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The purple lightning electrocuted the members of the Final Division, causing them to freeze in place and scream in pain until they could no longer stand and fell to the ground.

The members of the final group raised their heads and glared at Kujo Sara: "Why, as the general of the heavens, would you choose to help him? Is this also the general..."

Kujo Sara glanced at him expressionlessly. "Don't make assumptions about the Shogun. Also, if Kamisato Ayato comes back, tell her that her sister has temporarily left and is not in danger."

Having said this, she looked at Fan Yu in front of her and said, "Am I right?"

"Of course, the connector is like the wings behind you, Miss Tengu, to me." Fan Yu said with a smile.

Kujo Sara snorted and said no more.

As Fan Yu started walking again, she followed closely behind him and left.

It took a full half hour for the numbness and restraint felt by the last members of the group who stayed in Kamisato House and the samurai retainers who stood stiffly in place to gradually disappear.

The moment they recovered, they rushed out.

But the figures of Fanyu and Jiutiaosala had already gone far away.

……

late at night.

Located along the harbor coast south of Kamizatayashiki.

Fan Yu stopped and looked at the sleeping Kamisato Ayaka, and said to Kujo Sara behind him: "Let's rest here for a while!"

Kujo Sara glanced at the nearby port and said, "I'll go get some food."

After half an hour.

A bonfire was lit in the cave, and a grilled fish was placed beside it. In the cool night, Jiutiaosala and Brahma Yu sat facing each other.

This was one of the few times she had to sleep outdoors since joining the shogunate.

By now, within Inazuma Castle, the cause of his disappearance should have been determined, and a search might have already begun. It was impossible to say that he hadn't felt any emotion at all. Kujo Sara could imagine the impact his departure would have on the Tenryo Bugyo. It might even prompt assassination attempts by the Fatui who had been keeping an eye on the Tenryo Bugyo, or by those with the Eye of God who were dissatisfied with the Shogun.

However, she also knew that it was pointless to think about that at the moment.

The man in front of her is very powerful, and he will not let her leave. This is an unsolvable problem.

"It's rare to have such a quiet time. If you have any questions, just ask, but it's up to me whether I answer or not." Fan Yu said.

Kujo Sara stared at him seriously. "What did you mean by what you said in Kamisato's house earlier?"

Fan Yu: "It means exactly what it says. You know it."

Kujo Sara was stunned, and couldn't help but look at the sleeping Kamisato Ayaka behind Fan Yu...

This guy not only wants to connect with himself, the eldest daughter of the Kamisato family, but also those who fight monsters and even the general?

35 Go to Shadow Mountain

What a blasphemous idea!

She had gradually come to understand what connection was along the way.

If the connection exists at a deeper level, given her current relationship with the other person, there may be a connection between their spirits, minds, and even bodies.

Inazuma's only way to describe the General is with the word "powerful", and this is also true for the entire continent of Teyvat.

However, few people would dare to think of the general as a mortal like her, or even as a "beautiful" being. Fan Yu's behavior was disrespectful.

Not to mention that such behavior is itself a form of resistance in the "eternity" that the General advocates.

She stared at Fan Yu with a stern gaze, saying, "If your words were to reach the General's ears, you would likely face his judgment. As for me, I beg your pardon."

Seeing her serious attitude, Fan Yu didn't intend to say anything more.

"Let's get some sleep first. We will be heading to Yingxiang Mountain tomorrow." Fan Yu changed the subject.

Kujo Sara pondered for a moment, then hummed and said no more.

In the previous situation, she held the idea that as a loser, she should be a prisoner, but now facing the general's order, it was impossible for her to agree with Fan Yu's outrageous idea.

Conflicting thoughts intertwined together, and she turned her head away decisively.

Late at night, there were occasional pops of sparks coming from the bonfire, and the sleepy Egret Princess quietly opened her eyes.

……

The next day.

Early in the morning, Fan Yu woke up to the sound of waves crashing.

A ray of morning glow rose above the sea level of Inazuma, but because of the thunder and lightning sound from the distant islands, a layer of purple was added to the sparkling sea surface.

Kujo Sara has also woken up. She saw Kamisato Ayaka tied to the wall not far from the cave exit. For some reason, she had two dark circles at the corners of her eyes, and her hair was burnt black from being electrocuted. She no longer had the image of an elegant young lady.

Kamisato Ayaka stared at Fan Yu with eyes full of resentment and anger.

