Chapter 1215: External Arrows, Demons in the Heart, Wisdom, and Canned Knowledge

Red, yellow, white, with skirts... from the blue-headed mushrooms, death caps, red onion mushrooms, white poison caps, chanterelles... to the mushrooms, wind-blown mushrooms, and star mushrooms of Teyvat...

Toxic or not, deadly or hallucinogenic, red umbrellas, white stems... thousands of kinds of mushrooms grow around Jiang Yi, some are huge, some are as small as a thumb.

The azure fluorescence flows on the gills and stipes of some mushrooms.

The spewing spore cloud formed a mirage-like scene in the sky, as if countless colorful little people dressed as fairies and generals were dancing in the attic in the sky.

The "Human World Tree" uses the difficult-to-decompose parts of its own biological remains, mixed with the remnants of life in Teyvat, dead branches and leaves, and the elemental power of the earth veins to form a thick humus layer, which nurtures life that can resist the "sky punishment and dark power of the high heaven."

The weak power of time leaked out from the seal in the body, allowing Jiang Yi to get the help of time while using the "Benefit of Fertility" to accelerate his own growth.

The "accumulation and deep hiding" of the body exceeds the "accumulation and deep hiding" of the soul, so the microorganisms in the body are a little out of control.

On the ground, there were mushrooms with ominous colors, purple-red with a tinge of darkness, twisted fungi that devoured life.

What's even more terrifying is that countless bacteria are spreading in the "microscopic world", and "viruses" from the other world and Teyvat are spreading in the air.

Just like the arrival of an evil spirit, the catastrophe of "evil disease and ghost plague" in the late stage of the Demon-God War appeared in the wilderness forest outside the city of Xumi.

Fungus beasts were gathering not far away, and some small lives were frightened and ran away.

At this time, Jiang Yi was glad that he was not in the city or the village, but ran out to "digest".

But this movement can easily attract the attention of other people.

"Hu——" His breath was like a bellows, and the rotten cat body with colorful mushrooms, stars and grass was left with only its eyes shining. Tiny insects fell from its body densely and crawled on the mushrooms and soil.

The cat hair made of hyphae and glow-star grass spread wildly, and the front part turned into roots, taking root in everything around it, transforming the leaked power into nutrients and absorbing it into the body.

Then, patches of mushrooms began to wither, and the mushroom forest that expanded outward turned into countless spores in the time it took for a gust of wind to blow, mixed with the rolling soil, and returned to Jiang Yi's body.

The empty right eye now formed a vortex of mycelial tentacles, like the mouth of a huge abyss, swallowing up the abnormalities around it.

There is a "swelling" and obscure feeling in the right eye.

Jiang Yi put on his blindfold again and asked Yandora to throw some fire-attributed "elemental bait" from the bottle to attract fire slimes to burn the surrounding areas.

He made his way through the herd of fungi that were watching him.

The mushroom beasts looked confused. The creature just now seemed to be of the same kind, but also seemed not to be of the same kind.

Red flames burned on the land, and fire-attributed mushroom beasts joined the fight for the "elemental bait".

Jiang Yi left three times the amount of Mora in the home of every farmer and plant researcher whose "Benefit of Fertility" he had stolen, which was enough for them to buy the "Benefit of Fertility" again.

But this matter is bound to cause discussion and attract adventurers to commission an investigation.

However, compared to improving the progress of "Nirvana Recovery", this risk is worth taking.

The benefits outweigh the risks.

The power of faith coming from afar condensed into divine power and transformed into the "White Dragon Fish Suit" to cover up the traces.

This was the magic he created when he was traveling among the people as Inazuma God.

The white dragon turned into a fish and hid in the mortal world.

Grand Bazaar.

Jiang Yi successfully made it to Ni Lu's house for dinner.

Ugh! Now I should call it my home.

He also changed his cat bed to an exquisite "zongzi" made of wood and vines, which was hollow and breathable.

The decoration above is the same as yesterday.

But it doesn’t seem suitable for playing with jade slips, as this cat bed is light-transmissive.

Playing the role of a cat, he inspected the territory.

In fact, it is to observe whether there is anyone outside who has noticed me and comes to follow and monitor me.

Nilu's parents gave him a large piece of animal meat.

Together with the dinner that Nilu prepared for him, he was very satisfied with the meal.

At night, after taking a shower, I lay on the head of Nilu's bed and accompanied Nilu to read the new letter addressed to Nilu in the mailbox of "Zubair Theater".

This is what Nilu does every day in her free time when there are no performances or rehearsals.

In her bedroom, there are several boxes filled with her treasured letters from readers.

"The House of the Fatwa is so abominable. They look down on the theater and even hope that it will close. It is obviously their responsibility to pay for the safety hazard on the tree top, but now they are asking Zubair Theater to pay for it out of their own pocket. Don't worry, Nilu, we will always stand on the side of Zubair Theater and support your performances."

Nilu read every letter carefully, and when she heard some words complaining about the Ministry of Education, she couldn't help but clench her fists.

Let’s cheer for ourselves and our readers.

"Great! The Flower God's Birthday Festival can be held smoothly! Lord Tree King established this country, but Lord Grass God has also been silently guarding Xumi for hundreds of years. I am looking forward to Nilu's performance."

"If you guys in the theater don't have enough food, you're welcome to come to my house. Although I can't prepare a sumptuous meal, I will definitely not let you go hungry."

Someone said it jokingly, but there was sincerity in his words.

We can’t give every meal to the theater staff, but if everyone gives one meal, we can keep Zubair Theater alive.

