Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

Chapter 329 Taking a Different Approach: The Clumsy Method

The one being mentioned is Wendy, the notorious lazy governor of Teyvat.

Xu Ning, shaking the drunken boy in his hand, laughed and said, "You probably don't know, but this guy was said to be lighter than a feather when he was a child. Now he's become this tough and resilient guy."

Xu Ning casually tossed Wendy to the ground, pointed to the Thousand Winds Wine Spring beside him, and explained, "In my opinion, the wine element, which is compatible with my own attributes, should be the first choice, but I'm not sure if my idea is wrong yet, so let's try the wind element first."

Xu Ning sat down cross-legged and smiled, "After all, the soul is so fragile, and wind is the gentlest element I currently control."

With a light touch to his brow, Xu Ning separated a wisp of his divine soul, and a shadow appeared in the cave.

Xu Ning manipulated his shadow to walk to the side of the Thousand Wind Wine Spring. With a slight thought, wisps of breeze immediately gathered from the blue wind seal on the dragon's jaw above the Thousand Wind Wine Spring towards the figure below.

Shen He now understood what Xu Ning wanted to do.

Xu Ning had not learned his own talisman technique, nor did he have the ability to shape things with his divine sense, so he could not condense elemental power into a physical form.

However, he wanted to use his own soul as a shell, fill it with elemental power, and then form a 'spirit' similar to himself.

It must be said that this is also a "clumsy" method that takes an unconventional approach.

However, coming up with a solution is one thing, but actually putting it into practice is another.

Xu Ning kept manipulating the flowing pure energy to fill his body, but the wind was the freest property in the world. The more Xu Ning tried to stuff it into his body, the more it wanted to escape from the shell of his soul.

The more intense the pressure, the more these pure energies entangled and churned within the body, seemingly about to coalesce into a storm, as if to tear the soul apart.

Wendy, who had just been thrown by Xu Ning, had woken up. She leaned against the pool of wine, scooped up a bowl of wine, and drank it to sober up.

He only glanced at the spirit in front of him and knew what Xu Ning was up to, so he immediately burst into loud laughter.

"Ha, you actually want to cage the wind? Is there anything more stupid than what you're doing right now?"

Xu Ning's soul was already struggling to withstand the tearing force of the storm within his body, and his entire shadow was contorted in pain. He never expected that he would have to endure the mockery of this slacker.

Xu Ning, controlling his divine soul, sneered, "What's more stupid than locking the wind in a cage? Then the only thing that can be done is to lock the Wind God in a cage too. Didn't you see that I've already done it?"

Wendy was furious. "I did this voluntarily. If I want to leave now, do you think you can keep me locked up in this little cave?"

"Get out of here, don't bother coming back!"

The name Xu Ning made Wendy choke for a moment. After thinking about it, she realized she couldn't lose the most comfortable cage in the world over such a small matter, so Wendy decisively chose to continue lying flat.

"I was originally going to give you some pointers on how to tame these little guys, but now I'm angry. I've decided to watch you pop like a balloon!"

Xu Ning is quite helpless now. These gusts of wind haven't even been shut down in his body for two minutes, and they're almost ready to unleash a Rasengan.

Perhaps it really won't be long before I become like the balloon Wendy described, filled with air, and burst.

Just as Xu Ning was about to give up, Shen He, who had been watching quietly from the side, spoke up.

"Qi enters through the seven orifices, reaching the five internal organs and six bowels; it also exits through the seven orifices, circulating freely throughout the universe. Unrestrained and unfettered, it flows naturally..."

Upon hearing this, Xu Ning, who was already on the verge of collapse, immediately realized his mistake.

Just like Wendy said, the wind can never be caged. Even if you forcibly suppress it, it will always struggle and resist your oppression.

The inevitable consequence will be like that of the lonely king in the tower, ending up abandoned by all.

Xu Ning, controlling his divine soul, suddenly let out a long sigh of relief.

The storm that had been raging within him instantly transformed into a gentle breeze, gushing forth from the seven orifices of his soul.

But as Xu Ning inhaled again, even stronger gusts of wind than before entered his soul once more.

With each breath, in a continuous cycle, every corner of Xu Ning's soul was gradually filled with wisps of wind. They appeared to be wisps of wind accumulating, but each wisp of wind was not the same as the one from just a moment ago; each one was a breath of fresh air, a breath of new life.

When Xu Ning (Feng) walked lightly to Wendy.

