Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

From the Wooden Leak Tea House to the Divine Cherry Dojo, you have to go northwest for about 17 or 18 miles, passing through the White Fox Field, then turn north for about 20 miles to reach the Forest of Guardians, and then walk another 20 or 30 miles to reach the foot of Shadow Mountain.

This distance is roughly the same as the distance from Inazuma Castle to the Kamisato family home. Kamisato Ayaka knows that even by carriage, this distance usually takes two or three hours.

After all, Inazuma's land is essentially an island, not flat at all, rugged and mountainous, requiring a long and winding journey to reach the destination. However, this match is the opening match of the round of 16, and countless people have already arrived at the Sakura Dojo. It is said that for this Hyakunin Ikkyu, Lady Yae even built tens of thousands of seats for the Sakura Dojo, making a fortune from ticket sales!

But she... can't go?

There's only one hour left before the competition starts, so even if she flew, there's no way she could get there!

She boasted that she would win the Jade Dragon Flag to advise the General, but instead she abandoned the competition and fled? Ayaka Kamisato was terrified. This wasn't just a loss of face for her; the entire Kamisato family would be disgraced by her foolishness at such a high-profile event!

"Are we going to be late?" Shen Liang saw Ayaka Kamisato's pale face and Yoomiya, who was jumping up and down in a panic, and pulled open the teleportation screen. "Oh, good luck."

"Oh, right, Ryoko!" Yoomiya quickly grabbed him. "Don't you have an alchemical vehicle? It's much faster than a carriage!"

“It’s too late. We only have an hour, and more than half of the road is mountainous. Even a Harley couldn’t do that.” Shen Liang shrugged. “When it comes to mountain roads, a motorcycle isn’t much better than a fast horse.”

"Is there... no other way?" Xiaogong looked at her good friend who had fought alongside her in several battles, knowing that she was under great pressure and despair. She was also anxious and wanted to cry. She was pacing around and frantically thinking of any way to get directly to Yingxiang Mountain on the other side of the strait.

Shen Liang couldn't understand the two girls' anxiety. Although he sympathized with Xiao Gong's dream, he was powerless to help.

Moreover, he has his own affairs to attend to, and there will certainly be many problems that arise upon arriving at the Shaniat family. He has been very busy on Earth these past few days.

But just as he was about to step into the teleportation screen...

He was stunned.

The world changes as a result.

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The Land of Fleeting Moments, Inazuma, Heian Period.

A cherry blossom petal fell with a soft thud onto the face of the girl who was sleeping soundly under the tree.

The purple-haired girl, dressed in a white kimono tinged with purple cherry blossoms, let out a muffled whimper, then rolled over. The pink-furred fox sleeping on her chest was suddenly crushed and let out a pitiful cry.

The girl then opened her eyes.

“A strange… no, it’s a familiar sky.” Raiden looked at the clear blue sky. She had seen this sky for over two thousand years and knew the changing patterns of the clouds by heart. But at this moment, she was unsure whether the world she was in was real or not.

She rubbed her pet fox, picked it up and held it to her chest, then looked at the newcomer and smiled sweetly, "Sister Gan Yu."

The visitor was not Inazuma, but a guest from Liyue across the sea, the secretary of Moonsea Pavilion, a half-Qilin with astonishing cultivation.

Gan Yu is depicted as a blue-haired girl with long hair tied up in a ponytail, topped with black horns symbolizing her Qilin bloodline. She wears a tight-fitting dress with delicate black bodysuit underneath, and a golden requiem bell tied around her neck.

"The Emperor asked me to bring you your favorite moon vegetables," Gan Yu said gently. "However, you seem to have a strange expression. Do gods also have nightmares?"

This is the beach east of the Tanuki Forest at the foot of the mountain. Although it is a bit secluded, it is just right because today is the once-in-a-century gathering.

A gathering of the seven gods.

But times change, gods fall, and friends on the throne drift further and further away. More than two thousand years later, the current gathering is so deserted that even the most cheerful breeze no longer wants to come.

However, the Geo Archon of Liyue still cherishes old feelings and at least sent Ganyu to reminisce... How to put it, Raiden doesn't really care. Compared to that old-fashioned man, Ganyu is beautiful and cute, and it's better for her to come and play in Inazuma in his place.

Girls' happiness is none of your business, guys!

"It wasn't a nightmare, it was... I can't quite put my finger on it." Lei Dian was just as gentle as Gan Yu. She smiled slightly. "Xiao Yu, if I had a very long dream, in which I was a handsome boy, and in that era I seemed to have been dead for many, many years... do you think such a dream might be a premonition of something?"

Chapter 199 Like a Dream, Real or Unreal

"Sister Zhen dreamed that she turned into a boy?" Gan Yu put down the basket in confusion and took out the crystal shrimp dumplings, shredded pork, shrimp balls, shumai and other snacks, and placed them on the mat where Raiden Zhen was taking a nap. "Hmm, I don't know if this is a premonition dream, but in our Liyue dream interpretation, there are two interpretations."

"What do you mean?" Raiden was genuinely curious.

