I'm in the Teyvat running group

"Ah...is this...okay?" Sugar played a "Cathedral of the West" card, instantly restoring two health points to all her cards, allowing her to survive the damage during the resolution phase. She still has three cards left to use in the next phase!

"Aaaaaah! How come you still have a West Wind Cathedral?!" Tsukihime covered her face and cried.

"Hehe, now it's mine." Xiangling played a "Cheese Technique" and transferred two points of energy to Fischl to activate her ultimate move, instantly killing two of Tsukihime's backline cards, and leaving Raijin card with less than half health.

But the final outcome was unexpected. Yan Fei won the round after the chaos. She took out an exquisite file bag, stuffed all the photos inside and sealed it. She nodded with satisfaction: "The contract is complete. I will now have control over these. I wonder how much Mora Miss Lan Yan is willing to give for our great hero."

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be a violation of my legal rights..."

"Ah! Mr. Yunxiu!"

"Xiuxiu, you're awake! Are you hungry?"

"You've woken up just in time! Your little treasure is really nice, get one for me too!"

"If Hero Yunxiu wishes to challenge the controversy surrounding these images, we can discuss it thoroughly based on Article 8617 of the Liyue Civil Code regarding portrait rights and Article 4933 of the Contract Law regarding legal bets," Yanfei calmly stated. "As the winner, I possess full ownership. Of course, in the spirit of fairness and protecting the reputation of the parties involved, I am willing to seal them away. However..."

"But what?" Yunxiu said helplessly, "Senior Sister Yanfei, please be lenient."

"If you ever bully my junior sister, things might get complicated."

"I think she bullied me more..." Yunxiu said, both amused and exasperated, "And how did you manage to tie me up?"

"Of course it was me!" Tsukihime had changed into a set of Inazuma's casual clothes. Her heroic spirit remained undiminished, but she also gained a touch of cuteness. She said triumphantly, "You couldn't have activated so many shields while you were sleeping. You fell into my hands, didn't you!"

Miss, we only met this morning...

Just as Yunxiu was about to complain, Xiangling grabbed her hand and shook it, saying, "Come on, come on, Xiuxiu, let's go eat!"

Yunxiu glanced helplessly at the group, then quietly pulled up Sugar, who was still standing there feeling guilty. The group passed through the dimensional portal back to Diluc's mansion, found the head maid, and arranged for the kitchen. Yunxiu and Xiangling personally prepared a table of Liyue's classic eight-course meal. Yueji ate so much that she started to lie down on the chair without any regard for her image and ate heartily.

Yunxiu also mentioned that she would be heading to Liyue soon, and the girls unanimously decided to go with her, which didn't surprise Yunxiu at all, although Yanfei simply wanted a ride...

Refusing the maids' offer to clean the kitchen, Yunxiu and Xiangling cleaned the kitchen together after a long time. This was a routine between the two childhood sweethearts. Although they had experienced too many major events in the past two months, their friendship was much deeper than that of others.

After tidying up, Yunxiu chatted with Xiangling about recent events, recounting the journey, Dvalin's power, the deal with Arecino, and various other matters.

Xiangling may not have understood everything, but this girl who had grown up with her for more than ten years was his last harbor in this world.

It wasn't until late at night that the two said goodnight and went to wash up.

But when Yunxiu lay down on the bed to sleep, a rustling head popped out from under the covers. She was wearing a pajama with a rice cracker pattern, and her blue hair, which had been tied up, had been let down. Although Yunxiu had seen this form before, her cute appearance still made him feel a little thirsty.

"Xiangling...you?"

"Xiuxiu! I want you to sleep with me!"

Chapter 65 The Wind Rises in Liyue as We Seek Immortality Again

Yunxiu didn't get out of bed until 3 p.m. the next day.

Nothing happened last night.

This is a lie!

Yunxiu, who had been a fledgling in both his lives, never knew how to interact with a girl in this situation. So he chatted with Xiangling until the early hours of the morning, until they were both so tired that they fell asleep in each other's arms.

However, Yunxiu has a minor but not insignificant flaw: his yang energy is much stronger than that of many young people, and he is the kind of person who dares to wear only a single layer of clothing even in winter.

