Genshin Impact: The Sharpshooter of Teyvat

Hearing this praise, Ying knew that her guess was indeed correct.

So, she struck while the iron was hot and continued to ask: "Don't always think I'm so stupid, tell me, what is the whole story of all this?"

Faced with Ying's barrage of questions, Shao Yun was speechless and didn't know where to start.

He hesitated for a moment, and finally could only persuade dryly: "This matter is too complicated and dangerous, it's better for you not to know."

However, Ying is not the kind of person who can be easily dismissed. Since she has already guessed it, she will naturally not let it go.

Ying frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Why didn't you let me know? Maybe I can help you!"

Shao Yun took a deep breath. He began to get a little excited and said with a trembling voice, "Because..."

The words were on the tip of my tongue, but they were stuck in my throat and I couldn't say them.

After a short pause, Shao Yun readjusted his state, but the fear from the bottom of his heart still could not be concealed.

"You can't help me... I don't know what it will lead to!"

At this moment, Ying gently held Shao Yun's hand and asked, "Is that guy very strong?"

Shao Yun bit his lower lip and said nervously: "That guy... can't be simply described as powerful. I think it's more like some kind of 'symbol'."

"It's like an unstoppable train that you can only watch as it runs you over, and there's nothing you can do."

After hearing Shao Yun's confusing explanation, Ying asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"

Shao Yun gently pulled out the hand that Ying was holding tightly, and explained sadly: "I don't know who it is, and it has never said its name."

"However, as long as you offer a sufficiently attractive reward, it can fulfill any of your wishes. However... everything in the world has its price. All seemingly beautiful gifts have actually been secretly marked with a high price!"

Seeing that Ying still had a confused look on her face, as if she understood but not really, Shao Yun shook his head helplessly and decided to explain it in a different way.

So Shao Yun took a deep breath and began to recall what they had experienced when they went to Longji Snow Mountain together.

"Let me tell you this, do you remember what happened when we ran to the snowy mountains?"

"I once tried to make a deal with 'it', hoping that it could help us get rid of the job of delivering letters to the Seven Gods, so that we could fly away and live a free life."

"But the conditions it offered were extremely harsh. It wanted me to kill all the Mondstadt and Liyue people."

Ying listened quietly to Shao Yun's narration, her heart filled with shock.

It was not until this moment that she understood what Dai Yin had told her Shao Yun was doing when he temporarily left.

However, after a brief moment of shock, a new question came to her mind.

"So, does it really have such powerful strength that it can satisfy people's wishes at will?" Ying asked with a frown and a look of suspicion on her face.

"I mean, I don't want to see you kill all the people of Mondstadt and Liyue, but can the existence you fear really do that?"

Shao Yun stared into Ying's eyes and said with an unusually sure tone, "I have no doubts about this at all."

"But this guy is very good at playing word games. For example, if I really agreed to the conditions he proposed and took you away, I am sure that once I lost my usefulness, death would be waiting for me."

"In order to survive, I may continue to kill until I am replaced by someone more useful. This is called lingering on..."

Ying nodded thoughtfully.

Her thoughts involuntarily drifted back to what happened that night, and she began to try to connect these seemingly unrelated events one by one.

Then, she raised her head, stared at Shao Yun's face, and asked, "I understand. So, it was this creature you encountered on the night you rescued Gilliana?"

Seeing that Ying had connected all the clues, Shao Yun took a deep breath and slowly said, "Yes, it was it that I met that night when I rescued Gilliana. From what it said at the time, it came to me again because I killed someone again."

"I reached an agreement with it by drawing cards, so that it would not plot against you. But I don't want you to know it, because I'm afraid you will take the initiative to find it. It's very scary."

Hearing this, Ying immediately asked: "So your illness is related to it?"

Shao Yun recalled what happened in Huachengguo that day, nodded, and said, "Yes, there is indeed a little connection."

When Ying heard that it was really related, she asked, "Can it be cured?"

Shao Yun looked at Ying's concerned expression, nodded slightly, and replied: "It can be cured... But it has a condition that I must follow its method completely."

Ying looked puzzled, frowned slightly, and asked in confusion: "What is its method? What kind of method is it?"

Shao Yun took a deep breath, organized his thoughts, and then began to tell Ying the whole story in detail.

"The current situation is this. My disease is related to the World Tree to a certain extent, but it is not as direct as the Demon Scale Disease."

Shao Yun paused and continued, "It hopes that Nashida can save the World Tree at the cost of abandoning those Xumi people who still firmly believe in the Great Compassion Tree King. And it wants me to help it achieve this goal."

At this point, Shao Yun showed a bitter smile on his face, and then explained: "Just like the advice it once gave me, thank you for the magical ability that allows you to successfully achieve your desires. If you deny this magical ability after gaining the success it has granted, you will lose everything you have gained."

"Because of this, I chose to rebel against it, and as punishment, I got sick."

Having said this, Shao Yun paused for a moment, then took a deep breath and gave another solution.

"But if I can hold on until Nashida solves the problem of the World Tree, then my illness will be cured, and we can go to the next country safely. When you regain your power as your brother said, we can put an end to these messes."

