Wang Yan: This is how we Liyue people conduct business.

"Dream..."

Wang Yan already knew what was going on.

Although he was covered in marks left by the reign of the dead, Wang Yan had no connection with the reign of the time.

The only connection they had was that before Dottore invaded the World Tree, he was trapped in a dream by Jonawa.

At that time, Jonathan said that the reason He descended into the dream was because His two colleagues were expecting some changes to happen. Although He had some objections, the two were one, and He could only help them stop the king's words.

In other words, in Jonathan's interpretation, the arrival of the dream and the interruption of the king's words actually refers to the rule of time and the rule of life.

They want the World Tree destroyed.

According to Wendy, it was Istaru who informed him to prepare a gift for him as an apology.

And the gift... is the wind elemental rune hidden within the grand symphony of a thousand years.

What is this?

Bribe?

Wang Yan certainly wouldn't feel that a ruler of the heavens needed to apologize to him; the power disparity between the two was too great.

and many more?

Ishtar is the ruler of time, does that mean the future she sees... might have its own existence? And a significant impact, which is why she befriended her beforehand?

Wang Yan frowned in thought, unable to make a judgment for the time being.

Time is a very unpredictable thing; no one can say for sure how many cards the ruling party has up its sleeve.

"What, don't you like it?" Seeing Wang Yan hesitate, Wendy urged, "We're going back to drink, hurry up."

"Well, the good stuff has been delivered right to my doorstep. It would be a sin not to take it." Wang Yan thought to himself, not caring what Ishtar was thinking. He reached out and took the sliver of light in front of him.

Just as one confronts the essence of Nasita, the essence of the wind appeared in Wang Yan's mind as he received that glimmer of light.

Wind elemental root rune, already t

"Huh? Not all of them?" Wang Yan said with disappointment.

Wendy rolled her eyes: "What are you thinking? I don't even have all of it myself."

"How much do you have?"

"Half," Wendy replied casually. "The world's origin runes were originally all in the hands of dragons. Later... the throne of the sky took a portion of them, and then the demons took some... In short, there won't be more than half of the origin runes now, um... except for that water dragon king of Fontaine."

With that, Wendy smiled again: "Alright, now that things are done, let's go back to the pub, continue drinking, and then talk about you hiring me."

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With a slight pluck of the strings and a glance around, the two returned to the tavern.

Wang Yan looked around; it seemed no one had noticed their departure.

Even Serene, who felt uncomfortable when separated from Wang Yan, continued to sip her juice, unaware of the unexpected situation.

Or rather, the entire tavern... froze.

"This is…"

"A small privilege of time."

Wendy gently plucked the strings again, and instantly, the tavern erupted in noise once more.

However, no one knew that they had lost more than ten minutes.

"Huh? Wang Yan, it seems like you have something extra on you." Serene tilted her head, sensing something was off based on her familiarity with Wang Yan's aura.

Wendy smiled at Wang Yan.

Wang Yan shook his head and reached out to rub Serene's head: "It's nothing, you can continue drinking."

"Oh." Serene nodded. Since Wang Yan didn't want to talk about it, she wouldn't ask.

"Hey, I've already paid you the royalties. Now, shouldn't we get down to business?" Wendy chuckled, picked up another glass of cider, and took a satisfied swig. "A super music maestro will compose the score for your movie. For just a hundred glasses of cider a day, it's totally worth it!"

"Eighty cups," Wang Yan said calmly.

"Seriously? You have to haggle over this?" Wendy was a little annoyed. "Then I'll lower the price a bit, ninety-five cups."

"Seventy cups." Wang Yan said with a smile.

"Huh? Why are you losing weight too?" Wendy glared.

Wang Yan shrugged: "That's how we Liyue people do business."

You're a nobody from Liyue!

Wendy was furious, but then she thought, "If I lower my price, he'll lower his too, so what if I raise it?" She declared, "Then two hundred cups!"

"Fifty cups." Wang Yan picked up the wine that was only half-drunk and took a small sip.