So when he's half-asleep at night, he'll spontaneously take off his pajamas because he feels hot, and often he'll wake up in the morning completely soaked. Although he tries to subconsciously control himself when sleeping outdoors or in a tent, at the Dawn Winery, a place where he can completely let go of all pressure, he has no idea what control is!

Unfortunately, he slept with Xiangling tonight.

Fortunately, he slept with Xiangling tonight.

From a moral and ethical standpoint, Yunxiu really wanted to overcome his instincts, so he mentally rebuked them quite loudly. Although he ultimately failed to overcome his instincts, and although he attributed most of the blame to the fact that the pajamas simply didn't bring out their advantages, he did try his best in the end.

It just didn't work out, but I still managed to get an SVP.

The reason for his 22 points in Constitution is that he is indeed 6 points higher than Xiangling. In fact, during the game, Xiangling completely overwhelmed him in terms of initiative speed, spell usage skills, operation techniques, and even pre-match preparation.

So even with a 6-point increase in constitution and a 6-point increase in strength, more than double the strength (in D&D, every 10 points of strength increases carrying capacity by 4 times), Yunxiu could only barely ensure that she didn't completely overwhelm the opponent in the post-match evaluation...

This is how skill-based monsters get crushed by stat-based monsters, especially since this isn't a time when every version has its own dominant monster.

Unfortunately, even when the two joined forces, they were utterly defeated by the monster called Human Instinct, which made Yunxiu want to study the application of protective spells in controlling the Teyvat ecosystem and the scale of human population.

"A small defeat is not a defeat..." Yunxiu, who lost the game but won in life, sneaked into the kitchen like a thief, instructed the head chef to prepare a Mondstadt-style feast, and then secretly stole a set of bed sheets from the linen room before returning to her room.

He took clean clothes out of Xiangling's luggage, changed her in them, gently carried her to the sofa cushions in the room, quickly tidied the bed, put away the used sheets, and then woke Xiangling up and carried her to wash up.

"If Master Mao is going to roast me, I wonder if Dad can use his connections to protect me..." While braiding Xiangling's hair, Yunxiu reviewed the match they had played after waking up from her nap with Xiangling. She desperately suppressed the corners of her mouth from turning up and put on a twisted, mournful face, saying, "Considering that I've washed his dishes for ten years, maybe he'll use a low flame?"

"Come on, Xiuxiu, stop pretending. My dad treats you better than he treats me." Xiangling poked Yunxiu's nose hard and said, "Besides, why do you think he agreed to let me come to Mondstadt to find you?"

"And ever since I was four years old, I have never thought about marrying anyone."

"what……"

"And do you think I don't know about all your bad habits when you sleep?"

"?"

Poor Yunxiu was, after all, a fledgling in two lifetimes. He didn't know one thing: girls often mature earlier than boys. When a boy finds a relationship going smoothly, with no obstacles and even the relationship developing naturally, there's no doubt that he doesn't have that much flirting skill, and he's actually the passive one.

Poor Yunxiu was played with... Oh, he's not pitiful at all.

Yunxiu hadn't realized one thing: why did almost all the higher-ups tacitly approve of this? If even one person in the entire chain disagreed, Xiangling would never have been able to leave Liyue. Even if she had secretly run away, how could she have arrived so quickly? And who had been leaking Yunxiu's information to Xiangling? And who was orchestrating the spread of all sorts of information about Yunxiu, even in Teyvat?

The identity of being the son of Tian Shu Star is actually the least important one among the various symbols on Yun Xiu's body.

As the agent of the gods walking in the world, the Fifth Descendant, who has almost no secrets in the eyes of the Wind, Rock, and Thunder Gods, frankly speaking, has a lot to do with what he likes to eat. Otherwise, the Doctor wouldn't have risked his life to confront Yunxiu face to face, trying to dig out the "forbidden knowledge" from his head, only to be defeated by the Wind God's brute force in the end.

Strategy is not about precise calculations, nor is it about the impossible act of "planning" or "strategizing," because both the executor and the target are uncontrollable, and the collapse of any link may lead to unpredictable consequences.

