Genshin Impact: A Mortal's Ascension to Godhood

Feiyun Chamber of Commerce.

After the news of Xingqiu's sudden disappearance spread throughout Liyue, the eldest son of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, Xingqiu's older brother, also fell into unprecedented shock and anxiety.

He, the eldest son of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, who had always been known for his steadiness and wisdom, could no longer maintain his usual calmness. When he heard the news of his brother Xingqiu's disappearance, the teacup in his hand slipped and shattered into a mess.

“Xingqiu, where are you?”

He quickly summoned his confidants and subordinates in the Chamber of Commerce and eagerly asked them everything about Xingqiu. He asked them to spare no effort to search for Xingqiu, no matter how much it cost.

However, a week later, the search team still had no clues.

This fact made him even more worried.

Until his father, the head of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, came to comfort him: "Boss, you have done your best. Xingqiu is blessed by the water god. God will bless the blessed. He will be fine..."

"Dad, do you believe this?" Xingqiu smiled bitterly and held his father's hand, "He is also your son!"

The shopkeeper held back his tears and pain, and said in a sad voice: "What if I believe it or not? Neither you nor I hold the Eye of God, and we don't have the power to explore the wilderness. As you are doing now, organizing a team to explore is already the limit. But if you want to go find your brother yourself, it will become a burden. You also understand this matter!"

“Alas, alas!” The elder brother waved his hands and walked around in a hurry. “But what else can I do? If a group of bandits came forward and said they had kidnapped Xingqiu and demanded a ransom, I could still allocate funds to redeem him. But now there is no news from him, so even if I have money, it will be useless.”

The chief shopkeeper twirled his beard and closed his eyes: "At this point, we can only ask for help from the Seven Stars and the noble families."

"This matter has spread widely, and the Seven Stars must have known about it. They will not just sit there and do nothing, but if we want them to do their best to help, we still need to make arrangements."

"Also, isn't Chongyun, who disappeared with Xingqiu, also a descendant of an alchemist family? They won't just watch their nephews disappear without a trace. Send someone to negotiate with them and see if they can let our caravan go with them to search for the two missing people."

"If all else fails, we can send people on a long journey to hire escort agencies and mercenaries with Genshin Impact members in their teams, and have them look for Xingqiu as well. This is all we can do right now."

Dad still has better ideas!

After being enlightened by his father, Brother Xingqiu cheered up again. He temporarily put aside his worries and despair and focused on finding someone who could help him.

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The compound of alchemists.

The moonlight was dim, and the clan courtyard was silent, with only the occasional chirping of insects and the rustling of leaves in the breeze. In front of the originally solemn ancestral hall, Chongyun's family and the alchemists gathered together, their faces full of heaviness and worry. The clan members talked about it, and their voices were full of anxiety and uneasiness about Chongyun's disappearance.

"What's the situation?" one tribesman asked another nervously.

"Stop making noise! ​​The clan leader has sent people to burn incense, bathe, and perform divination. The result of divination will tell us whether Chongyun will be good or bad." The man pointed inside the ancestral hall and whispered to the questioner.

Inside the ancestral hall, the flickering candlelight and the mottled light and shadows seemed to add a bit of mystery and solemnity to this solemn space.

The clan leader stood in front of the altar, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and concentrated, communicating with the heaven and earth with the surging elemental power, and tried to divine Chongyun's fortune through the placed instruments. His face was full of worry and determination, as if he had made up his mind to work hard to find Chongyun, no matter good or bad.

Beside the clan leader, several senior alchemists also sat in a circle, holding a handful of wormwood, chanting something, and practicing divination with the clan leader, constantly pulling out the roots and inserting them back into their hands. As they sang softly, the atmosphere in the ancestral hall became more solemn, as if even the air had frozen.

The candlelight flickered gently in the breeze, and the light and shadows danced on the wall, like restless ghosts, seeming to tell the good or bad fortune that was about to be revealed. Outside the ancestral hall, the tribesmen's eyes were focused on the reflections of the tribe leader and the alchemists. Their heartbeats accelerated as the divination progressed, silently waiting for the verdict of fate.

Finally, the patriarch slowly opened his eyes. There was a trace of fatigue on his face, but his eyes were shining with determination. He took a deep breath and then slowly spoke:

"The Zhen hexagram changes to the Kan hexagram... the thundering momentum turns into the danger of water sinking."

Another person subconsciously recited the hexagram: "First Nine, Zhen comes with a sneer, then laughs and speaks in a hoarse voice, auspicious. Six Three, Zhen is quiet, Zhen walks without blemish. Top Six, Zhen is slow, looks dim, ominous sign; Zhen is not in his own body, but in his neighbors, no blame; marriage is smooth."

After hearing this hexagram, the alchemists immediately began to interpret it:

When the Yang Yao of Zhen Gua changes to the Yin Yao of Kan Gua, it symbolizes the transition from thundering momentum to the danger of water. Kan Gua represents water, which means danger and trap, symbolizing Chongyun’s current predicament.

However, it can be seen from the hexagram of Chujiu that although there is fear at first, it will turn into laughter later (and then the laughter will turn into hoarseness), which indicates that despite the danger, there is still a turn for the better.

At the same time, in the hexagram of Liu San, "Zhen Su Su, Zhen walks without flaw", it means that in danger, if one can remain calm and act cautiously, one can avoid disaster (without flaw).

Finally, the line of upper six, "震索索，视震震，征凶" means that if one is too fearful and confused and cannot see the road ahead clearly, then action will bring danger.

However, the following sentence "The danger does not affect him personally, and his neighbors, so there is no fault" indicates that although Chongyun himself may be in danger, the danger is not directly aimed at him, but may affect the people around him. And "marriage has words" is a warning, reminding the tribesmen that there may be verbal disputes or misunderstandings in the process of searching for Chongyun, which need to be handled with caution.

After interpreting the hexagram, the tribesmen felt a little relieved.

At least, according to the interpretation, Chongyun's life is not in danger, right?

At this time, the clan leader also walked out of the ancestral hall with a tired face: "The divination is over, everyone can go away. The clan will dispatch people to rescue."

Someone approached the clan leader and whispered, "Clan leader, over there at the Seven Stars..."

"I will personally greet them." The clan leader waved his hand and said, "When the young generation is in trouble, how can we old guys just stand by and watch?"

"I will also ask the immortals to help, but... as the hexagram says, this depends on Chongyun's luck. I hope he can wait for our rescue."

People still don't know what happened to Xingqiu and Chongyun.

However, the chain reaction caused by the disappearance of the two has swept across the entire Liyue like a storm.

Storm is coming.