I'm in Genshin Impact, and I started by teaming up with Luna.

And so, Lorna's story came to an end. Actually, none of this was a secret; anyone in the Knights of Dawn knew it, but what Hess heard was more authentic.

"What a bunch of bastards!" Ying was equally furious. Wu Qiu, however, was much calmer, stepping forward to block Ying's path. "Then, state your purpose."

"Huh?" Ying and Paimon were both taken aback, looking at Wu Qiu. They didn't know why Wu Qiu's tone had suddenly become serious, and why he spoke so rudely.

Hai Si gave a wry smile, showing no surprise. "You... already guessed it?"

"Even a fool could see that you couldn't have sent Rolna out just to tell us a story, could you?"

Wu Qiu spoke with great confidence, but soon felt her waist being pinched twice.

"Tear—!" Wu Qiu turned around and saw Paimon and Ying glaring at him. Ying whispered fiercely, "I didn't see that!"

“Paimon too!” Paimon said, hands on hips. Wu Qiu was speechless. “Hey, you two ladies, where are you focusing your attention?”

Hai Si suddenly stood up and bowed to Wu Qiu and the other two, saying, "Please, help us."

Ying and Paimon were taken aback, but Wu Qiu had an expression that said, "I knew it." Hai Si, however, didn't keep them in suspense and looked up to say, "You should already know that the Hidden Stone Army will definitely send Lu Yan in tomorrow's competition, and among our Dawn Knights, only Rolna has a chance to defeat Lu Yan."

"The Knights of Dawn have ruled the country for 150 years, but the nobles of Hidden Stone City are deeply entrenched, and we cannot quickly change everything from the past."

"But now, we are almost there. If we are given another fifty years, Hidden Stone City can break free from its former constraints and move closer to becoming a free city-state."

"However, due to the rules, Lorna cannot participate in tomorrow's competition, and none of the other members of the Knights can stand up to Lu Yan on their own."

"So, when I learned today that you were able to injure Lu Yan even without the Eye of God, I hoped that you could help my Knights Order this once."

As she spoke, she lowered her head again, her plea quite sincere. Wu Qiu had actually anticipated this outcome. From the moment Hess sent Rorna away and met with us without any guards, Wu Qiu already knew her intentions.

But Wu Qiu still answered decisively, "We refuse."

Very determined, not only did they not ask Ying and Paimon for their thoughts. Ying and Paimon were moved by Haisi's sincerity, but were then speechless by Wu Qiu's resolute tone.

"Hey, Akiko, you don't have to be so heartless in your rejection," Paimon said, hands on hips. Ying also put her hands on hips. "Besides, you didn't even ask for my opinion."

Wu Qiu ignored their words and looked at Hai Si, "I sympathize with your plight, or the plight of Hidden Stone City."

"But this doesn't seem to concern us, does it?"

Hai Si didn't look up, but her hand, which was gripping the table, trembled slightly. Yes, what did this have to do with Wu Qiu and the others? After all, they weren't from Hidden Stone City, and had no connection to it whatsoever.

"Hey, Akiko..."

Paimon tugged at Wu Qiu. Wu Qiu brushed her hand away like a dry fly and continued looking at Hai Si, "Besides, I think I said that Ying Jie was able to hurt Lu Yan because of luck and the other party's contempt."

"The opponent has the Divine Eye, but Sister Ying does not. Under such circumstances, going to fight the opponent one-on-one is tantamount to courting death."

"Of course I'm happy to help you with anything I can, but why should Sister Ying risk her life for the sake of Hidden Stone City?"

"Do you really think you can offer a reward more valuable than Sister Ying's life? Or are you treating us like saints?" (Am I cool? Don't I feel awesome at this moment? (°°))

Wu Qiu's words were harsh, each one piercing to the heart. In truth, Wu Qiu didn't want to speak so harshly, but he knew that Ying was somewhat of a saint.

Although she's not a saint and can be quite ruthless, she might actually risk her life if she encounters someone in need.

Wu Qiu certainly couldn't let her do that, so he spoke bluntly to tell Hai Si that it was impossible and she shouldn't even think about it.

"If that's what Xiao Qiuzi said, I was also blinded by anger just now. Now that I think about it, I don't want Sister Ying to take any risks either."

Paimon scratched his head, agreeing with Wu Qiu's statement. Hai Si finally raised her head, her face showing not anger, but only disappointment. "I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Wu Qiu shook his head, about to say a few words to comfort her. But Ying suddenly stepped forward and said, "Alright, Qiu Zi, I agree to this."