Therefore, truly brilliant political maneuvering is all the same: it involves exploiting human weaknesses, weakening the intermediate links as much as possible, and then striking decisively at the crucial moment.

Yunxiu's good fortune lies in the fact that even if he were not the Fifth Descendant, his relationship with Xiangling could still reach this point.

So from this perspective, Yunxiu really made a huge profit, because he gained something that even if he eventually reaches the top of Teyvat, it would be difficult to obtain with his strength alone—a sincere relationship that started from birth and lasted until they fell in love and stayed together.

Of course, Yunxiu hasn't figured all this out yet. He's having a happy meal with Xiangling. The chef at Chenxi Winery isn't quite as skilled as Xiangling at her peak, but he has the advantage of a wide variety of dishes. After all, there are four head chefs in the kitchen who specialize in different cuisines, which can satisfy the appetites of most people.

After the meal, the maids appeared at just the right moment to clear away the plates. Yunxiu and Xiangling did not go out, but instead began their pre-match preparations.

Strictly speaking, by the time Yueji had finished exploring the area around Chenxi Winery and started looking for Yunxiu, it was already the afternoon of the third day.

"You two, aren't you?" Looking at Yunxiu's guilty face and Xiangling's beaming smile, Yueji stretched out her hands with a wicked grin. One hand was loosely clenched into a fist, and she was about to insert the index finger of her other hand when Yunxiu slapped it open. She was so angry that she said, "What are you doing? Don't try to talk nonsense here. You dare to do it but don't dare to admit it!"

"As the number one beautiful girl in Inazuma, shouldn't you be a little more reserved?"

"No, it's too tiring to lead troops into battle."

I'd completely forgotten you were Thor's top lieutenant...

"Wait a minute." Yunxiu suddenly remembered something. If he felt so tired, why did he join the Fools? Wouldn't it be even more tiring to join such a place? So he asked in confusion, "Then why did you join the Fools, which looks like they have a lot of rules and are obviously more tiring?"

"Yae no Miko lied to me, saying that doing unexpected things would increase my popularity!" Tsukihime said angrily. "But in Inazuma, no one is surprised by what I do. I found Sister Ganyu and wanted to join the Seven Stars, but I was rejected."

Little girl, I think you could consider going to Mount Aozang and becoming an apprentice to a large bird; she'd definitely be interested in studying you...

"So you joined the Fools?" Yunxiu thought to herself, then chuckled and said, "Then why did you leave?"

"The Fools actually control all entertainment activities while carrying out their missions! What kind of organization is that in the world?!" Tsukihime began to denounce the Fools with bared teeth and claws, saying, "After I finally fulfilled my promise to that damned Queen and returned to Inazuma, my beloved Maruto Ima'ami-sensei has already stopped writing!"

To be honest, when Yunxiu heard that Raiden Tsukihime had joined and then left the Fatui Clan, and that Yuigami Harunosuke from Inazuma had taken her place, she actually thought about the reasons for a long time. She even wondered if Raiden Tsukihime's joining was originally a pawn planted by Raiden.

After all, the Thor in this timeline is the real one, not the Kage. She has a stronger grasp on Inazuma, and her intelligence and skills far surpass those of her younger sister, the Kage. It's just that in terms of combat power, the other four combined probably couldn't defeat the Kage alone...

Upon hearing this reason, Yunxiu was thunderstruck. It's likely that even the Fools themselves hadn't expected that Raiden Tsukihime's insistence on leaving the Fools was for this reason. If they had known beforehand, they probably wouldn't have minded kidnapping this author who had given up writing and taking her directly to the Winter Solstice.

One could say that the core themes of heroes may be similar, but the lives of beautiful girls are always full of various abstractions...

But then again, even under these circumstances, she still insisted on keeping her promise before leaving, so she really is a good girl...

"Speaking of which," Yueji glared at Yunxiu, "didn't the Emperor say he wanted you to do something with me? When exactly are we leaving?"

I think you've been having a lot of fun these past few days...

