Genshin Impact: Learning makes me stronger

The morning mist has not yet dissipated, but the crimson morning glow has already dyed the sea of ​​clouds.

Dewdrops condensed on the leaves. Early-rising sparrows were hopping among the colorful flowers, pecking at the crumbs left over from last night's banquet.

Su Xun leaned against the vermilion lacquer column holding a celadon teacup, watching Hu Tao holding her waist as she chased butterflies in the courtyard.

Being eight months pregnant made her movements as clumsy as a chubby sparrow. The red plum blossoms in her hair trembled with her breathing, and the hem of her skirt swept across the stone steps, stirring up a cloud of morning dew.

"Run slower." He couldn't help but remind her.

"What do you care!" Walnut turned around and made a face, but secretly gathered the element of fire on his fingertips, "Look, I'm going to roast this little thing for a snack - Ouch!"

The crystal butterfly suddenly changed direction and rushed into her hair in a panic. Hu Tao tried to grab it in a panic and almost stepped on the hem of her skirt. Su Xun, who teleported over, held her back steadily.

"Why are you making such a fuss so early in the morning?" Su Xun reluctantly plucked the crystal butterfly from her hair. The ice-blue butterfly wings shattered into stardust in his palm. "When you take the pregnancy-preserving medicine later, let's see if you still have the energy to make such a fuss."

Hu Tao leaned on his shoulder and poked his chest with her fingertips to complain: "I'm going to feel sick from drinking those medicinal foods all day long!"

……

The morning mist gradually dissipated.

Hu Tao dozed off on Su Xun's shoulder, the red plum blossoms in her hair trembling with her breathing. Being eight months pregnant had made her sleepy face lose its usual lively look, and now she looked peaceful and calm.

"Brother Su——"

A gentle call came from the corner of the corridor. Nilu trotted over with her skirt lifted up, and her light purple sari rippled with her movements.

The patisalan in her pinned hair looked even fresher due to the morning dew, but when she saw the two people hugging each other, she stopped suddenly, and her toes rubbed awkwardly against the cracks in the blue bricks.

Su Xun raised his index finger to his lips, signaling her to lower her voice.

Nilu quickly covered her mouth, her ears turning red, looking just like the frightened Yue Lian.

She tiptoed around the sleeping Walnut and gently placed the food box on the stone table: "This is the date palm honey candy I made early in the morning..."

Before she finished speaking, Hu Tao suddenly smacked her lips in her dream: "Husband... another bowl of spicy meat steamed bread..."

Nilu took a half step back in fear, and the gold ornaments on her waist jingled.

Su Xun couldn't help laughing. He held Hu Tao's head and slowly laid her down on the cushion. He then carefully tucked the corners of the blanket for her. "Thank you very much, Nilu."

The moment the food box is opened, the sweet fragrance mixed with the morning light spreads.

The crystal honey was wrapped with crushed nuts, and each piece was carved into the shape of Lanaro. The naive appearance reminded Su Xun of Nashida's expression when she was telling stories.

"Your knife skills have improved a lot. Keep up the good work." He picked up a piece and examined it. The syrup threads glowed amber in the morning light.

Ni Lu twisted her scarf and smiled slightly, her hair brushing against the back of Su Xun's hand: "Thanks to the power control trick taught by Master Liuyun..."

The morning mist condensed into tiny beads on the glazed tiles. Nilu's fingertips brushed over the carvings on the edge of the food box. The aroma of Patisalan mixed with the sweetness of honey lingered between the two of them.

Su Xun bit into the Lannaro-shaped candy, and the aroma of crushed nuts bloomed on the tip of his tongue. He raised his eyes and saw the girl secretly tracing the curve of her Adam's apple with her peripheral vision.

"The secret of controlling power that Master Liuyun taught you?" He suddenly asked, startling Nilu so much that the silver spoon in her hand "ding" hit the porcelain plate. "Then how about trying to use it on sugar painting?"

Ni Lu looked up blankly, the morning light just penetrated the gold chain hanging by her ear, casting tiny spots of light on Su Xun's clothes.

Su Xun had stood up and picked a branch of the colorful flower. The light green spiritual energy flowed along the stem, and the petals spontaneously stretched out into lines like syrup.

“Like this.” He held the flower stem loosely as if holding a pen, and the syrup twisted on the stone table into the outline of a crystal butterfly. “Use your spirit to control the shape, and don’t worry about the strength of your wrist.”

Nilu raised her hand in imitation of his posture, but the silver bracelet on her wrist suddenly buzzed.

The power dormant in the meridians overflowed uncontrollably, and the syrup burst into green flames with a "sizzling" sound, leaving scorch marks on the stone table.

"Yes, I'm sorry!" She tried to wipe it in a panic, and the gold thread on her sleeve got caught on the tassel of Su Xun's jade pendant.

The girl staggered suddenly, and when the two of them bumped into each other, Su Xun's palm just happened to protect the back of her head, and the scent of sandalwood mixed with honey wafted towards her face.

The branch of flower slipped from Su Xun's shoulder, waking up Hu Tao from her sleep.

The head of the Wangsheng Hall woke up in a daze, saw the two people's folded sleeves, muttered "add some more Jueyun pepper", and fell into a deep sleep again.

Nilu's ears were red as blood, and she was about to break free when Su Xun held her wrist and said, "Don't move."

