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"Because Tinari is the mushroom official!"

"..."

El-Heinz stopped talking and looked directly at [Sino], waiting for his next lame joke.

"The mushrooms here with my son..."

"I know, thank you."

El-Heinz interrupted Sino's explanation without even looking at him. He just wanted Sino to finish quickly and end this inexplicable, lame joke competition.

"Since everyone's talking about Tina, let me tell you another Tina joke."

"Can you let Tinari go?"

Elhesen has become a master of witty remarks.

[Sino] has been preparing for a while.

"The Gilded Brigade archer shot an arrow at Tinari, but he himself fell down. Why?"

"why?"

"Because Tinari is a reflection fox!"

"puff--"

Seno couldn't help but laugh, and he looked at Elhesen.

"No need for explanation, I understand what this means, thank you."

Al-Hysen directly rejected his corny science explanation.

After being rejected by Elhesen, Seno knelt down on the spot again.

"I lost, I lost completely! I didn't win even once!"

"So, why is it based on lame jokes to determine if you're Seno? Does the Grand Disciplinary Officer have to be able to tell lame jokes? No, should we say that everyone named Seno has to be able to tell lame jokes?"

Previously, Al-Hysen and Seno didn't have much contact, since he tried to keep a low profile in his daily life and rarely interacted with the disciplinary officer.

Now he has come into contact with the legendary Grand Disciplinary Officer, who is completely different from the Grand Disciplinary Officer he had imagined.

"Alright, the jokes are over."

[Sino] saw that Sino looked like he was questioning his life after losing.

She stopped competing with him in lame jokes and instead transformed into Aizen's appearance.

After finishing the joke duel, Li Yue was very satisfied with the look of existential doubt on Sino's face. Sino's two greatest strengths were jokes and the Seven Saints Summoning. Unfortunately, Li Yue had no interest in the Seven Saints Summoning, so he could only choose to defeat Sino in the joke duel.

"Is this your true form, Lord Aizen?"

When Seno saw that Li Yue had deactivated her transformation, he immediately stood up. When he came over with the clan leaders, he also learned that there were only two people who could be in this building: one was Elhesen, who had become the chief steward of the place.

The so-called Grand Steward is equivalent to a Great Sage in the Order of the Church. Although there is no Order of the Church here, the Grand Steward's status is still very high.

From clerk to chief steward, Elhesen's career took off.

However, Elheisen is not the main point. The main point is the other person who can live here, Lord Aizen who rules the desert!

"Lord Aizen, can you tell me why you disguised yourself as me to kill the Great Sage?"

Sino looked at Li Yue, wanting to know why he was targeting him like this.

"Naturally, it's because, currently, the most capable people in Sumeru City are only you and Elhesen."

Li Yue extended her right hand and opened it towards Seno.

"The fact that you were able to infiltrate here shows that you, Seno, truly possess abilities worthy of my recognition."

"Well, Seno, do you want to come to my side now that you can no longer go back?"

252. The Yellow-haired and White-floating Spirits Arriving at Sumeru

Seno refused Li Yue's offer of recruitment. Although he felt that Li Yue was very powerful, he was, as the Grand Disciplinarian, and would not join such a suddenly appearing tribe, especially since this tribe seemed to be planning to wage war against the rainforest.

Although Senuo refused, Li Yue didn't do anything to him. Instead, he let Senuo stay in the tribe. Since he couldn't go back to Sumeru City anyway, keeping him around would be a good way to have some fun. For example, he could tell a lame joke on the way to liven up the desert and cool it down.

While unification was taking place in the desert, Sumeru City did not actually stop operating; it continued to function.

After taking control of the high-ranking sages of Sumeru, the Doctor began to focus on accelerating the execution of the plan to become a god.

During this time, Sumeru City also welcomed two new visitors.

"Traveler, this is Sumeru City, the place where the Grass God resides."

"So, are we going to find that Little Lucky Grass King now?"

"Of course I'll go find him. I want to ask the Little Lucky Grass King about things from 500 years ago."

As Ying walked, she answered Paimon.

"I never expected that your brother would have connections with the Abyss. I'm really curious about how that happened."

"Hmph, that guy Kong ran away without explaining himself, leaving me completely confused. The only thing I know is that his affairs are related to what happened 500 years ago, but Zhongli won't tell me what's going on with Kanria, so I have to ask other people."

"But I have to say, Zhongli is really frustrating. He actually hid his identity and let Li Yue become the Rock King."

"However, he never expected that after Li Yue became the King of Rock, he would actually appoint Zhong Li as the Grand Commander. Hahaha, he deserves what he got."

During her time with Zhongli, Ying learned his true identity: he was the real Rock King Emperor. To her surprise, the real Rock King Emperor faked his death and then gave his power to Li Yue, making Li Yue the Rock King Emperor.

What surprised Ying even more was that Li Yue, without her knowledge, appointed Zhong Li as the Grand Commander of Liyue, which completely ended Zhong Li's plan to rest, leaving him with no way to rest.

When Zhongli said it, Ying and Paimeng both found it very funny.

After that, during an adventure, Ying met a man named Dain and went deep into an underground cave, where she saw the wind god statue hanging upside down, as well as her brother Sora, whom she was looking for.

