Genshin Impact: A Mortal's Ascension to Godhood

Teacher Xingqiu, please guide me!

Although Li Tao did not realize that he had attained enlightenment overnight, he found that he was more fluent in operating elemental forces. At the same time, his physical fitness, including reaction speed and attack speed, was also slightly enhanced. Therefore, he thought that he needed to update his fighting style and improve his fighting skills, and could not always use water whips, water balls, and water guns. These moves might be enough to fight ordinary monsters, but they might not be enough to fight some super monsters. Apart from other things, the Adventurer Association had a commission to eliminate the Hill Rock Helmet King. Li Tao tried to accept it, but was beaten by the Rock Helmet King. Fortunately, he was well prepared and lured it away with the vegetable stew prepared in advance, otherwise he would have been beaten into the ground by the rock element.

Li Tao still remembers that battle clearly - he had used all his skills, and was just about to raise his fist to hit, but he still couldn't beat the Hill Rock Helmet King. The rock elements that kept growing on its body completely blocked his water flow impact, and the water whip, which was extremely powerful for ordinary people, only left a faint white mark on its body. At present, he only knew these two moves. He couldn't kill the opponent even after draining all his elemental power, so he could only spread his hands and moisten it.

"Perhaps I need a training session to summarize the experience and mistakes I've made in battle over the past few months and develop new moves. For example... the elemental combat skills and elemental burst techniques that every Genshin character will use."

Li Tao thought thoughtfully. In fact, the basic attacks of each character in Genshin Impact are only divided into normal attack, heavy attack and falling attack. What really reflects the strength of the character is the elemental combat skills and elemental burst. Characters of different elements cooperate with each other through elemental combat skills and elemental burst to play elemental reactions. This is the skill that most Genshin Impact players will use. Always using basic attacks is not only not very ornamental, but also the damage is easily not enough.

Li Tao can only manipulate water to perform a basic attack now - let's call it water entanglement. Using the skill of water entanglement, Li Tao can kill the enemy while keeping a medium distance from him. Because the shape of the water is not fixed, it can be turned into a water whip for whipping, or it can be turned into a water bullet or water javelin for launching. Water entanglement is a test of skills and has strong versatility. The only disadvantage is that the damage is low. Li Tao doesn't know if he can upgrade his skills in the original world of Teyvat, so he can only try to develop [Heavy Attack] first, and then try to break through the basic attack and comprehend the elemental combat skills.

"Who should I ask about the technique of heavy hitting?" Li Tao had a headache. This kind of thing can only be taught by example, not by words, and there is no related book in the Wanwen Collection. Li Tao actually had some ideas in mind, but he always felt that something was missing.

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Adventurers Guild.

"What is missing should be the understanding of elemental power."

After hearing about Li Tao's troubles, the experienced Sister Lan quickly made a judgment: "I heard that the users of the Eye of God will have different levels of understanding of elemental power. Once the level of understanding is sufficient, their own strength will be improved. This is a very powerful thing - ordinary people need years of hard work to become stronger, but users of elemental power only need to continue to 'enlighten' to strengthen their own strength to the limit."

"The seven elemental forces correspond to the seven gods, but the seven gods actually fight with the help of elemental forces. The world is already full of elemental forces. It is said that when a person with the Eye of God manipulates the elemental forces, his or her own elemental forces will resonate with the stars in the sky. That star is the life star of the owner of the Eye of God. When the awakened person of the Eye of God continues to gain enlightenment and his understanding of the elemental forces continues to deepen, the life star will break through itself and connect to the next star. These connected life stars are called..."

"Constellation?!"

"Ah, you already know it." Sister Lan folded her hands and said teasingly, "So, Li Tao, you can also read more philosophical books when you have time. Maybe one day you will understand it, and then your strength will be able to reach a higher level."

Li Tao lived in Bengbu a little bit - So when I was watching the scenery on Yujing Terrace, did I already have enlightenment? At that time, I thought of a lot of messy things in my mind, but I didn't expect that this could be considered enlightenment. However, why didn't I feel my destiny star? So he asked Sister Lan about the relevant situation.

