Genshin Impact: The Sharpshooter of Teyvat

Ke Lai stared at Shao Yun curiously, only to see that he was staring at the photo frame on the table, as if he was fascinated.

Unable to suppress her doubts, she asked, "Do you know the Fontaine man in this frame? If so, can you return the frame to him?"

Hearing what Cole said, Shao Yun suddenly came back to his senses. He touched his nose in panic, then quickly shook his head to cover up his previous gaffe.

"No...nothing! I just have never seen a Fontaine before, so I find it a little new and interesting."

After saying this, Shao Yun calmed himself down a little, then pointed at the photo frame and gave Ke Lai a sincere suggestion.

"As for this picture frame, I think you'd better keep it for the time being."

The reason why Shao Yun made this suggestion was entirely because he remembered the terrible plague in Armadillo Town.

At that time, there was a shop owner who miraculously did not contract the plague. Now, if I took the photo frame away and caused Cole's magic scale disease to worsen, the consequences would be disastrous.

After all, there was no grudge between him and Cole. Although the person in the photo frame was a devil, for Cole at the moment, this photo frame was enough.

Seeing that Shao Yunjian insisted that he did not know the person in the photo frame, Ke Lai stopped asking questions.

She nodded and said softly, "Okay, in that case, let's go back."

So the two of them turned and left the room, leaving the photo frame of the demon quietly lying on the table, as if watching everything.

……

After returning to the tree house where Ying was resting, Shao Yun moved a wooden chair, placed it beside the bed and slowly sat down, looking gently at Ying who was sleeping quietly on the bed.

Ying looks so pretty when she sleeps, I never get tired of watching her...

Paimon floated quietly beside Ying, staring at her with his big eyes, watching over her.

From beginning to end, Paimon never mentioned anything about being hungry or thirsty, but just took care of Ying wholeheartedly.

On the other side, Colain sat quietly on another chair in the room.

She took out a dictionary published by the Ministry of Education, opened it, and devoted herself fully to learning how to recognize words.

For a moment, there was no other sound in the tree house except the slight sound of flipping dictionary pages.

……

Time passed quietly, minute by minute, and before we knew it, the sun in the sky had gradually moved above our heads.

At this moment, Ying, who had been sleeping with her eyes closed, finally slowly opened her heavy eyelids.

She first rubbed her still dizzy head with her hands, then drowsily propped herself up and slowly sat up from the bed, muttering to herself: "Hmm...what's wrong with me?"

Shao Yun, who had been quietly waiting nearby, heard Ying's movement and quickly stood up from his chair and asked softly, "Are you awake? How are you feeling? Are you feeling unwell?"

Ying shook her still dizzy head slightly, trying to wake herself up as quickly as possible.

Then, she stretched out her arms and stretched hard, while rolling her eyes to look around curiously at the completely unfamiliar environment, muttering to herself.

"Where are we?"

At this moment, Ke Lai, who had been studying hard, temporarily put down the dictionary in his hand, stood up and walked towards Ying.

She first smiled at Ying politely, and then introduced herself a little shyly.

"Hello, um... My name is Cole. I'm a trainee ranger."

"This is the Huacheng Castle of Daochenglin..."

At this moment, Tinari was leading Hypatia slowly past the door of the tree house.

Tinari inadvertently noticed that Ying had woken up. He stopped instantly, turned around and walked into the tree house.

He put on an expression of a doctor caring about his patient and asked, "You're awake. How do you feel now? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere in your body?"

At this moment, Haibasha, who was standing at the door, happened to meet Shao Yun's eyes.

In an instant, Haipata seemed to be extremely frightened. She hurriedly hugged her head and screamed in panic.

“Ahhh! I brought you to Hua Castle. Please don’t kill me. There is no reason to do this.”

Ying, who was standing by, looked at Hypatia's panicked and frightened expression and asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

When Shao Yun heard Ying asking him about Haibasha's situation, he couldn't help feeling embarrassed and ashamed.

He subconsciously reached out and scratched the back of his head, hesitatingly replying: "Ah... this..."

Seeing this, Tinari took a deep breath, then calmly said to Ying: "Let me explain it to you."

Then, Tinari began to methodically explain why Qiying fell into a coma.

"Some scholars of Xumi schools need to practice in the forest. They use a plant incense called 'spiritual fragrance' to stabilize their minds and enter a state of meditation."

"You three approached the cave where the scholar Hypatia lived in seclusion in order to ask for directions. At that time, this incense was burning in the cave."

