"Alright, alright..." Jiang Mu shook his head with a laugh, "Let me ask you, if you were to think of a great hero of Mondstadt, who would you think of?"
"Hmm..." Paimon thought for a moment, then said, "It's Lady Vanessa!"
“Then, if Mondstadt best represents Lady Vanessa, then it is…” Jiang Mu continued to remind her.
“It’s that big tree in the place where the wind rises!” Paimon exclaimed excitedly, but then immediately looked down at Ying with a dejected expression.
"Traveler, am I not suited to be a guide? I can't even figure out such a simple question..."
"What are you thinking about..." Hearing this, Ying gently patted Paimon's little head, "You are my emergency ration that I can never give up..."
“Traveler…” Paimon, with tears in his eyes, was about to say something sentimental when he was stunned by the former’s words.
"Paimon isn't for eating!"
………………
"Hehe..." Seeing that Paimon's attention had been successfully diverted, Jiang Mu continued, "It's getting late, let's go to Windrise Land first."
"Mmm." Ying nodded, hesitated for a moment, and looked at Jiang Mu. "Let's go quickly."
"Go?" Upon hearing this, Jiang Mu was stunned. "Ying, can't you use the teleportation anchor point? Wouldn't that be much faster?"
"But..." Ying hesitated, "You...aren't you unable to use it...we should still..."
"Who said I can't use teleportation anchors?" Jiang Mu shrugged. "I can."
“But… I don’t think the native inhabitants of this world can use it…” Ying was about to retort, but then, as if she had thought of something, she suddenly covered her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes, “Could it be… that you… are also from another world…”
"Hmm." Jiang Mu nodded readily, acknowledging Ying's guess.
“I never expected this…” Upon hearing this, Ying nodded, while Paimon asked in confusion, “I’ve never heard you mention this before…”
"But you didn't ask either..." Jiang Mu said calmly.
"Alright, let's go then." Ying grabbed Jiang Mu's hand and ran towards the Mondstadt teleportation point...
"Hey, wait for me!" Paimon quickly followed...
………………
At the Seven Gods statues in the Land of the Rising Wind, a blue light slowly emerged, and then the figures of the two and Paimon walked out from it.
"Hey, what brings you here?" Wendy had been deep in thought under the big tree, but her face lit up with joy when she saw Jiang Mu and the other man.
"Although I was just wondering if you would come along..."
“Hmm…” Ying was silent for a moment, then looked at Wendy and said.
"I want to know more about Barbatos, the god of wind."
“Barbatos, the wind god?” Wendy was slightly taken aback. “That guy has disappeared from Mondstadt.”
"Pfft—cough cough cough cough..."
Jiang Mu, who was standing to the side, could not help but almost burst out laughing.
Hearing from the Wind God that he himself disappeared is quite a novel experience...
"What's wrong?" Paimon asked, puzzled. "Is something bothering you?"
"It's nothing, you guys continue..." Jiang Mu quickly waved his hand, "I was just thinking about something happy..."
"Is that so..." Wendy frowned. Although they hadn't known each other for very long, he was certain that what this guy was thinking about wasn't just something simple like being happy.
After giving Jiang Mu a knowing look, Wendy continued to deceive... no, to continue her explanation.
"The Geo Archon of neighboring Liyue and the Electro Archon of Inazuma are still alive, but the Mondstadt people haven't seen their gods for a long time."
As she spoke, Wendy crossed her arms and asked curiously.
"Why are you asking about the Wind God? Is it because of Dvalin?"
“Ah, well, it’s because of ‘God’…” Paimon was about to explain when Ying interrupted him.
"Yes, someone told me about the dragon's past..."
"Oh, what's everyone's opinion on 'Stormtora' these days? I'm very interested."
Wendy said with great interest.
But just as Ying was about to speak, he interrupted her again.
"But... there's no need to be in such a hurry to tell me—"
"Why?" Paimon asked curiously.
"Sigh—it's been so long since I've been back here. It seems like something's unhappy about my visit..."
Following Wendy's gaze, the group saw a creature resembling a few leaves encasing a blue sphere hurtling towards them with a gust of wind.
"The Core of Gale?"
Jiang Mu thought to himself, "This was the boss that new players hated the most back then, without a doubt."
Jiang Mu frowned slightly, and was about to make a move when Wendy stopped him.
Jiang Mu looked over and saw the latter shake his head slightly.
"Alright."
Jiang Mu nodded and looked at Ying.
"come on!"
"Um."
Ying nodded, picked up her bladeless sword, and thrust it towards the core of the raging wind...
………………
The elemental creature, lacking intelligence, was no match for the experienced firefly. After a brief struggle, it was easily slain by the firefly's sword.
"Well done."
Upon seeing Ying return, Jiang Mu gave her a thumbs up.
"Hehe..." Ying just smiled when she saw this.
“Hoo… The change in wind direction affects more than just dragons…” Wendy murmured.
"Oh, right." After muttering those words to herself, Wendy turned her attention back to Ying.
"You just said that someone told you about the dragon's past?"
"Hmm." Ying nodded slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then told Wendy about her conversation with Lisa...
“Is that so…” Wendy slowly stroked her chin. “That Mondstadt scholar named Lisa sees it this way…”
As she spoke, Wendy nodded, but her expression was somewhat forlorn.
"That's right, the conflict has reached this point because both sides have started using force..."
"But its initial hatred was definitely not because people no longer worshipped the 'Four Winds Guardians'."
"That is not hatred born naturally, but a product of corruption."
Immediately afterwards, Wendy told Ying and Jiang Mu about how she and Dvalin had been "corrupted".
When they talked about being interrupted while helping to purify Dvalin, both Luminous and Paimon looked embarrassed...
But Jiang Mu didn't care. Even without Ying and Paimon's interruption, would the Abyss Order, which had been plotting for so long, just stand by and watch Wendy purify Dvalin?
The answer is, of course, no.
………………
"Then, as an apology," Wendy finally revealed her ultimate purpose after briefly recounting the incident.
"Traveler, and Jiang Mu, come with me to Mondstadt Cathedral."
"Mondstadt Cathedral? What are we going there for?" Paimon asked curiously.
"Go and fetch a harp... called 'Sky'."
Wendy smiled slightly
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