Sister Lan was a little surprised: "Eh? You have already realized it once? But you didn't feel the destiny star? This is also normal. After all, no one knows to what extent you need to realize it in order to light up the destiny star. You can realize it many times, but to reach the level of lighting up the destiny star, you have to fight more, realize more, interact with more people, and see more of the world."

Li Tao smiled bitterly and said, "Should I go to see a few more shows?"

"Haha, if you can, go ahead. But I think you had a lot of mixed emotions at the time, which aroused your thoughts, so that after you opened your heart, you successfully achieved 'enlightenment'."

Sister Lan counted on her fingers: "Regarding enhancing your perception of elemental power and developing techniques for elemental burst, you can go talk to someone about these things. That person is also a user of the Water God's Eye, so maybe he can give you some advice."

"Who is that? Are there other owners of the Water God's Eye in Liyue?" Li Tao didn't understand at first.

Sister Lan smiled, took out a charcoal pencil and quickly wrote a note, stuffed it into his hand, patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, go to the bookstalls in the market more often, you will definitely find him. When the time comes, give this to him and ask him to teach you."

......

Until he arrived near the market of Feiyunpo, Li Tao was still pondering who the water-based character of Liyue was.

"Why can't I remember... Is there really a water character in Liyue? And the bookstall... Is there a character in Liyue who likes reading?"

Then Li Tao's mind was filled with animations of old man Zhongli reading books, listening to opera and drinking tea.

"Oh, now I'm going to be criticized as a cloud player."

Li Tao sighed and looked up to find the "Water God's Eye Holder" mentioned by Sister Lan. When he looked up, he saw the person who was very familiar but he could not remember before. He saw that person——

He wore a navy blue robe with gold-lined wide sleeves on the upper body, and dark blue shorts on the lower body. The complicated golden prints were hung on one shoulder, and the inner part was embedded with a water-blue eye of God, and the buttons below were exquisitely made. The lower part of the robe was open, like a cheongsam with a high slit, and from the back it looked like a blue cape. The white sleeves covered his wrists, and the two white and thin legs under the black shorts were conspicuously exposed. He had short blue hair, which was trimmed very neatly, like a princess in a story; his handsome face, with a charming smile and beautiful eyes, made it difficult to tell his true gender. Others only needed to take a look at him to know that he was the best among the male effeminate.

The last character in Genshin Impact with a male body and female appearance was the wind god Barbatos of Mondstadt, now a bard named Wendy.

When Li Tao saw this beautiful girl who looked like a man, he immediately remembered his real name and identity - this is Xingqiu! A four-star water character, the eldest son of the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, a natural masculine saint, and it is said that he is a couple with another character, Chongyun. However, Li Tao never cared about whether they were a couple or not. The reason why he couldn't remember the character Xingqiu was that he didn't use Xingqiu even when he was exploring the land. He used Mona directly for water characters. If that didn't work, there was still Barbara. In his team, Xingqiu and Chongyun were sewers, and they had never been upgraded. It was normal that he couldn't remember them.

But now Li Tao needed help, so he had to bite the bullet and walk forward, pretending to pick and choose at the bookstall. Not to mention, there were quite a few old books on this kind of antique bookstall that looked impressive - but after Li Tao picked one up and examined it carefully, he found that it was a photocopy.

Seeing Li Tao coming over to pick out books, the book stall owner turned around and asked, "My dear customer, what kind of books do you want to buy? I have a lot of old books here. Although some of them are reprints, the content is authentic!"

Li Tao was thinking about how to strike up a conversation with Xingyun next to him, and said absentmindedly, "I'm an adventurer, and I want to buy some books for my colleagues and friends who work with me... Any recommendations, boss?"

The boss said happily, "Oh, what a coincidence. I just got a batch of martial arts novels here. They are said to be written by the famous Liyue writer [Dongfang]. The descriptions are detailed, the content is informative, the plots are vivid, and they are very interesting... This book should suit the taste of you and your colleagues!"

