"It really is the Heart of God!"
The woman was overjoyed. After checking that the Heart of God in her hand was genuine, she looked at Jiang Mu with more trust in her eyes.
"When we reach Her Majesty the Queen, I will report your achievements truthfully."
As she spoke, the woman glanced at Wendy and gave a soft snort.
"We'll let you go this time for his sake. Let's go."
The last sentence was spoken to the people behind her.
"yes."
As the figures of the group gradually disappeared into the distance, Jiang Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as Jiang Mu turned around, he saw Ying's puzzled expression.
"Jiang Mu, why...?"
"Ahem..." Jiang Mu coughed a few times, "As a member of the Fools, it is natural for me to carry out the will of the Ice Queen..."
"How could this be..." At this moment, Ying's eyes were as still as death...
Why, after finally meeting a worthy partner, does he have to turn into his enemy at this crucial moment, and...?
"I'm sorry..." Jiang Mu slowly shook his head, then turned and disappeared...
"Give me an explanation!"
All that could be heard from where she stood was Ying's agonizing roar...
………………
"If you want to know the answer, go to the Symbol of the Mondstadt Heroes." Suddenly, Ying felt her shoulder being gripped, and the next moment, Wendy's voice came.
Ying instinctively looked behind her, but only saw gusts of wind slowly dissipating; there was no sign of Wendy anywhere...
"Traveler!"
Just then, Paimon thawed and flew back. Seeing Ying's tear-streaked face, he exclaimed in surprise.
"what happens?"
"nothing……"
Ying simply shook her head slightly, looking at the distance with a resolute expression.
"Let's go."
Where are we going?
Paimon scratched his head and asked in confusion.
"The wind rises," Ying said without turning her head.
"By the way, where did Jiang Muren go?"
Paimon looked around but didn't see any familiar faces, so he asked curiously.
He left first.
Upon hearing Paimon's question, Ying felt a sudden pang of pain in her heart, but she still answered slowly.
"You'll understand when we get to the place where the wind rises. Let's go."
"Oh, oh, oh!" Paimon nodded and quickly followed.
………………
The wind rises
As the Seven Gods statue lit up, the figures of Ying and Paimon slowly appeared. The next moment, the voice in her ear made her extremely angry mood freeze, and a strong sense of disbelief rose in her heart.
"Come, come, drink! This is Lord Diluc's prized dandelion liqueur; you can't find it on the market." Wendy's voice rang out, and judging from her tone, she hardly sounded like she had lost something important...
"Really? Then I'll have to try it..."
The next answer left Ying stunned; the voice was clearly...
"Ginger wood?!!"
Looking at the two people in front of her, drinking and chatting happily, Ying rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
"Didn't Jiang Mu help the Fatui generals steal Wendy's Heart of God? How come he's here drinking with him..."
A sudden surge of frustration made Ying's eyes redden. Just moments ago, she had been trying to come up with a reason to apologize to Wendy on Jiang Mu's behalf, but seeing the two of them like this now...
"Hey!" Paimon put his hands on his hips, annoyed. "What are you doing drinking here? Do you know how worried Ying and I were about you..."
"It's alright. You know my capabilities. A mere executive officer can't do anything to me."
As he spoke, Jiang Mu raised his glass to Paimon: "I still have some apple juice here, how about it, want some?"
"Okay, okay!"
Upon hearing that there was food, Paimon immediately forgot about what had just happened, called out to Ying, and flew to the two of them...
"You guys..." Ying was also helpless. She came to Jiang Mu's side and looked at his face, which was a little red from drinking, and asked with some doubt.
"Didn't you... join the Fatui Clan? How come... you're still here?"
"Glug~"
After taking a big gulp of wine, Jiang Mu put his arm around Ying's shoulder and said with a grin.
"Yes, I did join the Fatui, but that was just a sinecure imposed on me by the Ice Queen. As long as I don't want to, even the Ice God can't force me to do anything... Hehehe..."
"Then why did you help that Fatui... lady, to steal Wendy's Heart of God?"
Ying glanced at Jiang Mu's arm draped over her shoulder, not particularly concerned, but asked with some confusion.
"Well, you'll have to ask Wendy about that..." Jiang Mu said, pointing to the drunkard sitting next to him with a grin.
"I only did these things after he gave me permission. Otherwise, even if that guy Tianli came, he wouldn't be able to force me to do anything..."
"The principles of nature..."
Upon hearing this, Ying was slightly startled, and her gaze towards Jiang Mu became somewhat serious.
"So you do know something after all..."
"Who knows..."
Realizing he had let something slip, Jiang Mu quickly took another swig of wine and pulled Wendy, who was pretending to be dead, up.
"Hey, hey, hey, wake up, a young lady is here to see you."
"You..." Upon hearing this, Ying instinctively reached out to punch Jiang Mu, but upon seeing Jiang Mu's smiling face, for some reason, her anger subsided considerably, and she lowered her hand...
"Oh, you're a traveler..."
Wendy sat up, rubbed her head, and said somewhat embarrassedly.
“I know you have a lot of questions, but now we have plenty of time to talk, so go ahead and ask.”
"Um."
Ying nodded slightly, looked at Wendy, and asked.
"So, what is the Heart of God?"
“Yeah, you noticed…” Wendy shrugged. “Well, this isn’t a topic you can just casually bring up with ordinary people, but… I might as well tell you secretly.”
"You should know that the Eye of God is an external magical organ possessed by only a very few people in this world. They use the Eye of God to guide elemental power."
"Hmm." Ying listened intently.
"In fact, every possessor of the Eye of God is qualified to become a god, and is therefore called a 'gen-god'."
"They are qualified to set foot on Sky Island."
“As the seven rulers of the mortal realm, we don’t need such rudimentary organs.” Seeing Ying’s surprised look, Wendy smiled and continued, “As a substitute, the magical organs of gods resonate and connect with the Sky Isles, which is the Heart of God.”
"Then what's that hanging on your waist...?" Ying was stunned when she saw the Eye of God on Wendy's waist.
"Hehe, it's just a glowing glass ball, used to avoid unnecessary speculation." Wendy waved her hand, then said mysteriously.
"By the way, what your little boyfriend is wearing on his waist isn't just the Heart of God, it's not as simple as that!"
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