

"Why would you say that? Is there something wrong with what Wendy did? But he seemed perfectly normal when he demonstrated it himself."

Unexpectedly, Ying actually thought Wendy's approach was problematic, which made Su Feng even more puzzled. He didn't think Wendy would deliberately hide any techniques or anything like that, as that wouldn't do him any good either.

Moreover, if he really didn't want to teach, there was no need to bring it up in the first place.

"No, Barbatos's theory is actually not wrong, but have you ever considered that his theory may not be suitable for you?"

Ying did not completely deny Wendy's theory, but she calmly pointed out a problem that neither Wendy nor Su Feng had paid attention to.

"Not suitable for me? You mean Wendy's approach only works for him, and if I want to achieve the same thing, I should try to find my own way of doing it?"

Su Feng wasn't stupid; after Ying shared her guess, he immediately understood what Ying meant.

"Yes, the wind is invisible and formless, and the wind that seeks freedom is even more unrestrained. Perhaps this chaos and unrestraint contains the rules and order that belong only to the wind, but these unique rules and order are obviously not so suitable for you."

"Your will is already strong, and now you want to go against your own will and learn other people's rules... This will naturally be a waste of your time."

Ying whispered her guess, and upon hearing this, a hint of understanding flashed in Su Feng's eyes.

That may indeed be a reason.

After all, Su Feng is indeed the Herrscher of Wind, but the power that the Herrscher of Wind wields has always been to 'create ideal fluids'!

An ideal fluid can behave like wind, but it is never normal wind, much less just wind.

To let an ideal fluid, which is completely different from normal wind, do the work that belongs to normal wind... Perhaps Su Feng really made a mistake.

"So what do you think I should do?"

After figuring out what Ying meant, Su Feng immediately perked up and began to have confidence in Ying as his teacher.

"Since your wind is so unique, why not try to use this uniqueness to control other wind elements?"

"Once the fundamental elemental forces begin to gather in your palm, the rest is simply a matter of course."

Ying briefly explained her opinion, and upon hearing this, Su Feng hesitated and opened his palm.

A tiny bit of wind element gradually appeared in his palm—Su Feng decomposed a tiny bit of light boundary power into wind element power and gathered it in the middle of his palm.

With this tiny bit of wind element as a catalyst, the wind element quickly gathered in Su Feng's palm. But soon, under Su Feng's bewildered gaze, this element was gradually transformed into fragments of free turquoise...

"..."

Upon seeing the fragment of the Free Turquoise, Su Feng was dumbfounded again—he had originally planned to use a bit of his own wind element as a starting point to drive the external wind element into a gentle breeze, but he never expected that in the end, the wind element would converge and transform into the most stubborn element crystal.

“You still have some doubts and haven’t completely let go of Barbatos’ teachings.”

“Although I am not a wind-attribute demon god, even I know that everyone’s wind is different. You don’t need to try to guide the wind to appear like Barbatos.”

“Back during the Demon God War, I also encountered several wind-attribute demon gods. Compared to Barbatos, those demon gods were more inclined to restrain the wind for their own use. After all, not everyone can guide the seemingly chaotic wind. Or rather, Barbatos was the exception. You don’t need to blindly learn from him.”

"Control the wind in the way that is most convenient and comfortable for you."

"Or shall I demonstrate for you?"

"Although I am not the god who controls the wind, I do have some abilities regarding other elements."

Seeing this, Ying didn't show any emotion. Instead, she proposed a solution that Su Feng never expected.

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"Well...why don't you give it a try?"

Although Su Feng was puzzled as to how Ying, a pure lightning elemental demon god, could control other elements, since Ying had said so, it seemed like a good idea to give it a try.

Then Su Feng made another stupid mistake.

After receiving Su Feng's affirmation, Ying directly pulled Su Feng into her arms, their bodies pressed tightly together, and then Ying's hand grasped Su Feng's hand.

What's even more interesting is that because of the height difference between them, the figure that hugged Su Feng completely...

Emmm, I really don't know how to describe it, but this older sister x younger brother look is really hard to put into words.

"Put aside your body's resistance, and I will infuse my power into your body, then use your power as a cloak to perform a wind element manipulation. Please carefully perceive how I do it."

Unfortunately, Ying, immersed in her 'teacher' profession, remained remarkably calm while speaking, or rather, she simply didn't think there was anything wrong with what she was doing.

What a coincidence! Aside from his initial shock, Su Feng didn't feel anything else was wrong, even though he thought it seemed like an unspoken mockery of his height.

With both parties agreeing, Ying injected a wisp of pure power into Su Feng's body.

Chapter 47 An Unintentional Incident Regarding the Name on the Household Registration

Both Ying and Su Feng felt that they were doing the right thing... Since that's what they thought, then so be it!

In short, putting aside this baffling behavior for now, once Ying injected her power into Su Feng's body, she finally realized just how powerful Su Feng was—pure light energy filled Su Feng's entire body, and the power contained within far exceeded Ying's imagination.

To be more specific, Ying had never seen such a powerful being before. More importantly, she could sense that Su Feng's body was still surging and accumulating a continuous stream of light energy.

Fortunately, Ying was only slightly surprised for a short while before she regained her composure. At this moment, she focused on using her limited power to try to activate Su Feng's light barrier power.

This was not an easy task. Although Su Feng was also controlling his own light force to coordinate with Ying's actions, the two, who had never worked together before, naturally found their coordination to be clumsy and awkward.

However, Ying was more patient than anyone else. Although the cooperation was clumsy, Ying still managed to spread Su Feng's light barrier power to the outside world with difficulty. Then, she used the field formed by the spread light barrier power to restrain the surrounding wind elements.

"Huhuhu~"

The two sides didn't cooperate very well, but under the restraint of a higher level of power, the wind did reluctantly begin to blow around them. Unlike Wendy's free and unrestrained wind, the wind surrounding the two was now filled with an undisguised will of power. Under this will, even the wind had to obey orders.

"Is that what it is?"

"I understand!"

After being guided through a process by Ying, Su Feng seemed to understand what Ying meant.

He is not one of the Thousand Winds, nor does he have a complicated relationship with the Thousand Winds like Wendy. Since that's the case, he will use his absolute power and status to make the Thousand Winds submit and be used by him!

What he needs is not to understand and then use the world, but to forcefully dominate it! He is a Lawbringer, not the laws of nature. As a weapon of destruction for civilization, he doesn't need to understand so many things. He only needs to achieve his own goals!

At this moment, Su Feng abandoned the methods Wendy had shown—using the most exquisite means to influence the rules of the world and make them work for him. He only needed to use his own power to expand and dominate the outside world.

Anyway, wouldn't it be enough to just correct my weakness of neglecting to utilize stronger external forces? Since that's the case, does it really matter whether the force that needs to be utilized is willing to help me? After all, in the normal world, there's no self-awareness at all!

Wouldn't that just allow him to do whatever he wants?