He changed Tiwat

The man in the mirror had graying temples and wrinkles around his forehead and eyes.

This face could be described as "mature beyond his years," or as "a well-maintained middle-aged man."

Although it was still his face, it was clear that he had aged.

Han Fulai immediately understood that this was the "price" he paid for "time travel".

Unlike before, this time he was "wearing" a body. His body traveled through that "time tunnel" with infinite dimensions, which also took "time".

From the outside, it may seem that only a second passed between his disappearance under the fox-shaped cherry blossom tree and his reappearance under the normal cherry blossom tree, but he actually experienced a long period of time in the "time tunnel".

Just like a person piloting a spaceship through the universe, the time required for the journey will naturally be reflected in the time of the spaceship pilot.

The nearest star to humanity, Proxima Centauri, is 4.22 light-years away from Earth. Even if a spaceship traveling at the speed of light were to travel at that speed, it would still take 4.22 years. If the spaceship's speed could not reach the speed of light, this time would need to be extended accordingly... Given the human lifespan, it is very likely that it would not be possible to sustain the journey until its completion.

This is why most science fiction works depict spaceship pilots needing to "hibernate."

Lei's film needs an indestructible doll body to support her "wandering rice wife" plan, and this is also for this reason.

Although he is now a demigod, and his lifespan may have reached the level of a "demigod," he should have at least several hundred years of lifespan... but he is not immortal.

Countless time dimensions, countless parallel worlds, countless branching choices—even immortals with long lifespans might spend their entire lives in that space without ever escaping.

The fleeting glimpses he saw in the tunnel, each one likely represented thousands of years of time.

He found the "one and only" among the "countless".

He couldn't perceive the passage of time in that space, so he didn't know how long it took him to make a choice.

However, one thing is very clear—

The "price" he paid for this "time travel" was his "lifespan".

...Ningguang used to call him "Little Han," but now, she should probably call him "Old Han"?

Han Fulai touched his sideburns and laughed, "This look is quite handsome. Hmm, this is what you call 'the charm of a mature man,' right?"

Seeing what you'll look like when you're old is quite a rare experience.

The divine child simply stared at him, offering no response to his joke.

A thin mist veiled her eyes, and the emotions that had not yet been expressed flowed within them, eventually settling into a pool of autumn water.

Han Fulai couldn't handle that kind of gaze at all, so he quickly turned his head away, but for a moment he couldn't think of anything to say to ease the atmosphere.

Just then, a purple blade of light suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

A spatial rift opened up in front of the two, and then a beautiful and valiant woman wielding a naginata and wearing white armor stepped out from the rift.

A ridiculous movie from 500 years ago has appeared.

"...I still haven't been able to find my sister. Divine Child, what about you..." Lei Yingdong stopped mid-sentence.

This space of consciousness is a secret known only to her and the Divine Child.

But now a "third party" has appeared here.

Moreover, the way the divine child looked at this "third party" was something Lei Movie had never seen before...

"Who goes there!" Lei Yingdong shouted, brandishing his knife.

The chilling killing intent was directed at the uninvited guest.

The divine child was startled, only then realizing that Lei Yingdong of this era did not know Han Fulai.

After the second "Divine Cherry Blossom Great Purification" ended, Shadow searched for Raiden's true whereabouts in this consciousness space, but to no avail.

This must have been when she returned after failing to find any lightning.

According to the goddess's memory, they left the consciousness space after that and then set up a seal on the space.

Moreover, at this time, Ray had only recently returned from the battlefield of Canria and had not yet shed his former identity as a "shadow warrior," making him far less easy to get along with than he would later become.

—Although Lei's movies 500 years later still feature a martial arts character, they are actually much "gentler" than the shadow martial artist of 500 years ago. In today's Lei movies, when killing someone, he almost never asks a question.

She didn't attack directly because the Divine Child and Han Fulai were standing too close together.