This meeting made Ying realize that although Kong was captured by the gods, he was not imprisoned. Instead, he was still free to move around and even joined the Abyss, becoming a prince there. Compared to her, Kong's treatment was far better. It was completely different from her, who spent her days in the wild foraging for fruit, cooking, and trying to feed Paimon.

Ying was very unhappy about her brother's behavior of spouting a bunch of riddles and then running away, but there was nothing she could do. Her brother had clearly regained his full power, while she had not.

So what Ying needs to do now is to travel to various countries, find her own power, and at the same time find out the truth about how the Seven Gods destroyed Kanria 500 years ago.

She asked Venti in Mondstadt and Zhongli in Liyue, but unfortunately, neither of them told her anything. Ying originally planned to ask Thor in Inazuma, but Thor is now permanently based in Liyue, so there's no need to go to Inazuma.

Ying also asked about the events of 500 years ago in Liyue, but Thor didn't know either. She explained that she was staying in Inazuma at the time, so she didn't know the situation.

Helpless, Ying could only stay in Liyue for a while before continuing her journey to a new country. As for Inazuma, since Thor had already asked, she was too lazy to go.

Hana Sanri and Yae no Miko sent their condolences in response.

After leaving Liyue, Ying went straight to Sumeru to ask the Grass God if he knew anything about what happened 500 years ago. Although Zhongli had said that the Grass God was a new god and very mysterious who rarely appeared, the Grass God was still known as the God of Wisdom. Because of this title, Ying decided to come and take a look first.

Then, they arrived at Sumeru.

They originally wanted to ask Naxida what Sumeru was like, since Naxida was a Sumeru person, but they were told that Naxida and Li Yue had gone out together, which meant that they had no one to ask and could only come to Sumeru on their own.

Along the way, they first arrived at Kaga City, where they met Tinari and Kolai, as well as an inari named Hinamori Momo.

Guided by Kora and Hinamori Momo, they arrived at the present-day Sumeru Castle.

"It's amazing that this city is built on trees."

Standing at the entrance to Sumeru City, looking at the towering sacred tree and the enormous city built on it, Paimon couldn't help but sigh in awe.

"Yes, Mondstadt is built on an island in a lake, Liyue Harbor is built on a mountain, but this Sumeru City is built directly on a tree."

"Perhaps it's because this is a rainforest kingdom."

"How then can we see the god of wisdom?"

Ying's goal upon arriving in Sumeru City was very clear: she wanted to meet the Grass God. In order to meet the Grass God, she even asked Zhongli to write a letter of recommendation.

Although Zhongli cannot reveal his identity as the Geo Archon, he can write a letter of recommendation for Ying as the Grand Commander of Liyue.

As a friend of the new Geo Archon, and with the recommendation of the Grand Marshal of Liyue, Ying believed that it would be relatively easy for her to enter Sumeru Castle to meet the Grass God.

However, the situation was not quite what she had imagined.

"Huh? We can't meet?"

At the entrance of the Order of the Fathers, Paimon looked at the refusing students with great surprise.

"Did you submit the letter of recommendation? This is the recommendation letter from the Grand Commander of Liyue!"

Paimon gestured with his hands, trying to make Zhongli sound incredibly powerful.

"I'm very sorry, although your letter of recommendation was written by the Grand Commander of Liyue, the sages still did not agree because our situation in Sumeru is quite special right now."

Can you tell me about it?

Ying didn't speak, so Paimon, the Mouth of God, asked on her behalf.

The scholar being questioned also let out a helpless sigh.

"This matter stems from the sudden incident a few days ago. Previously, our Academy was led by a Great Sage to conduct academic research. However, a few days ago, for some unknown reason, the Academy's Grand Disciplinarian and Secretary assassinated the Great Sage. As a result, the Academy's leadership has lost the Great Sage's leadership and is in chaos. The remaining sages are doing their best to maintain the Academy's operation. Until a new Great Sage is selected, we cannot handle your matter."

253. The impending Sumeru War

Ying never expected that after arriving in Sumeru, she would not be able to see the Grass God today.

She even had Zhongli's letter of recommendation, but she still couldn't get a chance to meet the Grass God.

Fortunately, it's not entirely hopeless. As long as the Sumeru Academy elects a new Great Sage, she can have him introduce her to the Grass God.

Since that's the case, she'll stay in Sumeru for a while, just like she did in Mondstadt and Liyue. Now that she's in a new country, she'll embark on a new adventure.

Of course, the main reason is that if she doesn't do quests at the Adventurers' Guild, she won't have enough money to support herself and Paimon, that good-for-nothing.

Determined to support Paimon, Ying found Catherine in Sumeru and prepared to begin her adventure there.

"I'm sorry, traveler, there are no requests at the moment."

"Huh? No requests? No way, could it be that all the requests in Sumeru have been taken by others?"

Paimon was very curious.

"No, although there are quite a few adventurers in Sumeru, they don't take on all the quests. The reason there are no quests is that Sumeru is not suitable for adventure activities at the moment, because a war is breaking out in Sumeru."

"What's going on? Is Sumeru going to war?"

Paimon spread his hands, looking utterly bewildered.

"Yes, war is breaking out in Sumeru. Sumeru consists of two parts: the rainforest region centered on Sumeru City, and the desert region, which is much larger than the rainforest. Previously, the desert and the rainforest had been relatively peaceful, with some minor frictions but no major problems. However, the desert is now preparing to launch a full-scale war against the rainforest."

"Huh? What's going on? Why is it so strange?"