Chapter 64: Colorful Scenery in the Mountains and Forests
Yan Shi put his phone back in his pocket.
"You overheard me talking to Libertas?" Yan Shi broke the silence, looking at Sheng Chunqiu. "And then he offered to help me find the hairpin. What do you want from me?" she asked Sheng Chunqiu.
You must understand, she is Yanlan now, not Director Yan.
Sheng Chunqiu works for Director Yan because she is Director Yan's direct subordinate.
Now, instead of doing a ton of official business in Emerald City, he's come here to help her dig through the ruins. It's just so strange, isn't it?
Sheng Chunqiu: "Why do you think that?" she asked, puzzled.
“You are Director Yan’s sister, and I am her subordinate. Isn’t it normal for me to help the director’s sister find something?”
Yan Shi: ...
What's normal about that?
Sheng Chunqiu shouldn't be the kind of person who meddles in other people's business.
Yan Shi: "If you help me find something, will your bureau chief give you extra praise?"
"I'm helping you find your things out of personal reasons," Sheng Chunqiu said. "Because Director Yan cares about you a lot, I hope he can have fewer worries."
Yan Shi: "...How did you know?"
She is who she is, so of course she cares about herself.
The problem is, she doesn't even have a younger sister. So where did Sheng Chunqiu get the idea that she cares about her sister?
What kind of paranormal event is this!
Sheng Chunqiu seemed to have thought of something again, and calmly looked at Yan Lan: "Don't avoid Director Yan anymore, Director Yan really cares about you."
“Director Yan is very busy with official duties and has a lot of things to do herself. Even so, she still keeps an eye on you and always helps you out from time to time.”
Yan Shi: ...
Isn't it normal for her to clean up her own mess?
Sheng Chunqiu was just making up all sorts of things in her head.
Yan Shi: "How do you know what she's thinking?"
Sheng Chunqiu: "Because you are Director Yan's only exception."
"Yanlan, I haven't had much contact with you. But the fact that you came back looking for the same hairpin as Director Yan shows that you clearly care about Director Yan. Why don't you take the initiative to talk to Director Yan?"
That's your sister.
Yan Shi: ...
She fell silent, realizing she couldn't connect with Sheng Chunqiu's thought process at all.
"God said, go to the Forest of Life." Yan Shi tore open the world barrier directly. She felt that Sheng Chunqiu was impossible to communicate with. She was going to the Elf Temple to retrieve her small pot and table, and then go home to find Lin Cai.
Before stepping into the spatial rift, Yan Shi replied speechlessly, "How do you know what I'm thinking?"
After Yan Lan left, Gui Ge Mu slowly climbed up the ruins: "You got a cold shoulder, didn't you? I already told you, Director Yan's sister's hobby is demolition."
"The main thing is, they're demolishing the entire Bureau of Dissent along with it. Why are you concerned about her? She has Director Yan protecting her."
Sheng Chunqiu: "I still think there's a misunderstanding."
She had just learned about Director Yan's recent major moves from a series of recent official documents and the reorganization of the bureau.
This included the swift and decisive crackdown on long-standing problems with embezzled special appropriations in the Ju'e Plain.
Sheng Chunqiu hoped that Yan Ju, who was so capable and whose guiding principle was fairness, could have fewer worries.
Director Yan is already worried enough about many of the official duties within the Bureau of Foreign Affairs.
Yanju is, after all, a human being, not a god.
She will get hurt.
Sheng Chunqiu thought of the photo Lu Jian had sent her that day, showing Director Yan sitting in the garden of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs, pale-faced, quietly drinking the Life Repair Potion, and sighed deeply.
Yanju didn't want others to see it.
Therefore, Sheng Chunqiu did not tell anyone, including Gui Gemu, and even threatened Lu Jian to delete the negatives.
Sheng Chunqiu then looked up at the ruins. It was here that Yan Ju confronted the gods head-on and ultimately annihilated them.
“Let’s go,” she said. “Guige Mu, go and reinforce the formation in the southeast direction.”
Guigemu protested: "Am I some cheap labor? Why do they need me for such a simple formation?"
Sheng Chunqiu: "I know you are the most powerful array master in the inner world, which is why I'm looking for you."
Gui Gemu: "Since you've praised me so much, alright then. This formation master reluctantly agrees. Where is it!"
...
In the Elf Temple, the High Priest was still sitting in the backyard waiting for Yan Shi.
"Lanlan, you're back?" Then he noticed the wooden hairpin in Yanshi's hair.
"This is... the Scepter of Life? How did you take this from Yan Shi?" The high priest became anxious. "Quickly, return it to her."
Yan Shi: "It's mine."
"Lanlan, listen to me." The high priest tried to reason with her again. "You can take everything else, but give this back to Yanshi. If you like, I'll cut a branch from the Elf Mother Tree and make you an exact replica, okay?"
So, the people I met today, including the elves, were all completely inexplicable.
Yan Shi threw all the dinner ingredients he had brought into his spatial bracelet and said, "I'm going home."
She didn't want to talk to the high priest today.
"God said, 'Go and reveal the world.'" Yan Shi tore open the barrier between the world and the gods.
The high priest's expression turned serious. "Lanlan!" he said, and then he followed the spatial rift to find Yanshi.
The world barrier closed swiftly at Yan Shi's command, keeping the High Priest inside the inner world.
High Priest: ...
"Never mind," he thought. "Lanlan will probably get tired of it after a couple of days and will give it back to Yanshi."
"Yan Shi's abilities have matured to the point of annihilating wild gods. He should be fine even if he withstands the laws for two days," he muttered to himself.
Yan Shi stepped into the stairwell.