"For the people of the Ministry of Education, perhaps the birth of Little Grass God means that Lord Tree King has truly passed away. So they don't want to celebrate such a day at all. But for Lord Little Grass God, this is really too much!"

"Today's cat is so handsome and noble. What's its name? I want to have one too."

"Will Maomao perform on stage? I asked the people at the theater, and they said they would respect Maomao's wishes. I still hope that the theater will have new performers."

"Hey! These two letters are written to you, Zeus!" Ni Lu looked at the letters and couldn't help but put Jiang Yi on her lap and read the words inside to Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi somewhat recalled the days when he and Barbara read fan letters together.

The cat pressed its paw on the letter.

"Read!"

It's not impossible to perform. I'm not a freeloader. Making some money to repay Nilu and everyone at the Zubair Theater will give me peace of mind.

The letter took a long time to read.

Nilu wrote some of the replies and then treasured the letters that did not require a reply.

Jiang Yi took advantage of this opportunity to dig out the green leaves from the cat's nest while patrolling the territory, and filled the light-transmitting gaps in the cat's nest little by little.

He pulled out the hay inside and made the mattress again.

Tonight, I have to continue the jade slip communication.

"Zeus, what are you doing?" Ni Lu had squatted behind Jiang Yi curiously, watching him busy himself without knowing when.

"A hidden, dim little nest. Is Zeus lacking a sense of security? Or..." She rubbed Jiang Yi's head, "Is there some little secret he wants to hide from me?"

It's not a small secret, it's a big secret. Jiang Yi sighed and avoided Ni Lu's hand that was rubbing his head.

This time, seeing that he was resisting, Nilu used both hands.

I just like to see the cat’s stubborn and helpless face.

Jiang Yi is always gentle to girls. If the other person is a boy, he would have already reached out his cat claws.

"Aren't you going to sleep with me today? I feel a little sad." Nilu's eyes were full of tears, as if she was really sad.

But I didn’t sleep with you willingly yesterday! Jiang Yi revealed his “bad cat” nature, his eyes slightly widened.

"Okay! Okay! I'll give you some independent space tonight." Ni Lu decided to observe what Jiang Yi was doing at night.

That's a good feeling!

Jiang Yi got into the cat's nest without hesitation, and his tail closed the door made of two leaves. The dimness in his vision gave him a sense of security, and the hay that could be used as a cushion to hide the jade slip made him happy.

But we have to wait until Nilu falls asleep.

The lights go out.

Ni Lu turned her back towards Jiang Yi's cat bed and breathed slowly.

Jiang Yi's ears perked up.

The recovered "ear consciousness" was enough for him to know whether Ni Lu was really asleep.

Nilu seems to be a little insomniac today.

I haven't slept for half a day.

He tossed and turned, and even got up secretly.

"..." If they continued like this, except for Keqing and Ganyu who stayed up late to work overtime, and Hutao who didn't sleep in the middle of the night, everyone else would have gone to bed.

"How was your day...today?"

When Ni Lu fell asleep completely, Jiang Yi opened the jade slip, and the only person he chatted with became Nashida.

“It’s delicious!”

Jiang Yi tapped the jade slip with his cat paw, answering a question that was not asked.

"Really? It seems that Xumi's food has left a deep impression on you." Nashida didn't care about Jiang Yi's strange answer. "What did you taste?"

"...Rice Round Tower, Beast Rice Fragrance..." Jiang Yi recalled, "There is also 'Fertility Blessing', and a large number of mushrooms."

“???” Nashida racked her brains but couldn’t understand why there was a “Blessing of Fertility”.

"Thank you for the gift from Lord Grass God!" Jiang Yi clasped his cat paws together, very sincerely.

"…Although I don't know what happened, Lord Grass God heard it!" Nashida blinked.

"I heard that girls' rooms are fragrant, Zeus, what do you think?" she asked curiously.

"Is this also part of your 'plan to observe human reactions'?" Jiang Yi found that Nashida always suddenly inserted some strange questions during the conversation.

"Chatting time is precious, let's talk about something else."

"For example... the dead zone."

Jiang Yi started talking about heavy topics.

"Let's talk about the 'Death Zone'?" Nashida chuckled. Is the God of Man who saves everything ready to save the World Tree again? Even if you yourself are trapped in the fence.

She thought for a moment and gave the answer.

"The emergence of the dead zone is actually a disease of the world tree. It is similar to your current condition."

"But even I don't know how to save the 'Sick World Tree' at this moment."

"The ley lines can be likened to the roots of the 'world tree', extending from the deep and huge cavity to the ground, forming a criss-crossing network of elements and information in the strata."

"It is deep in the earth beneath our feet, grows upside down, and is not a tree in the biological sense."

"You know what? The Grass God is called the 'God of Wisdom' because her consciousness is connected to the World Tree. The power of the Little Auspicious Grass King can actually be said to be a manifestation of the power of the World Tree."

Jiang Yi looked at this last piece of information and found it interesting.

"I've heard a saying that 'disease' is an arrow from outside, and 'illness' is a demon from within. The Death Realm is no different."

"An interesting statement," Nashida said, "but we don't have a blade to cut off foreign arrows, nor do we have a medicine to destroy ghosts."

Yes, so we don’t have many choices!

They were talking about the "Dead Zone", but they were also talking about Jiang Yi's current state.

How to defeat a "virus"? Jiang Yi's idea is to study the "virus", use the "virus" to make a "vaccine", and then use one's own "resistance" to heal it.