"Don't ask why. Just believe the words themselves."

As Ying listened to Shao Yun's words, her eyes gradually became a little dazed.

Obviously, she was very surprised that things turned out like this. After all, it was the first time she heard of an existence independent of the Teyvat system.

After a long while, she came back to her senses as if awakened from a dream, nodded gently, and murmured to herself: "So that's how it is, I understand, I understand..."

Shao Yun reached out his hand, hugged Ying gently, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Ying. I kept it a secret from you for so long, but if I can keep it a secret, I can keep it a secret forever!"

"But since you have guessed it, I will definitely tell you."

At this moment, Ying was like a docile kitten, nestling quietly in Shao Yun's arms.

Then, Ying thought of a reason she had not told him at the beginning for continuing the journey.

"actually, I……"

At this moment, Paimon, who hadn't shown up early or late, flew in in a hurry and complained carelessly, "Oh, Ying, you run too fast! You're really tiring me out."

Before he finished speaking, Paimon stopped abruptly, widened his eyes, and stared blankly at the two people who were so intimate in front of him.

For a moment, the whole room fell into an awkward silence.

Then Paimon blinked a few times.

"You two... I know you have a good relationship, but... I came at the wrong time..."

Ying blushed and hurriedly broke free from Shao Yun's embrace, and said in a panic: "No...nothing, it's just...oh, by the way! We seem to have accidentally left Elhaisen alone at the Vitality House..."

As she spoke, she unconsciously smoothed her messy hair.

Shao Yun gently reached out his hand and stroked Ying's silky golden hair, saying in a soothing voice, "Don't worry about my condition. This is not an incurable disease, so don't worry too much."

The only thing people are afraid of is fear itself. When everything makes sense, there is actually no need to be too anxious.

Ying was now much more relaxed, and nodded vigorously, responding: "Yes, I understand; in fact, we still have a backup plan, you have to trust me as much as I trust you."

At this time, Paimeng, who had been watching their interaction blankly, had no idea what was going on. He blinked blankly and asked curiously, "Hey, what are you guys talking about? Why do I feel like I can't understand anything?"

Ying quickly waved her hands and shook her head, covering up, "It's nothing! Okay, okay, let's hurry back to Vitality House and find El Haisen!"

After saying that, he pulled Paimon up and hurriedly left the room.

……

After Ying and Paimeng left, Shao Yun breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head, and felt tired.

However, at this moment, a voice that couldn't be more familiar suddenly came from the door.

"It seems that you finally understand my intention?"

Shao Yun raised his head abruptly upon hearing the voice and looked straight at the figure standing by the door.

Shao Yun frowned tightly, not hiding his dissatisfaction and anger.

"I know what you wanted to do, and I also know that I used your power, and I need to repay you, but this is not fair!"

The man in the top hat, who was standing at the door with his hands behind his back, was slightly stunned when he heard the word "unfair" uttered by Shao Yun.

But it still asked in a calm tone: "Unfair? If it weren't for me, you would have died at the hands of that minty-mouthed 'little boy'."

When Shao Yun heard the devil talking about the past, he said angrily: "If you hadn't shown up, I wouldn't have dueled with Wendy! Don't confuse me!"

The man in the tall hat paid no attention to Shao Yun's anger, and continued to tell him the cruel and cold reality as usual.

"Without me, you wouldn't have the strength to protect the girl named 'Ying'. Maybe you should spend your life with the little girl named 'Noelle' and be a normal person with a fast gun?"

"However, you chose Ying. In that case, I will grant you the power to protect her."

"If it weren't for me, you would have been the one killed in Liyue. Even if that man named Ajax had let you go out of his mind, you would have never been able to survive when you arrived at Inazuma and faced the sharp blade swung by Baalzebub."

"I gave you the ability to realize your dreams, but you keep denying them. You are challenging the 'Nine Instructions and Eleven Commandments'."

"Why do you care about those Xumi people who you don't need to care about at all? Is it because Buyer's kindness has infected you?"

Shao Yun simply responded with just twelve words.

"Kill those who should be killed, save those who should be saved, feed those who should be fed."

After hearing this, the man in the top hat clapped his hands and said, "Oh, so that's how it is. I understand. It seems that you need a good reason to kill someone."

"That's right. No one in this world would do something for no reason. There must be a so-called 'reason' to support it."

Shao Yun stared at the demon in front of him with an expression that said, "Oh, Watson, you finally found the blind spot," and his heart couldn't help but tighten.

"Wait! Hey! You promised me that you would never target Ying and Paimon!"

The man in the tall hat turned around calmly and responded calmly, "Yes, I did promise, but all I promised was that 'I' would not have any bad intentions towards those two girls."

As soon as he finished speaking, before Shao Yun could react, the man in the tall hat disappeared again, without a trace.

Shao Yun instantly felt a strong sense of uneasiness surge in his heart. He subconsciously grabbed his hair tightly, his face full of horror, and muttered to himself: "Damn it... This is going to be a big trouble!"

If you calm down and think about it, you will understand. There is no doubt that the insidious and cunning devil is planning to use a knife to kill, and this "knife" must be the big clown "Hazard"!