Wendy smiled and clapped her hands, saying, "Not bad, not bad, this is getting interesting."

Xu Ning (Feng) ignored the guy and sat down by the wine pool.

After Xu Ning manipulated the shadow to create a cycle of wind elements, he severed his connection with the Heart of the Wind God above Jiuquan.

Xu Ning had a feeling that his current wind elemental body, driven by his divine soul, was actually equivalent to creating an elemental creature with its own consciousness.

However, one's soul cannot remain outside the body indefinitely, as one does not know what the consequences would be.

However, if I were to retract my soul into my body, losing the physical form of my soul, I fear that the elemental body I had painstakingly gathered would soon dissipate into the world.

The only problem that needs to be solved now is the preservation of this elemental body.

Otherwise, it's impossible to always have to separate a wisp of one's divine soul to construct an elemental body within the cave before engaging in battle; by then, it would be too late.

Xu Ning (Feng) sat cross-legged on the ground, re-establishing a connection with the Heart of the Wind God.

After incorporating the flowing wind from the Wind Seal into the circulation system of wind elements within his body, Xu Ning slowly withdrew his divine soul.

Slowly opening his eyes, Xu Ning looked at the faint blue phantom sitting beside the Thousand Winds Wine Pool and couldn't help but exclaim with joy, "It's done!"

The wind element emanating from the elemental body and the wind element injected by the Wind Seal have reached a balance, and you can clearly see strands of blue, thread-like wind flowing back and forth within the elemental body.

Xu Ning stood beside the elemental body and observed it carefully for a while, then cautiously added a trace of it to the injected airflow.

Tiny accumulations can grow into enormous things over time, just as a wisp of wind can become a demon god overlooking the world.

Having completed an elemental body that could potentially become part of his fighting force, Xu Ning's confidence soared, and he felt it was absolutely necessary to go all out and create two more.

After all, no one would complain about having low combat power.

Xu Ning felt that the elemental form of alcohol was not something that needed to be considered for the time being.

Since I am originally of the element of alcohol, and as my original self, I am most familiar with the element of alcohol, there is no need to deliberately create another one.

Unless you can force out all seven souls, having more elemental bodies is useless.

Of course, the idea of ​​forcing out the seven souls is a joke. According to Tongque, if he forced all seven souls out of his body, he would just die.

Xu Ning separated his divine soul and walked to the side of the Thousand Rocks Wine Pool. Based on his experience of obtaining the wind element earlier, he once again drew the rock element from the heart of the rock god and poured it into his divine soul body.

No discomfort at all.

"The Emperor truly knows how to care for people. Come to think of it, I should have gone to see the Emperor first upon my return and reported to him on my work in Inazuma."

Xu Ning sat there, lost in thought.

"Xu Ning, this won't do," Shen He, who had been watching Xu Ning, reminded him.

Xu Ning was taken aback and looked down at the state of the rock element in his body.

The power of the rock element entered the soul's body and turned into tiny specks of dust, drifting and falling downwards.

"Uh, it's all just dust? How long will it take to fill me up?"

Xu Ning looked at the dust particles within his soul shadow; they hadn't even covered the soles of his feet yet.

Even with the increased efficiency of the Heart of God in mobilizing the rock element, and the falling rock element particles like dust, it took more than half an hour to barely form two feet.

Seeing this, Xu Ning shook his head. "We don't have that much time to wait here to sculpt a full-body statue. Let's just leave the feet here for now, even though it looks a little creepy."

Xu Ning stood up and used a touch on his brow to summon his soul back.

Then you see those two feet, made up of accumulated elemental particles, crumble into two thin sand cakes, just like sandcastles knocked down by the waves on the beach.

Then even the two sand cakes merged into the ground of the cave, as if they had never appeared at all, except for a small protrusion that appeared silently at the boundary of the cave.

Xu Ning glanced at Shen He, then helplessly shrugged, "All my efforts were in vain. It seems my method isn't a panacea."

Shen He nodded and said, "Each element has its own characteristics. Perhaps rock element needs another method to be preserved."

Xu Ning turned his head and glanced at the Thousand Birds Wine Pool where Thor's Heart was located, and sighed, "Since we're going to try, let's try them all!"

However, as soon as he triggered Thor's Heart, Xu Ning exclaimed "Oh oh!" in surprise.

"This is super easy, as expected of lightning element!"

