Genshin Impact: The Sage's Disciple Doesn't Want Fame

"What happens if you fail?"

Before him stood Lei Yingdian, his face expressionless. Ji Ming observed the environment of the first floor. It felt empty and desolate, not like a place for trials.

Lei Yingdian spoke calmly, showing no impatience with Ji Ming's question, a mere mortal. He said indifferently, "Nothing will happen. I only promised to teach you martial arts over the next few months. Whether you can learn it or not is not my responsibility."

It feels like you're about to leave work on time. That's how it is in Ray's movies, and Wendy is even more reluctant to go to work. Could it be that all demons have this kind of personality?

That's true. After living for so many years, it's understandable that he wants to slack off. Besides, the fact that Lei Yingdian himself is personally instructing him is only because of Barbatos's influence; Ji Ming has no right to be picky.

The only worry is that Ji Ming might not even be able to get past the first level, which would be too hurtful to his pride.

Ji Ming nodded: "I understand. So where will I sleep tonight, on the floor?"

Lei Movie remained silent for a long time: "Are all Liyue people like this?"

They didn't ask about the trial levels or the difficulty of the trials, but only about where Morax was sleeping and whether he was worn out too much.

"General, there's an old saying in Liyue: 'Sharpening your axe won't delay your work.' Only by replenishing my energy tonight can I face the trial in the best condition tomorrow, right?"

Lei Movie: "...That makes sense. You wait here and don't move. I'll go get the bedding."

The proud and voluptuous demon god disappeared. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ji Ming quickly ran to a corner and started tinkering. He wanted to try to see if the prototype Dan Yue could be retrieved from the Sky Keep.

This was not a sudden whim. When Ji Ming was brought to the castle tower by Lei Yingdian, he felt that the space was filled with crackling lightning elements, as if they would explode in mid-air at any moment.

Lightning element suppressed all external elements. Ji Ming, who was able to keenly detect the movements around him, was targeted by these lightning elements the moment he stepped into the Sky Keep. He could only break the wind element around him into smaller pieces to escape the monitoring and suppression of the lightning element.

The simple lightning element alone was enough to make Ji Ming breathless. This was a pinnacle that ordinary people could hardly reach. Beneath his mature and charming appearance lay the top combat power of the entire continent.

Ji Ming sighed. He could still retrieve the prototype, but under these circumstances, he shouldn't even think about using the Eye of God or the power of wind, unless his body's resilience improved significantly.

Starting with hellish difficulty, how is Ji Ming supposed to fight this?

Carrying a stack of bedding, Lei Yingdian returned to the first floor, blinked at Ji Ming lying on the ground in a "太" shape, and calmly said, "Didn't you want bedding? If not, I'll take it."

What's wrong with this child? He kept asking for blankets, but as soon as she left, he immediately lay down on the ground.

Ji Ming quickly stood up, revealing a fawning smile: "Of course I will! Thank you for your generous gift, General. I will never forget your kindness. Long live the General!"

"Remember what you said."

Lei nodded slightly and handed the bedding to Ji Ming. During the handover, Ji Ming inevitably touched his hand, but Lei showed no displeasure on his face, as if nothing had happened.

This Thor seems very approachable; he doesn't get angry even if you touch his hand.

Or perhaps, Ray's films only refrained from angering him because of Barbatos, the god of wind.

In short, none of this matters anymore. Lei's attitude only shows one thing: in her eyes, Ji Ming is already barely considered a junior, even though her tone was very indifferent.

Ji Ming spread the bedding in the corner and relaxed completely. Suddenly, he smelled a faint fragrance, which seemed to come from the bedding.

As if to confirm Ji Ming's suspicions, Lei Yingdian's tone was completely calm: "You may use my bedding for the next few days."

"General, are there no other bedding options?"

"You can use it with confidence. The priestess asked the shrine maiden of Narukami Shrine to help me... I have already washed it."

Sensing the change in address, Ji Ming said, "General, why don't you speak in your usual tone? It won't diminish your dignity."

Having had this idea for a while, Lei Yingdian subtly changed his tone, saying, "Yes, you can use it without worry, the bedding is clean."

Ji Ming raised an eyebrow: "That's not the point. The key is that this is the general's bedding. If the general gives it to me, where will he sleep during this time?"

"I can stay awake."

"Then please rescind your order, General. I cannot bear the blame for keeping you awake at night. If Sister Shenzi finds out, I'm afraid I'll be in deep trouble."

Lei Yingdian said, "Demons don't need to sleep."

Ji Mingdao said, "I think the general needs to sleep."

"Fine, then I'll sleep next to you."

Unable to believe his ears, Ji Ming stared wide-eyed and asked, "Please be normal, General."

Lei blinked: "I'm normal, you're the one who's abnormal, you have impure thoughts."

No, it turns out that this Thor knows what I'm talking about?

"If you feel uncomfortable, you can watch me fall asleep at night."

Lei Movie added another sentence, which made Ji Ming even more dumbfounded. He could no longer tell whether this Lord Lei lacked common sense or was deliberately being cunning.

"Then why don't you stay awake?"

"No, I want to sleep."

It's confirmed: Lei Yingdian and Yae no Miko are equally cunning. Even if it's not intentional, it's subconscious and a result of gradual influence.

You wicked fox, this is all your doing!