Lin Cai was indeed still squatting at her door. When she saw her return, she looked up at her with surprise and delight: "Yanlan! You're back."
Yan Shi: "...Aren't you going to call Lan Lan anymore?"
Lin Cai pouted slightly, looking a little aggrieved, "I think you don't like me calling you that."
This is the fourth one I've encountered today; she likes to fill in the blanks in her head with her own ideas.
Yan Shi felt that she had exhausted her social energy for the day, and she lost patience. "God said," Yan Shi looked at Lin Cai, who was also squatting in front of her, and suddenly said.
"Lin Cai must answer each of the following questions, and can only tell the truth."
The law responded to her request, and an invisible rope bound Lin Cai.
Lin Cai composed herself and looked at her in astonishment.
“Lin Cai,” Yan Shi stared into her eyes, “tell me, what is your ability?”
Lin Cai bit her lip, but still couldn't help but say, "Fairy Tale."
Yan Shi: "A fairy tale?"
Lin Cai seemed somewhat resigned as she said, "Yes, fairy tales. Colors appear in the mountains and forests, legends circulate among the clouds. My ability is fairy tales."
Yan Shi didn't quite understand and continued to ask, "What are the specific effects of your ability?"
Because no two people in the Otherworld can possess the same abilities, there is no clear record of the specific effects of different abilities; the specific effects of each person's abilities are a personal secret.
Some of these effects can be glimpsed from their names, such as Wen Ying's "Mirror Flower Water Moon," which actually includes creating illusions.
Somewhat like Lin Cai's fairy tales, Yan Shi couldn't guess the effect based on the name.
Creating fairy tales...?
Lin Cai: "It's a wish. I can make a wish, and fairy tales are beautiful wishes."
Yan Shi: ...
That's a very abstract way of putting it.
How does this differ from the actual effect of the power of words that her ability law ultimately manifests?
"So what did you wish for?" Yan Shi continued to ask.
She absolutely had to get to the bottom of this today.
Lin Cai paused, no longer avoiding Yan Shi's eyes, and looked back at her, saying, "I wish, Lanlan, to be free and unrestrained, and for all your wishes to come true."
Yan Shi: ...
Things have become more abstract.
What kind of wish is this?!
"I am free and unrestrained, and everything goes as I wish?" Yan Shi repeated slowly.
What kind of nonsense is this wish?
Lin Cai: "But Lanlan, when I saw you last year, I felt that you were shrouded in heavy shackles."
Yan Shi was stunned.
Lin Cai realized that Yan Lan wouldn't let her go until she explained things clearly today, so she continued, "You probably didn't see me. After Grandma Shan passed away, no one could find you. I asked around for a long time before I finally found out where your sister supposedly moved to."
Lin Cai looked at her with a very sad gaze, "I don't know where you are. But coincidentally, the Mother Goddess favored me, and you passed by me that day. You were wearing heavy shackles."
"Lanlan, I don't know what you went through later, but I only hope that Lanlan is free, unrestrained, and that everything goes well for you."
Lin Cai is willing to pay any price for this.
Yanlan and she broke up very suddenly; it happened one day when she went to school.
Lanlan didn't come, and she thought Lanlan was sick. She rushed to Lanlan's house after school only to find out.
Lanlan transferred schools.
There was no farewell, no reason.
Grandma Shan said to her, "Lin Cai, it's time for you to go too."
"Why?" Lin Cai asked her, puzzled.
Before Grandma Shan could answer, Lin Cai's father rushed over and grabbed her hand.
That day, Dad was very happy: "Lin Cai, we can go and live with Mom now."
Lin Cai: "But Dad, I..."
Since Lin Cai started living separately from her mother, her father has become more demanding of her.
He demanded that Lin Cai always be excellent and perfect, so that his mother would like Lin Cai.
Only then will you see Lin Cai, and at the same time, your father.
Lin Cai had no friends, and every night she could only lie in bed wondering, "What is Lanlan doing right now?"
"Lanlan must really want to see me again."
"Lanlan..."
Lanlan is Lin Cai's obsession.
When they first met again, Lanlan was shrouded in heavy shackles and looked weary.
Therefore, Lin Cai used her ability for the first time without hesitation.
When Lin Cai later met Yan Lan again in the neighborhood, the shackles on her body were still very heavy, but Lin Cai felt that there were specks of light emanating from within them.
So Lin Cai made a second wish.
"I hope I can spend more time with Lanlan."
Yan Shi: ...
Speechlessness was the dominant theme of her day.
She didn't understand, but she was deeply shocked.
A heavy shackle?
Does this refer to what Kirina said, that her grandmother had taken away her emotions? Or...?
Yan Shi slowly sorted out his thoughts.
"Then look at me now, do I still have heavy shackles on me?"
Lin Cai shook her head. "So I'm very happy."
Yan Shi sensed something was amiss. "What are the specific timeframes and limitations of your ability?"
If what Lin Cai said is true, then it was her feelings that had already been slowly released and returned to her when Lin Cai first made her wish.
This is how Grandma bypassed the laws and her own constraints. Why can Lin Cai's ability directly solve this?
This is so unreasonable.
Lin Cai clearly didn't want to say it, but after struggling for a moment, she was still controlled by the law and said, "I can only make three wishes. The stronger my resolve is when I make a wish, the better the effect."
And it is not subject to any restrictions, including those imposed by gods and laws.
So after Lin Cai made her second wish, Yan Shi chased after her from home to the other world, and the curse failed.
Because the shackles on Yan Shi's body were loosened, she was no longer devoid of emotion.
The anchor of capabilities has gradually become unbalanced.
Author's note: The decryption part ends here, forming a closed loop.
The following continues with Director Yan's daily work routine (not really).
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