Genshin Impact: A Traveler with Only Two Skills

"This is Taoist Mingyang." Ming Ruo lowered her voice and spoke to Ying and Gu Ling. She and Gu Ling looked calm and didn't notice that Ying was not with them just now.

Of course, it is also possible that from their perspective, Ying has never left them.

Ying hesitated for a while, but still did not tell what she had just seen. For now, she decided to communicate with the most powerful immortal in the world.

"I just wonder if Taoist Mingyang has actually become weaker." Ying thought to himself. Previously, Yun Guijun and Ye Ping both stepped into the status of Taoist Mingyang, but their strength declined. Now, apart from Immortal Zhenyuan and Taoist Mingyang, I am afraid that the strongest person is the owner of Tianya Island who is beside him.

Ying glanced at Mingruo again, and the island owner turned to look at Ying. There was no fluctuation in his eyes, which were as deep as the abyss. Ying could not help but turn her eyes to the side and asked:

"Have you communicated with him?"

"I tried, but there was no response." Ming Ruo said, "Senior Ming Yang seemed to be unaware of my presence. He often... talked to himself, but his words rarely formed a sentence, and even the words he did say were vague."

"What's going on?" Ying frowned, and with Mingruo's consent, took a few steps closer to Taoist Mingyang.

Accompanied by the clear sound of water, Ying came behind Taoist Mingyang. A barely perceptible whisper came from the mouth of the cultivator in front of him, but it was impossible to make out what he said.

Ying looked at the other person carefully and saw that the Taoist had gray hair. The long-uncared white hair looked not only dry and brittle, but also stained with many stains. He was wearing clothes that could not be recognized as their original state - it could be called clothes, but only a few rags were left, and he was completely naked.

However, since the other person had his back to her, Ying could not see Taoist Mingyang's appearance for a moment. She moved forward a few steps, intending to take a closer look.

However, all that could be seen was a piece of dark, red, wrinkled skin, which looked like the appearance of a person who had been toiling in the plateau area under the wind and sun for a long time. Although he looked kind, it was hard to associate him with the world-famous Taoist Mingyang.

"Since I took charge of Tianya Island, Taoist Mingyang has been sitting on this reef." Ming Ruo sent a voice message directly into Ying's mind this time, "Not only have I tried to communicate with him, but the seniors from Tianya Island have also tried to talk to him. But we tried various methods, and Taoist Mingyang was like a stone, with no reaction at all."

"Master Mingyang?" Ying tried to shout. They had been keeping quiet up front, but when they suddenly shouted, Ying felt that the sea water under her feet seemed to be disturbed.

But Taoist Mingyang still kept his eyes closed.

"How about knocking?" Seeing that the other party did not respond, Gu Ling also let go of the voice, and even walked directly behind Taoist Mingyang and gestured on his head with her fist.

"..."

"..."

Ying and Mingruo were silent. Seeing that they were silent, Gu Ling could only scratch her head awkwardly and said, "I just said it casually."

"No, maybe it can, but..." Ying looked at Mingruo, "Have you knocked before? How hard did you use?"

"This is disrespectful..." Ming Ruo smiled bitterly, "But we have indeed done it. From the strength of a child's fist to the punch with added magic power, we have tried it several times under the premise of ensuring that Taoist Mingyang would not be seriously injured."

"If he reacts and wants to punish us, we will not shirk our responsibility."

Ying nodded and began to think again. Immortal Zhenyuan asked her to help Taoist Mingyang resolve his knot in his heart, but the other party didn't communicate with her at all. What should she do?

At this moment, Ying suddenly felt something strange. She turned her head quickly, only to find that Taoist Mingyang had opened his eyes at some point and was staring at her.

"!" Ying was startled and couldn't help but take a few steps back. However, when she took a step back, Taoist Mingyang and the reef under him took a step forward towards her.

The abnormality immediately attracted the attention of Mingruo and Gu Ling. Gu Ling hurried to get to Ying's side, but before she got close, the waves under their feet suddenly began to surge, and Gu Ling was unable to stabilize her body for a while. Mingruo summoned a long umbrella out of thin air, with no decoration on the white umbrella.

