Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

"Hehe, this kind of thing is not that important to me. After all, I am just a useless little fox. I can't possibly get involved in the battle between the gods."

"However, if you need anything, you can come and find me directly. Although I'm just a priest, I can still be of some use on Narukami Island. Perhaps I can help you find what you're looking for~"

"When the time comes, you can just go to Narukami Shrine on Mount Kage and find me. I am Yae no Miko, the priest of Narukami Shrine."

The fox's laughter revealed a hint of cunning, and she seemed quite confident in herself—of course, considering that Su Feng hadn't actually done anything truly outrageous even when he had the upper hand, it showed that she was indeed someone she could communicate with.

Since they can communicate, the Eightfold Divine Child is confident that he can handle this matter well.

What she fears most is someone like General Lei Dian, a stubborn person who can't be reasoned with and is prone to drawing his sword at the drop of a hat. In such cases, no matter how cunning she is, she can only helplessly raise her hands in surrender.

"Shadow Mountain...is that the mountain? If so, I was just planning to go there."

Upon hearing this, Su Feng pointed directly to the highest mountain peak surrounded by spiritual energy on the entire Mingshen Island. In fact, he had already prepared to go there directly when he landed, but the sudden appearance of the Eightfold Divine Child made him pause for a moment.

"Oh? It seems you sensed something at Shadow Mountain? If so, I'd love to welcome you with open arms."

After hearing Su Feng's words, the Divine Child's voice paused for a moment, but quickly returned to its previous tone.

However, despite her good concealment, Su Feng could still detect a hint of panic in her voice.

It seems that Su Feng's unreasonable act of immediately coming to her door has indeed frightened Yae no Miko. After all, someone of Su Feng's level is not someone she can easily mess with. However, after calming down a bit, Yae no Miko still decided to talk to Su Feng.

After all, it wouldn't be good to let Su Feng run around in Daoqi. If he caused trouble, given Ying and the general's personalities, they would probably fight to the death.

Chapter Six: Yae no Miko: Am I out of touch with the latest version?

Narukami Taisha is the largest shrine in Inazuma.

After all, in addition to the Thunder God, the Divine Cherry Tree is also enshrined here. This huge and mysterious ancient tree is almost another major guarantee for the safety of the entire Inazuma. Back then, even the Thunder movie was able to completely eliminate the dark calamity that was threatening Inazuma in a short period of time with the help of the Divine Cherry Tree.

It is precisely because of this that Narukami Taisha has become the largest and most important shrine in Inazuma, and it is precisely because of this that the chief priest of this shrine is a member of the Thunder God's family. Although in recent years, under the leadership of Yae no Miko, the entire Narukami Taisha has become somewhat distorted, it has at least done its job very well.

However, Su Feng was completely dumbfounded when he saw light novels such as "Reincarnated as the Thunder General and then became invincible" at Narukami Shrine.

Although the gods of Teyvat are generally quite tolerant and don't care much about many behaviors, this thing is blatant blasphemy, isn't it?

Is there really no one going to do anything about this?

Oh! Yaedo was created by the divine retinue of the Thunder God, wasn't it?

That doesn't matter!

In short, Su Feng was truly shocked by the current style of Narukami Shrine. If he hadn't repeatedly confirmed that the fox was indeed there, Su Feng would have almost thought he had gone to the wrong place.

But perhaps this light novel is also a way for Inazuma to express his respect and faith in Raiden General?

Forget it, he's an outsider, so let's not worry about him too much.

After much deliberation, Su Feng finally decided to ignore the various light novels and related merchandise that were plastered all over the front gate of Narukami Shrine. He transformed into a gentle breeze, bypassed the crowds of worshippers and the shrine maidens, and went directly to the back of Narukami Shrine.

Beneath that enormous cherry tree, radiating astonishing spiritual energy, a fox that had invited him was waiting.

"So, what do you think of this sacred cherry tree?"

When Su Feng appeared beside him, Yae no Miko, who had been standing under the tree in deep thought, twitched her ears slightly and finally opened her eyes, asking with a hint of curiosity.

