The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 155 Desire
Ye Lan looked at the four people holding knives and confronting each other below, especially the skinny bandit with a gem tied around his waist. He looked thoughtful and said in a low voice, "Brother Chen, do you want to guess how those three people below forced the man with the evil eye to this extent?"

"They should have set up a trap in advance. It's impossible to achieve this level just by sneak attacks and stabbing in the back."

Chen Tianfeng deduced, and caught a glimpse of the ghost and the ground output under its feet. He thought: "I think it has something to do with that ghost... Could it be that this ghost is followed by many projected monsters?"

The projected monster cannot distinguish who is who. It only knows who is close to it and will focus on and attack that person, even if the fight ends in a life-threatening manner.

If the three people below planned to let the skinny bandit collide head-on with the group of projected monsters led by the ghost, and then wandered around to control the distance and prevent the skinny bandit from leaving, and had to fight the monsters head-on, it is not impossible to create such a situation.

What a good move to drive the tiger to devour the wolf.

Chen Tianfeng sighed, and then realized something was wrong. He recalled Ye Lan's question and raised his eyebrows slightly: "You just said... evil eye?"

"Well, the evil eye, I didn't expect there would be an unexpected gain."

The bandits below Ye Lan finally ended the confrontation and started fighting: "The Maple Leaf Treasure Stealing Group, at least the leader holding the evil eye below, must have had contact with the Fatui. And their coming to Mingyun Town this time may be one of the deals reached with the Fatui."

"Fools."

Chen Tianfeng looked at the increasingly intense situation below and asked in confusion: "But how can you be sure that Hong Lianfeng's evil eye was given by the Fatui? What if he stole it or picked it up?"

Seeing how precious the evil eye is to him and how he even tied it to his body with a belt, maybe he was the one who stole the evil eye, so he was careful to prevent it from being stolen by others.

This is the same mentality as someone who rebelled and ascended the throne, and then worried that others would rebel against him.

"Impossible. The last batch of evil eyes that the Fatui secretly spread in Liyue were all confiscated by me. The distribution of the new batch of evil eyes must be more covert and rare. Hong Lianfeng is not qualified and capable of knowing who has obtained the evil eyes, so he naturally cannot steal the evil eyes of those people."

Ye Lan shook his head and said, "Then apart from trading with the Fatui, the only way left for him is to steal the Fatui's evil eye. He can't enter the Fatui's warehouse, and those who carry the evil eye with them, ah, that's not someone he can afford to offend."

"That makes sense." Chen Tianfeng nodded, then gave a thumbs up: "You were able to collect all the evil eyes, Ye Lan is amazing."

"Brother Chen, thank you for the compliment."

Ye Lan raised her chin slightly, obviously enjoying it very much: "Come to think of it, the evil eye that was confiscated at the end was also related to Brother Chen."

"With me?" Chen Tianfeng was startled, but quickly reacted: "Oh, you mean the Silver Wing Treasure Stealers? You were indeed tracking them at that time."

"Well, Silver Wing is the last target. I have to thank Brother Chen for helping to stop them."

Ye Lan thought of the ruined temple that was burned by the flames, and the evil eye that was dug out from the ashes, and asked the question in her heart: "If I am not mistaken, Brother Chen should not have regained his current strength at that time, so why didn't he take the evil eye?"

“Because I can’t use it.”

"Can't use it?"

"Well, I'm not from Teyvat. There's no place for me in Teyvat's starry sky, so I can't obtain and use the Eye of God." Chen Tianfeng sighed, "And the Evil Eye is a replica of the Eye of God - I can't even use the original, let alone the replica. Alas, I was looking forward to the scene of obtaining the Eye of God."

In fact, the real reason is that, whether it is the Eye of God or the Evil Eye, for Chen Tianfeng, there is a very embarrassing prerequisite if he wants to use them - he has to be alive.

I've never heard of any dead person being able to use the Eye of God or the Evil Eye.

Ye Lan glanced at him, not paying attention to the fact that he was almost telling a lie, and asked curiously, "To obtain the Eye of God, you must have a strong enough desire. I am also curious about what Brother Chen's wish is."

"Probably to stay alive and enjoy a happy life?" Chen Tianfeng thought about it and felt that he really didn't have a very precise wish.

Moreover, he could realize his wish by himself, without having to ask for help from the gods. In addition, he was a god, so even if he prayed to the gods, he would end up praying to himself - it was also a kind of "it is better to ask for help from oneself than to ask for help from others".

"It sounds good, but it's a bit empty." Ye Lan thought for two seconds and shook her head: "I can't imagine what kind of life can be called happy."

People are always greedy. If someone sets a standard for happiness at this time, then when he reaches this standard, the setting of happiness is likely to change. Thus, they fall into a cycle, and the pursuit of happiness will make people fall into endless desire.

"If you can't imagine it, don't think about it. Live in the present and cherish every day. When you recall today in the future, you will have less regrets and more happiness."

Chen Tianfeng smiled, looking at the battle below which was almost over, and naturally put his palm on the hilt of the knife: "Let's go, it's our turn to go out."

……

"Cough cough..."

Hong Lianfeng coughed violently, his right hand holding the knife, his left arm was empty. He spat out blood with a wow sound, his face extremely pale. He raised his head, first glanced at Lugo who was lying on the ground, without a sound, then looked at the skinny man and the bald man who were both injured: "That idiot is dead, I think we can have a chat."

"Nothing to talk about, Boss."

The thin man shook his head and clenched the knife in his right hand: "We can't let you live, because we are not sure we can deal with your revenge, that would be too scary. It's better to take advantage of you now that you have no strength left and settle the feud with a single knife."

"I can promise that I will not seek revenge. I can even swear to Lord Yan in front of you."

Hong Lianfeng tried hard to put on an ugly and ferocious smile, "I am also a Liyue person, I won't joke about the contract... Don't you guys believe in Lord Yan?"

"Of course we believe Lord Yan, but we don't believe you." The bald man held the knife and suddenly said, "I just chopped your ankle. You should be unable to move, right?"

The thin man understood what was going on, picked up a hard stone from the ground and tossed it in his hand.

Hong Lianfeng's face changed slightly. Feeling the severe pain coming from his ankle, his mind raced. Suddenly he thought of something and said, "Don't you want to become stronger?"

"Don't waste your time talking nonsense, Boss. Why don't you just let the brothers take you away?"

"My God's Eye is fake. The reason why I can guide elemental forces is because of a secret."

Hong Lianfeng tried to move his feet, but fell down weakly, spitting out blood again. He let go of the knife, looked up at the two people, grinned, with blood between his teeth: "As long as you know this secret, you can also guide the elemental power and become as strong as me, no, stronger than me. Then, you naturally don't have to worry about my revenge, and I won't be able to retaliate."

The thin man and the bald man looked at each other and saw each other's intentions.

"Tell us the secret first, and then we'll consider whether to let you go."

"Ha, I'm not that idiot Lugo. If I tell you the secret first, is there any chance that I can survive?"

"You don't have a choice, Boss."

"…I can tell it, but who should I tell it to?"

Hong Lianfeng was silent for a few seconds, his bloodshot eyes flickered as he looked at the two people: "This secret can only make one person stronger, and no one else can get involved."

(End of this chapter)