Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

"Now I've pinned this on Tvalin. If I just give myself a little more time, I'll definitely get Tvalin to come over and get treatment obediently."

After talking about his work, Wendy immediately perked up. He knew very well that he had to make sure there were no problems on his end, otherwise Su Feng would definitely not mind hanging him on the Wind God statue.

Considering that Su Feng has already made his mark in front of everyone in Mondstadt, if he were to personally hang himself up there, the entire Mondstadt population would probably cheer.

Unless Wendy reveals his divine form, it's unlikely anyone will be willing to put him down.

"That's good!"

“I will gradually place the fragments of this Destiny Star down—I don’t have time to deal with this slowly right now. Remember to inform Qin to temporarily designate Star-Picking Cliff as a restricted area, and I will temporarily send all the fragments there.”

"However... where is the Peak of the Pointed Hat? This life star is filled with the obsession of climbing the Peak of the Pointed Hat. I need to send the core of the life star there. Maybe then I can resolve this obsession?"

"Otherwise, this thing will be difficult to handle!"

Su Feng bombarded Wendy with a barrage of questions without even taking a breath, and Wendy nearly rolled her eyes at the sheer volume of questions. Fortunately, he wasn't a completely useless person who couldn't do anything.

“I know the Spiral Peak, it’s Musk Reef off the coast of Mondstadt. Just send the core of this Destiny Star there, and I’ll find a way to handle it for you.”

"I will also send a message to Qin so that she can arrange the relevant matters."

"Thank you so much for your help this time."

Wendy's tone was tinged with guilt and ingratiation. If he had initially been wary of Su Feng while also wanting to take advantage of him, he now genuinely didn't know how to thank Su Feng.

If it weren't for Su Feng, Wendy would probably have been completely exhausted by these successive events long ago, given her current condition.

"Humph!"

"Just you wait, once this is all settled, I'll take your treasured collection—you drunkard must have some really good wine in your stash!"

Su Feng deliberately glared at the guy fiercely a few times before gritting his teeth and making his demands. Upon hearing this, Wendy's body, which was made of pure wind, seemed to tremble slightly, but quickly returned to normal.

"I understand, I'll definitely treat you to some good wine then!"

After hastily uttering those words, Wendy's image immediately crumbled into the invisible wind. It was unclear whether he was busy getting back to work or was heartbroken over his precious wine—given his personality, it was more likely he was heartbroken over his treasured possession.

However, Su Feng didn't care about that. Right now, he was quite troubled by the fact that the star in the sky was slowing down and collapsing due to the layers of obstacles.

It sounds easy, but stopping such a huge thing that falls from the sky without missing a single one is no simple task.

Not to mention that Mondstadt's current wind flow is not so stable, making it quite difficult to leverage its power.

"What a troublesome thing!"

With this thought in mind, Su Feng once again channeled the power within him, and with his movements, the wings of light behind him once more emitted a dazzling glow...

Chapter Twenty-One: Qin is really tired.

If Wendy is somewhat relieved right now, then Jean probably feels like the whole world is against her.

Mondstadt already has enough problems.

Qin felt as if she were living in a house that was about to collapse. Not only was the house about to collapse, but there was also no one to repair it. More importantly, just when God saw how hard she was trying to keep the house going, He suddenly decided to test her and brought a huge storm to her life!

This house might as well just collapse!

Unfortunately, this idea only briefly crossed Jean's mind before she dismissed it. After receiving the information Wendy had sent via the wind, she was completely disoriented.

Good news—the Wind God has awakened and is working with his followers to resolve a major disaster.

Bad news—for some reason, there are even more disasters!

"Whoo~"

Jean, who really wanted to say "Destroy it, hurry up!", took a long breath and then issued another bunch of orders. The only thing to be thankful for now is that everyone in Mondstadt knows that there is a storm outside, so even if Starcliff is not temporarily designated as a forbidden area, not many people will go to such a high place.

After all, tornadoes outside can really kill people.

Moreover, this time the ban was jointly announced by the Wind God's Familiar and the Wind God, so there's no need to worry about Mondstadt residents being too free to trespass into restricted areas.

However, what Qin is worried about now is not the disaster that only gods can handle; she is more worried about the affairs of mortals.

For example—right now, both the Fools and the Abyss Order are desperately rushing towards the snow mountain, especially the place where Durin's remains are, which is the favorite place of these guys who are always thinking about making a big splash!

If Qin hadn't previously entrusted Abedo, who was stationed on the snow mountain, with the task of figuring out how to cure or at least temporarily suppress Dulin's poison, these guys might have caused quite a stir without anyone knowing.

Even so, Yura has already begun requesting reinforcements.

Both the Abyss Order and the Fools seemed completely unconcerned about casualties as they charged toward the remains of Dulin. It appeared that these troublemakers, who were always eager for a good show, would not stop until they caused some chaos.

Yura's guerrilla squad's defensive line near the wreckage of Dulin has been attacked countless times, and the entire guerrilla squad has suffered heavy losses. Even Yura herself has been injured multiple times.

But what's worse now is that Jean simply can't spare enough manpower to support the guerrilla squad. There's a manpower shortage everywhere in Mondstadt, so even if Jean wanted to spare some manpower to help, she couldn't.

"Whoo~"

"Kaeya, intensify the efforts to continue issuing missions to the Adventurers' Guild to clear out wild monsters and help protect settlements. We need to allocate more manpower; if this continues, the entire Mondstadt will become a mess!"

After a long while, Jean finally managed to calm herself down and gave Kaeya another order. Kaeya, who already had a wheat-colored complexion, replied with incredibly dark circles under his eyes, "Yes, Commander Jean, but if this continues, the Knights' funds may not be so plentiful."