"A remarkably beautiful and mystical tree—that's the best I can say about it."

If ordinary people only see the vastness and power of the Divine Cherry Tree, then Su Feng sensed a more mysterious and incomprehensible side within it—if possible, Su Feng would very much like to study it and see what secrets are hidden within this Divine Cherry Tree.

Unfortunately, the Divine Cherry Tree, which involves Inazuma's most fundamental secrets, doesn't seem like something that can be taken out for research.

Moreover, Su Feng did not sense any tremor from the 'cocoon' within the Divine Cherry Blossom. Since it was something unrelated to the Herrscher core and the 'cocoon,' Su Feng naturally wouldn't care too much about it.

I had clearly felt a slight tremor from the Divine Cherry Blossom before, so why is it now completely silent?

Su Feng had no idea what was going on. He could only look at Shen Ying in front of him with hesitation, wondering where he had made a mistake.

"That's natural. Shenying has always protected the land veins and people of Inazuma. Even the general values ​​everything about Shenying. Otherwise, why would I be here?"

When Yae no Miko mentioned the Divine Cherry, there was a hint of melancholy in her words. However, she quickly recovered from this melancholy and looked at Su Feng, who was still deep in thought, with an expression that no one could see through.

"So, sir, whose name I don't yet know, have you found what you were looking for?"

"Just call me Su Feng. In theory, we are equals—I am actually a servant of that useless, good-for-nothing wind god of Mondstadt."

Su Feng glanced sideways at the Yae no Kamiko in front of him, who was still trying to trick him into revealing information, and then decisively said his name while simultaneously shifting all the blame onto Wendy.

Anyway, that's all the wind god is good for now. If the wind god isn't used to take the blame, what else can it be used for if even the acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius can be controlled?

"what?"

Su Feng did want to shift the blame, but unfortunately, after hearing this, Yae no Miko didn't care who would ultimately take the blame. What she cared more about was Su Feng's identity—a member of the Wind God's family? Have the families of gods really gotten involved to this extent?

Are beings who can fight the seven true gods to a standstill, or even be stronger, merely divine servants? Wouldn't that make her, a little fox who's only a few hundred years old, seem rather useless?

Or is she really just a naive little fox who's been overprotected?

But it was clear that Yae no Miko was not a fox who would be frightened by such a thing. After pausing for a moment, she immediately spoke with her eyes shining.

"Um...can I know why you're so strong? If there's any special training method, could you tell me a little bit? I can trade you my not-so-bright god!"

As it turns out, this fox really is the type that will climb the roof and tear off the tiles if not disciplined for three days.

Despite being a member of Thor's kin, he's now trying to sell Thor for a good price. This move is truly making one's blood pressure rise.

Even though Su Feng had just fought with General Thunder, and even though he was the one being sold to, he was still intimidated by the divine servant in front of him who seemed to be rebellious from head to toe.

How did this guy survive until now without being killed by Thor's sword?

Could it be that General Thunder, who seems to lack any flexibility, really favors this fox so much?

"Ahem, okay, I was just kidding."

Perhaps reminded by Su Feng's dumbfounded look, the foxy woman, who finally realized that she shouldn't have shown her 'despicable' side in front of Su Feng, finally restrained herself.

"My strength is innate. Besides, I think you and Wendy must have a lot in common. I just wonder who will betray whom if you two get together!"

After a long silence, Su Feng finally managed to utter a sentence, and then decisively changed the subject—sometimes Su Feng really felt that he didn't get along well with the gods and their familiars of Teyvat, and the main reason for this was probably that he didn't have as many... 'distinctive features' as these guys?

"However, I actually have another question I'd like to ask—can the Divine Cherry Blossom really be used to fight against the Abyss?"

After carefully assessing Shenying's current condition, Su Feng tried to steer the conversation back on track and asked the question he was most concerned about.

Chapter Seven: That scoundrel is indeed a scoundrel.