"That's not right! I said 100, you said 80, and now I'm saying 200, shouldn't you give me 160?!" Wendy roared in anger!

"Do you want it or not? If not, then forget it. Anyway, there are plenty of bards who've been fooled..."

"Wait, wait..." Wendy gritted his teeth, but remembering he was truly out of money and Diluc wouldn't give him credit, he finally nodded, "Fifty cups a day then!"

"Okay, deal." Wang Yan finished the rest of his drink in one gulp, gave Serene a look, stood up, and said, "See you tomorrow."

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"Hey, wait a minute!"

"Is there anything else, Lord Wendy?"

"Ahem, the employment has been established. Here's fifty cups for today."

Wang Yan: ...

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Under Charles's questioning gaze, Wang Yan refilled Wendy's cups of cider fifty times, then left the already somewhat drunk Wind God behind and took Serene with him as they left the tavern.

"Should we find a hotel to stay in?"

Serene sat on Wang Yan's shoulder, looking around at the street scenery.

Actually, Meng is still quite new to her.

In her time, although people lived here and angels guided humanity, it was a land of snow and wind.

This novel was first published on [website name].

Now, Montreal enjoys a spring-like climate year-round, with favorable weather and abundant harvests, and its scenery is quite different from what it used to be.

"You want to stay in a hotel?" Wang Yan looked at the little guy on his shoulder. "It's probably a bit difficult at this hour."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because there is only one large hotel in Mengcheng, called the Song Grand Hotel, which has been booked by the Fools. The Fools are stationed at the entrance, so ordinary travelers cannot check in," Wang Yan explained.

It seems a bit strange that such a large city as Montreal only has one large hotel.

But in reality, this is because of the ancient tradition of the Mongols. Long ago, the right and responsibility of running inns and hosting banquets were monopolized by the Ge family for generations.

In addition to hotels, the Go family also operates most of the rental services in Montreal.

For example, the house that Mona rented belonged to the Ge family.

Aside from the Song family's inn, the other establishments were either taverns like Cat's Tail Tavern or restaurants like Deer Hunter; there wasn't another famous inn.

"Huh? Where do all the people who come to Mongolia stay?"

"There should be other small hotels," Wang Yan said somewhat uncertainly. This was his first time trying to gamble in real life. "If it were daytime, we could probably look, but at this hour..."

Looking up at the sky, the moon was already high in the sky.

The old civil engineer has probably already started work.

"Oh... let's go back to the secret realm to rest. Anyway, I have a king-size bed in the secret realm." Serene thought for a moment that ordinary inns probably don't have king-size beds with velvet, and she wasn't used to sleeping in them.

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"Alright, we can ask Tina and the others tomorrow how they're staying. After all, we've come all this way, so we should at least experience the Mongolian culture," Wang Yan said with a smile. Then he walked into the alley, casually opened the secret realm portal, and went inside.

On the city wall not far away, the Night Hero remained somewhat silent.

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Return to the secret realm.

Tell "Seventy-two Xuanming" to prepare hot water and toiletries for washing.

Wang Yan then took out the Dudu communicator.

Dial the number.

Doodle.

connected.

hang up.

"Contacting me so late... It's awful to disturb a girl's rest, Wang Yan!"

Nicole's voice rang in Wang Yan's mind. He wondered how she had located him in the secret realm.

"Really? Even witches need to sleep?" Wang Yan teased with a smile.

Nicole huffed, "Witches are human too! Of course they need rest! Staying up late is bad for your health and makes you age faster!"

"...Generally speaking, if you're this age and you're not old yet, then you probably won't get old," Wang Yan retorted.

"You're really wicked to make fun of a lady's age like that," Nico cursed, then got back to the point, "So, what do you want? Did something go wrong when you were retrieving Usa's powers?"

"You still know about my trip to Meng?"

"What's there to not know? Montgomery is the home of the Witches' Guild. We love having tea parties there. Barbatos is a partner of the Witches' Guild."

"Tsk..." Wang Yan clicked his tongue lightly, "Meng is indeed a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery. I have an idea about angels that I'd like to ask you about."