"Incense has no effect on most people, but it does stimulate the spirits of a very few, which is the case with you."

A funnier version of it is that when Haibasha was performing a shaman dance and inviting a spirit to possess her, Ying rushed in and saw something she shouldn't have seen, and was frightened.

Afterwards, Tinari paused for a moment, organized his thoughts, and then began to explain why Haibasha felt as if she had seen a long-maned tiger when she saw Shao Yun.

Originally, Tinari was planning to tell everything directly, but then he changed his mind and thought that it would be more appropriate for the person involved to tell the story himself.

So, he coughed lightly and said, "As for why Hypatia was so afraid when she saw your man, it would be better for him to explain it to you himself."

When Ying heard that she was asked to ask Shao Yun, she immediately turned her head and looked straight at him.

She crossed her arms across her chest, her face full of curiosity, and asked in a tender voice, "Then you can explain it."

At this moment, Shao Yun didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Just as he was racking his brains for how to explain, Paimon flew to Ying's side very considerately and volunteered to explain.

"Let me tell you!"

Then, Paimeng began to recount in detail what happened after Ying fell into a coma.

According to Paimon's story, Shao Yun was very upset when he saw Ying fell asleep for no apparent reason. Because Ying smelled the phenol incense used by Hypatia, he blamed her.

However, what everyone didn't know was that Shao Yun did that at the time just to take this opportunity to teach Hai Baxia a lesson for her impolite behavior at the time.

Also, it will be convenient to establish contact with Cao Shen in the future, and then we can discuss the price of helping him.

After Ying listened to Paimeng's account of what happened, she slowly looked at Shao Yun, her eyes revealing an indescribable complex emotion.

You can say you are angry, after all, they are doing it for themselves; you can say you are happy, but you come with a "classical mechanics" momentum that wants to tear their heads off without any explanation...

"Well……"

Shao Yun met Ying's gaze indifferently, spread out his hands as if nothing had happened, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said lightly.

"Hey, don't be so nervous. At least the head of this scholar named Hypatia is still on her neck."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shao Yun nonchalantly raised his chin towards Haibasha who was not far away, with a playful smile on his face, and teased jokingly.

"How is it, Miss Hypatia, doesn't it feel great to have your head securely on your neck?"

Originally, Hai Baxia was frightened by Shao Yun's threat, and she was even more frightened when he casually mentioned such a horrible thing.

Her eyes widened instantly, and she stretched out her hands in panic, as if trying to resist something terrible, and let out a terrified scream.

"Ah! Help!"

Ying, who was standing nearby, saw the chaotic scene and couldn't help but frown. She quickly reached out and patted Shao Yun's arm, and said softly, "Hey, stop scaring me!"

Seeing this, Shao Yun laughed nonchalantly and responded nonchalantly: "Haha, I was just joking with her, don't take it so seriously."

However, Ying obviously could not agree with Shao Yun's so-called "joke".

"I know you like to make some inexplicable jokes. I'm used to it, but in front of outsiders, you should restrain yourself."

At this point, Ying turned to look at the frightened Haibasha, and said apologetically: "I'm so sorry, Haibasha, Shao Yun has offended you a little, I will let him..."

Hypatia didn't want to stay here at all now, and quickly said, "It's okay. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

After saying this, she hurriedly left the city of Hua as if she was being chased by a long-maned tiger and ran straight to the cave where she was meditating.

……

Tinari coughed lightly, then straightened his expression, looked at Ying in front of him, and said in a clear and steady tone: "Next, please answer a question. Did you feel anything different after you fell down?"

"Like, are you still aware of yourself, or seeing anything in particular?"

In response to Tinari's question, Ying hesitated for a moment, and then slowly described to Tinari the towering tree she saw in her dream.

Tinari listened attentively, nodding slightly from time to time.

When Ying finished her story, Tinari touched his chin thoughtfully and fell into deep thought.

Such symptoms were unheard of and puzzling even for the well-informed Tinari.

After a moment's thought, Tinari said to Ying in a serious tone out of caution: "Originally I thought you could leave after you woke up and drank a bowl of medicine, but now I think you need to stay in Huachengguo for a while to recuperate and observe."

Hearing this, Ying was shocked and shook her head repeatedly to refuse.

It was the same thing last time in Inazuma. I was stuck in one place for a while. What if I make the same mistake again? It’s better to be safe than sorry!

Seeing that Ying and Paimeng disagreed, Tinari first introduced to them in detail the various dangers hidden in the Sumeru Rainforest.

For example, there is the old-fashioned dead zone, as well as dangerous creatures like mantled tigers and crocodiles.

