Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

"After all, we've mastered this seal; we could repair it even with our eyes closed."

The tone of Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun was also filled with confidence.

Although the gap between her own strength and that of the Dragon King Ruotu or even a demon god is unimaginable, as one of the Three-Eyed Five Manifestations Immortals, she also has her own pride. At least in various immortal arts, few can compare with her.

If you're not careful, even a demon god might suffer a bit at her hands.

"The only problem is whether our esteemed guest can set up a wind wall strong enough to cover the entire seal. After all, setting up and maintaining a large-scale wind wall would be a huge drain on your resources."

"Although we only need some minor repairs to the seal, it will still take us two or three months, not just for our distinguished guest..."

Although Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun was quite pleasantly surprised, he still hesitated before asking the question—although it might sound like he was questioning the guest's strength, it was better to discuss such matters in advance.

After all, it concerns the safety of Liyue, and Lord Liuyun is not the kind of person who is in a hurry.

"So just how big is the seal of the Dragon King Ratna?"

Su Feng was quite confident in his own strength, but he still asked about the exact size of the seal first. After all, setting up a huge barrier would consume a lot of power and time, and it would be even more troublesome to make the wind wall maintain itself.

This is Liyue after all, unlike Mondstadt where there is the high wind of the heavens that Venti has summoned for thousands of years as support. Moreover, it is unlikely that Su Feng would spend several months or even years to set up this wind wall.

Neither the Abyss Order nor the Fallen Dragon King would give him that much time.

“It’s huge. The Dragon King Ruo Tuo is a giant dragon as big as a mountain, and the seal we set up to trap the Dragon King is naturally even larger. To give a rough estimate, starting from the South Heavenly Gate, Mount Hulao, Mount Aozang, and Qingyun Peak are all wrapped in this huge seal.”

Then, True Monarch Liuyun Jiefeng told Su Feng a general range, and after hearing this range, Su Feng was completely dumbfounded.

"Doesn't this mean that almost half of Minlin is within the seal's coverage area? That's not much different from the old Mondstadt, is it?"

Su Feng was clearly a little shocked by the Dragon King and Li Yue.

He no longer dared to imagine just how enormous the Rock Dragon King's body was, nor could he fathom how the Liyue immortals and the ancient Geo God had managed to set up such a massive, mind-boggling seal against the struggling Rock Dragon King.

What's even stranger is that they actually succeeded!

Su Feng now knew he had found himself a big job!

Setting up a wind wall covering such a large area to cut off the flow of the earth's veins and block the outflow of the power of the Dragon King of the Rakshasa is no easy task. Su Feng, however, can withstand such a huge energy consumption—after all, the Imaginary Tree will pay for it, so he can just pump the water out through the Herrscher Core.

However, having enough energy doesn't mean that you can set up such a huge wind wall in a short time without any additional help. Back in Mondstadt, Su Feng was able to set up the wind wall protecting Mondstadt so easily by using the high winds left behind by Venti, but this is Liyue.

Thinking of the winds that once filled the high heavens of Mondstadt, Su Feng couldn't help but turn his gaze to Venti—since it would be difficult for him to complete such a heavy task alone in a short time, then... he should find a helper!

Wendy, who had been lost in thought, perhaps sensed Su Feng's unfriendly gaze. When he finally came to his senses and saw that both Su Feng and Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun were looking at him, he couldn't help but shiver.

"Why are you all looking at me?"

For some reason, Wendy said this with a lack of confidence.

Chapter Twenty-Four: Venti Working Overtime and the Chaos of Liyue Harbor

"So why did I have to come and help? Did anyone pay me?"

With a look of helplessness and resentment, Wendy confirmed her location, then raised her hand and guided a stream of emerald light from the sky, which had now formed a verdant vortex, before stabbing it into the ground beneath her feet.

When the light in Wendy's hand disappeared, it left a small, bottomless gash on the ground. Only after he had done this did he slowly take flight again.

Clearly, Wendy had been conscripted by Su Feng and Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun—Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun drew a map of the entire seal, and after Su Feng estimated the area, he decided to build a wind wall that would at most last for a while to enclose the entire territory within that area.

Since the wind wall only needs to hold until the three True Lords complete the repair of the seal, the amount of power Su Feng needs to invest in it is much smaller.

After all, he couldn't possibly take over a portion of Liyue's land entirely. Moreover, the difficulty and cost of establishing a temporary wind wall were far less than the immense effort and time required to build a permanent wind wall that might only be used once.

Even though the energy consumption has been greatly reduced, it would still be quite difficult for Su Feng to build such a large temporary wind wall here by himself. Considering both speeding up the process and conserving energy, Wendy was naturally drafted as a replacement.