"Huh!" Wu Qiu turned to look at Ying, his face completely bewildered.

I was so awesome and cool just now, I spent so much time building this platform, and you just tore it all down with one sentence?

Feeling Wu Qiu's gaze, Ying turned to meet his eyes. "Xiao Qiu, don't look at me like that. I wasn't acting impulsively, and this isn't just about helping them."

"Do you remember back in Kobayashi Village? I wasn't doing it to help them; I was doing it for myself."

As she spoke, Ying clenched her fists in front of her chest, making a cracking sound. "I lost so badly today, I would be very unwilling to accept it if I didn't get revenge."

Chapter 41: Demon God's Organ

"Sister Ying, you're being too impulsive. You can't beat Lu Yan; he has the Eye of God."

Outside the Knights of Dawn, Wu Qiu pulled Ying aside, speaking with obvious dissatisfaction. Ying, however, put her hands on her hips and then grabbed Wu Qiu's ear: "Hey, can't you have a little faith in me? Besides, who says that someone without the Eye of God can't beat someone with it?"

Wu Qiu was in pain, but he did not give in. There are many people who are strong even without the Eye of God, such as Captain Beidou of Liyue.

Even without the Eye of God, she was already capable of tearing sea beasts apart with her bare hands, and the Eye of God was stolen from a sea beast.

But that's because Beidou himself has the power to tear sea monsters apart. Try letting Beidou tear a sea monster apart with the strength of an ordinary person.

That's the crux of the matter. Look at Ying. Yes, her talent is terrifying, her strength is not weak, and she can easily challenge opponents of higher levels.

But even if you're going to jump a level higher, you shouldn't be doing it like this! You're practically doubling the difference! And your opponent even has a cheat like the Eye of God. If this were to happen, Ying's chances of winning would be almost zero.

"You're out now. How was it? Did your chat with the commander go well?"

Lorna walked over from the other side and greeted Wu Qiu and the other two. But all she got in return was Wu Qiu's sarcastic "Not so great."

Lorna was taken aback, and Ying pinched Wu Qiu to shut him up. Paimon then recounted what had just happened.

"Oh, I'm really sorry. It's understandable that he's unhappy, since you were dragged into this."

Lorna apologized. Ying waved her hand, "No, even if I don't go this time, I will find that Lu Yan sooner or later, and I will definitely defeat him."

Lorna nodded. "I believe you."

At this moment, Wu Qiu noticed that Rorna was holding a bag. He then asked, "Are you... going to find your commander?"

Lorna nodded. "Now I don't need to hide it from you anymore. Do you remember what I said about that bamboo tube?"

Wu Qiu nodded. Lorna, however, asked seriously, "Then do you know what's inside?"

All three of them turned serious. After a few seconds, Wu Qiu finally spoke up, his voice trembling: "It can't be... really a bamboo tube rice dumpling, can it?"

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"Ahem!" Rorna coughed, took a deep breath to suppress the urge to curse Wu Qiu, and smiled as she said, "It was an organ from a demon god."

"What!" Wu Qiu and Meng shouted at the same time, while Ying, who didn't understand the concept, wasn't too surprised.

"You, you, you, what did you say? The organs of a demon god? You're not kidding, are you?! I'm not trying to belittle you, but does your tiny Hidden Stone City even deserve a demon god?"

After Wu Qiu finished speaking, Paimon added, "That's right. Moreover, most of the demons died after the Demon God War, their bodies were disposed of, and many were sealed away by the Rock God. How could there be demon organs here?"

Lorna gestured for Wu Qiu and Paimon to calm down. She then added uncertainly, "Actually, we can't be sure either."

"To explain this, we have to go back to a legend. In the early stages of the Demon God War, let alone Hidden Stone City, even Mondstadt was not yet fully formed."

"At that time, there was a demon god who ruled the sky and was a superpower in the sky, the Hurricane Demon God."

"He controls the wind and is the true god of wind. At the same time, his existence is very ancient. In his time, even the god of wind, Barbatos, had not yet been born. He is a demon god from the same era as that rock god."

"There is not much description of him, only that he is a snow-white divine bird with wingspans of ten thousand meters, and that his body can cover the sky when he soars high in the sky."

Lorna was getting really into it, while Wu Qiu and the others were completely baffled. Seeing that things were getting increasingly absurd, Wu Qiu quickly interrupted, "Hey, stop, stop, stop! You're exaggerating too much! Putting everything else aside, this Hurricane Demon God is really that strong? Why didn't he become the Wind God, but instead Wendy… ugh! Barbatos became the Wind God?"