At this moment, Xingqiu, who had been reading a book nearby, was also attracted by the conversation and said, "Teacher Dongfang's martial arts novels are very good, but they are probably not suitable for adventurers. This is because many of the plots in the books are fictional, and he himself has never gone on an adventure in the wild. Of course, even if the plots are fictional, he can make them logically consistent, which can be called rigorous."

Li Tao immediately followed suit and pretended not to know him, asking, "Excuse me, are you also a fan of martial arts novels?"

The female owner of the bookstall covered her mouth and chuckled: "My adventurer, you must have just arrived in Liyue not long ago, right? This Master Xingqiu is a frequent visitor here, an absolute reading enthusiast, and also a leader among the younger generation of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce."

"So, Master Xingqiu is a businessman? But the Divine Eye and the elemental force aura on you don't seem like what an ordinary businessman should have." Li Tao looked at Xingqiu meaningfully, as well as the Divine Eye on him - it was a water-based Divine Eye that was almost identical to his own Divine Eye.

Xingqiu smiled warmly and said, "Mr. Adventurer, I am the second son of my family. I do not inherit the family business, so the burden on my shoulders is lighter and I do not have to participate in so many business activities. As for my God's Eye, needless to say, it is a gift from the God of Water. Mr. Adventurer, don't you also wear a God's Eye with the same attributes as me?"

Li Tao nodded in approval and held out his hand to him. "Well, let me introduce myself to you, Master Xingqiu. I am Li Tao, a member of the Liyue Adventurer's Association and the owner of the Water God's Eye. Please give me your guidance."

"Xingqiu, a member of the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, is also the owner of the Water God's Eye. By the way, Mr. Li Tao, do you really want to buy martial arts novels as gifts? I see that you have never learned about the content and creators of these martial arts novels."

Li Tao thought he had not lied, and said, "I just wanted to buy a gift for someone, but I couldn't think of any good ideas at the moment. Perhaps giving a book would be a good choice... That's what I think. Since Master Xingqiu knows a lot about this, can I ask you to help me choose a few books?"

Xingqiu looked at Li Tao for a moment, then smiled and agreed to Li Tao's request.

A few minutes later, Li Tao and Xingqiu left the bookstall with a stack of books and walked to the streets of Feiyunpo. Under a roof, Xingqiu was the first to ask, "Mr. Li Tao, you actually came to see me in the first place, right?"

Li Tao was somewhat surprised. He asked Xingqiu, "Why do you say that, Master Xingqiu?"

Xingqiu playfully tapped the corner of his eye with his index finger and said, "Actually, I'm very good at observing things. When you came near the bookstall, you didn't look at the books at first, but looked at me. Then, you wanted to talk to me under the pretext of buying books, right? I saw it all. At first, I thought you were looking for trouble with me, but your aura and the recognition of the Eye of God are not deceptive. You are indeed a spirited adventurer. Now I can see that you do have something to do with me, but it's not about 'that'. I don't care about that."

"Master Xingqiu, is it easy for people to cause trouble for you?" Li Tao, who was exposed in front of him, was not shy. Instead, he asked Xingqiu curiously, "Could it be that, Xingqiu, you are the type who likes to meddle in other people's affairs?"

Xingqiu's fine eyebrows slightly frowned, then relaxed: "Mr. Li Tao, you know, the way you speak is a bit like a good friend of mine. But I have nothing to hide. I was given the power of water elemental force by the God of Water, and I will not let this power go unnoticed. Because I always accept and assist Liyue in doing things, I have offended some lawless elements... I always keep a vigilant eye on these people. But Mr. Li Tao, I have indeed never seen you in Liyue City before. Did you join the Adventurer's Association recently?"

Li Tao nodded, took out the note written by Sister Lan and handed it to Xingqiu: "Since Master Xingqiu has spoken frankly, I will not hide it from you. Under the guidance of Sister Lan, the branch leader, I came here to seek advice from the Eye of God Awakener who can skillfully perceive and use the water elemental power. In fact, I have a lot of questions about the use of elemental power that I want to ask you."

As he spoke, Li Tao took out a book from the stack of books he had bought, put a bag of Mora on it, and said solemnly to Xingqiu: "This can be regarded as a gift for apprenticeship... So, please guide me, Teacher Xingqiu!"