The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 274 Time and Destiny

Wood leak tea room.

Yae Kamiko opened the tea can, glanced at it, nodded with satisfaction, and then, under the watchful eyes of the Mulou Tea House manager, casually pinched a handful of tea leaves and threw them into the teapot, then picked up the boiling kettle and poured water in even more casually.

Shao's forehead twitched as he watched Yae Shinko waste the good tea in the tea room, feeling heartbroken.

It's okay to waste tea, but wasting it in front of her is really distressing.

But she couldn't open her mouth to stop it, not even to remind her - the lady of the palace had her reasons for doing so, and she couldn't and had no right to say anything more.

"Has the message been sent?"

Yae Shinko glanced at the poster girl with a smile in her eyes, stopped teasing her.

Although it is fun to see a beautiful girl with a distressed expression, now is the most important thing.

"Reporting to the Palace Master, I have sent someone to deliver it to the Shrine Magistrate's Office and hand it over to Kamisato-sama."

Shao responded quickly.

"Well, go ahead and do your work, don't worry about us."

Yae Shinto waved his hand and let her go for the time being.

"Yes, Lord Palace Secretary."

Shao breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to Yae Shinko, and left with slightly hurried steps.

"Son of God, did you do this on purpose?"

Ying glanced at the tea leaves being treated so casually, then looked at Yae Shinko's expression, and said with a slightly uncertain tone: "Bad taste?"

"Of course not. I have my own reasons."

"What reason?"

"Well, I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell you when I do."

Yae Shinko smiled, cleaned up the tea set that had been deliberately made a mess, and brewed a pot of tea carefully and attentively.

"Wow, this person has such a bad personality."

Paimon leaned close to Ying and whispered, "Ying, be careful. Don't be fooled by her."

Yinghui gave Paimon a reassuring look, and her right fingers naturally brushed the filigree bracelet on her left wrist. The white snake scales shone slightly, but did not attract any attention.

"please."

Yae Shenzi poured two cups of tea and pushed them towards Ying and Paimon: "Although I am not proficient in the tea ceremony, I have dabbled in it."

"Thank you."

Ying thanked him, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then put it down immediately: "Son of God, do you have anything to add about the next plan?"

"There are omissions... let me think, well, there shouldn't be any."

Yae Shenzi held the cup with four fingers, and put it down after a moment of thought. At the same time, he glanced at Ying's expression calmly and coughed lightly: "However, there are some things that need to be explained and confessed."

Explanation and confession...Ying's expression remained unchanged, she just looked at her quietly, waiting for her to explain and confess.

The little mascot took a sip from the teacup and immediately widened his eyes, not because the tea tasted good, but because it was too hot, and he kept sucking air into his mouth. A little tea was blown around in his mouth for countless times, and he wanted to spit it out, but he realized that Ying and Yae Shenzi were having some kind of obscure confrontation at the moment, and he didn't want to let Ying lose momentum.

"Goo!"

After finally swallowing it, the little mascot frowned, put down the cup of hot and bitter tea in his hand, and pushed it away.

She took small sips of air and was about to look at the Eightfold Son of God together with Ying, when she saw Ying take out an iced fruit drink from her bracelet and put it on the table in front of her.

The little mascot was deeply moved. He drank the fruit drink while trying to stare at Yae Shinto with a powerless look.

What a cute little guy... Yae Shenzi couldn't help but smile, but her eyes stayed on the bracelet on Ying's wrist for a while. She remembered very clearly that before coming to Inazuma, or before the last separation, Ying didn't have this beautiful bracelet on her hand.

So it was given by Chen Tianfeng?

Then the function of this bracelet is probably more than just storage.

Yae Shinko guessed, looked into Ying's eyes, and smiled, "I suggested to Ying that Mr. Chen pretend to be Orobas. In addition to wanting to resolve the issue of Haigi Island as smoothly as possible, I also have other little thoughts, so I have to explain and confess."

"If that's the case, why don't you confess directly to Tianfeng?" Ying asked.

"It's very simple." Yae Shenzi smiled slightly and said frankly: "Because I don't dare."

"……Um?"

Ying blinked, not understanding Yaezakami's logic.

Don't dare? If you don't dare, then why do you want to plot against Tian Feng? And why do you want to confess to her?

"Ying, you and Mr. Chen are traveling companions and are absolutely friends. Your relationship may be further developed in the future. Naturally, you don't need to be so cautious in getting along with Mr. Chen."

