"Xiao Sarora, you can stay in the Serenitea Pot for a while. It's a rare opportunity, you can go fishing, feed the rabbits, and relax..."
Inside the Serenitea Pot, Feng Yi said to Kujou Sara behind him.
As the Tengu General of the Shogunate, Kujou Sara worked hard all year round, and opportunities to slack off like this were rare.
"Thank you, Feng Yi. If the General has any instructions, please tell me immediately!"
Kujou Sara could not let go of her duty as the General's Tengu General. Compared to enjoying life, she preferred to patrol Inazuma for the General and protect its peace.
"Sigh~ If you feel like you have nothing to do, then go and clean up the Slimes that have spawned in the Serenitea Pot..."
Feng Yi sighed helplessly. Whether in Liyue, Mondstadt, or now Inazuma, there was no shortage of workaholics.
Ganyu in Liyue, Jean in Mondstadt, and Kujou Sara in Inazuma were all evolving in that direction.
Feng Yi couldn't understand it at all. Isn't slacking off good?
Rejecting internal competition starts with him.
Feng Yi waved his hand, leaving Kujou Sara to find a place to rest on her own. He was going to prepare milk tea for Aying.
Aying liked sweets, such as milk dumplings and three-colored dango, but it was already late at night, and the shops outside were closed. Feng Yi decided to make some Slime Jelly Milk Tea to surprise Aying.
Seeing Feng Yi busy with something, Kujou Sara came over to join the fun. Upon learning that he was making sweets for the General, she insisted on helping.
"Go and catch a few Slimes. I'll teach you how to obtain Slime Condensate..."
Feng Yi suddenly thought of something. Wasn't Kujou Sara idle? Then it would be perfect to have her prepare some Slime Condensate for the milk tea shop.
Free labor, if not used, would be a waste.
"Hmm? Slime Condensate? What's that for?"
Kujou Sara did not understand, but she went to do as instructed.
In a short while, she caught seven or eight Slimes, mostly Hydro Slimes.
"Little Sarora, watch carefully, I'll only show you once!"
Feng Yi casually picked up a cleaver and said with a smile.
He grabbed a Slime, patted it, poked it, and scraped it, then collected the Slime Condensate in a glass bottle.
His movements were fluid and natural. Even though he had deliberately slowed down, to Kujou Sara, it still looked like a blur.
Kujou Sara looked at Feng Yi in a daze. How many Slimes would one have to kill to achieve such skillful movements?
Kujou Sara: You must be the Slime Terminator, right?
Feng Yi: I can't take the credit. Compared to Xiangling, I'm still far behind!
"The remaining few are up to you. Do it the way I just showed you, and practice your skills first!"
Feng Yi handed the cleaver to Kujou Sara and continued to brew the milk tea.
Kujou Sara was clumsy at first, but gradually found her rhythm and improved. Her knife skills became sharper and sharper.
Under Feng Yi's guidance, Kujou Sara made Slime Jelly from the Slime Condensate and added it to the brewed milk tea. A cup of Slime Jelly Milk Tea was thus completed.
Feng Yi poured a cup to take to Aying, leaving the rest of the milk tea for Kujou Sara to enjoy.
Feng Yi left the Serenitea Pot and entered the main hall. Ei had not returned yet.
In the silent night sky, a purple lightning bolt suddenly flashed, and Ei slowly walked into the hall.
The traitors had been eliminated.
He wondered how many people would lose sleep tonight.
Ei's cold expression melted instantly when she saw Feng Yi, replaced by a touch of gentleness.
"Aying, come quickly, look what good stuff I've prepared for you."
Feng Yi beckoned to Aying and pulled her to his side.
He didn't ask if Aying had finished her task. He trusted her strength.
"Feng Yi, was I really wrong..."
Aying held Feng Yi's hand and asked him with a conflicted expression.
She had gone out initially only to eliminate traitors.
But as she passed by the statue of the Seven Archons, Ei heard the wishes pouring out from the Vision.
At that moment, her determination to pursue eternity wavered slightly.
To verify this, Ei went to observe the current living conditions of everyone whose Vision had been confiscated.
Confusion, pain...
They seemed to have lost their purpose in life, living in a daze, like walking dead.
Was this kind of eternity truly the eternity she pursued?
To resolve this doubt, Ei went to the Grand Narukami Shrine again and found Yae Miko.
Miko seemed to have anticipated her visit and was waiting for her at the shrine's entrance.
Ei voiced her doubts.
Miko did not answer, but instead asked her a question: "If you were to become a mortal with a limited lifespan, would you want to live in a daze, or would you want to give your all for your ideals?"
These were the two states of life, with or without a Vision.
Just as Ei did not know how to answer, Yae Miko threw her a book.
"This book is the latest work from Yae Publishing House, 'The Raiden Shogun Reincarnates as an Unknown Soldier and Dominates Teyvat'. You should find your answer here..."
Ei left the Grand Narukami Shrine and briefly skimmed through the novel given by Miko. The novel was indeed interesting, but it was too fantastical.
However, she seemed to understand the meaning of dreams a little.
Lost in thought, Ei went to the Kujou Estate, dealt with Kujou Takayuki with a swift strike, and then returned to the hall, wanting to ask Feng Yi's opinion.
After listening to Aying's story, Feng Yi felt very happy. This was a good omen. Aying was beginning to reflect on the impact of confiscating Visions.
"Aying, I know you have good intentions and pursue eternity to protect Inazuma. But people's constitutions are different, and everyone's pursuits are different. Some pursue the way of the sword, even at the cost of their lives; some prefer to protect the peace of their villages for the sake of a promise...
Dreams are something that cannot be unified. Isn't the world colorful precisely because of the various dreams?"
Feng Yi handed the milk tea to Aying, offering her some simple guidance.
This was something Aying had to figure out for herself. All he could do was to point her in the direction of contemplation.
"Dreams?"
Aying fell into deep thought again after hearing Feng Yi's words.
"Aying, why can't you trust your people, trust the power of their wishes? As you have sensed, those wishes have transcended distance, transcended space and time, and are now something that no one can extinguish!"
Feng Yi sat opposite Aying and earnestly discussed the deeper meanings.
"Aying, you know Morax, right? I think you can learn from him..."