The sacred cherry tree of Inazuma has a strong sense of mystery.

When Su Feng first arrived at Inazuma, he could feel a tremor coming from the Divine Cherry Tree. Although the tremor disappeared quickly, Su Feng still discovered something when he arrived in front of the Divine Cherry Tree.

He could sense a strange fluctuation emanating from the divine cherry tree in front of him—a fluctuation originating from time.

This fluctuation was very weak and strange. If Su Feng hadn't been hanging out with Wendy all along, he probably would have easily overlooked this unusual time fluctuation.

What Su Feng cared about even more was the 'filth' contained within this divine cherry tree.

It was a mixture of all sorts of messy negative emotions, and Su Feng even sensed a portion of the void power belonging to the abyss within it.

This is a very troublesome thing.

Previously, when Su Feng tried to decompose the power of the Abyss, he could only choose to pack up these messy things and throw them out of Teyvat. But now, Shen Ying's choice is to purify them.

Is it that difficult?

Or is there some benefit to purifying it?

Su Feng was puzzled by this approach, but considering the current situation, he couldn't just disassemble Shenying to see what was going on.

"This question is too difficult for me. I'm just a pitiful little fox. Shenying existed long, long before I was born."

"Although I am indeed the priest of Narukami Shrine and am indeed responsible for looking after the sacred cherry blossoms, I am just doing it according to the methods passed down from the past."

"Little fox, I don't know that much!"

Faced with Su Feng's question, Yae no Miko shook his head in pain and revealed a rather exaggerated expression.

She's just a clueless little fox, how could she know so much!

"..."

"alright."

Su Feng was quite helpless about Yae no Miko's blatant shirking of responsibility, but since he wasn't Yae no Miko's superior, he obviously couldn't do anything about this cunning fox.

"But aren't you going to clean up the filth inside the Divine Cherry Blossom? I can feel that the Divine Cherry Blossom is almost at its limit. If it's not cleaned up, it might explode at any time."

Standing in front of the Divine Cherry Tree, Su Feng gently stroked the slightly rough bark, becoming even more puzzled.

He could sense that Shenying's condition wasn't good, but it seemed that no one was taking care of her.

Are all the people in Inazuma so heartless? They don't even take any action to protect their own Sakura, who is already in danger?

"Cough cough!"

Upon hearing Su Feng's question, Yae no Miko coughed violently, and the fox itself looked somewhat embarrassed.

"Well... actually, Narukami Shrine holds the Great and Small Sacred Sakura Purification Ritual every now and then to remove the impurities accumulated on the sacred cherry blossoms, but..."

"The talisman from hundreds of years ago has been lost, and things haven't been peaceful in Inazuma lately, so I've been quite busy..."

"Originally, we planned to deal with the Shadow's problem first and then deal with the Divine Cherry, since it wouldn't make a difference if we spent a little more time."

Under Su Feng's speechless gaze, even the Eightfold Divine Child could only stammer and try to find some excuses to lessen his responsibility.

Unfortunately, this was her duty, and besides, she couldn't simply shift this responsibility, which was clearly related to magic techniques, onto Ying, who was obviously a pure martial artist.

Although this guy stammered and didn't finish his sentence, the way he tried to shirk responsibility but couldn't quite get rid of the blame was too obvious.

"Alright, I'm now certain that you and Wendy aren't really a good match—if you two were to team up, Teyvat would probably be finished by now."

Su Feng was completely convinced by Inazuma. Compared to Mondstadt and Liyue, was Inazuma somewhat seriously ill?

Well, Mondstadt isn't much better, is it? If it weren't for Jean...

Forget about these exhausting things for now.

Shaking his head to temporarily forget these irritating things, Su Feng refocused his attention on the divine cherry tree in front of him.

Although he can no longer sense it, Su Feng is still certain that the opportunity for him to obtain the core of the Herrscher of Thunder lies within this Divine Cherry Tree.

only……

"Is it time that's holding me back? If that's the case, then that's going to be interesting."