Original God's Dark Priest

Although Wendy said that she came here to invite Saphir to participate in the Wind Flower Festival, in fact, there is still more than a month away from the Wind Flower Festival.

Saphir also knew that Wendy had been following her quietly since she entered Mondstadt. It wasn't because he was afraid that she would cause trouble, but because he was probably curious about why she would run to this deserted place without making any noise.

After finding out everything, Wendy still felt bad. It was hard for him to imagine what kind of mood Safire was in when he erected seventy-two tombstones here so many years ago.

Wendy didn't ask about this, and Safire didn't say anything.

She couldn't explain her feelings. She knew that what the doctor asked her to do would be a huge torture for those people, but she still did it.

Maybe, I just hope that those people can survive, but... the strength of human spirit is limited. Even if the body recovers, the mental trauma cannot be healed, and collapse is inevitable.

After their death, every life was an account, which she recorded carefully. As for her mood, it was probably heavy and desperate. Safire didn't remember it because she was numb.

When returning to Mondstadt, you will pass by the Windy Land. When you come to the big oak tree in the Windy Land again, Saphir feels a lot more relaxed: "I suddenly understand why you like to stay here when you have nothing to do. This oak tree seems to have the power to heal people's hearts."

"It's just that the breeze in the forest makes you feel peaceful. Your restless heart needs to be calmed. This is what you need most right now." Wendy looked at the familiar big tree and said softly.

Safir nodded. She felt that she had adjusted herself quite well during this period, much better than before.

Being able to stay here quietly for a while is also a good experience.

After a while, she suddenly asked, "How are you going to celebrate the Wind Flower Festival this time?"

"I don't know." Wendy said with a smile on her face, "I won't take care of these things. I'd better leave this matter to the Knights of Favonius."

"You..." Safir was speechless. This drunkard talked about free will, but in fact, he just wanted to make it easier for himself to be a hands-off boss, right?

But this is normal. If Wendy doesn’t slack off, would she still be called Wendy?

At the same time, Ying and Paimon have returned to Mondstadt.

The matter of Xumi came to an end, and the two of them also took a break. During this time, they have been wandering around Liyue and Mondstadt. When they are hungry, they go back to Huli to eat, and when they are tired, they go back to Huli to sleep.

There is no pressure on daily expenses, so much so that Ying recently doesn't even want to accept commissions from the Adventurer's Association.

"Ying, how can you be so depraved? If you continue like this, you will become a loser who can't survive without Saphir!" Xiao Paimeng kept nagging in Ying's ear.

Ying's head was full of black lines: "Little Paimeng, can you finish eating the Matsutake stuffed meat rolls you bought with my Mora before you say that?"

"Hehehe, I'm just expressing my feelings!" Little Paimon said and continued to eat the food in his hand seriously.

The little guy has a big appetite and eats a lot every day. She didn't dare to imagine how tired she would be to feed this little guy without Saphir's help.

Now, with the Chen Ge Hu Canteen, she will never go hungry again. Moreover, she can save a considerable amount of Mora even without being very active in doing commissions. She has started her retirement life.

Thinking about all this, Ying patted her cheeks and said, "I've decided! Let's go do some commissions today! People still need to struggle!"

"I hope you're not just a flash in the pan." Little Paimon complained, and then added, "I think there's nothing wrong with us just hanging out like this. Isn't your swordsmanship almost perfected anyway?"

When talking about her swordsmanship, Ying immediately puffed out her chest with pride: "Hehe~ Next time I see Saphir, I will definitely surprise her! Let her see my new travel swordsmanship and the development of the Chalk Sword!"

Yes, after this period of study, Ying has completed his transformation. His use of various elements has made great progress, and he has also mastered the properties of the Chalk Sword.

The Chalk Sword evolved from the Humus Sword and is a weapon with a certain amount of abyssal energy. After absorbing Saphir's blood, it possessed the power of the underworld and holy light.

At first, Ying couldn't control this weapon very well. She just treated it as the most common weapon, using brute force to destroy the enemy's body tissues.

Gradually, she began to develop the hidden power of the Cretaceous Sword. The death energy belonging to the power of the underworld has been mastered by her. Now when Ying fights with the enemy, she can directly use the death energy contained in the sword to corrode the opponent. If the battle lasts longer, she can even kill the opponent without causing any damage.