"The first possibility is that you, Sister Zhen, are currently overworked, under too much psychological pressure, and not in good health. You subconsciously feel that you are not doing a good enough job. Generally speaking, this kind of dream appears in people who are very career-oriented. You subconsciously feel that you would be more successful if you were a man."

"Easier to succeed in your career?" Raiden smiled, puzzled. "Hmm...maybe that makes sense, but the boy I dreamt I became didn't seem to have much of a manly presence..."

"Eh?"

"What's another explanation, Xiaoyu?"

“Then…” The Qilin girl’s pretty face flushed slightly, and she said shyly, “An adult woman dreaming that she has become a boy, that’s a standard… that kind of dream. Maybe it’s because, in her daily life, that kind of physical desire is suppressed by her divine nature… um, so it only happens in her dreams… sob sob…”

As Gan Yu spoke, she covered her face and squatted down, unable to continue. Such words were an immense torment for someone as gentle as her.

Raiden Shinya subconsciously connected the dream to himself, then gave a strange look, "Is...is that so? Is it possible that I actually like this kind of younger, handsome boy with long, straight black hair?"

Then she fell into self-doubt, "No way, could it be that I like Chiyo because I subconsciously like long, straight black hair? If I awarded Chiyo the title of Inazuma's Number One Beauty, was there some ulterior motive behind it, and was it not objective and fair? Maybe the Number One Beauty of Inazuma is me or Kage?"

Gan Yu stared in surprise at Raiden Shin, who was talking to herself. Although she had always known that the older sister of the Raiden sisters was gentle but a bit eccentric, she was still surprised by how eccentric she was.

What? You want to steal the honorary title from your subject and give it to yourself? Sure enough, a woman's competitive spirit only intensifies at this moment.

"Sister Zhen seems to care a lot about dreams."

Raiden unconsciously rubbed the pet fox on his chest, thought for a moment, "I can't help but care. That world is very similar to Inazuma. I'm in a boy's body and see the world from his perspective. Hmm... that boy is very handsome, that's the key point. How handsome... even though he's young, his appearance is already comparable to Chiyo's."

"Wait a minute, isn't Chiyo a girl?" Gan Yu suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Yes, that's right. I stared at him for a long time when he looked in the mirror. He has such a delicate face that even I envy. So even though he has a boy's body, I don't feel uncomfortable at all inside him," Raiden said with a smile. "But despite being a beauty, he has a terrible personality. When cute girls want to be friends with him, he rudely chases them away without giving them any face, and even made Princess Little Egret cry."

“Your dream… is quite logical.” Gan Yu sensed something was off and said, “In dreams, we usually don’t remember the names of the people in our dreams.”

“Because the world in my dream seemed to be the future Inazuma, I remember it very well.” Raiden smiled. “At that time, I was already dead, and the ruler was Kage. The land of Inazuma was full of evil spirits, and most of the people were trapped on Narukami Island. The shogunate was hostile to the western Coral Palace… Everything was very logical and very real. It was so real that I remember a bowl of congee costing two thousand Mora in front of him, and Kage was described by him as… tyrannical and immoral.”

"How is this possible?" Gan Yu exclaimed in disbelief.

"Absolutely impossible!" came the same voice from behind.

Raiden Shin turned his head and saw his younger sister striding towards him, carrying a naginata on her back. His sister, who looked exactly like him, was the fighter among the "Raiden" and the person he trusted and loved the most.

Ray movie.

Truth and shadow, like the difference between real forging and shadow forging in swordsmanship, are two sides of the same coin. Raiden is truly gentle yet resolute, a general living in the public eye, proficient in both politics and military strategy. Raiden, on the other hand, is known only to her close advisors, a shadow supporting her sister from behind, fighting against all transgressions and eliminating all obstacles.

One is a scholar, the other a warrior; one is in the light, the other in the shadows. Everyone knows that General Thunder is wise and mighty, but few know that the throne of the God of Thunder is occupied by twin sisters.

A general is never alone.

Lei Yingdian wore a short purple kimono, unlike her sister's elegant and virtuous white kimono. For ease of combat, the skirt only reached her thighs, and the loose lapels were tied at the waist. Underneath the bodice, a black bodysuit could be seen.

Despite looking exactly like her sister, she exudes the agility and prowess of a martial artist.

“Really, there’s no way you could die before me. I’m a martial artist, and I will protect you, even if it means dying in front of you.” Lei Yingdong said coldly. “Besides, how could I be such a heartless person? You actually had such a dream, it breaks my heart!”

Raiden looked at his sister with a smile, "Oh, you're really angry? But in my dream you were a big villain, and Inatsume was even forming a resistance army to beat you up!"

"You still dare to talk back!" Lei Yingdong roared in anger, ran over and tackled his sister to the ground, pressing her shoulders hard. "You little brat, Lei Dianzhen, you're just dreaming, you're using my dream to seize my military power! You little wench, you've gone too far!"

"No, no, Sister Ying, you've misunderstood. Sister Zhen really just had a dream, she didn't mean anything by it..." Gan Yu had never seen a scene where seven god-level combatants drew their swords against each other. She was so anxious that she jumped up and down on the spot, trying to stop them, but she, with her half-immortal bloodline, was no match for the ruler of the mortal world.