Although Yunxiu and Xiangling hardly ever went out, they overheard Sugar and Yanfei chattering about Yueji. The things they did included, but were not limited to, asking Head Maid Adeline to be their maid for half a day; visiting the wine cellar and reversing the direction of all the wine barrels; meticulously hiding all the scoops in the kitchen into bags, including even the densely packed bald beans; jumping onto the roof and using elemental power to reverse the weather vane; and collecting all the nearby bird eggs…

Although they were all harmless matters, they still gave the servants a headache. It wasn't until this afternoon, when they received a message from Granny Ping, that the wildly playing Yueji calmed down and found Yunxiu and the other person.

"Tomorrow... tomorrow, tomorrow we'll enter the main storyline... no, we'll set off first thing tomorrow morning." Yunxiu said seriously, "Make sure you're well prepared tomorrow! We need to go to Mount Aozang first and find someone who might truly know everything to ask about the truth."

"I know, Mother explained everything to me." Raiden Tsukihime stood up, tossed her hair, and walked out on her own. Only when she reached the door did she suddenly turn back as if remembering something and say, "Are we still going to fly there? Flying is tiring, and can you even fly? I don't want to fly alone..."

"It's alright," Yunxiu said confidently with a smile. "We have secret tools."

Chapter 66 Searching for Dragon Traces Deep in the Clouds

"W(?Д?)w, you're quite capable!" Yueji stroked the huge head of the 'giant beast' in front of her, then turned to Yunxiu and asked, "How many Mora does this monster cost? I want one too!"

“This…this isn’t a monster…” Sugar interjected, saying seriously, “This is ‘Bio-Carrier Specialized Quadrupedal Mobility Unit Prototype 24’!”

When it comes to her achievements, Sugar doesn't hold back at all; instead, she argues with Tsukihime.

“I don’t know how many Mora it is…” Yunxiu looked up at the pack animal, whose shoulder height was already approaching four meters, and said, “You might not believe it, but when I left it, it was only a little taller than me.”

"This...this is what Professor Abedo and I helped him evolve!" Sugar, unusually, began to ramble on, "First, we used Catalyst No. 4 and Stabilizer No. 85 to strengthen his bones, to the level of a second-tier magical weapon; then we catalyzed his muscle tissue, and strengthened his stomach. Now he can even eat magical materials directly! This has made him much bigger. Then we engraved levitation and acceleration arrays on his horseshoes and saddle, which now increases his speed by about 300%; and also, we engraved attack arrays on his two horns, so he can even fire wind elemental cannons directly..."

Only when she was practicing alchemy would this young woman be so confident in her skills, and she finally finished her introduction after speaking for a full five minutes.

“Because the spatial artifact development is complete, the main focus of his load is comfort. I even added a temperature control array!” Sugar happily finished explaining everything before noticing that the others were all smiling at her. Realizing what she had just done, Sugar blushed and curled her little hands, saying, “Mr. Yun… Mr. Yunxiu… I didn’t mean to.”

"It's alright, you did a great job." Yunxiu patted Sugar's little head, first using her flying spell to carry her onto the saddle, and then carrying Xiangling up as well.

Ying and Yanfei, held by Yunxiu's little hands, climbed up lightly onto the saddle. Once everyone was seated, Yunxiu sat at the front and gestured for Yueji, who was on the ground, to come up.

"?" Tsukihime said with dissatisfaction, "What about me?"

"Can't you fly yourself?" Yunxiu said irritably. "Besides, our relationship hasn't reached that point yet."

"You should have asked first, and then I would have refused you." With that, Yue Ji transformed into a bolt of lightning and instantly appeared on the head of the beast, deliberately sitting a bit ahead of Yun Xiu, and sat down cross-legged on the spot: "This general wants this spot with a good view!"

General Inatsuma wore a bull's head on his head, and you put a bull's head under your butt...

Just as she was about to complain, she discovered that Tsukihime had already mastered communicating with the beast without any instruction. She casually fiddled with the beast's horn, as if she had said something, and the beast actually started walking!

"I'm fucking..."

Looking at the useless beast, Yunxiu was furious. "You beast, you like anime girls too?"

Yunxiu discovered that ever since he met Raiden Tsukihime, his吐槽 (tu cao, a form of online commentary/criticism) has been almost non-stop.