The goddess quickly stepped in front of Han Fulai, wanting to explain to Ying, but Han Fulai spoke first.

“General Thunder and Lightning, my name is Han Fulai, and I am your ‘Grand Minister’ five hundred years in the future.”

“I have accepted the order issued by your future self to return to this era to save the divine child, save Inazuma… and you and your sister.”

P.S.: Just for your information, the Takashimada bun is a representative hairstyle for Japanese women and is also the hairstyle worn by brides in traditional Japanese weddings. Robin from One Piece wore this hairstyle in Wano Country—it requires a lot of hair; those with thin hair can't pull it off. (By the way, Yume Mitsuki's hairstyle is called "Yokohyo-hyogo," which is also a representative hairstyle of courtesans.)

Besides being a wedding dress, the "Shiromuku" (white kimono) also carries the meaning of "mourning attire" in Japan, as white was originally a color associated with mourning. In ancient Japan, it was believed that if a bride returned home after marriage, it signified a major misfortune, such as divorce or the death of her family, and that she was returning to her parents' home. Therefore, wearing a Shiromuku symbolized that the bride had "died" at her parents' home and was "gone forever." This was considered a beautiful wish from that era.

Furthermore, white is the color most frequently associated with religious matters, and the top of a shrine maiden's outfit is also white. As for why shrine maidens wear red and white shrine maiden outfits—it's because the most prestigious shrine maiden in Japan, the highest-ranking shrine maiden serving Amaterasu Omikami at the Ise Grand Shrine, "Ise Sai-gyu," wore this color scheme. She liked it, so it became the rule.

Chapter 250 Replacing the Cage with a New Bird, Phoenix Reborn [4k]

"How dare you!" This was Ying's first reaction after hearing Han Fu's words.

A stranger suddenly appears in front of you and tells you that he comes from the future, five hundred years from now, or that you from five hundred years in the future sent back to save your past self...

Even John Connor, the protagonist of the Terminator series, couldn't immediately believe such a thing.

Moreover, Han Fulai even called herself her "Grand Minister of the Interior"—a title she made up on a whim five hundred years later; she had never even heard of such a position five hundred years ago. Add to that the special connotation of "Grand Minister of the Interior" as "the general's inner courtier," and the symbolic close relationship between the Grand Minister and the general…

That's utter nonsense!

In addition, she also sensed the power of the "Abyss" in this person.

"The Light of the Nagi Grass" overcame the divine child's obstruction and placed itself on Han Fulai's neck.

...and then it stopped.

She didn't just cut off his head.

After all, Han Fulai also mentioned her older sister, Raiden Jin.

At this time, Shadow had just experienced the pain of losing his loved ones in Kanria. Even if it was just the ramblings of a madman, what if... this person really knew how to save Raiden Shin?

Whether what this person says is true or false, at least give him a chance to speak.

Therefore, the naginata in the shadow's hand ultimately did not fall.

Despite the threat of the naginata, Han Fulai showed no sign of panic.

He had already anticipated Ying's reaction before he uttered those words. Although he had only spent a few days with Ying after becoming the "Minister of the Interior," it was enough for him to grasp Ying's thoughts—after all, "understanding the emperor's intentions" was a required course for Yue Haiting's secretary.

What to say to make Ying listen, what to do to make Ying believe in him... he had planned all of these things long before he "traveled" with the divine child.

If we were to pinpoint any flaws in General Ying, the first one would be his "stubbornness and self-will."

Once she's made up her mind about something, nothing can change it—this is also due to her personality; she was able to "isolate" herself in "Pure Land of One Heart" for nearly five hundred years without contacting the outside world.

Conversely, if you can gain her approval, she will become your most steadfast and powerful ally.

Therefore, Han Fulai immediately offered the statement "I can save your sister," with the aim of making this general, whom he was meeting for the first time, listen to him.

Raiden can truly be considered the only "Achilles' heel" of Raiden movies.