According to Su Feng's plan, he would first create a huge power vortex in the sky. Simply put, he would extract enough imaginary energy from the Imaginary Tree and convert it into his power, which would then gather in the sky. Wendy's task was to summon a bit of Su Feng's power in each of the marked locations and inject it into the designated spot.

This way, Su Feng can focus on gathering enough power to build up the wind wall, and by the time he's almost done, Wendy should have already set up the necessary nodes.

They will work together to set up this enormous wind wall to cut off the connection between the Dragon King of Naga and the outside world.

This plan is quite good. It has both speed and quality, and it can also perfectly solve the current problem of the Dragon King Ruotu. Therefore, after Su Feng proposed his plan, it was unanimously approved by everyone.

The only downside was that a certain bard who wanted to slack off was forced to work overtime, which annoyed a certain unnamed Mondstadt wind god who couldn't find an excuse to slack off and could only reluctantly continue working with everyone else.

After all, it was his own choice, and no matter how tragic it was, he could only grit his teeth and bear it.

But Wendy also secretly made up her mind—this matter wouldn't be over until Zhongli treated her to a few good drinks after everything was over.

By the way, if he goes out with Su Feng again in the future, he'll be a complete idiot!

While Venti was miserably working, the situation in Liyue Harbor was not much better.

The reason is simple: the Rock Lord himself appeared and told everyone that this year's Summoning Ceremony was canceled, and also instructed the entire Thousand Rock Army to prepare for war, as Liyue might soon face a huge disaster.

Liyue Harbor, which was joyfully preparing for the invocation ceremony, was thrown into chaos upon receiving this news.

The only saving grace is that Liyue Harbor is currently only in a state of panic—after all, the Geo Archon, as the greatest pillar, is still alive. Although the people of Liyue are panicked, they do not believe that the invincible Geo Archon will be defeated by the so-called disaster.

However, even with the Geo Archon as both a spiritual and material pillar, the people of Liyue did not let their guard down. This nation, which has lived for thousands of years, is not so shallow as to rely on the Geo Archon and the immortals for everything. After receiving the warning, the entire Liyue Harbor mobilized.

After all, how effective one can be is one thing, but simply lying down is another.

Unfortunately, perhaps because the period of peace had lasted a little too long, when the Seven Stars began large-scale preparations for war again, they suddenly found that there were problems everywhere in Liyue Harbor—at least problems they had never encountered before.

The Seven Stars were already exhausted from dealing with these sudden problems, and the exhaustion only intensified when the enormous emerald green vortex that enveloped the entire Jueyun Realm appeared.

After all, that emerald green vortex looked quite familiar.

They had initially viewed this as a joke to be made of Mondstadt, but now they themselves had become the joke. This shift in perspective truly gave one an indescribable sense of unease.

However, the gods' decisions are beyond their control. Moreover, since the matter has reached the point where even Lord Yan has to seek outside help, it seems that these mortals have no choice but to pray that everything can be resolved peacefully.

Meanwhile, Ningguang, looking out the window at the emerald green vortex that enveloped the sky, rubbed her temples wearily.

Ningguang, whose beautiful face was already covered with exhaustion from the sudden decree from the Rock Lord, was almost stunned. But she had no intention of resting at all. After all, the vortex hanging in the sky reminded her every moment of the extent of the disaster that Liyue was about to face.

The tragic fact that Mondstadt was almost completely wiped out before is something that everyone feels deeply.

The one sitting here deep in thought is not Ningguang, the wealthy merchant, but Ningguang, one of the seven stars of Liyue, the star of Tianquan. As one of the leaders of Liyue, she must be responsible for the millions of people of Liyue.

"Ke Qing, have all those guys who dared to hoard goods at this time been dealt with?"

Ningguang's voice was cold when she asked about this, so cold that it lacked any human warmth, but what Ningguang needed now was not any so-called human warmth.

When the nation is in peril, the most numerous are those brave warriors who are willing to sacrifice themselves to protect their country and its people, but selfish individuals who seek only their own gain are never absent from such a great disaster.

Less than a day after Lord Yan issued the decree to raise the alert level, the price of grain on the market has tripled, while in addition to grain, the price of salt has increased fivefold, cloth has increased twofold, weapons have increased sevenfold, and elemental crystals have increased sixfold!

The most outrageous thing was the various talismans made by the sorcerers. The talismans, which were already priceless, increased in price by more than twenty times in a short period of time!