Lorna shook her head. "I don't know. I only heard that the Hurricane Demon God, for some unknown reason, went to Liyue with several other Demon Gods to fight the Geo Demon God Morax, and was ultimately defeated by Morax."

"The Hurricane Demon God escaped here by taking advantage of the sky and speed, but was still hit by a rock spear thrown from Liyue by Morax and was sealed here after being seriously injured."

"Holy crap!" Wu Qiu was dumbfounded. This was getting more and more ridiculous. They'd come all the way from Liyue to Mondstadt, and he still got hit by a Geo spear? Had the Geo Archon unlocked his lock?

"I'm asking you, didn't you say that this Hurricane Demon God is the Overlord of the Sky! One of the strongest Demon Gods? How come the Overlord of the Sky suffered a crushing defeat when fighting Morax alongside a group of Demon Gods? Was his title of Overlord of the Sky just empty boasting?"

Wu Qiu admitted that the Rock King Emperor was very strong, but this was just too damn ridiculous.

Lorna shrugged. "That's why I called it a legend. But while there's a possibility of exaggeration, the story of the Hurricane Demon God might actually be true."

Lorna spoke these last few sentences with a hint of seriousness. Having successfully piqued Wu Qiu and the others' curiosity, Lorna continued, "The strongest aspect of the Hurricane Demon God is said to be its third eye, called the Hurricane Spirit Eye."

"Legend has it that they didn't use it in the battle against the Rock God, which was the main reason for their crushing defeat."

“But none of that mattered. At first, I thought it was fake, but then something happened a few years ago.”

"What? What?" Wu Qiupai, Meng, and Ying were already sitting in a row, their eyes wide open as if listening to a story, staring at Luo Erna.

Actually, the Knights of Dawn had a more powerful Eye of God than I did a few years ago. However, he died in a mission four years ago.

At this point, Lorna became somewhat saddened. "He was my teacher, and also the person I was closest to besides the captain."

"After the teacher died, we found something strange inside his body. It was a bead, a white bead."

"At first there was nothing, but since then we have discovered that there has been no wind in Hidden Stone City."

"For several months in a row, there was not a single breeze in Hidden Stone City, as if the wind dared not approach."

"Six months passed, and then one day the white bead that had been sealed within the Knights disappeared. And on that very day, a breeze blew, and Hidden Stone City finally felt the wind."

Wu Qiu found the story so eerie that it seemed like something out of a supernatural novel.

"So, you suspect it's the Hurricane Demon God? That's far too hasty."

Wu Qiu complained, and Ying and Paimon nodded in agreement. Lorna shook her head, "No, I didn't think in that direction at first, but a few days ago, the bead reappeared, and on that day, a strong wind blew up, forming a phantom of a divine bird in the sky above Hidden Stone City."

"It was at that moment that we thought of the legendary hurricane demon."

"Oh—!" The three of them exclaimed in realization, and Wu Qiu even asked, "So this bead is the Hurricane Spirit Eye?"

"Hey, hahaha, that's hilarious! If it were true, the legendary demon god's organ was eaten by a pig, wouldn't the demon god be furious?"

"If that pig pooped, would it mean it gave birth to a demon god? Hahahaha... cough cough!"

Paimon and Ying burst out laughing. But Lorna was taken aback. "Pull it out? Pull it out!"

"You're a genius!" After giving Wu Qiu a thumbs up, Rorna hurriedly entered the Knights Order.

"Uh...where's my genius?"

Ying and Paimeng both shook their heads, saying, "Your Majesty, we do not know."

Chapter 42: Surrounded www.wucu8.com

Hidden Stone City, if you disregard the open and covert struggles, is actually a pretty good city on its own.

Even at dusk, the streets of Hidden Stone City were still bustling with people. Street vendors and shop assistants from Yingke (a popular online gaming platform) were present, but these weren't the most eye-catching features.

On the main avenue of Hidden Stone City, a high platform had been erected. The platform wasn't very high, but it was large enough.

The area is guarded by Hidden Stone Army and Dawn Knights. That's the competition venue for tomorrow; no one is allowed to approach before then.

"Waaah—Sister Ying, are you really going to compete tomorrow? Isn't it too dangerous?"

Paimonfei, standing beside Ying, looked at the high platform and spoke. Ying smiled slightly but didn't say anything. She wasn't confident, but she wasn't afraid either, after all, she had once stood up to the gods.