Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

Looking at Peruvili's appearance at this moment, Mo Yan began to wonder again.

"Who is buried in this tomb? Why would Peruvian come here so solemnly to pay her respects, even changing into casual clothes... Is he a relative? A commander? Or... a former comrade?"

He subconsciously looked around again.

Although this place was remote, the roads were carefully decorated. Furthermore, the area around the tombstone showed clear signs of cleaning; the snow had been cleared cleanly, contrasting with the other, somewhat desolate corners. Clearly, someone frequently came to tend to it.

Suddenly, he recalled what Pelville had mentioned earlier about "her teacher," and Rex's slightly sentimental tone at that time. Could it be...

"Oh..." Suddenly, a very light, cold sigh pierced the silence of the cemetery like an icicle.

Peruvili turned her head slightly and looked at the snow pile where Mo Yan and Kailin were hiding, without any surprise in her eyes.

"Have you seen enough? A visitor from outer space, are you so interested in other people's private affairs?"

She folded her arms, and her voice returned to its previous coldness, even adding a bit of chilliness.

Mo Yan and Kailin were both startled. They thought they were hiding well, but they hadn't expected to be discovered long ago.

Kailin instinctively wanted to jump out from behind the snowdrift to explain, but Mo Yan held her back. He took a deep breath, controlling the shadows, and the two figures slowly emerged from behind the snowdrift, as if emerging from water.

"I'm sorry, Miss Peruvian." Mo Yan spoke first, his tone apologetic. "We didn't mean to pry, we were just... a little curious."

Kailin also nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, yes! We just saw you come out alone and were a little curious, so we followed to see... Absolutely no bad intentions!"

Pelville's eyes swept over the two of them, and her cross-shaped pupils seemed to penetrate people's hearts, but she did not react immediately. She just remained silent, filling the air with an invisible pressure.

After a long pause, she slowly spoke. Her voice was still cold, but it seemed to have lost some of its sharpness. "Really? Curiosity... often comes with danger. Especially on the glacier, especially at this time."

Her gaze turned to the ice monument, and her expression became complicated again.

Kailin subconsciously took two steps forward: "So who is buried here..."

"She is my teacher, Snow Phoenix."

"What?" Kailin was suddenly shocked.

The surprise was not because of her identity, but because of her name, because they really couldn't imagine that Finina's predecessor was buried right in front of them, and she was also Peruvian's teacher.

"You heard it right. The one buried here is my teacher, one of the Three Saints of Glacier, Snow Phoenix." Pelvilli's voice was calm, but it was like a huge rock thrown into the center of a lake, causing huge waves in Mo Yan and Kailin's hearts.

"Wait, wait, wait, I'm confused." Kailin shouted hurriedly, "You mean Phoenix is ​​your teacher? But when we were in the abyss, we heard that she had fallen 200 years ago, so that means you are now..."

"This is perfectly normal. Lord Hyotei is no ordinary contractor." Her voice remained calm. "While signing a contract with him grants power far beyond that of an ordinary person, the contractor's appearance and age will be forever frozen at that moment. This is one of the costs. I have indeed... lived for a long time."

She seemed to see through their thoughts, and a faint, self-deprecating arc appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Becoming a contractor by the side of the Ice Emperor is such an honorable thing in the eyes of ordinary people, but the price and responsibility behind it are far heavier and more painful than imagined. This is why so many people lose their lives in the trial. They take power too seriously. Once it is intertwined with their lives, they lose their way and are eventually swallowed up by the cruelty of the trial itself." Pelvilli's voice sank, with a kind of fatigue that comes from having experienced vicissitudes of life.

Mo Yan was silent for a moment, then asked, "If that's the case, why did you and Clive participate in the trial?"

"You want to know?" She glanced at the two of them.

Kailin looked at her with a chill in her eyes and hid behind Mo Yan: "Well, if you don't want to say it, we won't force you."

"Heh..." She sighed softly, then slowly looked up at the sky. "It's not a secret that can't be told. To put it bluntly, it's nothing more than the impulse and obsession of youth."

Peruvian's voice was as soft as a gust of snowy wind, tinged with a barely perceptible sense of longing. Her gaze drifted towards the distant, snow-capped mountains, as if reminiscing about the distant past.

"Clevi and I are both orphans. We've been labeled 'lowlifes' since birth, and everyone around us looks at us with disdain and disgust. Back then, we heard that trials would grant people status, so to teach them a lesson, Clevi and I found a way to join the Glacial Trial training camp. Teacher Phoenix was in charge of our training at the time."

Her voice paused, as if she was trying to calm the emotions surging within her.

"Wait a minute, trials... and training camps?" Karen was suddenly stunned.

Pelville replied, "That's not surprising. Trials are inherently tough. If someone backs out during training, the instructor will assign them a position based on their progress. Of course, this is outside of the Trials. After all, if someone backs out during a Trial without perseverance, it's unlikely they'll be able to hold out until rescuers arrive."

There was a hint of cold reality in her voice.

"The teacher is very strict with everyone, demanding the highest standards in both training and moral character. She often teaches us that reality is cruel and that strength is the only thing that matters, but we cannot be swayed by power, as that would only make us puppets of power."

"At first, Clive and I were just trying to prove ourselves, to shake off that disgusting label of 'dirty person.' But she seemed to see through my thoughts and would stand before me as my opponent during every training session. As a result, I was often beaten black and blue after training."

"Uh...that sounds terrible." Kailin subconsciously shrank her hands and feet.

"It was indeed tragic." The corners of Pelville's mouth curved slightly, but the curve disappeared in an instant, returning to a straight line. "But it was precisely those 'tragic' experiences that smoothed away our unnecessary edges and impetuousness. She taught us not only combat skills, but also how to remain calm in desperate situations and how to see clearly into our own hearts."

"Anger makes people impulsive, sadness makes people hesitant. In battle, any emotion is your greatest weakness, so you must learn to control your emotions."

Peruvili's voice was calm, as if she were stating a simple fact. But Mo Yan and Kailin could sense that beneath this calmness lay a layer of ice, frozen by lessons learned through blood and tears.