This bunch of useless good-for-nothings only know how to raise prices, trying to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune. In the current situation, they are not even afraid that they will earn money but not live to spend it!

Ningguang felt her anger rising again at the thought of these idiots whose minds were filled with nothing but Mora.

“Those idiots from the Qianyan Army have already been dealt with. Now, Miss Gan Yu of Yuehai Pavilion has begun to control prices. If anyone else dares to do the same, they will be dealt with in the same way.”

Even as she spoke, Keqing's voice, though tinged with exhaustion, was filled with a murderous aura.

It was obvious that the Thousand Rock Army was not so kind in handling this matter, but considering the current situation, no one felt that this was wrong - after all, they even wanted to make money from this kind of thing, which was simply lawless. As the Seven Stars, they naturally needed to teach these fools a lesson with heavy blows.

This also serves to unite all the people of Liyue. Although we don't know what kind of crisis Liyue will face next, everyone knows from the serious look on the Geo Archon's face that this matter is definitely not something that can be easily dismissed as a joke.

"Well, Miss Gan Yu should be fine with the rest. Besides, these are extraordinary times, so it's okay to be a little rough around the edges."

Normally, Ningguang wouldn't mind playing around with these idiots as a pastime after work, but right now she doesn't have the time to bother these heartless guys. It's necessary to simply and directly reduce her own troubles.

"There's one more thing I might need your advice on."

After confirming that the biggest internal problem had been dealt with, Ningguang, still frowning, handed a request to Keqing. After taking the request and glancing at it, Keqing also couldn't help but frown.

"The Fatui Commander—The Clown—wishes to visit Liyue?"

"Are these Fools planning to take advantage of the chaos?"

Chapter Twenty-Five: The Choice of the Seven Stars and the Fools

"The chances of the Fatui taking advantage of the chaos are slim. The Fatui commander said he hoped to reach a cooperation agreement with Liyue—or rather, the gods of the two countries have already reached an agreement, and he is just here on behalf of the Winter Queen to await orders."

"At least that's what they said, but we don't know the truth."

Ningguang was also having a headache over this matter; otherwise, she wouldn't have asked Keqing for advice on whether or not to accept the application.

After all, Fangdu brought out its own gods.

Ningguang didn't think the clowns would dare to lie about matters involving gods, but she also didn't think the Fools would be so kind as to help without expecting anything in return, so for a moment Ningguang had no idea what to do.

Or rather, as a mortal, she simply didn't have the courage to refuse a god.

More importantly, she couldn't possibly consult the Rock King about such a trivial matter. Otherwise, her position as the Heavenly Star would be too useless. After all, what's the point of having the Seven Stars if she had to consult the Rock King Emperor on everything?

"We're afraid we can't refuse this."

After carefully reviewing the information on the application, Keqing couldn't help but shake her head.

The other party did not leave them any room to refuse.

Especially since the other party even invoked the gods and explicitly stated that they were coming to help, Li Yue had no choice but to agree, both emotionally and logically.

"Then we'll just have to keep a closer eye on them?"

Ningguang knew she had no choice but to agree, but she was unwilling to give up. After all, the aggression shown by Winter and the Fatui was extraordinary, and Ningguang didn't think these guys were really here to do good deeds.

"There's no other way. Let's get through this crisis first. After all, even if the Fools have their own ideas, they wouldn't betray us at a time like this."

Ningguang was unwilling, and Keqing was of course unwilling as well, but some things cannot be resolved simply by being unwilling, especially since Keqing knew very well that the main reason they were confident in accepting the fools' insincere 'support' was the existence of the Emperor.

Keqing hoped that the people of Liyue could break free from the Emperor's protection, but it seems that... at least for now, Liyue still cannot do that.

When the Fatui brought up the title of Ice Queen, Keqing realized the biggest flaw in her plan for 'Liyue for mortals'—Teyvat is the world of gods, where gods are the masters and the only ones who can survive in this world alone, and mortals cannot possibly survive without the gods.

"Let the Fools send all their forces to the Abyss of Layered Rocks. We've already cooperated there before, and according to the Emperor, this crisis is also spreading from beneath the Abyss of Layered Rocks."

"Perfect, let them go help!"

After much deliberation, Keqing offered her suggestion: since there are already Fatui members within Liyue, and they want to help anyway, why not send them to the place where problems are most likely to occur?

Moreover, the Great Sage Who Subdues Demons is now beneath the Abyss of Layered Rocks. If the Fools really want to do something, they will probably have to think twice under the pressure of the Great Sage Who Subdues Demons.

"Send them directly to the Abyss of Layered Rocks?"

"That's a great idea, let's do it!"

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