This is the corrosive effect of death on life. To others, it is a very strange method. After understanding the principle behind it, Ying no longer thinks it is a big deal.

However, she was more interested in Saphir's Nether Mode. The death energy was so strong, why had she never used it like this?

In fact, the main reason is that the enemies that Saphir faces are too strong, and the erosion of death energy alone will not have any effect. Moreover, this kind of death energy is based on Saphir's strength, not Ying's strength, so it can be regarded as a dimensionality reduction attack.

As for the power of holy light, Ying has not yet been able to comprehend it. Destruction is easy, but creation is difficult. Ying has never had the means to recover herself, let alone recover others.

Therefore, the healing power of holy light was still too incredible for her and it was not something she could understand now.

Just as the two were walking towards the Adventurer's Guild, two familiar figures came into their sight.

"Huh? It's Sucrose and Timaeus! What happened to them? Ying, let's go and take a look!" Little Paimon immediately revealed his nature of loving to watch the show, and immediately began to urge Ying to go and watch the fun.

Ying is also a restless person. When she sees an acquaintance, she will naturally say hello. So the two cute ones, one big and one small, came to the side of Sucrose and Timaus.

"Hi! Sucrose! Timaus! What are you doing?" Little Paimon arrived before he even made his voice, directly attracting the attention of the two people who were discussing something.

Sugar looked back and immediately greeted them: "It's Ying and Paimon, hello."

The same is true of Timaeus.

After some questioning, Ying and Paimon finally understood the problems faced by Sucrose and the other two.

It turns out that Sugar received a strange package, and the two were discussing the danger of the package.

Little Paimon scratched his head in confusion: "A strange package?"

"Well, it should be sent back by Xier. She is very good at alchemy, so it wouldn't be strange even if she sent back some strange materials. Timaus thinks we should be careful before opening it. After all, alchemical materials are..." Sucrose spread her hands helplessly.

Ying immediately understood what she meant: "Maybe a strange reaction will occur, leading to problems."

Little Paimon suddenly realized, but still felt that there was no need to be so careful: "If it was sent back by Xier, there wouldn't be anything strange, right? And I think she should have considered these issues and won't let you get hurt."

Ying nodded in agreement: "I think so too. Why don't we just open it and take a look? Maybe it's something important!"

"Actually, I've already opened it and looked inside. There's nothing dangerous inside, just some strange cards." Sugar said, taking out a card. "I remember seeing something similar here in Timaus before. So I came here to ask what it does."

It was a character card of the Seven Summonings, and the character drawn on it was Sucrose.

Seeing this, Timaeus immediately understood what it was: "So this is it! Eh? Could it be that Miss Sugar has never come into contact with this before?"

Sandang shook his head and said honestly, "Indeed, no. Speaking of which, I have been working on a breeding project for five times larger sweet flowers on the snowy mountain..." Sandang seemed to have thought of something and his tone suddenly became anxious. "What's wrong? Is this a research that has attracted much attention from the academic community recently?"

Seeing Sucrose's nervous expression, Timaeus couldn't help laughing, and then quickly explained, "Hahaha, to be honest, it is indeed very popular, but this is not a research project, but a very popular tabletop game called 'Seven Summonings'."

Upon hearing the name, Paimeng and Ying looked at each other. They had actually heard of this game a long time ago in Xumi, but the game had not been fully perfected at that time, so although there were many people who wanted to play it, that required certain qualifications.

Senor has the qualification, and Saphir and Sandoni also tried it by chance. Now, the Seven Summonings has finally spread to Mondstadt and has really started to become popular throughout Teyvat.

"Although I've heard of it a long time ago, this is the first time I've come into contact with this card in a real sense." Paimon took the character card from Sucrose and said with some interest, "I didn't expect that even Mondstadt already has one. Is it so popular?"

Timaus agreed with Paimon’s words: “Yes, more and more people are playing Seven Saints Summons recently. Even Inazuma’s Yaedou has published a light novel based on Seven Saints Summons. The plot is also very interesting!

It is said that a young man from Xumi found an ancient "Secret Box" in his attic. After opening the lid, he discovered that the soul of the ancient card player "Crocodile King" resided inside.

It turned out that the 'Crocodile King', who was the vice king under the Red King, was ambushed by the 'Ibis King' during the duel ceremony and was sealed in the 'Secret Book Box'.