He touched her pulse with his fingertips, and the myriad spiritual energy flowed into her meridians like a stream. "Did you secretly practice for another hour last night?"

"I..." Nilu lowered her eyes and stared at the cloud pattern on his collar. The petals in her hair trembled and brushed across his chin. "Master Liuyun said that hard work can make up for one's shortcomings..."

"Didn't Master say that your meridians are like a clear river during the spring flood?" Su Xun sighed helplessly, the warmth in his palms moving along the acupuncture points on her wrists, "If you continue to practice like this, I'm afraid you'll be attacked back."

Ni Lu felt every pore in her body trembling, and Su Xun's spiritual power was like the warm sun that melted away the stiffness in her limbs.

When the morning breeze blew past, she was surprised to find herself almost in the other person's arms, with her back pressed against the warmth of the vermilion lacquered pillars.

"Brother Su..." She just opened her mouth when Su Xun suddenly flicked his finger at her forehead.

The power of the plants turned into star sand and dispersed into the morning mist. The burnt marks on the stone table actually gave rise to a glass lily.

"I'm punishing you by not allowing you to practice today." Su Xun took a half step back and took out a brocade bag from his sleeve like a magic trick, "Would you like to accompany me to pick some pine vine buds to make tea?"

The brocade bag contained a colored glaze bottle he had made, with four seal characters "晨露凝时" engraved on the bottle.

Ni Lu followed Su Xun step by step through the moon-shaped gate, watching his black clothes sweep across the dew-covered orchid grass, and vaguely recalled the scene when they first met.

When the flower path turned to the lotus pond, Su Xun suddenly stopped.

Nilu couldn't stop in time and bumped into his back, and the golden bells on her waist jingled.

Just as he was about to apologize, he saw Su Xun raised his index finger: "Sh ...

There was a thin mist floating on the surface of the pool, and Lei Dianying was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the Nine-Curve Bridge, meditating.

The hem of her purple hunting robe was soaked in morning dew, and the lightning-patterned pendant in her hair flickered with her breathing, startling the koi fish so much that they didn't even dare to pop their heads out and spit bubbles.

"Take a detour?" Su Xun asked with his mouth.

Nilu nodded quickly, but when she turned around, her embroidered shoes stepped on slippery moss.

Su Xun put his arms around her waist and turned away from the stone steps. The two of them sat down on the soft grass under the weeping cherry tree.

Ni Lu's sari was entangled with Su Xun's jade pendant, and the golden thread was stretched into a fine net in the morning light.

“Are you playing hide and seek?”

Yae Shinko's round fan suddenly popped out from behind the tree, and her fox eyes curved into crescents.

The wisteria flowers in her hair brushed against Nilu's nose, startling the girl and causing her to sneeze.

"Son of God..." Su Xun reluctantly pulled away the tangled tassels, "Ying is gaining enlightenment, don't bother her."

"Oh my, my husband is partial to me~" Yae Shinko suddenly leaned over, and the falling cherry blossoms from her sleeves fluttered all over their heads, "Back then in the Guardian Forest, you held the injured little fox and coaxed her for a whole night~"

Nilu pursed her lips when she heard that, and her fingertips unconsciously grabbed a bunch of grass leaves.

Just as Su Xun was about to explain, the Son of God had already drifted away humming a ballad, his round fan drawing a cunning arc in the mist.

"That was five hundred years ago..." Su Xun turned his head to meet Ni Lu's twinkling eyes, and suddenly chuckled, "Are you jealous?"

"No, no!" Ni Lu panicked and tried to cover his mouth, but when her palm touched the warm lips, she pulled back as if she had been electrocuted.

Su Xun held her wrist and pinned the dew-covered grass leaf behind her ear: "Come on, I'll take you somewhere."

In the southeast corner of the Peach Blossom Land lies a Mirror Lake, the surface of which reflects the mirage of Liyue Harbor.

Su Xun pinched his fingers to summon the bamboo raft, and the jade pot on the bow emitted a wisp of tea fragrance.

"This is......?"

"I specially designed the Mirror Flower and Water Moon Formation." Su Xun used the oar to break through the morning mist, and as the ripples spread, a koi fish jumped out of thin air. "It's the best place to practice magic."

Nilu leaned over the edge of the boat and was surprised to see her reflection in the water with Sumeru roses blooming in her hair.

She tried to practice the mental method taught by Liu Yun. The moment the green light from her fingertips sank into the water, thousands of lotus lanterns bloomed one after another.

"Watch this." Su Xun suddenly covered her hand from behind, and breathed warmly into her ear, "Spiritual energy should be like this..."

He took her hand and drew a talisman in the air, and the lotus lantern suddenly turned into a blue bird and flew into the sky.

Nilu looked at the two people's intertwined knuckles shining like jade in the morning light, and suddenly hoped that this bamboo raft would never drift to the other side.

Hu Tao called for someone from a distance. Su Xun smiled and put a mint candy into her palm: "Tomorrow at 5 a.m., I will continue to teach you to practice here?"

Ni Lu held the candy in her hand and nodded subconsciously, watching Su Xun leap towards the shore.

When his black robes swept through the lotus bushes, the startled water droplets reflected colorful rainbow lights in the mist, just like her trembling heartbeat at this moment.