Genshin Impact: A Traveler with Only Two Skills

"I feel like what Brother Zhu did was wrong..." Gui Yan said hesitantly, "But he was forced to do it, and it feels really pitiful."

"Yes," Ying nodded, "but in this case, Guiyan, you blamed Brother Zhu and also blamed Zhao Dongniang, and both of them were punished. Then what about Zhao Dongniang's bullying of Brother Zhu?"

Guiyan was stunned for a moment. She thought Ying was saying that her statement was wrong, so she asked again:

"Then, should we punish Zhao Dongniang and let Brother Zhu go?"

In Guiyan's heart, she did not quite agree with this result, because -

"Because you saw Brother Zhu bullying Zhao Dongniang, but you didn't see Zhao Dongniang bullying Brother Zhu."

"But we can't just pretend it didn't happen because we didn't see it. Don't the injuries on Brother Zhu's body clearly explain everything?"

Guiyan pursed her lips:

"Should we only punish Zhao Dongniang?"

"No," Ying shook her head. "Obviously, Zhu Ge also did something wrong. Although he was bullied, he shouldn't retaliate like this. Correcting a mistake with a mistake doesn't mean he didn't make any mistakes himself."

After saying that, Ying sighed again:

"At the end of the day, none of this should have happened."

Ying was talking about Brother Zhu, but in fact she was thinking of something even more tragic:

Brother Zhu rebelled only after Sui Yang had his heart replaced. Before that, he had always been bullied.

They had already confirmed that the town at the bottom of the lake had been destroyed and the townspeople had turned into monsters. Everything they saw now was just an illusion of the towns in the past simulated by the lake.

In other words, until these towns were destroyed, Brother Zhu was still bullied by those people, and he never resisted.

Ying believes that all this should not have happened, but since it has already happened, Brother Zhu can only hope for belated justice.

Unfortunately, until he himself turned into a monster, he never waited for justice to come, and even the phantom he left behind became a pawn of those foreign immortals.

It's so sad. Everything about Brother Zhu had already been decided. He might not be such an honest person, but he didn't deserve to be bullied like that. But in the end, he still met his end in this oppression together with the people in the town.

However, Ying and Guiyan did not sigh for too long. For them, there were more important things to deal with.

Gu Ling spoke first:

"Okay, okay, there's no point in discussing Brother Zhu's affairs any further, so let's just talk about what to do next."

Gu Ling looked at Ying and asked:

"You saw the Gourd Fairy? What did he say?"

"That guy is a riddle man, he won't say anything, but I still found out that his body is made up entirely of demonic energy."

"Demon energy?!"

Gui Yan, Gu Ling, and Ling Yue inside Gui Yan's body all cried out in surprise.

Soon Ling Yue came up with a guess:

"Could it be that not only these towns, but even the immortals are simulated by this lake?"

"No way! If that's the case, what level of monsters are in this lake? Why would Master ask me to deal with something of this level?" Gu Ling's surprise obviously also contained a hint of fear.

"And if the Gourd Fairy and the others are all made of demonic energy, then they are even more terrifying than the demon-possessed immortals. No! Even the demon-possessed immortals cannot maintain their sanity, so how can an immortal made of demonic energy like him maintain his sanity?"

"I thought so too, and if this guess is true, then the restriction at the bottom of the lake could not have been set by the immortals in the town. The only possibility is that the thing in the center of the restriction really has the ability to keep people who are possessed by demons, and even things made up of demonic energy itself, normal." Ying said.

Ling Yue's voice continued with a hint of doubt:

"You mean, what those foreign immortals said is true."

"It's true," Ying said confidently, but then shook her head, "But they are definitely not our allies."

These words stunned everyone again, but they did not look too surprised. Instead, they waited quietly for Ying to explain the reason.

Ying explained what happened in the town. When she mentioned that the residents of the town had once again turned into monsters, Gu Ling sighed softly. And when Ying mentioned that she was almost injured by the monster because of her mental illness, Gui Yan could not help but clench her fists and her face turned pale.

Finally, Yingcai mentioned Nianming:

"The one who used mental attacks on me was a fairy named Nianming. She seemed to know Suiyang. They were both trying to destroy the restrictions at the bottom of the lake by exchanging hearts."

"Although she seemed a little crazy, she still spoke in a reasonable manner. When I offered to purify the evil spirit in her body, she did not refuse. I also felt that I had successfully eliminated the evil spirit in her body."

"But when I first expressed my purification ability, she clearly showed resistance. This contradicts what she mentioned to Sui Yang, that she wanted to use the things in the center of the lake to return to normal."

"So you suspect that Nian Ming and Sui Yang actually have other intentions." Ling Yue asked.

"That's right," Ying nodded, "I suspect that the thing in the center of the lake may not be as powerful as we thought at first to suppress the demonic energy, or that thing is not just able to suppress the demonic energy."

"Since those possessed immortals have evil intentions, could it be that the immortals in this town are on the same team with us?" Gu Ling rubbed his head, feeling that things did not seem to become clearer after the investigation.

Gui Yan was puzzled when she heard this. She obviously disagreed with Gu Ling's words, so she asked:

"That shouldn't be the case. Aren't they made of demonic energy? Since even immortals who have been possessed by demons are our enemies, can these immortals made of demonic energy still be our friends?"

"Yes, that's exactly what's strange." Ling Yue also agreed, "The immortals who have been possessed by demons obviously have bad intentions, and the immortals in the town made of demonic energy happen to be against them."

"We have the same goal as those people with bad intentions, but we are in conflict with those who are against them." Ying smiled bitterly. She felt that she had solved some problems, but more problems appeared in front of her.

"People with the same goals are not necessarily partners, and the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily a friend. Now it seems that no matter whether it is the immortals in the town or the immortals who have been possessed by demons, they are all against us. It can be said that it is now a three-way confrontation."

"But the gourd fairy is a little strange. I feel that although he is a bit of a riddle man and makes me not want to communicate with him, he is always helping us intentionally."

"And when I discovered that he was made of demonic energy, he said I 'found the key point'."

"The key point?" Gu Ling and Gui Yan were both a little confused, but Ling Yue had some feeling in her heart.

"Yes, if this is the key point, then the message that the Gourd Fairy wants to convey to me may be: the restrictions in the lake that the fairies composed of demonic energy are trying so hard to maintain are probably also created under the influence of demonic energy."

Ying paused for a moment before finally stating the conclusion:

"Perhaps, he also wants us to destroy this restriction."

"No way?"

"Is it credible?"

Gui Yan and Gu Ling asked their questions respectively, and Ying could only shrug.

"No matter what, the ban must be broken. Although we, the immortals in the town, and the demon immortals are in opposition to each other, at least we have the same goal now. So, it's not a bad idea to cooperate with each other."

After Ying finished speaking, she was worried that she had said so much on her own, which would make the arrogant Gu Ling a little dissatisfied, so she winked at Gu Ling and asked:

"Senior Gu Ling, do you have any ideas?"

When she spoke, she deliberately emphasized the word "senior", which made Gu Ling feel very happy. In addition, Gu Ling was originally undecided, so she waved her hand and said casually:

"I'll do as you say."