After being rescued by the boy by accident, the spirit of the 'Crocodile King' attached itself to the boy's body, helping him gradually become a legendary poker player..."

Timaeus spoke nonstop, and the more she listened, the tighter her brows furrowed. When Timaeus finally finished speaking, she hesitated and asked, "Um... Timaeus?"

"What's wrong, Miss Sugar? Are you also interested in this story? I can lend you the light novel." Timaus was still immersed in the world of light novels and had no idea what he had exposed.

Sando immediately shook her head and refused: "No, light novels are not necessary. I was just thinking, last time you said that the deadline for the stage report was postponed due to some personal reasons..."

Having said that, Timaus immediately realized what he had just done, and quickly tried to make amends: "Ahem... I was indeed a little slack recently, but I have decided not to touch the Seven Summonings for the time being until new progress is made in the research."

"Well... that's a bit of a pity." Sucrose made a regretful expression, and seemed to be really sorry about it, but no one knew whether she really thought so or just wanted to give Timaeus a little warning.

Little Paimeng didn't think too much about it. She asked directly: "What's wrong?"

"Although I'm not sure yet, it's possible that this is a game sent by Xier, so I want to at least understand the rules so as not to let down the intention of sending these cards." Sucrose explained. It seemed that she intended to learn more about it.

Sucrose wanted to learn more because she didn't want to disappoint her, but Paimon was different. She thought from another perspective: "Yeah, if it's a game invented by a Xumi scholar, maybe playing it can make you smarter!"

Ying looked at little Paimeng with disdain: "Little Paimeng needs to play more!"

Little Paimeng naturally heard the teasing of his friends immediately: "Humph! When I get used to it and become smarter than you, don't regret it!

However, Timaus, who is not playing the Seven Summonings for the time being, seems unable to teach us."

Timaeus scratched the back of his head awkwardly and stole another glance at Sandosugar.

Sandang just rolled her eyes and ignored him. Seeing this roll of eyes, Timaus was very sure that Sandang was a little dissatisfied. Although she looked confused at ordinary times, she was still very responsible when it came to academics.

Timaeus has become so depraved that Sucrose has already given him face by not embarrassing him in person. We must not push him too far.

Therefore, Timaeus decided that he must concentrate during this period of time, otherwise if Albedo really knew about it, it would not be good: "After all, research is more important.

If you want to learn the specific rules of the Seven Summonings, I recommend going to the Cat's Tail Tavern."

Ying knew the Cat's Tail Tavern: "It's the tavern owned by Miss Margaret!"

"Yes, that's right. During breaks, everyone would play 'Seven Summonings' at the Cat's Tail Tavern. They would give cards to each other and were very friendly to newcomers." Speaking of the Seven Summonings, Timaus couldn't help but become interested again. "The rules of the game are also very complicated. They sound complicated, but you can learn them quickly once you get started."

Sugar gave Timaus a deep look and said, "Okay, we understand. Ying, Paimon, let's go to the Cat's Tail Tavern and ask.

To be honest, after listening to Timaus's talk, I also became curious about the Seven Summonings."

"Okay, let's get going without further ado!" Little Paimon suggested immediately, and the two of them and the mascot left quickly.

Timaus heaved a sigh of relief as he watched the men leave. It seemed that the problem of him being addicted to playing cards and not paying attention to his work some time ago had been resolved.

Just when the little disturbance here subsided, Saphir and Wendy appeared in Mondstadt together.

"It just so happens that I have something to talk to Qin about. Wendy, do you want to go with me? It's quite important." Saphir tilted his head and looked at the drunkard poet beside him and asked.

Wendy immediately waved her hands: "Forgive me, it's such a serious matter, you guys should make the decision, I...haha, forget it."

Wendy had no intention of asking about such matters, but Saphir knew that it was not that he didn't care, but that he just didn't want to be in the spotlight. He, Zhongli, Zhen, and Pal were all like this. They completely hid behind the scenes and planned to watch how the situation developed quietly.

Understanding Wendy's thoughts, Safire said no more. He just nodded and went to find Qin.

She had already learned about the Severe Winter Plan. The Hearth House was actively preparing to deal with the impact, and the other countries would not be immune. Therefore, she needed to communicate with all countries in advance and plan a more perfect situation.