"What is she doing?" Kujo Sara asked curiously.

Fan Yu stretched himself and said lazily, "Who knows? She woke up in the middle of the night last night. I saw her go out and thought she wanted to go to the bathroom. Maybe she triggered the barrier you set up!"

"laugh!"

The sound of gnashing teeth in the air.

Kamisato Ayaka's gaze shifted to Kujo Sara, who was speechless. She hadn't set up any barriers, and Kamisato Ayaka's hair was scorched by the lightning barrier. Although she was also a user of the Thunder God's Eye, she couldn't create defensive lightning powers.

Fan Yu's behavior was obviously a slander, but unfortunately Miss Shenli was unwilling to believe it.

"Okay, we've had a night's rest, it's almost time for us to set off." Fan Yu stood up and interrupted Kamisato Ayaka's emotions.

After washing himself in the rain and dew in the cave and having a simple meal, Fan Yu set off with Kamisato Ayaka and Kujo Sara.

As they came from the beach to the grassland on land, some monsters living in the wild appeared before them.

There were several slimes jumping around in the grassland, and some hillbillies who regarded slimes as living resources. They held the fire slime in their arms, lit a fire in the cauldron, and put the water slime into the water.

Seeing Fan Yu and others coming to disturb their meal, the Hillichuls immediately raised torches and rushed towards them.

“Ya——!”

With a sharp cry, the Hilichurls swung and charged.

Fan Yu glanced at him, then pointed his palm forward. Thunderous lightning emerged from his palm, instantly drawing a horizontal lightning slash through the air. Several hillbillies who were rushing forward were hit by the current, screaming in pain and falling to the ground.

"This thing is everywhere..." Fan Yu complained.

The Hilichurls are probably a major feature of the continent of Teyvat.

Kujo Sara whispered, "According to historical records, there were no such monsters in Inazuma before. It wasn't until five hundred years later that the Hilichuls began to appear everywhere in Inazuma, like bamboo shoots after rain."

[Five hundred years…]

Fan Yu inexplicably thought of the different time and space nodes he had stepped into when he came to this planet before. Five hundred years ago was the time when the Kingdom of Kanriya was destroyed. At that time, he briefly witnessed the abyss of the earth being torn apart. The breath corroded the humans at that time and turned them into monsters.

"There's always something strange. Let's go!" Fan Yu said perfunctorily and continued forward.

Kujo Sara gave him a strange look. Normally, he would have finished off the enemy. However, this was just a sideshow on their journey.

Soon after……

They walked westward along the land from the east coast of Kamiyashiki and finally arrived at the Yingxiang Mountain Range.

This place wasn't far from Inazuma Castle, just a different location from the area Fanyu and Kujo Sara had left. From here, they could already see a corner of Inazuma Castle in the distance. In another sense, it could be said that they had gone there and returned.

Kamisato Ayaka was carried on Fanyu's shoulders all the time. She didn't feel anything when they were alone in the wilderness, but as they entered the human area and saw the tools and wooden vehicles scattered on the roadside, this behavior made her, an unmarried girl, feel embarrassed.

She let go of the resentment she felt when she escaped that night but was ambushed, and whispered, "Sir Fan Yu, could you please put me down? I can walk on my own. Please rest assured, I won't run away again."

Fan Yu turned his head and glanced at the girl on his shoulder. When they looked at each other at close range, Kamisato Ayaka's face was a little evasive. She turned her head away, and then her neck gradually turned red.

Fan Yu thought about whether to believe the shy young lady's words, and finally let her go.

Kamisato Ayaka felt the gravity of the earth for the first time in a long time, and her steps were a little unsteady for a moment, but she quickly adjusted her posture.

She looked towards Ying Xiangshan in front of her and asked curiously, "Mr. Fanyu, are we going to visit the chief priest at Mingjin Taisha Shrine?"

Along the way, Fanyu and Jiujo Sara spoke many words of riddlers, which were completely confusing to her, a newcomer. She only knew that the two had some destinations.

Fan Yu hummed: "I will visit, but I also want to visit the witch here."

Having said that, Fan Yu's gaze turned to a cherry tree in front of him. In Fan Yu's sight, the biological field there had strange fluctuations.

"You've been staring at us since we arrived at this territory. Aren't you going to show up?"

36 Hanasari

Fan Yu's call startled Kujo Sara and Kamisato Ayaka who were standing beside him.

