Yuanshen: The sea of ​​sand at the beginning, straight to the seat of God

Chapter 176 174 - Good Luck and Trouble

Zhiyi is a lucky man.

His luck does not lie in his origin, but in being chosen by Tianshu Star.

Liyue Port is crowded with people, but not many people are qualified to enter the Seven Stars Vision.

And there are even fewer people who have been appreciated by Seven Stars and given the space to display their talents.

"He did not serve within the Eighth Gate, but he was lucky enough to have the opportunity to come into contact with some internal affairs and actually participated in the handling of these internal affairs."

"Such good luck is really too precious."

Sora repeatedly read the information at hand.

It's not easy to choose a suitable person. In fact, this information was handed over by another fool entirely by chance - he put Mr. Zhiyi at the top when transmitting the information.

Sora didn't believe in coincidence. This was probably because one of Dadalia's colleagues was monitoring Dadalia's sieve plan, and then chose to lend a helping hand.

"He was chosen by Tianshu Star."

Dadalia glanced at Sora, "This is good luck, but it will also lead to trouble."

The contemporary Tianshu Star is already very old. Whether it is due to personal thoughts or other reasons, it needs a relatively safe successor.

Although the selection of Seven Stars is relatively fair, people are usually biased, so it can only be relatively fair.

"There must be many people suitable for the position of Tianshu Star, but Zhiyi would be the most suitable."

"It's not because he has the most outstanding talent, it's just because what he reveals is the next [Uncle Tian]."

The selection is made by people.

Zhiyi is the most like Tianshu among all the qualified people. His handling of certain affairs is exactly the same as Tianshu Xing's handling.

It's hard to say how it actually works, but at least on the surface, Zhiyi is already doing very well.

The exposed Zhiyi is the next Uncle Tian. He has no ideas of his own. His ideas are whatever his mentor's ideas are.

Such students are the best solution among all choices.

It's not that the other guys weren't suitable, but he was so much like me that I had to help him.

Dadalia is not a loser, he just doesn't like to do things in this way.

But if necessary, he is also willing to use any means.

Mr. Executive Officer rubbed his chin with a thoughtful look on his face, "So, you said he was pretending?"

"Whether it's pretending or real, after all, he looks a lot like Uncle Tian, ​​doesn't he?" Kong said calmly, "This kind of person is similar to me, and coupled with the grace of nurturing, if I have to choose, Uncle Tian will naturally prefer this. people."

Being like me is one thing.

In addition, Uncle Tian is not alone. His daughter Huixin is now working at Yuehai Pavilion, and his granddaughter also needs someone to continue her arrangements.

But his old age is an indisputable fact. His body does not support him, and his colleagues will not allow him to "continue to squeeze his body with busy government affairs." Retirement is inevitable.

The tea may not cool down when someone is gone, but it is not as refreshing as when someone is there.

It's not about gaining privileges for them, but ensuring that they can all receive relatively fair treatment.

In the visible future, due to the death of Morax, Liyue has begun to enter a complete human rule. Things that did not need to be considered before must now be considered.

Of course, Huixin will not be able to become an important member of Yuehai Pavilion just because she is Tianshu Xing's daughter, but she will get the fairest selection just because she is Tianshu Xing's daughter.

In Gan Yu's plot, after Huixin encounters trouble, Gan Yu quickly comes to help her solve the problem.

But not everyone will take care of Gan Yu like this.

When she was busy, she couldn't even take care of her own, let alone take care of other people's troubles.

Gan Yu was able to free up her hands, firstly because she had time on vacation, and secondly because this matter was a commission from Tianshu Star, and she couldn't refuse it easily.

Uncle Tian did this because Huixin was his daughter and he had to take care of her.

Obviously not everyone can enjoy this kind of preferential treatment.

If Zhiyi could ascend to power, this natural kindness would naturally make him prefer his mentor's relatives in certain matters.

Excessive kindness will bring trouble, because you simply cannot afford to repay it, and you can only simply let the benefactor leave. After all, you don’t have to pay it back after you die.

But just taking care of the teacher's daughter and granddaughter, if this kind of thing can repay the care of the teacher, Zhiyi will not refuse.

The fear of repaying a favor is not a bad reputation. The fear is that the favor is too heavy. If you want to repay it, you have to pay for it, and then you have no choice but not to repay it.

Dadalia glanced at Sora strangely.

"I can't see it."

He sighed.

I don’t see how calculating you are, so why did you act like a reckless man when you were in Mondstadt?
"This is the relationship between master and disciple. It's about real kindness and interests. If you are of no use to him, why would he let you be his student?"

Kong looked casual, "There will be a purpose in doing things. To cultivate a person, you don't expect him to take over your ideas and do the things you want to do but can no longer do. Then what else are you going to let him do?"

The teacher-student relationship will be simpler. Someone hires you to teach some knowledge to one or more people. In this case, you must respect the fate of others. It is enough to get paid and not talk too much.

The relationship between master and apprentice is a little more complicated. He wants to learn your skills and inherit your ideas, and expand your family name. He has almost the same relationship as a father and son.