Almost instantly, the lightning flashing on the Thunder Seal rapidly filled the entire divine soul body, with even extra sparks constantly flashing from the tips of the hair.

Looking at the lightning flashing all over his body, Xu Ning couldn't resist the urge to use his hands. He picked up the heavy sword leaning against the stove and said with a smile, "I'll try out this elemental body first."

Xu Ning dragged his longsword on the ground, pushed off with one foot, and swiftly transformed into a bolt of lightning, charging forward at high speed.

"Drink!"

Xu Ning raised his greatsword, and as he swung it from back to front in a circular motion, it was as if a purple moon had suddenly appeared beside him.

The lightning flashed and disappeared in an instant, leaving a huge blade mark on the rock wall. This aerial slash had completely depleted Xu Ning's lightning element in an instant.

Xu Ning recalled his divine soul, clicked his tongue, and said, "How should I put it? Super fast charging, perfect score! Super powerful, perfect score! But it only has the power of one strike, which is a bit inconsistent with the Thunder God I know who has amazing endurance. Could it be that the Heart of God I have is a 'momentary' attribute?"

After the Yae no Miko left, and there was no way to get an answer from her, Xu Ning simply gave up after thinking for a moment.

"Who cares? This is pretty good. In a crucial battle, it might just be the key to victory with a single, unexpected strike."

Xu Ning turned to Shen He and smiled, "I've kept you here with me for so long, it must be dark outside by now. Why don't we go out and see the night view of Liyue Harbor? It's much more beautiful than during the day."

Shen He naturally had no objections.

Xu Ning found Zaoyou sleeping soundly in a corner of the cave, her face mostly covered by a hood and her tail in her arms. However, Zaoyou clearly considered sleeping the most important thing and had no interest in shopping at all.

However, it would be even better if we could bring her some high-energy food that can help her grow taller.

Xu Ning reluctantly agreed, and then found Master Ji sitting on a small stool in a daze.

Master Ji is now single-mindedly waiting to see the big house ascend to heaven, and has lost interest in the so-called night market.

Xu Ning whispered something in its ear and promised to bring it some good food before coming out of the cave.

After taking Shenhe to a high vantage point to overlook Liyue Harbor, they strolled around the brightly lit streets. Not forgetting to buy some treats for each of the little raccoon and raccoon dog, they casually sent them into the cave.

"Where do you plan to rest tonight? A gourd, an inn, or should I have Ningguang arrange a place for you to stay first?"

Shen He hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "I'll rest in your cave for now."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Okay, there are several rooms over there that no one has stayed in. They are all fully equipped. You can stay in whichever room you like."

After Shen He went inside, Xu Ning thought for a moment and called out to the little bluebird beside him, "True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng, I have other important matters to attend to tonight and will not be resting in the cave. This is Shen He's first time resting in the cave, could you please look after him?"

Having received the expected approval, Xu Ning sent the little bluebird into the Dust Concealment Cave Heaven as well, and almost immediately opened the Wind Wings on his back.

With a casual wave of his hand, Xu Ning summoned a fierce gale that gathered beneath the Wings of Wind, and he soared into the sky.

Since falling into the sea from Qunyu Pavilion, Ningguang has been working at Yuehai Pavilion, and her residence is a room that has been cleaned and prepared in Yuehai Pavilion as a place to rest.

Xu Ning's trip was naturally to report to Ning Guang.

Having failed to show up yesterday, Xu Ning grew impatient with the journey from Yujing Terrace to Yuehai Pavilion. Instead, he flew directly above Yuehai Pavilion, then abruptly retracted his Wind Wings and plummeted towards the central pavilion.

At a height of only seven or eight meters above the ground, Xu Ning once again activated his Wind Wings to cushion the impact and landed silently.

Then he discovered that at least ten crossbows were already aimed at him, and soldiers wielding Thousand Rock Spears were rapidly surrounding him.

"Ahem, it's been a while since I've been here. The security here is much more reliable than before!"

Xu Ning awkwardly raised the wine gourd in his hand to indicate his identity.

However, even if he didn't do that, no one would dare to actually attack him.

The guards at Haiting this month have long been replaced by the soldiers personally trained by Xu Ning, who are temporarily under the command of Zhenhai.

A door on the second floor of the pavilion opened wide, and Ningguang stepped out gracefully, with the dark golden box containing the sun and moon floating beside her. She waved to those below and said, "This is just a temporary exercise. Everyone, return to your posts!"