Whether Lei believes him or not, he's always willing to listen to anything true about Lei.

The next step is to gain Shadow's trust.

Ignoring the naginata at his neck, Han Fulai said sincerely, "General, please allow me to say that I possess a 'seal' bestowed upon me by you five hundred years in the future, which can serve as proof of what I just said. If you would allow me, I would like to show you that 'seal'."

Shadow made no comment, simply watching him silently, the naginata in his hand still poised to sever his head at any moment.

"Then please forgive my rudeness."

Han Fulai slowly raised his hand, pulled open his clothes, and revealed the "Sanba Mark" on his shoulder. Now that he had absorbed the power of the Evil Star, this contract mark was covered by the power of the abyss, and Ying could not sense it directly. So he could only show it to Ying like this.

Admittedly, it is not a very elegant thing to take off one's clothes in front of the general, but this mark is the best evidence to prove the connection between him and Shadow.

This is a divine power contract mark personally given to him by Raymond Lamb, containing irreplaceable divine power of the God of Thunder, and is a "token" unique to the God of Thunder and his retinue.

A glint flashed in Lei Yingdian's eyes, and a bolt of purple lightning instantly struck Han Fulai's shoulder.

The feedback from the divine power was very clear; it was indeed the mark of her familiar contract.

The problem is that she has never met Han Fulai, nor is it possible for her to share her contract mark with him.

Where did this mark on his body come from?

Two possibilities:

First, everything he said was true; he was indeed sent by his future self from five hundred years in the future.

Secondly... this person, like the Divine Cherry Tree, "appeared suddenly".

But regardless of the possibility, since the contract mark is not faked, Han Fulai cannot be an enemy.

Even if it's not a complete "familiarity contract," she can still transfer her power to Han Fu through this contract mark—she can simply share power, or she can transmit the wrath of thunder.

She was unaware of the existence of this contract mark, and Han Fulai could have easily kept it from her, but he took the initiative to tell her about it...

As a martial artist, Lei Yingdong admired the man's frankness in wielding the Tai'a sword upside down.

If the other party shows sincerity, she will respond with the same sincerity.

Lei Yingdian put away his naginata, his expression softening: "Explain the whole story to me."

Han Fulai succinctly explained the crises of "Evil Radiance" and "Divine Cherry Blossom Great Exorcism" to Ying, and also explained the origin of the contract mark on his body and Ying's request for him to rescue the Divine Child. With the Divine Child as corroborating witness and supplement, Ying finally had a preliminary understanding of the situation.

Of course... the two of them tacitly omitted the other matter, the "familiarity contract".

Although the matter was so bizarre that Ying couldn't fully accept it at first, she had already come to believe it to a great extent.

At least her contact with "Evil Yao", her fear of "Evil Yao", and her desire to revive Raiden Shin with the help of "power from outside the world"... these are all secrets buried deep in her heart, which she has never told even the Divine Child.

The fact that Han Fulai knew these things showed that he, as the "Minister of the Interior," was indeed deeply trusted by her—she was also grateful to the divine child who was willing to sacrifice his life to save her... and it really did seem like something a divine child would do.

The next problem to face is how to exorcise the "evil star" and save Inazuma in the future... and also, Raiden Shin.

"Han Qing, please tell me your plan." Lei Yingdian naturally used the title from five hundred years in the future again. "I will provide full support for anything I can do."

This was her way of handing over the dominant position to "Han Qing," who had traveled five hundred years, and it was also a way for her to express her sincerity in trusting him.

Han Fulai didn't mince words and immediately started "assigning tasks" to everyone—after all, given his current weak state, it wouldn't be surprising if he collapsed at any time, so the sooner the tasks were completed, the better.

"The first step requires the help of the Divine Child. The Divine Child will perform the 'Great Purification of the Divine Cherry Tree' with you once again, but this time it will not be you or me as the vessel to bear the filth... We will extract the evil power within our bodies and pour it into the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree, so that it can form a new 'malignant tumor'."