Ming Ruo opened her umbrella, and an invisible barrier suddenly appeared in front of her and Gu Ling, isolating them from the turbulent sea water.

"What happened?!" Relying on Mingruo's magic weapon, Gu Ling managed to stabilize her body. She noticed that the turbulent sea water was spreading out in all directions with Ying and Taoist Mingyang as the center.

"I don't know either, but at least Taoist Mingyang has responded." Ming Ruo controlled his magic power and turned his back to Gu Ling. He looked at the two figures surrounded by the sea and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

……

"Uh...ah...ah...I...have seen you." Taoist Mingyang stared at Ying with his bloodshot and turbid eyes. Because he had not spoken for a long time, when he opened his mouth for the first time, he could only make unclear sounds and could not utter a complete sentence for a long time.

"Have you seen me?" Ying asked doubtfully. She didn't remember where she had seen Taoist Mingyang. As for the memory of coming to this world, except for the previous timeline which was gradually fading due to the correction of the world, she remembered most of the memories clearly. She had never seen such an old man.

"You are the distinguished guest of the ancient sage Tianhuang, his enemy, and his savior." Taoist Mingyang spoke more and more fluently, but his meaning became more and more vague.

"Who is the Ancient Sage Tianhuang? How come I am his distinguished guest, his enemy, and also his savior?" Ying asked hurriedly.

But Taoist Mingyang did not answer. He looked straight at Ying, his eyelids began to twitch, as if he had not woken up yet and was about to fall asleep again.

"Don't sleep, what's going on?" Ying rushed forward and held the other person, firstly because she was afraid that he would fall, and secondly because she wanted to wake him up. But as soon as she touched Taoist Mingyang's body, he grabbed her arm.

"Hiss!" Ying screamed in pain. Taoist Mingyang looked like just a sloppy old man, but the means he displayed this time were powerful enough. Not only did Ying fail to react, but she also felt that she was completely unable to get rid of him. That seemingly shriveled and thin palm seemed to have endless power. Ying could not break free, and she immediately realized that not only had Taoist Mingyang's status reached the peak, but his strength had not weakened at all. He was probably much stronger than Yun Guijun in his heyday.

"Why do you keep sitting here?" Ying asked, "Is there anything in the outer sea?"

"I...I?" Taoist Mingyang also looked at Ying, his eyes revealing confusion.

"who am I?"

"...Ah?" Ying asked in surprise.

Oh no, could it be that Taoist Mingyang has been sitting here not because of a knot in his heart, but because he has lost his memory?

"Who am I?" Taoist Mingyang repeated again. He let go of Ying's hand, looked out to the sea, and muttered to himself:

"Where do I come from when I am born? Where do I go when I die?"

"What do I mean to the world?"

“Is it the world that chooses me, or am I the one that chooses the world?”

"Uh..." Ying was speechless. She had originally been asking Taoist Mingyang some questions and wanted him to answer, but Taoist Mingyang himself seemed to be stuck with a bunch of questions.

Afterwards, Ying called out to Taoist Mingyang a few more times, but the other party no longer responded, and the turbulent sea water around them showed no sign of calming down.

"Then can you calm the sea water first?" Ying asked, "I can't go back this way."

Taoist Mingyang was like this, and Ying didn't think he could get any useful information from him, so he planned to discuss what he had heard with Mingruo first.

She was worried that Taoist Mingyang would close his eyes and ignore worldly affairs again in the near future, but the sea water barrier would not disappear, and she would be trapped here then.

"Does time have length? Hmm? Time? Length?" Taoist Mingyang kept asking himself questions. When he mentioned time, he suddenly remembered something and then let out a scream.

"Ah! Time! Time! There is no time left. We will have no time from now on."

After saying this, Taoist Mingyang looked at Ying, his eyes, which were already bloodshot, turned slightly red.

"You have to go! You have to stop those celestial beings!"