Of course, there will be some surprises in the process. For example, you misjudge the person, or the apprentice feels that you are hiding your secrets and does not treat him as one of his own, or the student treats you as a father and you treat the student as a tool. Then the master and the apprentice show off their acting skills to see who comes out in the end. Winner takes all.

There are many possibilities, and they are all an integral part of the master-disciple relationship.

Putting aside normal concepts, there is also a kind of perversion that specializes in cultivating a rival for oneself.

Of course there are such people, and Sora has seen a few perverts who do this kind of thing.

But Qixing doesn't look like this kind of pervert.

They are all relatively normal human beings, the kind that Sora can understand, and have nothing to do with lunatics.

Disciples should inherit the teacher's ideas and practice the teacher's principles.

Having been nurtured by a teacher, I naturally have to accept this kindness.

As a commoner, it was easier for Zhiyi to accept this favor. He could not refuse this favor at all. If he wanted to rise to the top, he must keep the favor in his bones.

Zhiyi is the best choice.

For other qualified candidates, they may not follow Uncle Tian's ideas, and they do not need to accept too many favors. After all, they are already suitable enough in their own right, and the difference is a final assessment.

Zhiyi's competitors include Gan Wei, who is a wealthy businessman, and Mingbo, who works in the General Affairs Department. They have grown up, but they just can't take the same opportunity as Zhiyi does.

"So we have to exaggerate something to make Morax believe that Uncle Tian's first priority in training Zhiyi is not ability." Dadalia's eyes lit up.

Whether Uncle Tian is really dedicated to the public good is not very important. What is important is what Morax thinks.

"That would be too troublesome." Kong shook his head, "It would be too difficult for someone who is firmly in a position like Tianshu Star to expect him to make mistakes."

"My suggestion is to let Zhiyilai make mistakes."

"If our purpose is just to show the despicable side, it is not as easy for the master to plot against the apprentice as it is for the apprentice to plot against the master."

A master may not have only one apprentice, and the best choice does not necessarily mean the only choice.

But knowing that Yi was born as a commoner, his only support was Uncle Tian.

Uncle Tian may not choose him, but he cannot live without his favor.

Kong narrowed his eyes slightly, "Ningguang is most likely the only swan song in this era. From a mortal to that position... in the era after that, it will be difficult to have another Ningguang."

"Ah, I do know this." Dadalia remembered something, "It is said that overseas rice wives, their three practices are the basis of family inheritance."

The three administrative offices are the three major power agencies of the Inazuma shogunate, and their owners are the three administrative lords.

Theoretically speaking, since the three pursuits are positions of power, they will of course change.

But in fact, everyone in Inazuma knows that the community service belongs to the Kamisato family, the designation service belongs to the Hiiragi family, and the Tenryo service belongs to the Kujo family.

The last name determines the qualifications, and the first name determines whether you really have a chance to get this position based on the qualifications.

Without qualifications, everything is in vain.

Even in the later stages of Inazuma's plot, when Shinsuke Hiiragi and Takayuki Kujo actually committed treason, and in the final Tenryo and Appointment missions, their surnames were still Kujo and Hiiragi.

"If the inheritance of Sanfengxing is certain, why can't the inheritance of Qixing be certain?" Kong glanced at him and said inexplicably, "Don't Tianshu Xing want his daughter to be the new Tianshu Xing? "

Morax.

This supreme being respected by Liyue people and the implementer of human rule is the cornerstone that maintains these.

With Morax around, Qixing could only use ability as the basis for change, so Ningguang had the opportunity to get a glimpse of the highest position.But it is difficult for Zhiyi to have this opportunity.

During the time he was active, Morax had passed away and was unable to protect any Liyue people.

What will happen next?
Acting in one's own interests is the norm.

People who act beyond personal interests may be heroes or villains that history will vividly describe.

Morax can probably tell, so he should stand up at the final stage and tell Qixing that he is still alive.

When each generation of Seven Stars comes to power, they will realize that the Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads has not disappeared.

It's just hidden.

As long as Qixing knows, the rest will abide by the rules they set.

Maybe they won't even understand why these seven highest stars still fulfill their duties, as if they have no personal desires at all, even though there is no God.

But that doesn't matter.

The people above will follow the rules, and the people below will make more appropriate choices because of their answers.

Sora's eyes flickered on and off.

Qixing is a necessary insider, but Zhiyi is not.

What he can see is only what Morax and Qixing are willing to let him see.

"It's a little despicable." He sighed lowly, "But this is your privilege as a god, and it is also the power I should have as an outsider."

It is against the rules to use known information to trick someone into doing the wrong thing.

Even if Zhiyi really betrayed Uncle Tian in the end, it would be difficult to say such words as his true nature under such circumstances.

Human nature should never be tested. When you doubt the hardness of a piece of glass, its ending is naturally already written.

What matters is not whether it is hard, you just want to wait for the moment it breaks apart, and then say with disgust, "I knew it was not of good quality."

If Zhiyi can get around it, he will be the kind of hero who completely transcends personal interests and begins to focus on his family, country and even his race.