"You've gone too far? Hmph, so what if I bully you today? I am the Thunder God recognized by all the world! You traitor!" Even though his sister was pinning him to the ground, Thunder was still unconvinced and challenged her, "What do you want?"

"What am I to do? Huh? Today, I will usurp your throne, you tyrant!" Lei Dianying roared in fury, viciously bending down to bite her sister's fair neck. Then, she reached her hands inside the sleeves of her kimono to tickle her. Lei Dianzhen couldn't help but laugh so hard she was breathless, yet she retaliated without backing down. The two sisters teased each other, embracing and rolling along the mat onto the grass, laughing uncontrollably.

The girl with the Qilin was bewildered.

The battle between the gods finally ended after a long while. Lei Dian lay leisurely on her sister's knees on the grass, opened her mouth to catch the shrimp dumplings her sister fed her, and sucked on her finger. Lei Dian was really helpless, pinched her cheek and couldn't help but laugh again: "How old are you, still acting like a child in my arms, the guests from Liyue are watching."

"Let's just watch," Lei Yingdong said nonchalantly, then looked at Gan Yu with a teasing smile, "What? Were you a little excited just now, thinking you were about to witness the change of the Inazuma Goddess?"

Gan Yu rubbed her forehead, slightly annoyed by the teasing, but she was the type who rarely got truly angry, so she could only shake her head. "Sister Zhen, Sister Ying, I'm very busy, please stop teasing me."

“When you come to a social gathering, you should put down your busy work. Even when you’re busy, you need to rest,” Lei Yingdian said with a grin. “Can you be busier than us? We’re in a profession that manages a country.”

Gan Yu thought about it and realized that in terms of work, Inazuma and Liyue's workload was probably about the same... Liyue, with its numerous merchants, might handle far more things than Inazuma, who was isolated overseas... and the Emperor was probably not as busy as her nineteen times out of ten.

So Thor probably isn't as busy as she is.

However, you definitely can't say something like that.

"In Xiaoyu's heart, we are actually sisters who would fight to the death? Eh, Sister Zhen is very sad." Raiden Zhen had a regretful expression. "Could it be that you Liyue actually hope that Inazuma will get caught up in internal strife and not hinder Liyue's rise to the top of the world? Tsk tsk tsk, after not seeing each other for hundreds of years, has the Rock King completely forgotten our old friendship?"

"No! His Majesty would never have such a thought!" Gan Yu panicked. "Li Yue and Inazuma share the same moon and sky. If the two of them were to really fight, His Majesty would even personally intervene. We absolutely do not want Inazuma's two deities to be..."

"Hahahaha!" Lei Yingdong laughed wildly.

“Look at her, how cute she is. Unlike you, you won’t be so easy to fool when you grow up.” Raiden shrugged. “You’re over two thousand years old, but you’re still a child.”

“He’s still just a child,” his sister chimed in.

"You've tricked me again! The third time!" Gan Yu knew she had been fooled again, and she stomped on the grass in anger, like a little Qilin kicking up its paws.

At this time, Raiden's retinue also arrived at the coast along the mountain path. They were her beloved general Mikoto Chiyo, the Tengu clan's commander Sasa Yuri, and Narukami Taisha Shrine's priest, Kitsune Saimiya.

The three powerful ministers of the Heian period were also the three great yokai who respectively controlled the oni (ghost) clan, the tengu (tengu) clan, and the fox spirit clan.

The three were not reserved. After bowing to the Thunder God sisters, Fox Fairy looked at Gan Yu and bowed in return. In terms of status, Fox Fairy held the highest position among the Three Pillars, and only she could speak to Liyue's thousand-year-old secretary on an equal footing.

After they got to know each other, Raiden looked up at the horizon, and asked softly with a hint of regret, "Is there no one else this time?"

"It's probably because our Inazuma is too far from the center of the continent. Apart from Liyue, which has similar customs and culture to us, the rulers of other countries are too lazy to come and participate in the gathering," said Fox Palace. "In fact, the Seven Gods haven't gathered for a long time. Humans are a very dynamic race. After a thousand years of peace, every country is busy with its own affairs and may not be able to find the time."

"So it's just Xiao Ganyu again this year." Raiden chuckled. "The gathering of the Seven Gods feels like it's turned into a welcome party for Secretary Tsukishita, Inazuma. Xiaoyu, you're a girl, but in my heart you're worth six gods."

Gan Yu lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Alright, since we can't wait for another ruler, it doesn't matter. Anyway, Morax gave me lovely Gan Yu to play with... cough, play with, that's enough." Raiden Shin raised his glass with a smile. "No more waiting, everyone, let's feast!"

"Oh!"

Amidst the clinking of glasses and the revelry recorded by historians as the "Twenty-Third Worldly Governing Council," the Thunder God used his divine power to flatten a mountain peak to create a banquet venue, the Fox Palace used a magical technique to transform a stream into a wine fountain, the Liyue envoys presented delicacies from the sea and mountains of the seven kingdoms, and the drunken Mikoto Chiyo performed an unparalleled sword dance, winning thunderous applause from the entire audience.