"Hmm? Go ahead." In my mind, Nico's voice sounded noticeably more serious.

Wang Yan: "You know about the Thousand Spirits Film Festival, right? I'm planning to make a movie and enter it in Fontainebleau."

"Huh? You like doing this?" Nico was a little surprised. "Wait, you're not planning to make a story about angels, are you? That probably won't work. Although He didn't completely erase the existence of angels, it's definitely not appropriate to promote the past stories so extensively."

"No, no, no, I want to film a story about a knight. What I mean is, to add an angel character to the story to guide the protagonist in defeating evil. Do you think that's okay?" Wang Yan asked.

Nico paused for a moment before saying, "As long as it doesn't involve the story of the Golden City and the Eternal Age, it should be fine. But... if you're making a movie... do you need any help?"

"What do you mean?" Wang Yan hesitated for a moment, wondering if she was coming too.

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"Hehe, how about I play the angel who guides humanity?"

"It's not that no one wants you to guide me, so you... want to experience acting for the first time, right?"

"Ahem, of course not, I'm very busy every day!"

His tone was slightly panicked, and he didn't seem very confident.

Wang Yan was right; Nicole just wanted to have a go at acting.

Even if a play guides humanity, that's still guidance.

"Hey... Alice, don't touch me, I'm talking to someone."

Before Wang Yan could speak, some kind of noise seemed to come from Nico's side.

After what seemed like a playful scuffle, Nicole's voice echoed in Wang Yan's mind: "I'll talk to you again when I come to Meng tomorrow."

After another round of playful fighting, the voice in my mind disappeared.

"Wang Yan, Wang Yan, the hot water is ready!" Serene's voice rang out from not far away.

"Okay, I'm coming."

Wang Yan responded and walked over.

Although Serene's castle has not yet been built, there is still a place to live, and the environment is much better than before.

As for the furnishings inside the house, they are similar to those in Wang Yan's house in Sumeru City.

In short, it's Serene's favorite velvet suit.

I washed up, changed into my pajamas, and went back to my room.

Half-lying on the large red bed, Wang Yan did not read as usual, but instead recalled the wind element root rune in his mind.

I closed my eyes and let my consciousness sink completely into the depths of my mind.

The wisp of light that Wang Yan had just received from Wendy was now quietly suspended in the center of his sea of ​​consciousness.

Speaking of the seven elements of Teyvat, although Wang Yan obtained the first root rune of the fire element and the second of the grass element, the element that he is most compatible with is actually the wind element.

Perhaps because his mentor, Faroshan, is a wind element character, Wang Yan took the initiative to learn wind element runes from Faroshan as the starting point for him to master extraordinary power after entering the Order of the Order.

The first formal use of transcendental magic was also using the wind elemental driven by the Abyss language (excluding the spells of the Hilichurl Shaman).

In his daily activities, Wang Yan uses spells such as flight, wind blades, and gale waves the most.

It can be said that before Wang Yan established his elemental domain, his favorite elemental rune was the wind element.

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Of course, the wind element spells and abyssal runes he had mastered in the past were merely superficial appropriations of the power of wind.

Just like an ordinary person copying a painting, merely imitating the form of the wind and borrowing its brute force—flying, wind blades, fierce waves—it remains fundamentally the same, but can never truly grasp the essence of the wind.

But the root runes are different.

This is the origin engraved on the laws of Teyvat, the source from which all winds in the world are born.

Wang Yan's mind stirred slightly, and he tried to touch the ancient rune with his own consciousness.

hum-

A barely perceptible Daoist sound resounded in his sea of ​​consciousness.

In an instant, he stirred the entire bedroom.

The previously languid and gentle breeze suddenly came alive, quietly flowing and swirling around the bed.

Just like using the Fire Element Root Rune to control the Fire Element and using the Grass Element Root Rune to drive the Grass Element, it feels like controlling your own limbs.

The next instant, he raised his mind again.

The airflow around the room suddenly tightened, and countless fine wisps of wind gathered together, transforming into several slender and sharp wind blades that hovered in mid-air.