As he spoke, he pulled out the Salt Sorrow Spear, which had absorbed the power of the Evil Star, and returned the "True Meaning of Kagura," which was still half-black, to the Divine Child.

Holding the "True Meaning of Kagura," the priestess was somewhat at a loss: "Wait, I...we put in so much effort to remove the filth from the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree, didn't we? Now all our efforts have been wasted!"

Han Fulai had not told her the detailed plan before, and this was the first time she had heard of the operation of re-injecting the evil filth into the Divine Cherry Tree.

In response to the Divine Child's question, Han Fulai used the professional terminology of a Liyue civil servant: "No, it wasn't in vain. This operation is called 'replacing the old with the new'."

"This cherry tree is like a birdcage, with only so much space, just enough to keep one magpie."

"After five hundred years of continuous pollution, that little finches have grown into fat violets, and Shenying's birdcage can no longer hold such a large bird."

"Five hundred years later, the Inazuma ley lines will have problems, and you will even need to merge with the Divine Cherry Tree to bear the filth with your body... The reason for this is that this 'birdcage' is not big enough to contain so much filth. So you and that Master Saigu can only keep 'expanding' the cage."

"But this 'expansion' has its limits. Five hundred years later, the Inazuma ley lines have already reached their capacity limit."

“We can’t change the cage, so we’ll change the bird. To do that, we have to make room in the cage. That’s why we need to absorb the evil spirits and filth from the Divine Cherry Tree first.”

The principle behind his "restructuring and upgrading" is actually the "industrial upgrading" operation that Liyue has recently carried out in the old mining town of Mingyun.

When the Biyue River flooded, Ningguang originally planned to use Mingyun Town, which had lost its industrial value, as a flood diversion area. However, Han Fulai and Keqing won the battle against the flood at Guili Plain, so Mingyun Town was naturally spared from being submerged.

Ningguang had already moved all the residents of Mingyun Town to Liyue Harbor, so the vacated Mingyun Town naturally needed to be developed for new uses.

—The new purpose of Yuehai Pavilion has been agreed upon with Qixing, which is to transform it into a new industrial park.

Mingyun Town was originally a mining base, and many industrial tools are readily available. It is suitable to redevelop it into a processing and manufacturing park to produce emerging industries such as fertilizers. At the same time, a group of able-bodied people from Liyue Harbor can be relocated to Mingyun Town, alleviating the population and housing pressure in Liyue Harbor.

Moreover, Mingyun Town is adjacent to the "Guili New Area" under construction. Once the "Guili New Area" is completed, the geographical importance of Mingyun Town will be enhanced accordingly, and it is only natural that a wave of emerging industry development will follow.

In subsequent announcements by Yuehaiting, this plan was aptly named "replacing the old with the new".

Han Fulai continued, "Right now, you and I are temporarily bearing the evil filth within the Inazuma ley lines. In other words, this filth is currently under our control. This makes the 'bird swap' possible..."

“Instead of injecting all the filth into the Divine Cherry Tree at once, we break it down into many small finches in batches, put them in one by one, and then cleanse them. The principle of ‘division weakens’ also applies to the filth of evil stars.”

The Divine Child finally understood Han Fulai's "replacing the old with the new" plan. The principle was, of course, not complicated; the difficulty lay in having someone who could withstand and control the filth of the Evil Star. As the "Descendant," Han Fulai happened to possess this ability, which made the plan possible.

But new questions arose one after another.

The Divine Child frowned and said, "But as you also know, the 'Divine Cherry Blossom Great Purification' is only a temporary measure and cannot completely remove the filth. Even if we divide and conquer, the evil radiance filth will only revive after the sixty-year cycle."

Han Fulai nodded and replied, "Therefore, we need the General's help. The true method of exorcism lies in the 'One Slash Without Thought'—Please, General, use a blade that can cleave through space to send that evil filth to the 'outside the world'."