Adventurers are certainly useful, but they cost money. Although the Knights of Favonius control all of Mondstadt's tax revenue, they still have many expenses. Moreover, with Mondstadt facing such a great calamity, the expenses are even greater.

The Knights of Favonius are indeed facing a shortage of funds.

"..."

“I’ll handle this. I’ll ask the Church of the West Wind and the wealthy merchants for some help later. You should go to the Adventurers’ Guild and post the quest.”

When the issue of funding was brought up, Jean felt even more troubled, but she quickly cheered up. After all, funding was probably a relatively minor problem among the many difficulties Mondstadt was currently facing.

"Yes, sir. But perhaps you should take a rest. After all, Mondstadt can do without anyone right now, but if you fall, the Knights might really collapse."

Before leaving after receiving the mission, Kaeya couldn't help but offer Jean a few words of advice. Although everyone in the entire Knights Order was working non-stop, and even some of the reserve knights had taken on quite important tasks, Jean was definitely the most overworked among them.

The prolonged lack of rest has left Qin extremely exhausted, and if this continues, it's anyone's guess when she will collapse.

“I will keep that in mind, but there are so many things going on right now, I really can’t stop.”

Qin was aware of this, of course. She knew how much of an impact it would have if she were suddenly forced to stop working, but she was really worried about it. After all, there was no one in the Knights who could take over her work right now.

So she could only try her best to push herself.

Hearing this, Kaiya could only sigh helplessly, but he also decided to pay more attention to Jean's condition in the future.

'But should we try to trick Diluc into coming here?'

"Coming to the Knights' aid at this time is far more useful than him dealing with those weak monsters in the wild. After all, adventurers can easily handle those monsters for a fee, but the Knights' administrative affairs are not so easily managed!"

Upon realizing this, Kaeya's eyes lit up. He had decided to go directly to Diluc after submitting the task list to the Adventurers' Guild, hoping that inviting him would greatly alleviate Jean's workload.

......

The Knights of Favonius are working hard, while Luminous, who has successfully become an Adventurer, makes some unexpected discoveries after clearing out yet another Hilichurl camp.

"This thing looks really strange!"

When the crystal, floating in the air and shimmering with a scarlet light, appeared before her and Paimon, the two couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment. Although neither of them knew what the crystal was, they could still feel an unsettling energy emanating from it.

"This thing looks quite dangerous. Let's just take it and hand it over to the Knights of Favonius. Maybe the Knights will even give us some rewards!"

In the end, Paimon still made a suggestion, even though the red crystal was simply unappealing.

"Anyway, I'm the one taking it, so Paimon doesn't care at all, right?"

It's unclear what her thoughts were, but after listening to Paimon's suggestion, Ying put her hands on her hips and half-closed her eyes and said this.

"certainly not!"

Paimon stomped his foot, surprised that Ying had so skillfully pinned such a huge blame on herself.

"Don't forget we don't have much money on us right now, and prices in Mondstadt are really high!"

"Although Amber provided us with a place to stay, other living supplies will cost money. I'm doing this for the sake of our upcoming trip!"

Paimon, also with his hands on his hips, offered the same explanation, but unfortunately, it only earned him a more disdainful look from Ying.

"You just want to make money to eat good food, don't you!"

"hey-hey!"

Then, bickering and teasing each other, the two of them set off again towards Mondstadt with the red crystal.

Chapter Twenty-Two: An Unexpected Surprise

So surprises always happen unexpectedly—Qin never imagined that she would encounter a surprise, especially since it came so suddenly.

At least when she saw that the Tear of Dvalin, which should have been shimmering with red light and filled with terrifying and eerie power, had been delivered to her, she suddenly realized that Mondstadt's luck hadn't been consistently declining lately.

"So you can purify Dulin's poisonous blood?"

Jean looked at the rather ordinary-looking girl in front of her with surprise and asked excitedly. She never expected that allowing this traveler, who seemed to be full of suspicious things, to enter Mondstadt with a little bit of sympathy would yield such amazing results.

Is this what the old Liyue saying means by "good deeds are rewarded"?

"If you're referring to this crystal that originally shimmered with red light, although I don't know exactly what happened, I did purify it after touching it."

After a slight hesitation, Ying gave her answer, which was a pleasant surprise for Qin.

"enough!"

"Kaeya, bring us all the Tears of the East Wind Dragon that we collected earlier!"

Having received an affirmative answer, Qin demonstrated her decisive and efficient approach.

While the tears of the Dragon of the East are indeed rare, the knights responsible for reconnaissance, who are constantly searching for Dvalin throughout Mandela, can always find a few. These tears, containing the blood of Durin, are the best samples for studying the Durin toxin in Dvalin's body.

In this situation, the Knights of Favonius did indeed collect a portion.

"As ordered!"

Upon hearing the order, Kaeya, who had become Jean's assistant, turned around and strode outside. He knew, of course, how important the seemingly illogical purification ability of Durin's poison blood that Ying had mentioned was to Mondstadt, so he naturally didn't dare to waste any time.

"Phew, I'm sorry you had to see this, but please forgive our current anxiety. After all, Mondstadt can't withstand any more turmoil."

"Moreover, we need to resolve this matter as soon as possible, otherwise the anger of the Mondstadt people will gradually rise, and then it will probably be really troublesome."

After calming herself down once again, Qin began to greet Ying with the most steady and gentle voice she could muster. However, perhaps due to exhaustion, her voice still sounded somewhat off despite her best efforts.

"Ah! It's alright. Actually, I received help from Amber and the Knights when I came to Mondstadt before, so it's good that I can help you a little now."

Ying was somewhat surprised to see Qin's earnest attitude, but she did not show any signs of fear or trepidation—having experienced many worlds, she was quite worldly-wise and naturally did not care too much about such matters.