Yae Shinko sighed and shook her head, "But Inazuma is different. Inazuma is too weak, so when dealing with Mr. Chen, she must be extremely careful. She can't do nothing, but also worry about doing too much or doing the wrong thing."

Her tone was mournful and her expression was sincere, as if she was speaking from the bottom of her heart.

Ying thought for a moment and said seriously, "Son of God, do you think I'm easy to fool?"

"Okay, okay, no more joking."

The mournful look on the Eightfold Son of God's face instantly disappeared.

The little mascot was stunned - she almost believed that Yae Shinto had no choice!

How abominable!

Paimon was angry and glared at her with his big eyes.

"Let's get back to the point. In addition to solving the issue of Haiji Island, my other purpose for asking Mr. Chen to pretend to be Orobas is to hope that Mr. Chen will have a better impression of the people of Inagi, even if it's just a little bit."

Yae Shinto pretended that he didn't see Paimon's eyes, and he carefully selected his words, making his purpose clear bit by bit.

"That's all the other little thoughts I'm hiding."

"I see. I roughly understand."

Ying nodded, looked at Paimon, and found an excuse to temporarily leave the tea room.

Yae Shinko didn't seem to realize that this was an excuse. She smiled and escorted them out of the private room. Then her momentum collapsed. She raised her hand and patted her chest, breathing a sigh of relief: "It was a close call. They really noticed something was wrong... Fortunately, they didn't try to hide it."

"However, the bracelet does have a communication function..."

...

...

"Tian Feng, did you hear everything?"

"Yeah, I heard that."

"Any ideas?"

"Uh... just, inexplicably."

Chen Tianfeng's voice came from the white snake scales, full of doubt and puzzlement: "Why do they think that if I use the identity of Orobas, I will regard the people of Coral Palace as my own people?"

His people have always been and will only be Holy Spirit people. He and the Holy Spirit people have worked hard all the way, supporting each other, and only then have the Holy Spirit Empire that can look down on the world. If he so easily regards the people of Coral Palace as his people, and still uses the identity of Orobas, then this is a blasphemy to him, the Holy Spirit people, Orobas, and the people of Coral Palace.

Chen Tianfeng couldn’t understand why Ying and Yae Shenzi had such...strange train of thought.

"Maybe they don't want you to regard the people of Coral Palace as your subjects, but they want you to have more favorable feelings towards these people of Ming Shen who are destined to be integrated into Inazuma in the future during your disguise?" Ying made a slightly confusing guess.

"It's possible...oh, wait a minute."

The voice of Chen Tianfeng in the scales became blurred. He could vaguely hear words like "Yes, it's Ying" and "Impossible, give up", but they were not clear.

Then there was a burst of loud noise, and it took a long time before things returned to normal.

Ying blinked, always feeling that something exciting had happened on Chen Tianfeng's side.

"Well, I asked. The Teyvat demons all seem to have this underlying logic: God loves the world."

Chen Tianfeng's voice sounded: "So they subconsciously believe that all gods are [lovers]. Coincidentally, the demon god Orobas was not originally the god of the people of Coral Palace. It was because of various accidents that he became their god by mistake."

"With this example, Ying and Shen Zi thought this plan was feasible."

Chen Tianfeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I spent so much time thinking about it, and I thought they had some big plans, but in the end, this is it."

But it's hard work for them. If this is a strategy game, what Ying and Shen Zi should do now is to find ways to increase his favorability towards Inazuma.

——It’s just that the method is a bit clumsy.

I don't know how to learn from the God of Wind and the God of Rock. One of these two gods sacrificed himself and exchanged sincerity for sincerity; the other was generous and gave away the Demon God Osel and the power of faith of Liyue.

Chen Tianfeng complained in his heart, thinking that the ability of the Inazuma God needed to be improved.

"Then what do we do next?"

Ying asked.

"Just follow the plan. Oh, yes, there's one more thing."

Chen Tianfeng said with a smile: "We only agreed to help Inazuma recapture Kaigi Island. As long as this can be accomplished, the rest is not important. So there is no need to work too hard on yourself, Ying, you can have more fun."

"Yes, I took note of it."

Ying's eyes curved and she was about to say something when she heard a familiar voice coming from the snake scales. Then Chen Tianfeng said goodbye in a hurry and hung up the phone.

"What's going on with Tianfeng?" Paimeng scratched his hair and asked in confusion, "Why does it feel like there's another person, and they're arguing?"