The materialized wind blades hovered in mid-air, exuding a captivating aura.

"With the blessing of the primordial runes, its power has increased significantly..."

After observing for a few seconds, Wang Yan confirmed the change. Then, with another thought, the wind blades formed by the wind threads dissipated, and the wind elemental force gathered into a gentle warm breeze that softly swept by.

Feeling the warm wind element caressing his face, Wang Yan closed his eyes slightly: "It's not just offensive spells that are enhanced, but also buffs and healing spells... This is similar to other Root Runes."

Actually, Wang Yan said something pointless.

The so-called Root Rune is the starting point of all runes, so it should naturally have all the abilities that subsequent runes possess.

However, the reason Wang Yan was testing it was because the wind element source rune that Barbatos gave him was still incomplete, even less than his current fire element source rune, only about 20%.

This number is probably the result of the accumulation of thousands of years of the Great Music of the Thousand Years.

Because it is incomplete, its capabilities need to be tested.

"However, concealing the Origin Runes within the Millennium Grand Symphony, or rather, using the Millennium Grand Symphony to nurture the Origin Runes, is indeed a good idea."

"As I envisioned, the Seven Elemental Runes can be used to reverse the [Source Light], and can also be integrated into my elemental domain to obtain even greater amplification..."

"I was wondering how to fit in properly, but now that I think about it, music... that's not bad at all."

"Harmony itself represents a kind of harmony. If the seven elements could be compiled into musical movements... Hmm? Phoebus?"

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"Tsk, it seems I have no choice but to go to Fontaine."

"Perfect timing. After filming the movie, I can go to Fontaine to attend the film festival. I can also have Ying take me to Remuria. Hmm... I can also go to Gestalt to look for Alain and Rene's manuscripts."

Wang Yan was thinking about it.

Serene flew in: "Hey, Wang Yan, aren't you going to read?"

Coming to his senses, Wang Yan shook his head: "I'm not watching anymore, let's get some rest."

"Oh, oh." The little fairy nodded, flew to his chest and lay down. "Wang Yan, I feel like I've become stronger."

"What?" Wang Yan looked down at her. "What do you mean you've become stronger?"

Serene raised her small hand, and the power of light emanated from her: "That's it, the power of light I control is growing, even without your supply, it's still increasing..."

As a fairy, Serene generally doesn't eat normal food, but occasionally drinks beverages and eats desserts as a way to relax.

According to the law of conservation of energy, Serene's activity is consumed by the energy of the light realm within her body.

Normally, the daily energy expenditure will be replenished after resting in the 'Fairy Garden'.

With one in and one out, the balance is achieved.

But now, Serene says she has become stronger, and indeed, the power of light she displays has become stronger.

"What happened?" Wang Yan asked.

The little fairy shook her head, her big ears twitching: "I don't know, it's just that as the days go by, I feel like I'm getting stronger."

Getting stronger over time? You're an elemental being!

Huh? Serene... seems to really be an elemental being, but a 'light' element.

"Then how did the power of light within your body increase?" Wang Yan asked. "Can you sense its source?"

Serene thought for a moment, then shook her head again: "I don't know, but it's definitely not elemental power. I tried to absorb elemental power before, and I couldn't."

Wang Yan knew that she couldn't use elemental power; he had tested it when Serene had just evolved.

"Could it be because they've been by my side and absorbed my dissipated power?" Wang Yan wondered.

As a living individual, Wang Yan is not yet completely without flaws, so his power will also dissipate.

Among the powers he wields is the power of the reversed light realm. Since Serene stays by his side every day, it is indeed possible that she can absorb the power dissipating from his surroundings.

Over time, little by little, it adds up.

Wang Yan thought for a moment, then asked with concern, "Do you feel uncomfortable in any way?"

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"Hmm... does it count if I find Paimon pleasing to the eye?"

"what?"

"I've started to find Paimon more agreeable since his power began to increase."

"...I guess so, it's a benefit nonetheless."

Wang Yan smiled helplessly and said, "Alright, get some rest. We need to get up early tomorrow!"

"Okay, okay."

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