But Kong is not optimistic about Zhiyi.

His background is too difficult, and the conditions that are too difficult will make morality a luxury.

The pursuit of morality must at least be based on being able to live a normal life, and those who pursue morality and life in poverty are real heroes.

"When Zhiyi takes action, we should also prepare to take action." Kong glanced at Dadalia.

It is also necessary to reassure your partner that you must give him what he wants.

"It's hard to say whether you can convince Zhiyi even if you don't even have a word about it. You've already started to think about him betraying Uncle Tian..." Dadalia chuckled softly, "Raid the Golden House?"

It's this damn gold house again.

Kong sighed imperceptibly, too stubborn.

Fortunately, this was completely expected, so he calmly affirmed Dadalia's words: "Yes, while Zhiyi makes the matter bigger, we will directly raid the Golden House."

It should be impossible to get the heart of God.

But the raid on the Golden House is already the final script. Now that the warrior has defeated the Demon King, he should get the final prize in the Demon King's treasure house.

Even if there is no Heart of God in the Golden House, this is the end of the story, and the Heart of God will naturally be delivered into the hands of fools.

This is a fixed script. Everyone performed according to Morax's instructions, and in the end everyone ended up with the blessing of the gods.

Imperfections?Morax would personally take action where he wanted to go beyond the script.

Seven Stars does not allow anyone who is too talented to appear, so why would Morax be willing to have an uncontrollable variable drilled into his script.

The whole story of the so-called [Assassination of the Emperor] is nothing more than a drama written and directed by Him.

Dadalia rubbed his hands.

He doesn't care about these things at all.

Anyway, his initial plan was to steal the Heart of God right under the nose of Morax. It would be best for him to die now. Even if he is still alive, according to Sora's words, it is also a good thing for the fools.

No matter how bad the situation was, could it be worse than the tough Morax he had originally conceived?
As long as you go with the worst-case scenario, any change in things will be good news for you.

Because there can be no worse conditions, what you have conceived on the scratch paper is already the course of action in the worst case scenario.

With this in mind, no matter what Sora said, Dadalia was targeting the Immortal Ancestor of the Golden House.

This is what I want, I want to raid the Golden House!

Either you jump out and I show you a trick and die for your country, or you watch me raid the gold house.

Anyway, that's all I have planned.

The plan is already so concise, why can it fail without any reason?

With the intention of raiding the Golden House and quickly leaving Liyue, who was full of scheming everywhere, Dadalia hurried over to make arrangements.

Sora glanced at the busy Dadalia, and then exited the room at the right time.

These are the internal affairs of the Fools. Dadalia may not care, but he doesn't really want to see them.

It could be regarded as self-deception. After learning about Dadalia's plan, Sora once wanted to backstab Dadalia directly.

Inciting the demon to attack Liyue Port, Kong quite refused the possible casualties this plan would bring.

But Dadalia was honest and generous. He hadn't found any information related to her yet, so it was a bit of a loss to fall out with Dadalia like this.

Something must be done, but cannot be done.

So I can only pretend to be deaf and dumb.

As long as I don't know whether there are more cruel plans among these, I don't have to make any choices about it - such as whether to give up information about my sister for the sake of a life I don't know.

I don’t even know what the plan is, what else can I do?
I can only do nothing.

[But even if I find my sister, how should I tell her? 】

Sora sighed and couldn't help but glance at his hands.

In short, let’s find someone first and then talk about it.

There is no need to be responsible for these unknown people. If you can't find a partner, everything is nonsense.

On the other side, Zhiyi did not stop casually.

Following his usual habit, he bought some special ingredients on the street and took them home to make fish soup.

This was something he had become accustomed to after getting to know Uncle Tian.

The luckiest decision in his life was to go out by chance and meet a fishing friend.

This was not a deliberate move. With Uncle Tian's rank, he would of course investigate the matter afterwards.

Zhiyi was indeed worthy of him taking a high look, but the premise was that this person must first appear in his field of vision.

Of course, young talents should receive some preferential treatment, especially since this young talent comes from a poor background and does not have very outstanding competitive skills.

At this age, the old man is not stingy with a little training.

But if the other party knew his identity and came to [Tianshu Star] deliberately, Uncle Tian would be disgusted by it.

This is human nature, and after investigation, it was indeed a matter of pleasure.

After going back and forth, there is a little bit of master-disciple friendship.

If Zhiyi really had an indifferent attitude at first, he just thought he met an old man by chance.

But when he gradually realized what benefits such an old man would bring to him, Zhiyi naturally learned to do something.

Subconsciously follow suit and find out the other person's hobbies... Cooking fish soup is a small and inexpensive way. If Zhiyi can't get something that is too precious, Uncle Tian won't want it. Fish soup is not too precious. Trouble is acceptable.

"Sorry, I accidentally bumped into you."

The stranger who bumped into him by chance apologized profusely, but then left in a hurry, as if there was something urgent.

Zhiyi expressed his forgiveness calmly, and then the two parties left each other without any contact again.

The delivery person came to the door.

(End of this chapter)