"I'm not sure, but..." Ying was a little uncertain: "Then the other person seems to be my brother?"

The two looked at each other, their eyes filled with confusion and curiosity.

……

"Stop, stop, stop. It's over. It would be rude to do anything else."

Chen Tianfeng grinned, not understanding: "Brother-in-law, if you don't want to chat with Ying now, then forget it, but why don't you let me chat?"

He just gave the "phone" away, but the Prince of the Abyss refused to answer it, saying that it was not the right time yet. But when he took it back to chat on his own, this guy glared at him and tried to stop him.

Tsk, I can't understand it.

"..."

Kong's face darkened and he didn't want to pay attention to him.

I really can't understand what's so good about Chen Tianfeng and why my sister likes him?
He thought about it and finally put the blame on a certain bard.

Sora took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, calming himself down. His expression was serious, "I came to see you this time because I have something else - something very important."

"what's up?"

Chen Tianfeng also became serious. If Kong came to him specially, it couldn't be a small matter.

"Under my leadership, the Abyss Cult has been carrying out a plan called the Loom of Fate over the years. You don't need to understand what it is specifically, you just need to know that when the plan is completed, the Cult will have the possibility to weave the fate of Teyvat."

Kong frowned and said, "The Order has made a lot of preparations for this, including going to Mondstadt to search for the eye of the world's first [Tillage Machine] made by Kanreya, although it has not been found yet."

Chen Tianfeng nodded, indicating that he was listening.

The cultivator is a ruins guard wandering in the wilderness. Although it is called a cultivator, it is a large automatic mechanical weapon. This naming method comes from the concept of Kanreya: the land is not plowed with farm tools, but fought for with iron and blood.

"But some time ago, to be more precise, not long after you arrived in Inazuma, the fate of Teyvat changed dramatically."

There was doubt in Kong's eyes: "Although fate is always changing, even the best predictors can only choose the most likely future from many futures, but this time is different."

The extent of the turbulence of fate this time is such that even the most powerful prophets can clearly sense the violent waves rising in the long river of fate.

"So I want to know, what did you do?"

Kong looked at Chen Tianfeng: "The starting point of the turbulence of fate is in Inazuma. Apart from you, I can't think of anyone else who has the ability to influence fate."

"But I didn't do anything."

Chen Tianfeng also frowned, and various speculations flashed through his mind: "I am very sure that from the time I entered Inazuma until now, I have not done anything that can affect my fate..."

He suddenly paused, an idea flashed in his mind, he raised his eyes and his gaze met with Sora's, and they said in unison:
“It’s the Future!”

Destiny and time, these two things have always been difficult to understand, and they are closely related.

If fate really is stirred up by Chen Tianfeng, and he has been law-abiding both in the past and in the present, then there is only one possibility left.

“So what did I do in the future?”

Chen Tianfeng grinned and sighed, "Time and fate are the two most annoying things. I've always been annoyed by this type of god. Kong, be careful. Don't let your plan of [Loom of Fate] ruin yourself by accident."

"What are you still planning? Your fate has already been influenced by you."

Kong shook his head and hesitated for a moment. He flipped his hand and took out a crystal stone that was surrounded by purple-black smoke and looked ominous and evil. "This is for you."

"what is this?"

Chen Tianfeng raised his eyebrows slightly, took the crystal, looked it up and down, sensed an aura similar to that of the earth veins, and had some vague guesses in his mind.

"The Earth Vein Origin Stone is a byproduct of the [Loom of Fate] project. It can temporarily strengthen the connection between you and the Earth Vein." Sora explained, "I don't know what you will do in the future, but it should be related to the Earth Vein. This thing may be able to help you at that moment."

"Good stuff, thank you, uncle."

Chen Tianfeng accepted the Earth Vein Source Stone and bowed to the air, a typical example of someone who took advantage of someone.

"Don't call me uncle."

Kong's face darkened, and he wanted to take the item back: "Ying hasn't explicitly recognized you yet."

Chen Tianfeng smiled, did not refute, and did not make any frivolous promises.

"That's all I have to say. See you next time, Chen Tianfeng. I hope that when I see you next time, you can be a complete living person, um, a living god."

"Thank you for your good words."

"besides……"

Prince Abyss opened his mouth and sighed, "Take good care of Ying, don't let her get hurt, and don't let her get bullied... That's it, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)