Travel through Teyvat and spend your life with Linghua

After hearing the sound, Lingren came out of the room. There was a hint of doubt in his eyes. No one should come to visit at this time. Lingren walked to the door, turned around and said softly to Xinyang, "Xinyang, go back to the room first and try to avoid being seen by outsiders."

Xinyang nodded and returned to the house silently. After Linghua and Xinyang left, Lingren gently opened the door to welcome the visitor outside.

A woman dressed in a shrine maiden's attire stood outside the door, her expression serious. Upon seeing Ayato, she bowed and introduced herself: "I am Ayuki, a shrine maiden of Narujin Taisha Shrine. I have been sent by the chief priest to deliver a message."

Ayato nodded slightly, turned sideways, looked at Axing, and asked calmly, "Axing Miko, please come in. What can Lord Yae-no-miya ask of you?"

Ah Xing replied respectfully, "You're welcome. I have other tasks to complete. I just stopped by to pass on a message from the chief priest. The chief priest asked Xinhua to go to Mingjin Taisha Shrine to see him. The chief priest is waiting inside the shrine."

After saying that, Axing bowed to Ayato again, then turned and left.

Xinhua, Ayato naturally knew that Xinhua was referring to Xinyang. It seemed that Yae Shenzi knew Xinyang was alive and well and had returned. Although Xinyang, Ayato, and Yae Shenzi had previously had a good relationship, there was no guarantee that anything unexpected would happen during this meeting. Ayato pondered over it, but still couldn't figure out Shenzi's intentions, so he returned to the house and told Xinyang and Ayato what had happened.

After hearing this, Xin Yang pondered for a moment and analyzed, "First, she was talking about Xinhua, not Xin Yang, which means that Shen Zi doesn't want anyone else to know about my existence. Secondly, Shen Zi is well aware of my strength. If she intended to harm me, she could just join forces with the general to eliminate me. Doing so would be completely unnecessary. In my opinion, Shen Zi probably has something to discuss with me, so this trip shouldn't be risky."

After saying this, Lingren and Xinyang looked at Linghua together. As expected, Linghua stood up and said, "I want to go too. Since there's no risk, I want to go with you."

Hearing this, Ayato also expressed his attitude: "If that's the case, then I'll go too. If you want to see the people of my Kamisato family, then naturally I, the head of the family, will go with you."

Xin Yang looked at the two siblings helplessly and sighed: "The Son of God said he wanted to see Xinhua, why should we go with so many people."

Linghua, however, refused to give in and argued, "Have you forgotten how the name Xinhua came about? The Xin in Xinhua represents you, and the Hua in Xinhua refers to me. Xinhua refers to both of us. Of course I will go. As for my brother, you should wait at home." Her tone was firm and unquestionable.

Ayato couldn't help but smile bitterly at his sister's words. He knew he couldn't refute her reasoning. Although he felt a little uneasy about letting Ayahua follow him, he also knew his sister's temperament. However, seeing Ayahua's determined eyes and confident attitude, he nodded in agreement.

Linghua smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, brother, I will pay attention." As she said that, she looked at Xinyang with a hint of expectation in her eyes.

Xinyang nodded helplessly. "Even my brother can't control you. What else can I say? Let's go together."

After making some preparations, the two of them went to Narujin Taisha Shrine hand in hand.

They didn't see a single pedestrian along the way, which made Linghua a little timid. Linghua held Xinyang's hand even tighter. Xinyang, sensing something strange, stopped and faced Linghua. "Are you scared? It's okay. We're already very familiar with the Son of God. Nothing will be a problem. Don't worry. If you're really scared, just wait here for a while. I'll be down soon."

Linghua took a deep breath and tried to calm down. "I just feel that the atmosphere here is different from before. It's a bit too quiet. Maybe I'm worrying too much."

When we were about to arrive at the shrine, the Son of God came to greet us personally.

"Little one, you're finally here. I sent all the witches away today just to see you. Oh~ the little girl is here too."

Xin Yang responded, "When did I become so prestigious that Lord Yaegongji would send everyone away to meet me?"

Shen Zi walked in front and said, "Humph, you caused such a big trouble this time, so I have to be careful when I see you."

Arriving at the Mingjin Taisha Shrine, Shenzi turned around and revealed a rare serious expression. "Xinyang, the aura on your body has changed. Have you noticed it?"

Xinyang was a little confused. "I am still me, how could my aura change?"

"You have a slight aura of thunder, but it's extremely weak. However, the concentration of elements in your body has increased significantly. Have you felt anything unusual recently?"

Xinyang tried to mobilize the elemental power. "Hearing what you said, it seems that there is indeed an energy in my body that does not belong to me, but I can't control it. Also, my physical strength has increased a lot. I thought it was due to the exercise during this period."

Shen Zi rested his chin on his hand and thought for a moment, "When did you feel that way?"

"It should be the time on Kaiji Island after being knocked away by that puppet."

"Could it be that some of Oropus' power still remains on this Haizhi Island? Have you come into contact with anything special?" Xinyang fell into deep thought.

Xinyang carefully recalled everything he had experienced during his time on Haizhi Island. His daily activities were perfectly normal. If he had to attribute it to the influence of the demon's lingering presence, then he had indeed been haunted by it during the fierce battle with the scattered soldiers on Bayun Island. However, he had quickly broken free and ignored the incident. At that time, he had only felt something invading his body, but due to the intense fighting that followed, he hadn't paid much attention to it. Thinking back now, perhaps it was that time that had planted the seeds.

However, after so much time had passed, Xinyang hadn't noticed anything unusual. His physical condition remained the same, with no signs of any abnormality.

"Fortunately, everything seems normal at the moment. However, if there is even the slightest sign of something being wrong, you must come to me immediately without any delay. Otherwise, the consequences may be very serious and unpredictable." The Son of God warned with a serious face.

Shen Zi continued, "By the way, did you see her during your battle with that puppet?"

"Unfortunately, it didn't. At that time, most of my energy had been consumed by the skirmishers, and I was only thinking about escaping. It didn't have a chance to catch me."

Shen Zi sighed, "When will my old friend finally come to his senses?"

"Help me..." A faint and ethereal voice came from somewhere.

"Help me... Help me..." The voice rang out again, a little clearer than before, but still very weak. Xinyang couldn't help but feel puzzled. He looked around, but didn't see anyone. He turned to look at Linghua and Shenzi beside him, but they didn't show any unusual expressions.

Did I really hear it wrong? Xin Yang thought to himself. However, just as he was about to attribute this strange phenomenon to his own auditory hallucination, the voice came into his ears again.

"Help me... Help me..." This time, Xinyang was sure that he was not hallucinating, and the source of the sound seemed to be at the sacred cherry tree not far away!