But this time, he did not take out the spiritual phenol incense for Ying to smell, but turned his gaze to Shao Yun beside him.

Seeing Tinari looking at Shao Yun, Ying also understood what Tinari meant.

If he fainted from time to time in Xumi, it would cause trouble for Shao Yun if he encountered danger.

It's okay once or twice, but if it keeps going on like this, then Xumi won't be able to stay any longer. Shao Yun will definitely drag me and Paimeng to Fontaine, not to mention helping Wendy and Zhongli see a grass god...

……

After Ying agreed to receive convalescent treatment, Shao Yun signaled with his eyes that Tinari should go out and talk.

The two left the tree house temporarily and walked outside.

Shao Yun paused for a moment, organized his words, and then said, "Mr. Tinari, I have a small question to ask you."

Seeing Shao Yun being so serious, Tinari couldn't help but feel a little curious.

But when he thought about what he had just said about Ying needing recuperation and observation, he roughly understood.

Tinari smiled and responded cheerfully: "Oh? Is it about advice on how to take better care of her? Actually, there is nothing worth worrying about..."

However, Shao Yun shook his head slightly.

"That's one aspect, but actually, it's this." As he said that, he reached into the Eastern Legend backpack on his waist.

A moment later, Shao Yun pulled out an item from the depths of his backpack. It was the "soul-soothing incense" that his elder brother-in-law "Kong" had given him to help Ye Lan sleep well when they were in the Layered Rock Abyss last time.

Shao Yun handed it to Tinari and asked, "Mr. Tinari, please take a look at this. I heard it was produced in Xumi. Could you please help me identify it? Is it the kind of spiritual phenol fragrance?"

Tinari took the object from Shao Yun's hand with great interest and looked at it carefully.

I saw that the thing looked very similar to the common "incense sticks" in Liyue, but there were some subtle differences.

Tinari's eyes were fixed on this strange spice, and the pair of lively fox ears on his head trembled slightly because of his strong curiosity.

“Hmm… judging from the appearance alone, it is somewhat similar to Liyue’s incense sticks.” Tinari muttered to himself as he observed.

But soon, he raised his head, looked at Shao Yun, and continued: "But just by observing with the naked eye, I can't be sure whether it is the spirit phenol fragrance."

"How about this, could you please light it up and let me smell the aroma it emits? Maybe I can determine some of its ingredients."

Shao Yun lit a match and held it close to the top of the incense stick that his brother-in-law "Kong" called "soul-soothing incense."

As the flame came into contact with the incense stick, a light blue smoke rose up.

Seeing this, Tinari stretched out his right hand and gently fanned the smoke towards his nose a few times, then closed his eyes and concentrated on sniffing the aroma that permeated the air.

After a moment, Tinari slowly opened his eyes, his eyebrows slightly frowned, and a look of confusion and hesitation appeared on his face.

He thought for a moment before speaking, "Hmm... this scent is indeed very peculiar. How should I put it? It is indeed very similar to the scent of phenol."

"But if you taste it carefully, you can detect that there seem to be some other ingredients mixed in it, giving people the feeling that it is a unique smell emitted by a mixture of multiple medicinal herbs."

Shao Yun heard that it was very similar to the scent of phenol, and asked: "If Ying continues to smell this scent for a long time, will she gradually develop a tolerance or resistance to it?"

However, before he finished speaking, Tinari's face suddenly changed, and he quickly waved his hand to interrupt him, saying: "Wait a minute! I understand what you are thinking."

"Your idea is too reckless and dangerous! You should know that some things may have completely different properties even if the content is slightly different."

Then, Tinari's expression became more serious, and he solemnly warned Shao Yun.

"Moreover, adopting such a rough desensitization treatment method is simply playing with life. Once severe allergic symptoms occur, the consequences are disastrous and may even lead to life-threatening conditions."

"For example, her brain may be permanently damaged and she may become a comatose vegetable. So, you should give up this idea right away!"

When Shao Yun heard that Ying's brain might be damaged, he immediately shook his head and said, "Of course I don't want her brain to be damaged, I'm just curious!"

Seeing that Shao Yun only asked this question out of momentary curiosity, Tinari breathed a sigh of relief.

He patted Shao Yun's arm gently and said earnestly: "I know what you are thinking, and I can understand it, but this kind of thing should be left to professionals to handle. Don't do stupid things yourself."

After hearing what Tinari said, Shao Yun nodded and said seriously: "Okay, I understand, I will follow the doctor's orders."