Their eyes all looked in the direction Fan Yu was looking at. The cherry tree swayed in the breeze, and pink petals fell from the leaves, bringing a faint fragrance.

however--

But they did not see what Fan Yu saw.

"Who are you talking to?" Kujo Sara asked in confusion.

Fan Yu pointed to the cherry tree and said, "That witch."

Under his golden eyes, a woman wearing a fox mask and a red and white shrine maiden costume slowly walked out from behind the cherry tree.

She walked towards Fan Yu step by step, and the petals seemed to surround her consciously, looking extremely beautiful.

It’s just that all these scenes and people are within Fan Yu’s perspective, but in the eyes of Kujo Sara and Kamisato Ayaka, it is a different scene.

All they could see was a strange wind blowing by, and then the petals under the cherry tree rolled up a wind and blew towards them.

"We didn't see the so-called shrine maiden..." Kamisato Ayaka whispered.

However, her hand had already involuntarily rested on the knife at her waist. Nine Sara was similarly exposed, her gloves already emitting some lightning. Although they couldn't see the priestess that Fan Yu had seen, the strange wind made them feel that this place was unusual.

The witch came to two meters in front of Fan Yu before she stopped and bowed to him: "I'm very sorry, I seem to have scared your friend."

Fan Yu stared at the other person, observing the other person's biofield through the perspective of [Harmonious Bliss]. The witch in front of him was different from normal humans in that bright and solid color, and was in an ethereal state.

She felt very much like some of the spirits Fan Yu had encountered before. Although she could appear fixed in human form, she actually lacked the wavelengths emitted by flesh and blood.

"Ghost?" Fan Yu asked curiously.

The miko thought for a moment and nodded. "Hmm... I can understand my current state that way. However, please wait a moment. Because the seal was lifted so suddenly, some of my power will be retained."

Fan Yu: "?"

Before he could ask the witch.

The latter raised his sleeves, and when a round of cherry blossom petals fluttered, Kujo Sara and Kamisato Ayaka only felt a flash before their eyes, and in the blink of an eye they found a dancer wearing a fox mask standing in front of Fan Yu.

"At least your two friends won't look at you strangely if I talk to you in this state." The witch said gently to Fan Yu.

Kujo Sara looked at him in surprise. "So you've been communicating with Fanyu all this time? She's a ghost. What's the identity of this shrine maiden?"

Kamisato Ayaka, who knew something about dance rituals, stared at the shrine maiden's attire and textures in amazement: "This dress looks like the shrine maiden's attire from Narujin Taisha Shrine."

"I am Hanasari. I am just a displaced ghost who wants to use your power to exorcise evil spirits." Hanasari said in a faint voice.

Kamisato Ayaka subconsciously took a step back.

Kujo Sara snorted, "Playing tricks."

After understanding the other party's identity, Fan Yu asked seriously, "Do you have something to talk to me about?"

As far as he could sense, the eyes of the 'lonely ghost' in front of him under the fox mask were always on him.

"Of course, you did that to me, and now I am confused about my mission." The witch said helplessly.

Kujo Sara and Kamisato Ayaka looked at Fan Yu in astonishment, staring at him with eyes that said, "You even didn't let the pure priestess go."

Fan Yu was stunned, but he didn't intend to explain.

After listening to Hanasari's words, Fan Yu tried to think about it, and finally shook his head: "I don't remember having any intersection with the shrine maiden since coming to Inazuma..."

"It's true that you have never seen me. But before, when you were fighting with the Tengu general beside you, you accidentally caused my existence to come to the surface from the bottom of the well in Konda Village." Hanasari said resentfully.

Kujo Sara looked surprised. "Are you referring to the upside-down things that happened in that area?"

The area where she and Fan Yu had previously fought was later engulfed by the massive earthquake Fan Yu had created, which enveloped the entire Gonda Village area. The ground rising and the waterfall flowing backwards defied common sense, potentially allowing the bottom of the well to reach the surface.

Hanasari nodded. "Yes, I was originally a miko in charge of monitoring the miasma sealed by the barrier, but I woke up early because the seal was broken."

Hearing this, Kujo Sara suddenly thought of something and his face changed: "Are you talking about the 'God Sakura Great Purification'?"

"Shenying Dazu?"

Kujo Sara explained, "I saw it in the files. Hundreds of years ago, miasma once enveloped the area around Kagemukai Mountain. Later, the 'Three Kagemukai Actor' sealed the miasma with the sacred cherry."