Ji Ming sighed helplessly, "Then forget it, I'll just sleep on the floor. You can take your bedding back to the ninth floor and wait for me to come up slowly."

As a demon god after all, Lei Yingdong realized that discussing bedding was a bit petty, so he finally let Ji Ming off the hook and nodded, saying, "Okay, whatever you want."

Ji Ming, a strange Liyue person.

"Thank you so much, General. If I wish to go out for some fresh air, I wonder if the General..."

"It's up to you. Just make time to enter the trial every day. I don't care about the rest of the time."

Lei disappeared without taking the bedding with him.

General, you still care about me.

Ji Ming was deeply moved, buried himself in the blankets, and then... an epic lung-opening experience!

"What are you doing?"

A crack in the lightning element in the void appeared, and Lei Yingchen poked half of his body out, tilting his head to look at Ji Ming, who had suddenly frozen.

Ji Ming, drenched in sweat, asked, "Um... data entry?"

Lei Yingdian said calmly, "Oh, I came to get the bedding. I forgot about it. Give it back to me now."

"Yes, General."

(P.S.: I'll be taking a break from updating at the beginning of the month. If you like this book, please give it a five-star review. It would be even better if you could add some words of encouragement to the author on top of the five-star review. Thank you!)

Chapter 101 Ji Ming is still earning (totaling 4000)

While everyone else was getting up, Ji Ming struggled on the first floor.

While the others were washing up, Ji Ming struggled on the first floor.

While others went out to work, Ji Ming struggled on the first floor.

While the others drifted off to sleep, Ji Ming struggled on the first floor.

Yes, Ji Ming is still struggling.

Since moving into the castle tower, Ji Ming has not left. He has stayed on the first floor of the castle tower for several days in a row, trying to pass the most basic trial level.

However, reality is harsh. Ji Ming has made no progress in the past few days, and the beginnings of eye bags have started to appear around his once healthy eyes. Yet, the end of the first level of the trial is still a long way off.

Unfortunately, the first trial is to avoid lightning strikes. The name of the trial sounds simple, but in reality, it is not. The landing point of lightning strikes is unpredictable and can sometimes be found in all of space. In other words, there is no way to dodge or avoid lightning strikes.

More importantly, every time lightning strikes Ji Ming, the trial will fail, and he will experience the most desperate way to die in the world.

That's right, the castle tower created a space similar to eternity, where Ji Ming will not die or suffer any aftereffects, but the pain from his injuries will still be felt by him.

Ji Ming lay on the floor, staring blankly at the dark purple ceiling. He opened his mouth and exhaled a breath of air filled with the smell of burning, as if even his soul had been exhaled. He looked terrible.

Lei Yingdian slowly appeared, lifted the Inazuma-style female armor robe, and sat down on the spot: "Ji Ming, this is your tenth time attempting the challenge. What are your thoughts?"

"Yes, lightning is great for grilling, even better than fire."

It's crispy and numbing, and can even replace Jueyun pepper. It has both spiciness and numbing flavor. Anyway, Ji Ming has already been marinated by the thunder element, so he can be used directly.

That's good. After completing the reforms in Liyue, Ji Ming will choose to retire directly. Apart from spending time with Senior Sister Gan Yu, he will go to Wanmin Hall every day to help out. Xiang Ling might be able to use him to develop a new cuisine.

Given Xiangling's extremely poor naming ability, the new cuisine will probably have to be called the "Ah Ming" series, which would be enough to make her famous in history.

Thinking of this, Ji Ming turned over a new leaf and looked at the expressionless Lei Yingdian: "General, could you bestow upon me an Eye of God?"

Lei Movie was puzzled: "You already have the Eye of the Wind, and there is currently no one on the continent of Teyvat who possesses two Eyes of the Wind."

After spending the last few days together, Lei Yingdian had gained a preliminary understanding of Ji Ming. He was shameless, but he still treated her with respect.

Sometimes he makes harmless jokes, but he never crosses the line or offends anyone. At most, he might leave viewers confused, like an old person just getting into the world.

Despite his weak strength, he possesses astonishing potential. Although Ji Ming has not yet realized this, Lei Ying, as the supervisor of the trial, discovered that this person went from being at a loss at the beginning to continuously dodging in just three or four days.

Ji Ming's evasion was not physical, but rather a brief envelopment of himself by manipulating wind elemental power, followed by an instantaneous prediction of the weaknesses of the surrounding lightning strikes, allowing him to move to a safe location, somewhat reminiscent of Barbatos.

Because the lightning element in the castle tower is too strong, Ji Ming's wind elemental power cannot be concentrated for too long, otherwise he will suffer a backlash from the lightning elemental power. However, the duration of his continuous elemental power is now a few seconds longer than at the beginning.

Don't underestimate those few seconds. Ji Ming's mental strength is formidable, being able to maintain wind elemental power under the lightning elemental force field of the movie.

As for Ji Ming's physique, it can only be described as the average level of an ordinary man. In addition, he has an extremely special lifeline, which will seriously affect the upper limit of his physique.

An old saying in Liyue goes that the amount of water a bucket can hold depends on the shortest plank, not the longest.

Strictly speaking, given Ji Ming's current physical condition, he is far from being able to withstand such immense mental power.

Self-contradictory—that's Lei's only assessment of Ji Ming. He's like a warrior preparing to become king who simultaneously possesses the most ordinary shield and the most powerful spear.