"Young friend Lin, you certainly have a grand entourage." Zhong Li smiled.

This incident actually caused a massive 'international brigade' of seven nations to come together. How could it not be a huge event?

Ying nodded: "I hope he'll call me first next time."

Ying thought this way partly because she was worried that Lin Qiu's actions would get her into trouble.

On the other hand, it's purely because it's interesting; the young woman, who usually prefers staying at home, gradually became interested in such fun things.

Since her sister Zhen came back, Ying has become increasingly free; the position of general can no longer restrict her.

What? You're firing me because all I do is have fun and I don't work?

Really?! It's a deal!

Shadow really wanted to give her position to her sister, and she wanted to go back to being the Shadow Warrior she used to be, just practicing martial arts every day.

Unfortunately, her sister wouldn't allow it, so she was forced to learn how to handle government affairs.

Fortunately, Ying's mindset has also changed. If her older sister were still around, Ying wouldn't care about these things at all.

Although she still doesn't really like it, she's at least trying to learn, though the progress isn't very encouraging.

“You have indeed changed.” Zhongli smiled.

It is truly something to remember to witness the changes in the 'eternal God'.

Ying knew she had changed, so she didn't deny it.

Shadow: "You're the same."

In Ying's opinion, this Morax is the one who changes the most.

She had met Zhongli when the Seven Gods gathered. Back then, Zhongli... well, just his eyes alone made her restless.

That was a martial artist's intuition; she could sense the power of the person before her, a power that even excited her.

But what about now? Zhongli took out a camera and took pictures, saying, "I'll show them to Xiao and the others when we get back."

"Gui Zhong also told me to bring back some novelties... novelties, you know..." Zhong Li stroked his chin thoughtfully, "Does Buyer count?"

Ying sighed helplessly, "No matter how I think about it, I can't take her back."

Zhongli smiled; it was just a little joke.

Ying also took out her camera and started taking pictures to show her sisters when she got back.

A phonograph is such a wonderful thing; it captures beautiful moments and makes them 'forever'.

A hundred years from now, when these people have passed away, Nasida will still be able to look at the photos and reminisce.

Unlike the shadows, none of us left behind any photos.

Fortunately, Ying has now let go of the past, and even showed a faint smile when looking at the lively scene on camera.

She took a lot of photos when she and Lin Qiu had a gathering together. They were taken secretly by Shenzi. She didn't mind this kind of documentary.

Therefore, Ying doesn't actually object to Lin Qiu secretly (openly) taking photos of herself crying.

Lin Qiu's camera was practically shoving right in Ying's face; if Ying wasn't willing, she definitely wouldn't be able to get a shot.

At this moment, Wendy appears in the camera's view, waving with a big smile.

"Yo ho~, the world's finest bard's performance is over, won't you have a drink?"

Looking at the Wind God before him, Ying realized that, to be honest, he was the only one who hadn't changed much.

"What's wrong? Why are you staring at me? Did you secretly get drunk? I don't smell of alcohol. Shake it off for you! Whew~"

Wendy seemed very happy, and was talking non-stop in her lively state.

Speaking of getting drunk, Ying recalled that at the last party, he was glared at by his sister for drinking excessively.

Looking back, Ying felt that things were pretty good this way, and that everyone could get together to read books from time to time.

Speaking of reading, now even the Sumeru people can finally see the prophecy books.

When Lin Qiu updates his book next time, it will be the first time they will see the real book of prophecy.

Previously, they had only heard merchants talk about it and had never seen it in person. Now they could finally see how amazing it was.

In contrast, the desert, abandoned by the great sage, had prophetic texts circulating long before, putting it far ahead of the competition.

Unfortunately, literacy rates are low in the desert, and while the prophecy book circulates, few people can understand it.

The end result was that the prophecy books had little presence in either the rainforest or the desert of Mount Sumeru.

Chapter 491 The Impact of the Great Sage's Dethronement

Fortunately, Nasida will open up the barriers between the rainforest and the desert in the future and promote education.

However, the desert has been left behind by successive great sages for too long, and it is far behind in terms of education level, infrastructure, number of schools, and cultural acceptance.

Overthrowing apartheid was not something that could be accomplished overnight, and desert infrastructure development was even more time-consuming and labor-intensive, not to mention the education issues, making it a truly troublesome undertaking.

The only good news is that the Religious Council underwent a major purge, so there will be no resistance to changing national policies afterward.

Even if Naxida fully supports the desert, it will still take at least several decades, or even several centuries, for the desert to catch up with the rainforest.

For a region that has been left behind for 500 years, this is already considered fast. Just integrating the region takes time, and education is an even more time-consuming matter.

It takes ten years to grow a tree, but a hundred years to cultivate a person. The best plan for a year is to grow grain; the best plan for ten years is to grow trees; and the best plan for a lifetime is to cultivate people.

This all takes time, but fortunately Nasita has plenty of time. She can gradually promote cultural integration while addressing educational issues.

Anyway, Nasita, this little girl, still has a long life ahead of her, so there won't be the absurd situation of changing policies every four years.

It's impossible to get a large number of desert people into the ecclesiastical council now; it depends on qualifications, not 'political correctness'.

If we force a large number of unqualified desert people into religious schools in the name of equality between deserts and rainforests, that is not education, that is not equality, that is political correctness.

Unfortunately, it's not the time for Sumeru to play the political correctness card yet; identity isn't a bonus, so this approach won't work.

It is a fact that there is a shortage of top talent in the desert today, and it is estimated that it will take at least ten or even twenty years to improve.

However... since we've already purged the court of corrupt officials, why not imitate the Ming Dynasty and create a ranking system for things?

If you want to learn by force, you can look at Cole; she had top-notch educational resources, and she still only learned to read.

Although the four geniuses were already discussing which major to choose in university.

But if we were to wait for Cole to go to 'university,' even if the four great talents taught him together, it would still take several years. Only time is the fairest thing.

Fortunately, Naxida is resilient. She's not just a century old, she's five hundred years old! She has plenty of time to educate, to teach, and to train thoroughly!

They say if you killed books in your past life, you'll be teaching pigs in this one. Just stay calm and work hard.

As for now, let's just enjoy this moment of pleasure.

Seeing the smile on Nasita's face, everyone felt extremely gratified.

Her smile is just like the one she had when she was having a sweet dream in that animation; she's so cute.

Now, there's still the issue of the Great Compassion Tree King that needs to be addressed in Sumeru. But we can't rush this; we need to let Nasita and everyone else understand it first.

It is meaningful to make those unknown stories known to everyone.

However, the story needs to be told little by little. The book released before that was the first act of the Sumeru story: Crossing the Smoke Curtain and the Dark Forest.

The good news is that the Sumeru people have finally seen the legendary prophecy book.

I'd heard of this book before, but unfortunately I never had the chance to read it. Ordinary people don't have access to Dolly and the desert merchant, and it's unlikely that they'd go abroad just for a book.

Now that the Council of the Church has lifted the ban on prophetic books, everyone can finally satisfy their curiosity.

The bad news is that there were too many backlogged stories, and Sumeru Man is only now getting to Inazuma.

For the people of Sumeru, the long period of isolation also had one advantage: there were so many stories that they could never finish reading them all.

I've only just started reading the prophecy book, and they're already writing stories about them. I don't even have to wait. It's surprisingly satisfying.

As for the major event of the Great Sage's capture, it was naturally not hidden. The people of Sumeru already knew about it, and the Great Sage had been replaced.

The change of leaders should be a noteworthy event. When the guild leaders and the Seven Stars of Mondstadt and Liyue changed, it caused a stir and attracted everyone's attention.

However, no one cared about the change of the Great Sage. The reason was simple: the Great Sage? Who is that?

I don't recognize him. Let alone the desert, few people have even seen the Great Sage in the rainforest.

To put it bluntly, even Nasita, who was imprisoned, could still interact with her people in her dreams, but what about the Great Sage?

Ordinary people in Sumeru may not have seen a single great sage in the past five hundred years; at most, they may have seen the 'decrees' issued by great sages in the void.

The great sage would not care about these people at all; he would not care about their lives, let alone their deaths.

The sages are academic cliques; their interests lie in knowledge, and ordinary people don't even have the right to be exploited by them.

This doesn't mean that ordinary people are no longer exploited; on the contrary, they are exploited even more severely.

Cutting chives won't uproot them, but weeds that aren't even chives don't matter.

Therefore, the Great Sage did not hesitate at all when using the brains of the Sumeru people to 'mine'.

However, scholars from the Council of Men are actually excluded from mining because these people need to continue to be exploited in a 'sustainable way'.

To a great sage, ordinary people are slaves, and scholars are slaves used to supervise these slaves. You see, isn't there internal conflict among the exploited?

Great sages don't care about ordinary people, and ordinary people naturally don't care about them either.

No one protested his removal from office; everyone continued with their lives as usual.

No, it's not that no one shouted, because Sumeru saw the 'Happy Birthday' PV.

Therefore, many people in Sumeru are now calling for a solution to the Great Sage.

I really want to give the great sage Xiao Dao a good thrashing and let him see the anger of the people.

The fact that the Great Sage is currently imprisoned to recuperate can be seen as a saving grace.

If he were to secretly escape from prison and be discovered and reported by the Sumerian people outside, Azar would already be lying on the ground by the time the disciplinary officer arrived.

Of course, the Great Sage was not entirely incompetent; his downfall still had some impact on Sumeru.

For example, his downfall allowed the Grass God and Elhesen to take power, increasing the educational opportunities for the Sumerian people and creating the possibility of class divisions being broken down.

Don't assume that the education in Sumeru is very widespread. In fact, Sumeru is geared towards elite education, and the education level of ordinary people is not high.

A person's life is almost entirely planned out in the void; knowledge that is not allowed to be acquired is simply unacceptable to you.

So it's not just an opportunity for the desert, but also for the rainforest; it can be said to be a golden age.

From this perspective, the downfall of the Great Sage was entirely beneficial; the biggest drawback was that the Fools lost a useful person.

The greatest sorrow over the downfall of the great sage was for the fools. How wonderful it would be if other countries had more people like him who betrayed their country for personal gain.

The people of Sumeru were much happier. With a traitor gone, which Sumeru person wouldn't be happy?

Ke Lai was equally happy. Under the tutelage of the four great scholars, her literacy had finally improved, and she could read without any problems.

If you encounter any difficult terms, you can ask them by 'asking where you don't understand'.

Cole is about to formally read her first book of prophecy.

Chapter 492 Sumeru, Act One

Cole learned from a rumor (by asking Lin Qiu) that there was another book about Tinari, and now he had no choice but to read it.

Although the story of Master Tinari has not yet been published, Tinari is also in this story, so Cole happily took out the book to read it.

Lin Qiu didn't tell her that she actually appeared in this story as a little surprise for her.

Lin Qiu hesitated, wondering whether he should run away, fearing that Ke Lai might suddenly attack him.

The story begins, of course, with our adorable and universally loved Teyvat succubus, Infrared.

She and Paimon came to Sumeru, intending to meet the Little Auspicious Grass King and inquire with the God of Wisdom about her brother.

When you first arrive in a foreign country, you naturally want to ask someone for directions.

That's what Tang Sanzang did back then; he would ask someone wherever he went.

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